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New York Rangers defenseman Brendan Smith leaned on family through struggles

Fans of the New York Rangers weren’t the only ones disappointed with Brendan Smith after his disastrous 2017-18 season.

In talking with Colin Stephenson of Newsday, Smith revealed that he lost confidence in himself after a terrible season that ended with him buried in Hartford. When asked about how his season went, he was candid:

“I doubted myself. I thought maybe at times I couldn’t do it anymore.’’

In the first year of a four year contract, the defenseman was awful. His Corsi for (cf) was an abysmal 46.