You tried to Cap Dump Smith as a rental and ended up retaining exactly what you needed to get rid of.. You retain 4 million to "save" space???? also Smith is (despite his early struggles) probably better than Mrazek, and you just traded Frolik for literally nothing. if you wanna trade Smith because he hasn't played well, at least get something in return.... Also, you need picks and decided to give them a 4th just to make it worse.

I really hope this was a joke or just a way to trash on Smith, because if you're even slightly serious this is sad...

Put smith on waivers... problem solved.. if he gets picked up great!!! If not he can let shitty goals in at ahl level.

at least they don't trade a 4th rounder and a 3rd liner to get rid of him, lmao. Also should save more cap, and in all likeliness he gets claimed and someone else will get dropped as a result (IE Mrazek or Pickard or something like that), which CGY can grab

My thinking exactly. Just something temporary. If Calgary can hold on (and I think they can due to the dumpster fire division that is the pacific) till near the TDL they may be able to make a move on a goalie like holtby. Flames have a solid team, just no goaltending.

Yes, IT IS SAD that it has come to the point where Smith needs to be wiped from the Whole Organization. It is an indictment on Mike Smith.

I'm NOT dumping Smith for Cap reasons. I'm getting him the Hell out of my dressing room, and nobody is taking our problem, so I need to give something to get something.
So I'm trading Frolik and swapping a 4th for a 6th in order to remove the stench and bad attitude of Smith from my whole Organization.
I wouldn't waive him because nobody will take him and then he will pout even more than he already is, and I can't send him to Stockton, because I don't want him exposed to my up and comers.

It's a shame that it has come to this, but maybe Mrazek will be happy to buddy up with Rittich, or if not then bringing in McBackup to partner with Rittich won't be any worse than Smith ON-ICE.

So, no, there's not $4M of cap space gained, but the way it's structured we would gain about $1.4M, LEAVING us with $4M of space after the trade to do something else.

AGAIN, NOBODY WILL CLAIM SMITH ON WAIVERS, AND I DON'T WANT HIM POISONING MY GUYS IN THE MINORS, SO I HAVE TO GIVE SOMETHING TO GET SOMETHING AND THE SOMETHING I'M GETTING IS RID OF SMITH.

Nobody will claim him, and I ain't letting him anywhere near my young goalies in Stockton after waiving him. No way. He already has a bad attitude.

Bad attitude?? He seemed pretty somber after last game.

That was the first time he hasn't thrown his D in front of the Bus. Good on him for that, but he has not been a happy camper this year.