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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Smith is a below average defenseman and he's almost 30 years old. Why give this spot to a guy that's not part of the future and isn't very good? I would rather see Breen tough it out than watch Smith tough it out. It's not like the playoffs are on the line this season.
My god you people that still cling to Smith's first stint with the Flames before he got injured are silly. He's never played remotely close to that good since coming back from that injury and it clearly looks like an aberration now.
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The only reason that I do it is that Breen isn't close to being ready for the NHL and I am not sure that giving him more time up here is going to be good for his development or make him better.
Send him back down to the AHL and see if he can somehow work on his game there.
Smith is just an easy fill in to take some lumps while we try to get a young guy that can at least hold their head above water in the NHL to replace him.