Phightins Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 How much cap do the Flyers have? They have to get that kid Giroux inked to an extension ASAP. Not much. The Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere contracts are killing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Holmgren is not good at managing the cap, though. The Hartnell contract sucks, and the Briere contract sucks unless he can produce for 82 games like he did this postseason. i dont think he has much of a choice with the cap situation, he did what he had to do to improve the team, nearly every top team in the NHL has some kind of cap problem. and id much rather have holmgren and have cap problems then have andy reid and joe banner and be way under the cap and afraid to spend money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-flyers-lookahead “I think we’ve got to be careful there in how we view him,” Holmgren said Friday. Holmgren danced around the question when asked if he considered Leighton a No. 1 goalie. good to see that holmgren doesnt overvalue leighton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HipHopHead Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 Great post season for the Flyers, regardless of the outcome. It's obvious they are a Top 5 team when they aren't injured like they were all year. The Blackhawks are just a much more talented team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 i dont think he has much of a choice with the cap situation, he did what he had to do to improve the team, nearly every top team in the NHL has some kind of cap problem. and id much rather have holmgren and have cap problems then have andy reid and joe banner and be way under the cap and afraid to spend money He overpaid for both of them, there are no two ways about that. At the time everyone loved it because he got the team a quick fix after that horrible 2006-07 season. Now these contracts are holding the team back big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 (edited) He overpaid for both of them, there are no two ways about that. At the time everyone loved it because he got the team a quick fix after that horrible 2006-07 season. Now these contracts are holding the team back big time. and brieres first year (07-08) helped out the team a ton. he pretty much tied for team lead in points and goals. at that point they were the worst team in the league and they had to change something and had to change it quick. and briere helped bring fans back after a horrible season. it might have come back to hurt them, but they had to sign briere Edited June 12, 2010 by fly3rs18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 and brieres first year (07-08) helped out the team a ton. he pretty much tied for team lead in points and goals. at that point they were the worst team in the league and they had to change something and had to change it quick. and briere helped bring fans back after a horrible season. it might have come back to hurt them, but they had to sign briere I'm not saying they didn't, but neither has come anywhere close to living up to their contracts, Briere specifically. If he plays a full 82 game schedule like he did in this past postseason, then we can reevaluate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 I'm not saying they didn't, but neither has come anywhere close to living up to their contracts, Briere specifically. If he plays a full 82 game schedule like he did in this past postseason, then we can reevaluate. well if he plays the season like he just played the playoffs then he will have 100 points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 12, 2010 Report Share Posted June 12, 2010 well if he plays the season like he just played the playoffs then he will have 100 points Which is what he needs to do to live up to his contract. That is how badly they overpaid for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 this offseason is gonna be really interesting. ive heard tons of trade rumors going around, no idea whats actually true. its mainly carter and goalie rumors. ive heard carter for a high first round pick (plus others involved), ive heard goalies such as schnider (from vancouver), john quick (LA), obviously halak/price, and a few others. the more i think about them trading carter the more i like it though. he is a good player, but nothing amazing. if they could get a good draft pick or a quality goalie/defensemen then i would absolutely go for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I'd love Schneider or one of the LA guys (Quick/Bernier, not sure which they'd be more likely to move). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) i would be so happy if they got any of those guys. quick and schneider are both from boston area (went to umass and boston college), so im sure they would both love to come to philly and be much closer to home quick is the most NHL proven, he had a great year with LA and played 72 games this year. schneider is obviously blocked by luongo, but he was was the AHL goalie of the year this year and he has tons of potential. bernier is similar, but id think that LA would trade quick first but all three are very good goalies, and i would think would be much easier to get then halak/price also, another option is jhonas enroth, the backup to ryan miller in buffalo. enroth is probably the least experienced of the guys named, i dont know if he is NHL starter ready though Edited June 15, 2010 by fly3rs18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 despite all of this, i think the most likely situation by far is signing a guy like dan ellis. we'll see how much he and other similar goalies ask for, but holmgren will probably think about the win now thing and go for that over a young unproven goalie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) I like Dan Ellis. Cool dude too (I follow him on Twitter). However, I disagree with your last statement. From what I have read, the organization is fed up with signing one mediocre, journeyman goalie after another, and they are ready to risk it in hopes of finding a young "franchise" goalie. Probably easier said than done, and who knows if that is what they are really thinking. But, enough is enough, they have not had a true, confidence-inspiring #1 goalie since Ron Hextall, and have only had 3 or 4 in franchise history. Edited June 15, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) I like Dan Ellis. Cool dude too (I follow him on Twitter). However, I disagree with your last statement. From what I have read, the organization is fed up with signing one mediocre, journeyman goalie after another, and they are ready to risk it in hopes of finding a young "franchise" goalie. Probably easier said than done, and who knows if that is what they are really thinking. But, enough is enough, they have not had a true, confidence-inspiring #1 goalie since Ron Hextall, and have only had 3 or 4 in franchise history. oh, i havent seen that. i hope that it is true if they got jon quick without trading giroux/jvr then i cant even describe how happy i would be Edited June 15, 2010 by fly3rs18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 (edited) One of the beat writers, Anthony SanFilippo, has written that he's talked with people in the organization and that is the attitude they have. So we'll see. Unfortunately, I think JVR is going to be traded for a goalie. I am guessing that Giroux is untouchable. The only two attractive trade chips the Flyers have are Jeff Carter and James van Riemsdyk (obviously Giroux too, but I think (hope) that he is untouchable). They have no first or second round picks. Edited June 15, 2010 by Phightins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 briere got in a major accident last night, but fortunately he is OK http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=ap-flyers-briere-carcrash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 http://www.mcall.com/media/photo/2010-06/54395805.jpg Also, the goalie situation got a whole lot more interesting today. Kind of surprised the Blues got Halak for that little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 ^^^ how the [expletive] did briere and his kid make it out of there alive???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 They sat in the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 They sat in the front. Lulz. Beat me to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 They sat in the front. his 9 year old son sat in the front too? and lets just say they were both in the front. if the car got hit that hard that it completely wrecked the back of the car then they definitely got whipped around pretty good. could have easily broken bones, serious concussions, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 his 9 year old son sat in the front too? and lets just say they were both in the front. if the car got hit that hard that it completely wrecked the back of the car then they definitely got whipped around pretty good. could have easily broken bones, serious concussions, etc. Take a deep breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly3rs18 Posted June 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Take a deep breath. wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 Ryan Parent traded back to Nashville for Dan Hamhuis. Me likey. Big part of my offseason wish list accomplished, already. Top-4 caliber defenseman? Check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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