Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waJune 24, 2011, zvakashumwa kuti Brulé akanga atengeswa pamwe chete nechisarudzo chechina chekutora kuLos Angeles Kings mukutsinhanisa mberi Ryan Smyth. Nekuda kwekunetseka kwehutano, chibvumirano hachina kumboitika sezvo Brulé anga asati abvumidzwa kutamba zvichitevera kugumburwa kwake (pasi pemitemo yeligi, mutambi akakuvara anogona kutengeswa asi haakwanise kutengwa, ndizvo zvairongwa naMadzimambo kuita). Uyezve, Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi akaita kuti zvive pachena kune vezvenhau kuti chikwata chaida mumwe munhu ane mubhadharo mudiki wekurova kana Brulé asingakwanise kutengwa. MaOilers pakupedzisira akawana Smyth mukutsinhana neanotamba mberi Colin Fraser (uyo akabata kapu yake yaipfuura $ 1 miriyoni zvishoma) uye sarudzo yechinomwe-kutenderera mu
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