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Just the same bundle of hopes and dreams they’ve been selling to the fans since Fletch was fired, minus all the Tortsisms.
With the acquisition of Trevor Zegras, there’s also a good chance the Flyers found stability at center.
The finesse/skill guy seeking redemption story arc hasn’t exactly played out well historically here… VLC, Sam Gagner, Zherdev, Hayes, Filppula, Daigle, Nedved, etc were all chewed up and spit back out. Zegras has more stick skill than all of those guys but there’s still a better chance he bombs here than not.
What do you think martone should do? is Europe really an option martone would consider?
Get that NIL money, kid.
EF reporting that Martone’s going to Michigan State
Sounds like you would do Brink for Chinakhov straight up. Would you? Chin’s cap hit is $2.1M, so they’d have to juggle a bit to make him fit even if Brink is the price. The Flyers already have a few guys with recent injury issues. Not sure they want to stockpile that. They do have other young guys they can get a look at if Foerster’s health remains an issue. As an aside, an infection after an elbow injury sidelining Foerster? That’s sounding like a staph infection which is pretty damn serious. Hoping it’s not that. That would be a problem. Remember Kalinski from a few years back? I would have no issue with Briere doing due diligence here.
I don’t think you would even need to trade Brink to get him. He could probably be had for a mid-round pick.
The cap-space shouldn’t be a problem. I doubt they’ll keep 3 goalies and 8 dmen on the active roster. And LTIR is there if they need it.
1) Foerster won’t start the season healthy, so it provides an immediate stop-gap (and lessens the temptation to rush Martone),
2) He’s flat out more talented than Brink, bigger and faster,
3) If he can stay healthy (big if) he’s a 20-goal guy who has a decent all-around game,
4) He shouldn’t take much to acquire.
Top 20 drafted NHL goalie prospects ranking: Askarov, Fowler lead Wheeler’s summer 2025 list
Zavragin ranked #17
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1. Askarov
2. Fowler
3. Augustine
4. Yegorov
5. Ravensbergen
6. Andreyanov
7. Levi
8. Cossa
9. Hrabal
10. Ivankoviczegras is not top end talent
He is a top end talent but he doesn’t always give you top end play/production. Verbeek and Cronin really fucked with his swagger and honestly I’m not sure Philly is gonna be the place he gets it back. Tocchet loves the methodical dump and chase and 200-foot game plan… none of that will play into TZ’s strengths. And the fanbase…
