We knew we were not going to be signing a block buster deal today. I am happy with the folks they let go (especially Sekera) and Granlund might be a very good depth pick-up and boost the 2nd powerplay unit. I don't mind the Smith trade and if the Oilers are serious that Koskinen is the 1a with Smith being the 1b, then it would have been fairly difficult to find a better back-up. At the very least the Oilers don't need to face Smith as an opponent and that ia a good thing because his numbers against Oilers are crazy.
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