Speculation: Mez for erat?

[Flyersfan731]

Well looks like Erat wants out how about mez+ for erat or do u think we have enough O

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[OriginJM]

this isn't speculation, this is a proposal. you got me excited.

and erat is more valuable than a cap dump +

 

[Flyersfan731]

this isn't speculation, this is a proposal. you got me excited.

and erat is more valuable than a cap dump +

Yea sry not good with the prefix but caps good use the help on D sure he's a glass house. Flyers can retain a lil

 

[Harold Bingo]

While I would do it in a heartbeat, is there really any room on the Flyers for Erat?

 

[FlyersFanz]

While I would do it in a heartbeat, is there really any room on the Flyers for Erat?

I'm all for it as well and curious about cap space.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

We really have no room for Erat to play, our top 9 is pretty set. He's also signed for another year at $4.5M, I rather just wait for Mez to come off the books this summer.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I'm all for it as well and curious about cap space.

It would would work capspace wise, Erat is $4.5M while Mez is $4M. The Flyers currently have $2M+ in capspace.

Erat is signed for next year though, as I stated above I rather just wait for Mez to come off the books instead.

 

[FLYERSFAN18]

I would rather trade Mez for a 7th round pick so that we can gain some cap space this year as well as not adding another contract for next season

 

[Embiid]

It's just amazing that Mesz has become what he is today.....a nonfactor

 

[Flyersfan731]

We really have no room for Erat to play, our top 9 is pretty set. He's also signed for another year at $4.5M, I rather just wait for Mez to come off the books this summer.

That's most likely what will happen don't really care for Hartzy tho. And weren't the flyers looking for a great forward a couple of weeks ago?

 

[Curufinwe]

If this was a precursor to a Hartnell trade to the Western conference I'd be in favor of it.

It's just amazing that Mesz has become what he is today.....a nonfactor

Turns out shoulders are pretty important for a hockey player.

If he had only suffered the back and ACL injuries I think he'd be fine.

 

[Flyersfan731]

I would rather trade Mez for a 7th round pick so that we can gain some cap space this year as well as not adding another contract for next season

I doubt anyone take his 4mil cap and I say a 4th that becomes a 3rd if he plays like half the games with the team he go's too

 

[FlyersFanz]

I would rather trade Mez for a 7th round pick so that we can gain some cap space this year as well as not adding another contract for next season

True but the Flyers will probably dump Timonen's salary due to his retirement(if he goes that route) which saves I think around $6mil cap hit. I'm not sure this money should be spent on another forward but rather a solid young Dman. With Meszaros gone it will free up another $4mil so that should leave the Flyers at least $10mil to play with plus the cap going up as well. Is Erat really worth it though?

 

[Embiid]

If this was a precursor to a Hartnell trade to the Western conference I'd be in favor of it.



Turns out shoulders are pretty important for a hockey player.

If he had only suffered the back and ACL injuries I think he'd be fine.

Don't forget the achilles tendon....and so forth

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That's most likely what will happen don't really care for Hartzy tho. And weren't the flyers looking for a great forward a couple of weeks ago?

Erat isn't a great foward though....

 

[Flyersfan731]

True but the Flyers will probably dump Timonen's salary due to his retirement(if he goes that route) which saves I think around $6mil cap hit. I'm not sure this money should be spent on another forward but rather a solid young Dman. With Meszaros gone it will free up another $4mil so that should leave the Flyers at least $10mil to play with plus the cap going up as well. Is Erat really worth it though?

What's the free agent market look like next year

 

[Curufinwe]

Don't forget the achilles tendon....and so forth

Sorry, I said ACL, but I meant Achilles. I think he recovered totally from that injury based on his skating.

 

[Flyersfan731]

Well there's not any good ufa's next year but as for rfa's thes MDZ and Justin Shultz

 

[Evergreen]

Erat has been bad, but the Caps could get more for him than a pricey healthy scratch like Mez. Where would Erat even fit into our lineup anyway? The whole reason he wants out is that he is getting low minutes and not being put in offensive situations.

Hartnell - Giroux - Voracek ------------Giroux has finally started to get going
Schenn - Lecavalier - Simmonds ------These guys have been solid together
Read - Couturier - Downie --------------Ain't breaking this line up
Rosehill - Hall - Rinaldo -----------------Would love to bump Rosehill out of the lineup, but Erat isn't a 4th liner and the whole point in requestion a trade is to go to a team where he'd play a top 6 role

 

[FlyersFanz]

What's the free agent market look like next year

http://www.capgeek.com/free-agents
Click position: Defensemen
You can also click free agent type for RFA's

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Well there's not any good ufa's next year but as for rfa's thes MDZ and Justin Shultz

Don't want Schultz, it wouldn't be worth it. Schultz is a glorified forward.

 

[Flyersfan731]

Don't want Schultz, it wouldn't be worth it. Schultz is a glorified forward.

Well someone has to take kimmo's spot unless he does come back but I wouldn't give him no 6 mil again maybe 4

 

[FlyersFanz]

I doubt anyone take his 4mil cap and I say a 4th that becomes a 3rd if he plays like half the games with the team he go's too

There's always room for a veteran Dman on somebody's roster when they need that type of player. For the right price it can be done.

 

[Don Nachbaur 26]

http://www.capgeek.com/free-agents
Click position: Defensemen
You can also click free agent type for RFA's

Other than Girardi, there isn't really anything that sticks out to me. (i didn't read every name, just scanned 30 or so)

 

[flyershockey]

If this was a precursor to a Hartnell trade to the Western conference I'd be in favor of it.



Turns out shoulders are pretty important for a hockey player.

If he had only suffered the back and ACL injuries I think he'd be fine.

I'm pretty sure the back and knee injuries were just as bad. His stride makes it look like he's laboring just to skate.