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Smid Talks About The Trade That Did Not Happen

by Paul on 08/24/09 at 03:18 PM ET
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from Derek Van Diest of the Edmonton Sun,

Ladislav Smid heard the about the trade via a 4 a.m. wakeup call.

He wasn’t happy.

Nor was he too impressed about waiting over a month to see if it would actually come to fruition.

“I thought I handled it pretty well,” said the Edmonton Oilers defenceman.

“I was trying hard not to think about it. I was just waiting to see what was going to happen. It sucked, but I was just trying to relax back in the Czech Republic, spend some time with my family and try not worry about it.”

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Those Internet Guys

by Paul on 03/08/09 at 09:53 AM ET
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from Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun,

The Journal’s David Staples, who covers the Edmonton Oilers from home, wrote that Oilers defenceman Ladislav Smid has been “begging” to be traded out of Edmonton.

“Four times.”...

The Smid blog came complete with a character analysis explaining why Smid might want out—even though Smid says he’s never met the writer.

“On the Internet, some guy is writing some (crap) about me wanting to be traded,” he said.

“You know what Edmonton is like, lots of rumours. I don’t even pay attention.”

more & here is the blog by David Staples…

update 12:07pm, for some reason, the Edmonton Sun has either pulled the story or they are having an issue with the link.  It was working and now it is not.

added 3:46pm, Here is an alternate link to the Edmonton story via Slam.  Be aware, Slam links on occasion disappear too.

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