Bill another superb blog today, thank you. We are very fortunate to be able to read your work every day.

JSaq such great comments on Ed Snider. Spot on and also appreciated.
Ed Snider is the Flyers.

3 more games against the Pens and it looks like they may be very meaningful games.
As a fan I am thankful for this. This team has surprised me this year where they are right now. At one point I was watching scoreboards to root for teams below us to win so we would have a better draft position.

I'd much rather see them fighting for a playoff spot and to have meaningful games against an arch rival. This is what it's all about. Proud of the team for hanging in there through some key injuries.

Also think Hexy played it right yesterday, not sending bodies flying out for mid low draft picks.

Hope they continue to win. This is fun. I know they will be first round fodder if they get in but I don't care, want to see them fighting to get in.

Sry for the length.

Sry for the length.
- Marc D

giggity

This. How many of the kids can you re-sign for $10M too. 3? 4? 5?
- Tomahawk

+1

Also Stamkos has said he prefers to play center. So we are paying 10 million for a 2c?

This. How many of the kids can you re-sign for $10M too. 3? 4? 5?
- Tomahawk

How many Umbergers and MacDonalds can you sign for 10M?

How many Umbergers and MacDonalds can you sign for 10M?
- PLindbergh31

A dozen

Ideal situation is finish the year strong, mid round 1st pick, and we trade Streit half retained with Read and our 1st + (?) to move up in the draft and sign Stamkos.
- arichardson22

Not sure how things work, but are the flyers on the hook for the 3 retained salaries until July 1st, or the end of the season (playoffs).

Can salary be retained at the draft? I know it's more appealing after the bonuses are paid on July 1st

For those who follow junior hockey.1st rd flyers select Tyson Jost, Max Jones or Clayton Bellows??

For those who follow junior hockey.1st rd flyers select Tyson Jose, Max Jones or Clayton Bellows??
- flyers1987

These kids sound like porn stars more and more each year.

For those who follow junior hockey.1st rd flyers select Tyson Jose, Max Jones or Clayton Bellows??
- flyers1987

I prefer Jones.

Bill another superb blog today, thank you. We are very fortunate to be able to read your work every day.

JSaq such great comments on Ed Snider. Spot on and also appreciated.
Ed Snider is the Flyers.

3 more games against the Pens and it looks like they may be very meaningful games.
As a fan I am thankful for this. This team has surprised me this year where they are right now. At one point I was watching scoreboards to root for teams below us to win so we would have a better draft position.

I'd much rather see them fighting for a playoff spot and to have meaningful games against an arch rival. This is what it's all about. Proud of the team for hanging in there through some key injuries.

Also think Hexy played it right yesterday, not sending bodies flying out for mid low draft picks.

Hope they continue to win. This is fun. I know they will be first round fodder if they get in but I don't care, want to see them fighting to get in.

Sry for the length.
- Marc D

let's roll

Not sure how things work, but are the flyers on the hook for the 3 retained salaries until July 1st, or the end of the season (playoffs).

Can salary be retained at the draft? I know it's more appealing after the bonuses are paid on July 1st
- Coleman

Contacts expire on the last day of the reg season.

And you plan on gutting the roster to clear the room for him?
- PhillySportsGuy

Weren't we planning on gutting the team anyway? Streit and Schultz have to go at some point. Read might also. Provorov, Sanheim and Morin at some point will join the team cheap. I think the Flyers need a back up plan if G ever goes down long trrm. So my answer is yes, especially because Stamkos is still young.

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Weren't we plan on gutting the team anyway? Streit and Schultz have to go at some point. Read might also. Provorov, Sanheim and Morin at some point will join the team cheap. I think the Flyers need a back up plan if G ever goes down long trrm. So my answer is yes, especially because Stamkos is still young.
- SuperSchennBros

They'll need to re-sign their young guys too. It's easy to clear money for next year, but what about the year after that and the year after that?

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- PLindbergh31

NHL hockey player right there. No question.

NHL hockey player right there. No question.
- funmaster18

Amazing Hextall got a # 3 for him. Astounding another team would waste an asset on a cementhead.

Amazing Hextall got a # 3 for him. Astounding another team would waste an asset on a cementhead.
- PLindbergh31

Let alone a 3rd. Good riddance!

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- PLindbergh31

I wonder if Zac has played his last NHL game

Stamkos is overrated. He's not worth $10M IMHO. That's why Yzerman hasn't given him the money. He's watched more Stamkos games than any of us, but he refuses to pay him the same as Toews, Kane and Kopitar because he's not as good as those guys.

For $10M, you better be getting a guy who can do everything and absolutely dominate games because you aren't going to be able to put great pieces around him. He's going to need to be able to carry his line and make them good. Stamkos doesn't do that. He needs guys around him.
- PhillySportsGuy

I agree with this for the most part.

However, I'd take a pre-broken leg Stamkos above the Toews, Kane, and Kopitar.

Contacts expire on the last day of the reg season.
- Tomahawk

unless VLC stays on

the other two contracts, Nik G-NN and Big Schenn will expire this year

They'll need to re-sign their young guys too. It's easy to clear money for next year, but what about the year after that and the year after that?
- PhillySportsGuy

After next year the Streit and Umberger come off the books. That's about 9 million on cap hit.

The cap could go the other way and make even more room.

I don't think it is as far fetched to see the Flyers explore Stamkos as people think.

After next year the Streit and Umberger come off the books. That's about 9 million on cap hit.

The cap could go the other way and make even more room.

I don't think it is as far fetched to see the Flyers explore Stamkos as people think.
- J35Bacher

In the pre Hexy days I think it was a given they would go after him.
Now I'm not as certain.

I agree with this for the most part.

However, I'd take a pre-broken leg Stamkos above the Toews, Kane, and Kopitar.
- JFlyers00

I take Toews, but can't go wrong with either

After next year the Streit and Umberger come off the books. That's about 9 million on cap hit.

The cap could go the other way and make even more room.

I don't think it is as far fetched to see the Flyers explore Stamkos as people think.
- J35Bacher

Where do you play him? He repeatedly has said he's a center not a wing. That would be 25 million down the middle a season. And open market he's looking 12 MMillion a year it sounds like.

How many Umbergers and MacDonalds can you sign for 10M?
- PLindbergh31

one of each!

and fit a gostisbehere in there too

I win