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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
There is no personal vendetta. That's a narrative some keep pushing here that I don't see. People are just fed up with his goaltending and inability to perform at even a competent level in any pressure situations. I'm just tired of all the apologists who jump at the first signs of him performing at an average level, and throw out his wins record repeatedly when it's clear a lot of those wins are because of the team in front of him, not because of his stellar goaltending.
You may think it's tiring to see Flames fans piling on, but it's just as tiring seeing all the chastising of posters legitimately voicing their frustrations on Smith's bad play.
This includes guys like Wills, who even yesterday just refuses to admit Smith played bad and blamed the team for being flat in the third. Guess when they started becoming flat? When Smith let in that momentum sapping crap second goal. And it's not like he does it once in awhile. You can pretty much count on him doing it every other game. It is not a good sign when you come away from any Flames win going, thank goodness we didn't see a Smith special tonight.
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Again, for over 2 months now, the numbers are almost identical. Maybe that sample size isn't sufficient in your eyes?
Same team in front of both guys. One guy gets piled on mercilessly, the other has people freaking out if he doesn't start every single game. ALL I said is that i hope BOTH guys get to a better level.
So bizarre.