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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Missed it. What did he say?
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I don't know what comments the poster was referring to but this is from the Sun article:
“Just a mistake behind the net with the puck,” said Smith, owning up his error post-game. “You can’t make mistakes like that in close games, and tonight, it bit us.”
Gio, as always, is such a stand up guy and defended him:
“Smitty, one of his best parts of his game is playing the puck, and we want him to go out and play every puck,” the veteran defenceman said. “Those things are going to happen every once in a while. But the other thousand times that he comes out and plays it clean, it’s going to help us break the puck out.”
https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...ht-at-the-dome
Later this on being razzed after the 4th goal:
“I don’t think anyone likes to be jeered at home,” Smith said. “I think that’s just human nature. But they’re passionate fans, and mistakes are going to happen in games. I’m telling you that right now they’re going to happen.
“Unfortunately (Saturday night), it went the other way. That’s part of playing sports and being a professional. Obviously, they’re passionate fans, and when things are going well, they’re right there with you. But there are mistakes in games that happen, and they paid their money to come here to voice their displeasures, and that’s what happened.
“But I don’t think anyone likes to feel like that at home,” Smith continued. “It’s one thing to go on the road and get booed, but you don’t like to hear it in your own rink. But that’s the way it is. That’s part of the sport, and you just accept it and keep moving on.”