Mike "fricken" Smith
Can we talk about this guy for a sec? The Flames may be going through their fair share of issues during the early season, but this guy certainly isn't one of them! Glad he's proving the doubters (including myself) wrong now that he's got a halfway decent team playing in front of him.
11 games started (1st)
6 wins (T-3rd)
360 shots against (1st)
0.930 Sv% (8th, 6th among starters)
2.31 GAA (10th, 7th among starters)
Safe to say he's been one of the season's early MVP candidates (along with Johnny) and likely the most stable netminder this team has had since Kipper. Just for comparison, here's how the two "other" guys are doing.
Ben Bishop
9 games started (T-9th)
5 wins (T-10th)
247 (16th)
0.911 Sv% (T-19th)
2.71 GAA (21st)
Antti Raanta
Played 3 games and got injured, 3.33 GAA and 0.911 Sv%
Will be interesting to see how these numbers change as the season moves forward. Pretty safe to say that, barring injury, we'll see Smith's name stay at or near the top for games played and TOI though.
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