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Bill any chance lyon is the backup goalie next year?

Bill any chance lyon is the backup goalie next year?
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I think they'll re-sign Elliott or go one year on another vet. While they are comfortable with Lyon as the Phantoms starter and No. 3 on the depth chart, I've never gotten the sense they are comfortable with him as the No. 2 option.

I'd love to be wrong. Alex is a great guy, a good goalie and one of the best interviews anywhere: funny, insightful and never given to cliches.

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I think they'll re-sign Elliott or go one year on another vet. While they are comfortable with Lyon as the Phantoms starter and No. 3 on the depth chart, I've never gotten the sense they are comfortable with him as the No. 2 option.

I'd love to be wrong. Alex is a great guy, a good goalie and one of the best interviews anywhere: funny, insightful and never given to cliches.
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Well he has made a nice living being in the AHL that is for sure. Still young where he will get paid hundreds of thousands. Not bad work. Seems like a guy they keep around after his playing days.

would they resign Elliot for 2 years or will lyon meet the expansion draft criteria?

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Bill,

Might want to fix this typo:

Oddly enough when Keenan later...

Well he has made a nice living being in the AHL that is for sure. Still young where he will get paid hundreds of thousands. Not bad work. Seems like a guy they keep around after his playing days.

would they resign Elliot for 2 years or will lyon meet the expansion draft criteria?
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Lyon is a UFA now. If they sign Elliott or any other backup, Lyon walks IMO. At 27 his best shot at a backup job is now. I don’t think he resigns with the Flyers to continue as #3

I was like I don't remember Keenan coaching Carolina...

Well he has made a nice living being in the AHL that is for sure. Still young where he will get paid hundreds of thousands. Not bad work. Seems like a guy they keep around after his playing days.

would they resign Elliot for 2 years or will lyon meet the expansion draft criteria?
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So is it the same expansion rules at Vegas? Well, they are NOT exposing Hart! That would mean whoever they sign would be at least a 2 year contract, right?

I’m not sure about a two-year Elliott deal. I would love for Lyon to have a chance. Whoever it is will be exposed in the Seattle expansion.

Bill,

Might want to fix this typo:

Oddly enough when Keenan later...
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Fixed. Thanks.

Lyon is a UFA now. If they sign Elliott or any other backup, Lyon walks IMO. At 27 his best shot at a backup job is now. I don’t think he resigns with the Flyers to continue as #3
- Djapana

depends if gets a 1 way 800k contract he may as dont see any team giving him a nhl job

So is it the same expansion rules at Vegas? Well, they are NOT exposing Hart! That would mean whoever they sign would be at least a 2 year contract, right?

I’m not sure about a two-year Elliott deal. I would love for Lyon to have a chance. Whoever it is will be exposed in the Seattle expansion.
- NC Flyers Fan

Same expansion rules. The goalie rule, as I understand it, is that goalie that gets exposed to the draft must be under contract for 2021-22 or an RFA who has been tendered a qualifying offer. Since Felix Sandstrom technically burned his first ELC season of it while on loan to HV71 in 2018-19 and will be an RFA after the 2020-21 season, I believe that tendering him a qualifying offer would make him Expansion Draft eligible. I will double-check on this to be sure, though.

So is it the same expansion rules at Vegas? Well, they are NOT exposing Hart! That would mean whoever they sign would be at least a 2 year contract, right?

I’m not sure about a two-year Elliott deal. I would love for Lyon to have a chance. Whoever it is will be exposed in the Seattle expansion.
- NC Flyers Fan

correct it will have to be a 2 year deal for someone I am thinking.

Lyon is a UFA now. If they sign Elliott or any other backup, Lyon walks IMO. At 27 his best shot at a backup job is now. I don’t think he resigns with the Flyers to continue as #3
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It depends. He was on a one-way contract this past season, so he got $700,000 to mostly play in the AHL, which is a great salary for that league. If some NHL team offers him a two-way contract with a vague promise at an opportunity to compete for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart, the wider financial move is to take another one-way if that's in the offing, even if it means being No. 3.

It depends. He was on a one-way contract this past season, so he got $700,000 to mostly play in the AHL, which is a great salary for that league. If some NHL team offers him a two-way contract with a vague promise at an opportunity to compete for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart, the wider financial move is to take another one-way if that's in the offing, even if it means being No. 3.
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That’s an important consideration especially since it looks like a buyer’s market.

I’ve got to look again but it looked like there would be many goalies looking for a home this offseason.

Lyon is a UFA now. If they sign Elliott or any other backup, Lyon walks IMO. At 27 his best shot at a backup job is now. I don’t think he resigns with the Flyers to continue as #3
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I don't know about that. There are a lot of available goalies and no team is likely going to sign him outright to be their backup. He's been receiving a top AHL salary to play in the Flyers organization. If they offer him a similar deal, he'll jump at it.

Lavi is going to love Tom Wilson.

Lavi is going to love Tom Wilson.
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wilson will give him some nice jam

Ari/la over 10.5 runs tonight. Lock of the night

Ari/la over 10.5 runs tonight. Lock of the night
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7 -0 bottom 3rd. Hope you boys jumped on board

7 -0 bottom 3rd. Hope you boys jumped on board
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8-6 bottom 5th. That’s another winner boys.
2-1-1 so far. Hope the smart pants aren’t betting against the swami

Ari/la over 10.5 runs tonight. Lock of the night
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How’d that Bills Jets lock go?

How’d that Bills Jets lock go?
- ClaudeFather

I usually have to pay to get (frank)ed like this.

8-6 bottom 5th. That’s another winner boys.
2-1-1 so far. Hope the smart pants aren’t betting against the swami
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good job. I see you read the NY post.......

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