Better than this guy...




- Number23

It was against Buffalo, probs RippedFuel made the trip down.

Are Flyers Done Wheeling And Dealing?
Rumors Have Flyers Trying To Get Steven Stamkos
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- richards18!!

Other rumors have Tampa shopping Lecavalier.

Hell, Rob... Rob, hell.
- flyguy12

FWIW, that was sent to me the nght of that game by my team's goalie. He called it the guy's "Cuato arm".

Other rumors have Tampa shopping Lecavalier.
- Number23

they've been shopping Vinny for years now, that's not news!

Well LA is a party town so Richards should be happy

Are Flyers Done Wheeling And Dealing?
Rumors Have Flyers Trying To Get Steven Stamkos

PHILADELPHIA - The Flyers may not be done making deals.

Rumors are out there that the team is trying to pull off another blockbuster deal with Tampa Bay involving premier goal-scorer Steven Stamkos before Friday night's draft.

The Daily News' headline Friday was "Broad Street Bombshell."

The paper's executive sports editor, Josh Barnett joked on "Good Day" early Friday morning, "Boy, just another slow day in Philadelphia sports, huh?"

Asked about the deals, Barnett said, "Well, I think the biggest thing to me is that this is really just a reflection that the management was clearly even more unhappy than we thought with the fact that a team that spent 54 days in first place in the Eastern Conference got bounced in the second round … even losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champions."

He added, "I think you're looking at this is a really a complete shift in changing the face of the franchise. Richards and Carter combined had 20 years left on their contracts, which is a pretty incredible number for any business, let alone professional sports. Obviously these are trades that help this team get younger and bigger. They get stronger on the wings. They obviously had a lot of depth up the middle. And … the one question that you could say about them over the years is that there really just hasn't been any stability in the goaltending situation. And now, with a nine-year, $51 million deal, they obviously have some stability in goal. Now it's just a question of the players they put around the goaltender."

Fox 29's John Anderson said he was asked on Twitter how many games he thinks Sergei Bobrovsky will play. Anderson said his simple answer was, "I don't think many."

Barnett said they're going to have to make a decision on what to do with "Bob," and that could be sending him to Adirondack, if he stays with the team.

"They are still high on him, but you have to figure what are you going to get out of him and how much better he can get if he only plays, you know, 15 to 18 games in a starting situation," the Daily News sports editor said.

The online rumors are that the Flyers might package their highest pick in Friday night's draft with one of the players they acquired to get Stamkos.

What does Barnett say? "I think there's a possibility that something more will happen."

"One of the things that has come through these deals is that the Flyers still have some flexibility in salary cap," he said. "They'll have about $7.5 million left to work with, and I don't think (general manager) Paul Holmgren's done here. It's just really going to be a question of what they do with it."

We'll see if general manager Steve Yzerman makes that deal.

Stamkos is said to be seeking a seven-year contract.

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette, during an interview Friday morning on "Good Day," was skeptical.

"Yeah, I find it hard to believe that Steven Stamkos is going to be playing anywhere except in Tampa Bay next year," Laviolette said.

Barnett said the Flyers re-signing Ville Leino becomes priority No. 1 as free agency gets ready to start next week.

http://www.myfoxphilly.co...ven_Stamkos_Rumors_062411
- richards18!!

The article lost me there. That would be worse than trading him because he would be grabbed so fast on waivers. We would get nothing in return. At the very least Bob could bring us a draft pick(s)

Other rumors have Tampa shopping Lecavalier.
- Number23

stamkos is going no where

tampa might as well just fold if they let him go

stamkos is going no where

tampa might as well just fold if they let him go
- 2Real

Very true. If we did get him I think I would need a minute to recover from shock

Other rumors have Tampa shopping Lecavalier.
- Number23

nobody in their right mind would trade for that contract. Yes Vinny can be great but he is so injury prone and is signed until 2020 at a 7.7 cap hit.

Id rather have Stamkos for that hit considering he is much younger and a pure goal scorer.

Very true. If we did get him I think I would need a minute to recover from shock
- bigmookalookie

Everyone would.
I will poop my pants if we somehow get him. Hell i'd poop my pants if we got Brad Richards.

Very true. If we did get him I think I would need a minute to recover from shock
- bigmookalookie

[sarcasm]

Well, Yzerman does owe Holmgren a favor after the Gagne deal last year.

[/sarcasm]

nobody in their right mind would trade for that contract. Yes Vinny can be great but he is so injury prone and is signed until 2020 at a 7.7 cap hit.

Id rather have Stamkos for that hit considering he is much younger and a pure goal scorer.
- tjp2033

Montreal might, but only if Gomez suddenly turned up missing.

[sarcasm]

Well, Yzerman does owe Holmgren a favor after the Gagne deal last year.


- Number23[/sarcasm]

well you can bet that if the Flyers offer sheet Stamkos, Yzerman will never want to deal with Philly again.

Everyone would.
I will poop my pants if we somehow get him. Hell i'd poop my pants if we got Brad Richards.
- FLYERSROCK!

hell im gonna poop my pants just talking about it

well you can bet that if the Flyers offer sheet Stamkos, Yzerman will never want to deal with Philly again.
- tjp2033

I doubt that's a concern, as we don't have the picks to offer sheet him.

Anyone think there's a chance Landeskog moves up to #1 pick tonight over Nugent-Hopkins?

What? That dude's great shorthanded!


- Number23

Would you say he can't write long hand ?

Would you say he can't write long hand ?
- ob18

Of course not... he's right-handed, you prejudiced bastard.

Anyone think there's a chance Landeskog moves up to #1 pick tonight over Nugent-Hopkins?
- Marc D

Not from the bits and pieces I've read... unless EDM moves down, they're supposedly set on him.

Would you say he can't write long hand ?
- ob18

It's a bit beyond his grasp.

I doubt that's a concern, as we don't have the picks to offer sheet him.
- BulliesPhan87

we have all of our 1st round picks after this year I believe so we would have the picks to offer sheet him. I could be mistaken though.

Anyone think there's a chance Landeskog moves up to #1 pick tonight over Nugent-Hopkins?
- Marc D

No, but I think there's a chance Edmonton trades down a few spots, lets someone else draft RNH and then Oilers take Larsson or Hamilton depending on which spot they move down.

It's a bit beyond his grasp.
- BulliesPhan87

now you're just grasping at straws.

No, but I think there's a chance Edmonton trades down a few spots, lets someone else draft RNH and then Oilers take Larsson or Hamilton depending on which spot they move down.
- bmeltzer

you think Edmonton could take Larsson first overall? Maybe they get nervous the Flyers move up and take him, or would they be happy with Hamilton and not worry about it?

No, but I think there's a chance Edmonton trades down a few spots, lets someone else draft RNH and then Oilers take Larsson or Hamilton depending on which spot they move down.
- bmeltzer

You think that RNH's smaller size has them worried?