Curufinwe
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Maybe more than that. If he didn’t have other things on his mind, he would absolutely have been one of the top goalies in the league.Carter Hart cost himself around $60 million.
1000 games ?Just 10 moar games and we will get to celebrate a major milestone with Erik Johnson.
You need a top pick to get an elite scoring center, McDavid, McKinnon, Matthews, Crosby.bro you swagger jacked the shit outta my username
(jk, great name bud)
It looks like everyone in here has addressed the elephant in the room already that we are desperately seeking a 1c/1d. I have two questions for the good people of this thread:
1. Is there a 1c that will be traded this year or offseason that could be possible for us?
2. if we dont use the picks for a 1c/1d trade, is there a realistic target in the top 5 that we could use our surplus of picks to trade up for?
Charlie O'Connor's article the other day after the oilers game I thought hit the nail on the head. Really hoping we can find the path to a 1c/1d but honestly I am not sure its possible given this team/coach/management thinks they can at least compete for a playoff spot.
I bet they'll plan a pregame celebration just like they did with old man Elliot.1000 games ?
You need a top pick to get an elite scoring center, McDavid, McKinnon, Matthews, Crosby.
But there's only 4 of these guys out of 32, and two have never won a Cup.
You don't need a top 5 pick to land a 1C, Aho, Robert Thomas, Point, JT Miller, Barzal, etc,
Florida's centers: Lundell, Bennett, Boqvist, Giles.
Same on defense, top 10 ES scorers (a number of PP1 QBs aren't top 4 D-men)
Josi (#38), Morrissey (#13), Bouchard (#10), Letang (#62), Dobson (#12), Toews (#108)
The gap between top scoring D-men and the second tier is much smaller, so if you land two guys in the top 20 you're doing fine.
Point is good scouting and "safety in numbers" can do the trick.
Let us all know when the Flyers find one of those you mentioned. New era of orange will.You need a top pick to get an elite scoring center, McDavid, McKinnon, Matthews, Crosby.
But there's only 4 of these guys out of 32, and two have never won a Cup.
You don't need a top 5 pick to land a 1C, Aho, Robert Thomas, Point, JT Miller, Barzal, etc,
Florida's centers: Lundell, Bennett, Boqvist, Giles.
Same on defense, top 10 ES scorers (a number of PP1 QBs aren't top 4 D-men)
Josi (#38), Morrissey (#13), Bouchard (#10), Letang (#62), Dobson (#12), Toews (#108)
The gap between top scoring D-men and the second tier is much smaller, so if you land two guys in the top 20 you're doing fine.
Point is good scouting and "safety in numbers" can do the trick.
Let us all know when the Flyers find one of those you mentioned. New era of orange will.
Just 10 moar games and we will get to celebrate a major milestone with Erik Johnson.
I think it's dumb that they keep scratching Cates while a bunch of forwards are getting dominated. Poehling needs to play 82 games - really?
And Cates averaged 1:31 on the PK last season. I guess that time can go to Tippett.
It didn't fall into their laps, Briere was prepared to trade up to get Michkov, but when teams shied away b/c of the Russian/3yr deal issue, he pounced.I'd be more confident the Flyers could draft things like a #1 PP quarterback dman outside the top five if they didn't pay to get rid of the last one they had, and then replace him by overpaying for a $5 million dollar 6th defenceman.
It's not so much it's impossible to do, it's that this team's talent evaluation is so piss poor I don't think they're suites to do anything that shrewd. They only picked up Michkov because an absolute no-brainer decision fell into their lap, none of their other moves inspire any confidence in me.
Do you believe the Flyers could resurrect his career?Some chatter about the Canucks being dissatisfied with Elias Pettersson. Weak play on his part after signing his contract which carried through the POs and it looks like into the new season. Play at ES has been unsatisfactory to the Canucks. If they were in the mood to move him would Tippett or Konecny and Frost be enough to get a deal done? Would you do it if you were Briere?
Yes. Putting him with Michkov would do it.Do you believe the Flyers could resurrect his career?
You need a top pick to get an elite scoring center, McDavid, McKinnon, Matthews, Crosby.
But there's only 4 of these guys out of 32, and two have never won a Cup.
You don't need a top 5 pick to land a 1C, Aho, Robert Thomas, Point, JT Miller, Barzal, etc,
Florida's centers: Lundell, Bennett, Boqvist, Giles.
Same on defense, top 10 ES scorers (a number of PP1 QBs aren't top 4 D-men)
Josi (#38), Morrissey (#13), Bouchard (#10), Letang (#62), Dobson (#12), Toews (#108)
The gap between top scoring D-men and the second tier is much smaller, so if you land two guys in the top 20 you're doing fine.
Point is good scouting and "safety in numbers" can do the trick.
I'd be more confident the Flyers could draft things like a #1 PP quarterback dman outside the top five if they didn't pay to get rid of the last one they had
Oh, it’s much worse than that. They did that with the only one they’ve drafted in franchise history. That’s mind-boggling to consider. Perhaps Sanheim could’ve been another, but that ship has sailed.
There’s a likely chance Ghost, Provorov, and Sanheim are 5-7th in franchise career points by defensemen at season’s end. Ghost only trails Howe, Desjardins, and Timonen in PPP, in several seasons less time.
Then, in June, the new era regime failed yet another test with flying colors.
......Drafting Michkov was a no brainer, and like you said, it's fine Briere wanted to move up. Doesn't mean he would have, it takes 2 teams to tango. We hear every year about how top picks don't get traded.It didn't fall into their laps, Briere was prepared to trade up to get Michkov, but when teams shied away b/c of the Russian/3yr deal issue, he pounced.
The 1st rd picks under Flahr/Briere
York #14, Foerster #23, Gauthier #5, Michkov #7, Bonk, #22, Luchanko #13
There is talk of a lingering injury and other things. Would not go near him.Some chatter about the Canucks being dissatisfied with Elias Pettersson.
......Drafting Michkov was a no brainer, and like you said, it's fine Briere wanted to move up. Doesn't mean he would have, it takes 2 teams to tango. We hear every year about how top picks don't get traded.
Sorry, but I'm not giving management credit for the single good personal evaluation they have made when it was so blindingly obvious that 95% of this board was telling him to make the same decision. Nothing about that is shrewd, it's just "not even you can screw this up".
Every other evaluation they make looks poor, so until proven otherwise Michkov is the exception as opposed to the rule.