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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
He's been pretty bad but I wonder how much of it was due to his injury? It appears as though the Oilers pawned off their damaged goods again. Maybe there's a chance at a rebound if he's healthy now? I will admit to not watching Smid much before we got him, so I'm not sure if he was better before or not.
Would you take him over Luca Sbisa? I wouldn't. Right now I would rate them about the same, but Sbisa doesn't seem to have the excuse of playing through an injury. He is younger I suppose, but Sbisa has been laughably bad every time I've seen him... though Smid is too at times.
He could be a problem after this season if he is healthy and doesn't improve. His contract has one more year after this one and we can't have him and Engelland on the cap after next year IMO. That's $6.5m combined for 6/7 Dmen right as we need money for our important guys. Ideally Smid will improve by just enough so we can trade him, but I'm not sure if he has it in him.
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He'll yes I'd take Sbisa over Smid.
He's faster, can pass better and doesn't get hemmed in every time he's on the ice