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Why Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith is the most fascinating player in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith is an agent of chaos. He's the most exhilarating player in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, according to Edmonton-area cardiologists.

His teammate, Connor McDavid, is the playoffs' most exciting and entertaining player. To watch him play is to watch poetry in motion. To watch Smith play is to watch the embodiment of a Reddit comment, where every third word is capitalized and misspelled.

In "The Matrix," savior proxy Neo and his nemesis Agent Smith existed as the result of the machines' equations trying to balance themselves.