Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Undrafted Flyers, Thursday Quick Hits

Heart and Speed - Matthew Read!

I am afraid that in order to dump Meszaros' contract we're going to have to package Read along with him.

Read and Mez for a prospect and a pick or something like that.

Another great and informative article

Any word on what the top brass is thinking to make cap room? I think tomorrow is Weber day!!!

another great blob, Bill ... and I loved Jack McIlhargey.

Tim Kerr might be the most underrated athlete in Philadelphia sports history.

(courtesy of frustrated teammate Glen Cochrane shoving him into the boards after scoring a goal in practice)

Glen Cochrane was not very good at ice hockey.

Heart and Speed - Matthew Read!

I am afraid that in order to dump Meszaros' contract we're going to have to package Read along with him.

Read and Mez for a prospect and a pick or something like that.
- Coburns_Nose

Maybe for Calgary's 1st round pick next year.

the fact that Vandermeer and Busniuk crack the Flyers 10 Ten Undrafted list proves how important the draft is.

Undrafted players the quality of Kerr and Poulin come around VERY infrequently.

Wasnt Cechmanek undrafted?

the fact that Vandermeer and Busniuk crack the Flyers 10 Ten Undrafted list proves how important the draft is.

Undrafted players the quality of Kerr and Poulin come around VERY infrequently.
- FlyerGuy

You could take those two off and put Bobrovsky and Gustafsson on. I thought about both of them but Bob only spent two years here and just one as the primary starter, while Gustafsson is on the brink of finally becoming a full-time NHL player and has to actually do it first.

Wasnt Cechmanek undrafted?
- youarewrong

No. He was 29 but the NHL rules at the time required all European league players to be drafted.

You could take those two off and put Bobrovsky and Gustafsson on. I thought about both of them but Bob only spent two years here and just one as the primary starter, while Gustafsson is on the brink of finally becoming a full-time NHL player and has to actually do it first.
- bmeltzer

hopefully a few years from now Bob doesn't end up high on this list.

Maybe for Calgary's 1st round pick next year.
- Feanor

I would do that in a heartbeat....

Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek
Schenn-Vinny-Simmonds
Gagne-Couturier-Laughton
Talbot-Hall-Rinaldo
Rosehill

Streit-Schenn
Timonen-Coburn
Grossmann-Gustefsson

Tim Kerr might be the most underrated athlete in Philadelphia sports history.
- johndewar

Absolutely! He had 4 consecutive 50 goal seasons in an era where holding, hooking and slashing were basically legal. I have to think if that era had played with today's crackdown on obstruction, he might have scored 70 goals or more.

His release on his wrist shot was unbelievable, he may have been the best pure powerplay sniper I have ever seen.

I would do that in a heartbeat....

Hartnell-Giroux-Voracek
Schenn-Vinny-Simmonds
Gagne-Couturier-Laughton
Talbot-Hall-Rinaldo
Rosehill

Streit-Schenn
Timonen-Coburn
Grossmann-Gustefsson
- youarewrong

Too bad Calgary won't

Heart and Speed - Matthew Read!

I am afraid that in order to dump Meszaros' contract we're going to have to package Read along with him.

Read and Mez for a prospect and a pick or something like that.
- Coburns_Nose

I doubt it. There will be a lot of teams willing to take a flyer on a possible top 4 two way defensemen if healthy, especially if you consider he's only signed for one more year if he's not.

I doubt it. There will be a lot of teams willing to take a flyer on a possible top 4 two way defensemen if healthy, especially if you consider he's only signed for one more year if he's not.
- flyler

I think a trade of Meszaros is possible. But I don't see a lot of teams being interested.

My friend wont leave this alone so i will post this and see what you guys think.If you had to choose which team has the brighter future would you pick philly or ny islanders.I choose philly and he is picking the islanders, i think he is so wrong.

Great article Bill. I think drafting overagers who are a little further in their careers might be easier then predicting what kind of players they are going to be at 17-18. More time to see what skills develop and how committed these kids are to their hockey careers.

No. He was 29 but the NHL rules at the time required all European league players to be drafted.
- bmeltzer

Bill, do you think because of internet and televised games all over that the quality and quantity of non-drafted players has been declining, or do you think that because of an increase in popularity there are more players playing under the radar?

Glen Cochrane was not very good at ice hockey.
- johndewar

Perhaps, but he made Pelle Lindbergh feel comfortable and protected upon Pelle's arrival to the NHL.

I think I read that in some brilliant writer's book about Pelle Lindbergh.

My friend wont leave this alone so i will post this and see what you guys think.If you had to choose which team has the brighter future would you pick philly or ny islanders.I choose philly and he is picking the islanders, i think he is so wrong.
- richiewinthecup

I do think the Islanders are a team on the rise. Their days of being a doormat are over, I think, with Tavares, Moulson, etc.

My friend wont leave this alone so i will post this and see what you guys think.If you had to choose which team has the brighter future would you pick philly or ny islanders.I choose philly and he is picking the islanders, i think he is so wrong.
- richiewinthecup

Well both have a superstar center, and good depth up front. The Isles have more D prospects, but who knows if they are any better, as of now I would say the Flyers D is a little better. Both have Question marks in goal. Overall the fact that the Flyers will spend any amount of money to win, may give them a slight edge, but perhaps the Isles will get more aggressive once they move to Brooklyn.

My friend wont leave this alone so i will post this and see what you guys think.If you had to choose which team has the brighter future would you pick philly or ny islanders.I choose philly and he is picking the islanders, i think he is so wrong.
- richiewinthecup

Flyers fans will pick the Flyers. Negadelphians will pick the Islanders.

Well both have a superstar center, and good depth up front. The Isles have more D prospects, but who knows if they are any better, as of now I would say the Flyers D is a little better. Both have Question marks in goal. Overall the fact that the Flyers will spend any amount of money to win, may give them a slight edge, but perhaps the Isles will get more aggressive once they move to Brooklyn.
- BiggE

So they'll "Sleep 'til Brooklyn?"