Not sure why everyone is so down on Smith. Let's be serious...two goals on bad decisions for him. Veteran goalie, he will learn from it. I think he is just trying to help out a little too much/often which is more of a statement of the state of our defencemen and their skill levels.
Arguably, though, Smith has a better glove and, I don't know why, but he inspires more confidence in net than Koskinen has ever since the latter became prone to following Schwartz's advice.
Smith is a competitor. Koskinen, on the other hand, just doesn't have that level of compete in him. Same mistakes over and over. And I am not basing on that last season. His preseason was weak. And blaming that on preseason doesn't cut it. Winners like to win. They don't take days off. Body language between Koskinen and Smith is way different. Smith knew he screwed up, but also knows how to bounce back from that. Even Tippet said that post-game. And his body of work in the last half of the year speaks more for Smith than Koskinen's does for Koski.
Between the two, one is a thoroughbred...ride him til he needs a break.
