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Originally Posted by ResAlien
Are we all going to pretend the Flames aren’t riding Smith like he’s the #1 again? After Rittich’s multi game gaffe parade he’s been quite stapled to the bench. It certainly feels like they’ve put him back as the starter and are treating BSD like the backup. That’s a concern.
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Oh boy I thought I'm the only who sees this. Why is it that Flames are so in awe of Mike Smith? Why are they so afraid to "punish" him? They should have traded him to Detroit for Jimmy Howard. Instead, the Flames are becoming loyal to a fault toward Smith.
It seems that the Flames brass (Treliving, Peters, etc.) and some media members associated with the team (Wills, Francis, Hrudey, Campbell-Pascall) are doing everything to give Smith opportunities to make himself look great in any way, when really Smith faltered time and time again. He may have had two decent stretches of consecutive wins, but majority of the wins required the Flames to rely on their strong offence to win games.
Remember when Peters decided to stick with Smith after he let in the Wild's third goal? Ugh. Meanwhile, one mistake by BSD, boom, he's out.
Peters and his assistants are also reported to prefer Smith to start in the playoffs regardless of opponent because of his experience. Dude, come on. Smith only had one big playoff run. One. And that was when power ruled the game and not speed. 2012. Seven years ago. Long time. And his other experience was in 2011 when Dwayne Roloson had issues.
This Smith experiment is due for a big screw-up. I'd like to say that everyone in the Team Smith should have a change of heart, but that will never happen.
Hope BSD realizes that the Flames are not really giving him opportunities to succeed. He better play God mode/well-look-at-me-screw-you-for-not-seeing-the-best-of-me from here on. I won't be surprised if he decides to move on with the Flames this summer because of the royal treatment Smith is getting right now. I'll cry if that happens. #FREERITTICH #ORBETTERMAKEBOTHHAPPY