the undrafted line. not too shabby to have 4 undrafted players contributing to your team. Granted Raffl and PEB were older
- nastyflyergirl

oh yeah. gems.

and it helps cap wise too since theyre generally cheaper

Death star en route
- Just5

trollbuzz

I understand that it freed up two years of cap space for younger guys who will require raises and extensions, but right now, it looks like the Flyers/Hexy got fleeced in this deal. Columbus was going to use a compliance buyout on him anyway, so why not trade Hartnell for a pick? Between this trade and the JVR one, the Flyer GM's are looking like trade geniuses
- aantny88

I get the trade to some degree tho. I really believe they just wanted to get out from under the term of Hartnell's contract. they are really going to have to pay up for Voracek and even Schenn, Couturier and Coburn.

Regarding the third period period where Talbot got the puck away from Umberger and then fed it to Tanguay for a goal, Chief said yesterday, "He wasn't knocked off the ice. He just lost it on the wall."

I don't really see how that's any better.
- bmeltzer

Fair and balanced. Much respect

I understand that it freed up two years of cap space for younger guys who will require raises and extensions, but right now, it looks like the Flyers/Hexy got fleeced in this deal. Columbus was going to use a compliance buyout on him anyway, so why not trade Hartnell for a pick? Between this trade and the JVR one, the Flyer GM's are looking like trade geniuses
- aantny88

I still dont get the JVR trade? Hexy finding these bargain D men makes you wonder what Homer was thinking?

Who sits when Amac and Schenn return????

Right now...

Our best D-men are as follows (with how they have performed to date)
Del Zotto
Streit
Schultz
MacDonald
Grossmann
Schenn
Small Sample Sizes
Coburn
Colaiocovo
- GOA88

nice problem to have for once huh? and depth in the minors and prospects, altho that has taken a hit injury wise as well. I had hopes of MDZ finding his game so I can't say its been a surprise per se but Schultz has been a big pleasant surprise.

getting MDZ and Schultz was like Hexy shopping at Marshalls
- vejim

... and coming out w/ a pristine Rolex.

oh yeah. gems.

and it helps cap wise too since theyre generally cheaper
- stayinthefnnet

No question about it. so important to draft well and find undrafted gems

I get the trade to some degree tho. I really believe they just wanted to get out from under the term of Hartnell's contract. they are really going to have to pay up for Voracek and even Schenn, Couturier and Coburn.
- nastyflyergirl

Umberger is still on the books when each of those guys is due their raise. If they buy him out after next season, he will count 1.5M against the cap for two more years. It saves money but not a ton. I think he's less moveable now than he was last year.

trollbuzz
- MBFlyerfan

What, are you a cop?

No question about it. so important to draft well and find undrafted gems
- nastyflyergirl

yeah. with the cap system the way it is, and teams holding onto their own assets liek gold, drafting is really the way to acquire guys anymore.

and if you can find usable guys in the late rounds/undrafted, it eases the sting of trading away those 2/3/4 rounders at the deadline

This is the greatest post I've seen on here since the season started, at the very least.
- Giroux_Is_God

It was 99% Plind.

yeah. with the cap system the way it is, and teams holding onto their own assets liek gold, drafting is really the way to acquire guys anymore.

and if you can find usable guys in the late rounds/undrafted, it eases the sting of trading away those 2/3/4 rounders at the deadline
- stayinthefnnet

live long and draft well

live long and draft well
- vejim

or trade all of your foreseeable second rounders for douglass murray. either or.

What, are you a cop?




- tangent_man

I know this is Martin Moll, but I am not sure of the reference......

Did he have surgery to remove the herniated disc?
That often has lingering problems.
- Marc D

No surgeries thus summer.

or trade all of your foreseeable second rounders for douglass murray. either or.
- stayinthefnnet

Homer traded most of his 2nds

I know this is Martin Mull, but I am not sure of the reference......

- MBFlyerfan

He occasionally played Russell the Pharmacist on Two and a Half Men, and would often be seen sampling the cough syrup or taking a pill from a customer's count ("Ah, she isn't going to miss one"). When Charlie would call him on it, that would be his line.

Homer traded most of his 2nds
- vejim

true. id take amac over ole big boy murray though.

It was 99% Plind.
- Tomahawk

he couldn't pick up the garbage if you didn't put it on net

EDIT: I'm backwards day I think

Regarding the third period period where Talbot got the puck away from Umberger and then fed it to Tanguay for a goal, Chief said yesterday, "He wasn't knocked off the ice. He just lost it on the wall."

I don't really see how that's any better.
- bmeltzer

I moved the car out of the way so the truck didn't smash into it, but I didn't realize that I had stopped on the train tracks

Umberger is still on the books when each of those guys is due their raise. If they buy him out after next season, he will count 1.5M against the cap for two more years. It saves money but not a ton. I think he's less moveable now than he was last year.
- PhillySportsGuy

It was 99% Plind.
- Tomahawk

The pic though.

You guys are co-winners.

Congrats.

- Tomahawk

So... TSN's region-locked all of their NHL clips now? Used to just be The Reporters and some other random stuff.