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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Smith lets our D become a little more relaxed in our zone IMO. With his puck handling ability the team seems to sit back and let him get it.
Rittich isn't very good at that making our D play more tighter in the zone IMO.
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Agreed, for the most part. How do you replace Smith at this point tho? He's done nothing but show up and give us a chance. I'd be interested to see if putting in Rittich has a positive psychological effect on the team but man, how pissed would you be if you're Smith and you sit for game 4?