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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 16, 2022 at 5:03 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 6, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.
Thread: Possible Brendan Smith Trades
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SomethingKindaGeneric</b></div><div>I think the problem with both of these points is they assume NYR won't have to give up assets to get rid of his contract. Even if he is a borderline NHL player, he is paid far too much, I don't think any team would actually offer him a spot in the top 6 next fall, they would rather play their young guys or sign someone just as good as him for 700k. I mean sure, in an ideal scenario you get rid of him and sign a different depth D that's cheaper (unless you want Fox or Hajek at the 7th D which would hinder their development) but why give up a 2nd or 3rd round pick to be able to do that? Are they really gonna be that tight against the cap next year? I find it hard to believe. The rebuild might be accelerated but I don't think it's 'sign 3 massive contracts and try to win a cup this year' accelerated. Even if Smith wants to move on and so do the Rangers, what team in their right mind would take that contract for nothing? The ones listed above might be landing spots for him but the GM will rightfully demand something else to go with him, and at that point just take the cap hit, bury him if need be.</div></div>

And the point of the post was really to urge people to stop sending him to teams that are most likely not interested in Smith, or a place where he would not want to go to. Obviously there is some disagreement whether he would unconditionally waive his trade rights, but I am of the opinion that he knows he would actually be worse off if sent to certain teams (most notably the Senators).