The Offsprings's "Smash" is a fantastic album.

its funny how the NHL will never accept a Flyer prospect/player deserving of any awards or recognition

The Offsprings's "Smash" is a fantastic album.
- jmatchett383

werd
Listened to it yesterday

You know what else is terrible? They guy that traded for, and then signed MacDonald.
- PLindbergh31

Yeah, he shouldn't be the GM any mo....oh, okay.

Someone upthread suggesting that was Hexy, because he wasn't GM until May and the trade and signing happened before that.

Or are we all deciding that when the Flyers were doing that they already had decided to kick Homer upstairs? I'm never sure how deep the conspiracy theories on transition go here. There's so much paranoia.

Again, a jab calls for a double shot the the head? Players shove all the time, most players don't answer like that.

Much like a clean check attempt doesn't call for a cross check to the head.
- jmatchett383

Imagine the outrage if McDavid had jabbed Simmonds in the shoulder and Simmonds responded with a jab to the face

Yeah, he shouldn't be the GM any mo....oh, okay.
- bodiva88

Hextall is doing a very good job so far. The only mark on his resume is the Hartnell/Umberger trade. I understood the premise of that trade, but it has been an unmitigated disaster.

its funny how the NHL will never accept a Flyer prospect/player deserving of any awards or recognition
- vejim

You mean like Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Bill Barber, Mark Howe, Eric Lindros, Ian Laperriere, Tim Kerr, Reggie Leach, Ron Hextall, Dave Poulin, Pelle Lindberg, Bob Froese, Darren Jensen, Roman Cechmanek, Robert Esche, Brian Boucher, Thomas Eriksson, Simon Gagne, Janne Niinimaa, Joni Pitkanen, Mikael Renberg, Chris Therien, Gene Hart, Fred Shero, and Ed Snider (last 3 not players)?

you hate them because of the scuffle? really?..



- yakattack

says a fan from a fan base that was calling for manning's death for hurting McDavid.

He was being sincere...
- OilDerek

Ahhh... I shouldn't have assumed he was being a Richard...

You know what they say when you assume. Makes an ass out of u and me

Hextall is doing a very good job so far. The only mark on his resume is the Hartnell/Umberger trade. I understood the premise of that trade, but it has been an unmitigated disaster.
- PLindbergh31

I was thinking the same thing. But last night, my friend told me this:

After next season, we will need to give Ghost and one (if not both) goalies a new deal, as well as resigning MDZ if we want to. By then, the extensions to Couturier, Voracek, and (likely) Schenn will have kicked in. That extra $4.6M of cap space saved by the trade will be key at that point.

You mean like Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Bill Barber, Mark Howe, Eric Lindros, Ian Laperriere, Tim Kerr, Reggie Leach, Ron Hextall, Dave Poulin, Pelle Lindberg, Bob Froese, Darren Jensen, Roman Cechmanek, Robert Esche, Brian Boucher, Thomas Eriksson, Simon Gagne, Janne Niinimaa, Joni Pitkanen, Mikael Renberg, Chris Therien, Gene Hart, Fred Shero, and Ed Snider (last 3 not players)?
- jmatchett383

And it isn't like Gost is up against chopped liver for the Calder. There's a guy who's changed the Red Wings views on development, a guy whose contributing mightily to a conference leading team, and a guy whose so good he may get it playing only 1/2 a season.

The Calder has been won by a D only 11 times in 99 years.

Ahhh... I shouldn't have assumed he was being a Richard...

You know what they say when you assume. Makes an ass out of u and me
- benjichronic

Mouths are like bumholes.

They're large gaping holes that usually smell bad.

And it isn't like Gost is up against chopped liver for the Calder. There's a guy who's changed the Red Wings views on development, a guy whose contributing mightily to a conference leading team, and a guy whose so good he may get it playing only 1/2 a season.

