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Update: Smyth Dealt Back to Edmonton
Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:19 pm
by Nolan
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369517Could Ryan Smyth be returning to the Edmonton Oilers in order to finish his career with the team that selected him in the first round of the 1994 entry draft?
A deal certainly isn't imminent and won't necessarily be an easy transaction for either the Los Angeles Kings or Oilers to close, but sources tell TSN the 35-year-old left winger has indicated to the Kings his preference would be to play next season in Edmonton if a trade can be worked out.
As much as the potential return of Smyth, a.k.a. Captain Canada, to Edmonton might warm the hearts of sentimentalists who so closely identify the mop-haired veteran with the Oiler franchise, there are some practical reasons why it won't be an easy deal to facilitate and there's no guarantee it will happen at all.
I'd love to see him back in a Oilers uni but I don't know what the Kings are going to want for him. He was a huge part of their team last year and losing him is going to be rough.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:25 am
by sh00n
I can't see Edmonton offering much for him. If anything, the Kings should try for a 2nd/3rd rounder just to get his salary off the books and make a push for a Parise offer sheet.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:22 pm
by trwi7
New Jersey is taking Parise to salary arbitration so he can't get an offer sheet.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 12:18 am
by Nolan
sh00n wrote:I can't see Edmonton offering much for him. If anything, the Kings should try for a 2nd/3rd rounder just to get his salary off the books and make a push for a Parise offer sheet.
As much as i'd like to get Smyth back I wouldn't offer a 2nd or a 3rd.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:42 am
by WEFFPIM
I can't think of a thing the Kings would want from the Oilers that Edmonton would be willing to part with.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:52 am
by trwi7
WEFFPIM wrote:I can't think of a thing the Kings would want from the Oilers that Edmonton would be willing to part with.
Re-unite former Badger blueliners Tom Gilbert and Davis Drewiske.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:02 pm
by Nolan
^
They could have Gilbert if they threw in a pick a two.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:26 pm
by Nolan
Rumour is there's a deal in place with Brule and a pick going back to LA for Smyth.
Re: Ryan Smyth wants a trade to Edmonton
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:32 pm
by Nolan
Apparently its fourth round pick going to LA. That a great deal as far as i'm concerned, Brule's show flashes of being a solid player. But with the injuries and his lack of size he'll have trouble being a consistent player in the NHL.
We get a fan favorite back who plays a physical gritty game and he'll be the perfect mentor to our young players.
Re: Update: Smyth Dealt Back to Edmonton
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:12 pm
by Nolan
And the deals offical now.
Re: Update: Smyth Dealt Back to Edmonton
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:27 pm
by sh00n
Nolan wrote:And the deals offical now.
And yet, it isn't.
What a mess this had been. Brule's injured so now they gotta get something else to work.
Re: Update: Smyth Dealt Back to Edmonton
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 4:01 pm
by trwi7
Now the deal is official. Colin Fraser and a 2012 7th round pick.
Re: Update: Smyth Dealt Back to Edmonton
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:33 pm
by Nolan
^
I actually kinda liked Frasier, but he was expendable great deal for us.