2022/23 Roster Thread III: Run It Back!

[Beef Invictus]

That probably is a step too far.

My uneasiness comes from the simple fact that he or the organization haven’t made any statements while others have. That and it would be a perfect cherry on this shit sundae.

It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

Hey there's always Fedotov

 

[Fight4yourRight]

That probably is a step too far.

My uneasiness comes from the simple fact that he or the organization haven’t made any statements while others have. That and it would be a perfect cherry on this shit sundae.

It’s like poetry, it rhymes.

Meh. After being around a ton of those kinds of families growing up and playing hockey in SK and Manitoba, I can assure you there are plenty of very rotten apples. It usually comes with the territory though, where your (on average, upper middle class parents treat you like kings) and there are a ton of vulnerable girls especially in the surrounding small town communities, and where guys usually drop out of school at a younger age/are surrounded by other younger guys who have had very similar upbringings. Even at Junior A level, the stories you hear about players and their behaviours, in hotels etc, are absolutely repugnant.

well that escalated quickly lol...he's a goalie and goalies are weird


you'd be better off asking for a jar of Rod's sweat...the Flyers would at least find a use for it

Presumption is innocence like I said. Just giving my own broad opinion, without accusing him.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Today’s thirty seconds of sports talk radio involved a caller saying that the Flyers need a sniper and called Chuck Fletcher an outsider who knows nothing about how this city works.

 

[ajgoal]

Today’s thirty seconds of sports talk radio involved a caller saying that the Flyers need a sniper and called Chuck Fletcher an outsider who knows nothing about how this city works.

You're going to rot your brain. You don't want to end up like your brother, do you?

 

[landsbergfan]

Today’s thirty seconds of sports talk radio involved a caller saying that the Flyers need a sniper and called Chuck Fletcher an outsider who knows nothing about how this city works.

the average Flyer fan will get the on-ice product they deserve this season

 

[bennysflyers16]

Do we even have cap space to sign the RFAs and back up goalie ?

And are we stuck with Macewan now too ?

 

[Adam Warlock]

JVR-Couturier-Konecny
Laughton-Hayes-Atkinson
Cates-Frost-Tippett
MacEwen-Brown-Des

Provorov-DeAngelo
Sanheim-Risto
Seeler-Braun
York

Hart
Sandstrom

Good lord. Poor Coots/Hart

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Today’s thirty seconds of sports talk radio involved a caller saying that the Flyers need a sniper and called Chuck Fletcher an outsider who knows nothing about how this city works.

I actually called in for the first time this AM to 94WIP and ripped Chuck, Risto, and the signings yesterday.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I actually called in for the first time this AM to 94WIP and ripped Chuck, Risto, and the signings yesterday.

Unless you started off with "First Time, Long Time" your message wasn't up to snuff.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Unless you started off with "First Time, Long Time" your message wasn't up to snuff.

"I'll hang up and listen"

 

[Tripod]

I would ask Carolina what the cost for necas would be. He doesn’t seem to fit in the top 6 tbere and Jarvis took over his potential spot.

Carolina would rape Chuckles in a trade.

 

[flyerslducks]

Carolina would rape Chuckles in a trade.

Oh for sure lol. They would probably get sanheim lol. But necas is a nice young player who needs more to- 6 time. Would’ve been nice to get him instead of tippet

 

[Ghosts Beer]

JVR’s contract is Hextall’s last “gift” to the organization.

I said the entire year I’d consider buying him out, because no one was going to take him.

By FAR the prevailing opinion here was to just “ride out” the final year.

Well, you got what you wanted. They didn’t buy him out. They didn’t attach picks to unload him.

Congrats.

Hell, this offseason in many ways is going as people wanted:

No humongous contract on a player who is nearing 30; riding out JVR’s last season.

Only differences are most fans preferred a completely AHL level defense corps & wouldn’t have traded a 2nd for DeAngelo & would have gotten a pick for Risto at the deadline.

 

[Beef Invictus]

JVR’s contract is Hextall’s last “gift” to the organization.

I said the entire year I’d consider buying him out, because no one was going to take him.

By FAR the prevailing opinion here was to just “ride out” the final year.

Well, you got what you wanted. They didn’t buy him out. They didn’t attach picks to unload him.

Congrats.

Hell, this offseason in many ways is going as people wanted:

No humongous contract on a player who is nearing 30; riding out JVR’s last season.

Only differences are most fans preferred a completely AHL level defense corps & wouldn’t have traded a 2nd for DeAngelo & would have gotten a pick for Risto at the deadline.

Similar contracts have been easily moved. The league has spent 13 years cleaning up Fletcher's mistakes and they've all realized he's eternally against the wall without a plan and that they can exact assets from him due to his desperation.

Hextall isnt the problem, the contract isn't, JVR isnt. Fletcher is.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Damn, there goes that nuance and critical thinking again.

 

[GKJ]

What we seem to have are a slew of posters who for months were in full-blown defeatist tank mode now going ballistic that the Flyers didn’t sign Gaudreau for 7 years $ 10M per.

