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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I'm warming up to Mike Smith. If we could swing a deal for him, with Brouwer headed the other way, that'd be fantastic.
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
I would go with 1 of Fleury or Smith if I could vote again. Probably Smith, as I think we could shoe-horn 1 of Bouma/Stajan/Brouwer in the deal.
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Originally Posted by The Fonz
Mike Smith just makes too much sense, unless you believe that there is a long-term, sure thing solution available (Schneider), and that Treliving would be willing to pay the assets to acquire that goaltender. It's possible that Raanta or Grubauer are ready to be starting goaltenders, but I don't believe Treliving would be willing to gamble next season on either of them taking that next step.
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Happy with the trade, overall, I just wish we would have sent salary back. Though, if that were the case, the Yotes wouldn't have retained salary on Smith and so it sort of evens out.
Hopefully Vegas takes 1 of Brouwer or Bouma.
Damn you, Hickey.