Seems like a great guy. And was tough as nails on the ice too pre and post the Oilers screwing up borderline criminally, and letting him play with a serious neck issue back when. It's long past the point of needing to continually point how blatantly backward that organization was under the egomaniac Lowe, and pretty much still is.
Otherwise Smid would still be playing, and probably at a much higher level than he was the last few years. Rest assured, even if he was at a higher level, the Oilers still would've traded him for the flavour of the week, (or at least, to make space for the flavour of the week).
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