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Originally Posted by moon
It has nothing to do with being disagreeable at all and everything to do with Feaster himself saying they have been discussing Smid for 3 weeks now. I guess it is possible that for 3 weeks MacTavish has been negotiating with Bryzgalov and it took that long for him to work out a deal with a goalie with zero other options and on a deal that is worth 1.75 million but that seems unlikely.
Here is a Dan Tencer said on the trade:
Moving on to the Ladislav Smid trade, I think Craig MacTavish identified this as a contract he was likely to move as soon as he took the job. MacTavish is definite in his desire to build a blue-line with more puck movers and I’m not sure he saw Smid as a Top 4 defenseman over the course of the 4 year deal that he signed. When the opportunity came about to sign Andrew Ference for the same term, I think it sealed this fate.
Tencer is an idiot but he is connected with the Oilers being one of their media spokemen.
Most "reputable" media sources connected the dots because they saw the two moves happening at the same time and thought Bryzgalov was getting paid more than he got, but looking at the timeline Feaster outlined and the statements by Tencer it sure looks like the Bryzgalov contract was a very small part of moving Smid and likely just a timing coincidence with a guy they were looking to move bryzgalov or not.
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Again, you're wrong. And at a very simple and base level the very phrase "pending the competition of the EDM-CGY trade" indicates that the signing does not happen unless the trade is complete.
It's simple stuff man. Not saying they hadn't chatted before, but no evidence you have presented suggests it had nothing to do with cap issues or Bryzgalov.
Even Feaster said talks had pretty much shut down until recently.... until.... what's that? Oh yeah, Edmonton wanted to sign Bryz.
The signing of Bryz was dependant on the trading of Smid.