Before the injuries piled up, he was a good young goalie, with a ton of promise. The myriad injuries have robbed him of his lateral movement, quickness and basically left him a shell of his former self.
- Jsaquella

He's still a reasonably young guy at 31.

I'm not saying he would be all-world, but 31 is pretty young to just get written off (not saying you, personally, were writing him off).

dont want to sound like an a hole but what they did to beyz is like some asking that idiot IKE Reese if he wants some:




(frank)ING SERIOUSLY MAN.... im from europe and have a slight accent...Doesnt make me an idiot.

He's home in Colorado. Never said he's retiring, just wanted to take a year off.
- Jsaquella

I knew he wasn't retiring. Just wondering if he was doing some spiritual thing or living amongst wolves or something.

No, they could have used it on him. They wanted the cap hit to dump salaries fro draft picks.

There's a few speculating that Tim Thomas might be returning. I doubt that, but who knows?
- Jsaquella

They probably just want him off the team because he's been horrible.

With the new rules, they get to keep most of his cap hit while he's in the AHL, keeping them above the cap floor.

Thanks, Buddy. I hope that the latest Herpes outbreak didn't cause you too much pain
- Jsaquella

It was Space Herpes.

/Ice Pirates reference

I knew he wasn't retiring. Just wondering if he was doing some spiritual thing or living amongst wolves or something.
- NickTheKid87

probably freaked out about 2012 and the mayans.... lol

He's still a reasonably young guy at 31.

I'm not saying he would be all-world, but 31 is pretty young to just get written off (not saying you, personally, were writing him off).
- johndewar

He just doesn't have the physical ability to be a NHL goalie anymore. He's supposedly as healthy as he's been in years and he just can't move as quickly as he needs to to be effective

It was Space Herpes.

/Ice Pirates reference
- Flyskippy

(frank)'s Sake, I knew it'd be an obscure one.

They probably just want him off the team because he's been horrible.

With the new rules, they get to keep most of his cap hit while he's in the AHL, keeping them above the cap floor.
- bradleyc4

Absolutely...thanks for wording that better than I did.

I knew he wasn't retiring. Just wondering if he was doing some spiritual thing or living amongst wolves or something.
- NickTheKid87

Nope, just wanted time with the wife and kids...according to what he said.

Nope, just wanted time with the wife and kids...according to what he said.
- Jsaquella

He's probably building something. Like a barn. Seems like that kind of guy that would build a barn.

He's still a reasonably young guy at 31.

I'm not saying he would be all-world, but 31 is pretty young to just get written off (not saying you, personally, were writing him off).
- johndewar

Injuries have limited him to 50 games in the last five years (counting this season).
26 of those games were in the 10-11 season.

He's done.

Apropos of nothing, a few weeks ago I was tuned into WIP during Rob Charry's segment and a caller asked why Flyers games were no longer broadcast on that station. I have no idea if the caller was being coy or completely earnest, but Charry took it as an affront and said something to the effect of, "do you really want to go down that road?" and basically implied that the caller should beat it.

I don't know the whole story of why the Flyers switched stations, but I found that particular exchange bizarre and overly heated, suggesting some sort of latent animosity.

He's probably building something. Like a barn. Seems like that kind of guy that would build a barn.
- NickTheKid87

Or a bunker to hide all his gold!

(frank)ING SERIOUSLY MAN.... im from europe and have a slight accent...Doesnt make me an idiot.
- Philly1980

Doesn't make you not one, though.

Doesn't make you not one, though.
- Scoob

He's probably building something. Like a barn. Seems like that kind of guy that would build a barn.
- NickTheKid87

Yes he does!

so end of year we buy out briere and use that money to get perry?

(frank)'s Sake, I knew it'd be an obscure one.
- Jsaquella

St. John's School showed us the weirdest movies at the end of each year:

The Hobbit cartoon
Rustlers Rhapsody
Ice Pirates
Tron
And some dinosaur movie with William Katt rescuing the last brontosaurus

I hope this explains my condition.

St. John's School showed us the weirdest movies at the end of each year:

The Hobbit cartoon
Rustlers Rhapsody
Ice Pirates
Tron
And some dinosaur movie with William Katt rescuing the last brontosaurus

I hope this explains my condition.
- Flyskippy

You could've stopped at St John's School. I went to Holy Saviour. Catholic school turned me into an unbalanced, slightly insane atheist

That interview was just to get him to say something that can be built into something it really isn't.
- Jsaquella

I agree. Actually, Barkann frequently cites players' salaries as though it ought to make them impervious to injuries, fatigue or the occasional short slump.

so end of year we buy out briere and use that money to get perry?
- Philly1980

Would rather add a puck mover like Streit or something as well as a good faceoff guy.

Apropos of nothing, a few weeks ago I was tuned into WIP during Rob Charry's segment and a caller asked why Flyers games were no longer broadcast on that station. I have no idea if the caller was being coy or completely earnest, but Charry took it as an affront and said something to the effect of, "do you really want to go down that road?" and basically implied that the caller should beat it.

I don't know the whole story of why the Flyers switched stations, but I found that particular exchange bizarre and overly heated, suggesting some sort of latent animosity.
- countreeman28

They bumped the Flyers playoff games last year to 610AM in favor of the Phillies Preseason games and Snider blew a fuse. They were contractually obligated to put the Phils on FM. That's why when the 76ers and Flyers conflict they move the Flyers, who signed on after the Sixers to 93.3 and not their AM channel.

Would rather add a puck mover like Streit or something as well as a good faceoff guy.
- NickTheKid87

Streit is a good player, but I wouldn't sign him to a long term deal using Cap space saved from buying out Briere.

You could've stopped at St John's School. I went to Holy Saviour. Catholic school turned me into an unbalanced, slightly insane atheist
- Jsaquella

Catholic school turned me into an unbalanced, slightly insane born-again Christian. We have so much in common!