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Originally Posted by moon
Except the deal was talked about 3 weeks before the discussions with Brygalov had started and indications from Edmonton media are that MacTavish had talked about moving Smid since the start of the season since he wanted a more mobile, puck moving defense group.
The Bryzgalov aspect and salary cap concerns seem to not have been an issue at all. There are a lot other guys that make sense to move for cap issues that if is their concern.
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MacTavish claims to have talked to Bryzgalov many times over the past couple months. So do you have stronger evidence that the actual contract discussions were more recent? Because based on quotes it sounds like they've been talking with Bryzgalov for quite some time.