Low Hanging Fruit: Mike Smith, Conspiracy Theorist

                                Omigod omigod omigod...MY MASK!

Here's the gist: Coyotes goaltender and Obie Award nominee Mike Smith is concerned that opposing teams could exploit The NHL's Concussion Protocol to force a goaltender to be excluded from the game.
In his words:
“I think there’s a lot of flaws in the system, especially with the goalie position, and it needs to get fixed,” Smith said. “What stops a fourth liner from going and bumping into a goalie? It’s just a two-minute penalty to get your starting goalie out? I don’t think it’s happened in a playoff game yet, but I’m sure it will.”

Okay, no.
1) I would be extremely shocked if this kind of strategy would cross the mind of any NHL coach.  Some of them may seem dumb as hell but this is a risky, disrespectful concept that anyone who has played the game would discard outright.
2) I suppose then that Mr. Smith would prefer to NOT have his well-being and future thinkinging ability to be safeguarded by the concussion spotters who are there to perform that task and nothing else?
If so, then
3) Maybe it would wise to not clutch your face or even your mask when the slightest contact is made.  How is the concussion spotter to tell if Mr. Smith is crying wolf or genuinely injured?  Well, there's only one way to tell for sure and you cannot have it both ways, bud.

To read the rest of Smith's idiotic whining go HERE.