As if getting moved by your company is supposed to make you feel better.
For original Misfit Reilly Smith, the man who celebrated winning a Stanley Cup championship about two weeks ago when he hoisted the trophy after the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in five games, it meant learning he was off to Pittsburgh for a third round draft pick.
It was an obvious salary dump to clear space for the signing of Ivan Barbashev, the proud owner of a $25 million contract at five years at $5 million per year.
Smith was nothing but a professional on the ice — and off it.
LVSportsBiz.com photographer Tyge O’Donnell captured these photos of Smith through the years.
Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com.
Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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