With only one game this week for the Portland Winterhawks, other news takes center stage.
Kurtis Smythe has been traded to the Medicine Hat Tigers for an eighth-round bantam pick in 2023. Smythe, 20, from Cloverdale, BC, is undrafted in the NHL but brings four years of experience and 141 games played in the regular season, 11 more in the playoffs. In that time, he has scored three times and added 32 assists, and brings a strong blueline presence to the Tigers.
People think that pick is low, but it is an average draft choice for most older players. He may suit up in the Tiger’s next
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