Confirmed Signing with Link: [CAR] D Ty Smith signs extension with the Hurricanes (1 year, $775k, two-way)

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[TrufleShufle]

Teaching young guns all over the league how to make Broccoli.

 

[Canovin]

How did he fall out of favor so hard?

 

[Gurglesons]

I feel like Carolina will have him in the NHL as an effective player by the end of the year.

I will never understand why PIT didn't give him a single shot given his play in the AHL.

 

[Empoleon8771]

How did he fall out of favor so hard?

Because he can't skate at the NHL level.

 

[Gurglesons]

Because he can't skate at the NHL level.

Never saw any evidence of this in his games with PIT or New Jersey.

 

[Turin]

How did he fall out of favor so hard?

The dreaded small and also slow combination.

 

[Rudy Russo]

I feel like Carolina will have him in the NHL as an effective player by the end of the year.

I will never understand why PIT didn't give him a single shot given his play in the AHL.

Mike Sullivan

 

[Gurglesons]

How did he fall out of favor so hard?

Neither of the above posters are correct.

The issue with Ty Smith is his compete. It's been his issue going back to his junior days.

I'll be very curious to see what he does in Carolina if they utilize him in their top six. I don't think he'll find a spot given Morrow being a similar player with high upside, but if he's given a shot in the NHL, I think he has the skill and abilities to be a solid 3rd pairing guy especially with a player like Chatfield.

Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Morrow
Smith - Chatfield

Is an interesting build.

 

[Turin]

Neither of the above posters are correct.

The issue with Ty Smith is his compete. It's been his issue going back to his junior days.

I'll be very curious to see what he does in Carolina if they utilize him in their top six. I don't think he'll find a spot given Morrow being a similar player with high upside, but if he's given a shot in the NHL, I think he has the skill and abilities to be a solid 3rd pairing guy especially with a player like Chatfield.

Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Morrow
Smith - Chatfield

Is an interesting build.

No, you're thinking of Pouliot.

 

[Darren McCord]

Neither of the above posters are correct.

The issue with Ty Smith is his compete. It's been his issue going back to his junior days.

I'll be very curious to see what he does in Carolina if they utilize him in their top six. I don't think he'll find a spot given Morrow being a similar player with high upside, but if he's given a shot in the NHL, I think he has the skill and abilities to be a solid 3rd pairing guy especially with a player like Chatfield.

Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Morrow
Smith - Chatfield

Is an interesting build.

That’s not a very good top 6. They would be crazy to let both Pesce and Skeij walk.

 

[Empoleon8771]

No, you're thinking of Pouliot.

He and Pouliot are basically the same: undersized, mediocre skating OFD who can't process the play quickly enough to make up for the mediocre skating

Just like Pouliot never panned out, Smith is never going to pan out either.

 

[Turin]

He and Pouliot are basically the same: undersized, mediocre skating OFD who can't process the play quickly enough to make up for the mediocre skating

Just like Pouliot never panned out, Smith is never going to pan out either.

Agree they have the same physical problems, except Smith isn't lackadaisical like Pouliot, he's plenty busy - it's just his feet don't take him anywhere no matter how much they churn. With Pouliot, the guy could not be bothered to show a pulse no matter how much pressure was bearing down on him.

 

[Gurglesons]

No, you're thinking of Pouliot.

Ty Smith has had way more success than Pouliot is much less time.

Also weird how Penguins fans who watched him for less than 8 games have some formulated opinion on his abilities..

 

[Zbynek]

Not a smooth skater. But he has the tools. Sees the game better than Pouliot ever did. Hope it works out for him.

 

[biturbo19]

I feel like Carolina will have him in the NHL as an effective player by the end of the year.

I will never understand why PIT didn't give him a single shot given his play in the AHL.

Yeah. I'm really curious if this guy ever actually gets another shot. It seems pretty strange that he hasn't. He's got draft pedigree, and a decent skillset, performs well at the AHL level and showed some real promising flashes early in his NHL career with New Jersey. But since then, he's basically just been left to rot on the vine in the AHL for some reason.

He very well just may not have "it"...but it's weird to me that teams haven't seemed inclined to even bother to find out. For years now.

Not a smooth skater. But he has the tools. Sees the game better than Pouliot ever did. Hope it works out for him.

Hmmm...i'd actually describe him as a pretty "smooth" skater. He's looked actually decently quick and agile at times too. Just...not very fast. Doesn't have that long speed or "recovery" or "make up" speed to cover big amounts of ice quickly if/when there's a mistake on the ice or turnover that quickly flips the direction of play.

It became extremely apparent while playing with the corpse of PK Subban with the Devils. Where Subban (who is not a very "smooth" skater) was repeatedly creating these sort of calamitous situations, and where his own speed had fallen off disastrously as well. So you had two guys playing fairly "risky" turnover prone games...and neither had anything resembling the recovery speed to cover up for it.

But it's not really a lack of "smoothness" in his skating. It's a lack of speed, and intensity or apparent urgency.

 

[bleedgreen]

That’s not a very good top 6. They would be crazy to let both Pesce and Skeij walk.

I don’t know that they’ll have a choice. Only so much cap space and both guys are in demand. They may want to be somewhere new.

That won’t be their top six.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Will Butcher clone

 

[AfroThunder396]

Hey, two time CHL Defensemen of the Year winners don't grow on trees.

 

[Xirik]

He had a pretty good rookie season. If he can find his way back to that then I think he can have something of an NHL career.

 

[Michoulicious]

2 way deal, lol. I 'member when according to some NJ fans he was a future superstar.

Wish him the best, looks like a great kid. Maybe he can find a niche as a #6-7 D over there.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

His defensive play indefensible.

 

[DrDangles]

He actually looked pretty good on his short stint with the pens last season, and even made a past his prime Dumoulin look decent.

Surprised he didn't get another look after that.

 

[MVP Zacha]

Just send him back to NJ. Jack is still struggling to cook broccoli .