RYAN SMYTH RUMORS & GOSSIP
Oilers re-sign Smyth to 2-year deal
The Edmonton Oilers beat the deadline Sunday, re-signingleft wing Ryan Smyth to a two-year, $4.5 million contract, the team announced. Smyth, 36, who was acquired last July from the Los Angeles Kings, would have become an unrestricted free agent at noon EST. The Oilers captain had 46 points last season, including 19 goals, in 82 games. He also is known as the six-time captain...
Smyth Contract Holdups
No, you have not stepped back in time, but it has been reported that the Oilers and Ryan Smyth aren’t much closer to a deal new deal than they were last summer. According to Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal:
The holdout here is not term. It is the money. Nobody is saying what the Oilers are offering, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was in the $2.5 million-$2.75 million...
Richard Cloutier: Oilers Offer Smyth a Two-Year Deal
This is as per Jason Gregor from Team 1260.
The Oilers have offered Ryan Smyth a two-year contract extension. From what Gregor says, it's a deal that is comparable to the size of contract Todd Bertuzzi has with the Red Wings ($2mil per season range).
In some ways it makes sense. Smyth did put up reasonable numbers last season (19g 46pts) and played really well for the first...
Trade Rumor: Mixed signals of Edmonton Oilers’ Ryan Smyth waiving no-trade clause scenario
With trade rumors circulating the last couple of days involving Ryan Smyth of the Edmonton Oilers, all the evidence on the table may not amount to the veteran agreeing to being shipped out as a rental player. (See: Rangers.)
The rumor suggests the New York Rangers are seeking his services through the playoffs in a very competitive run.
He may consider it, reports say...
Making Sense Of The Ryan Smyth Trade Rumor
Larry Brooks reported yesterday that the Rangers are supposedly interested in Edmonton’s Ryan Smyth. According to Brooks, Smyth is willing to waive his no-movement clause to come to New York. While Smyth would probably fit the Rangers style of play, one has to wonder the legitimacy of this rumor.
This past summer Smyth requested that the Los Angeles Kings (a team on the rise)...
Report- Rangers, Ryan Smyth Have Mutual Interest
from Larry Brooks of the NY Post, If Rangers general manager Glen Sather is interested in reuniting with Ryan Smyth by acquiring Edmonton’s veteran left wing to bolster the attack, the feeling may well be a reciprocal one, The Post has learned.
A well-placed source told The Post that Smyth, who was drafted sixth overall in 1994 by Sather and then played the first five years under...
Trade Rumors: Rangers Want Impact Center; Smyth Interested in Broadway
In his weekly chat over at ESPN.com, Scott Burnside says that if the Rangers could have their way they'd like to aquire an impact center before the trade deadline....ummmmm, didn't the Rangers get their impact centerman this past offseason? Now I'm being told they need another one before the first year of Richards' contract is over?...also if the Rangers do bring...
All Admiration, All of the Time For Smyth
If you were to ask most Oiler fans who their favourite Oiler is, you will likely hear the name Ryan Smyth. If you also ask who they think the team MVP is the answer would likely be the same; Ryan Smyth. In Edmonton people love Ryan Smyth the way Canucks fans love Trevor Linden and Leafs’ fans love Wendel Clark.
Although Ryan Smyth has only been invited to one NHL All Stars game...
Matthew Barry: Ryan Smyth is a Fraud
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Ryan Smyth is a Fraud.
I said it.
I donât understand how the loyal, dedicated, passionate fans in Edmonton could welcome this guy back after what he did to...
Ryan Smyth on CBC After Hours
The Edmonton Oilers and the city of Edmonton were proud to welcome home Ryan Smyth with open arms this summer, but it was also the media that looked forward to interviews and post games with the man who literally bleeds for his team and goes back for more.
On CBC after hours this Saturday, Smyth spoke with Scott Oakes and Kevin Weekes on a variety of topics in front of several...
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