Quote:
Originally Posted by Beninho
The problem is that the goals Smiths let in are often visibly terrible. When he’s off there’s no turning back. When he lets in one bad goal he rarely has a flawless game after it occurs. This is the last type of goalie you want to go into the playoffs with. Especially being so damn poor on home ice like Smith is. Rittich isn’t a perfect goalie but the goals he lets in are far less infuriating than the ones smith lets in, and are far less back breaking. Smith seems to let in these goals at such awful times in the games as well and so often he does it on home ice. The times Rittich has let in a stinker he seems to respond much better than Smith. With Smith everything goes to #### when he lets in a bad goal. I’ve never seen a goalie on a great team get as rattled as Smith does.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
|
It is like the Wild coach said, "he is either really good or really bad'. If that is how teams view Smith then they are going to try and exploit any weaknesses.