Friedman: Flyers interested in Nicolas Hague

[AslanRH]

Nikita Grebenkin RW
2nd Rounder
4th Rounder


Mikey Anderson LD

That 2nd rounder must be PHI somehow getting Nic Hague because I don't see him in the proposal in the Nic Hague thread

 

[Curufinwe]

Ristolainen might miss the start of the season and the Flyers are obsessed with being a big team that lose most of their games. So of course they want Hague.

Injury Update: Ristolainen | Philadelphia Flyers

Please see the following injury update from Flyers General Manager, Daniel Briere, on defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen

www.nhl.com

 

[Fatass]

Hes decent. 1 yr to UFA. He wants a higher contract.

Vegas has about 9.5M so they coukd sign Hague to 4.5M and filled out F with 5 $1M players

Clearing cap to go after Marner?

 

[BHD]

I've always thought of him as your ideal #4 guy.

 

[DJJones]

I sure wish the Flames were in on him too.

Maybe if they trade Andersson. Otherwise they gotta leave some spots open.

 

[Djp]

Clearing cap to go after Marner?

They need to move significant cap. Thrg still need to field a team.


Creating a 13/7/2 roster leaves them with about $5M before siging hague.another high salary needs to move to sign marner.

The team also needs to plan around resigning eichel

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Hague is definitely a guy who could do well in a bigger role. He's paid his dues with 300+ games but the Knights always had guys above him in the depth chart.

Flyers need help on D. Hague wants to start making money. Makes a ton of sense.

 

[SnS]

I don’t see a spot for him unless the Flyers are trying to move out someone else.

I also don’t understand why.

 

[Larry44]

I don’t see a spot for him unless the Flyers are trying to move out someone else.

I also don’t understand why.

They would have to trade York or Zamula in the Hague deal. Neither would be missed terribly.

 

[SnS]

They would have to trade York or Zamula in the Hague deal. Neither would be missed terribly.

I think York is better.

 

[FrozenKing18]

bad but he's 6'6" 245lb

Can't teach that

 

[MNRube]

Hague is definitely a guy who could do well in a bigger role. He's paid his dues with 300+ games but the Knights always had guys above him in the depth chart.

Flyers need help on D. Hague wants to start making money. Makes a ton of sense.

Agreed. He’s been on the best blueline in the league but would be a solid middle pair guy on virtually every other team in the league. Every team needs a couple guys like him

 

[bleachdrinker]

I don’t see a spot for him unless the Flyers are trying to move out someone else.

I also don’t understand why.

Yeah, way too many bodies competing for spots unless they bump Zamula down to the minors. If they’re worried about Risto not being able to start the season I’d almost rather see them give McDonald a look as a ‘big dude’ replacement rather than spend assets for Hague. They’re not competing any time soon.

 

[Larry44]

I think York is better.

Maybe, but if they can't agree on a contract with York, it might be him that goes.

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

Anyone Vegas uses to replace him will cost more for the same production if found in UFA. If they replace with an ELC it won’t be as bad.

 

[kevistar]

Omg that's a real ad? I guess I'm too young to only have seen this in family guy or canadian

 

[SnS]

Maybe, but if they can't agree on a contract with York, it might be him that goes.

I’d rather him not be shipped for a big and bad defender flyers have enough of those.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Fascinating

 

[boredmale]

Omg that's a real ad? I guess I'm too young to only have seen this in family guy or canadian

Oh yeah. I remember them from the 80s where Kool Aid dude would jump out of the wall like that but I think they go as far back as the mid to late 60

 

[04hockey]

Maybe, but if they can't agree on a contract with York, it might be him that goes.

would love to hear his agents "demands" for yorks' next contract

 

[Hale The Villain]

Not sure why there's so much antagonism towards acquiring Hague from Flyers fans.

He's pretty decent. Hasn't been able to prove he's a top 4 D due to the Knights insane depth on defense, but he's been solid.

I wonder if something based around Hague for Tippett could work for both teams.

 

[Canovin]

Anyone Vegas uses to replace him will cost more for the same production if found in UFA. If they replace with an ELC it won’t be as bad.

That's the thing. Vegas wants to keep Hague but they're eyeing Marner and they have limited cap space.

 

[kevistar]

Oh yeah. I remember them from the 80s where Kool Aid dude would jump out of the wall like that but I think they go as far back as the mid to late 60

I guess the youtube algorithm read this conversation because I got recommended this video on youtube

 

[boredmale]

I guess the youtube algorithm read this conversation because I got recommended this video on youtube

Note quit as good as Kool Aid Man crashing through the wall but yeah I notice anytime i look at something i get recommended a bunch of stuff similar.

 

[ponder719]

Not sure why there's so much antagonism towards acquiring Hague from Flyers fans.

It's less about Hague himself, and more about our understanding of what the Flyers' front office values, and why. The only analytics they seem to care about are feet, inches, and pounds, and after the sheer number of terrible decisions they've made on that basis, we start to assume the worst of any decision made on that basis.