GDT: Free Agency 2014. 12:00 PM EST

[Roo Mad Bro]

Prepare your butts.

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[dingbathero]

Toliet Paper at hand.

I think we will trade at least 2 players and sign 2.

The 2 we sign won't be 'huge' signings but complimentary.

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

I'm pretty sure the Flyers won't be active in terms of free agent signings. Tim Pistachio mentioned on csnphilly.com this morning that the Flyers and Predators nearly had a trade in place for Lecavalier, but Nashville wanted the Flyers to retain salary in the trade. I'm beginning to fear that Hextall's hands are severely tied by Holmgren's bad spending and that he's going to have to do some fancy footwork to get out of some of those bad contracts Holmgren signed.

Buffalo will be busy because they're $16 million below the floor, so they'll have lots of money to spend and I expect that Tim Murray will be signing quite a few players to get to the floor.

 

[Roo Mad Bro]

Yeah, I don't expect them to be players in this years market.

Maybe that's for the best.

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

Can't FREAKIN wait

 

[Flyotes]

I would be looking to move VL and Grossmann. Kick the tires on a LW and a few cheap pieces to round out the roster AND a backup netminder.

Edit: I said looking to: The cap makes this hard.

 

[healthyscratch]

I'm thinking we'll spend most of today laughing at all the stupid contracts handed out, instead of the other way around for once. And that's fine by me.

Trim some fat Hexy, and keeps things simple for now. Your time for major moves will come, just not yet.

 

[flyershockey]

Could Buffalo be a realistic option for Vinny? They need a cap hit (or five), and Vinny isn't nearly good enough to throw off their tanking efforts. Could also serve as a mentor in a year or two as they start to put the pieces together after the big McDavid push.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

From Eklund so take it for what it's worth...


Flyers Will Look at Gorges if Leafs Can't Sway Him. (E3)
"The Flyers are after a D-man today. Ehrhoff, Niskanen, Boyle and more will be talked to."

 

[healthyscratch]

Dear god please just stop with overpaying other teams defense with contracts that we don't want in two years. PLEASE.

 

[flyershockey]

What mystical cap space are they using to make these signings?

Maybe they really do have a deal in place for Vinny.

Edit: I wouldn't hate Gorges, but the term on his deal is going to be too long. He would be a much better option than Grossmann or Schenn to play along side of Streit/MacDonald.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Holy **** no Niskanen, he's gonna get grossly overpaid by someone and I'm not trying to see if the Flyers can assemble a 30+ million D

 

[RJ8812*]

Spezza to Dallas...no Vinny for them

 

[healthyscratch]

Holy **** no Niskanen, he's gonna get grossly overpaid by someone and I'm not trying to see if the Flyers can assemble a 30+ million D

Yep someone's going to give him at least 6/39, maybe even 7 years.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Weird seeing this on Sportsnet.

 

[sa cyred]

One more center off the market. You knowwwww you want Vinny NSH

 

[tade]

Seguin - Spezza down the middle? wow, that's scary

 

[Chinatown88]

I miss TSN already.

 

[UKFlyers]

Anyone have a link to watch online? Thinking the Spezza move will open the floodgates

 

[Chinatown88]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 22s

DAL trades Alec Chiasson, Alex Guptill, Nicholas Paul and 2nd round pick in 2015 to OTT for Jason Spezza and Ludvig Karlsson. #TSN

Chiasson :O

 

[Curufinwe]

Yep someone's going to give him at least 6/39, maybe even 7 years.

I hope it's 7 x 7. That'll make MacDonald's deal look better.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Wow they traded Chaisson for spezza? Don't know if I'd have done that.

 

[Chinatown88]

Anyone have a link to watch online? Thinking the Spezza move will open the floodgates

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=627289

If you can watch on NHL.com

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

One more center off the market. You knowwwww you want Vinny NSH

I think that's where Lecavalier will go, but the Flyers will have to eat some salary. As much as Hextall might not want to, he's going to have to eat at least $1.5 million a year for the duration of the contract.

 

[TheKingPin]

I think that's where Lecavalier will go, but the Flyers will have to eat some salary. As much as Hextall might not want to, he's going to have to eat at least $1.5 million a year for the duration of the contract.

That's what they originally wanted but things have just changed a good deal. I think they may go for it. They prob should go with it tbh.