I'm not sure Danny is the one you have to convince... Torts is sitting in DB's office right now hanging up on every single call related to Laughts, Risto and Poehls.
- Tomahawk

Corporate non accountability hierarchy in the hockey department brought to you by Insurance Executive Hilf.

If Briere screws this up, all the patience and good will for him and Jones dies. The target goes right on his back.
- psuhockey

Agreed….his first trade of Provorov and the subsequent fallout of the Sean Walker trade was a win. Re-upping TK for 8 years while moving off Farabee who was younger with a much smaller cap hit in years and money was a head scratcher. If he fails to move off Laughton, despite the talk of clearing space to big-game hunting, it really begs the question of what he’s doing.

The problem is there are no real media out there that will ask tough questions.

I would ask

"Danny, What you tell the fans who think you have no plan. They see your not bad enough for a top 5 pick to try and get an impact player at the top of the draft and your not good enough to be a cup contender" "Your a major market team that is sitting in purgatory with not real way out"
- J35Bacher

Very simple ask. Instead you have nutless monkeys like Kevin Kurz saying aloud on twitter that he understands why it is scary to trade away The Room.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS.....The only team whose motto is "Trades are Hard"


They are only hard when you don't have the stones to do them

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- StepfordSam

Like a good neighbor, purgatory is ours

Agreed….his first trade of Provorov and the subsequent fallout of the Sean Walker trade was a win. Re-upping TK for 8 years while moving off Farabee who was younger with a much smaller cap hit in years and money was a head scratcher. If he fails to move off Laughton, despite the talk of clearing space to big-game hunting, it really begs the question of what he’s doing.
- Sublime55

Comparing TK to Farabee is a very bad comparison.

Comparing TK to Farabee is a very bad comparison.
- Striiker

signing tk instead of trading him was a bad move

The problem is there are no real media out there that will ask tough questions.

I would ask

"Danny, What you tell the fans who think you have no plan. They see your not bad enough for a top 5 pick to try and get an impact player at the top of the draft and your not good enough to be a cup contender" "Your a major market team that is sitting in purgatory with not real way out"
- J35Bacher

He's been asked that before... he just replies with culture word salad and pie in the sky.

Comparing TK to Farabee is a very bad comparison.
- Striiker

I will give Farabee his due. That goal he scored last night was a beaut.

Comparing TK to Farabee is a very bad comparison.
- Striiker

Why? From a pure cap perspective and stated goals to get big names, it’d make more sense to keep a younger guy with a lower term than lock yourself in with TK for almost a decade at 8M.

He's been asked that before... he just replies with culture word salad and pie in the sky.
- Tomahawk

Word salad for sure... it's like playing buzzword bingo when he and the other two speak. At least the Wharton certificate is paying off for some things.

signing tk instead of trading him was a bad move
- corduroy

It was no question about it.

Why? From a pure cap perspective and stated goals to get big names, it’d make more sense to keep a younger guy with a lower term than lock yourself with TK for almost a decade at 8M.
- Sublime55

Farabee is not worth his cap hit. TK for the most part is in line.

It was a mistake to bring TK back. It was the easy thing to do.

Yup, just to echo others... Flyers GMs are the symptom. Comcast ownership is the disease.

Doesn’t matter who the GM is when they all have the same crap mindset.

Dreger reporting Stars and Rantanen did not come to an agreement on a contract. Wow. No issue for with Rantanen waiting till the summer to get more potential suitors with an increasing cap. Stars apparently willing to go to 12 million/yr but not enough.

signing tk instead of trading him was a bad move
- corduroy

That was the final straw for me truly caring about the Flyers. Not a knock against TK at all but 100% the wrong move for the franchise in its current state and everyone knows it but the people in charge.

If I was still in on the Flyers at all the Calgary trade would have broke my brain. Full stop. All I can do is laugh at this point.

Yup, just to echo others... Flyers GMs are the symptom. Comcast ownership is the disease.

Doesn’t matter who the GM is when they all have the same crap mindset.
- hereticpride

I’m getting the 2023 Trade Deadline vibe again. I hope DB is not using Chuck’s trade app

Not trading Laughton would be so unbelievably stupid and put the target squarely on Briere I really can’t see it not happening. It is 10 times worse than the JVR nonsense.
- psuhockey

Lmao. Open eyes wider. He’s not making any moves. None. Zilch. Nada.

Dreger reporting Stars and Rantanen did not come to an agreement on a contract. Wow. No issue for with Rantanen waiting till the summer to get more potential suitors with an increasing cap. Stars apparently willing to go to 12 million/yr but not enough.
- Trox88

I would be calling and saying, I got a Konecny and he is already singed long term.

I would be calling and saying, I got a Konecny and he is already singed long term.
- J35Bacher

I wonder what TK's though process is right now. He got the bag. Would he even want to be moved?

If he has half a brain he has to see there is no cup contention coming anytime soon for the Flyers. Does he even care about that?

I wonder what TK's though process is right now. He got the bag. Would he even want to be moved?

If he has half a brain he has to see there is no cup contention coming anytime soon for the Flyers. Does he even care about that?
- Striiker

Right now he has no trade protections so I really don't care. I would move him and not think twice

Right now he has no trade protections so I really don't care. I would move him and not think twice
- J35Bacher

There is no chance the Flyers would that to a franchise icon. IMO they gave him their word he will not be dealt.

I wonder what TK's though process is right now. He got the bag. Would he even want to be moved? Hell even vets in pro sports don’t care anymore. Aaron Rodgers might be signing with Giants. It’s all about money now.

If he has half a brain he has to see there is no cup contention coming anytime soon for the Flyers. Does he even care about that?
- Striiker

He doesn’t care. He knew that when he milked that contract out of them. Young players just wanna get paid these days.

Should’ve took a cue from Giroux and Simmonds how much playing for a poop franchise sucks your soul. Watching those guys in later interviews in their Flyers career is painful.

The problem is there are no real media out there that will ask tough questions.

I would ask

"Danny, What you tell the fans who think you have no plan. They see your not bad enough for a top 5 pick to try and get an impact player at the top of the draft and your not good enough to be a cup contender" "Your a major market team that is sitting in purgatory with not real way out"
- J35Bacher

You’d be thrown out of room before you even finish that question

Weekes reporting Sabres and Sens working on a trade involving Dylan Cozens. I guess trades involving players with plenty of term left on a contract can happen at the deadline.