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Old 03-03-2019, 12:49 PM   #1458
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
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.”

So a couple of things.

Smith, just a FYI, people pay to see a hockey game, I’m sure they would not feel shortchanged if there was no opportunity to voice displeasure.

Gio with the hyperbolic other ‘1000 times’ that Smith plays the puck without incident - just a few mere games ago, Francis had it at once every 200 times. I guess if Smith mishandles the puck in a costly way next game, it will be once in a million?
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