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Originally Posted by New Era
Smith would not be coming in to replace Brouwer. Smith would be coming in to replace Backlund. Flames are looking for a guy that can play center, score 10-20 goals, be defensively responsible, and have a decent cap hit. Smith checks those boxes off. If this happens, it feels like a prelude to moving Backlund.
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If the Flames replace Backlund with Zack Smith they are dumber than the Oilers.
I'd rather pay Backlund $6.5m/year for the next 3 years than Zack Smith $3.25/year
Stop tying up significant $$ and term on crappy bottom 6 players.