Confirmed with Link: Nate Thompson to Flyers: 1 year, $800k (Thread Started 7/28/21)

[Rebels57]

You’re gonna fill out the bottom six with nine bodies during the year. The schedules have never been crazier than the last few seasons. It’s gonna be a mix of promising kids and known quantity veterans in those final spots.

I still think they need one more forward in the 1,5 Million range. Gonna check who Hayes played with in junior and other former MN players too to see who that could be. Fletch we all love every thing you do

A ) No they definitely do not

1. Giroux
2. Couturier
3. Konecny
4. Hayes
5. Farabee
6. Atkinson
7. Laughton
8. JVR
9. Lindblom
10. Allison
11. Frost
12. Aube-Kubel
13. Laczynski
14. Thompson
15. Cates

B) They won't have the cap space once they re-sign Hart and Sanheim.

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[dragonoffrost]

can't wait until the team Twitter account starts lashing out about stuff like this.

The conversation I had with my Rep was a fun one as he knew he was fighting a losing battle trying to get me back. He started at the full season then backed down to a partial then thanked me for my time after about 3 minutes. He called a few more times and it went right to voice mail then another guy had called a few times again I sent the call right to voice mail. Now the calls have stopped but I get the emails.

 

[FLYguy3911]

You can tell the people who watch the games and the people who listen to Keith Jones.

Otoh...

When you get the chance to roster four of the worst dozen players over the last decade, you gotta do it.​

Bump.

1 out. 2 in.

 

[ugiswrong]

B) They won't have the cap space once they re-sign Hart and Sanheim.

Depends whether these dudes bet on themselves or not. Gotta think the organization is moving on from Hart if the are really gonna increase the goal size down the road. He won’t be able to compete. And Sanheim hasn’t had PP time to jack his stats.

i like your List of forwards. The guy I want would pencil in around #10.

 

[GKJ]

A ) No they definitely do not

1. Giroux
2. Couturier
3. Konecny
4. Hayes
5. Farabee
6. Atkinson
7. Laughton
8. JVR
9. Lindblom
10. Allison
11. Frost
12. Aube-Kubel
13. Laczynski
14. Thompson
15. Cates

B) They won't have the cap space once they re-sign Hart and Sanheim.

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You also don’t need 15 forwards.

If they keep Hart + Sanheim at around $8m, then there’s in around $2m to do something. My guess is another forward comes in on PTO.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Silver lining - we get cool Violent Gentleman t shirts we can't buy.

Wait you can't buy those? I got one for Christmas some how haha.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I’m somewhat amazed the old boys club allowed this guy to play up 37 years old & counting. He should have been out of the league years ago but reputation is a hell of a drug.

 

[Starat327]

Wait you can't buy those? I got one for Christmas some how haha.

I believe the ones they all wore into the bubble 2 years ago were team only and not produced for sale, but I could be wrong.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

I believe the ones they all wore into the bubble 2 years ago were team only and not produced for sale, but I could be wrong.

If you are talking about this one then in pretty sure I have the same one. I'll have to ask him how he got it.

 

[Starat327]

If you are talking about this one then in pretty sure I have the same one. I'll have to ask him how he got it.

Thats the one. I thought it was a player only edition but I could be wrong.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Matty Perrault makes 100k more than Grompson. Poop soup

 

[TB87]

Charlie O….WYD? He says it again later on in his free agency recap piece. There is zero eye-test analysis that he uses to back this up. There’s a place and time to utilize analytics (pretty much always). However, if you’re gonna say a player is good defensively, bring me video and state your case as to what the player does specifically to be good defensively.

 

[Rebels57]

I’m somewhat amazed the old boys club allowed this guy to play up 37 years old & counting. He should have been out of the league years ago but reputation is a hell of a drug.

If reputation was a drug, Thompson would snort that too.

 

[Rebels57]

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Charlie O….WYD? He says it again later on in his free agency recap piece. There is zero eye-test analysis that he uses to back this up. There’s a place and time to utilize analytics (pretty much always). However, if you’re gonna say a player is good defensively, bring me video and state your case as to what the player does specifically to be good defensively.

