Yet Smith only had 4 more wins on a far better team, but still had worse numbers (2.65 vs. 2.24; .916 vs. .930) in the major categories. Raanta did it for 1/6th the price too.
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Mike Smith 20 games of 55 played this year with sub-.900 save %.
Raanta 12 games of 47 played with sub-.900 save % in front of "the worst hockey/coaching combination evah! "
Smith finished the season true to form with over 1/3 of his games ending in a drubbing. Worse, they came in stretches after his hot stare. So a typical year.
Here's a breakdown from last summer about 2016-17 Smith. It was 21 of 55 that season. I'm too lazy/busy to do this year.
2015-16 was 13 of 32 games played.
2014-15 was 28 of 62!
2013-14 was 21 of 62.
2012-13 was 16 of 34.
The first and magic year of 2011-12 he had only 16 of 67. That's pretty good for a former backup turned starter. Too bad it was only one year.
He's 36. He's not going to magically become consistent or healthy. He's an okay starter because when he's on he will steal games. He also moves the puck. When he's off, he can cost you games with the classic Smitty meltdown and deathstare. Better ways to spend $6M.
Raanta 12 games of 47 played with sub-.900 save % in front of "the worst hockey/coaching combination evah! "
Smith finished the season true to form with over 1/3 of his games ending in a drubbing. Worse, they came in stretches after his hot stare. So a typical year.
Here's a breakdown from last summer about 2016-17 Smith. It was 21 of 55 that season. I'm too lazy/busy to do this year.
2015-16 was 13 of 32 games played.
2014-15 was 28 of 62!
2013-14 was 21 of 62.
2012-13 was 16 of 34.
The first and magic year of 2011-12 he had only 16 of 67. That's pretty good for a former backup turned starter. Too bad it was only one year.
He's 36. He's not going to magically become consistent or healthy. He's an okay starter because when he's on he will steal games. He also moves the puck. When he's off, he can cost you games with the classic Smitty meltdown and deathstare. Better ways to spend $6M.
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I knew the Smith haters would be out in force, not sure why
Lets hope Raanta can play 55 maybe even 60 games at a high save percentage since he has never done either, and its not easy or a given (ask Smith, since he has done it a number of times).
Lets hope Raanta can play 55 maybe even 60 games at a high save percentage since he has never done either, and its not easy or a given (ask Smith, since he has done it a number of times).
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The staring was annoying but the thing that drove me crazy about Smith was the flopping. I've ripped on OEL for that too. Can't stand that weak shit. That only belongs in the NBA which is one of the reasons I haven't followed that in many years.
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I knew the Smith haters would be out in force, not sure why
I just don't get this comparison. Smith is 8 years older than Raanta, so of course he's had more opportunity to play more.
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I knew the Smith haters would be out in force, not sure why
It's less "hate" and more "not blind to his faults and wouldn't voluntarily spend six million that way".
Also, Raanta was .001 away from the league's highest save % of goalies with over 30 starts. Mike Smith has had ONE year with a .930 in a season where the top two goalies had .940 and .936.
Otherwise, let's stop pretending he gave us Vezina -level goaltending when his other season averages (.910, .915, .904, .916, .914) are extremely pedestrian, lower-tier starter (or worse) levels. He will never be worth the contract we desperately handed him after his first year.
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Only five goalies appeared in 65 games last year. None of them were named Mike Smith.
I really don't care how Smith does, or Murphy, or Duke etc. I'm sure they are all nice people and all, but I don't lose any sleep on how they play, good or bad.
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Smiths .930 save percentage was for 67 games not 47 like Raanta. That year also included a .944 save percentage in 16 playoff games and a WCF run. Raanta performance last season doesn't come close to Smith, your joking if you think he does
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Smiths .930 save percentage was for 67 games not 47 like Raanta. That year also included a .944 save percentage in 16 playoff games and a WCF run. Raanta performance last season doesn't come close to Smith, your joking if you think he does
Smith had a career year in 2011-2012, but it was an outlier year. Taken as a whole, his career could be considered "good." Not sure why this particular dead horse has to be exhumed so often, since he's now a Calgary Flame and he's busy giving the stink eye to a whole different group of his teammates now.
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Is the dead horse the idea that some of us are still rooting against him? Or...?
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Smiths .930 save percentage was for 67 games not 47 like Raanta. That year also included a .944 save percentage in 16 playoff games and a WCF run. Raanta performance last season doesn't come close to Smith, your joking if you think he does
Right. One season. In a contract year. In 2011-12. More than half a decade ago.
After that his averages are... Average. Or below average.
.910
.915
.904
.916
.914
.916
Stop pretending the real Mike Smith is the .930 goaltender.
What Mike Smith did once, seven seasons ago, really doesn't factor into whether or not the team should continue paying him $6M a year.
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You compared Raanta's career (part time 47 games) year to Smiths(77 games WCF run) , which there wasn't a comparison, just pointed it our for you. Never said anything about his salary, and who should pay it either
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