Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Flyers Schedule, Camp Opens, Foster Signed

this is very exciting

Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Flyers Schedule, Camp Opens, Foster Signed
- bmeltzer

now will read the post

Modry, Foster and Walker walk into a bar...

Good signing

- Jsaquella

Actually not bad

- Jsaquella

Thanks for sharing that dude. That was cool.

Thanks for sharing that dude. That was cool.
- vancity787

If only the NHL was as good at avoiding lockouts as it is at making great commercials we'd b all set

Anybody think Laughton might crack the team in a 4th line center role?

Anybody think Laughton might crack the team in a 4th line center role?
- LordStanley88

I think he could, but a lot of the CHL guys I follow & interact with feel he's not ready. I'd rather get a stopgap, like Jesse Winchester, than burn a year off Laughton's ELC

No Flyers hockey to boom, boom, boom, every other night hockey.

Hope it isn't too much for my system all at once like that after months of withdrawal...

http://nbcprohockeytalk.f...rms_final-jan-12-2013.pdf

Link to the Memorandum Of Understanding that ended lockout...25 pages of light reading

I think he could, but a lot of the CHL guys I follow & interact with feel he's not ready. I'd rather get a stopgap, like Jesse Winchester, than burn a year off Laughton's ELC
- Jsaquella

How bout Dominic Moore, good face off guy I think 55% last year and a good PK guy.

How bout Dominic Moore, good face off guy I think 55% last year and a good PK guy.
- Pat MaGroin

His wife passed away this week, not sure how ready to play he would be...but he;s a guy I've coveted for awhile

His wife passed away this week, not sure how ready to play he would be...but he;s a guy I've coveted for awhile
- Jsaquella

Wow, that's terrible, I remember how his wife was ill, didn't know she passed away, prayers with him.

Some interesting tidbits from new CBA

1. Tagging space: Temas will get to exceed current season's cap by 10% from March 1st on in terms of tagging space. Tagging space is basically in place to keep teams from spending over the current year's cap in cap commitments for the next season. This should help facilitate deadline trades.

2. No changes to LTIR or over 35 rule

3. Amnesty buyouts can be conducted either in summer of 2013 or summer of 2014

4. Bonus cushion is active in every year of the deal, including the final year.

5. Teams can exceed cap with emergency call ups, so long as the emergency call ups salary is no more than $100K per year over the NHL's minimum salary

6. Re-entry waivers are eliminated and cap hits of players in AHL will count against cap(at ratio mentioned later)...i.e. Matt Walker, who will likely be on LTIR, would count as $800k against Flyers cap if he was a Phantom

7. UFAs will get a week to talk to other teams before free agency starts on July 1st. This will likely end the trading for "rights"

8. Teams can trade cap space/salary at a limited rate under the new CBA

Wow, that's terrible, I remember how his wife was ill, didn't know she passed away, prayers with him.
- Pat MaGroin

She was diagnosed with cancer last season, or perhaps even before. Big part of the reason he wasn't signed yet is because of her health

http://nbcprohockeytalk.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/nhl_nhlpa-proposed-cba-summary-of-terms_final-jan-12-2013.pdf

Link to the Memorandum Of Understanding that ended lockout...25 pages of light reading
- Jsaquella

Has anyone figured out if we trade a player w/ a 1m cap hit and salary and are willing to pay 1/2 or 500k it's pretty easy math but how do we trade a player w/ a 6m cap hit with a 2m salary or a 2m cap hit w/ a 6m salary...is it prorata or dollar for dollar....that might be a way we can get a high priced defense man.....the team picks up 1/2 salary and cap hit...and we can always buy out if a bust.

Has anyone figured out if we trade a player w/ a 1m cap hit and salary and are willing to pay 1/2 or 500k it's pretty easy math but how do we trade a player w/ a 6m cap hit with a 2m salary or a 2m cap hit w/ a 6m salary...is it prorata or dollar for dollar....that might be a way we can get a high priced defense man.....the team picks up 1/2 salary and cap hit...and we can always buy out if a bust.
- huks99

It's a percentage, that tops out at 15% of the cap or half of the AAV of the contract.

Other stuff:

1, Suspensions can be appealed to commissioner, suspension over 6 games can be appealed to an independent arbitrator

2. Much more stringent attention to PED testing and far more scrutiny to prescription drugs. Teams will have to designate somebody to monitor all player precriptions

3. Players can report poor ice conditions thru a NHL maintained app that will help keep good ice surfaces at all NHL arenas

4 ENtry draft-all non playoff teams will be involved in a weighted lottery and all have a shot at picking number one. previously teams could neither rise, or fall, more than 4 slots.

5. Waivers is now 24 hours, regardless of what day. Previously, players waived on Saturday would be on for 48.

It's a percentage, that tops out at 15% of the cap or half of the AAV of the contract.
- Jsaquella

Would we want kaberle at 1/2 of 4.25m or foster at ?

Would we want kaberle at 1/2 of 4.25m or foster at ?
- huks99

I think I'd take Kaberle at the full hit right now, so long as the Habs took two out of Walker, Shelley and Lilja off our hands.

I think I'd take Kaberle at the full hit right now, so long as the Habs took two out of Walker, Shelley and Lilja off our hands.
- Jsaquella

We have the room...Montreal might try to rid themselves of kaberle and we pay 2.125 for 2 years...or buy out....I think a deal like that is out there for the flyers.....we have deep pockets and really can't buy out pronger ...save one buyout for bryz just in case and then who briere.....he has a high cap hit with low salary...very tradable.....walker, Shelly and Lila all done this year.....we can take on 1/2 of salary of a dman and buyout if needed.

We have the room...Montreal might try to rid themselves of kaberle and we pay 2.125 for 2 years...or buy out....I think a deal like that is out there for the flyers.....we have deep pockets and really can't buy out pronger ...save one buyout for bryz just in case and then who briere.....he has a high cap hit with low salary...very tradable.....walker, Shelly and Lila all done this year.....we can take on 1/2 of salary of a dman and buyout if needed.
- huks99

Very true. They have a ton of options.

Looks like nothing going down tonight, but tomorrow could be a fun day

Very true. They have a ton of options.

Looks like nothing going down tonight, but tomorrow could be a fun day
- Jsaquella

Is it correct that we can't buy out Pronger as an injured player?