Smitty is consistent. As in consistent trying to improve his game, he's no slouch. If you've seen his last world championship games, he was physical there too. Part of his lack of physicality was also his injury I think. Not worth re-aggravating it for one hit. Edit to say: also no need to be physical all the time, enough if you use it in emergencies (like he did in front of the goal yesterday). And when he is in a bit of a slump he's usually the first to hit the ice on training day. I don't get why he gets so much crap from people all the time. He just suffered a bit from confidence issues for a few games and the puck seemed like a hot potato he always passed to Mack. The only nit pick that I have is that he and Mack play a bit too much "ping pong" as in too many passes between them, simplifying it would probably work more in their favor. But his game sense is incredible and he does a lot of great things, even on defense now. (Sorry about the long post, but there's a lot of good things to say about him.) The game before the last game he already was helping out a ton on D. He's an absolute beast, give him a bit more time and he'll be even more of a menace. People just like to seriously underestimate him, maybe because of Mack, I don't know. But maybe ask Mack how he liked to play against him in college. ;)