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Formenton just turned himself into London police.

I guess it's good then that Ersson is up to snuff and the pipeline has some good goaltenders in it. I fully expect that they'll probably draft another goalie or two this upcoming draft.

I don't think anyone will be filling a defamation suit against the woman if the men are found not guilty. This was a criminal matter that the police investigated and obviously the police thought that there was enough evidence to warrant charges. We'll have to wait for court to hear evidence, unless it's decided that there will be a publication/broadcast ban, which might be the case here.

What's going to make this really ugly is that there's apparently video of the sex and there's all the text messages between a player (I think it's Formenton) and the woman and the woman admits she had a good time and was sober. Regardless of whether they guilty or innocent, I think it's safe to say that their NHL careers are probably over.

Briere is in a no win situation here. He gave the only answer he could give (and you can bet the legal department from birth the league and the team provided him with what he can/can't say), he couldn't move Hart because of the investigation and he can't terminate the contract because Hart hasn't done anything wrong (he hasn't been charged yet and there's no criminal conviction). Gut feeling is that all of these guys go on a suspended/inactive list and they've probably played their last games as NHL players, even if they're going not guilty. The league won't want them and the scrutiny that they'd bring with them. These guys should have known better. They put themselves in this position and they need to look in a mirror and do soccer real serious self assessment.

And it's all throughout hockey in Canada. It's just a toxic environment that has been allowed to fester for years. As previously mentioned, you'd figure that Hockey Canada would have started the clean up process after Graham James, but they brought in people who talked a good game and continued burying all the horrible stuff that was going on behind the scenes. And it's important that it's not only hockey players that have had issues. Executives also had issues and buried things. I'm ashamed that a good hockey guy like Dave King was actually one of the scumbags that buried things. My hope is that a forensic and thorough investigation of Hockey Canada, it's executives, players, programs, etc....is done. I could go on and on about hockey, especially hockey in small town Ontario. The stories are horrific.

Pretty sure that everyone is getting time to dot i's and cross t's. The London Police screwed this investigation up initially, so I fully expect that they don't want anything to go wrong this time around. Having lived in London and having seen their work first hand dealing with Jacob Hoggard (look up what that creep did), I can understand why they're going to take their time on this. I'm also fairly certain that the defense attorneys are going to have a field day with the evidence here and with the six years of open, closed and reopen investigation, this is not only going to get ugly, but it's going to show just how incompetent one group is and how the lawyers are going to be front and center of everything.

February 5 is the expected date for charges and a press conference by London Police.

You'd figure Hockey Canada would have learned their lessons after Graham James. On the flip side, hockey in Canada is incredibly scummy. The amount of sexual deviancy is something else. Go to any arena after a junior b hockey game and you see the girls lining up and the boys literally having their 'pick of the litter.' I remember in high school how the 'boys' bragged about what they did to the girls and how a lot of the teachers doled out high fives. It was horrifying.

I was reading that Dube is currently in the care of health professionals. He's in seriously bad shape.

Nah. Maybe if there was something coming down the pike, but I don't think they're ready to release anything anytime soon, if at all. I think Hart is in a bad way health wise and that he's going to stay away until he gets healthy, if he gets healthy.

Bonk is excellent defensively. The reason for his jump in offense this year is that Dale Hunter has allowed him to be more of a roamer. He's still one of the first players back on defense and only jumps into the attack of the play allows it. Seriously, Bonk is very good defensively and that will be his calling card in the NHL.

Don't be surprised if Bonk makes a real run at making the team. He might end up playing his way out of the OHL with how well he's played this year. If the Flyers move Seeler, Walker and Staal, my hope is that they bring in a free agent. Brett Pesce and Brandon Montour are both free agents. They wouldn't look bad at all on the right side.

Right?!?!?! His skating is other worldly. Niedermayer is still my comparison.

Watching Drysdale the other night in that Montreal game, his skating reminded me so much of a certain Hall of Fame defenseman who played in the Metro for years - Scott Niedermayer. Yeah, I said it. Drysdale's skating is so good. Yeah, I'm getting ahead of myself here, but if he and York become the new age Niedermayer and Rafalski, we've hit a gold mine. And honestly, I think it's possible those two are going to hit. I'm not even going to mention the name of the player who was traded anymore. He's irrelevant now and someone else's problem. Much like Clarke when he got Desjardins and LeClair, let's marvel at how Briere stole a young number one defenseman from another organization for a malcontent that didn't want to be in Philadelphia.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/philadelphia-flyers-willing-to-retain-salary-on-pending-ufas-walker-seeler-1.2060488#:~:text=TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger,and Seeler signed at %24775%2C000. Ok TSN posted the above article that the Flyers are willing to retain salary on Walker and Seeler, so I'm guessing that they're both in play. More assets. Love it!!!!

Button just released his new list. I expect that someone like Berkly Catton is going to fall, plus guys like Ryder Ritchie, Tanner Howe and possibly Trevor Connolly will be available. The Flyers will get a center. Not worried about that at all.

I have no problems with using the draft for your franchise cornerstones and free agency to compliment the cornerstones. The difference in the past was that free agents were used to be part of the cornerstones, which is never a good idea. I think that's something Briere and Jones understand. It would really surprise me if they go big game hunting in free agency to land a cornerstone.

He got injured at the wjc and it's been confirmed that he's done for the year.

Tuomaala's career was saved by playing in the Metsis league in Finland last year. It got his game back on track. As for the Phantoms, I'm not worried about Tuomaala's production there. Just watching the games and it's clear that Laperriere has no clue what to do with those guys. The coaching is poor, the team is undisciplined and you can see how disorganized they are. This is one area where Briere should have addressed things, but didn't. I

Yep. Your first round picks should always be BPA. Any round after that is drafting for need. I think Kiviharju is going to go a lot higher than most people think. He's going to be back in February, so he'll still have from February to May to get games in. Honestly, that's enough time to recover his draft ranking and get back in the top 10. Don't forget that Brian Burke took Morgan Rielly 5th overall and he had his ACL tear and surgery and only played 18 games his draft year. Didn't they also say that Adam Jiricek was done for the year as well? Seems that the injury big has bitten some of the top prospects this year.

I don't know if defense is a big need any more. I think the best thing this club can do now is sit back, evaluate the current roster and pipeline, see what moves can be made at the deadline and then reassess when the season is over. I'm still not sure if this is a playoff club and now that some guys are starting to come back to earth, we'll get a better sense of who stays and who needs to go.

...and don't forget that Tuomaala is sitting in Lehigh Valley

He can play both sides

Liam Greentree. There's the power forward the Flyers are looking for.