So when do they stop playing Drouin in this game?
- PhillySportsGuy

Play maybe the 1st 5 minutes of the 3rd then sit them both

Trade Grossmann at the draft for a pick. Sign Niskanen.

FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Brayden Schenn ($3.000m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Michael Raffl ($0.735m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Matt Read ($3.625m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) / Scott Laughton ($0.894m) / Adam Hall ($0.600m)
DEFENSEMEN
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Matt Niskanen ($5.250m)
Andrew MacDonald ($4.500m) / Mark Streit ($5.250m)
Erik Gustafsson ($1.000m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)
Chris Pronger ($4.941m) /
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Thomas Greiss ($0.850m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $71,095,595; BONUSES: $212,500
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $4,405
- Feanor

Those numbers for Niskanen and MacDonald would be nice

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Well he will get the ladies going
- flyer_nutter

Wow, push-ups with chains in a dark room. Sign me up, hahaha

Nikolaj Ehlers 3rd straight game with a hat trick a projected 2nd round pick when the season started now a very likely top 10 pick.
- ob18

oh yay quality player in the 2nd round... oh wait

Trade Grossmann at the draft for a pick if he isn't traded tomorrow. Sign Niskanen.

FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Brayden Schenn ($3.000m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Michael Raffl ($0.735m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Matt Read ($3.625m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) / Scott Laughton ($0.894m) / Adam Hall ($0.600m)
DEFENSEMEN
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Matt Niskanen ($5.250m)
Andrew MacDonald ($4.500m) / Mark Streit ($5.250m)
Erik Gustafsson ($1.000m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)
Chris Pronger ($4.941m) /
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Thomas Greiss ($0.850m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $71,095,595; BONUSES: $212,500
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $4,405
- Feanor

greiss eh?

oh yay quality player in the 2nd round... oh wait
- 2Real

Hes a top 10 pick now.

Play maybe the 1st 5 minutes of the 3rd then sit them both
- ob18

Ive been in games like these on both ends. I bet both of them wish the game would end after the 2nd period.

greiss eh?
- wilsonecho91

Other teams gets decent backup goalies for less than a million. Why not us.

Other teams gets decent backup goalies for less than a million. Why not us.
- Feanor

HEETER

Ive been in games like these on both ends. I bet both of them wish the game would end after the 2nd period.
- PhillySportsGuy

Went back and counted including tonight 23 points in 8 games.

HEETER
- PhillySportsGuy

GIVE 'EM THE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-UycJ70D4Y

Look at that male pattern balding already happening. Don't want that on the Flyers.

Look at that male pattern balding already happening. Don't want that on the Flyers.


- flyer_nutter

The classic Horseshoe

Went back and counted including tonight 23 points in 8 games.
- ob18

Cape Breton isn't even a bad team.

Does Halifax play Rimouski again this year? That'd be a fun matchup.

Edit: no

Cape Breton isn't even a bad team.

Does Halifax play Rimouski again this year? That'd be a fun matchup.

Edit: no
- PhillySportsGuy

Nope

I feel like he'll be better in a more limited role. Imagine Matt Carle logging big minutes as a #1? It would be a disaster. As a 2nd pairing guy, he's a nice addition. I'm hoping MacDonald can be like that.
- PhillySportsGuy

And that's a good point. Put him on a better team in a different role, where he's not facing the best competition every game, and he's a better player. Rather then being overmatched as a top pair defenseman.

Exactly. Phoenix is chock-full of young D... and Tippett had a clear bias for other guys.

Now that I think about it, I look at the way they've handled Gus, and I'm thinking that the Flyers probably wouldn't have given him a fair shot either.

He's definitely better off with a team that values possession.
- Tomahawk

What team doesn't value possession?

What team doesn't value possession?
- MJL

the flyers duh they just acquired macdonald

we have a few two-way defensemen. And if we need more, and are going to pay a guy nearly $5M for more than 3 years, which is what is being bandied about, I want more than Andy MacDonald. We need to get rid of our one dimensional shot blocking, hot-potato defenseman and pick up some real talent. And we need to use our assets in a smart way to better achieve that.
- wilsonecho91

The only real two way defenseman the Flyers have is Timonen. And he's likely retiring. This deal shouldn't be looked at from the perspective that this is the rebuild, and this is the main solution to fixing the issues with the defense. Because in my opinion, this isn't it. This is just one move. More to come.
I don't think that the Flyers are going to get the player you have in mind for the picks they gave to get McDonald.

the flyers duh they just acquired macdonald
- 2Real

He's an upgrade in that department.

Only when Baby Schenn is a boards sammich
- Deasr1

that's, like, every game though

The only real two way defenseman the Flyers have is Timonen. And he's likely retiring. This deal shouldn't be looked at from the perspective that this is the rebuild, and this is the main solution to fixing the issues with the defense. Because in my opinion, this isn't it. This is just one move. More to come.
I don't think that the Flyers are going to get the player you have in mind for the picks they gave to get McDonald.
- MJL

absolutely regarding getting those players for these picks. As mentioned, was thinking you use those picks in addition to other assets to acquire those players.

What would it take to add Gilbert from Florida. Do you think they would take Gorssman? The Panthers only have 2 current roster signed Dman signed for next year

It makes sense to pair MacDonald with Streit, but the fact the Flyers have so much redundancy on the blue line it might not be possible. Schenn/Grossmann is a disaster. 2 mastodons that have zero mobility. I hope the Flyers trade a dman tomorrow so Gustafsson can get a chance at being a regular, giving the Flyers more balance on the back end.

the flyers duh they just acquired macdonald
- 2Real

buyout vinny