Megan just sent me a text message, asking if I had heard that the Edmonton Oilers traded Ryan Smyth. No, I had not heard. But now that I have, I am upset. As my Dad said on MSN just now:
as a fan I am hurt
That about sums it up. Smyth was traded to the New York Islanders for Ryan O’Marra, Robert Nilsson, and a first round pick in 2007. My Dad points out that “Robert Nilsson is the son of ex-Oiler and ex-Flame Kent Nilsson.” What a shitty deal. They might be good prospects, but I think this will be regarded as a bad trade for Kevin Lowe and the Oilers.
When my Dad and my brother were in town this past week, we talked about the trade deadline approaching. We agreed that it didn’t matter who the Oilers traded, as long as it wasn’t Smyth, Moreau, Stoll, or Hemsky. Anyone else would have been fine, even Roloson.
TSN and the Oilers site are horribly slow, and I haven’t found a link for this yet, but my Dad is listening to the guys on TSN and says:
It appears that there are lots of GMs pissed at Kevin. they didn’t think Ryan was available and if he was they would definitely have made good offers. it appears this was rushed together when Ryan didn’t sign today
You’ll have to check out my Dad’s blog later tonight, he’s got some good comments. We are chatting as I type this, and he just made a good point: wasn’t the new CBA supposed to prevent something like this from happening?
Evidently not. I guess the Oilers have given up on the season. It’ll be interesting to see how the crowd reacts tonight, given that it is Mark Messier night.
Read: TSN
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I’m sad. I may or may not have cried a little. I can’t believe this. Talk about throwing away the season.
How do you even justify trading a guy who takes a Chris Pronger slapshot in the mouth and comes back after the next intermission having lost 3 teeth? I mean really….
It’s awful. I can’t even imagine what Kevin was thinking.
Today at the trade deadline the Edmonton Oilers did something that I thought was impossible. They traded the face of the franchise when they sent Ryan Smyth to the Islanders for 2 prospects and a draft pick. When I first heard the deal just after 1:00pm I was very upset, in fact as a die hard fan of the Oilers…
So, from what I’ve read it appears that Smyth wanted out of Edmonton, then?
"It appears that there are lots of GMs pissed at Kevin. they didn’t think Ryan was available and if he was they would definitely have made good offers. it appears this was rushed together when Ryan didn’t sign today"
That sounds more like Ryan was hoping to get out and they made a decision to trade, trying to deflect the fact that most players don’t want to be here. Am I wrong?
Possibly, Justice, but I don’t think so. Ryan has given up market value to stay in Edmonton many times in the past. I think he wanted to stay here, but wanted an amount he deserves.
If Smyth really wanted out of Edmonton, the GMs wouldn’t have believed that he was unavailable.
Well I think everyone who had a part in that trade (except Smyth) is on CRACK!!!!
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