Confirmed with Link: Flyers sign Marc Staal 1 x $1.1m

[Tripod]

Imagine looking at:

Sanhiem-lhd
Risto-rhd
York-lhd
Walker-rhd
Seeler-lhd
Zamula-lhd

....and thinking "I think what we are missing is a 36 year old LHD"

 

[Beef Invictus]

But they don't, any salary below $1.25M can be buried in the AHL, just put the player on waiver, it's just Comcast's money but it doesn't count against the Cap.

Every time you've argued a player can be buried they end up playing every possible game

 

[Beef Invictus]

Veteran partner for zamula . Not bad money and a one year deal. Perfect deadline chip and if he's done send him down

Lol Zamula isn't playing

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm not sure Attard is even viewed as a legit prospect anymore. He flashed a bit in his stint two years ago and didn't even get a sniff last year. Unless there's a change of heart, he's probably not here in 12 months.

Zamula will get his time because even this organization won't be dumb enough to waive him, but he's the archetype that Torts tends to bury, so I would expect him to be on a short leash all year. You know, the perfect type of approach to take with prospects on a team that's all but assured to be a lottery team this year.

Counter: this is possibly the only organization dumb enough to waive him

 

[tictactoe]

maybe we can get a draft pick at the deadline for him, maybe not.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Sanhiem
Risto
York
Walker
Seeler
Staal

Pretty much a lock at this point. Andre might as well head back to Sweden.

Dont kid yourself. Risto will lead all Dmen in ice time this season

 

[Striiker]

Bill is too shameless. The turd polishing is unreal.

Bill wasn’t even @‘ed and he still appeared out of nowhere to [poorly] defend the team.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Bill wasn’t even @‘ed and he still appeared out of nowhere to [poorly] defend the team.

 

[mja]

Can someone with photoshop ability edit a Flyers logo into the bat signal? Then we could all just repost that instead of actually replying to the usual suspects. Would save us all a lot of time.

 

[BackWithaVengeance]

Just when you think the Flyers have a clue something like this happens. Seriously, wtf?

I dont care if he can be flipped for a pick at the tdl.

Guess FO wants to make sure we pick at least top5, maybe top3.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

Rebuilding.

Holding on to TK, and Laughton is not a rebuild.

The depth signings for me don’t matter honestly. I don’t have a lick of trust they are developing a prospect above their expected level of output. I used to want ice time for every kid but with this team is a waste of time.

The talent is going to sink or swim on its own against the tide that is the Flyers development process.

Staal is a Torts boy that’s going to help the tank. High picks are all that matters.

^you can´t swim on concrete or a chair in the press box. I mean you can try... i guess. If you injure yourself by trying they will say your are too soft to play in the nhl!

edit: spelling

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Briere isnt trying to build a winner right now Lou lol

Well if we’re not building a winner , can we have Capt Dave be gm? There’s nothing left to lose

Just when you think the Flyers have a clue something like this happens. Seriously, wtf?

I dont care if he can be flipped for a pick at the tdl.

Guess FO wants to make sure we pick at least top5, maybe top3.

It’s like the ghost of GM past tells the current, take a old defensive guy no one wants

 

[mr figgles]

I can’t muster the energy to be upset by such a nothing signing. York and Zamula will get plenty of playing time. The rest of the younger players can cook a little longer in the AHL. I’m not entirely convinced Sanheim will even be on the roster to start the season, and Staal, Walker, and Seeler likely aren’t all here at season’s end.

 

[deadhead]

Last two GMs to pick up Staal, Yzerman and Zito.
Obviously, it wasn't for his offensive skills, and why would a rebuilding Detroit team want him around?
Probably as a placeholder so Yzerman didn't have to rush his young D-men, and as a mentor.
His second season in Detroit, his minutes dropped as they brought in Leddy (30), DeKeyser (31), Oesterle (29) along with Seider (20) and Walman (25).

 

[the deaninator]

As someone who has a job where communication is priority 1, this is the dumbest take I have ever heard. If people I work with don't understand my message or instructions guess what happens to me...

 

[BernieParent]

Bill wasn’t even @‘ed and he still appeared out of nowhere to [poorly] defend the team.

Sean is both the hero whom we want and the hero whom we need.

 

[Striiker]

Sean is both the hero whom we want and the hero whom we need.

That says some awful things about us though, doesn’t it?

Only in the presence of guys like Meltzer, Baskow, and the other beats is he not the biggest idiot in the room.

I don’t think he’d mind me saying that. He knows he’s a moron.

 

[GKJ]

Last two GMs to pick up Staal, Yzerman and Zito.
Obviously, it wasn't for his offensive skills, and why would a rebuilding Detroit team want him around?
Probably as a placeholder so Yzerman didn't have to rush his young D-men, and as a mentor.
His second season in Detroit, his minutes dropped as they brought in Leddy (30), DeKeyser (31), Oesterle (29) along with Seider (20) and Walman (25).

Detroit took him because the Rangers gave them a 2nd round pick to dump him.

 

[Prongo]

This isn’t pro sports in the 70’s where you listened to the coach and that’s it. Players and player unions have long fought for the players to have more and more say in todays game.

When you have a coach that isn’t able to directly talk to his players regardless of age it’s a huge issue. That’s a sign of a person who doesn’t believe there is a reason to change with the way sports are going the last 2/3 decades. Younger, more willing to engage coaches have been the trend in almost every sport but the NHL with a few exceptions. The league has nobody to blame but them selves and their retreads they constantly put out there.

So in all. f*** them.

 

[Curufinwe]

Zamula will play when healthy. Attard on the other hand, i feel like he's a 7th D until he proves it...which i don't know how he proves it without an opportunity

More likely he's an AHL D at this point.

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[FLYguy3911]

Some people in here act like this organization hasn't taken a dump on us for a decade now.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Some people in here act like this organization hasn't taken a dump on us for a decade now.

decade ?

ummm keep going...

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Some people in here act like this organization hasn't taken a dump on us for a decade now.

Well, COVID.

 

[deadhead]

Detroit took him because the Rangers gave them a 2nd round pick to dump him.

But he played him, there are ways to dump bad contracts if you have better players.

 

[FlyerNutter]

This isn’t pro sports in the 70’s where you listened to the coach and that’s it. Players and player unions have long fought for the players to have more and more say in todays game.

When you have a coach that isn’t able to directly talk to his players regardless of age it’s a huge issue. That’s a sign of a person who doesn’t believe there is a reason to change with the way sports are going the last 2/3 decades. Younger, more willing to engage coaches have been the trend in almost every sport but the NHL with a few exceptions. The league has nobody to blame but them selves and their retreads they constantly put out there.

So in all. f*** them.

If Torts worked in a regular job, he would get fired from a managerial position in a week. Or find himself with a scratched up car sooner.

It’s not a bad thing for players to expect to be treated with respect. If the only way a HC knows to motivate his players is by punishment or tough love…

Frankly it’s the kind of little penis guys that drive big trucks for nothing but ego.

The Flyers pride themselves on making life for their players harder than it needs to be. Some sort of archaic hazing or indoctrination. For a team that had its president of hockey ops come out, and say he wants to basically make Philly an attractive destination again… Only a fool would think Torts isn’t a hindrance to that.

They have so clearly doubled down on bringing back the Flyers of old. That identity. If not the bullies but the 90s. They want guys who buy into that. It’s a strategy alright.. but if I’m a guy that has a chance to go elsewhere. I do without hesitation.