mojo1917

The only problem I have with that article is "they signed Emery instead" god that was a terrible move by Homer.

emery was solid before he got that degenerative bone thing... that's the kind of sh!t no one can foresee. emery was a gamble that didn't work out, but it's not like he got here and stunk the joint up . he was unlucky

But I don't know if you remember, but when Homer signed him 5 years ago (was it 5 years ago?), Kimo asked a pointed question: how long the rebuild will last, hinting at the fact that he didn't really feel like being a part of a rebuilding franchise for too long.

and in reality he wasn't, he's been to the playoffs every year but that first one, has played in the ecf and cup finals... he's been right there , a break here or there and his name is on the cup, winning the damn thing isn't easy and the flyers have had their chances in kimo's time here. so in that regard homer did him solid, i like 44 and would rather see him stay in philly and retire a champion, but i'd move him if it means acquiring a cornerstone guy in some combination in return.

@RonJeremy

we're good at forward... why make that deal ?

we need help on the blue line, if you're talking about dealing our best prospect, it had better be to address an area of weakness not to bring in a guy we think is cool.

i say good luck to anahiem and mr ryan.

@Vanflyer

well regarding timmonen, my thinking goes like this, he's good so he'll bring quality back, he's expensive so he'll clear some cap space, sign the young guy you trade for 44 to a reasonable young guy deal, and take the cap space and make a run at one of the top fa's on the market, everyone likes that suter who's going to be too expensive for nashville, it also means i'm willing to sacrifice this year for next...

@AlaskaFlyerFan

I don't have a link, with hands like nodl's i don't think he scores a whole lot ! hi yo !

my post was actually a joke because bakinewama's signature quotes aziz saying nodl will score more goals than jagr, so i was simpling trying to fuel that debate some more

I mean, it's hardly a surprise that a highly paid athlete has a hot chick, but props must be given when they are do. Nice work jags!

yeah, but have you seen Nodl's girl... damn !

^{So far he's been totally irrelevent.}

not much of a stretch to say that after 4 games... that's some low hanging fruit there md.

@ radoran

i can't help but seeing nodl's career arc as similar to ruslan fedotenko's... he'll go to a team and contribute toward making that team a winner. you need guys like nodl always around the puck, are not afraid to hit a guy, and can play the pk while chipping in with the 12-20 goals and 20 helpers. too bad we got nothing in return.

totally agree about shelley good guy in the room or whatever he doesn't make the team better or at the very least harder to play against. he loves the game though so maybe he sticks with the organization in a different capacity.

I'd trade Briere and/or Bobrovsky for the right package, provided we get a backup in the return. There's no ******* way Leighton should ever be on the big club again.

I'd also be willing to move Timonen, Carle and/or Hartnell.

definitely have to be the "right" package. but moving those guys for helps with the cap, no question, as much as i like daniel briere, he has the resume to pry a young d prospect and provide cap relief. same with timmonen, i'd be sad to see him in a different sweater but he'd bring back a nice return.

@ jm and irish

the kid is clocking the A. i can think of 3 forwards from the healthy top 9 that i'd rather see schenn than. i want to see him healthy and with a line mate for more than 5 shifts... you know.

we traded our captain for him not simmonds, i want to see whats up, he's big , got skills can't do any worse in the face off circle than what we've got , him and mono kid give us some size down the middle

@ terp, 87 put a couple decent cross checks together there too, the elbow (from watching the replay) was high, but to me it was in the course of already cheating with the cross checks and jockeying for position, he didn't line foligno up for 4 strides and smashing him with it... it's a physical game that one got away from him...

i do agree though that he if he wants to play the game hard in the areas of the ice where that **** happens, then he needs to protect himself and not get bitchy when he gets clocked. and if he's worried about his brain's health then he needs to adjust his game and become more of a perimeter player. jeff carter could give lessons.

@ brelic,

i didn't have HBO last year so i didn't see that, and i'm basing my opinion of the guy based on public appearances, so he was on his good behavior, however, being a media type i had access to him prior to and after the events and he was kind to everyone.

now, that said i wasn't in the locker room and didn't play for him so it could be he was a douche to his players, but he did not have the "douche" vibe otherwise.

