Comments on: Smyth’s demand to be traded to Oilers hurts in contract talks http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/09/smyths-demand-to-be-traded-to-oilers-hurts-in-contract-talks/ ProHockeyTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 10:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: iamanidiotfan http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/09/smyths-demand-to-be-traded-to-oilers-hurts-in-contract-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-53713 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:51:36 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=173632#comment-53713 I don’t really understand the title of this article, as it implies that Smyth is going to be forced to give some type of special discount to the Oilers organization in a new contract, when the content of the article seems pretty clear; he’s no longer an elite player or a focal point of the offence that he was when his previous contract was signed.

But who knows? The Oilers will give him a sweetheart deal that he probably wouldn’t get anywhere else, like Hemsky got: $5 million a year for the 187th ranked scorer.

]]> By: davebabychreturns http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/09/smyths-demand-to-be-traded-to-oilers-hurts-in-contract-talks/comment-page-1/#comment-53654 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:21:27 +0000 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/?p=173632#comment-53654 All Ryan has to do is smile and nod while Steve Tambellini tells him the Oilers are committed to tanking until they are suddenly an elite team and he is pretty much guaranteed a deal that is considerably above market value.

As Eric Belanger, ask Andy Sutton, ask Nikolai Khabibulin.

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