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curves2000 · 05-04-2015, 02:02 AM

So I was listening to the Fan 960 prior to the game tonight and Rob Kerr and Boomer were talking contract extensions and finding cash for raises etc.

Boomer mentioned Smid's 3.5 million might go on Long Term Injury Reserve or be an insurance case so that free's up cap space.

This got me thinking as I have heard from threads on CP about how Smid might retire or go on LTIR due to this neck injury.

From everything that management has said it was "Smid's injury is season ending and he will be ready for fall training camp.

Clearly there is a disconnect somewhere and I am trying to figure this out. Anybody else have an odd feeling about this? On the radio this was said not as a rumor or an opinion but almost as a matter of fact which got me thinking.

It would be tough to lose a guy like Smid but also for such a young guy too.

Thoughts?

05-04-2015, 02:02 AM	#1
curves2000 First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Calgary, Canada Exp:	Laddy Smid injury So I was listening to the Fan 960 prior to the game tonight and Rob Kerr and Boomer were talking contract extensions and finding cash for raises etc. Boomer mentioned Smid's 3.5 million might go on Long Term Injury Reserve or be an insurance case so that free's up cap space. This got me thinking as I have heard from threads on CP about how Smid might retire or go on LTIR due to this neck injury. From everything that management has said it was "Smid's injury is season ending and he will be ready for fall training camp. Clearly there is a disconnect somewhere and I am trying to figure this out. Anybody else have an odd feeling about this? On the radio this was said not as a rumor or an opinion but almost as a matter of fact which got me thinking. It would be tough to lose a guy like Smid but also for such a young guy too. Thoughts?