denverpost.com - 7/4/2009
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Since finishing last in the West with a high payroll, there has been a mandate from Avalanche ownership: Get younger, get cheaper and rebuild. Part of that mandate was filled Friday night when the Avs traded left wing Ryan Smyth to the Los Angeles Kings for two young defensemen Kyle Quincey and ...
blogs.denverpost.com - 7/4/2009
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blogs.denverpost.com —
Darrren Dreger, an outstanding, dogged reporter with TSN,
just informed ME that Ryan Smyth has been traded...
to LA. More to come…. I’ve been writing for a while now that the Avs want to trim payroll and Smitty was the guy they really wanted to move, and ...
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Ryan Smyth traded to LA, Tanguay will NOT be his ...
sports.yahoo.com - 7/5/2009
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sports.yahoo.com —
A few thoughts on the big Ryan Smyth
trade last night before returning to our respective potato...
salad and beer comas ... The trade, which saw Captain Canada move from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night to LA for defensemen Kyle Quincey and ...
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Smyth trade: Kings go blue collar, Colorado in the dumps
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Avalanche deals Smyth to Kings 7-4-09
Empty Netters —
... The Kings have acquired forward Ryan Smyth from the Avalanche in exchange for defensemen Kyle Quincey, Tom Preissing and a fifth-round pick in 2010. ...
In terms of free agent losses, the Red Wings had a bad week
Snapshots —
... on Friday, and as an end-of-the-week kicker, Kyle Quincey left Los Angeles as the centerpiece of a trade for Colorado Avalanche forward Ryan Smyth. Yahoo Sports' Wyshynski gave the Red Wings a ...
NHL Morning Papers (Independence Day Edition): Phil Kessler to Toronto deal is off the table, Mats Sundin to make decision by end of the month and did Leafs tamper with Sedin twins
IllegalCurve.com —
... is a petition floating around Montreal that is calling for the re-signing of Saku Koivu and Alexei Kovalev.
Ryan Smyth Trade
“The way he plays is the way I want the Kings to play,” said Kings GM Dean Lombardi about the Ryan Smyth acquisition.
With the acquisition of Smyth, the Kings’ top-six looks good.
Adrian Dater says the fact that Colorado was looking to trade Ryan Smyth was not a surprise.
Rick Nash Extension
Here ...
Trading Smyth, no surprise
Crash the Crease —
... fans that the team would trade the former all-star, but it has been a poorly guarded secret for a while now that the Avs were trying to trade him. When he signed a five-year, $31.25 million free-agent deal in 2007 that included a no-trade clause, the 33-year-old Smyth was hailed by management as a critical piece in getting back to the Stanley Cup Finals. But after a last-place finish this season, Smyth’s age and contract were seen as undesirable.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Los Angeles Kings acquired left wing left wing Ryan Smyth from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night for defensemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing and a fifth-round draft pick next year.
