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Yep, hence the guy looking to stick around the league for a last trip around the sun….
I’m fine with that so long as he holds up his end in his role. I’m not expecting a fully finished rebuild for this season, just a good step in the right direction and last season exposed some glaring deficiencies.
And I doubt there will be very many “needle movers” available at any position. If they go the UFA route it’s going to be either a huge overpay, or a guy trying to hold on to his career and get one more paycheck before he is out of the league. Offer sheets may be there, but that would also entail an overpay in money and assets.
It will be trades where Briere will fill his holes, at least in the short term. But that is just my opinion.
Some people are talking about Ekblad, but I just don’t see why he would want to sign here long term in a million years. By the time we are good he will be at the tail end of his career. Why would any guy do that? Unless they are just in it for the money. Then do we really want that guy anyway?
A needle mover for THIS team is different than for a legit contender. They need a couple guys who can play at the NHL level. They don’t have much in the way of assets to trade. They got lucky with Zegras because ANA wanted the cap space and the Flyers had it but now are down to about $9M factoring in a York re-sign. See also Gibson trade. Flyers don’t have the cap space for Ekblad even if he wanted to come here. That’s pure fantasy.
Well, do you really believe if the Flyers valued Hague as a top 4 option, they did not have the assets to better NSH’s offer.
The Flyers literally don’t have a legit NHL 4C man (Sissons) and Lauzon is a veteran too and the Flyers need to add not swap. Hague individually was never a big deal, the Flyers need to fill a D spot. That’s why trades are tricky for the Flyers. They have too many holes yet themselves.
Well the Hague rumors proved to be false.
How were they false? Hague got traded after all. I was a bit surprised as the Pietrangelo is finished talk started shortly after the Hague rumors started. The Flyers don’t have the pieces to have matched what NSH gave up. Get the Dman in UFA. They have some cap space.
Read Jake Allen was looking for a 4 year deal. Good for him if he can get that term, definitely do not want the Flyers to give him that contract. Hofer extended in STL, so he is no longer an option. Demko may not extend, which will supposedly lead him to be traded. I expect the goal tending situation to be resolved pretty quickly after the start of free agency.
Reimer is a UFA and might be what they need. With DET getting Gibson, Talbot might be available in a trade. Demko looks like an expensive risk to me. I’d rather see them play it fairly safe with the goalie situation.
brink is head and shoulders better than pelletier. still some upside with brink. terrible comparison to me. funny to me how you easily discard a guy who put up 40+ points(which is more than Pelletier’s career) on a cheap contract for 2 years on this shit team. He is a lock to be a regular, as he should, unless moved. why is this so hard to comprehend?
He’s a lock . . . unless he’s moved. He’s moving. Maybe not by opening night, but he’s moving . . . unless he shows the upside you’re talking about. Maybe he adds a few pounds and some strength this off season. I’m not rooting against him, I just don’t see him in any mid to long term plans.
Brink is a winger. Flyers drafted 4 centers, 1 winger all of whom are years away from playing in the nhl, if at all.
I can tell you right now Martone isn’t years away from taking a top 9 wing spot on this team. He’ll have a shot at getting it this year. My guess is, he’s already among the six best wingers the Flyers have. Brink is also a redundant piece with Pelletier around. If one sticks, the other is gone sooner. They could be outplayed by others who’ll get a crack: Dorwart, Bump, et al. One or the other could be packaged to get something they need more than wingers: goalie, Dman, center who can win faceoffs. We’ll know a lot more by Wednesday.
this coming from the guy who has cates as the top line LW and Brink not even in the lineup.
If the draft didn’t convince you they’re looking to move beyond Brink ASAP, nothing will. That’s the Flyers talking, not me. I already said I like Cates’ game well enough that I want him in my Top 9 even once they improve the other centers enough to make that happen. None of that is guaranteed to happen by this opening night but there’s a chance of it.
clearly I am not as versed in the sport as you. I mean your knowledge is off the charts.
You seem to have been taken off course by some overemphasis on skill and speed, size doesn’t matter, Dmen must lead the rush thinking that poisoned a few minds over the last several years. Once you get over that, you have some potential. You have the passion no matter how misdirected it currently is.
