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Originally Posted by jonkaupp
Lol no it was not unfortunate, it was a ridiculously dumb mistake solely by Smith and painting it as anything else is absolutely hilarious. Christ you people have Stockholm syndrome
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It was a dumb mistake to try and free up Hanifin and tie up the forechecker. The only quibble I have is where people say he was free to get back in
after he made that decision. Once he decided to engage like that, he got stuck and couldn't get back.
I think maybe he and Hanifin also didn't communicate right - I think he was expecting Hanifin to move away from the net, in whihc case he chips the puck past the forechecker. Instead, Hanifin goes for the puck as well, and the schmozzle happens.
Funny, even after it started I didn't think it was going to end that way. I thought the puck would just get freed the other way and go to the other defender (Hamonic?).