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- May 15, 2012
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Absolutely it is. That's why I said it.The latter could be the cause of the former.
That was a looong time ago. Throw in an injury, and this current iteration of Smith probably isn’t too far from the player he is today.I know the Mike Smith from last Fall is in there somewhere. Just gotta find it and hopefully the Flames are still in the playoff race when he's found.
I disagree that it's technical issues, or mobility.
It's the six inches between his ears that's the problem.
He let in 1 bad goal. That doesn't end the game for a playoff team. Not even close. The team picked up from that goal, put more good shifts together, then allowed a PPG against on a good tip by Hornqvist. Again, a playoff team doesn't take that start and say "well, I guess this one's over, time to stop playing." A playoff team smells blood with the amount of chances they've created and how much pressure they've put the Penguins under. The Flames didn't do that, and haven't been doing that enough.
That said, they were doing a much better job of it up until the New York game. Even last game they didn't go away in the third. It's not like it's going to take something huge to roll back the clock to something that was just a couple weeks ago. Team just needs to wake up.
I’ve defended him long enough.I defended him for a while, but he's been no bueno in his last few starts.
You still think that?
I just heard that Neal and Smith had a little argument in the dressing room right after the game. Apparently Neal was not happy with something Mike Smith said about defensive miscues in the game. Neal told him and I quote "make a ####ing save".
I've heard they are friends off the ice but they've had words twice now in less than a week. Players are not happy with Mike Smith.
The first goal was definitely terrible, but I think the second goal was equally alarming. He let out a terribly juicy rebound right into a prime scoring area from a shot that came from the blue line, wasn't very hard, and wasn't screened. Even if hamonic had been in position, or Backlund had been right on top of Henrique, there's a solid chance Henrique still would have been able to get a stick on the puck and put it on net, where Smith was certainly not in position to stop a second shot.The first goal last night was truly alarming. 10/10 times that should be an easy save. No one in front of him, easy angle, wrist shot from almost the blue line. My 9 year old son could've stopped that.
The first goal was definitely terrible, but I think the second goal was equally alarming. He let out a terribly juicy rebound right into a prime scoring area from a shot that came from the blue line, wasn't very hard, and wasn't screened. Even if hamonic had been in position, or Backlund had been right on top of Henrique, there's a solid chance Henrique still would have been able to get a stick on the puck and put it on net, where Smith was certainly not in position to stop a second shot.
Getzlaf's goal, while more of a breakdown by the whole team, was still a backhand shot from almost behind the net. Great shot, but goalies of decent caliber routinely make that save too. Johnny tries to pick that exact corner pretty regularly and has only sniped it twice. It only really looks like not his fault in comparison to the other goals, but really he should have saved it.
Mike Smith is oilers quality.