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Originally Posted by Patrick Bateman
If Smid is soooo much more than that, how come not one team was willing to give up a legit NHL player, or a strong prospect to acquire him? Were the Flames the only team in the world that have scouted Smid correctly? Are the Flames the only team in the NHL that needed another NHL calibre defensemen?
Of course not. I think they got him because Burke felt they were a little soft on the backend and could use a guy to throw some weight around and kill some penalties. I happen to agree with that, and I will reiterate, I thought it was a fine move.
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You are forgetting at the time of the trade that two thirds of the league had less than a million in cap space or less than a million in LTIR. Most of the other teams would have to had salary going back to Edmonton.
Edmonton was pretty much at the cap and it has been explained many times in this thread that they were over the bonus cushion and why they had to dump Smid to sign Bryzgalov.