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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
If Brooks is right and Zibinejad is in play, and Calgary is willing to take on Brenden Smith as a 7th D, things could get very very interesting.
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Smith has good size and can skate really well. He's not old and has a lengthy history of being an adequate top 4 defenseman at the NHL level.
I'd like to know what happened to make the Rangers go from signing him as a UFA to a 4 year deal, to waiving him and sending him to Hartford just a half year later.
If he's salvageable I would love for the Flames to snag another asset by taking him on as their #4, and then in turn use Brodie to bring in more assets in another deal. Or maybe they can trade Brouwer for him one for one.