[Trade] Oilers trade Smid and Olivier Roy to Flames for Horak and Brossoit

[megatron]

Just saw the news. Pretty good deal from Calgary's side and improved the top 4 immediately especially with Gio out for a bit. I also like it pushes SOB, Bulter down the rotation when Gio returns.

Lastly, wtf is going on in deadmonton?

[killer_carlson]

HF Oilers board has a poll:

Is this your lowest ever morale as an Oiler fan?
72.9% say Yes

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Bonded

With the flames luck, Broissoit will turn into a bonafide number 1

Maybe, but with the way Edmonton develops talent, he'll likely play for another team by then.

[TheBrunk]

Gross feeling whenever we deal with the oilers. Which was like only once? haha. Well sucks for Brossoit and Horak

[dino7c]

I find it hilarious that many Oilers fans think its the worst deal ever and the GM is an idiot and Flames fans are saying the same thing

maybe most fans play too many video games and watch too many youtube highlights

[dissentowner]

As much slack as he gets on here at least Butler blocks shots, this move needs to bump SOB out of the lineup because he is beyond terrible. Never in position, turns the puck over, just a really terrible D man.

[FlameFan21]

Classic example of buy high and sell Lowe.

[Goodlad]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

HF Oilers board has a poll:

Is this your lowest ever morale as an Oiler fan?
72.9% say Yes

Wait until they get to see Bryz play a few games with that defense in front of him. Sadly things can actually get worse for them.

[dino7c]

with Smid and Gio back the Flames D would look much better...will be too late by then

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Bonded

With the flames luck, Broissoit will turn into a bonafide number 1

With the Oilers luck, he'll get eaten by a grizzly bear on his way to the Anchorage airport.

[868904]

Originally Posted by Bonded

With the flames luck, Broissoit will turn into a bonafide number 1

With the way the Oilers play defence, the odds against him. I feel bad for the kid.

Throughout junior, he played on dominant Oil King teams that played great team defense. The Oilers are nothing like that.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by Bonded

With the flames luck, Broissoit will turn into a bonafide number 1

The way the Oilers play defence, it won't help.

[SebC]

I think we won the trade, but I think we (fans) are undervaluing Horak. He's solid, even at the NHL level. Not the most skilled, but great hockey sense.

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Originally Posted by Yanda

does this teams management really feel like 1 off-season is a good rebuild?

The team seems to have been in win-now mode the entire time, dating back to drafting Monohan (We need a player who can play in the NHL next season)... why?

Cant we suck for 2-5 years and then go into win-now mode?

Very frustrating that they would make a short-sighted move to bandage the Giordano injury when we could have promoted from within.

Monahan was the obvious pick at the time, and now appears to have been the best pick available to the Flames by a mile... the only thing you'd change for a "slow rebuild" is sending him to Ottawa, but even then, as a "slow rebuild" advocate myself, he pretty much forced the Flames to keep him.

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Originally Posted by mrdonkey

Last season Smid was 3rd among all defensemen in hits and 6th in blocked shots. Those are pretty impressive stats for a bottom pairing guy.

Unfortunately, hits and blocked shots correlate inversely with possession.

[Azhouse]

Originally Posted by Bonded

With the flames luck, Broissoit will turn into a bonafide number 1

I hope they groom him for the next 8 years like they did with Doober.

I like the trade and can't wait to see Smid in Flames colors.

[the_only_turek_fan]

The thing I like is that Smid can always be moved for a secound rounder or maybe even a first at the trade deadline next year or the year after. He is only 27.

[dino7c]

If Horak couldn't make the team this year I didn't like his chances moving forward...with Porier, Klimchuck, Grudeau, and others coming up

[EYE_Overstand]

So tom Erixon turns into horak granlund wotherspoon... Then horak flipped for Smid... Smid + wotherspoon + granlund? Awesome!!!!

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by dino7c

If Horak couldn't make the team this year I didn't like his chances moving forward...with Porier, Klimchuck, Grudeau, and others coming up

This post sums it up pretty well.

[sureLoss]

Trade not final yet. Smid still has to pass a physical

[Oil Stain]

Good trade for the Flames.

Smid is a good NHL defenceman.

Olivier Roy is probably just as likely to pan out as Brossoit.

Horak seems like a tweener. I doubt he even becomes an NHL regular.