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Originally Posted by transplant99
The Flames themselves tracked this internally and the first year Smith played in Calgary, they estimated it saved defensemen from getting hit/rubbed out over 400 times during the season. That is a great help to those guys and allows for much fresher/less injured bodies at seasons end.
It matters...a lot.
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I think it probably did matter to an extent but you do have to weigh the pros and cons as him leaving his net last season probably cost the Flames at least 5 or more unearned goals against or so you have to analyze how many extra goals they were getting out of the 400 times defensemen were not getting rubbed out. I'm sure it was a net positive but the unearned goals given up are pretty hard to take with today's parity and close matchups.