robrob74 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 45 minutes ago, travel_dude said: FYI, Rittich to start against San Jose. That’s good! I have 0 faith in Smith. If Smith is so good in the room, maybe he can become an assistant goalie coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 Oh oh, the dreaded double post. Oh oh, the dreaded double post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 7 minutes ago, robrob74 said: That’s good! I have 0 faith in Smith. If Smith is so good in the room, maybe he can become an assistant goalie coach. I wouldn't write Smith off yet... I am not sure if he will get back to being a steady #1, but I wouldn't count him out as turning out to be what the Flames need for a backup either... Just can't see Smith ever being an assistant to Sigalet... More like if we were ever lucky enough to see Smith want to take on the job, send Sigalet down the road with a nice parting gift like a plane ticket to somewhere warm for a vacation and a shiny new set of golf clubs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 55 minutes ago, Carty said: I wouldn't write Smith off yet... I am not sure if he will get back to being a steady #1, but I wouldn't count him out as turning out to be what the Flames need for a backup either... Just can't see Smith ever being an assistant to Sigalet... More like if we were ever lucky enough to see Smith want to take on the job, send Sigalet down the road with a nice parting gift like a plane ticket to somewhere warm for a vacation and a shiny new set of golf clubs... I can’t see it either. I wasn’t being serious about the assistant thing. i hope you’re right about Smith. It has been close to a full year that he’s been off of his game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC331 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 18 hours ago, robrob74 said: I can’t see it either. I wasn’t being serious about the assistant thing. i hope you’re right about Smith. It has been close to a full year that he’s been off of his game. I don't think his current game is so terrible that it doesn't go well wit wat we are getting from Rittich so far. Wasn't the idea this season that Smith play less, well he is now. I don't believe we should be panicking yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I’m assuming Smith will get the next start against the Wings. He’ll have a good outing. Back to Rittich for the Bruins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 24 minutes ago, conundrumed said: I’m assuming Smith will get the next start against the Wings. He’ll have a good outing. Back to Rittich for the Bruins. Rittich is a big game goalie. Probably the better choice behind a tired team on a B2B. Whatever Smith does in game 1, Rittich will try to outdo in game 2. The score of the SJS game was not a good measure of the goalie(s). Bad defensive play by Hammer/Hanifin on 2 goals, forwards lost ther man wide open. A miscue by Mony on a goal that just kind of bounced off the boards. A terminal velocity blash by Burns. And a goal Rittich may have wanted back (Jumbo goal). Tighten up the screws a bit. Give Smith some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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redfire11 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Lets hope Rittich starts against Boston. We can't afford to spot a team like that any goals. Smith wasn't terrible against Detroit but there were not many quality chances against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 3 hours ago, redfire11 said: Lets hope Rittich starts against Boston. We can't afford to spot a team like that any goals. Smith wasn't terrible against Detroit but there were not many quality chances against him. His lateral movement wasn;t good on two I watched. Playing back in his net helps with the majority of the shots he faces, but staying deep means he gets beat in the crease or high shots from the side (Crosby goals). We'll see if Smith gets a second start on a B2B, whether they trust Gillies or Rittich is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC331 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 8 hours ago, redfire11 said: Lets hope Rittich starts against Boston. We can't afford to spot a team like that any goals. Smith wasn't terrible against Detroit but there were not many quality chances against him. I would play Smith again. The team seemed happy for him, which means they will play hard in front of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 19 minutes ago, MAC331 said: I would play Smith again. The team seemed happy for him, which means they will play hard in front of him. Consider his age and the fact that if injured we have nobody else until Rittich is back. Needs to be treated with kid gloves, no matter how he looked last night. He has an injury history. Don;t take the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I would play Smith too. I'm not the doctor but lower body injuries worry me even if they are just tweeks. Smith was ok, not great but ok, last night and could use the extra game and i'd rather not risk further injury to Rittich at this point. I'd even play Gilles in front of Rittich right now. I would not play Rittich tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebrewcrew Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Smith played good last night. I would give Rittich an extra couple days, start Smith. This will be a good game for him to see what he can do against a much more lethal offence than Detroit has. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I think you have to be very careful with both Rittich and Smith. If Rittich is 100% and it wasn;t anything more than soreness and precautionary, then you have to think Rittich. I'm saying that because I'm not sure about Smith's health. Skate to the back of the leg last night, combined with whatever he was dealing with before, assuming it was an injury and not mental. Last night was not an easy game for him. Lots of work and awkward saves required. Decision has to be a guy they feel is 100% and able to play 2 in a row, if his name is Smith. I'm guess that they started Smith in game 1 to give extra time for Rittich. That makes sense if they just gave him a day off. If he's got any kind of real injury, then it would have made sense to start Gillies in Game 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Don;t know the validity of this but.... Calgary Trade Central @cgytradecentral FollowFollow @cgytradecentral More Mike Smith gets the start tonight. #Flames Please ignore my earlier post. Rittich must not be 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 I get why they are going with Smith and that Gillies hasn't really earned a start, but I think I would have gone with Gillies tonight, just to see if he can gain some confidence back. He has been playing very poorly in Stockton and seems like a guy who has lost some confidence in not making the team out of training camp. Give him the start tonight, let him get some confidence back, we might need him at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC331 Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, JTech780 said: I get why they are going with Smith and that Gillies hasn't really earned a start, but I think I would have gone with Gillies tonight, just to see if he can gain some confidence back. He has been playing very poorly in Stockton and seems like a guy who has lost some confidence in not making the team out of training camp. Give him the start tonight, let him get some confidence back, we might need him at some point. What ? Gilles is up here for back up insurance to the other two not a performance evaluation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flames-fan-in-jets-land Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, JTech780 said: I get why they are going with Smith and that Gillies hasn't really earned a start, but I think I would have gone with Gillies tonight, just to see if he can gain some confidence back. He has been playing very poorly in Stockton and seems like a guy who has lost some confidence in not making the team out of training camp. Give him the start tonight, let him get some confidence back, we might need him at some point. right now Gillies confidence should take a back seat to Smiths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thebrewcrew Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Not sure what to make of Gillies at this point. Goalies take longer develop so maybe not wise to give up on him yet. From what I gather Stockton isn’t very good so maybe his stats are a reflection of that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Glad to hear it’s Smith. Everybody pulls the wagon. He can do it for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rickross Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 It’s getting really hard to hold belief in Smitty...I still think he can regain his form but I think we’ve been saying that for half the season now. Might be time to give Gillies a go and see where he’s at. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 We’re in the midst of another 4 games in 6 nights, just like before Christmas. It’s a tough go, but we’ve gotta deal with it. Bennett should have sat last night for Czarnik imho. As for Smith, not tracking the puck well at all and playing too deep has been going on all year now. Time to ask, why isn’t this getting fixed? Even Boston’s Asst coach Sacco said last night, after the 2nd, “we’ve gotta get pucks to the net because their goalie’s fighting the puck”. Sigalet HAS to take some responsibility at this point. There is no sign this has been addressed in 3 months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 5 games in 8 actually, then 4 days off. Damn! 3-2 would be very respectable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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