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Smyth's smiles replace tears on first day with Isles

Associated Press

Thursday, March 1, 2007

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Ryan Smyth took a deep breath just before he was hit with the biggest reality check of his 12-year NHL career. The jersey he held was orange and blue, and it even had No. 94 stitched onto it. Nothing new there. But the front said Islanders, and nothing could've been stranger to the lifelong Edmonton Oilers forward. "Here we go," the 31-year-old Smyth said Thursday, shortly after his first spin on the ice with his new teammates. "Good to be here." There w ...

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