If anyone should be pissed about it, it’s me. Because I “contrarianly” was against tanking & wanted some entertainment value, even if Gaudreau might turn into a bad contract.

And I am annoyed they didn’t get him.

But you’d think 90% of the tankers would be thrilled. For some strange reason, no, now they suddenly wanted him.

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what everyone is complaining about. It’s not tanking vs. aggressive retool. It’s that they’re doing neither.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I’m glad that instead of going complete laughingstock, bare-bones AHL level D, only focus on draft picks, like so many wanted,
they actually should have a solid D corps & a little toughness, to the point where, if Couturier & Hayes are healthy, you haven’t completely abandoned them and the team might compete enough to be watchable.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

I’m glad that instead of going complete laughingstock, bare-bones AHL level D, only focus on draft picks, like so many wanted,
they actually should have a solid D corps & a little toughness, to the point where, if Couturier & Hayes are healthy, you haven’t completely abandoned them and the team might compete enough to be watchable.

and miss out on a top 5 pick in an unreal draft year. Yep, let’s keep this level of mediocrity up and never improve to anywhere near contention!

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

I’m glad that instead of going complete laughingstock, bare-bones AHL level D, only focus on draft picks, like so many wanted,
they actually should have a solid D corps & a little toughness, to the point where, if Couturier & Hayes are healthy, you haven’t completely abandoned them and the team might compete enough to be watchable.

I see you are in the denial stage of grief. It'll be ok, GB. It's just a hockey team.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

I’m glad that instead of going complete laughingstock, bare-bones AHL level D, only focus on draft picks, like so many wanted,
they actually should have a solid D corps & a little toughness, to the point where, if Couturier & Hayes are healthy, you haven’t completely abandoned them and the team might compete enough to be watchable.

they already are a laughing stock and absolutely nothing about this off-season has made things better. In fact, it’s much worse.

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

Still Samuel Morin's #1 Fan
@DanTheFlyeraFan
Sharks PP under Thompson in 2020-21- 14.1% - 29/31 in league

Canucks PK under Shaw in 2021-22- 74.9%- 30/32 in league

Flyers 2021-22 stats
PP- 12.6%- dead last
PK- 75.7%- 26/32

Shitty coaches AND no roster additions! The special teams will remain terrible, me thinks





When you've lost the dumbest homer fan on the planet...

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

You have a fundamental misunderstanding of what everyone is complaining about. It’s not tanking vs. aggressive retool. It’s that they’re doing neither.

It's not a fundamental misunderstanding, it's intentionally misrepresented.

 

[freakydallas13]

What we seem to have are a slew of posters who for months were in full-blown defeatist tank mode now going ballistic that the Flyers didn’t sign Gaudreau for 7 years $ 10M per.

If anyone should be pissed about it, it’s me. Because I “contrarianly” was against tanking & wanted some entertainment value, even if Gaudreau might turn into a bad contract.

And I am annoyed they didn’t get him.

But you’d think 90% of the tankers would be thrilled. For some strange reason, no, now they suddenly wanted him.

Stop straw manning. Most people aren't mad they didn't sign JG, they're laughing at the absolute incompetence of this team. Their future plans change daily and things the GM feeds us are routinely lies and misdirection based on their actions.

"Blank cheque" translated into dumping a bunch of picks for TDA and signing a face puncher for too much and too long. You don't have to want the team to rebuild to look at these moves and rail against how shit poorly this team is run.

 

[flyerslducks]

JVR’s contract is Hextall’s last “gift” to the organization.

I said the entire year I’d consider buying him out, because no one was going to take him.

By FAR the prevailing opinion here was to just “ride out” the final year.

Well, you got what you wanted. They didn’t buy him out. They didn’t attach picks to unload him.

Congrats.

Hell, this offseason in many ways is going as people wanted:

No humongous contract on a player who is nearing 30; riding out JVR’s last season.

Only differences are most fans preferred a completely AHL level defense corps & wouldn’t have traded a 2nd for DeAngelo & would have gotten a pick for Risto at the deadline.

Now this is just lazy GB. Instead of blaming a jvr buyout, look at how he mismanaged our cap situation with risto, tda, deslauriers signings. He easily could’ve gotten gaudreau with that cap, signed Manson for ex, and assembled a better team. He put himself in this situation, not hextall. Burns and patch got moved for nothing. Teams know they can fleece chuck because he repeatedly has given up multiple picks for average players + is desperate to cap dump players

 

[Beef Invictus]

I’m glad that instead of going complete laughingstock, bare-bones AHL level D, only focus on draft picks, like so many wanted,
they actually should have a solid D corps & a little toughness, to the point where, if Couturier & Hayes are healthy, you haven’t completely abandoned them and the team might compete enough to be watchable.

Did you miss them bringing back Seeler, Braun, Connauagahaghton?

TDA is worse defensively than Ghost. You did this last year. Trust me, just accept that you're wrong about this now and it will save a lot of time