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Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Jun 23 @ 11:18 PM ET
Meh. Doesn't bother me

The kid is gonna need a few years, and they have the roster depth to give it to him

At some point, you trust the scouts who bring you the Gagnes and Girouxs and Ghosts of the world, or you don't

- AllInForFlyers

Tolvanen
Kostin(especially because MJL would despise him)
johndewar
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: South Jersey, NJ
Joined: 01.16.2009

Jun 23 @ 11:18 PM ET
Mother (frank)er
- KINGKENZO


that scene where they went back over an old crime scene and every word was "(frank)" was genius on so many levels.
Mordecai
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: not very poggers
Joined: 08.27.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:19 PM ET
Patrick


Frost...what a reach

- Nucker101

I didn't know much about him until tonight. He'll have plenty of time to develop but I'm curious what your thoughts are Nucker
YuenglingJagr
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: under the bridge
Joined: 10.05.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:19 PM ET
With blues fleecing pens they essentially got schenn for Reaves and a late first in 2018 or 2019
- Tfaehner

They also gave a pick to the pens and lehtera but yeah they did well
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Jun 23 @ 11:19 PM ET
I'm a big fan of Frost personally. I may have taken a couple others but Frost was pretty right up there for me to the point where I could dig it. It's the Lehtera thing that bothers me, not Frost. I think he will surprise people who didn't see him get all that hyped or post amazing numbers. Watched a lot of SSM on tape for Frost the last couple months, and I kept watching because I liked him so much specifically and his brand of hockey.
- Mononoke


#47 for me..was kinda meh on him. Felt like he didn't have a high ceiling.

Lehtera and Filppula on the team...feels redundant


Was 100% on board with trading Schenn, but not like this
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:20 PM ET
I love that the Flyers get their guys. They have targets, guys they believe in, and go get them. Don't worry about consensus or who is falling or rising or what looks good on draft day. They get their boys, boys.
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jun 23 @ 11:20 PM ET
I'm a big fan of Frost personally. I may have taken a couple others but Frost was pretty right up there for me to the point where I could dig it without much convincing once the shock wore off. It's the Lehtera thing that bothers me, not Frost. I think he will surprise people who didn't see him get all that hyped or post amazing numbers. Watched a lot of SSM on tape for Frost the last couple months, and I kept watching because I liked him so much specifically and his brand of hockey.

Go worry about passing up Glass brah.

- Mononoke


Mordecai
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: not very poggers
Joined: 08.27.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:20 PM ET
#47 for me..was kinda meh on him. Felt like he didn't have a high ceiling.

Lehtera and Filppula on the team...feels redundant


Was 100% on board with trading Schenn, but not like this

- Nucker101

Fair enough. I think Hexy is banking on Patrick and Lindblom just a bit

I'm on board though. Ride or die for the bois
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:21 PM ET

- PhillySportsGuy


They took Pettersson tbf. Didn't pull a Red Wings or something. Nucker doesn't like him as much though, so it was just a slight dig.

FWIW I thought Vegas killed it taking Glass and Brannstrom, and to a lesser extent (I'm not as big a fan but he's fine) Suzuki. Really made good use of their picks tonight.
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jun 23 @ 11:21 PM ET
I love that the Flyers get their guys. They have targets, guys they believe in, and go get them. Don't worry about consensus or who is falling or rising or what looks good on draft day. They get their boys, boys.
- Mononoke


All that matters is that the pick they obtained for Rinaldo needs to be an all star
Mordecai
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: not very poggers
Joined: 08.27.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:22 PM ET
They took Pettersson tbf. Didn't pull a Red Wings or something. Nucker doesn't like him as much though. Had him 12. I had him 7.

FWIW I thought Vegas killed it taking Glass and Brannstrom, and to a lesser extent (I'm not as big a fan but he's fine) Suzuki.

