Mike Smith

[Lemmy]

Will he ever turn it around, or is he a drop this year in a 1 year league. I thought he was a decent later goalie pick, but he is killing my rotieserie season.

I keep hoping he will change my mind, but I just want to bench him but drop might be better so I can get some help.

[The Comish]

I own him in one of my leagues, so I'm really hoping that he and the dogs can give some decent fantasy numbers. Hang on as long as you can before dropping him. I'm hopeful, we all know Dubnyk isn't the answer.

[Dano85]

I own him in one of my leagues, so I'm really hoping that he and the dogs can give some decent fantasy numbers. Hang on as long as you can before dropping him. I'm hopeful, we all know Dubnyk isn't the answer.

Mike Smith numbers on teams not coached by Dave Tippet are generally worse than those put up by dubnyk playing for an atrocious Oilers team. Here are the comparison is you take out Smiths amazing first season with Arizone and Dubnyk Last Season.


Year Team GP GS Min W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV%
2006-07 Dal 23 18 1213 12 5 2 3 45 2.23 511 466 0.912
2007-08 Dal 21 19 1172 12 9 0 4 48 2.46 510 462 0.906
2007-08 TB 13 13 774 3 10 0 5 36 2.79 338 302 0.894
2008-09 TB 41 40 2471 14 18 9 5 108 2.62 1282 1174 0.916
2009-10 TB 42 36 2273 13 18 7 3 117 3.09 1165 1048 0.900
2010-11 TB 22 20 1202 13 6 1 0 58 2.89 576 518 0.899
2012-13 Ari 34 34 1956 15 12 5 2 84 2.58 938 854 0.910
2013-14 Ari 62 61 3610 27 21 10 10 159 2.64 1871 1712 0.915
2014-15 Ari 15 15 891 4 10 1 0 49 3.30 447 398 0.890
273 256 15562 113 109 35 32 704 2.71 7638 6934 0.908



2009-10 Edm 19 16 1075 4 10 2 1 64 3.57 579 515 0.890
2010-11 Edm 35 33 2061 12 13 8 4 93 2.71 1103 1010 0.916
2011-12 Edm 47 42 2653 20 20 3 6 118 2.67 1380 1262 0.915
2012-13 Edm 38 37 2101 14 16 6 4 90 2.57 1132 1042 0.921
2014-15 Ari 6 5 320 4 0 1 0 12 2.25 160 148 0.925
Totals 179 164 10013 65 77 23 20 480 2.88 5299 4819 0.909

So while Smith has shown some o consistency while playing in systems run by Dave Tippett hes been genrally average or well below average in his other seasons. I am not saying Dubnyk is the answer, but maybe he could show the same kind of turnaround Smith did....

sidenote Scrivens and Fasth in Edmonton
Ben Scrivens 15 13 854 4 8 1 3 44 3.09 419 375 .895 1
Viktor Fasth 6 6 281 2 3 1 0 17 3.64 148 131 .885 0
Maybe it was actually an Oiler problem and not a Dubnyk one...

[Sulla]

I think Dubnyk will start cannabolising Smith's starts and will hopefully allow Smith to work on his game and come back strong - Smith's contract will mean he gets more opportunities but right now I'd be looking at landing Devan 'just in case'