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Originally Posted by Bingo
People always over react to goaltenders, especially in Calgary it seems.
Not a great start for Smith, but the Flames have been giving up too much quality too. I get that you can't just say none of them were Smith's fault every game, because he has to stop 75% of the tough ones, and this season he's stopped way less than that.
But the bigger body of work suggests he'll find it ... and if not, if this is the age cliff than yeah they'll have to make a change.
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In my opinion, this was a really bad game from which to gauge whether or not Smith has actually taken a step back. His record against the Blues—and especially in St Louis—is awful. If this is still a conversation we are having in two weeks the sure, but right now we still really have no idea about what we can expect from Mike Smith this season. Fans HATE that these things take time to evaluate (and yes, they do take considerably more time than just the preseason plus a few early October games), but that's just how it goes.