He's good there's no question about that but he does not deserve it over bedard saying otherwise would be a pretty hot take. I respect the opinion
Kind of wish there was a separate trophy for defense. Compare an offense to defenses pretty damn hard. I would be cool if they went the NFL route and share defensive and offensive rookie of the Year
Yeah i understand. He's just a cool guy, fun to watch and the type of player this team currently needs. Of course he's overpaid. I'd swap Palat for him or Henrique without hesitation. Ignore the hindsight
Kakko and Allen have come and shown us that our issues are more pressing then goaltending. Not that it wasn't an issue, but lights out goaltending and we still were sucked basically. We need better defense, a better philosophy around it for things to ultimately move forward for us
Thing is. Smiths stats aren't actually bad. Like at all. Considering how young our defense I could unfortunately ( personal opinion ) see him coming back
Any chance we keep Kakko next year? Is he younger, he was supposedly good this year minus our game against him. Why not keep him and try and move Allen again in the Offseason.