Every line will be fully equipped with a goon.
- PLindbergh31

Rinaldo / B Jones / Gordon
Rosehill / Cousins / Straka
Noebels / Vande Velde / Stortini
Leier / Powe / Mathers

(Laughton and Alderson up to the Flyers)

That's fine. What is is about AMac's defensive game that is better than Carle's, without citing specific instances?
- jmatchett383

Just my opinion.

He is a more intelligent player
Better skater
Better positioning
Better shot blocker
Has more composure with the puck.

That's fine. What is is about AMac's defensive game that is better than Carle's, without citing specific instances?
- jmatchett383

Personally, I like Amac's positioning and ability to read a puck better. I'd always get frustrated with how Carle would get beat by a cutter to the net, the way he was unaware of what was going on around him half the time... I'm not saying Amac is a defensive genius, but I personally believe he does these things better than Carle.

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- Tomahawk

Thanks. Miller has done some good work lately.

Just my opinion.

He is a more intelligent player
Better skater
Better positioning
Better shot blocker
Has more composure with the puck.
- GOA88

ditto lol

Rinaldo / B Jones / Gordon
Rosehill / Cousins / Straka
Noebels / Vande Velde / Stortini
Leier / Powe / Mathers

(Laughton and Alderson up to the Flyers)


- Tomahawk

Rinaldo / B Jones / Gordon
Rosehill / Cousins / Straka
Noebels / Vande Velde / Stortini
Leier / Powe / Mathers

(Laughton and Alderson up to the Flyers)


- Tomahawk

It's missing an Akeson

It's missing an Akeson
- Streit2ThePoint

Him and PEB will be pouring in 30+ points each for the big club.

You are the GM of an MLB team today. For first base, you have to take either Ryan Howard or Albert Pujols. Who do you choose, and how do you convince your team owner and pay check signer to go along with it?
- jmatchett383

Pujols. Howard's decline has been worse than Poo-holes' decline, IMO.

Pujols. Howard's decline has been worse than Poo-holes' decline, IMO.
- johndewar

His contract is also heftier and has like 8 more years

Thanks. Miller has done some good work lately.
- Feanor

Agreed. I've ripped Miller a lot in the past, too.

His contract is also heftier and has like 8 more years
- jmatchett383

I feel like Pujols' decline is partly due to changing leagues. I have far more confidence in Pujols being a productive ML hitter (even in decline) than I do of Ryan Howard being a productive ML hitter.

Damn right. Throw that win now, and make the playoffs at all cost BS out the window. Hextall:

NJ.com: The organization was criticized a lot in the past for trading so many draft picks. Now your farm system seems to be as strong as its been in a lot of years, especially with all those touted defenseman prospects in the loop – Samuel Morin, Shayne Gostisbehere, Travis Sanheim and Robert Hagg. You’ve said that your totally against sacrificing the future in deals. Can you see yourself ever moving a top prospect to make the big team better?

Hextall: “If we get to a point where I think I can put us in the top five or six teams, yeah, we'll look at a deal like that. But I'm not going to do anything that jeopardizes the future of this franchise. There's going to be today, tomorrow and five years from now. It’s a calculated risk, but the risk-reward has got to be there to make one of those deals. I just envision it as we're going to get better every year and we're going to build this to where we've got a seven-to-eight year window where we've got a chance at winning (the Stanley Cup). We all know that if you have a five-, six-, seven-, eight-year window and you win one or two (Cups), you're pretty damn happy because a lot of things happen. There's a lot of parity in the league. When you get goaltending on both sides, when your top players don't play their best, when you get a couple of injuries … there are so many intangibles in the playoffs that come into play that you can't just sit and say, ‘We're going to build for a one- or two-year run’ or ‘we're going to sell the farm to try to win this year.’ There are two many things that can come into play that can go against you at this point. It was different years ago. But with the cap, it's a very balanced league.”

Hextall: “If we get to a point where I think I can put us in the top five or six teams, yeah, we'll look at a deal like that. But I'm not going to do anything that jeopardizes the future of this franchise. There's going to be today, tomorrow and five years from now. It’s a calculated risk, but the risk-reward has got to be there to make one of those deals. I just envision it as we're going to get better every year and we're going to build this to where we've got a seven-to-eight year window where we've got a chance at winning (the Stanley Cup). We all know that if you have a five-, six-, seven-, eight-year window and you win one or two (Cups), you're pretty damn happy because a lot of things happen. There's a lot of parity in the league. When you get goaltending on both sides, when your top players don't play their best, when you get a couple of injuries … there are so many intangibles in the playoffs that come into play that you can't just sit and say, ‘We're going to build for a one- or two-year run’ or ‘we're going to sell the farm to try to win this year.’ There are two many things that can come into play that can go against you at this point. It was different years ago. But with the cap, it's a very balanced league.”
- flyer_nutter

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- Tomahawk

Some good info in the interview. I like the way Hextall answers questions.

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Meaty interview w/ Randy Miller:
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- Tomahawk

Thanks, that was great! I like what I am hearing from Hextall, but I still think he may have a deal up his sleeve before season starts

You are the GM of an MLB team today. For first base, you have to take either Ryan Howard or Albert Pujols. Who do you choose, and how do you convince your team owner and pay check signer to go along with it?
- jmatchett383

Are we in the national league or american?

For anybody who missed it, here's a whole lot of Hexy...


Answering fan tweets:
http://www.nj.com/flyers/...rown_answering_fan_q.html


Meaty interview w/ Randy Miller:
http://www.nj.com/flyers/...nchise_new_job_in_qa.html
- Tomahawk

I was thrilled that my question got to him(with a typo and all) but disappointed that he sort of dodged it.

Thanks, that was great! I like what I am hearing from Hextall, but I still think he may have a deal up his sleeve before season starts
- 3flyerkids

As long as he sticks to the apparent plan its all good. Whether that's true remains to be seen as the man who previously held the job answered well, but his actions didn't always reflect.

I trust hextall. For now.

Are we in the national league or american?
- J35Bacher

Do it for both.

As long as he sticks to the apparent plan its all good. Whether that's true remains to be seen as the man who previously held the job answered well, but his actions didn't always reflect.

I trust hextall. For now.
- flyer_nutter

You'd better trust him. Or else...

You'd better trust him. Or else...

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- jmatchett383

Never really had a chance to watch him in his early years. Moved to Can in '97, casually watching NHL at that time. More into Flyers as the years moved on.

My glory year/years is that 04 run.

I just read this short little article:

http://www.nhlfilmsarchiv...all-chases-rob-brown.html

I like the last line, "No explanation for this beyond the fact that its Ron Hextall. What a great nostalgic video. "

You'd better trust him. Or else...


- jmatchett383

- Flyers_1488

I just love how calm he looks after the slash. He doesn't freak out and start throwing punches or anything. Just kinda stands there like, "Yeah, I did that; what now? I mean, if you're not gonna call anything..."