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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I am not under any illusion that Mike Smith has performed consistently well this year. He has not. It has been a bad year for him punctuated by poor performances amid a handful of excellent games here or there. But I have been around long enough to see that a goalie—ANY goalie—can go on a heater in April and May and carry his team to the Cup Final. So, I am not at all ready to discount the possibility that it could happen to the Flames, even in front of Mike Smith playing goal. I sure don't expect it to happen, but am definitely not willing to concede that the Flames have no chance of winning with him in the net.
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THis is exactly the point. So if thats what we require, and most teams that go on a deep cup run have a goalie playing lights out, then why would we choose to back Smith to be the guy when he has shown that he doesn't have that level of play in him anymore and he is in fact the longest shot to go on a heater...
Would you not want to give your team the best possible chance of going on a run??? Odds are against it being smith