LSCII
Cup driven
Is a 2 year deal long term? We saved a million dollars on Hayes vs smith. It's a good trade for that alone, smith was a puddle here, and would continue to be one if he never left. Florida gave us cap flexibility and a mediocre streaky player for a slightly better mediocre streaky player. Still like the trade
Smith was a puddle because the coach kept misusing him as a top 6 player. He's not. But if they had put him on the 3rd line and left him there, he'd have looked a lot better, IMO, because that's what he really is.