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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
You kind of answered your own question. Oilers, while likely have dug themselves a hole they can't get out of, at the very least need to be competitive for a playoff spot this year. They absolutely will not with their goaltending situation. So they acquired someone who COULD give them the chance to do that.
I agree with everything else you said, having to give up Smid, terrible asset management IMO. But in isolation, spending what they spenton Bryz, given it's a short contract has the potential to pay off big. It likely won't, but the upside to Bryz his definetely high reward, even though I agree he likely won't pay off. But that's the definition of low risk / high reward.
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I can't consider it low risk for two reasons:
1) they gave up Smid to get him
2) he is a potential dressing room disaster