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Resolute 14 · 03-03-2019, 10:06 AM

The biggest thing about Smith's idiocy last night is how clearly it reveals his complete mental weakness. Trying to be a roadblock behind the net was just effing selfish and stupid. But what followed was infuriating. Immediately he was back to lunging at pucks and looking lost. It's why - bad turnover and odd man rush notwithstanding - he was soft on the 3-1 goal, and it's why he just embarrassed himself on the 4-2 goal. And that last one is the kind of thing that just kills you in the eyes of your teammates. They're already trying to battle back from the mess you made, and you let them down again with a pillowy soft goal through the five hole? Get bent.

Smith just can't recover from his mistakes. He allows them to snowball because he's completely broken between the ears. And Bill Peters had better figure that out, because his infatuation with this goaltender could well see us crashing out in the first round if he doesn't come to the realization that Mike Smith is not a very good goaltender.

03-03-2019, 10:06 AM	#1378
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	The biggest thing about Smith's idiocy last night is how clearly it reveals his complete mental weakness. Trying to be a roadblock behind the net was just effing selfish and stupid. But what followed was infuriating. Immediately he was back to lunging at pucks and looking lost. It's why - bad turnover and odd man rush notwithstanding - he was soft on the 3-1 goal, and it's why he just embarrassed himself on the 4-2 goal. And that last one is the kind of thing that just kills you in the eyes of your teammates. They're already trying to battle back from the mess you made, and you let them down again with a pillowy soft goal through the five hole? Get bent. Smith just can't recover from his mistakes. He allows them to snowball because he's completely broken between the ears. And Bill Peters had better figure that out, because his infatuation with this goaltender could well see us crashing out in the first round if he doesn't come to the realization that Mike Smith is not a very good goaltender. Last edited by Resolute 14; 03-03-2019 at 10:10 AM.