Ryan Smyth to NY Islanders

[IKnowPhysics]

Orally reported on TSN as a done deal. No links yet.

[apuszczalowski]

Yup, heard that too, details to follow

[Ogie Oglethorpe]

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/hockey/i...n_islander.html

[X. Benedict]

holy #%^$#!.

[Monkeygirl]

Dang it!!!! I'd give them Zubrus for Smyth anyday.

[wjag]

That is definitely not good news.

[Knightrider]

Dang it!!!! I'd give them Zubrus for Smyth anyday.

 

Chances are that Smyth cost more than Zubrus.

[X. Benedict]

boy, I can imagine what is happening in edmonton right now.

People are not going to come back from lunch.

[IKnowPhysics]

And HFBoards has officially #%^$#! itself into oblivion.

[inkman]

And HFBoards has officially #%^$#! itself into oblivion.

OOOOHHH! I'll have to visit.

[Wraith]

OOOOHHH! I'll have to visit.

 

You'll have to wait till it's at least halfway back from oblivion. It's been down for a couple of hours now.

[Goodfella25]

I don't mean to sound ungrateful here, because I do like Zubrus a lot, but like many of us, I really wanted us to get Smyth. And to see him go for so little makes me even more mad. I wonder if Darcy will mention anything as to why the asking price was too high for us...

[IKnowPhysics]

Three first round draft picks for an unrestricted free agent that we would have trouble resigning leaves me unmoved about not trading for him.

 

That said, Smyth is my favorite non-Sabre, and I would have loved to see him here for the right trade.