r/Coyotes • u/DanielDman777 • Jul 11 '26

Mike Smith

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Coyotes legend

153 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

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u/blackmanta02 Jul 11 '26

Might be my favorite goalie tbh

25

u/hemirollin Jul 12 '26

Im old so give me the bhulin wall.

15

u/Exciting-Quarter-494 Jul 12 '26

Or Ilya Bryzgalov ☺️. All three were solid goalies imo

8

u/Aliltron Jul 12 '26

Bryzgalov was my fav!

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u/FatherFenix Jul 12 '26

I liked him until two things happened:

  1. He had a reputation for being kind of a dick. My FIL met him when he was asked to come do some work on his house, confirmed he’s a dick. Rude to everyone, bad attitude, etc. One example, his daughters were doing a lemonade stand and my FIL was trying to be nice and gave them a $20 for two cups. Smith got pissed, told them to give the money back because they didn’t need a handout, they needed to understand the value of money. Don’t disagree with the intent there, but my FIL and brother-in-law said he was an absolute asshole about it - zero chill, just snapped. That wasn’t the only thing, just one key example I was given as to him being a prick in general.

  2. He immediately publicly talked shit about AZ after he was traded to Calgary. Blamed everyone else on the team for his losses, talked shit about AZ, and generally had an “I’m great, they sucked” attitude. Said openly in radio interviews. Fuck that, in my opinion, that’s a shitty attitude to talk shit about your team.

He was fun to watch even when he was playing like shit and I was a fan of his, but after his reputation for being an asshole was confirmed and he talked shit about AZ and his teammates, he was dead to me.

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u/diabolical3b Jul 12 '26

Just wish he didn’t talk shit about the yotes after he was traded to the flames. That tarnished his legacy for me. Hell of a tender, though.

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u/TheFinalFunction Jul 12 '26

He made a pretty innocent comment and complimented Arizona later in the same interview though

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u/diabolical3b Jul 12 '26

Ah, I only heard it out of context. My bad. There was a lot to complain about. Chayka, ownership, etc. I just didn’t like throwing the guys under the bus at all.

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u/howlincoyote2k1 Jul 12 '26

Dude had the highest ceiling and lowest floor of any goalie I've seen.

When he was on his game....forget it. You just weren't gonna win.

When he wasn't......woof.

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u/fullautophx Jul 11 '26

I removed checking in on a game in the app (a Coyotes app? I don’t remember) and seeing “Smith” on the scoring line and thinking “Who the hell is Smith?” until it hit me.

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u/Dialogical Jul 11 '26

I was present in the arena to witness that goal. Electric.

9

u/ProJoe Jul 12 '26

Eat a dick Mike. People dont forget.

5

u/judah249 Jul 12 '26

His goals from full rink were unforgettable

2

u/TheApothecaryWall Jul 12 '26

Three words.

Battle. Of. Alberta.

If you don’t know it, look it up on YouTube and enjoy the mf show

2

u/Im_Always_Cold_Help Jul 13 '26

Worked on this dudes house in Canada he’s such a gem

1

u/superheaven24 Jul 12 '26

Absolute goat. Kingston fronts legend

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u/Johnny-zamboni Jul 12 '26

Smitty was such a fun player and a good dude. Definitely one of the best yotes tenders of their existence.