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I saw Goody Fletcher with the Devil!
- Feb 10, 2014
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The Vegas line for the Flyers' total points in 22/23 is 76.5.
Go on board with your O/U prediction here.
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That's about where I have them 75-80, Torts isn't concerned about winning this year, he's going to put the team through the gaunlet, and eliminate the players who don't play 200 feet.
This team can't "eliminate the players who don't play 200 feet" because most don't play in the offensive zone.
What's his preferred player type?I have severe doubts that Fletcher is going to suddenly stop acquiring all his preferred player types because an employee who plans on retiring in a few years tells him to.
What's his preferred player type?
traded for/signed Hayes, Niskanen, Braun, Atkinson, TDA, Risto
drafted York, Attard, Andrae, Brink, Foerster, Tuomaala, Gauthier, Kaplan with his higher picks
minimum wage: Yandle, Brown, Thompson, Seeler.
Dead also ignored Fletch getting Thompson a 2nd time, Grant, Gus, Brassard, Stewart.Bad players. Bad players are his type.
Those were all minimum wage moves. Which are meh moves since these sort of players can be easily buried in the AHL. Any contract $1M or less basically states the player is marginal for that reason - there's no commitment.Dead also ignored Fletch getting Thompson a 2nd time, Grant, Gus, Brassard, Stewart.
Hell, 2 of Fletcher's moves that could have looked good, he failed too. He traded for Talbot, then we didn't play him and didn't sign him. Also got 24 year old Hartman, who somehow became a 65 point guy 3 years later after leaving Philly. But we got Pitlick instead.
It's really a comedy of errors. For a GM to go from Ghost to Risto, and pay a 1st(#14), two 2nd, a 7th, and Hagg, to get there, is just astonishing. And this man still has a job.
But don't worry, Torts will save us. I am sure the 5th coach under Fletcher's watch will be the one.
The wrong player. That’s his player type. You can’t even argue this because you claim to say that that’s his biggest problem, targeting the wrong player.What's his preferred player type?
traded for/signed Hayes, Niskanen, Braun, Atkinson, TDA, Risto
drafted York, Attard, Andrae, Brink, Foerster, Tuomaala, Gauthier, Kaplan with his higher picks
minimum wage: Yandle, Brown, Thompson, Seeler.
Again, none of them are meh moves. Poor moves deserve to be maligned. Good moves deserve to be celebrated. Fletcher has made more poor moves than good.Those were all minimum wage moves. Which are meh moves since these sort of players can be easily buried in the AHL. Any contract $1M or less basically states the player is marginal for that reason - there's no commitment.
Conflating real transactions with minimum wage acquisitions is a rhetorical trick, but doesn't shed light on Fletcher's priorities.
Hartman was one of those things - Nashville gave up on him, he was going to be a FA and Dallas didn't try to resign him after trading Pitlick for him (more of a salary dump for them). He was below average defensively until he got to Minnesota, where he finally woke up, though his 2021-22 season is probably an anomaly, 15.7% shooting isn't sustainable for him.
I don't know if Torts will "save" us, but we'll have a much better read on the talent on this team after this season, I'm wary of judging players based off the previous two seasons.
Dead also ignored Fletch getting Thompson a 2nd time, Grant, Gus, Brassard, Stewart.
Hell, 2 of Fletcher's moves that could have looked good, he failed too. He traded for Talbot, then we didn't play him and didn't sign him. Also got 24 year old Hartman, who somehow became a 65 point guy 3 years later after leaving Philly. But we got Pitlick instead.
It's really a comedy of errors. For a GM to go from Ghost to Risto, and pay a 1st(#14), two 2nd, a 7th, and Hagg, to get there, is just astonishing. And this man still has a job.
But don't worry, Torts will save us. I am sure the 5th coach under Fletcher's watch will be the one.
Those were all minimum wage moves. Which are meh moves since these sort of players can be easily buried in the AHL. Any contract $1M or less basically states the player is marginal for that reason - there's no commitment.
Conflating real transactions with minimum wage acquisitions is a rhetorical trick, but doesn't shed light on Fletcher's priorities.
Hartman was one of those things - Nashville gave up on him, he was going to be a FA and Dallas didn't try to resign him after trading Pitlick for him (more of a salary dump for them). He was below average defensively until he got to Minnesota, where he finally woke up, though his 2021-22 season is probably an anomaly, 15.7% shooting isn't sustainable for him.
I don't know if Torts will "save" us, but we'll have a much better read on the talent on this team after this season, I'm wary of judging players based off the previous two seasons.