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Rather move heaven and earth for Dahlin, then Hughes. I believe once he gets out of BUF, he will be a perennial Norris top 3 candidate. Maybe Briere can start by offering the greatest 3rd line in hockey as the foundation of the trade. I just don’t see BUF being satisfied with prospects and picks. I would try to avoid including Michkov or Martone in a trade, but I would think about depending on what other assets are involved.
If you truly believe that then he is worth more than either Michkov or Martone. Norris caliber dmen are worth more than good/potentially good wingers. They could always try to draft one but that’s crazy talk. Everyone knows the only way to get your #1 center and #1 dman is to trade for them, nobody actually does a rebuild.
flyers do a great job at developing and bringing along dman. would dahlin flourish in philly?
I dont think they will move martone. MM 100% they will move for a #D like hughes.
Remember tocchet played for the flyers when they hated russians. he has that ingrained in him as well lol!!!
Rather move heaven and earth for Dahlin, then Hughes. I believe once he gets out of BUF, he will be a perennial Norris top 3 candidate. Maybe Briere can start by offering the greatest 3rd line in hockey as the foundation of the trade. I just don’t see BUF being satisfied with prospects and picks. I would try to avoid including Michkov or Martone in a trade, but I would think about depending on what other assets are involved.
flyers are buffalo south, doubt he wants to come here
I have said I can see a MM for Hughes happening. Flyers will have to add to MM. What that add is not sure.
Even without an ext the flyers will make this deal.
IMO the flyers will trade MM by the end of the summer
Michkov for Hughes would be an absolute steal on the Flyers part!!
flyers have to add (york and a 1st?) as I said. wont be a steal if he doesnt sign an ext
Rather move heaven and earth for Dahlin, then Hughes. I believe once he gets out of BUF, he will be a perennial Norris top 3 candidate. Maybe Briere can start by offering the greatest 3rd line in hockey as the foundation of the trade. I just don’t see BUF being satisfied with prospects and picks. I would try to avoid including Michkov or Martone in a trade, but I would think about depending on what other assets are involved.
flyers are buffalo south, doubt he wants to come here
I have said I can see a MM for Hughes happening. Flyers will have to add to MM. What that add is not sure.
Even without an ext the flyers will make this deal.
IMO the flyers will trade MM by the end of the summer
funny about rockey. I dont think torts is dumb by any means. Loyalty only goes so far and would really love to know why he kept rocky onboard. one of the great mysteries of life.
Also shows how weak and spinless danny boy is/was for not taking control and getting rid of him. Guess you can throw “jonesy” in their as well.
tocchet no doubt loves tippet. You can see by the usage.
You play with the team you’re given. Considering what a crappy lineup he has, he’s actually done an amazing job having them be competitive. During the 2023/24 season in Vancouver he had some higher-end offensive guys, they were +56 in goal differential, they finished 7th in GF and 5th in GA, again, you coach they guys your given. As for Zegras, he’s already been shifted to the wing, with 289 games under his belt and this being his sixth season, it’s clear he’s not a good fit at center, long term.
Or maybe Tocchet is given to much credit for reaching the playoffs 2 times in 9 years. If you want to give him credit for the good year, then he deserves credit for the bad year that followed.
As recently as March of this year, Tocchet admitted to trying to “re-program” Elias Pettersson, even after the star Swede scored 102 points under his watch just over a year prior.
“You’ve got to play north hockey. Regroup hockey, taking the puck back, won’t win in the NHL,” Tocchet had said. “I think sometimes Petey likes to regroup, slow the game down. I’m not sure how many years ago doing that might’ve worked, but now you have to play a more north style, and we’re just trying to re-program his brain when it comes to that, and he’s buying into that. That’s why I think he’s getting better at that, but there is another level for us and our team.”Pettersson, of course, scored only 45 points last season, marking easily the worst full season of his NHL career from an offensive standpoint.
