GDT: 2022 NHL Draft (And Trade Rumors) - Montreal - July 7 - July 8

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[dragonoffrost]

MEH!

But let's block kids with a blockhead

 

[sauce88]

Character issues aside, DeAngelo would have been a no brainer over Ristolainen. Maybe even over the Ellis now in hindsight.

 

[Prongo]

Their goal for sure is to drive any legit fans away from this team. What a joke this management is.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

I mean if the price is right I'm not angry, I did like him in his draft year and did really well last season, but if he's asking for high dollar I'm not interested

Character issues aside, we need players

 

[volnoir]

Character issues aside, DeAngelo would have been a no brainer over Ristolainen. Maybe even over the Ellis now in hindsight.

This would also go against everything this board tells me in that the Flyers only sign high character guys who are lacking of talent.

 

[DancingPanther]

Where was that thread where some lapdog was all "well none of the players are all that hateable"

 

[sauce88]

This would also go against everything this board tells me in that the Flyers only sign high character guys who are lacking of talent.

Well Fletcher did last year, the team went very far as you could see.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Ellis is never going to play again so doesn’t shock me they’re in on RHD.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

This would also go against everything this board tells me in that the Flyers only sign high character guys who are lacking of talent.

To be fair he didn’t have issues in Carolina so they could see that as a sign of him being reformed.

I’m talking about fighting with teammates here as I think it’s fair to say the Flyers & most other front offices don’t really care about his political viewpoints. That’s more fan manufactured than them.

 

[FlyerNutter]

If nothing else it will be entertaining to see some lose their minds over DeAngelo's political views.

I'm fully on board team rebuild, so I'd prefer to stay away because he's a decent player. Would help the PP.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Ellis is never going to play again so doesn’t shock me they’re in on RHD.

Tbf he'd pair well with provy, leave risto with sanhiem, and put attard down with york and that's not that bad lol

 

[Danko]

Tony D and Torts, sounds fantastic.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

If nothing else it will be entertaining to see some lose their minds over DeAngelo's political views.

I'm fully on board team rebuild, so I'd prefer to stay away because he's a decent player. Would help the PP.

Same but I'd be ok with signing him, I'm surprised he's not trying to trade Ellis for burns lol to redeem that historically bad trade he made years ago in minny

 

[SuchySays]

DeAngelo would be fantastic.

 

[kudymen]

I love this less than a day removed from certain white knight going "Unlikeable team? Why? Its not like the Flyers have a Kadri or DeAngelo"

 

[volnoir]

Also he grew up a 30 min drive from Philly so I could see him wanting to sign close to home as well.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

DeAngelo legitimately is an all offense guy. He’s good at that but he is actively bad defensively. It’s not just a stereotype, the numbers support it too. That’s just funny given the Flyers current defense core assuming Ellis can’t go 100% or at all. I just have no faith in the Flyers being able to leverage his strengths & weaknesses for the better end sum result.

 

[GKJ]

It makes perfect sense to go after DeAngelo one year after we had to pay a high draft pick to get rid of Ghost.

 

[volnoir]

When did Ghost become a RD?

 

[DancingPanther]

Trade it all for Jagger Firkus.

 

[PhillyWings]

Ellis is never going to play again so doesn’t shock me they’re in on RHD.

Until they trade Ellis for a 6th round pick and Ellis makes a miraculous recovery.

 

[GKJ]

When did Ghost become a RD?

Before AV made him a LD

 

[CarlRacki]

Foerster and Tuomaala absolutely fit the mold described. York and Andrae are defensemen which clearly I'm not referencing. Straight line wingers that shoot. That's my point.

Yeah ok, they aren't all huge (Tuomaala), but it's clear he values that archetype more than creators.

Might that be because the organization very much lacked these types of shoot-first forwards when Fletcher arrived, while there were several perceived "creators" in the pipeline, i.e. Farabee, Frost, Vorobyev?
And how does Bobby Brink fit the archteype here?

 

[sa cyred]

Havent been keeping up in this thread much but, do we like Jiricek or naw