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Originally Posted by Ped
General consensus seemed to be that Horak didn't belong in the AHL and many were disappointed he was sent down.
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Didn't belong in the AHL or belonged on the Flames team? A bit of a difference.
Time after time we see young players tear it up in the AHL and people question why that player hasn't graduated to the NHL, Horak wasn't one of those players though. A lot of the argument of him being in the NHL stemmed from players like Jackman and Street drawing into the line up and not his own play. And especially with regards to the 31 year old Jackman, a lot of people just feel that any young player would have been better off on a rebuilding team.
I know I was iffy with the Colborne trade as I felt it took a spot away from one of the organization's "own" young players including Horak. But how telling is that when Horak 'lost' his spot to Colborne and fighting with Knight for play time in the AHL, both of which were brought over for a 4th round pick?
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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Friedman on the Smid trade:
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and what Edmonton does with the cap space.
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What cap space Friedman? The non-bonus payroll is over 58M (with the multiple goalies), their bonuses exceed 9M. The bonus cushion can only count towards 7.5% of the cap, that means over 4M of those bonuses count towards the 'hard' cap. We've already seen what the Oilers did with the cap, they signed Bryzgalov.