- Mononoke

Vegas had a great draft. Maybe made up for their weird expansion draft
Tfaehner
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.25.2012

Jun 23 @ 11:22 PM ET
They also gave a pick to the pens and lehtera but yeah they did well
- YuenglingJagr



I think our trade was a win win. Lehtera is meh but whatever. They fleeced penguins. Overall blues got the guy they wanted in the 1st got rid of bum Reaves and got a solid player in schenn. Armstrong did well. Flyers did well. By end of weekend we could be feeling really good.
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:22 PM ET
All that matters is that the pick they obtained for Rinaldo needs to be an all star
- PhillySportsGuy


HoF or bust
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jun 23 @ 11:23 PM ET
They took Pettersson tbf. Didn't pull a Red Wings or something. Nucker doesn't like him as much though, so it was just a slight dig.

FWIW I thought Vegas killed it taking Glass and Brannstrom, and to a lesser extent (I'm not as big a fan but he's fine) Suzuki. Really made good use of their picks tonight.

- Mononoke


Vegas definitely did well. They're going to be so bad next year though. It's pretty clear they had no intention of being competitive and just wanted to build from the ground up. That's probably their best path to contention, but risky for a new franchise.
nastyflyergirl
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: this space for rent, PA
Joined: 09.19.2006

Jun 23 @ 11:24 PM ET
I think we also need tomorrow to play out before we fully judge anything.

I'm not cool with the goaltending situation, for example.

- johndewar


Definitely need to address that for the short term.
johndewar
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: South Jersey, NJ
Joined: 01.16.2009

Jun 23 @ 11:25 PM ET
Vegas had a great draft. Maybe made up for their weird expansion draft
- Mordecai


I think the weird ED set them up for today's draft.

I thought they did well. They'll be better equipped than, say, Atlanta was a few years down the road.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Jun 23 @ 11:25 PM ET

- PhillySportsGuy


No idea what he's referring to
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
This Flip/Lehtera situation bothers me though. There has to be some solution coming tomorrow even or in the next couple weeks.

We need a goalie badly still, and that's a lot of cap space on an expiring contract and a 2 year deal for bottom 6 players. We can cover it, but it makes things needlessly tight. OMG what if we traded MacDonald and just used 4 ELC d-men. I'll take $10 mil on two crap Finns for that.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
Fair enough. I think Hexy is banking on Patrick and Lindblom just a bit

I'm on board though. Ride or die for the bois

- Mordecai

Still 100% on board with Hexy
johndewar
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: South Jersey, NJ
Joined: 01.16.2009

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
HoF or bust
- Mononoke


Whoever the Flyers draft with that pick should just be put into the Flyers HOF just because.
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
No idea what he's referring to
- Nucker101


Our secret boo
AllInForFlyers
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Call Me Sweetcheeks
Joined: 03.18.2013

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
All that matters is that the pick they obtained for Rinaldo needs to be an all star
- PhillySportsGuy


LOL

Hard to do a HoFer at 80, but I hope they take the single-most skilled human alive that is draft eligible, even if he's 150 pounds soaking wet, and just say "Yeah. We're just gonna wait on this kid. Just gonna wait and see what happens. Nothing to see here"
johndewar
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: South Jersey, NJ
Joined: 01.16.2009

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
No idea what he's referring to
- Nucker101


I think it was the Glass burn?
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Jun 23 @ 11:26 PM ET
They took Pettersson tbf. Didn't pull a Red Wings or something. Nucker doesn't like him as much though, so it was just a slight dig.

FWIW I thought Vegas killed it taking Glass and Brannstrom, and to a lesser extent (I'm not as big a fan but he's fine) Suzuki. Really made good use of their picks tonight.

- Mononoke


I had Glass ranked 3rd
Suzuki 6th
Brannstrom 12th


Amazing haul(a)
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jun 23 @ 11:27 PM ET
I had Glass ranked 3rd
Suzuki 6th
Brannstrom 12th


Amazing haul

- Nucker101


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