do you now think the Braun trade was an overpay?
- wcorvette

it was 100% an overpay

with what Tampa did, you would think the trade market will be expensive.

Flyers need to stay out unless it is a clear cut win for them
- wcorvette

with these prices someone might pay 2 2nds for raffl again TRADE HIS WORTHLESS ASS

The Isles gave up a 2nd round pick and a prospect for Andy Greene. Ridiculous.
- MJL

Seems pretty comparable to the Braun trade to me.

They lost a top 4 dman to a freak injury, and they need depth on D if they hope to win playoff rounds.

it was 100% an overpay
- 2Real

San Jose didn't need him at all. Their defense is great this year.

Seems pretty comparable to the Braun trade to me.

They lost a top 4 dman to a freak injury, and they need depth on D if they hope to win playoff rounds.
- Feanor

Greene is 37 years old.

Greene is 37 years old.
- MJL

They will only have him for a few months, so his age doesn't matter unless he's already fallen off a cliff. Which they presumably don't think he has after scouting him.

Agreed. And aside from giving up what I saw as an overpayment (at the time, at least) for Braun, I think all of his moves so far have been good both from a present and future standpoint.
- jmatchett383

Only EK know what the future will bring)

They will only have him for a few months, so his age doesn't matter unless he's already fallen off a cliff. Which they presumably don't think he has after scouting him.
- Feanor

His age does matter. So does only having him for a few months. Both make it not comparable to the Braun deal.

San Jose didn't need him at all. Their defense is great this year.
- Feanor

something something you never win with guys like EK
cough cough ghost cough cough

something something you never win with guys like EK
cough cough ghost cough cough
- 2Real

Well, he is out for the season now.

Seems pretty comparable to the Braun trade to me.

They lost a top 4 dman to a freak injury, and they need depth on D if they hope to win playoff rounds.
- Feanor

Do the Isles think they are contenders? If so, will they need more than this trade to make a run?

Well, he is out for the season now.
- MBFlyerfan

He is? Link?

Do the Isles think they are contenders? If so, will they need more than this trade to make a run?
- wcorvette

Ask James Tanner

Do the Isles think they are contenders? If so, will they need more than this trade to make a run?
- wcorvette

They are contenders to win playoff rounds, especially if they somehow manage to face the Flyers.

His age does matter. So does only having him for a few months. Both make it not comparable to the Braun deal.
- MJL

Braun is 33, and he cost the Flyers more than Greene cause they got him for a full season. They are both short term trades for veteran stay-at-home dmen.

Hainsey turned 36 a month after Pittsburgh gave up a 2nd round pick to get him from Carolina. Which is another comparable trade.

https://www.capfriendly.c...rades/players/ron-hainsey

He is? Link?
- jmatchett383

https://www.mercurynews.c...lsson-on-injured-reserve/

https://nhl.nbcsports.com...season-with-broken-thumb/

https://www.nhl.com/news/...ut-for-season/c-315098252

https://www.cbssports.com...age/1697789/erik-karlsson

https://www.mercurynews.c...lsson-on-injured-reserve/

https://nhl.nbcsports.com...season-with-broken-thumb/

https://www.nhl.com/news/...ut-for-season/c-315098252

https://www.cbssports.com...age/1697789/erik-karlsson
- MBFlyerfan

Oh, I thought you meant Ghost. My bad.

Braun is 33, and he cost the Flyers more than Greene cause they got him for a full season. They are both short term trades for veteran stay-at-home dmen.

Hainsey turned 36 a month after Pittsburgh gave up a 2nd round pick to get him from Carolina. Which is another comparable trade.

https://www.capfriendly.c...rades/players/ron-hainsey
- Feanor

Braun is a player that the Flyers traded for in the off season, not as a playoff rental. We don't know if the Flyers are going to keep Braun past this season. Still possible.

I agree that the Hainsey trade is a comparable but not the Braun deal. Completely different scenario.

looking at the Pens and the top end of their O line up, they have some $$ tied up and the team is aging, top 6 there are 3 players 27,28 and 28 and 3 in their 30's at 32,33 and 33. A big help that 2 of them are Sid and Malkin.

The Flyers are a little younger, less talented in the top 2 for sure but younger across the board. After that the Flyers are younger across the board on both D and O. Pitt has no 1st, 2nd or 7th next season.

with the way Sid plays I don't see his game dropping at all anytime soon. If the Pens don't win a few rounds I could see them trading Malkin to reload the team. When will these Fkrs go away, I marvel at how they find role players, they plug them in and they produce.

We have been through the Flyers rebuild, you can see players stepping forward, like a NAK, those bottom 6 complimenting the TK's, Provy's etc.

When do you think the Flyers will gel and will it correspond with a Pens drop? Please O please...

Braun is a player that the Flyers traded for in the off season, not as a playoff rental. We don't know if the Flyers are going to keep Braun past this season. Still possible.

I agree that the Hainsey trade is a comparable but not the Braun deal. Completely different scenario.
- MJL

When we first traded for Braun it was viewed as just one year plug to ease the young guys in. But after the years he’s had with us, I’d welcome bringing him back On a short term deal. Everyone joked he’d miss his old team Sharks but they are in rough shape this year lol. Now resigning Braun would only happen if some other factors occurred such as another dman being traded or what we decide to do in free agency

Braun is a player that the Flyers traded for in the off season, not as a playoff rental. We don't know if the Flyers are going to keep Braun past this season. Still possible.

I agree that the Hainsey trade is a comparable but not the Braun deal. Completely different scenario.
- MJL

Completely different and yet the price is pretty much the same.

When we first traded for Braun it was viewed as just one year plug to ease the young guys in. But after the years he’s had with us, I’d welcome bringing him back On a short term deal
- arichardson22

They may not have the cap space to do that. I think his roster spot will go to Friedman.

Completely different and yet the price is pretty much the same.
- Feanor

Yea, that's the point!

When we first traded for Braun it was viewed as just one year plug to ease the young guys in. But after the years he’s had with us, I’d welcome bringing him back On a short term deal. Everyone joked he’d miss his old team Sharks but they are in rough shape this year lol. Now resigning Braun would only happen if some other factors occurred such as another dman being traded or what we decide to do in free agency
- arichardson22

I'd definitely be somewhat open to bringing back Braun in a lesser role for lower money but don't know if he would do that. I don't really want him blocking a younger player including Haag.

They may not have the cap space to do that. I think his roster spot will go to Friedman.
- Feanor

raffle, Pitlick, braun and Ghost are their only real moves they can make. You could trade Nak. If you have Patrick and Lindblom coming back you will have to make moves.