Looks more and more like Smith is going to Hartford now. I hope this kid's maturity issues aren't an issue this year and he continues to grow the way he did last year. He signed the same 1 year, $925k deal Lemieux signed last week.
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18 million the next year with Henrik, Staal, Smith
It’s just that this yeAr is a bottleneck because of Gortons poor decision to sign Spooner and Namestnikov to two year contracts. Why would you do that during a rebuild? Very poor planning
But the bottom line is that the cap is in good shape after this year, which gives them leverage with Kreider, who has yet to earn a ufa contract imo
18 million the next year with Henrik, Staal, Smith
It’s just that this yeAr is a bottleneck because of Gortons poor decision to sign Spooner and Namestnikov to two year contracts. Why would you do that during a rebuild? Very poor planning
But the bottom line is that the cap is in good shape after this year, which gives them leverage with Kreider, who has yet to earn a ufa contract imo
Cap is not in good shape next year unless the plan is to replace Kreider with a rookie. I’m guessing they’ll do another stupid buyout but time will tell