Cole Smith

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@FlamesNation FlamesNation just out here tempering expectations for the draft all month long...

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@NewWorldOilers Nurse going to Detroit. Now the Larkin request really makes sense...

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@terencedaniels The "fairway wood" that's literally only in the bag for short par 4s and doesn't ever touch a fairway

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@tdotbrando Sounds like the first 5 teams should just avoid him then

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@berezin_goal Also a completely incompetent front office.

Only bonus for a potential UFA is swindling them into a contract like Frederic or Nurse...

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@TedBrewer @Mike_kim714 @NoLayingUp Think it's way more likely for someone to forget/lose a ball off the green than in the hole....

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@FierySharky All roads lead out of Edmonton....

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@ArashMadani Couldn't take my eyes off him in Edmonton. Had a feeling he'd sneak in there

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@RyanNPike Bjork and Liam Ruck.

As much as it'd be cool to move up from 6, I'm still nervous about doing so and doing a big swing and a miss and winding up with a Yakupov or Wright...

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@RingOfFireCGY I don't know if Farabee is a second line winger right now... He is here, but not for a team wanting to compete. You could maybe dangle Coleman with Frost because at least that gets them a proven winner and Farabee can still be Coleman's replacement

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@miketgould Dude should just ask out now...

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@DownGoesBrown That's the biggest key, the five years. Tkachuk and Hanafin were able to pull something like this because the Flames were on the clock and risked getting nothing. Yzerman doesn't have to be in a hurry, unless he's worried about making Detroit bevome a place no one wants to go to

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@puckempire But most of the hate in Calgary was directed towards management rather than Gaudreau or Tkachuk 🤷‍♂️

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@RingOfFireCGY I definitely misread the years 😂

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@PG_Lee_80s_Baby @seyerpa Calgary had to pay Montreal a 1st to take one year of Monahan @ $6mil.....

The Oilers don't have enough to sweeten the pot for someone to take Nurse at $9.25 for FOUR more years.

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@joshuaS_10 I voted Florida saying no, but maybe the other people just don't want to risk another trade like Giguere again

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@Sportsnet @SportsnetSpec You'd have to package him with a couple first round picks for "future considerations" just to get him out. Good luck

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@CofRedCentral @RingOfFireCGY Would depend on how #1 & #2 go. Otherwise if be good with Verhoff/Carrels and Bjork

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@JFreshHockey Clear winner