Confirmed with Link: Stars sign Brian Flynn (1 Year, $700K, Two-way)

[LT]

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[BigG44]

RW for your Texas Stars.

 

[Frozen Failure]

Fourth liner. Probably AHL depth.

 

[LT]

RW for your Texas Stars.

Two-way, so almost certainly.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Radulov will follow Flynn!

Good signing for Texas

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Would love to see a video of the war room. Does Nill concentrate on Radulov and send the assistants to negotiate with the mid and minor signings?

 

[Mr Misty]

RIP Cole Ully

 

[BigG44]

Just a reminder ... Texas' forward depth prior to this signing. They had 9 forwards ....

Morin-Dickinson-Guiranov
Elie-Dowling-McNeill
Smith-Hintz-Ully

They've made a depth free agent signing of Sheldon Dries out of Western Michigan.

Hintz could play LW in place of Morin, but at this point, it makes more sense for Dallas to try and develop both Dickinson and Hintz at center.

 

[LT]

Could they be looking at forwards at development camp as well? Might explain why we have so many invites.

 

[BigG44]

Could they be looking at forwards at development camp as well? Might explain why we have so many invites.

Very likely. I was pleasantly surprised to see no obligatory players from Dallas. They only seem to be looking at prospects for once, and they have several nice ones to consider.

 

[Mr Misty]

Not sounding like an AHL signing here

 

[BigG44]

It's possible, but the two-way deal is telling. Let's say this, virtually no chance they keep both Flynn and Cracknell IMO. One would go on waivers.

 

[BigG44]

 

[LT]

 

[BigG44]

RIP Cole Ully

I think Greg Rallo may have been the final nail in the coffin. Looking at all the players signed in Dallas and Texas ... it appears that Flynn won't be in Texas.

 

[Mr Misty]

Flynn got some love from Johnathan Willis on the pre free agency PDOcast. I don't know why we signed both him and Pitlick considering everyone assumes they would have added a RW like Hemsky if they missed out on Radulov. Why add short term specialist PKers when you can call up Elie or Dickinson and teach them to do it properly?

 

[Benneguin]

Flynn got some love from Johnathan Willis on the pre free agency PDOcast. I don't know why we signed both him and Pitlick considering everyone assumes they would have added a RW like Hemsky if they missed out on Radulov. Why add short term specialist PKers when you can call up Elie or Dickinson and teach them to do it properly?

Yeah. I'd prefer we signed only one, if any, or at the very least provide some flexibility in the organization so we can send one down to play in CP, but it seems now we have to keep both rostered at the NHL level regardless who has the better camp / season.