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 smyth260
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| WhoreableGuy wrote on Tue, 10 December 2019 10:40 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 10 December 2019 10:50 |
| Pseudoreality wrote on Tue, 10 December 2019 10:13 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Tue, 10 December 2019 09:04 |
The good news is I think they are playing the good goalie so maybe they have a chance. Someone tell McDavid and Leon they play today so they need to show up.
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That's good to hear. Everyone seems to love Smith so much, but he is not best goalie on this team and should be getting less starts.
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I have no problem with Smith. He did his job. He came in, pushed Koskinen to be better, gave the Oilers quality starts and took away games to lessen the work load. But he is 37 yrs old, he is a back up at this point in his career. I would even say he's a good back up. But he's a back up so they need to play him like a back up.
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Smith had a similar start last season with the Flames, lost the job to Rittich.
He eventually got the job back and became the starter and their MVP all the way to the playoffs, I think Rittich had only 5 losses all season last year but Smith never gave the reigns back.
I'd ride Koskinen more obviously but Smith has shown he can finish strong.
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Here is the thing about goalies. For the most part, they are very unpredictable. And it makes sense. If you stop 28/30 shots every night, you are probably winning the Vezina (.933 save %). If you stop 27/30 shots every night, you are on your way out of the league (.900 save %). The room for error is so slim. There are very few goalies in this league that you can count on long term with some predictability that they will be in the top half of starters.
But you can still try and make smart bets. However, Mike Smith is 38 in March. One thing that is inevitable is that he will fall off of a cliff in the near future, only due to age. It may have already begun. It may begin next year or the year after that. But this is something we actually can safely predict. So I am not liking the odds of Mike Smith rebounding for an MVP season after he has posted .900 in his last 60 games. Maybe he will make a big comeback, maybe he won't...but I don't think it's something we should look forward to.
Clean house or bust
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