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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Yeah, the "we need to be better" starts to wear thin when the team is putting up 4 goals/game and he can't stop a beach ball.
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Ultimately it comes down to this:
Is Mike Smith making the saves you expect him to make?
No. He is not.
He allows at least 1 and often 2 soft goals per game. Goals that an NHL goaltender should stop out of routine. He rarely can complain about lack of goal support and, okay, occasionally on defensive breakdowns theres nothing he can do, but that happens to every goaltender from time to time.
Time to put him out to pasture.