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Originally Posted by mikephoen
The definition of insanity is having faith in Mike Smith as an NHL goalie -Albert Einstein
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Originally Posted by 868904
I’m not going to defend Smith and I am more confident with rittich but I get what Burke is saying. The Flames d core had benefitted from not getting pounded on the forecheck because of Smith. It makes sense, I just wish Smith would make quicker decisions. Just keep it simple stupid. No need to get fancy.
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This has been proven false. Someone from the athletic broke down the actual stats on number of hits taken by d men with smith in net vs. His backup and guess what?
Smith didn’t have any discernible impact