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Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt
I doubt very much Fletcher (and Dave Scott) sit on this cap space. They are going to sign someone- probably from the B pool.
Scott wants a "GM with a bias for action." So, yup. When we miss out on the 'A' pool, Jordan Eberle come on down. Enjoy that bad contract.
I may be deluding myself, but I'm actually cautiously optimistic. The Flyers haven't faced this level of competition for people's sports dollars in decades. The Eagles are the Eagles, the Sixers have dynamic young players that if everything goes right will dominate the league for the next decade, and the Phils just inked Bryce Harper to a mega deal. The Flyers face irrelevancy if they don't make a big splash. They have cap space and Holmgren despises unspent cap space, but they're going to be motivated to go for a home run this off-season, something that really moves the needles and puts butts in the seats, not just an Eberle or whatever.
I think they hire Q and make him the highest paid coach in the league. I think they throw everything at getting one of EK or Panarin. If they beat everybody else on the $, they may just get one of them.