An elbow and a cheap shot on Coots.
- PhillySportsGuy

Exactly. I believe Davies/DFT and I have that memory etched into our psyches.

Dude you're greatly in favor of putting a sizeable packge together for anyone
- Giroux_Is_God

Poor Gagne - always the bridesmaid...
I knew it would stay quiet over the weekend. Hoping it livens up today though.

Sorry I haven't been around, works been insane, the dog hospice has been in full swing, and to top it off my fiancee's mom is in ICU... GREAT week for me!
- FlyersGrace

it's been a busy week for all of us last week...
add the heat to the mix, it's just awful.

now it's just wait and see time with the Flyers.

hope your mom in law to be gets well soon...

I'd rather make "John Leclair is fat" jokes than debate "When does the middle of the first round of the draft start?".
- johndewar

That's exactly why I left it at "oh boy"

Pronger went right onto the Whalers' roster

- Flyskippy

Didn't Holmgren draft Pronger when he was GM of the Whalers?

jagr cracks me up

i picture him turning down all sorts of offers lol
- Crimsoninja

He doesn't seem to care about the actual money. He wants a certain amount because he feels it will assure him a top 6 role.

Ditto. Was happy that it became relevant again when he was re-acquired. I also have a Team Sweden Renberg in storage somewhere.
- Flyskippy

if not for Brodeur he is rookie of the year.

Conversely, one of the building blocks in Dallas' firing of Joe Nieuwendyk.
- Flyskippy

very true my friend. although he certainly got the pens back in the morrow swap. yikes

So just getting caught up... what have I missed (if anything)

He doesn't seem to care about the actual money. He wants a certain amount because he feels it will assure him a top 6 role.
- PhillySportsGuy

After putting up zero goals in 22 playoff games, he should demand a top 3 role.

jagr cracks me up

i picture him turning down all sorts of offers lol
- Crimsoninja

oh man i wish it was being filmed and made into a jagr-offseason montage

as noted...don't bother...
it's another post a comment and see a question in return
Hockeybuzz Law and Order

Bryz is lost in space
Gagne waiting to see if cap space is made
- phi1671

The last sentence should say it all about Gagne. If he's willing to wait for a contract.just to stay, why wouldn't you want such a player on this team? Simon Gagne still makes sense and a contract between 2-2.5 million is more then fair. Anything less then 3 years is also fair. I would only go 2 years myself.

So just getting caught up... what have I missed (if anything)
- jak521

Leclair is a slob yo.

Exactly. I believe Davies/DFT and I have that memory etched into our psyches.
- Flyskippy

i get angry just thinking about it

Didn't Holmgren draft Pronger when he was GM of the Whalers?
- PLindbergh31

I think so.

Guess who one of Pronger's first coaches was in the NHL?

Hint: Just about every rational hockey fan (and some former players) can't stand the guy today.

I'd like to see some nunbers to back this up.

Regardless, it really doesn't have anything to do with the conversation. However you want to rate them, they are still more infinitely qualified then we are in players avaluations. So I don't know how a any poster can think that they know better then the professional talent evaluators who work for the Flyers.
- MJL

I know you will jump all over this, but based on the numbers, I half-believe that there are a bunch of posters and certainly someone like Bill that could likely do as well armed with ISS rankings and reading scouting reports. Call it MoneyPuck, but it suggests that the "gut" feel of our professional scouts might not be any better than a good analyst a la Theo Epstein.

I only asked that because I could see snider and most of fan base going bezeerk if we miss playoffs next 2 years. Me personally wouldn't care as long as core Was improving and there were factors such as injuries contributing to us missing playoffs. But could see people calling fir heads and team getting blown up

I think so.

Guess who one of Pronger's first coaches was in the NHL?

Hint: Just about every rational hockey fan (and some former players) can't stand the guy today.
- johndewar

Pee-Air

very true my friend. although he certainly got the pens back in the morrow swap. yikes
- stayinthefnnet

With the addition of Nicushkin and Seguin, the Stars are now a team i'd like to watch. They were pretty much the opposite before that.

So just getting caught up... what have I missed (if anything)
- jak521

skippy likes ellio's
the middle of the first round is picks 11-20
leclair is a little chubby
flyergrace is having a rough week

So just getting caught up... what have I missed (if anything)
- jak521

nothing... it's your typical day around here except for the golf pictures of no longer in playing shape Flyers of yore.

After putting up zero goals in 22 playoff games, he should demand a top 3 role.
- PLindbergh31

and that's after a shortened season when he still had something left in the tank
what's he going to do next year after 70 something games?

Pee-Air
- PLindbergh31

That's a bingo!

oh man i wish it was being filmed and made into a jagr-offseason montage
- Don'tForgetTocchet

It would be funny watching him negotiate with french canadians. They are probably bickering over whether Jags should be allowed to have a key to the practice facility for his late night workouts.

oh man i wish it was being filmed and made into a jagr-offseason montage
- Don'tForgetTocchet

i picture his agent on the phone

"jaromir, this is a really good deal, im serious, please cons--"

then jagr just puts his finger to his mouth "shhhh" takes the phone and gently hangs it up