01-04-2019, 07:52 AM
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#341
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Uncle Chester
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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
I can't feel bad for a guy who spent his career throwing teammates under the bus.
nobody should feel bad about now dumping his corpse to the curb.
flames have been kinder to him than he deserves.
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Says the Oilers fan. 
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01-04-2019, 09:15 AM
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#342
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
I thought Elliot was bad. He used to only give up one bad goal a game. I honestly don’t know how Smith became such utter garbage.
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He was never that good. I don't get where this notion of him being a top goaltender ever came from. He had one really good season and the rest all average to below average at best. Now he's old, slow and clearly losing all of his reactionary ability that he relied upon to cover up his numerous flaws.
He is now completely unplayable imo.
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01-04-2019, 09:17 AM
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#343
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Franchise Player
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Too much pressure to start Gillies?
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01-04-2019, 09:21 AM
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#344
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Too much pressure to start Gillies?
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Disagree. There really isn't any pressure. The team is sitting pretty in the standings and is scoring at will. The starter's injury is reportedly minor. The backup looks like a Bantam goalie. All he has to do is not look as bad as Smith, which he should be able to do if he maintains any sort of proper goalie positioning.
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01-04-2019, 09:23 AM
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#345
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Too much pressure to start Gillies?
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Now is a good time to start him, we play a bunch of eastern teams and if we are going to lose some games those are the ones to lose.
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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Looks like you'll need one long before I will. May I suggest deflection king?
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01-04-2019, 09:23 AM
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#346
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by CanadaMatt
While I don’t disagree with you, I’d personally hate to see a very good player like Smith end up in the minors at the end of his career. There’s no guarantee that he plays well down there.
What other options are there? I have no idea.
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Smith doesn’t even have to play IMO. Just let him get healthy in practice and mentor the young guys down there.
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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Too much pressure to start Gillies?
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Behind a team that outplays the other team almost every night? I’d hope not...
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01-04-2019, 09:40 AM
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#347
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tvp2003
Smith doesn’t even have to play IMO.
Behind a team that outplays the other team almost every night? I’d hope not...
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Exactly. We aren’t after Vezina candidates.
Behind this team we only need a backup that is ok.
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01-04-2019, 10:37 AM
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#348
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Owner
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Calgary
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Game Takes:
Bruins 6 Flames 4
- Flames give up only 8 high danger chances in 60 minutes (all situations)
- 60 minute no quit effort
- Smith questionable on 2/3 of 5 against
- Lindholm his 20th
- Gaudreau keeps rolling
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01-04-2019, 10:44 AM
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#349
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
Exactly. We aren’t after Vezina candidates.
Behind this team we only need a backup that is ok.
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We need Grant Fuhr!
Maybe someone should bring in some blow for Smith in between periods.
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01-04-2019, 10:50 AM
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#350
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: North Vancouver
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Just stick a shooter tutor in net, and I guarantee it would make more saves than Smith.
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01-04-2019, 11:10 AM
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#351
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Commie Referee
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Small town, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GordonBlue
I can't feel bad for a guy who spent his career throwing teammates under the bus.
nobody should feel bad about now dumping his corpse to the curb.
flames have been kinder to him than he deserves.
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See, this is the kind of stuff that is just not needed. He's a goalie that's struggling, that's it. It's a game. He's not a terrible person. No need to kick a guy when he's down.
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01-04-2019, 11:29 AM
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#352
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Franchise Player
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A comment on Smith acting as a mentor or a coach. Do you really want a guy with the bad habits he does trying to coach those into other players? Calgary has bad enough goaltending coaching, I'm not sure we want someone who has such poor fundamentals teaching the next crop how to play the position.
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01-04-2019, 11:32 AM
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#353
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bingo
Game Takes:
Bruins 6 Flames 4
- Flames give up only 8 high danger chances in 60 minutes (all situations)
- 60 minute no quit effort
- Smith questionable on 2/3 of 5 against
- Lindholm his 20th
- Gaudreau keeps rolling |
That really shows that should have been a win for the Flames.
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01-04-2019, 11:41 AM
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#354
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by New Era
A comment on Smith acting as a mentor or a coach. Do you really want a guy with the bad habits he does trying to coach those into other players? Calgary has bad enough goaltending coaching, I'm not sure we want someone who has such poor fundamentals teaching the next crop how to play the position.
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I'm with ya man, but we've been told we know nothing of what he does and criticism is not warranted, ever.
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01-04-2019, 11:44 AM
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#355
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
I'm with ya man, but we've been told we know nothing of what he does and criticism is not warranted, ever.
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Yup.
Sigalet is so bad he has coached Rittich into the top 10 in save% and GAA!!!
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01-04-2019, 11:46 AM
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#356
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Yup.
Sigalet is so bad he has coached Rittich into the top 10 in save% and GAA!!!
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And the other nine guys?
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01-04-2019, 11:48 AM
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#357
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
And the other nine guys?
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Praise is not warranted, ever.
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01-04-2019, 11:51 AM
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#358
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
And the other nine guys?
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Hmmmm....Im gonna go with a hot take in that maybe it is the players?
I mean....how many are even still in the NHL?
Goaltending is such a crapshoot anymore. It's impossible to blame a G coach when a guy falls off the face of the earth like Smith and others before him because it happens a lot all over the place.
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01-04-2019, 11:54 AM
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#359
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RANDOM USER TITLE CHANGE
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: South Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Hmmmm....Im gonna go with a hot take in that maybe it is the players?
I mean....how many are even still in the NHL?
Goaltending is such a crapshoot anymore. It's impossible to blame a G coach when a guy falls off the face of the earth like Smith and others before him because it happens a lot all over the place.
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So then it's all on the GM for continually picking up these over the hill retirees-in-training. Gotcha.
Impossible to blame goaltending coach for bad goaltending. That's definitely a hot take.
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01-04-2019, 11:55 AM
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#360
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by transplant99
Yup.
Sigalet is so bad he has coached Rittich into the top 10 in save% and GAA!!!
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I think Rittich is an anomaly to the coaching of Sigalet. Every other goalie we've had under him has been average to mediocre.
It's probably time to switch things up with the goalie coaching. Look at how much better the team is under Peters than Gulutzan.
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