Confirmed with Link: Erik Gustafsson v.2 traded to Montreal

[Flyer lurker]

So what is your favorite Gus memory and why is it not him being traded today?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Just a reminder that the stupid motherf***er pointlessly signed this piece of shit in the first place.

EDIT: We had to retain 50%

 

[Cody Webster]

Guys... we got Montreal's 7th round pick. All is right with the world after we didn't swap 7ths.

We'll give them back the 7th we just got at the draft this year for this years 7th

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Thank you for the memories!!!

We'll all remember this date 50 years from now...well, some of you perhaps.

Erik Gustafsson ignites power play in his first game with Flyers

It didn’t take long for Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Erik Gustafsson to make an impression with his new team.

Gustafsson, 28, who signed a one-year, $3 million free-agent deal in the offseason, set up two power-play goals late in the first period of Wednesday’s season opener against visiting Pittsburgh, a 6-3 win over the Penguins.

Only two defensemen in Flyers history have recorded more points in their debut with the club: Eric Weinrich (goal, two assists) and Paul Coffey (three assists), according to the NHL.

The power play “looked pretty good in practice the last two days, so I think all the guys felt confident,” Gustafsson said after being named the game’s second star of the game. “And (James) van Riemsdyk did a great job in front of the net.”​

 

[JojoTheWhale]

They got what they could. All we can ask.

Well, except not signing him in the first place.

 

[snoop88]

Thank god. He’s in my opinion the worst d man in the league in his own end. Sure he has a good shot, but he is by far, a large margin, the worst d man in his own zone. I hated his guts. So glad he’s gone.

hm. starting to get the impression you aren’t the biggest fan of Gus?

 

[TCTC]

So what is your favorite Gus memory and why is it not him being traded today?

His first game was his best game. All downhill from there.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I'm jealous of Canadiens fans that will get to, "You have to remember..." for years. What a great meme setup.

 

[CapnZin]

MTL still overpaid with the flyers retaining 50%

 

[ajgoal]

Looking forward to him scoring the series-clinching goal vs the Leafs.

 

[IronMarshal]

Called it! Now trade it back to them at the draft!

You sure did! Well done, now draft day we can complete your call and swap the pick for Montreal's 7th in 22!

 

[Fragmuffin]

Sounds about right for an overpaid healthy scratch

 

[FLYguy3911]

They got what they could. All we can ask.

Well, except not signing him in the first place.

Yeah. It's almost like they didn't know exactly what they were getting when they signed him.

That said he probably should have played more than he did.

 

[flyerslducks]

fletcher absolutely f***ed us this season. He completely panicked when niskanen retired and signed gus/braun to deals. Aboslute f***ing moron. I have no faith he will not f*** the expansion up as well. We are doomed

 

[Amorgus]

Whoopee doo. Having to retain to get rid of a mesh condom. Anyone that hires Chuck after he leaves Philly deserves to lose their team.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Wow, Fletcher really getting lots of value for these guys.


Montreal has had an idiotic time of it lately. Losing Mete on waivers and then (barely) paying for a much worse player helps demonstrate that GMs are not geniuses.

 

[Rebels57]

So Fletchers big offseason haul to replace Niskanen returned a 7th round pick and we had to retain 50% to even get that...and then we'll just trade the 7th back to Montreal for their 2022 7th.

What a disaster of a summer Fletcher had.

 

[orangecrush8]

This was a bizarre signing the day it happened and it turned into a brutal signing as the year progressed.

I will gladly forget this guy ever wore Orange and Black.

 

[Tripod]

The last 11 drafts, we have 2 7th rounders who have made the NHL:

Kalynuk 7 games and counting

Bendan Ranford 1 game


Clearly no one wanted him.

 

[Curufinwe]

fletcher absolutely f***ed us this season. He completely panicked when niskanen retired and signed gus/braun to deals. Aboslute f***ing moron. I have no faith he will not f*** the expansion up as well. We are doomed

Braun has been good, and is cheap.

 

[Tripod]

So Fletchers big offseason haul to replace Niskanen returned a 7th round pick and we had to retain 50% to even get that...and then we'll just trade the 7th back to Montreal for their 2022 7th.

What a disaster of a summer Fletcher had.

He wasn't signed to replace Niskanen....he was signed to replace Ghost.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

I swear Montreal takes our garbage every year

 

[GapToothedWonder]

The last 11 drafts, we have 2 7th rounders who have made the NHL:

Kalynuk 7 games and counting

Bendan Ranford 1 game


Clearly no one wanted him.

Feels bad bro

 

[FLYguy3911]

So Fletchers big offseason haul to replace Niskanen returned a 7th round pick and we had to retain 50% to even get that...and then we'll just trade the 7th back to Montreal for their 2022 7th.

What a disaster of a summer Fletcher had.

Hate to break it to you but the Flyers own their 2022 7th rounder. You'll have to wait a year.

 

[flyerslducks]

Braun has been good, and is cheap.

i don't mind him being here IF hagg wasn't here. Now we have a very high possibility that both will be in our lineup next year and that is not good.

-We saw how bad that pairing was in the playoffs vs the lowly Canadiens and the isles
-takes up a spot from york
-any injury to our top 4 d and they will be the first one to play up (braun and hagg are not top 4 d and it has shown this year how bad our team defense is with that)
-if fletcher doesn't get a top 4 d, then they will 100% play in above their position (6th/7th d)