Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waJune 24, 2011, zvakataurwa kuti Brulé akanga atengeswa pamwe chete nechinangwa 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. The Oilers pakupedzisira vakawana Smyth mukutsinhana neanotungamira Colin Fraser (uyo akabata cap akawana mari inodarika $ 1 miriyoni pasi) uye wechinomwe-kutenderera sarudzo mu2012 dhizaini
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