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I'm pretty sure a few other teams noticed a 6'7" defender with a mean street, hockey sense and the skating ability of a guy 7 inches shorter. He was probably on the board at that point for the same reason Seth Jones went 4th (teams are often looking for a lower risk, faster developing player and Homer was the GM with the most patience for a change). Trading down would have entailed some risk. I love the Hagg pick too. You never really know but we may just have gotten a hell of a lot of value with those picks. A shame really that Homer at least tried to do what everyone here has been screaming for him to do for so long (draft defenseman, show some patience) and he still gets ripped around here.

@OccamsRazor Thanks for the clip. I would not have known from what I just saw that he's 6'6". Very fluid skater by any standard. I also saw a lot of on the money passes as well a kid who thinks the game well with some good offensive instincts.

@OccamsRazor Thanks for the clip. I would not have known from what I just saw that he's 6'6". Very fluid skater by any standard. I also saw a lot of on the money passes as well a kid who thinks the game well with some good offensive instincts.

Homer said Mason was good enough to be one of two goaltenders and had a bright future. Doesn't sound like he's likely to sign a true #1 (To the extent that we have any idea what the Flyers will do). I like Emery.

There's a lot to talk about in that video: the crudeness of the production,with the girl's head popping up to announce the song, the beatnik drummer, the sea horses on the bassist arms, and the amazing talent of Joe Walsh. How many people, all time, could play guitar like that while belting it out into a microphone like that?

I just commented on the Philly.com site that there is plenty out there to suggest that the Flyers are not simply run by Holmgren, with Snider simply condoning the result. He would have been fired by now. It would be one great piece of investigative journalism to actually piece together a picture of how the team operates.

I think this one is on Ed. I also think Bryzgalov would have had another season to prove Ed's genius were it not for the Stalin comments. The moment he became both an underperforming player AND a public relations disaster, it became a lot easier for the camp that wanted to get rid of him to have their way. I have no proof of this but I think Ed gets directly involved in player personnel issues only on rare occasions. His role is more one of constantly reminding everyone that "the future is now, if you know what I mean" and the rest takes care of itself (and the picks get traded). My worry is that it gets worse as Ed gets older, more desperate to win, less astute and more convinced he has the answers. Al Davis is not out of the question.

According to my every trade ever made by the Flyers site, Flyers got a second and two 4th's. But the point remains that it wasn't a lot and the rest of the league failed to match or beat "not a lot". He might win the Vezina. But I guess most GM's still see him as a crap shoot. Is there anyone out there that thinks the coming changes in pads will impact how teams select goaltenders? Is a smallish goaltender like Bernier going to relatively less effective because of the likely rule changes?

Just for laughs, consider this: I understand goaltender pads may shrink in the NHL. Bernier is a smallish goaltender...will he be affected more than a guy like Mason?

Interesting situation here in that, unless I'm missing something important, Bernier was traded fairly cheap and the Flyers and every other team took a pass on paying marginally more. Of course, some of the armchair GM's might end up being right but the real GM's were willing to pay less for Bernier than Columbus was willing to pay for Bob.

Winter's comments are bizarre. He talks about how Bryzgalov wants to stay etc but also about how the Flyers don't know how to handle goaltenders and block too many shots instead of clearing lanes. Doesn't Winter get a percentage of Bryzgalov's wages? Maybe he's trying to provoke a buyout too.

Pursuing Bernier at all at this juncture is more Flyers dysfunction, assuming the rumors are true (and they may not be). If you are Homer, why do you bring in Mason, who is a bit of a head case, allow him to show some promise and then bring in Bernier to essentially compete for the same role as future #1? It doesn't sound healthy and it also doesn't sound like the Flyers to pay a big price to start the season with two young goaltenders.

Streit's value will never be higher.

I really doubt they'll trade the pick. Flyers do a great job with round one picks and given what I've heard lately and in the past, the Flyers are as likely to get the guy they want at 6 as they are at 11. I don't think they will trade up for Nurse and think it's entirely plausible he's there at 11.

From the Inquirer: "The news of Bryzgalov's comments is not going to sit well with the Flyers organization. With the rumors and speculation that Bryzgalov will be amnestied this offseason, will the organization take into consideration that he’s a walking PR disaster? Bryzgalov is also costing the team a huge hit in the salary cap, so they could be ready to cut ties with the eccentric goaltender." Was wondering this myself. These comments are on a par with praising Hitler and are so wrong, ignorant and outrageous that I wonder how the team can tolerate keeping him around any longer. He also thinks people in Philly scam to stay on welfare. As if his play wasn't brutal enough.

This is the book on him. In 2011 he was a disaster and the B's couldn't give him away. Pass.

Not what I heard. He's more like Ed Balfour; not well liked, seen as an eccentric loner (this is the guy who shunned the White House invite) and respected for his play alone. Not a mentor and not someone who should be allowed near Mason.

This.....(I haven't seen anyone use it for awhile, so throw it in). I'll take it a step further and say this is the single biggest thing keeping them from being a respectable team. And you kind of had to figure this was going to happen after Proger was injured and Carle left. They have a lot of good shot blockers and defensive defenseman but in the end it isn't a good defense if it can't get the puck up ice. Of course I'd like to see it fixed but not in yet another expensive, impatient trade that sends away an important part of the future.

For real, teams can buy out a player after this coming off season? Just want to be sure there is something to hope for if it doesn't happen this off season.

Accountability. They gave him a big contract, hyped him, gave him all the starts and every opportunity to earn his contract. But he hasn't and its on him and no one else. They would be crazy not to buy him out.

Sure but....there's a reason the team doesn't play as well in front of Bryzgalov. Why wouldn't they play better in front of a guy who isn't a head case and pathetic puck handler?

You apparently missed my dumb posts but thanks. An avatar would help maybe.

I tried being serious on this thread and it got me nowhere so I threw in a little absurdity. Sorry you ran afoul. The lack of outrage other than yours was a sad testament.

I'm disappointed you missed my attempt at humor.

However, because Couturier is a such a bad skater (the worst in the league...and perhaps the worst in the world), ipso facto Jay Rosehill could have shut down Malkin in that series if he had only been given the opportunity. Logic clearly dictates that you don't need to skate very well to shut down Malkin, so Couturier really proved nothing by severely limiting his production in that series. Case closed.