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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
While I agree for the most part when it comes to a soft goal. But last nights debacle is inexcusable. He was battling with an opposing forward BEHIND the net for over 6 full seconds. Hanifin was already there, what is the thought process of how NOT going back to the net is the better choice? I can overlook the odd give away from a bad pass when the goalies play the puck (ie Rittich in the San Jose game, Smith vs Anaheim) but leaving the net to muck it up with an opposing forward behind the net was just plain asinine.
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That is not exactly what happened. Smith was the first to arrive behind the net, then the opposing player, then Hanifin. I didn’t see Smith do anything differently until after Hanifin arrived—I think that was the time to get back into the net, but I am not sure it was as simple to do so in the moment as it may have appeared. The moment of Hanifin’s arrival created an impediment for Smith. He might have been able to get around him, but there was not an especially clear path to do so.
The whole situation was unfortunate.
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