I like Smid for the fact he looks like he's going to be one of those guys who will stick his face in front of a puck, get his front teeth knocked out and get right back up and take his next shift. He seems to be willing to give up his body to block the shot. But it's not consistent and I think that those types of players are becoming more common and we could have developed one from someone in the system.
Horak, he's a solid 3/4 line Center or Wing that could have moved up when needed. He's incredibly smart. It's kinda like my love of Reinhart. Maybe they aren't superstars, but they are both incredibly intelligent players and you can't teach that. I think we needed to keep both, develop both and solidify a good bottom 6/top 9 line with them.
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