Eddie O has been saying that exact same thing all series against Phoenix and it seems from memory that the main goals they scored were all up high. They also didn't have nearly enough traffic in front of the net. Smith had way too many open looks at shots.
One other thing that Eddie O said during the Hossa/Torres incident that I would love to get people's opinion on was with respect to how the league can get bad hits under control. He stated that if a player is suspended for an illegal hit, then the team should have to play short handed for each game that player is suspended. He thought players and coaches would have more incentive for policing themselves if that were the case.
I realize that it would never happen, but it could possibly keep things under more control. Now, I'm not in favor of neutering players like the NFL tried to do this past season, but I did think he brought up an interesting concept...