Speculation: Player Discussion: Will Smith

TheBigDrunkPanda

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His linemates generally are not point producers either so he isn't going to rack the assists easily.
Because Smith is the trigger man on that line because he’s absolutely worthless in the offensive zone without the puck. Hes terrible on the boards (right now) because he doesn’t have enough muscle. he's typically late on the play to support the first forechecker which leads to turn overs then he gets caught in no man’s land when the game transitions the other way.

Where he’s at currently he needs players like Goody and Kunin to support him and take responsibility off of him. As much as most of us have trashed Barfsovsky this has been one of his better coaching decisions
 

hotcabbagesoup

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Because Smith is the trigger man on that line because he’s absolutely worthless in the offensive zone without the puck. Hes terrible on the boards (right now) because he doesn’t have enough muscle. he's typically late on the play to support the first forechecker which leads to turn overs then he gets caught in no man’s land when the game transitions the other way.

Where he’s at currently he needs players like Goody and Kunin to support him and take responsibility off of him. As much as most of us have trashed Barfsovsky this has been one of his better coaching decisions

He was a little more physical than I've ever seen him last night. It took the first goal to loosen him up for that. He engaged on a couple of opposing player zone entries and was even crunched along the boards (the play where Goodrow wanted to fight Vlasic afterwards). Still kinda allergic to contact though.
 
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BaileyMacTavish

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Haha, I guess smith didn’t like my ahl reassignment opinion :) hahah

Amazing shots, give his that. I don’t get a chance to watch the game though. How was his overall play? Did he look like he belonged out there (the goals aside)?

Both goals were amazzzing shots. But haltunnen has an amazing shot too. How did he look in just the flow of play? Was he driving the play? Did he play well defensively?

Btw, no sarcasm. Honest questions since I couldn’t watch…
After the first goal you can tell he was getting way more involved in the play and actually driving it. Generating great chances (but y'know... his line mates). Guess he just needed the 1 goal and confidence in his abilities.still somewhat allergic to contact and he did get crunched.
 

TheBigDrunkPanda

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He was a little more physical than I've ever seen him last night. It took the first goal to loosen him up for that. He engaged on a couple of opposing player zone entries and was even crunched along the boards (the play where Goodrow wanted to fight Vlasic afterwards). Still kinda allergic to contact though.
That Vlasic hit looked like the family guy meme 😂
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That being said it was nice to see his offensive confidence come on after he scored his second goal. Particularly that slapped he uncorked coming down the wing

After he scored that first goal, he turns, then you can see that he realizes he scored, that smile on his face was magic.
Honestly Wallmans reaction and excitement for him is what really stood out to me
 
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