Mike Smith will represent the Arizona Coyotes at the NHL All-Star game.
Raise your hand if you saw that coming prior to the start of the season.
That’s right, put your hand back down.
Even if you were banking on a bounce back season from Smith as the Coyotes were, you’d have been hard pressed to convince anyone that he’d be selected over the likes of Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Max Domi.
Here we are, though, four months into a season in which Smith has been the clear MVP of the Arizona Coyotes.