tucson83

i'll deal with the oilers to pry rnh away and maybe pry darnell nurse or adam larsson away, if holland accepts the job, he'll want to give away youth.

you know i think the biggest failure on how hextall was building this team was not improving the defense core with the two picks last year, i mean it's easier to fill the defense with six elite players than it is with 12 forwards. i mean we could had a great d core coming in this year instead hextall takes forwards that could be bottom six players. hextall should have continued to build the d core in the draft with the first round picks. i mean you look at teams that are playing so well in the playoffs is that they have defensemen taken in the high rounds.

in my opinion, i think the flyers should do the tampa model, strengthen the blueline and let the younger forwards play, trade the high paid forwards for defensemen accept giroux, sign a cheaper second line center and backup goalie. you look every team that's in the playoffs is that they have a strong d core and goalie, we have a good goalie in hart but the flyers need a stronger blueline behind provy and ghost.

i really think if the flyers didnt sign jake and giroux i know fans love him but realistically they should have just gone to a full rebuild to try to get mcdavid or matthews, maybe we probably could have had joel q. the fact this organization will never do a full rebuild is the reason we are what we are.