The Calder has been won by a D only 11 times in 99 years.
- bodiva88

When Tyler Myers won it, his biggest competition was Matt Duchesne. If Panarin, Larkin, McDavid, and Eichel had been in that class, he'd have had trouble being a finalist.

His stats are just so much better than the others. He plays a more Russian/modern form of hockey, which sometimes leads to ugly turnovers. For the most part, though, he helps the Flyers keep possession as they move through the neutral zone. For all of his gaffs, the team is decidedly better when he's on the ice. Going from him to Manning is eye opening.
- PhillySportsGuy

Question: can you or anyone think of one other bad play he made? Since he was so bad last game as many have said. Besides the McDavid goal where he accelerated unimpeded from his own zone, which I'm sure someone like Bundy would've halted no problem, what exactly did he do that was bad? Even something little...

Nothing comes to my mind, but I can certainly recall a plethora of smart passes tape to tape, good pinches, a couple rippers from the point, and 1 great read where be busted through the NZ and Schenn slinged it over to him for a tapper that went just wide. I think this backs up your point.

Whatever you think of him, the fact that AMac replaced him on the PP is beyond laughable. He made just as many if not more mistakes than Medvedev last night but was rewarded for them. Medvedev is an easy non-English speaking, 33 yo, soon to be gone scapegoat.

I was thinking the same thing. But last night, my friend told me this:

After next season, we will need to give Ghost and one (if not both) goalies a new deal, as well as resigning MDZ if we want to. By then, the extensions to Couturier, Voracek, and (likely) Schenn will have kicked in. That extra $4.6M of cap space saved by the trade will be key at that point.
- jmatchett383

streit and schultz gone too. Read if we want to trade him can be gone

says a fan from a fan base that was calling for manning's death for hurting McDavid.
- nastyflyergirl

And robbing the NHL of the annointed one's talents.



bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!1

There were so many oddly muffed shots and passes last night by a number of different guys it was like it was April Fool's and someone had shaved 1/2" off everyone's stick length.

streit and schultz gone too. Read if we want to trade him can be gone
- Just5

Yes, we'll likely have some other departures as well. But it means we can use that extra space to bring in other players. Not to say Hartnell will be washed up, but we can likely get a younger/better version of Hartnell for the same amount.

never.....only interested in the Flyers
- vejim

Do you have interest in pickled and/or brined foods?

I was thinking the same thing. But last night, my friend told me this:

After next season, we will need to give Ghost and one (if not both) goalies a new deal, as well as resigning MDZ if we want to. By then, the extensions to Couturier, Voracek, and (likely) Schenn will have kicked in. That extra $4.6M of cap space saved by the trade will be key at that point.
- jmatchett383

absolutely. Obviously Columbus by far got the better player and my issue with the trade is I thought thety should have gotten more than a 4th rounder but all in all, having that money come off the cap is huge.

Yes, we'll likely have some other departures as well. But it means we can use that extra space to bring in other players. Not to say Hartnell will be washed up, but we can likely get a younger/better version of Hartnell for the same amount.
- jmatchett383

Would you buyout umberger this summer?

Personally I would. I'm not letting take up another roster spot for another year when there are others ready to push those roles

Someone upthread suggesting that was Hexy, because he wasn't GM until May and the trade and signing happened before that.
- bodiva88

Trading a top-60 pick two top-90 picks for a vet doesn't really seem very Hexy, ya know?

edit: (frank) me

Do you have interest in pickled and/or brined foods?
- Streit2ThePoint

where are we going with this?

Would you buyout umberger this summer?

Personally I would. I'm not letting take up another roster spot for another year when there are others ready to push those roles
- Just5

I would not. The others you speak of are likely on contracts of less than $1M, so let him stay in the suite all season and be done with him 100% next summer.

I thought I read that somewhere. If not. I'd be all over him for a 2 yr deal
- Just5

I suspect he'll stay in NY to hang w/ Marc, and eventually Jordan will find his way over there too.