How many games does Smyth play this year?

[jgoud*]

Hopefully less than half. He is God awful out there and is incredibly slow. And it pisses me off when Eakins' excuse for benching him becomes "I could have picked 1 of 4 guys and I knew he wasn't going to pout about it". When do you think he'll be out of the lineup regularly? Or do you even think that will happen?

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[The Nuge]

Hopefully he'll play around half. He should have some gas left in the tank then if we make the playoffs

 

[McGoMcD]

He will play in about half. Given injuries he will always draw in here or there.

 

[McDavidson]

If Smyth was utilized in a 4th line role, 5-10 minutes a night, some power play time, I could see him getting into 65-70 games this year, the tank is almost dry, but the guy still has a great nack of scoring greasy goals. IMO. I still think Smyth is a heck of a lot more valuable than Brown.

 

[Delicious Pancakes]

If everybody's healthy he shouldn't be in the lineup. I'm guessing he plays 37 games.

 

[McSaviour]

I'm hoping he only plays when we have an injury at left wing

 

[The Nuge]

I'm hoping he only plays when we have an injury at left wing

great choice of username

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Too many.

 

[Moonlapse Vertigo]

If Smyth was utilized in a 4th line role, 5-10 minutes a night, some power play time, I could see him getting into 65-70 games this year, the tank is almost dry, but the guy still has a great nack of scoring greasy goals. IMO. I still think Smyth is a heck of a lot more valuable than Brown.

Does he? He has something like 2 goals over his last 60 odd NHL games dating back to the 2011/2012 season.

 

[tiger_80]

Smyth is not an NHL player anymore, too slow to keep up even with other team's 4th liners, not to mention elite offensive players. If he's a regular on the Oilers, this team is in real trouble.
How many games he WILL play? My guess is many, maybe most of the them.

 

[Stoneman89]

If I had my way, it would be ZERO. But since I'm not the one he has some magical control over, I will say 45.