Its shorthand for players with zero offensive capability that dinosaur coachs match up against offensive players. How well they do in those situations doesnt matter.

 

[Curufinwe]

You also don’t need 15 forwards.

If they keep Hart + Sanheim at around $8m, then there’s in around $2m to do something. My guess is another forward comes in on PTO.

$8m takes them right to the cap ceiling.

 

[GKJ]

$8m takes them right to the cap ceiling.

But not everyone listed on the roster makes opening night. At least two of Cates/Frost/Laczynski/Allison won’t make it.

 

[Curufinwe]

Any 23 man roster will be just under the cap ceiling if Hart and Sanheim combine for $8m. They can have fewer players than 23, of course, but that’s asking for trouble IMO. There will be injuries and Covid issues.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Matty Perrault makes 100k more than Grompson. Poop soup

 

[deadhead]

Yes, so. Perrault is from Quebec province, think he wanted to go from Winnipeg to Philly when there was an opening in Montreal?

People assume just because a player is available, he's available to come here. Of course, if the Flyers offered $2M that might change his mind, but since he's a winger, not a center, it would be a pretty stupid thing to do.

I'm pretty sure Fletcher had feelers out on a lot of guys, knew what they were asking and where was their desired destinations.
The problem is in a flat cap world, most decisions are bad - do you want quality depth or to sign Sanheim to a long-term deal?
Because they can probably get Hart on a 2 year bridge and Sanheim on a 6 year contract for $7-7.5M.
Which precluded contracts much more than minimum wage.

 

[Rebels57]

Montreal has had a good offseason minus the scumbag draft pick.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Montreal has had a good offseason minus the scumbag draft pick.

Yeah they’ve done relatively well.

They let go of Tatar. He’s had a few recent rough playoff runs. So that’s damaged his reputation but probably guy that could be picked up for real cheap as a top nine steal for somebody out there (not saying the Flyers).

 

[TheMrPace]

I heard that Perreault wanted to come to Philadelphia because he and Coots are good friends since they both spend much of their summer in Drummondville. Fletcher / AV probably weren't interested. He may not be a member of the Kevin Hayes party club

 

[Philly Fanatik]

Is Fletcher finished his frenzy free for all for this offseason?

 

[The Madrigal]

I don't have a problem with Thompson as a 13th forward or even 4C. He's a good locker room guy and he will play his role well. Despite a constant narrative on this board of ''just insert random young guy into this spot'' you need gritty veterans like with experience who know and play their role.

The problem I have with this deal is that it was pointless unless he was strictly brought in as the 13th forward and they sign someone else. You saw already on day two a player like Perreault sign for one year 1 million. There will be other players like this who are clearly better than Thompson who will get squeezed and have to take similar deals. Why not just wait and get someone like that instead. As far as I know Staal, Zajac, Bozak, Stepan, and Brassard are all left at C, as well as Ryan, Ritchie, Kase, and Galchenyuk at wing.

Not sure if Perreault would have had interest in coming here but getting him for one year 1 million was a great move by Montreal.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I don't have a problem with Thompson as a 13th forward or even 4C. He's a good locker room guy and he will play his role well. Despite a constant narrative on this board of ''just insert random young guy into this spot'' you need gritty veterans like with experience who know and play their role.

The problem I have with this deal is that it was pointless unless he was strictly brought in as the 13th forward and they sign someone else. You saw already on day two a player like Perreault sign for one year 1 million. There will be other players like this who are clearly better than Thompson who will get squeezed and have to take similar deals. Why not just wait and get someone like that instead. As far as I know Staal, Zajac, Bozak, Stepan, and Brassard are all left at C, as well as Ryan, Ritchie, Kase, and Galchenyuk at wing.

Not sure if Perreault would have had interest in coming here but getting him for one year 1 million was a great move by Montreal.

congrats, you only missed "glueguy" in order to complete the triumverate of terms to describe a truely shit player...