[PGT] Poor goaltending does the team in .... AGAIN. Flames lose 6-4 to the Bruins.

[Hockey_Ninja]

https://twitter.com/StatsCentre/stat...953145856?s=19

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Has Peters defended Smith yet?

Sure did on the Fan 960. He took a lot of heat for his Lack comments. He won’t repeat that even if he thinks it.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Duffalufagus

Peters refusing to even acknowledge Smith played poorly.

He has been in this situation before, and I am not the least bit surprised that he is reluctant to call out his goalies in the media now. Does anyone honestly pay that much attention to what coaches say in post-game media scrums? Most of it is PR with a little bit of gamesmanship, and all coaches handle it differently.

[RedHawk12]

Nvm

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by sketchyt

It doesn't matter how many insane saves you made, you can't let in two softies and expect to win. It doesn't balance out like that.

I wouldn't say he made many insane saves either...do people watch hockey? Every single game I watch the goalies make big saves. This is the NHL, should be the best goalies on the planet

[The Boy Wonder]

Peters has to defend him and as pissed as we are at smith I’d be even angrier at peters if he didn’t defend smith

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by Hes

I looked at the game thread for where the personal attacks on smith were coming from It is one poster really The Alpine Oracle.

So I will call out the one poster. The Alpine Oracle should stop acting like a loser.

Most other comments were frustration at Smith but not calling him out as a person.

Haha, clearly you haven't been to the Blue Jays thread.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by Duffalufagus

Peters refusing to even acknowledge Smith played poorly.

If he hadn't already gone off the deep end on Lack a couple of years back he might have lost it.

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Yes, but the risk is that if he keeps putting him and doesn’t hold him accountable, he’ll lose the respect of the dressing room. The team is probably livid at Smith and annoyed at Peters.

yeah, i think it was really just an unlucky situation: injury to Rittich, back to back games, Gillies not doing particularly well in the minors and Smith actually playing good the night before.

in this case, i think going with Smith was the right call, for those reasons.

But at this point, you simply can't give the other team freebies... those aren't goals that are earned, nor deserved by the other team and has got to be incredibly frustrating/deflating for the team to have to fight back, work so hard to get a goal, or to have your goalie gift the other team a soft goal....

Starting Smith is almost like spotting the opposition a goal and expecting the Flames to fight back every start.

it can't happen anymore. Points are too important with the Pacific tightening up like it is...

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

Where are all of these reports of Mike Smith being a great teammate? He’s thrown players on his team under the bus in Tampa, Dallas, Phoenix, and I think he even did it a few times here.

And even if he is a great teammate (none of us really know), that’s not what we are paying him for. Smith has done nothing for this franchise. We owe him
Nothing.

LOL, max level entitlement. Guess what? He doesn't owe you anything and he never did.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by RedHawk12

And yet your constant criticism of him suggests you expect more from him.

I know he's a terrible backup. But that's what I expect from him at this point. I wish we had a better backup but I'm not bitching about it like most on this forum.

Well a Calgary Flames post game thread about a game he blew seems to be the exact place to bitch about it

Yes I expect much more from an NHL goaltender, backups included.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by sketchyt

LOL, max level entitlement. Guess what? He doesn't owe you anything and he never did.

He owes the team good goaltending. That’s what we paid him for

[FlamesFanStrandedInEDM]

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[RedHawk12]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Well a Calgary Flames post game thread about a game he blew seems to be the exact place to bitch about it

Yes I expect much more from an NHL goaltender, backups included.

Fair enough, and I'm not defending Smith or criticizing you for bitching about it. Like I said, it's just been a really annoying part of what has been an otherwise pretty enjoyable season.

[Jacks]

Deja vu for Peters, exact words apply today.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...ck-bad-season/

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

He owes the team good goaltending. That’s what we paid him for

Well, he doesn't owe me anything... I'm not on the team.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder

He owes the team good goaltending. That’s what we paid him for

The last time I checked, we are fans—all of us. The point stands: Mike Smith owes us nothing at all.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by RedHawk12

Fair enough, and I'm not defending Smith or criticizing you for bitching about it. Like I said, it's just been a really annoying part of what has been an otherwise pretty enjoyable season.

That is kinda the point, after decades of mediocre the Flames actually have a top team. Even the 04 team squeaked in.

One player is playing so poorly its holding the team back, sure they are in a decent spot but should be leading the division by a mile. Its frustrating that the people in charge always seem to be the last ones to realize.

Its like last year with GG...everyone knew he was a bad coach, shouldn't have taken until the off season to give the guy the axe.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

The last time I checked, we are fans—all of us. The point stands: Mike Smith owes us nothing at all.

Did I stutter?

He actually does owe us better, as fans, some of whom pay for tickets and cable and whatnot, yeah he does owe the entire franchise, fan base, etc.

[RedHawk12]

Bottom line, for the sake of all Flames fans and more importantly for the team, I hope we get better backup goaltending. We probably deserved st least a point this game.

Jimmy Howard our best trade option right now?