You might be right on Ghost taking longer/being less of a sure thing, but I love a guy with a big shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93LWjEtsWIQ

You might be right on Ghost taking longer/being less of a sure thing, but I love a guy with a big shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93LWjEtsWIQ
- Feanor

Ghost's nickname..... The Toy Cannon.

Hopefully. Could be wishful thinking. Flyers haven't developed a homegrown d-man in ages, to expect all three of these players to pan out might be unrealistic.

I think Gostisbehere is too small. Perhaps he could be a Freddy Meyer type.
- PLindbergh31

I don't think there was as much hope surrounding Freddy as Ghost. Maybe there was and I just don't remember.

Ghost is already an excellent skater with a great shot from the point.

Pronger isn't healthy, thank God Meszaros and Grossmann are made of titanium to make up for it.
- PLindbergh31

Putting on the Orange jersey instantly reduces one's durability 20%

FACT

You might be right on Ghost taking longer/being less of a sure thing, but I love a guy with a big shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93LWjEtsWIQ
- Feanor

He already has a better slapshot than most of the current dmen

Putting on the Orange jersey instantly reduces one's durability 20%

FACT
- KINGKENZO

Not to mention a -1 penalty to charisma (Pronger is naturally immune to this effect).

With a healthy Pronger, they wouldn't have traded for Grossmann. This is pointless to argue. The cap needs to be viewed as a whole. You can't divide it up in terms of spending certain amounts on each position. They have a young forward group, so they don't cost as much. Hopefully, when the forwards start costing more, the young defenseman come up and contribute. At that point, the team will be spending much more on forwards.
- PhillySportsGuy

Fair enough. Giroux's cap hit goes up almost 5 million next year. There goes the money saved by losing Meszaros.

What if neither goaltender pans out this year? Where will all the money come from to replace Timonen?

Putting on the Orange jersey instantly reduces one's durability 20%

FACT
- KINGKENZO

Only 20%?

Putting on the Orange jersey instantly reduces one's durability 20%

FACT
- KINGKENZO

orange does mean caution

Fair enough. Giroux's cap hit goes up almost 5 million next year. There goes the money saved by losing Meszaros.

What if neither goaltender pans out this year? Where will all the money come from to replace Timonen?
- PLindbergh31

If both goaltenders implode, which I doubt, I don't think Homer will be around to make the next decision.

Fair enough. Giroux's cap hit goes up almost 5 million next year. There goes the money saved by losing Meszaros.

What if neither goaltender pans out this year? Where will all the money come from to replace Timonen?
- PLindbergh31

Well, the cap is all but certain to go up, so there's some grease for the wheels there. And we can start with using the cap space occupied by Timonen for Timonen's replacement.

Well, the cap is all but certain to go up, so there's some grease for the wheels there. And we can start with using the cap space occupied by Timonen for Timonen's replacement.
- BulliesPhan87

Not true. Flyers don't have any goalies under contract next year.

Fair enough. Giroux's cap hit goes up almost 5 million next year. There goes the money saved by losing Meszaros.

What if neither goaltender pans out this year? Where will all the money come from to replace Timonen?
- PLindbergh31

Well the cap is going up. But I do wish Giroux had done the team a favor and accepted $8m per year or even $7.75m. Timonen and Mesazros will probably have to be replaced by players making half as much.

Only 20%?
- PLindbergh31

that's the average

Well, the cap is all but certain to go up, so there's some grease for the wheels there. And we can start with using the cap space occupied by Timonen for Timonen's replacement.
- BulliesPhan87

I'm a lot less worried about paying for it than I am about finding it.

Not true. Flyers don't have any goalies under contract next year.
- PLindbergh31

I think Mason is an rfa

If both goaltenders implode, which I doubt, I don't think Homer will be around to make the next decision.
- PhillySportsGuy

Which scenario is more likely?

A.) The goaltending duo posting a .915+ save %
B.) Mason reverting back to Columbus form, and Emery going down with an injury

Not true. Flyers don't have any goalies under contract next year.
- PLindbergh31

How is it not true? A bit of cap space also clears up with those goalies' contracts expiring. Something will have to give somewhere, but I agree with MOAT that finding said replacements is the real issue.

How is it not true? A bit of cap space also clears up with those goalies' contracts expiring. Something will have to give somewhere, but I agree with MOAT that finding said replacements is the real issue.
- BulliesPhan87

We shall see. If the goaltenders don't pan out, the Flyers are going to be in bad shape.

Fair enough. Giroux's cap hit goes up almost 5 million next year. There goes the money saved by losing Meszaros.

What if neither goaltender pans out this year? Where will all the money come from to replace Timonen?
- PLindbergh31

I think the better question is "What if one of the goalies plays to Vezina-caliber?" We have some $$ coming off the books, but we also have some raises coming up, and our goalie could look for Bob-type money/term.

Pronger isn't healthy, thank God Meszaros and Grossmann are made of titanium to make up for it.
- PLindbergh31

Too bad the titanium is held together by duct tape...

Well the cap is going up. But I do wish Giroux had done the team a favor and accepted $8m per year or even $7.75m. Timonen and Mesazros will probably have to be replaced by players making half as much.
- Feanor

You mean Giroux didn't give the Flyers a hometown discount?

Too bad the titanium is held together by duct tape...

- FlyersGrace

Duct tape is somewhat sturdy. Dental floss is more like it.

Ghost's nickname..... The Toy Cannon.
- PLindbergh31

Better than the Glass Cannon

Not to mention a -1 penalty to charisma (Pronger is naturally immune to this effect).
- BulliesPhan87