Flyerfan4life
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Hextalls rebuild is supposedly setting us up for a decade of success. Or so we've been told.
i think you read that wrong... hes setting it up to TAKE a decade to do..
Hextalls rebuild is supposedly setting us up for a decade of success. Or so we've been told.
They HAVE a big, defensive Dman: Sam Morin.the Flyers are stuck trying to make Provy into the defensive Dman that they don't have.....after they acquire one somehow then Ivan can play more PP time and less PK time.....there's a lot more there with Provy but they're using him the wrong way .....JMHO
Provorov just isn’t good on the PP at this point because of him not his usage. He gets tunnel vision towards the net too much. They should in all honestly pull him off it if anything.
He’s not a better than Gostisbehere nor is he even over Voracek despite the complaints. So his role shouldn’t increase.
Fixing the mistakes of the previous guy was most certainly not easy, in the way that he fixed them (ahead of time just lapsing).Yep. Fixing the mistakes of the previous guy is the easy part. Fixing your own shortcomings is where it's tricky.
Fixing the mistakes of the previous guy was most certainly not easy, in the way that he fixed them (ahead of time just lapsing).
I so tire of hearing from the internet GMs here about how Hextall is doing a bad job (this is not at you Beef). The statement is essentially the same Blah blah blah, we are not winning and we have been trying for 4 years now.
I've asked before, and I'll ask again. POST your solutions internet GMs!
I argue, he's done a great job so far. He's shed unsheddable contracts. Aquired addtional picks for some players (example Rinaldo), and a nice haul for a good, but non core Schenn with a minor cap inconvenience in return.
Free Agency is dead! We have no competitive advantage in being a high spending team anymore. Aside from that, there is SO little value in most UFAs now. VERY few actually end up being worth the inflated deals they end up signing.
The only way to acquire young talent is to either draft it, or trade for it, but you need assets to trade back. We had nearly nothing when Hex took over, now we have arguably one of the BEST prospect pools around.
For reference, DET has been a middling declining team for a few years now, they SHOULD be in the midst of having a top prospect pool. Instead, IMO they are looking like they are not coming out of full rebuild mode anytime soon. Montreal is the same. Our org is NOWHERE near this bad.
But the frustration is real. Look at Wayne Simmonds. He could be entering his 8th year as a Flyer next year, and we have wasted all those good contract years.Fixing the mistakes of the previous guy was most certainly not easy, in the way that he fixed them (ahead of time just lapsing).
I so tire of hearing from the internet GMs here about how Hextall is doing a bad job (this is not at you Beef). The statement is essentially the same Blah blah blah, we are not winning and we have been trying for 4 years now.
I've asked before, and I'll ask again. POST your solutions internet GMs!
I argue, he's done a great job so far. He's shed unsheddable contracts. Aquired addtional picks for some players (example Rinaldo), and a nice haul for a good, but non core Schenn with a minor cap inconvenience in return.
Free Agency is dead! We have no competitive advantage in being a high spending team anymore. Aside from that, there is SO little value in most UFAs now. VERY few actually end up being worth the inflated deals they end up signing.
The only way to acquire young talent is to either draft it, or trade for it, but you need assets to trade back. We had nearly nothing when Hex took over, now we have arguably one of the BEST prospect pools around.
For reference, DET has been a middling declining team for a few years now, they SHOULD be in the midst of having a top prospect pool. Instead, IMO they are looking like they are not coming out of full rebuild mode anytime soon. Montreal is the same. Our org is NOWHERE near this bad.
Sucks to waste Simmonds cap, but what choice did we really have. Hard to be really "frustrated" when there was nothing you could do about it.But the frustration is real. Look at Wayne Simmonds. He could be entering his 8th year as a Flyer next year, and we have wasted all those good contract years.
But I don't blame Hextall. We were flawed and had to fix it and it takes time. Hextall is creating a deep prospect base to go on a long cup run. But he will also have to make some tough decisions ahead to get us there. That's where we his true worth...good or bad.
He wasn't particularly good at it in ways that screamed NHL PP QB in Juniors either. Improvement may come, but it's not likely he'll get THAT much better there.
Fixing the mistakes of the previous guy was most certainly not easy, in the way that he fixed them (ahead of time just lapsing).
I so tire of hearing from the internet GMs here about how Hextall is doing a bad job (this is not at you Beef). The statement is essentially the same Blah blah blah, we are not winning and we have been trying for 4 years now.
I've asked before, and I'll ask again. POST your solutions internet GMs!
I argue, he's done a great job so far. He's shed unsheddable contracts. Aquired addtional picks for some players (example Rinaldo), and a nice haul for a good, but non core Schenn with a minor cap inconvenience in return.
Nope. Kelowna scored a ton of shorties in the finals due to his bad plays. Seen up close.He wasn't particularly good at it in ways that screamed NHL PP QB in Juniors either. Improvement may come, but it's not likely he'll get THAT much better there.