Can anyone explain to me why Mike Smith is starting?
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StephenPeat
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#BinningtonConnSmyth I mean he has to have close to the greatest #s of all time by my count.
StephenPeat
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It’s such a shame Alex Edler literally killed him, the Flames sure could use him right now.
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Elliott was better that regular season, but Elliott murdered the Flames so bad in the Anaheim series, I'm surprised he's still in the NHL and not on death row.
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If you have watched tonight’s game you know exactly why he started.
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I have watched the game tonight. I posted this thread before the game, asking why he is starting tonight's game.
I am not a time traveler.
We just had him as our starter with the Flyers for 2 years. He's just a very ok goalie. Hopefully Hart will finally be the one.
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He's probably an okay backup, but I wouldn't want him as the starter. Even in his good years in St. Louis, he was mostly just a 1a in his more heavily used years.
I don't really believe in system goalies, but if there is a such thing, he's definitely one. The only years he's been particularly good were when he played for the Blues/Hitchcock. He was awful to mediocre at best in Ottawa and Colorado and he's been mediocre to okay at best with Calgary and Philadelphia.
Hart was better than him this year, on both eye test and on paper in save percentage. The only thing I'll say in Elliott's defense was that in that last game he played where he allowed 4 goals on 5 shots, I don't think he had a chance on any of them. In that game against the Sharks where they scored 8 on him back in October, I think I only counted 1 of those as stoppable. I do think I had him down for a few weak ones in that 7 goal game against Toronto fairly recently though. I remember him being awful in that game against Washington in early March. 3 of the 4 goals in that game were poor.
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Smith’s been a lot better in the second half of the season compared to the disaster of a first half. He’s fixed his issues. He’s not what he use to be, but he still has his moments.
Smith was slightly better than Rittich in the second half and he’s more experienced. That said, he won’t have a long leash.
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oh hey guys,
I hear this is the thread where they are serving up free crow?
Is that right?
I hear this is the thread where they are serving up free crow?
Is that right?
He was brought in to be a bridge from Mason to Hart, and I guess he fulfilled that. Last year he was decent, serviceable enough for a starter, yeah he wasn't great in the playoffs, but the Flyers were overmatched, and Elliott clearly was not 100%. This year, his actual play was ok, a little inconsistent, but his inability to stay healthy, coupled with Neuvirth's even more increased fragility really changed the entire plan with Hart. Hart really never should have even been called up this season. Anyway, Elliott is now 34, but I think he's still good enough for at least a backup gig somewhere next year. Hart will officially become the starter next year, and I believe Talbot will become the backup.
Sorry to talk so much about Elliott, Flames fans. Smith rocked tonight! The Flames won't have to run and gun if Smith keeps it up(or even close).
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It's hilarious you call it diving when Edler actually hit him from behind
And being a fan to the team that benefited from pro diver Burrows himself... You should be able to distinguish actual diving!
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I hate it when people make these kinds of posts after one game.
It’s not as bad as people saying things like this after one goal, one save, one period, etc. but it’s still bad. Nobody is “eating crow” until a playoff round is actually over.
