Wayne Simmonds to sign a 1-day contract and retire as a flyer

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Once again, it will be too late to trade him.

 

[FlyerNutter]

Another alumni night you say?

@Random Forest

 

[VladDrag]

 

[Beef Invictus]

Flipped one in from the hood of Honky

 

[Fight4yourRight]

I don’t know… I personally think Hartnell and Fedoruk are bright spots.

 

[Tripod]

The "real" captain of that era.

 

[Curufinwe]

Maybe Homer's best ever contract?

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Wayne Simmonds signed a 6 year, $23,850,000 contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Aug. 16, 2012. The contract has a cap hit of $3,975,000.

 

[BritainStix]

Love Simmer. Widely known as one of the toughest to play the game, all while having the legs of an anorexic crack addict.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

After a shitty day at work this pleases me. The 17 train has one final stop in Philadelphia

 

[prototypical4thliner]

He was probably the closest to middle ground of what the Flyers organization valued in a player and what we want in a player.

He is, however, exactly what a tough guy in the NHL should look like now. Immovable in the slot and crease, pain in the ass on the forecheck, whenever it was actually needed he’d answer the bell. But most importantly he was essentially a given for 23-27 goals a year.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

I was fortunate enough to see Simmer get a hat trick against the Rags in a playoff game. Best of luck to one of my favorite Flyers.

 

[pit]

Finally a deal where we didn't give too much term.

 

[GKJ]

Simmonds is working in hockey diversity, I think, believe he’s on the board of the HDA, which works outside of the league, so if he works for the team I’d imagine it would be a role involving that.

 

[Sammy Kat]

How was he on TSN during the deadline? He seems like he'd be pretty good at it, can't be any worse than the sideshow clown we have

He was very good on the show.
Considering it was his first big appearance you could see some nerves but he settled in nicely.
Showed a good sense of humour,was clear speaking and informative and showed some class the way he dressed and acted.
Overall a great addition and I hope he now has a sports analyst gig here for awhile as he was much better than many that came before him.

 

[Wangstar]

That is most excellent. Love the Wayne Train

 

[BernieParent]

Finally a deal where we didn't give too much term.

Sign him for a week, with an NTC for the first 5 days.

 

[Curufinwe]

They've been chasing Simmonds ever since he left, but they just sign tough guys who aren't actually good players.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

They've been chasing Simmonds ever since he left, but they just sign tough guys who aren't actually good players.

This is the amazing thing. They had the archetype player for half a decade and yet can’t figure it out again.

 

[dragonoffrost]

The prototype of #beaf***inflyer

Choo Choo! All Aboard!

 

[Embiid]

Isn't it Simmons not Simmonds?

J/K!

 

[Curufinwe]

This is the amazing thing. They had the archetype player for half a decade and yet can’t figure it out again.

It's hard to find a Wayne Simmonds, but it's better to sign guys who are good but not tough, rather than tough guys who aren't good.

 

[Lord Defect]

Finally a deal where we didn't give too much term.

There’s a NMC though

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Simmer will be healthy scratched from his own tribute.