2022/23 Roster Thread XX: Heading into the Homestretch

[mja]

I mean, Hextall was fired for locking out all of the advisors that we agree should be fired...so is it that bad of a thing to have him back?

Yes, because Hextall is still cut from the same damned cloth. He was trained under Clarke, Holmgren, and Lombardi. That he has his own slightly different take on things and tried to freeze them out is small consolation.

 

[Redpath]

Bringing back a former player, AGM, and GM in Hextall, 5 years after firing him ourselves and immediately after the Penguins firing him, would be the worst possible "restructuring" of the front office. I can not believe that Briere or Hilferty could possibly be that stupid.

 

[ponder719]

Where would Hextall even fit in here? He can’t possibly be president.

If there is one thing we know about this team, it's that they're good at making the impossible possible, to our dismay and chagrin.

 

[Beef Invictus]

This guy who is part of the reason it will take so long saying this is hilarious.

Not as hilarious as the possibility of Hextall coming back. That would be elite comedy. Nothing matters until everyone has been fired.

 

[Beef Invictus]

"harder to play against" while still losing more than you win means absolutely nothing.

Deslaurier is the epitome of dinosaur hockey tropes. Needs to push that narrative so he can keep a job.

I've always found its hardest to play against teams that beat you.

 

[Striiker]

That would infuriate Clarke… so it might be worth it.

 

[Rich Nixon]

yeah but what if Hextall really is a supergenius and this was all staged so he could go over to Pittsburgh and dust their future before returning to finish the Philly dynasty

 

[Flyerfan4life]

HAHAAAAA....

MAXIMUMPAINNNNNN

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Friedman on his recent podcast talking up Shero’s name for the President job, he expects that be a name that gains a lot of traction going forward.

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

Le sigh.

I really have tried not to shit on Hayes because i have no idea what the pain of losing a brother suddenly like that can do to a person - short and long term. I don't know if all the stuff with him dogging it on the ice is him not caring about the team or just the result of having the soul sucked out of him, because i can absolutely picture that being the case.

All that being said, i won't miss him here. Not because i think his contract was a mistake or anything, but because playing on a team in a big sports market in this current state is the last place he should be.

 

[GKJ]

Friedman on his recent podcast talking up Shero’s name for the President job, he expects that be a name that gains a lot of traction going forward.

He’s obviously the guy. They brought up the honoring Ed Snider stuff.

 

[Redpath]

Friedman on his recent podcast talking up Shero’s name for the President job, he expects that be a name that gains a lot of traction going forward.

"Hire Shero because the Flyers didn't properly honor Ed Snider a few year ago" is an all-time brain dead take. And unfortunatley it probably has some truth to it.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Yes, because Hextall is still cut from the same damned cloth. He was trained under Clarke, Holmgren, and Lombardi. That he has his own slightly different take on things and tried to freeze them out is small consolation.

Hextall has a much different take than all of the people you listed. He did everything opposite of what we normally do.

 

[deadhead]

The weird thing Hayes stopped scoring but had solid advanced metrics after Dec 7.

Part of the problem was fit, they tried him at wing but he didn't look comfortable, with the top forwards committed to Frost and Cates, at center he got JVR, Allison and scrubs who couldn't finish plays.

I have to think CBJ will require the Flyers to take Gudbranson (3yr/$4M) to balance the contracts, and maybe a LHD the other way (Provorov would be a separate deal, with someone like Boqvist plus assets going the other way, they have Werenski, Jiricek and Peeke at RHD) but Seeler would be a cheap LHD throw-in.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

"Hire Shero because the Flyers didn't properly honor Ed Snider a few year ago" is an all-time brain dead take. And unfortunatley it probably has some truth to it.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Friedman on his recent podcast talking up Shero’s name for the President job, he expects that be a name that gains a lot of traction going forward.

I want a strong drink and a warm bullet.

 

[Beef Invictus]

He’s obviously the guy. They brought up the honoring Ed Snider stuff.

Meltzer easing the concept into the Flyers Propaganda Fog is the big flag. Get people used to the stupidity.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Hextall has a much different take than all of the people you listed. He did everything opposite of what we normally do.

Except development! His "f*** the youth, make them pointlessly suffer futility" mentality is the one thing they adored so much they kept

 

[GKJ]

Meltzer easing the concept into the Flyers Propaganda Fog is the big flag. Get people used to the stupidity.

That already started when he brought up drafting Ryan Suter 20 years ago

 

[Beef Invictus]

The weird thing Hayes stopped scoring but had solid advanced metrics after Dec 7.

Part of the problem was fit, they tried him at wing but he didn't look comfortable, with the top forwards committed to Frost and Cates, at center he got JVR, Allison and scrubs who couldn't finish plays.

I have to think CBJ will require the Flyers to take Gudbranson (3yr/$4M) to balance the contracts, and maybe a LHD the other way (Provorov would be a separate deal, with someone like Boqvist plus assets going the other way, they have Werenski, Jiricek and Peeke at RHD) but Seeler would be a cheap LHD throw-in.

There is nothing meaningful about December 7.

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

Where would Hextall even fit in here? He can’t possibly be president.

Dietary coordinator

 

[JojoTheWhale]

There is nothing meaningful about December 7.

That depends. Was he anywhere near Hawaii at that time?

 

[Flyer lurker]

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Dreger on Insider Trading says Flyers GM Daniel Brière is willing to listen in on basically every asset Philadelphia has. They want to get younger and don't be surprised if Brière engages and tries to move up in the Draft, he wants to be aggressive.

 

[Redpath]

New STG episode. From ASF:

- Fans are going to be surprised just how willing the Flyers are going to be open for business for moving on from our legitimate assets, no one is going to be protected.

- Don't be surprised if Danny tries to move up. "Trade a player for a pick, then combine that with #7 to move up."

- Expect a lot of movement in the next 6-8 weeks.

- Zero chance that Hextall comes back to the Flyers in a "legitimate" capacity, but theorizes maybe he could get a role running the Phantoms. Alyn McCauley rumor with the Phantoms is not 100%

- Atkinson sought a 2nd opinion from doctors in Columbus who recommended surgery which immediately made him feel better. Mentions how the Flyers doctors' original opinion could have cost Atkinson his career.

- Can almost guarantee that Provorov will not be a Flyer next year. Both the team and he are wanting to move on. Believes there is still value there

 

[deadhead]

Well, every asset 26 and older next year, I think it would take an overpay to obtain the 24 and under group, Frost, Tippett, Cates, Foerster, Gauthier, Desnoyers, York, Andrae, Zamula, Hart, Ersson.

But Allison, TK, Laughton, Hayes, Deslauriers, Provorov, Sanheim, Risto, TDA, Seeler are all on the block.

Good bet JVR, Braun, Bellows, Lemieux, Laczynski are gone.