yep. the discussion was about qualities we need for future possible dman.

You can also add the 4S's if you like
- Chris48

Sind em.
Seel em.
Suck em.
Sorget em.

He also got lit up in his very (VERY) short stint with the Flyers. Although he played well towards the end.
- jmatchett383

i place no stock in a kids first ever nhl game. means nothing.

Since we don't have a Gus for the season, Del Zotto could be an extra d-man in case someone (Timonen, Amac, Streit) get hurt. And if he ever gets it together, then the Flyers have another piece.
- aflyerpower8

Rather sign a better two way guy to be 7th defenseman, can handle more roles. If you have a guy like DZ and Timonen or Streit go down, he can handle to PP or offensive side. But he can't handle the other side

i place no stock in a kids first ever nhl game. means nothing.
- hammarby31

Nonsense. If we didn't do that, we'd never be able to place David Laliberte and Harry Zolnercziek in their proper places of NHL glory.

I'm thinking they're gonna roll with Lauridsen as the 7th.
- jmatchett383

Fine by me, but reclamation projects are always interesting.

Rather sign a better two way guy to be 7th defenseman, can handle more roles. If you have a guy like DZ and Timonen or Streit go down, he can handle to PP or offensive side. But he can't handle the other side
- Jsaquella

"Hey Michael, check this out, right...we want to pay you to move to the East Coast for next-to-nothing compared to what you were making and have you sit in a box unless someone much better than you gets hurt. You ready to sign?"

Fine by me, but reclamation projects are always interesting.
- aflyerpower8

Mason worked. They're due for a few duds.

Sind em.
Seel em.
Suck em.
Sorget em.
- jmatchett383

exactemundo

"Hey Michael, check this out, right...we want to pay you to move to the East Coast for next-to-nothing compared to what you were making and have you sit in a box unless someone much better than you gets hurt. You ready to sign?"
- jmatchett383

If another team was willing to pay him his qualifying offer, he would have been traded.

Briere traded to COL
MDZ not qualified
Argument about MacDonald
- PhillySportsGuy

You missed the "Miss Gagne/Should have got him instead of Vinny" part of the comments

"Hey Michael, check this out, right...we want to pay you to move to the East Coast for next-to-nothing compared to what you were making and have you sit in a box unless someone much better than you gets hurt. You ready to sign?"
- jmatchett383

what if his dream was to play for philadelphia?

No surprises.
- Jsaquella

So goodbye Hostetter, Heeter, Bourdon, Eddy, Flanagan and Brown?

So not accepting still has impact on the cap? I'm not a "cap guy"
- funmaster18

By the rules of off season cap accounting, player receiving qualifying offers on one way contracts will count in full towards the off season cap. So that adds 1M to the Flyers off season cap for qualifying Gustafsson.

exactemundo
- Chris48

I think the thing is that, right now, Vinny and Grossmann are on the roster. And other teams know they are in cap trouble, which limits their ability to make a trade with any leverage for a good return (unless they include extra assets or absorb partial salaries). If they further complicate things by signing players to large contracts, then they are REQUIRED to move out other contracts, which basically lets every other GM know that they can give up next to nothing for those players. That is why they should not go after a player like Ehrhoff, who's going to drive a bidding war.

Is the Devil a Brontosaurus or other type of dinosaur?
- Jsaquella

Triceratops

Since we don't have a Gus for the season, Del Zotto could be an extra d-man in case someone (Timonen, Amac, Streit) get hurt. And if he ever gets it together, then the Flyers have another piece.
- aflyerpower8

How much do you think it would cost to sign Del Zotto?

what if his dream was to play for philadelphia?
- funmaster18

Then he'd probably be upset that he'll be sitting in a box instead of playing, unless his dream is to sit in a box in Philadelphia.

By the rules of off season cap accounting, player receiving qualifying offers on one way contracts will count in full towards the off season cap. So that adds 1M to the Flyers off season cap for qualifying Gustafsson.
- MJL

I see. So it's not against the cap, just reduces the 10% overage they are allotted in the offseason?

How much do you think it would cost to sign Del Zotto?
- MJL

MacDonald >

Cal Heeter not qualified. Only goalies signed are Stolarz and Mason.

How much do you think it would cost to sign Del Zotto?
- MJL

8 hundred 1920's series $2 bills

Cal Heeter not qualified. Only goalies signed are Stolarz and Mason.
- PhillySportsGuy

hammarby offer coming soon

How much do you think it would cost to sign Del Zotto?
- MJL

Significantly less than 2.9M

Then he'd probably be upset that he'll be sitting in a box instead of playing, unless his dream is to sit in a box in Philadelphia.
- jmatchett383

It's my dream to be paid to sit in a suite and watch flyers games, why not his?

hammarby offer coming soon
- jmatchett383

Just to play against the Rangers