You're like Robert Langdon.
- PhillySportsGuy

I don't know who that is, so I'll just assume he's the same person as Brad Pitt.

Can we just trade his cap hit to another team that needs to hit the cap floor?
- FlyersSteve118

If Johnny Gaudreau isn't willing to ink a deal with Calgary, maybe. There would be more going to Calgary.

Can we just trade his cap hit to another team that needs to hit the cap floor?
- FlyersSteve118

He has a NMC.

He has a NMC.
- Feanor

If (big if) he gets demoted to the 4th line or has his minutes severely cut, he might silently request out.

Can we just trade his cap hit to another team that needs to hit the cap floor?
- FlyersSteve118

Pronger? Yes, but he makes $4M next season. The season after that, he makes $600k, so it would be much more enticing to a cap floor team.

I think the Bruins traded Tim Thomas to the Isles even though Thomas already said he wasn't going to play.

They're different situations because the Isles could argue they weren't 100% sold he wasn't going to play. Pronger has already come out and said he isn't going to play again.

I don't know who that is, so I'll just assume he's the same person as Brad Pitt.
- jmatchett383

More like Tom Hanks. He's Dan Brown's character of choice.

More like Tom Hanks. He's Dan Brown's character of choice.
- PhillySportsGuy

Tom Hanks will do in a pinch. Although I'm not much for Christian mythology wild goose chases.

Fixed.

Edit: I think being frozen might qualify him for LTIR.
- Tomahawk

He's out indefinitely with... uh... hypothermia."

If (big if) he gets demoted to the 4th line or has his minutes severely cut, he might silently request out.
- jmatchett383

Even if they don't demote him, I don't think he'd be opposed to a trade. He'd want to pick the suitor though.

So basically the VLC deal is Bryzgalov 2.0.

So basically the VLC deal is Bryzgalov 2.0.
- Pixote Andolini

IMO, it's worse. No "never again" mandate to explain it, and no apparent need being filled by it. (And no CBO to get rid of it)

IMO, it's worse. No "never again" mandate to explain it, and no apparent need being filled by it. (And no CBO to get rid of it)
- Tomahawk

At least he's not a locker room cancer. From most accounts, Bryz was universally disliked

At least he's not a locker room cancer. From most accounts, Bryz was universally disliked
- PhillySportsGuy

At least he's not a locker room cancer. From most accounts, Bryz was universally disliked
- PhillySportsGuy

Yeah, he's got that going for him

Remember the days when Bryz being a cancer was actually up for debate in here?

Yeah, he's got that going for him

Remember the days when Bryz being a cancer was actually up for debate in here?
- Tomahawk

Yeah I was pretty staunchly defending but the evidence just kept piling up... I was wrong there. So wrong

So basically the VLC deal is Bryzgalov 2.0.
- Pixote Andolini

I think that he might be giving Schenn some pointers on how to win faceoffs, because he really blew at them at the start of this season and now he is actually pretty solid at the dot.

I think a guy like Lecavalier has a lot of intangibles to give a team. He is a heart and soul type of guy and plays his heart out. There is just something wrong with his game right now. I'm not sure exactly what it could be though.

I do think that a few games of him playing on the fourth line back at the center position will help him out though.

Yeah I was pretty staunchly defending but the evidence just kept piling up... I was wrong there. So wrong
- Giroux_Is_God

Not exactly. The guy had like 3 personalities. When the good guy, in the zone, quiet bryz showed up to play he dominated. It's just he was in his head the other 2/3 of the time. Crazy dude he was.

Not exactly. The guy had like 3 personalities. When the good guy, in the zone, quiet bryz showed up to play he dominated. It's just he was in his head the other 2/3 of the time. Crazy dude he was.
- FlyersSteve118

Pretty accurate assessment

IMO, it's worse. No "never again" mandate to explain it, and no apparent need being filled by it. (And no CBO to get rid of it)
- Tomahawk

It's not nearly as a bad. Without the CBO Bryzgalov would have ruined the team for the rest of the decade, and they didn't know there would be a CBO when they signed the deal. And Bryzgalov did not suffer a major back injury that would explain some of his poor performance.

Yeah, he's got that going for him

Remember the days when Bryz being a cancer was actually up for debate in here?
- Tomahawk

I know. Once he left, a lot of things 'leaked out'. I use quotes because some journalists, clearly, had an axe to grind.

I know. Once he left, a lot of things 'leaked out'. I use quotes because some journalists, clearly, had an axe to grind.
- PhillySportsGuy

desean traded to kansas city
draft a receiver in the 1st
sign revis

I think that he might be giving Schenn some pointers on how to win faceoffs
- FlyersSteve118

I wish he'd teach himself how to win a faceoff or two... 44% ain't cutting it.

desean traded to kansas city
draft a receiver in the 1st
sign revis
- Crimsoninja

Wait, what? Did they trade him or are these recommendations?

It's not nearly as a bad. Without the CBO Bryzgalov would have ruined the team for the rest of the decade, and they didn't know there would be a CBO when they signed the deal. And Bryzgalov did not suffer a major back injury that would explain some of his poor performance.
- Feanor

I'm pretty sure Bryz came with a head injury.