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why not take him on as a no-risk depth forward?
You pretty much answered your own question.Perhaps he isn't the greatest fit for the Flyers system
You pretty much answered your own question.
Have you? If you only focus on what players can't do, then a lot of skilled contributors are going to sneak right under your nose.
Gomez can still hang onto the puck and set up goals.
http://www.behindthenet.ca/nhl_stat..._s&f2=5v5&f7=30-&c=0+1+3+5+17+18+19+20#snip=f
I think that's better than Zac Rinaldo's skill-set of flying around out of position and racking up penalty minutes.
if Gomez can't put up points anyone, which he obviously can't, why not use that roster spot for one of the younger players in the system? that would also cost the team less. giving Gomez over 1M/year (and i'm not convinced he gets that low a contract if he signs with someone) just to play 5 minutes/game on the 4th line is just a waste. he'd be nothing but a distraction on the team.
A ~$1M player as the 4th line center. Where's the distraction, here? It would be a far less distraction than being cruficied for a contract with a team that didn't even sign him. He also wasn't given good teammates to play with last year, although if he's penciled in for 4th line center, that wouldn't change much.
Also, he'll play more than 5 minutes. 5 minutes is what Rinaldo gets because he's not a real player. Our 4th line centers last year was generally either one of Talbot or Couturier, both of whom were over 15 minutes (partially because they moved up and down the lineup), and the year before Blair Betts was over 10 minutes per game. If Giroux plays 20 minutes, and Briere/Couturier/Read/Talbot/whoever split 30 minutes between 2 of them (as center), someone has to fill up the other 10 minutes.
Distraction is a very good word for it.
Some guys you bring in have a positive effect on team chemistry. Most are a wash. He'd almost definitely be a negative.
I'd put him in the category of "avoid at ALL COSTS".
i'd rather have Talbot or Wellwood centering our 4th line. and who says he's even signing for 1M anyway? if multiple teams are interested in him, he'll likely get a bit more than that. i don't get the fascination some people have with wanting him here. he's really not all that good anymore. i'd take a chance on Redden before i'd touch Gomez.
Distraction is a very good word for it.
Some guys you bring in have a positive effect on team chemistry. Most are a wash. He'd almost definitely be a negative.
I'd put him in the category of "avoid at ALL COSTS".
I think Gomez would be a good third liner as mentioned by some above, but I don't really see the need for him.
Where the "D" stands for damaged.he's probably a giant d-bag
You're limiting your definition of chemistry to only mean proven gelling between specific players. I'm talking about broader categories of players and their known qualities, and how I think they'll mix. I think Gomez will mix with this group like Bailey's and lime juice. No cottage turd soup for me thank you.