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2022/23 Roster Thread II: Worth Every Penny
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After everyone is fired.
deadhead
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Deslauriers isn't a horrible 4LW, just overpaid.
With Lindblom gone (though to be fair, he didn't look comfortable in a 4LW role) and JVR staying for now, Cates is the 3LW and Ratcliffe or Willman the short-term alternatives at 4LW if Laughton is at 4C, or Laczynski at 4C. If JVR is moved, Laughton moves up to 2C.
It's more of a "what's the point" move? Should have just kept Lindblom, fighting has even less value in today's NHL than chasing hits.
This idea of toughness is archaic, in today's league, toughness is as much about the willingness to take hits to keep control of the puck than it is giving hits, and fighting is a good way to put your team in a hole.
The Flyers do need to be harder to play against, but not by adding fighters, but adding more 6'0 200 lb forwards with speed that can apply real pressure on the forecheck and get back to harass opponents in their D-zone.
With Lindblom gone (though to be fair, he didn't look comfortable in a 4LW role) and JVR staying for now, Cates is the 3LW and Ratcliffe or Willman the short-term alternatives at 4LW if Laughton is at 4C, or Laczynski at 4C. If JVR is moved, Laughton moves up to 2C.
It's more of a "what's the point" move? Should have just kept Lindblom, fighting has even less value in today's NHL than chasing hits.
This idea of toughness is archaic, in today's league, toughness is as much about the willingness to take hits to keep control of the puck than it is giving hits, and fighting is a good way to put your team in a hole.
The Flyers do need to be harder to play against, but not by adding fighters, but adding more 6'0 200 lb forwards with speed that can apply real pressure on the forecheck and get back to harass opponents in their D-zone.
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Bobby Clarke on a podcast in 5 years:
“He shut his door, he locked the doors; he was the boss and nobody else was part of it. We end up getting to free agency, and we end up signing Nic Deslauriers. None of our scouts wanted Nic Deslaurier. I don’t know where Deslauriers should have gone, after his performances in Minnesota — he’s a pretty terrible player. But certainly, they wanted Gaudreau."
“He shut his door, he locked the doors; he was the boss and nobody else was part of it. We end up getting to free agency, and we end up signing Nic Deslauriers. None of our scouts wanted Nic Deslaurier. I don’t know where Deslauriers should have gone, after his performances in Minnesota — he’s a pretty terrible player. But certainly, they wanted Gaudreau."
at this point, I wish I had never watched the 1987 finals because I would have never become a huge Flyer fan without that experience.
I should have been running around the neighborhood getting into mischief at night instead of staying home and watching games during that playoff run.
I should have been running around the neighborhood getting into mischief at night instead of staying home and watching games during that playoff run.
Deslaurier is going to be liked by the fans going to the games....likely one of the only things to cheer about will be his scraps because this team is horseshit...probably why Fletcher did it....give the diehards something to cheer about to forget about how pathetic his team is..... utter incompetance
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Actually Deslauriers is both horrible and overpaid.
None of those prospects are playing shy of every alternative getting hurt.
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Had to go play mens night to get a break from this shit. Man the empathy from everyone I saw , couldn’t even bug me. They all actually feel bad.
And that Fletch press conference was maybe the worst I’ve ever seen. How do you win fans back , we signed Deslaurier baby , pack em in.
And that Fletch press conference was maybe the worst I’ve ever seen. How do you win fans back , we signed Deslaurier baby , pack em in.
deadhead
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Unfortunately there are few players who will be in demand at the TDL, you need a veteran who can help a play off team in his contract year - teams generally aren't gong to take on a lot of term.
JVR, Sanheim (if they don't extend him), Brown, MacEwen, Braun, Seeler.
If you want to move Hayes or Atkinson, hope they have big seasons then move them next summer. Same with TDA.
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I guarantee they are fully stunned by the negative reactions raining down.
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Cody Webster
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We signed a guy with 4 games of NHL experience to compete with a guy that has maybe 6 games of NHL experience
But the guy we did sign was the top AHL FA goalie, so it's a good signing
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Deslauriers is a younger Nate Thompson who does even less but does do it slightly better. He’s also going to wear 44 it won’t seem any different anyways.
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Simply because he was mentioned in the presser, and it got me thinking.
Is Ian Anderson also a moron?
Is Ian Anderson also a moron?
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The plan was produced by an enema machine.
Ive seen many posts about the current lineup, which looks really bad on paper, yet they all seem to include both frost and tippett, who remain unsigned. Same for all the lesser rfas. With close to 7 mill tied up in tda and deslauriers, theres again no cap space left.
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We can go 10% over during the off-season and then stick Ellis onto LTIR so there's no issue there.
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I thought that too but there's plenty of ITKs on Twitter who seem to think otherwise.
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