2017-18 roster talk: the positive perfect power of nine

[freakydallas13]

Hextall will resign him to a three year deal, gotta keep those rookies of the main team.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

If someone offers Hextall a 1st for Filppula and he doesn't accept immediately...

No one is offering it anyway. You’re seeing less & less first rounders traded for rentals these days.

 

[Striiker]

No one is offering it anyway. You’re seeing less & less first rounders traded for rentals these days.

Exactly, that's why it'd be a no-brainer.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

He is turning 34 though, so he may be looking at 2-3 year deals.

We know the Flyers overvalue him, like veterans, and don't believe in assumed roster spots for young guys. Flip can play anywhere in the top 9 to them, whatever position.....can PK.....can continue to play on PP1, if need be.....now wears the 'A'.....I feel like this is being set-up to the point of almost inevitability.

He is very picky about where he plays, and he wanted to be here. He seems to like it here and be liked; this is an up and coming team. If the Flyers offer him a 2 year deal, but some other team offers him a 3 year deal at a similar price, it wouldn't blow my mind to see him choose comfort and the known over cashing out.

that would be downright stupid

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Hextall will resign him to a three year deal, gotta keep those rookies of the main team.

the same way he brought back the vets who walked to FA this past summer?

 

[deadhead]

the same way he brought back the vets who walked to FA this past summer?

The rookies will make the decision for Hextall.

Either they play well enough to make Filppula expendable, or Hextall will resign Filppula or trade for someone similar (veteran center with a couple years left on his contract).

What Hextall WON'T do is give a rookie a job he hasn't earned. Potential is a dirty word.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

The Flyers are going to owe Provorov and TK extensions after next season. I seriously doubt Flip gets extended. I mean is it possible? sure. I just wouldnt bet on it.

 

[bauer]

i will lose my shit if Filppula gets an extension. he'll be 34 this year. you don't give mediocre 34 year olds extensions. but with this organization you just never know..

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

They could swing a two year deal around $4-4.5M for Filppula. They clearly like the guy given his usage & the way they speak about him.

 

[NYCFlyer]

I think the odds are greater that at the trade deadline he is dealt than he is extended. We have his replacement marinating in the A in Voro. Hextall is no dummy and has his eyes on the prize. Goaltending is our biggest issue.

 

[Rebels57]

Filppula extension depends on 2 factors:

Oskar Lindblom
Mikhail Vorobyev

If both end up having great seasons then Flip is not getting extended.

If a team comes a long and overpays, he is also gone. We just saw this with Schenn who is like 7 years younger.

 

[Rebels57]

And to be honest, as long as Manning is not extended IDGAF if Filppula is.

 

[Rebels57]

I think the odds are greater that at the trade deadline he is dealt than he is extended. We have his replacement marinating in the A in Voro. Hextall is no dummy and has his eyes on the prize. Goaltending is our biggest issue.

Nice thing is that #1 goalies arent THAT hard to trade for. If we do look like contenders prior to Hart and Sandstrom being ready, and the current tandem isnt cutting it, we will have options.

 

[deadhead]

Filppula extension depends on 2 factors:

Oskar Lindblom
Mikhail Vorobyev

If both end up having great seasons then Flip is not getting extended.

If a team comes a long and overpays, he is also gone. We just saw this with Schenn who is like 7 years younger.

Hextall wants the kids to beat out the veterans.
He's just not going to fool himself into wishing they'll beat out the veterans.
He's got a Missouri attitude.

 

[GirouxCouturier]

Not a sure is posted already, but is anyone else thinking that filppula on 1st pp/second line/A cptn is just an attempt to boost trade value and get a more valuable asset at deadline? Kind of obvious to me, and sort of links to giroux to wing and couturier to #1C. If flip has 30-40 points at trade deadline teams will eat that up.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I’m still waiting for MacDonald to be pulled from the lineup due to him fulfilling the expansion draft requirements.

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

Filppula extension depends on 2 factors:

Oskar Lindblom
Mikhail Vorobyev

If both end up having great seasons then Flip is not getting extended.

If a team comes a long and overpays, he is also gone. We just saw this with Schenn who is like 7 years younger.

Laughton is the bigger factor IMO. If he maintains his current level of play, he'll be promoted to #3C.

 

[Flyerfan13]

I’m still waiting for MacDonald to be pulled from the lineup due to him fulfilling the expansion draft requirements.

I am waiting for weal to show up at striikers house with the papa johns guy

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Probably depends on what Hextall was offered for Filppula.
A 3rd and he'd laugh, a 1st and he'd think hard about it.
Also depends "when," and the progress of players in the AHL, specifically Vorobyev.

I'd have to think he'd hate to be forced to move Giroux back to center given how well that line is playing.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

You are going to have to promise me that you won't give the Pimp the Lube treatment. (Can you imagine someone wandering onto here and reading that without any context? ) I only have so many brain cells left, head, and I need to keep them safe.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I am waiting for weal to show up at striikers house with the papa johns guy

I wonder what Papa John will say when he orders "One large with pepperoni and hamster."

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Laughton is the bigger factor IMO. If he maintains his current level of play, he'll be promoted to #3C.

I'm not sure if I am crazy about this at all. Not that I don't think Laughton can't handle it it's just right now this group has a good thing going from the top line on down.
Don't want to disrupt that right now.

 

[Striiker]

I am waiting for weal to show up at striikers house with the papa johns guy

I wonder what Papa John will say when he orders "One large with pepperoni and hamster."

 

[Magua]

He looks like a burn victim who had facial reconstruction.

Did your hot takes do that to him?

 

[Striiker]

He looks like a burn victim who had facial reconstruction.

Did your hot takes do that to him?

Actually he found the storage room where Hakstol stores all the lemons he sucks on before games.

 

[deadhead]

Laughton is the bigger factor IMO. If he maintains his current level of play, he'll be promoted to #3C.

I don't see Laughton as a top 9 center, he's really not a playmaker or control the puck kind of guy.
He's more a Tazmanian devil with a good shot.

He's a great fit on this 4th line, but to me he'd be a LW on a 3rd line with a center who can pass him the puck in stride so he can just turn on the jets and fire away, sorta bigger version of Konency.

The Pimp, now he's the kind of center who keeps his girls happy.