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If you guys think I'm being to harsh on Smith. Take a look at what the Rangers fans are saying on HFboards when they found out he was waived: Excellent news, it's a start. **** that guy.... Let it be known that I was not a fan of bringing him in Last TDL. Then he convinced me to keep him with his play with us last year. I now hate him. Do not trust me. Instead, he let them down from the jump by coming into camp out of shape. All season he's struggled to even play at a 3rd pair level. Honestly, Holden is better than Smith and 1/3 the price. I liked his playoffs and he had me fooled but this is a good start. Have fun in HTFD. Hope ur summer vaca was worth it YES! Peace out slacker!! Good. Love it. Jackass slacked off all summer and it showed. This isn't AVs fault - it's entirely on Smith. Guy's a bum Smith from last year's playoffs isn't worth 4.5 million. And he has NEVER played that well prior. Good riddance! He played well last year but he clearly put in zero effort after signing that deal. --- The narrative seems to be that Smith slacked off all summer after he signed the contract and showed up to camp out of shape. His work ethic got exposed in a more lenient system if you ask me. I don't think s*** like that flies here in Detroit. Rangers fans obviously were not happy with him all year long.

So I guess I'm in the minority here, but Faulk is younger and cheaper than Green. He is also a top pair dman compared to Green's 2nd pair skill set. If you trade AA for Faulk, and Green for picks and/or prospects, you are upgrading the defense (the biggest need) while acquiring assets to rebuild with. Win, win.

Smith’s uglier than me and my dog has bigger balls than Smith. So neither. I’m just a bully. Now if we were talking about Zetterberg, I’d let him lay 50 times with the woman if he wanted. He’s a better looking man than I ever will be. No wait. I take that back, she’s not good enough for him. I think he’s an overrated s***ty hockey player. That doesn’t mean I actually dislike him as a human. Don’t be a narrowminded fool. And what part of Rags getting screwed being funny did you not understand? My bad an original 6 rival...? We milennials (or those that rub off us) should be sympathetic towards them. Boo frickin hoo.

Maybe NYR finally realized that an offensive defenseman that score less than most defensive defensemen is actually a useless pile of shyte and doesn't belong in the NHL.

I can't even. I was laughing so hard I had to step out of the break room.

Namestnikov wears #90 though.. that’s cursed around these parts

But does that mean he’ll continue to get worse? No. Would a swap with AA really be all that bad? No. Does Richdg think he’s a good addition? He could be. Does CRL like unicorns and daisies? Absolutely.

Watch, now they're going to call up Sproul and he'll turn into a Norris candidate, and we'll all have to listen to it for years just because you wanted to f*** with karma. Thanks.

He's got that saiyan quality. When he gets hurt, he comes back stronger. Super saiyan finger.

Really? Are you offended that @krsmith17 doesn't agree with your bad trade idea? Calm down, you sound like a child. Rank these categories year after year and see what it tells you.

Lol yeah and Bertuzzi is a very "intriguing piece" to acquire Doughty. "F***ing idiot"...

So “lol” should only go towards cancerous heathens? That’s dumb. He got the big “F U” from the Rangers on his bday. It’s hilarious. It’s also hilarious because the Rangers signed him to an expensive contract only to waive him. It’s a huge slap to the Rangers organizations’ face. Lastly it’s hilarious because Ken Hollard robbed the friggin Rangers who now have to deal with this contract and in return we got some nice picks. Holland pulled a highway robbery on those Yankees Sense of humor much?

Why is it LOL? Smith may not have been very good for us, but it's not like he was a cancer in the locker room or anything. Seemed fairly nice.

We don’t even have the cap space to take him..? What are you guys talking about? We got a 2nd (basicaly a low 1st) and 3rd round pick for him. It’s a victory for us.

Most overrated player in recent Red Wings history.

Wow Smith must have really lacked character. Roflstomped man.

That s*** wuda never happened under Zs watch. Looks like Smith showed his idiotic colors even moreso in NY

OMG ITS BRENDEN SMITHS BIRTHDAY!?!?! AHJAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH Changed thread titled.

Brendan Smith is our trade deadline acquisition

This honestly makes the NYR looks so bad. Not even hating on Smith right now but just appalled at NYRs decisions. That was a high paying contract they gave him... just to waive him..?

Maltby has been a favorite of mine since his first game as a Wing. He got into a fight and thus began a long and wonderful ride of him being a premier pest. He was so fun to watch.

The Pens have a very good defensive BL and 1 great offensive Dman in Letang. The last 2 years they alsoi had Daley helping with the O. Yes DD you agreed with me about the Preds. They had a great D but couldn't score. They had the best Dman in the game in Weber in the prime of his career and missed the PO's more often than making it. Plus Jones Josi etc.... Yet they couldn't score and didnt make it to the PO's. That is my point. Moving our O to get better at D may not make us a better team, which is the goal. As for replacing a Mantha, there is no one in our organization as good as he is. Period. He is a potential 40+ goal scorer that can set himself up offensively and play physical. I love Svechnikov but he isn't in Mantha's league. Mantha tops out at 40 goals 80 points. Svechnikov is more a 25 goal 60 point guy-he is a very good play maker. Yes he is a potential top 6 F but he is not a potential top 2 or 3 F like Mantha is. Fact is Mantha is our best F. Better than Larkin AA or anyone else. He is a potential top 20 player in the league. Like Shanny was.

A little nit picky, i know, but I would say more so an elite 1C plus another all star forward.. (ovi and kane come to mind as wingers that are franchise cornerstones). Also, Seguin wasn’t in the top six on Boston because they’re terrible at managing players But I do agree with the overall idea of your post.

Over the last 3.5 NHL seasons here are Faulks rankings for the league: 7th in goals 37th in assists 25th in points 22nd in TOI/game 34th in hits 100th in blocked shots 42nd in giveaways 3rd in takeaways He is clearly a top 30 Dman in the NHL. Not much debate about it. The weakness in his stats is blocked shots. Faulk plays on a bad team that is offensively challenged. The Canes have been a bottom 10 team offensively for the last 3.5 seasons. He has been their best offensive player for most of his career. May not have to big name of some others but he is very good and would make us better. We are a much better team with Faulk than we are with AA. But that requires Holland doing something. Sadly I doubt he will.