Quoting: Stan_Bowman
This is terrible for us, we don’t “need cap”, and even if we did, we would just buyout Smith.
Quoting: Tiekv
You need resign Strome and Lehner this summer ?
Okay, couple of thoughts.
First, I'd take this trade. Smith off the books and getting rid of Gus while his value is continuing to go down, for a third round pick? Yup, that's fine.
Secondly, flip side of the argument is that Lehner isn't gonna resign in Chicago. Or at least that's how I feel. Why would he want to? The team is stuck in neutral, mainly going backwards, and his defense consistently leaves him out to dry night in and night out. I'd rather trade him at the deadline and get a great return. Also, this isn't gonna be anywhere near cup contention for years to come. Why would Lehner waste his time? Especially when many other teams could afford him and provide a better team behind him.
Thirdly, fire Colliton, fire Bowman, fire Mark Kelley, fire the whole lot of em and hit reset. This team has absolutely zero passion and has no business even being discussed in some positive manner. We need better, smarter people in change. Make no mistake about it though, the players need to be held accountable as well. There isn't a single player in this team (save for maybe Kane and Debrincat) that have any business being on this team.