Koskinen.
Like it or not smith is signed for 1 year, and koskinen will be here after he’s gone, so they’re gonna have to get used to playing with him at some point, and for smith to be at his best at his age, we’re likely looking at a 50/50 workload for the two of them, so why risk exhausting one of the goalies so early in the year when the other one hasn’t even seen the ice?
Smith was really good and really bad at some points last night, it’s not like he had an amazing night and we can’t afford to sit him.
90% of us were ready to pull smith last night after his gaffs, but he finished strong and it worked out, but any game where we allow 5 goals isn’t one where your goalie forces the coaches hand to play him again imo.
I also want to see if the better looking breakout and d zone passing is all a result of smith or if the players are going to continue to look better with koskinen back there.