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Not familiar with gambling: can you elaborate?
It’s only gambling if you place a bet. Do I need to explain the difference between making a prediction and making a wager too?
I speak facts as you and another dope just don’t like that.
We’ll see how well your predictive abilities hold up soon enough. I’ll set the over/under for points at 86. What are you taking? Over or under? You understand how an over/under proposition works, right?
There is this league called the AHL. You should watch it sometime. He was nothing special in that league.
Hahaha, his sample size for the Phantoms was barely any bigger than the Flyers. I’m sure you watched all those Phantom games and took studious notes. If you’re such a hockey wizard, why do I never recognize it in your comments? All you ever do is whine like a little girl and spit out cliches from so-called “experts” who don’t know any more about hockey than you do, which is a pretty low bar.
Morin was nothing more than a than a 3rd paring guy if he panned out. He was nothing very good at all
You could tell that from the three games he got into before he started getting hurt? Why hasn’t an NHL team hired you?
Mentioning Kaplan is just pure Flyers propaganda as he isn’t anywhere close to nhl level . Should have 100% went back to for senior year. He jsut hasn’t progressed. Liked that pick at the time. He had nhl potential. Don’t see it now
You could be right. I’m not claiming all these guys will develop into NHL regulars, in fact most won’t, just that they will get looks.
Remember when the Flyers tried to draft the next Zdeno Chara by drafting 6’6″ Sam Morin, despite everyone during the draft projecting him to be an 8 year project because he was so raw? That would mean he’d be on at least his 3rd contract before he might pay off. Can’t teach size though. Good times.
Makar is the same size and weight as Buium and anchored a cup team only a few years ago. I know everyone wants to forget that hockey existed before FLA won the last 2 cups but it still took him a decade and all-star team around him.
You want the whole package? Plus height and elite talent? Draft top 3 (Ekblad 1st overall), otherwise you pick the BPA. Flyers sure as hell don’t ever want to pick top 3 and there’s nothing to suggest that Buium can’t anchor a cup winning team.
The issue with Morin was injury. I don’t think anybody was unhappy with his progress the first two injury free seasons with the Phantoms. He looked like he was on his way to being what they drafted but it was going to take awhile. Of course, in retrospect, I’d rather have Shea Theodore. Same with Patrick, who became an NHL regular as a depth center when he was a month younger than Luchanko is now. Obviously, we wouldn’t be having this conversation if the Flyers were deeper at center. The need for another center wouldn’t exist so no need to push Luchanko. It’s why Richards was almost 21 and Giroux was 21 before they became regulars. It’s a function of having a good, deep team.
Smallish to average-size defensemen are back out of vogue unless they are of Quinn Hughes or Adam Fox type caliber offensively. Scouts do like Buium but they don’t think of that caliber offensively nor is he viewed as a great defender(decent enough not to hurt you, though). They see him more as a Number 3/4 type in the current league: still an NHLer by any measure but not a star. That’s why he was “only” the sixth defenseman drafted.
Exactly. How many teams damaged themselves trying to force the next Erik Karlsson into their lineup?
I noticed Grebenkin hasn’t been mentioned in the rookie articles (players to watch; candidates to make the roster). I was thinking he might have a chance, especially if Foerster isn’t quite ready. Bump may have the inside track as a “preferred”(???) candidate by the front office, but Grebenkin does have the pro experience in the AHL. Thoughts?
They’re probably all going to get games. The Flyers have 2-3 slots up for grabs plus you have injuries. Dorwart, Barkey, Kaplan, Luchanko, Grevenkin, Bump. My biggest concern up front is they still aren’t deep at center. They swapped out three guys who could play the middle in Frost, Laughton and Poehling and only brought two back. They need another guy.
