Hudon, Teasdale and a 2nd for the Rat
- Symba.007

How could Philly turn down such an offer?

Paul Dipietro
- obie

Hudon, Teasdale and a 2nd for the Rat
- Symba.007

lol

- Streit2ThePoint

Stanley Cup champ!!

We'll even throw in Kevin Haller!

How could Philly turn down such an offer?
- obie

The Rat on the phone with Philly

Stanley Cup champ!!

We'll even throw in Kevin Haller!
- obie

Ratcliffe (my boy), Frost, and Farabee are my untouchables as far as Flyers prospects go, IMHO!!

It's hard to pick between a bunch of jerks and a real bunch of (frank)ing jerks.
- Pat1993

gotta go for a Carolina-St. Louis final because i think it would be funny to see Stanley Cup games draw fewer than 600 viewers on NBC

Ratcliffe (my boy), Frost, and Farabee are my untouchables as far as Flyers prospects go, IMHO!!
- Streit2ThePoint

All busts

All busts
- obie

you wish!

you wish!
- Streit2ThePoint

Farabee looks like a good pick. Did well his first college season.

Farabee looks like a good pick. Did well his first college season.
- BashCH

BUST!!

Teams normally don't trade prospects with upside just for fun.
- BashCH

of course not, but Habs already have a group a small forwards, why add another one if you can flip him for a good LD? I'm not saying giving him away for nothing, just filling holes elsewhere in the lineup.

of course not, but Habs already have a group a small forwards, why add another one if you can flip him for a good LD? I'm not saying giving him away for nothing, just filling holes elsewhere in the lineup.
- fidopro

He was talking about Ratcliffe, he's not small at all

He was talking about Ratcliffe, he's not small at all
- obie

oh, time for my coffee then

oh, time for my coffee then
- fidopro

Enjoy!

gotta go for a Carolina-St. Louis final because i think it would be funny to see Stanley Cup games draw fewer than 600 viewers on NBC
- DoubleDown

so i was talking to guy last night about NHL markets. if having a secondary market final is so bad for the league why put teams in these places? like we want to grow the game on one hand but then don't really want them to progress in the playoffs on the other.

of course not, but Habs already have a group a small forwards, why add another one if you can flip him for a good LD? I'm not saying giving him away for nothing, just filling holes elsewhere in the lineup.
- fidopro

I'd prefer trading Lehkonen, Byron, Drouin or Shaw for a good LD. Suzuki is a right shot, not many of those on the team plus he's got the tools to be a good PP guy. Trading prospects like that can always come back to haunt you (see Filip Forsberg, Ryan McDonaugh)...

so i was talking to guy last night about NHL markets. if having a secondary market final is so bad for the league why put teams in these places? like we want to grow the game on one hand but then don't really want them to progress in the playoffs on the other.
- Fountain-San

#NordiqueNation

so i was talking to guy last night about NHL markets. if having a secondary market final is so bad for the league why put teams in these places? like we want to grow the game on one hand but then don't really want them to progress in the playoffs on the other.
- Fountain-San

those secondary teams pay the same expansion fee so there's always going to be an appetite to find more markets. and if they're run properly yes they do grow the game and the league benefits from healthy franchises (revenue, local tv viewership...) but when it comes to national television, ratings drive the contract value for the league. so if your marquee event features 2 mid market teams with zero star power, those games will be a terrible draw even by US NHL standards.

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those secondary teams pay the same expansion fee so there's always going to be an appetite to find more markets. and if they're run properly yes they do grow the game and the league benefits from healthy franchises (revenue, local tv viewership...) but when it comes to national television, ratings drive the contract value for the league. so if your marquee event features 2 mid market teams with zero star power, those games will be a terrible draw even by US NHL standards.
- DoubleDown

if it was say STL and CAR what would the Canadian TV numbers look like?

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- dt99999

(frank) you

if it was say STL and CAR what would the Canadian TV numbers look like?
- Fountain-San

well i know of at least one schmuck in Saskatchewan who would be glued to his Zenith. but i would imagine they would also suck by Canadian standards.

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- dt99999

Nice, that round puts me back in the run.

Nice, that round puts me back in the run.
- BashCH

same