Ek said we are talking to Toronto about Vinny....fwiw.
jvr please. WE will throw in luke.
Who said Vinny was not practicing? I didn't see it?
http://www.letsgoflyers.net/2014/12/08/where-in-the-world-is-vinny-lecavalier/
I didn't see anything official, so it may be nothing. Saw it on Meltzer's Twitter.
::edit::This is all I could find. Again, nothing official but who knows...
Not long after he was scratched, a report from TSN's Darren Dreger last week said "some think Lecavalier wants to retire after next season to focus on family" and he would be willing to leave $6 million on the table.
Yesterday, Lecavalier denied that claim and said he intends to honor his deal.
"No," Lecavalier said bluntly. "I'm 34, I'm not 40. I feel good on the ice. I feel like I did 5 years ago. All of the sudden, I'm a healthy scratch. It's frustrating. I know I have a lot in the tank. I know what I can provide on the ice, and I know what I bring off the ice with my teammates."
Ek said we are talking to Toronto about Vinny....fwiw.
Hextall is more of a wait and hold guy. I just can't tell if he is smart and strategic or tentative and weak. Maybe they have already missed any opportunity to get rid of Lecavalier and Umberger. Come deadline we will finally know how well Hexy knows to play his cards...
No vinny at practice...at all.
Good news on the horizon?
I am thinking he flew to MTL to pay his respects. Can he stay there?
Being a GM is almost like playing Poker.
Homer was impatient and jumped at the opportunities to get the player he wanted. He had balls of steal and did not hestitate to go all in when he felt like it. Yes, it fired back sometimes but he had the reputation of being a tough SOB.
Hextall is more of a wait and hold guy. I just can't tell if he is smart and strategic or tentative and weak. Maybe they have already missed any opportunity to get rid of Lecavalier and Umberger. Come deadline we will finally know how well Hexy knows to play his cards...
from what I've read about vinny, he is the type of guy who would do this. Great guy off the ice it is a shame he has been so brutal for us, i hope he bows out gracefully.
lol...yeah...we could only wish.
I will say though, there are a fair amount of Leaf fans who are now starting to turn on JVR....calling him the weak link on the top line.
Ugghh...now you got me thinking about
JVR G Simmonds
Schenn Couts Voracek
Do you think its a change of scenery needed with him? Like Berube isn't his style of coach? Or has he simply run out of gas?
Who agreed the signing(or trade) of VL,RJ and Andrew MacDonald?Hextall did the last 2 if i am wright?This is bad,very bad....
You have this all wrong. Lecavaliers agent was given permission to negotiate a trade this summer. We would have taken a used puck bag in return. No one wants him. It has nothing to do with Hextall.
Leafs fan in peace
JVR has been in a slump the last few games, and its been the bottom three lines scoring. Kessel/JVR/Bozak have been invisible of late. Kessel is injured, Bozak well he's just Bozak, JVR is getting chances but they just haven't been going in. He's been healthy though and that was always my concern, that he was Lupul 2.0.
So I wouldn't say he is the weak link, it seems all three fire together or they do nothing.
Too bad about Vinny, he seemed to playing well when Philly played us.
Do you think its a change of scenery needed with him? Like Berube isn't his style of coach? Or has he simply run out of gas?
Its not that no one wants him, its that no one wants his contract / service at the cost. Its a horrible value proposition for any NHL franchise, unless you are at the cap floor. The problem with that is that those teams that are at the cap floor are also the basement bunnies in the league and its likely that VLC will not waive his NTC to go to one of those teams.
The Flyers will either move him (and Umberger) at the trade deadline or buy them both out in the offseason. There are enough young kids with ELC type contracts that can take both of their spots / minutes.
Who agreed the signing(or trade) of VL,RJ and Andrew MacDonald?Hextall did the last 2 if i am wright?This is bad,very bad....
The odds of that happening are slim. They'll both be here next year assuming Vinny doesn't get moved or retires. Hextall will likely play the waiting game with Vinny until he realizes he's done. Umberger will likely be bought out in the Summer of 2016.
The Flyers don't need capspace this offseason with no noteworthy players up for extensions. No need to tie up a bunch of dead capspace for the next 4-6 years when they can wait & cut the years down.
Vinny for Clarkson they hold salary.... (not that I want that but what else would we possibly get from the Leafs for Vinny)
Vinny would be a 2.8M cap hit for two years, then 2.3m for 1 year and then 800K for 3 years. Vinny has already publicly said he wants to play for two more years. I just can't see that being in O&B. There was a reason why Yzerman bouth him out and sadly Homer did not read the tea leaves on that one.
Umberger is a 1.6m for 4 years buyout.
So, you are looking at 4.4m for the two players for the next three years. That is certainly not that unfathomable to do, assuming you are able to replace them with youngsters who make it a net sum, but give the ice time to younger players to develop and grow.