Lindbergh31

I'm just curious to see what Flyers fans want to see different in the new CBA for next year. A couple of things I'd like them to change is 1) get rid of the 35+ contracts counting against the cap if the player retires. 2) make the maximum years for a contract or contract extension to be 7 years no more 10, 11 or 12 year deals 3) depending on the length of the new deal, each team is allowed a buyout of one contract that doesn't count against the cap in future years.

That might not be a bad trade considering Carter has an extra 5 or 6 years on his deal compared to Staal, but Columbus would have to send or trade players that total to the extra $3 million cap hit so they can get under. Also, I assume Staal has a no-trade clause and Carter's kicks in after this season. I think it would have be a blockbuster if it's going to involve Staal.

There was three memorable games for me, since I live 4 hours north of Toronto I don't get to see that many games in Philly: 1) Mar.2/93 - the night Mario Lemieux returned from treatments and the Philly fans gave him a 5 minute standing ovation at the old Spectrum and the Flyers won 5-4. I met my boyhood idol, Bernie Parent, which was awesome. 2) January 2006 - another game against the Penguins, I got to go into the Flyers dressing room after the game because of Brian Savage was playing on the team. Got to take a photo with Brian and couple of my buddies at centre ice. 3) June 2010 - game 4 of the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, the atmosphere was awesome and the Flyers won the game to tie up the series. Like it was posted earlier, the national anthem was great and the fans were nuts during the game.

Well let's hope Ed Snider and the Flyers organization do the right thing and finally retire his #2 to the rafters.

Well it's about time, Howe was great for the Flyers when he played here and deserves to have his number retired. It should have been done earlier.

It will be interesting to see if there is any discussion about what happened last night at the GM meeting next week. I'm sure Yzerman will defend what his coach did.

The problem is there will be at least 10 mediocre teams that will trap like Tampa Bay just to win some games. Lavi should have had a game plan to counter the trap but he didn't. It looks bad on the league overall, the last thing the league wants is to see the game go back to the way it was played in the mid 90's with the Devils. It's too bad the Flyers didn't win in regulation to make Boucher look like a fool for playing this system when he has players on his team like Stamkos, St.Louis and Lecavalier and he's basically handcuffed them from being creative by playing the trap. I don't mind a 2-1 game as long as both teams are getting lots of chances and the goalies are playing well.

Timonen will come off the books either next year if traded or after next year when his contract is up. I agree it would have been nice at $4 million but unfortunately that seems to be the going rate for defensemen nowadays. Now it will be interesting to see what Holmgren does with Carle.

It will be nice to see Clarke and Lindros end this and it will be nice to see the Legion of Doom line together again. It's also too bad that Lindros' parents got involved the way they did, makes you wonder if he would have been different if they weren't.

It would be nice if it's a 3 or 4 year deal at $3.5 million per season. Anything over $4 million per year is an overpayment.

I think all Flyers fans knew Leino wasn't worth what Buffalo gave him, he's a $2 million - $2.5 million per year player not $4 million plus. As for Carter, he wasn't your typical playmaking centre like a Brad Richards which is what Rick Nash needs. Mike Richards will fit in well in LA unless he ends up enjoying the nightlife more than hockey. Getting the players and picks for those players will end up helping the Flyers in the long run.

If he could play like Ron Francis then the Flyers have a very good player on their hands. Looking a few years down the road the Flyers will have Giroux, Couturier and Schenn down the middle, not bad. He's very mature as a 18 year old playing in the NHL, he's playing well on the penalty kill and chipping in with a few goals, hopefully he plays consistently all year.

Like others have posted, the Avs don't win the cups without Patrick Roy. The Flyers gave a lot to get Lindros and still might have won a cup with him if Clarke would have gone out and got a goalie. Hextall was never the same goalie after his rookie year, he put up good numbers in the regular season but always seem to faulter in the playoffs by letting in bad goals at the wrong time. When Vanbriesbrouck and Curtis Joseph were free agents, Clarke decided to go the cheap route and sign Beezer who played for him in Florida. I believe Joseph would have been better for Lindros and the Flyers at that time because they could have played a more free style of play and counted on the goalie to make the big save when needed. But I guess we'll never know. As for the Lindros trade, most of the players the Flyers traded away didn't go on to have great careers but having to give up Chris Simon and another 1st rounder did hurt. Simon would have looked awesome in a Philly uniform.

Thanks to all of those who setup this forum, it's great.

This site is great, glad to see all of the regulars from the old forum over here.