2020 Offseason Thread Part VIII

[freakydallas13]

Fire Hakstol

At least we didn't trade Forsberg for Erat.

 

[Ginger Papa]

Yeah, maybe. I just hope they figure something out that makes sense. It's almost too quiet....

I really missed you folks. Your Threads are so interesting.

Don’t try to pretend otherwise....


Looking forward to the start of the season. Hopefully it’s early in 2021

 

[swami24]

An article in the Inquirer today on Morin. He was devastated by the 2nd ACL injury, not a surprise. But he has been rehabbing well and is expected to be ready. The thing is the article mentioned he needs to go through waivers to play for the Phantoms, which everyone, including him, agrees he needs. The big question is, with his injury history and no performance, will someone claim him due to his potential? I figure some team might.

 

[ajgoal]

An article in the Inquirer today on Morin. He was devastated by the 2nd ACL injury, not a surprise. But he has been rehabbing well and is expected to be ready. The thing is the article mentioned he needs to go through waivers to play for the Phantoms, which everyone, including him, agrees he needs. The big question is, with his injury history and no performance, will someone claim him due to his potential? I figure some team might.

Possible, but I don't know how likely it is given that they'd have to keep him on their roster. Given his lack of playing time, I'd be extremely surprised if anyone claimed him at this point.

 

[Starat327]

An article in the Inquirer today on Morin. He was devastated by the 2nd ACL injury, not a surprise. But he has been rehabbing well and is expected to be ready. The thing is the article mentioned he needs to go through waivers to play for the Phantoms, which everyone, including him, agrees he needs. The big question is, with his injury history and no performance, will someone claim him due to his potential? I figure some team might.

Hope so, because if no one claims him, its definitive proof he's never going to be an NHL player.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Fire Hakstol

who?

 

[Larry44]

An article in the Inquirer today on Morin. He was devastated by the 2nd ACL injury, not a surprise. But he has been rehabbing well and is expected to be ready. The thing is the article mentioned he needs to go through waivers to play for the Phantoms, which everyone, including him, agrees he needs. The big question is, with his injury history and no performance, will someone claim him due to his potential? I figure some team might.

Here's the link. I wish Sam well.
After two ACL surgeries, Samuel Morin is ‘thankful’ and ‘lucky’ to have another chance with the Flyers | Sam Carchidi

 

[BernieParent]

Here's the link. I wish Sam well.
After two ACL surgeries, Samuel Morin is ‘thankful’ and ‘lucky’ to have another chance with the Flyers | Sam Carchidi

I didn't like the pick at the time but I am rooting hard for Morin.

 

[Larry44]

I didn't like the pick at the time but I am rooting hard for Morin.

I wanted Zadorov, but Sam could still be a player, he just needs to beat out Hagg...

 

[flyersnorth]

Here's the link. I wish Sam well.
After two ACL surgeries, Samuel Morin is ‘thankful’ and ‘lucky’ to have another chance with the Flyers | Sam Carchidi

I get the feeling that he won't be claimed unless Fletch has quietly put the message out there that they would like Sam to have a chance somewhere else.

It just feels like a dick move to pluck Sam away from a team that has invested time, patience, and resources into seeing this kid succeed through two major major setbacks. Some kind of honour among thieves.

 

[mja]

I wanted Zadorov, but Sam could still be a player, he just needs to beat out Hagg...

 

[Deadpool8812]

I wanted Zadorov, but Sam could still be a player, he just needs to beat out Hagg...

Lol good luck with that. Hagg is the golden child

 

[deadhead]

Morin had a shot to beat out Hagg, then he got hurt. If he's healthy, he would have gotten a 10 game audition, and that's all you can ask for, enough PT to show you belong.

 

[TB87]

Not sure if this is the right thread to post this. I’ll post it here anyways though:

Two Non-Negotiables For The Modern Defenseman

Jack’s an excellent read and this is no exception.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

No way Morin gets claimed. If you claim him, he has to stay on your NHL roster. No team is going to want to commit an NHL roster spot for a defenseman with 9 career NHL games & coming off 2 lost seasons due to major knee surgeries.

 

[deadhead]

Not sure if this is the right thread to post this. I’ll post it here anyways though:

Two Non-Negotiables For The Modern Defenseman

Jack’s an excellent read and this is no exception.

Justin Holl is 6'4 205, I'm sure that helps a lot with reach, sealing off forwards and winning board battles.

He fits the profile of the big defensive defenseman who blossoms late b/c he has limited margin for error and needs the minor league experience to perfect his technique - it's not like the competition for defensive slots has been that fierce in Toronto the last few years.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

No way Morin gets claimed. If you claim him, he has to stay on your NHL roster. No team is going to want to commit an NHL roster spot for a defenseman with 9 career NHL games & coming off 2 lost seasons due to major knee surgeries.

yah at this point hes a bust until he can prove otherwise..

 

[Beef Invictus]

Morin's career is over. We've already seen that outplaying Hagg doesn't get him on the roster over him. Quality of play is irrelevant. There's nothing he can do and nowhere to go.

 

[deadhead]

The reason Hagg played before Morin is Morin is strictly a LHD.
Hextall said that season he planned to play all three, and Morin got injured just when an opportunity opened up for him to play a stretch of games - and that, not speculation, would have told us if he was as good or better than Hagg.

Unfortunately, Morin has really bad luck, I don't think I'd advise him to leave the house on Friday the 13th.

 

[CapnZin]

I wanted Zadorov, but Sam could still be a player, he just needs to beat out Hagg...

That one camp where it was between Hagg, Morin, and Sanheim I really thought it went (in terms of who played the best) Morin, then Sanheim, then Hagg. Weirdly enough, they thought Hagg was the best. Not saying I’m right, but Hagg can easily be considered one of the worst Dmen in the NHL over the past couple years while Sanheim is one of the better offensive Dmen. That was also right before Morin had his string of injuries.

 

[deadhead]

Hextall never said Hagg was the best, he said Hagg could play both sides, while Sanheim and Morin were LHDs (Sanheim played RHD with Provorov a couple years later and got moved back to LHD to stay).

Morin was struggling handling the puck without looking down, we don't know if that would have been exposed in the NHL.

 

[Tripod]

Well...we could have just told Morin to not worry about handling the puck and just fire it out every time....like Hagg.

 

[CapnZin]

Hextall never said Hagg was the best, he said Hagg could play both sides, while Sanheim and Morin were LHDs (Sanheim played RHD with Provorov a couple years later and got moved back to LHD to stay).

Morin was struggling handling the puck without looking down, we don't know if that would have been exposed in the NHL.

If mgmt makes decisions off of what side they can play then that’s a major yikes. We know the experiment has been worse than bad.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Hextall never said Hagg was the best, he said Hagg could play both sides, while Sanheim and Morin were LHDs (Sanheim played RHD with Provorov a couple years later and got moved back to LHD to stay).

Sanheim also played RD next to Morin with the Phantoms years before they tried it again in the NHL.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Sanheim also played RD next to Morin with the Phantoms years before they tried it again in the NHL.

He also played it with Hagg who made the Flyers the next year in large part because...he could "play" RD.