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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Seriously the guy is 27 its not like he's a 32 year old goalie. He's a top 4 guy at a relatively young age and we got him for Horak who had dropped way down on the depth chart and for Broissent who was in an overflow position.
This is not the aborting of the rebuild for a win now trade. Its a trade that addresses a position where we have a depth problem and lost one of of best defensemen to long term injury.
Just because your doing a rebuild doesn't mean when an opportunity comes along to get a relatively young guy for pieces.
Some people are getting way way too enamored with prospects because of their age.
This is a solid move, and we can always flip Smid later on if need be his decent contract and age and teams want for defensive defensemen makes him a good asset.
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Hell, if the Flames wanted they could probably flip Smid towards the deadline for more then Horak and Brossoit.