Captain Dave Poulin
Imaginary Cat
No. I've seen enough of Laughton to like him as the LW on the 3rd line with Simmonds, if we don't trade him.
Oh well, thank God that's settled. Now we can move onto something else.
No. I've seen enough of Laughton to like him as the LW on the 3rd line with Simmonds, if we don't trade him.
They’ll probably sign a 3C to be safe, then if Frost can make the team they could just bump that guy down to the 4th line. A good 3C would make a great 4C.
I'm just going to keep banging the table for Vorobyev to get the 3C job.
We're changing things boys. Competing this year is gonna and got to happen. Voyovrev is a no go.
They kinda are but with make change we can get it back. Flyers are nothing like any of the playoffs teams. Long way to go but we'll get there.Flyers are 40 years away.
The Process shouldn't be used with the Flyers, that's a Sixers thing. The Sixers (Hinkie) was very upfront about the expectations and planned actions to take when it came to how he was rebuilding the roster. As close as he was to the vest about the actual moves to be made (similar to Hextall), he was forthright in what those actions would look like. To say Hextall has said what he was going to do, and then perform in such a manner (not trade youth for immediate help, keep his draft picks, not deviate), he's essentially said things they won't do, and then did not do those things, which amounts to, he sat on his hands essentially (the Schenn trade being the real only needle-mover).Every offseason I hear about the process, hopefully it starts paying dividends soon.
Ill just leave this here.
We disagree, me stating it is a bad product is an opinion, clearly stated as such now, if not inferred originally. One stating they are not a bad product, and proffering another team for comparison does nothing to assuage the original feeling of badness of the Flyers, as one could say, look at team X whom are better.First, it's not a bad product, ask Carolina fans about a bad product! Flyers fans have unrealistic expectations, because they've had exactly one stretch in 30+ years where they missed the playoffs for an extended period (1989-90 to 1993-94) - how many fans here even remember those years?
Second, Hextall has done a lot, he's garnered numerous extra draft picks, especially high draft picks, trading up for TK and Ratcliffe, trading Schenn to get Frost and now #14, picking up numerous middle round draft picks - but these moves take time to bear fruit. A team that was cap constrained and unable to resign its own player now has plenty of cap room and assets to make any more that will improve the team in the long-run.
The process has already produced Provorov, TK, Patrick, Lindblom, Sanhiem, with Myers, Frost, Ratcliffe, Allison, Hart et al on the way.
If you're holding out for the "big trade" or signing that will fire up the national media, well, that probably depends on what is offered, Hextall doesn't seem the type to make a deal just to make a deal.
I was unaware of any player leaving the Flyers due to cap crunch situations.A team that was cap constrained and unable to resign its own player now has plenty of cap room and assets to make any more that will improve the team in the long-run.
Yeah, I remember alluding to a list like this recently while ranting. Give props where due concerning Gudas and Bellemare, marginal as they may be, still positive. Everyone else is/was a zero for on-ice performance. I'll give Elliott an incomplete, so that's 2/16 = 12.5% (range of (3/17-17.6%) or (2/17-11.7%)).
Like deals like this?If Hextall killed somebody on live TV some of you would defend him. Great, a bunch of those moves didn't hurt the team that much. How about the GM actually sign some players who help the team and make it better. I guess that's too much to ask.
If Hextall killed somebody on live TV some of you would defend him. Great, a bunch of those moves didn't hurt the team that much. How about the GM actually sign some players who help the team and make it better. I guess that's too much to ask.