:blink:

wow right after boudreau became the quickest coach to 200 wins in team history.

well i always liked Bruce, he's a good guy , a buddy of mine worked with him in Hershey; and i met him at some charity stuff, he's a class act and a good hockey man. i'm glad he got a chance to coach in the bigs. big surprise, though, i guess all those euro players need a different voice to help them learn to back check, change when called and not pout.

@ jammer2 nice to see you posting here.

t's going to take them sometime to get their chemistry for Simmods and Briere

not sure i would put simmonds on danny's wing, i don't think he has the hands, at least i haven't seen it from him yet. 48 plays better when he's got guys near his ability level with him; he's a sniper, finds the soft spot in the d, he needs a creative guy with him to get max production. he's not a mike richards type whose game, when he plays it, is simple and can tolerate guys like carcillo and nodl.

o darn no lijia for a month and a half

looks like i'll get my wish and see if marc-andre can play in the NHL... too bad Gustavsson is on the rack this would be a good time to get him some starts....

I know the Flyers are rich, but would they really be willing to just throw away $45M dollars remaining on a contract and chalk it up to just a bad contract??

before the chairman retires, i think yes this team might actually blow 45 million dollars to rid itself of a bad deal. the flyers have got to be in the top 5 in terms of revenue league wide...it would be a hit financially but at $7 bucks for a coke they'll make that up in a week

@ aziz and terp i wonder what kind of motivation the towel and touk would foster in Bryzgalov, so far , limited sampling i know, i'm not sure that he doesn't go into the tank if he's benched. then what ? 9 years of malcontent head case :blink:

I wouldn't mind him for 3-4 years at $4 milion a year, but this contract makes Leinos look alright. At least Villes expires in 2017/18 season

can you say buy out... especially with the new cba coming and a chance to dump some bad ones... we've got a couple

I may be wrong but I group Sharp with Williams as players that Hitch did not want to coach on his team and had the org move them out.

i agree with a lot of what you are laying down here.

i also think having sharp around would have been helpful to richards and carter from a maturation standpoint, he is just a little older than those guys but would have had some credibility with them from a team/ hockey skills stand point, & a poon chasing standpoint he could have lessened the rush to promote richards to captain since he would have been the leader of the young group... i really think had hitch not buried him at the end of the bench the make up of the roster would look different today, and maybe there's some better banners hanging from the rafters.

@ bertmega

glad to see i'm not the only one that sees the resemblance...

Giroux seems to have fallen on hard times since since Jagr isn't available to feed him pucks

what ? he's got 3 pts in the 2 games without jagr.

@terp well in Marshall's case slow and stupid is no way to make it to the show...

my thought with these guys is once Gus gets healthy he should play, and play a lot; even at the expense of Lilja or Walker, he has upside to develop, at this point Lilja is what he is same with Walker, and if Bourdon is close , why not dress him for a couple of games as a 7 and give him some NHL minutes and see if he rises to the challenge. that way when 20 is not able to dress we have options that know Lavy's "system" and we can roll 3 pairings instead of shortening the bench.

I honestly don't think this organization has a clue how to develop defencemen. Both these guys were above average juniors. It's not like it's too late for them, but I'm not seeing a whole lot of progress. Christ, the odds are we'd fluke a good/great defenceman some day. Yet we haven't.

i remember the book on bourdon coming out was a chris letang type player, puck mover, good shot, won't hose you because he's thinking offense. i remember people on the forum being pretty high on him.

i also remember the book on marshall was his skating needed to improve and um well, sounds like that's not happening.

for me it's been bryzgalov... i thought he'd roll in and be solid, don't worry about the young guys you get me four and we'll win...i guess he needs to work into form or something, and while some the goals he's had some bad bounces and /or no chance , he doesn't appear to compete to make saves when there's a bunch of bodies in the crease, and that is disturbing as that's what we'll see when the games start to mean something. you want your big dollar keeper to be set it and forget it thus far this hasn't been the case