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Has it gotten out what happened to Smith?

He went from on the bench night 1, to I think it was announced mid afternoon the next day he was out for his start. So maybe 16-17 hours? I think it got out that night or maybe in the morning so maybe 36 hours after the night 1 game, he's on LTIR for almost a month. It was back to back games so there wasn't a practice and I think only a handful of guys did the morning skate and pretty much no one who played did. So he got a significant enough injury where he misses almost a month without setting foot on the ice. He probably didn't even do much of a workout if at all because he was supposed to play so you wouldn't want to use up energy on game day.

So what happened? I am a couple years older than Smith and have kids 10 and under so similar to him and I tried to think what could happen to me that could take me out like that. So other than doing something stupid like getting drunk and falling off something which I can't see a married, pushing 40, father of young kids, the night before a game doing. We are talking slipping on ice walking to the car, slamming your hand in a car door. Maybe wrestling with kids and they drop a knee in your back.

Just bizarre to me.


Smith saw how our defense played in game 1 and decided to fall down some stairs later that night? :)

I'd bet he tweaked something in practice or training. This season has started in a hurry. Can't be easy for all the old guys.

When? Like I said, he was on the bench night 1 so I assume he was healthy. It was back to back games, he was the starter in the morning. There was no practice nor did he or pretty much anyone who played did the morning skate. By mid afternoon he was out. The game was done by what, 10:30 pm. So he was healthy enough then and by 2 in the afternoon he was out. So that's what 16 hours with no time on ice. Do they even train on game days? I can't see them doing much other than stretching because you wouldn't want to exert any energy on a game day.

So I guess he would have pulled something stretching but if that's a case, if a guy can't even stretch without pulling a muscle, that's a big freaking problem.


Story of my life after 40.

I am over 40 as well. I am in OK shape but not pro athlete shape but I can walk around and not hurt myself.



Heck I’m 32, have played soccer since I was 4, I’m not in pro athlete shape but some days I just roll out of bed and need to go on the IR.


I would say I am in above average shape, but I can put my my body out of whack by bending over too quickly. Age and intense physical activity catches up with the body. The more I rest now, the better I am. Might be Mike Smith training like he's 25 instead of his actual age.

Tough to avoid. Competitive nature wants me to keep running with the 25 years olds, but that usually means I am on the shelf shortly after. I see Mike Smith and see a competitive guy. Most athletes don't translate well after 35. I don't blame him, but this was a dropped ball by Holland. It was to be expected.

The ultimate fault is on the team for not deciding to keep 3 goalies on the roster. Normally keeping 3 goalies on your roster is a bad idea but this isn't normal times. I do think the NHL screwed the pooch on not adjusting the rules to allow for a 3rd goalie to not count as a roster spot. This is not a normal year so keeping the rules the same doesn't make sense to me. But the NHL didn't so GM's should have adjusted how they operate.

Kevin Woodley on Gregor's show said the same thing that this is a mistake on the leagues part to making to so your 3rd guy had to pass through waivers. A jerk team like Carolina set this in motion by doing it as a paper transaction as they had no intention of keeping forsberg. Not only is it making it difficult for teams but these are people and they are getting jerked around because of it. Gregor raised the point that maybe the PA would object because if you keep a guy as your 3, maybe it restricts opportunity to other teams. Woodley countered that the PA's main concern is making sure there members get paid. So if you made it so teams had to pay NHL salaries, the PA wouldn't object.



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