Wonder if Calgary regrets not obtaining MAF a couple years ago....
Not at all.
Wonder if Calgary regrets not obtaining MAF a couple years ago....
Gonna say the same thing I did last week.... Smith was always bad. He was exactly the same in Tampa and that's why we let him go. The few good years he did have were an outlier. That tiger doesn't change it's stripes. He is what he is.... A servicable goaltender who crashes back down to earth violently and dramatically after being able to play over his head for an indefinite period of time or til he gets hurt again. We saw it over and over and over again. God help us if we ever got to a shootout. He was easily one of the worst goaltenders I have ever seen in that situation. I think it was 2008 and we lost something like 7 shootouts
Believe me, if the dude was as good as his early Coyotes years he would still be in Tampa owning every record this team ever had in one of the longer tenures you'd find anywhere for a goaltender
Edit: 10 shootout losses and I'm positive Smith was in net for at least 8
Markstrom turns 29 in January. "Younger", yes. Improving? Doubtful.He is at best 27th best out of the 31 starting goaltenders for each team in the league. As far as the Western Conference, the only goalie I would take Smith over might be Maarkstrom. Even then I don't think I would as at least Maarkstrom is younger and improving.
Wonder if Calgary regrets not obtaining MAF a couple years ago....
In fairness, the Flames probably would have killed Fleury's stats as well. It's what they do.
Smith is past done at this point. He's consistently letting in soft goals, reacting slowly to the puck, unable to read plays, etc. I don't remember the last time I saw a goalie cost his team this much this often. That Silfverberg goal was god awful. The Henrique goal was bad rebound control and inability to react quick enough.
He's really bad, it boggles the mind why Peters doesn't give Rittich more starts.
Gonna say the same thing I did last week.... Smith was always bad. He was exactly the same in Tampa and that's why we let him go. The few good years he did have were an outlier. That tiger doesn't change it's stripes. He is what he is.... A servicable goaltender who crashes back down to earth violently and dramatically after being able to play over his head for an indefinite period of time or til he gets hurt again. We saw it over and over and over again. God help us if we ever got to a shootout. He was easily one of the worst goaltenders I have ever seen in that situation. I think it was 2008 and we lost something like 7 shootouts
Believe me, if the dude was as good as his early Coyotes years he would still be in Tampa owning every record this team ever had in one of the longer tenures you'd find anywhere for a goaltender
Edit: 10 shootout losses and I'm positive Smith was in net for at least 8
Rittich is relatively young too. How come Flames fans aren't really getting behind Rittich as "the man" moving forward?
Rittich is relatively young too. How come Flames fans aren't really getting behind Rittich as "the man" moving forward?
Rittich is relatively young too. How come Flames fans aren't really getting behind Rittich as "the man" moving forward?
Pittsburgh was asking for a lot. Had they not they would’ve actually gotten something for him. They didn’t budge though.
This. I'm pretty sure the rumored ask was the pick that turned into Tkachuk. Though I may be mixing up rumors on Bishop.
So the oilers constantly failing out of the playoffs is then just reasonable Karma for getting gifted both Gretzky and McDavid? makes sense.Calgary endless goalie search is karma for having Kiprusoff save their butts for all those years
This. I'm pretty sure the rumored ask was the pick that turned into Tkachuk. Though I may be mixing up rumors on Bishop.
Tkachuk is our best player and the pick in question. As great as Murray or even Fleury would have been, the price was just too high.I believe we knew that Pittsburgh was in a goaltending situation with Murray coming off of a cup win. Knowing the expansion draft rules we knew one of their goalies was to be exposed, and I believe the 6th OA ask was for Murray. Seems like overpayment but the Pens literally won the cup from Murray’s stellar play
Oh I know, I’m glad we didn’t trade the pick. Just saying that Pittsburgh’s ask wasn’t ridiculous.Tkachuk is our best player and the pick in question. As great as Murray or even Fleury would have been, the price was just too high.
sure but whats Calgary's excuse for also missing the playoffs?So the oilers constantly failing out of the playoffs is then just reasonable Karma for getting gifted both Gretzky and McDavid? makes sense.