OK, but let's say hypothetically we can somehow get rid of Atkinson's useless posterior (in a trade for a pick, I guess), and then add Vatrano..isn't that an upgrade? I think so, although Vatrano is 29. I'm all for the youth movement, but I also want a few productive reasonably priced veterans who can score, in the lineup.
You're fired up, man. It's not a rebuild, it's a corporate player restructuring... I guess. They'll never tell season ticket holders, that it's a rebuild.
Not sure why they won't admit, that it's a rebuild.
How about Walker and a high pick...like a 2nd or a 3rd to Anaheim, for Vatrano? It works out well, salary wise. Walker is a right handed shot that the Ducks have been rumored to want.
Yeah, he does look lost. He's playing like he's got just about nothing left, whereas I feel like Zamula is playing pretty well and getting dragged down a bit by him. Maybe (hopefully) some team takes him off of our hands, for a decent draft pick.
It is sad. Whether we get a finisher or setup guy, the team needs an offensive jolt.. via trade. Captain Obvious here... I know we get the shots on goal, but we need BETTER shots on goal. Forty one shots on goal, and only one scored doesn't cut it. This has happened much more than I'd like it to, this season. I want to see at least one more good points producer acquired here, by this Friday.
How do you outshoot a team 20-4, and only have a 1-0 lead? Frustrating. Again, the Flyers need snipers and finishers. I would, as I said before, like to see Briere trade for one. As I type this, Tarasenko ties the game.
They aren't talented enough to make a lot of noise once they get there, IMO anyway.. so forget the "all in for the playoffs". I would really like to add a veteran scorer and backup goalie, but if they can't do that..I'm more than happy to rid ourselves of the salaries of a player like Atkinson, who's best hockey days seem very much to be behind him. Then the organization's next step should be, stop overpaying.
Not happy with the backchecking intensity or awareness, on that play. Credit to the Caps' Lindgren for a heck of a save, but the Flyer dmen and forwards can't get caught like that...after that save happened.
Yeah, I like Foerster's game too. Great goal last night, beating a very good goalie soundly. Vasilevskiy was totally fooled by that shot. He has a lot of good offensive moves, and prowess. He's shifty, though he has to still work on his skating ability. The Flyers have a lot of good, young, promising forwards. That being said, I'd like to see them add a good goal scoring forward at the deadline, along with a backup goalie.
They do need one, and if one is attainable without giving up a ton of assets..they should. I'm not sure Ersson is able to play 60 games or so, in a season. Come playoff time (there, I said it), he might be burned out. However, when the team gets 40 shots on an opposing netminder, and only scores a goal..is that a goaltending problem? No. That has happened to often this year - losing 2-1, and the Flyers get 40+ shots. They also need more top end offensive talent.