And, speaking of Pettersson, another mark against Tocchet is the widely-reported rift between the former and J.T. Miller, which culminated in Miller’s trade to the New York Rangers on Jan. 31.
It was a problem when Boudreau arrived in Vancouver, and it was a problem when Tocchet arrived in Vancouver.
But it only boiled over under Tocchet’s watch, and the Canucks failed to address it before first setting half their season on fire.Sounds a bit like what he is trying to do with Michkov. The point is he doesn’t care if a guy scores a 100 points if it’s not his way.
Tocchet also quit on the canucks. Took his ball and left. Shocked that never gets brought up.
As far as MM, wonder if tocchet even knows who Kucherov is and ever watched him play. North/south hockey. Another example of a coach unwilling to adapt or do anything different.
It is a proven fact tocchet is not a good coach. God bless his agent as if I were a coach or player I would hire him asap.
The Flyers now have given up the 4th least amount of goals in the league, and have scored the 4th least goals. Unless the team gets on a hot streak of shooting %, this is Tocchet hockey. It is no different then his last head coaching jobs. It is generally very boring hockey. Quite frankly, when the team plays three 3rd line centers and one 4th line center, the boredom factor is magnified. Really cannot afford to trade Luchanko or Nesbitt because no matter what the belief is in their ceiling, they have to let those players develop and hope because the cupboard is so barren right now. Couts, Cates, and Dvorak are basically the same type of center, redundancy at its highest.
It sure looks like they are going to do everything possible to make it as a wildcard. This roster is not taking steps to ascend into a playoff contender. It has serious structural issues that place the team right back into purgatory. The HC has zero interest in seeing if Zegras can develop into a top 6 center, which is something they have absolutely nothing close to at the NHL or AHL level. Baffling decisions.
You play with the team you’re given. Considering what a crappy lineup he has, he’s actually done an amazing job having them be competitive. During the 2023/24 season in Vancouver he had some higher-end offensive guys, they were +56 in goal differential, they finished 7th in GF and 5th in GA, again, you coach they guys your given. As for Zegras, he’s already been shifted to the wing, with 289 games under his belt and this being his sixth season, it’s clear he’s not a good fit at center, long term.
he has not done an amazing job.
he is riding the coattails of a goalie having a career year so far; does that sound familiar? 23/24 he also rode the coattails of some players having career years. that year is an outlier for his entire coaching career.
I wonder who will last longer, Danny or Tocchet.
its not clear he isn’t a good fit at center as they never game him any chance to find out. that is what a smart rebuilding organization would have done.
100% Dvorak will get a 3/4-year ext at 4.5 per if not more. Especially when you see what’s available now in free agency. He is solid bland player. Doesn’t really help the skilled guys at all imo.
Vladar is interesting from the POV of what value would he have to a team like the Oilers if he keeps up his play the next 2/3 months. Now there is no way the flyers would move him as they are not a forward-thinking management team. Shit he may get an ext this summer if he has a consistent year.
The Flyers will never get it. Dvorak is a 2-3rd line center. Cates is at best a 3rd line center. Coots makes too much money for what he offers. You refuse to play Zegras at center. You will finish just outside of the playoffs this year. How will they improve at center? I haven’t even referenced the defense. They are A LONG WAY away.
When the Flyer signed Dvorak over the summer, I understood the move. Overpaid bottom 6 center for one year. Briere could retain salary at the deadline and get a good asset back. He could fill a spot if Luchanko was not ready. Let Zegras play center and have Dvorak take certain faceoffs when G Was paired with Couts. That plan lasted about 5 games apparently. If Briere does not move Dvorak at the deadline for an asset, it is a failure. Trying to make the playoffs with no shot at the Cup does not justify keeping Dvorak. It would only compound the mistake because I guess the Zegras at center experiment is over. If Tocchet could not allow Zegras to play center against Tampa in the 3rd period last after watching the first two periods, I doubt it happens at all this season with any regularity.
unless the flyers fall out of the race, be prepared for failure.
