The worst I've seen CP say about Smid is when you see some Oiler fans saying he was a top 2 guy (but in reality only top 2 on the Oilers). I still remember from some of the BoA when Iggy was constantly smothered by Smid which was unfortunately impressive to see.
With that:
1) Got a big body on defense, improving the back end and giving another minute muncher to spread the workload
2) Naturally shift Butler/SOB do you the depth chart
3) Gave up expendable pieces from an area of strength while buying low
4) Pissed off the Oilers
I'm happy with this.
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