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Originally Posted by codynw
Smith has been on a pretty consistent "low" since halfway through last season though...
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He's also 36. Counting on this being just a "low" is folly - especially when this is an extended low carrying over from last year. The guy is a poor technical goalie who is getting old. It's a very real possibility that this is what you get moving forward.
He is cheating more and more out there and its giving the opposition easy goals. The third goal isn't a bad goal but Smith goes down way too early on a bad angle play so the pass across is just shot into an open net. A competent NHL goalie is able to slide across on that play and force the shooter to actually make a good shot.