[Cali Panthers Fan]

Not gonna bother reading this thread as it will likely be a bunch of rambling of how stupid Feaster is and how great those two prospects are, so here's my two cents and then I'm done:

Smid is a very solid defensive defenseman. Quite frankly the only one worth keeping on the back end in Edmonton going forward. He's big and uses his size well, moves pretty well, and kills penalties well (last time I saw him).

Roy is a mystery prospect for me, and I've never been very high on him, but we had so many good prospects ahead of Brossoit (Berra, Ramo?, Gillies, Ortio), so I knew we were going to move one of those goalies at some point. Brossoit might be good, but he's battled inconsistency which is not good for a goalie. Roy is simply a different inconsistent prospect that might not be as good as Brossoit, but is still a decent depth prospect.

Horak is what he is, a quality bottom line/fill-in center/winger. He's never really taken off offensively and while he works hard and is smart, he isn't much of a game changer. I wish him the best, but he doesn't have quite enough to be a regular NHLer IMO.

We got the best player in the deal. Smid is still 27, so he could be a leader for a young defense group and a stop gap for guys like Wotherspoon, Sieloff, and Ramage who had their development set back or stall in Abbotsford. We desperately needed some help on the back end and Smid fits exactly what we needed, plus is under contract for 3 more years.

We got better in the short term and long term with this deal IMO. Pretty happy all around.