People were right...they did give up a first rounder
- YuenglingJagr

But they got one back so net-net they made out like bandits.

Like taking candy from a baby.

375 days ago the Flyers had Pronger and Vinny signed for 3 more years. Anything is possible with the Coyotes in the league
- PhillySportsGuy

Yeah it's kind of a joke IMO and it a shady misuse of the current collective bargaining agreement/cap. Reason number 2344 that non hockey fans don't' take this league seriously.

375 days ago the Flyers had Pronger and Vinny signed for 3 more years. Anything is possible with the Coyotes in the league
- PhillySportsGuy

They are the New Jersey of the NHL that's for sure.

This is not to slog Brind'Amour, who I think is awesome, but he wasn't even the best player on his own team most years, let alone a guy you think of as at the top of the NHL, in terms of league-wide stature during his era. He was one of the best two way players of his era, but I don't think that warrants a HoF nod.
- johndewar

Yeah, I love Rod. He was a great Captain, but is he a Hall of Famer? Ehhhh....

He'll probably get some votes because Francis is on the selection committee, (2 Selkes, a Stanley Cup and World Championship Gold help too) but I don't think he belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Forsberg 6years @ 36 million .


Is that a comparable for Schenn?

Forsberg 6years @ 36 million .


Is that a comparable for Schenn?
- J35Bacher

I hope not

I hope not
- PhillySportsGuy

Trayden Schenn?

Forsberg 6years @ 36 million .


Is that a comparable for Schenn?
- J35Bacher

No. Ugh god please no...

At 6 million

hope the flyers qualify mathers
- rinaldo

Someone needs to sit in the ECHL press box.

I don't think that's correct. He wasn't drafted out of the CHL, so he is eligible to play in the AHL before he turns 20, whether or not he plays in the CHL after being drafted.

http://www.stanleycupofch...-agreement-CBA-talks-2012



http://www.eliteprospects...om/player.php?player=8605
- Feanor

Interesting.

I don't like that excuse/reason. There were injuries. Projecting numbers if there weren't injuries smells like rationalization because one "likes" the player and wants to see him in.*

*This is general commentary, not Mogilny specific.
- Scoob

I actually didn't like him for the better part of his career, and hated him as a Devil. But if Cam Neely and Pavel Bure can get in, then there's no reason that Erick Lindros and Alexander Mogilny shouldn't.

I was just using his injuries to say why he didn't achieve specific milestones, not as an excuse to his play.

18 other teams passed on Bellows...If he was so prolific then why was he still around? yes he's a good prospect, but its not like they passed on the next Brett Hull...several reporters in Philly seemed to fall in love with the guy. Why? because a Flyer scout said "all he does is score goals"...obviously 18 other GMS seemed to think there were better options.
My vote is Lindros deserves the HOF....forget the off ice stuff. On the ice performance... the guy deserves to go in.

No. Ugh god please no...

At 6 million
- MikesPillBottle

Unfortunately that's the high-end going rate for a top 6 forward scoring 20-30 G and 50-60 points going into restricted free agency. I'd love to snag Schenn for 3 years at 4.5M per but I don't think that's going to happen. It'll likely be in the 5.25-5.75 range.

18 other teams passed on Bellows...If he was so prolific then why was he still around? yes he's a good prospect, but its not like they passed on the next Brett Hull...several reporters in Philly seemed to fall in love with the guy. Why? because a Flyer scout said "all he does is score goals"...obviously 18 other GMS seemed to think there were better options.
My vote is Lindros deserves the HOF....forget the off ice stuff. On the ice performance... the guy deserves to go in.
- landros 2

Character is part of the criteria for getting in.

Forsberg 6years @ 36 million .


Is that a comparable for Schenn?
- J35Bacher

He has more value to the Preds than Schenn has to us Imo. so I think this sets Schenn to max at $5.5 but I hope we can still get him lower. Forsberg was preds leading point scorer back to back years as a 21 year old.

Character is part of the criteria for getting in.
- PepinoPamplemousse

So is sportsmanship, yet the likes of Chris Pronger, Dino Ciccarelli, Scott Stevens, and Gordie Howe have all made it.

So is sportsmanship, yet the likes of Chris Pronger, Dino Ciccarelli, Scott Stevens, and Gordie Howe have all made it.
- jmatchett383

Nobody more was more gentlemanly on the ice than Chris Pronger.

Character is part of the criteria for getting in.
- PepinoPamplemousse

since when? must be new....If arrogance was a criteria the HOF would be half it's size.

Great player when he wasn't hurt... but the draft posturing, the holdouts, the drama, the parents... a lot ammo for the voting committee.

JR just has a big mouth, and that's the only reason keeping him out. I dunno how long it will take for 88 to get in.
- Tomahawk

Obviously all of that is a factor, but his character on the ice, which is what should count the most, was not an issue.

since when? must be new....If arrogance was a criteria the HOF would be half it's size.
- landros 2

Criteria for selecting a player according to the HHOF's website:

"Playing ability, sportsmanship, character and contributions to his or her team or teams and to the game of hockey in general."

Yeah it's kind of a joke IMO and it a shady misuse of the current collective bargaining agreement/cap. Reason number 2344 that non hockey fans don't' take this league seriously.
- Pixote Andolini

I don't see how. What's shady about trading two players under contract?

I actually didn't like him for the better part of his career, and hated him as a Devil. But if Cam Neely and Pavel Bure can get in, then there's no reason that Erick Lindros and Alexander Mogilny shouldn't.

I was just using his injuries to say why he didn't achieve specific milestones, not as an excuse to his play.
- jmatchett383

I know. It's done quite often. "If [insert player name here] wasn't injured he'd have scored 500 goals in his career and by virtue of those goals surely would've lead the [insert his team's name here] to multiple Cups. Therefore, he should be in.

puh, I say.

18 other teams passed on Bellows...If he was so prolific then why was he still around? yes he's a good prospect, but its not like they passed on the next Brett Hull...several reporters in Philly seemed to fall in love with the guy. Why? because a Flyer scout said "all he does is score goals"...obviously 18 other GMS seemed to think there were better options.
My vote is Lindros deserves the HOF....forget the off ice stuff. On the ice performance... the guy deserves to go in.
- landros 2

But Brett Hull was drafted in the 6th round and was a prolific goal scorer his draft year. For every Brett Hull there are hundreds of "Who?".

Character is part of the criteria for getting in.
- PepinoPamplemousse

Right, but I often wonder if it wasn't his parents who were being the richards and he simply didn't have the balls to stand up to them.

They are the New Jersey of the NHL that's for sure.



- Streit2ThePoint

I'm pretty sure New Jersey is the New Jersey of the NHL...again.