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Originally Posted by kevman
Was there anything more cringeworthy than Sportsnet showing Smith's triumphant walk down the hall back to the ice? A guy that got himself pulled from the game because he dove too violently miraculously was OK and the crowd goes wild. It was so Edmonton.
It was like the real life version of that MacTavish WWE gif and the fans ate it up!
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The whole thing was such an embarrassing drama club rendition of a “playoff moment.” Smith flops like an idiot and puts himself into concussion protocol despite being obviously fine and saying he doesn’t want it and the ref saying “not my call.” Koskinen comes in. 15 minutes later a timeout is called where they pretend to be gathering everyone up and Koskinen pretends to need an adjustment to a skate and… what’s that? Is that MIKE SMITH? And, of course, Koskinen immediately drops his leg and the players go back to the ice because the scripted playoff moment errr I mean the “timeout” is over without any reason for a timeout having actually occurred.