Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] Brendan Smith signs with the Hurricanes (1 year, $800k)

[Rangers ftw]

Great value bottom D, 7th.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

ITT: bad takes from people who never watched smith

Guy is trash

 

[JT Kreider]

Guy is trash

...he signed for $800 k on the deepest defensive team in the league...

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Loving the Fox reject you gave us.

Too soon

 

[SML2]

Lol, how long you been sitting on this scouting report?

Just came to me in a spirit vision.

 

[Michoulicious]

Great value bottom D, 7th.

Remember when someone gave assets for him and signed him for top 4 D money with *NTC?

Good times.

 

[Kocur Dill]

ITT: bad takes from people who never watched smith

Guy is trash

He is certainly not trash.

For what NYR gave up for him and resigned, yes, he shit the bed and was remorseful for it an did his best to make up the difference going forward. But honestly, he is an NHL'er and at 800k, far from trash.

I'd rather him at 800k then what we signed Nemeth for.

 

[DaveG]

good locker room guy I guess. Seems pretty unnecessary though with 7 NHL d under contract (even if we're all expecting Gards to be traded) plus Lajoie, Sellgren, and Keane in the minors.

 

[TGWL]

He played his absolute best the last year of his 4 year contract with us. Good team player.

 

[Lays]

I’m much more annoyed with letting him walk than I should be. Great guy to have on your team, true leader.

He played his absolute best the last year of his 4 year contract with us. Good team player.

Nope. 2017 when we first acquired him. Was very steady post deadline and then turned into an absolute animal in the playoffs. Was significantly better than McDonagh and the best player from both teams in our first round series against Montreal

Edit- my bad, thought you meant through his entire tenure here. But yes I agree then, this past season was definitely the best of his 4 year contract we signed him to

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Skjei, DeAngelo, Smith. Why not go for Trouba, M. Staal and Jack Johnson so we can get the band back together?

 

[Waivers]

Was that the highlight of his career? Because I don’t remember. I do remember Skjei destroying Fast and Aho undressing Tony D. Funny how all 4 are Canes now. And not a huge fan of any of them myself. It’s like both teams love each other’s rejects

I remember Skjei giving Fast a concussion. That was something else.

 

[Baby Punisher]

$800 grand? That is quite the pay cut.

 

[Baby Punisher]

He is certainly not trash.

For what NYR gave up for him and resigned, yes, he shit the bed and was remorseful for it an did his best to make up the difference going forward. But honestly, he is an NHL'er and at 800k, far from trash.

I'd rather him at 800k then what we signed Nemeth for.

If not Nemeth, Tirordi for sure. Smith wanted to be here. Somehow I couldn't see him taking that big of a cut. I don't think he expected it either.

 

[Rangers ftw]

Remember when someone gave assets for him and signed him for top 4 D money with *NTC?

Good times.

I didn’t mind the trader, but that contract was insane from day 1.

 

[Maitz]

Is it because they wanna pair him with DeAngelo and everytime he says a dumb thing Smith will give him a slap?

 

[TGWL]

$800 grand? That is quite the pay cut.

He was overpaid for 4 years. It evens out.

 

[Baby Punisher]

He was overpaid for 4 years. It evens out.

He was on the point today and gave a lengthy interview. It sounds like he is his own agent. He was asked why he chose Carolina and he said early on in the negotiations.......

I was like, negotiations? Dude, you signed for almost the minimum.

All that aside Smith seems like a very nice guy.

 

[bl02]

Will miss him. Was a good team guy. Obviously was never the same after having an amazing 2017 playoffs. Could still be a decent 6/7 dman.

 

[Cane mutiny]

Loving the Fox reject you gave us.

welcome, welcome

 

[Peterpuck7810]

Loving the Fox reject you gave us.

Get your facts straight. Cane's wanted to sign him, fox refused. That's far from trading a player because he was a reject....

 

[TheOllieC]

Get your facts straight. Cane's wanted to sign him, fox refused. That's far from trading a player because he was a reject....

He's joking, but it kinda makes sense when you consider that fans of that team haven't really had any experience with seeing them drafting, developing, and signing their own selected-players in recent history.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

I still think another shoe will drop. Currently, Smith is our 7D, and we have Gardiner, and we very well have an NHL-quality player in the wings with Jesper Sellgren and possibly another in Joey Keane. It just seems like the right thing to do, to deal a defenseman. If we don't give Jesper a shot, I don't think he'll come over, and I'm worried we'll say "next year" one too many times.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I still think another shoe will drop. Currently, Smith is our 7D, and we have Gardiner, and we very well have an NHL-quality player in the wings with Jesper Sellgren and possibly another in Joey Keane. It just seems like the right thing to do, to deal a defenseman. If we don't give Jesper a shot, I don't think he'll come over, and I'm worried we'll say "next year" one too many times.

Jesper's coming to NA this season, as the team has already stated, I believe. Gardiner is rumored to need back surgery and may be out for the year. Again, I think competition is good, and Smith's salary is low enough to be point that it can easily be dealt or buried if Sellgren/Lajoie/Keane wins a spot.

 

[13to40]

Good Locker room guy.
Solid press box player