Speculation: Player Discussion: Will Smith

[Munnyro]

Ok dear mods, please close this fu***n thread, we know now how bad Smitty is.
But perhaps you could open up a new one about Macklin instead.
He must be really bad with just as half as much goals as this Smith-Guy has.

It was needed at the time given his struggles and divisive trajectory.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

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]

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.

 

[Alaskanice]

After he scored that first goal, he turns, then you can see that he realizes he scored, that smile on his face was magic.

 

[BaileyMacTavish]

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]

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

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

 

[Alaskanice]

That Vlasic hit looked like the family guy meme View attachment 924981
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


Honestly Wallmans reaction and excitement for him is what really stood out to me

Agreed. There was much joy there.

 

[sampler]

That Vlasic hit looked like the family guy meme View attachment 924981
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


Honestly Wallmans reaction and excitement for him is what really stood out to me

Agreed on Walman. That was the most heartwarming vet celebration for a kid particularly by a newcomer. I dunno what he said in his ear, but walman looks like a future captain. Might be top pairing skill, great teammate, all of it.

He is emerging as a real stud here early on.

 

[Alaskanice]

Boy, winning 3 in a row sure changes the rhetoric here. It’s nice.

 

[TheBigDrunkPanda]

Boy, winning 3 in a row sure changes the rhetoric here. It’s nice.

It’s still a 1 line team but it looks like they are starting to buy into what Barfsofsky is selling. I think people are just trying to enjoy while it last because eventually Granlund and Walkman or going to cool off