Confirmed with Link: Oilers Sign Mike Smith to 1-Year Deal ($2M)

[OfCorsiDid]

 

[OfCorsiDid]

Next year doesn’t matter. This year is the only one that matters.

That’s not a good way to manage a National Hockey League franchise.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

That’s not a good way to manage a National Hockey League franchise.

Backup goalies are always available, signing one to multi years is a dumber way to run a franchise.

 

[Aerchon]

So much for the ridiculous idea that Holland has a plan to upgrade the team as the season goes on...

 

[KCC]

Oh well. There's not much left out there and it's only 1 year. He's not going to make or break next season. The team still has a long way to go. But even then. EDM with him just this past season were in a playoff spot. I can live with this. Holland just doesn't have much money to do anything.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

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I just don't see a scenario where he hits those playoff bonuses. If we're succeeding in the playoffs, he'll be on the bench.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

So much for the ridiculous idea that Holland has a plan to upgrade the team as the season goes on...

Agreed, he shouldn’t of upgraded the team in the offseason so he could save room to do it during the season.

do you ever read some of the shit you type?

 

[shoop]

So much for the ridiculous idea that Holland has a plan to upgrade the team as the season goes on...

Why? This is a move with an eye to upgrade the team in net. If Holland buries Smith for the entire season it is only a $425K cap hit. Pretty manageable if a better deal for a goalie comes along.

 

[Soundwave]

Why? This is a move with an eye to upgrade the team in net. If Holland buries Smith for the entire season it is only a $425K cap hit. Pretty manageable if a better deal for a goalie comes along.

Ah ok, I see, so the NTC is kinda worthless in a way.

I'm sure he'd rather play on an NHL team than be playing for Bakersfield and probably ending his NHL career that way.

 

[Beerfish]

Oh well. There's not much left out there and it's only 1 year. He's not going to make or break next season. The team still has a long way to go. But even then. EDM with him just this past season were in a playoff spot. I can live with this. Holland just doesn't have much money to do anything.

A lousy old goalie is not going to make or break the year? Tending often makes or breaks seasons, i think koskinen is lousy to medicore but one knee tweak and smith is our starter.

 

[Tw0Shoes]

I can't believe they sign Smith when Al Montoya is a free agent. #insanity

 

[oilexport]

Both our goalies lost the series. I remember a lot of tip ins on kosk. Goalies who can move and challenge stop most of those.

 

[OfCorsiDid]

I just don't see a scenario where he hits those playoff bonuses. If we're succeeding in the playoffs, he'll be on the bench.

but why does he have an NTC????

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

but why does he have an NTC????

He's in no position to ask, let alone demand, any sort of clause in an NHL contract by this point.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

I can't believe they sign Smith when Al Montoya is a free agent. #insanity

Rangers just bought out Lundqvist to afford Montoya's extension. As if we were ever on his radar

 

[T-Funk]

He's got playoff bonuses? Ugh. Guess who's starting game 1 next year.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

I can't believe they sign Smith when Al Montoya is a free agent. #insanity

Im pretty sure he's under contract with the Rangers.

 

[Pointteen]

Im pretty sure he's under contract with the Rangers.

think the Rags gave him a full NMC.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

I'm with the majority that this was not my top choice. Now that it's done I just hope that we can have the Smith that showed up for the second half of the season that played very well. That being said i'm still have flashbacks of him coming out to play the puck in that first game against Chicago and my son sitting beside me yelling at the TV for him to (Get back in your net, what are you doing!) and then Chicago scoring mere seconds later.

 

[tardigrade81]

Roughly half of NHL goalies are below average.

Guess that’s why they didn’t win the Stanley Cup

 

[tardigrade81]

Haha all good man. I figured that’s what happened! Try to convince some Sens fans that they need Chiasson for us will ya?!

Lol!!! I’ll see what I can do hahaha!!

 

[tardigrade81]

Matt Murray will be Pascal Leclerc 2.0 in Ottawa me thinks

Ya could very well be. I can’t tell if he will be good or bad...... Also depends how much the Sens defense helps him out. On paper, OttAwa has a growing team that should compete but we will see what happens.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Just going to casually bump this thread. Hasn't played a second of hockey and already this is a disaster. In a season where many of the GM's signings haven't panned out this is.... Another one.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

Amongst goalies who played at least 5 games, Mike Smith leads the league in save % @ 0.944, and 2nd in GAA @1.73 (next to flower)

He's also technically undefeated at 6-0 (Kosk took an L for him, but still officially unbeaten)

The goalie that everyone wanted (including myself) during off-season, the Stanley cup champ that snubbed us, Brayden Holtby, ranks amongst the worst in the league, ranking 42nd in save %, and 51st in GAA. This is out of 55 goalies who played at least 5 games
Who would've predicted this scenario

Comes back into the lineup after a freak injury, and completely changes the dynamic of the room. The Mike Smith effect

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[Mcnofool6110]

Anyone know what his injury was? My bet is a surgical complication post soul transfer, where his identity and being was transplanted through time and space with 1999 Dominik Hasek.