GM Ron Hextall

[Curufinwe]

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[FLYguy3911]

How did I just see this?

 

[markzab]

Chalk up another good move to his resume in re-signing Raffl to that deal.

 

[BillDineen]

Raffl is a meh. Rinaldo on waivers though!

 

[markzab]

Raffl is a meh. Rinaldo on waivers though!

That deal was an A+ regardless of Rinaldo hitting waivers, lol.

 

[deadhead]

He'd probably be more useful on the D than Schultz anyway.

Hell, he'd BE the defense.
You think Morin is big and mobile

 

[GKJ]

So that's the second year in a row the Flyers got a third round pick for someone who was on waivers by the trade deadline.

 

[Appleyard]

Just added up the net gains and losses via trade since Hextall took over:

In:

Radko Gudas
R.J. Umberger
Sam Gagner (expiring)
Jordan Weal
1st rounder (Travis Konecny)
1st rounder (German Rubtsov)
2nd rounder (Pascal Laberge)
2nd rounder (Wade Allison)
3rd rounder (Felix Sandström)
3rd rounder (Matej Tomek)
3rd rounder (Carsen Twarynski)
3rd rounder (2017)
4th rounder (Mikhail Vorobyov)
4th rounder (2017)
6th rounder (Anthony Salinitri)

Out:

Scott Hartnell
Chris Pronger (dead cap space)
Vincent Lecavalier (retiring)
Tye McGinn (waived within a year)
Zac Rinaldo (waived within a year)
Braydon Coburn (expiring)
Kimmo Timonen (expiring)
Nicklas Grossmann (expiring)
Luke Schenn (expiring)
1st rounder (Gabriel Carlsson)
1st rounder (Logan Stanley)
2nd rounder (Jeremy Bracco)
3rd rounder (Luke Green)
4th rounder (Otto Koivula)
4th rounder (Austin Wagner)

I mean... that is pretty ridiculous when written down like that.

 

[YEM]

I mean... that is pretty ridiculous when written down like that.

& also shows what a mess he inherited from homer, ala Obama from GWB
looks very very impressive written out like that!

 

[Curufinwe]

Nice list.

I think there should be a 4th in 2017 on the In list; from NYI who took Koivula with the 2016 4th we got from Arizona (who got it from San Jose).

 

[Appleyard]

Nice list.

I think there should be a 4th in 2017 on the In list; from NYI who took Koivula with the 2016 4th we got from Arizona (who got it from San Jose).

Yep, true!

 

[Brayden Fattison]

Great work as always, Appleyard. :toolazytolookuphandclapemoji:

Getting picks for throw-away players is sweet, and the draft trade ups and downs have been masterful, but, to me, the best part is how we don't waste draft picks from the 2nd round and later on players who are gritty career AHLers at best.

 

[Curufinwe]

It wasn't a pick he added, but selecting Lindblom in the 5th round could be the Hextall move we look back on as a difference maker. I see him being a top 9 fixture as early as next season, possibly top 6.

 

[Brayden Fattison]

It wasn't a pick he added, but selecting Lindblom in the 5th round could be the Hextall move we look back on as a difference maker. I see him being a top 9 fixture as early as next season, possibly top 6.

Yeah, Lindblom in the 5th and getting Myers for free. I really think we're sleeping on Myers as a fanbase, and it wouldn't shock me at all if he turned out to be our third best d-man in 5 years.

 

[nuclear reactor]

So beside Gudas he hasn't acquired an active player who has come in and contributed. He's done a nice job, but he hasn't demonstrated the ability to significantly improve the team by acquiring a player yet.

 

[Striiker]

So beside Gudas he hasn't acquired an active player who has come in and contributed. He's done a nice job, but he hasn't demonstrated the ability to significantly improve the team by acquiring a player yet.

Because he's not a dumbass who tries to make shortsighted additions. He's adding people who will contribute in a big way a few years down the road, which is far more important.

 

[Curufinwe]

I like the attempt at negatively spinning turning Kimmo & Coburn into a 26 year old top 4 dman, and a 19 year old top six wing.

 

[FlyingPhilly]

Hextall's biggest negative right now is not getting rid of VdV. Hopefully, he corrects that after this season is over.

 

[Tripod]

It wasn't a pick he added, but selecting Lindblom in the 5th round could be the Hextall move we look back on as a difference maker. I see him being a top 9 fixture as early as next season, possibly top 6.

I am hoping that Lindblom could eventually replace Simmonds in the top 6.

Crazy that in the next 3 years, we technically don't need anyone to "become" top 6 players as those slots are filled with very good players.

 

[Garbage Goal]

Lindblom could end up being his biggest draft gem easily, however Konecny added in with Gudas makes that Coburn deal pretty amazing and it's easy to forget that he traded down for Konecny in a pretty savvy draft day move. In a re-draft it's fair to say he could have gone much farther up which, going by all accounts, Hextall felt he should have and felt comfortable trading down because he knew there wasn't significant danger of him being picked in the picks in between.

 

[Tripod]

He traded up for Konecny.....down for Rubstov.

 

[1865]

Hextall's biggest negative right now is not getting rid of VdV. Hopefully, he corrects that after this season is over.

VDV is a fourth liner. It's not a massive issue.

 

[dats81]

VDV is a fourth liner. It's not a massive issue.

It becomes a massive issue if it means that Cousins and Laughton have to sit in the press box instead of gaining experience while playing NHL games.

 

[1865]

It becomes a massive issue if it means that Cousins and Laughton have to sit in the press box instead of gaining experience while playing NHL games.

My point is that if his biggest problem that he's got a fourth liner playing too much, he's doing pretty well.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Because he's not a dumbass who tries to make shortsighted additions. He's adding people who will contribute in a big way a few years down the road, which is far more important.

exactly. stay the goddamn course.
don't give away 2nd round picks like candy like someone else did.