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Originally Posted by strombad
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.
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The signing of Bryz may be waiting for the trading of Smid sure, but them trading Smid was not dependent on them signing Bryzgalov which is my point.
They talked about moving Smid before they entered into to talks with Bryzgalov. They, supposedly, identified Smid as a guy they wanted to move. They didn't say we need Bryzgalov who can we get rid of because of salary reasons they already had Smid on the trading block prior to this.
Smid wasn't moved because they liked him as a player and needed to dump salary he was moved because they identified him as a guy they saw as expendable and now made sense to pull the trigger on that move.