Confirmed with Link: Flyers Sign Martin Jones (1 Yr - $2M)

[The Madrigal]

starting to come around i see huh.

its ok we got beer and sammichs on the back table... find a seat, and welcome aboard

I hate this one move, don't get excited.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I find it quite annoying that after trading away a few players and high draft picks, we have multiple acquisitions where we simply go with hope he gets better with us

that has literaly been Fletchs entire offseason..

its like he ONLY went shopping in the dented can aisle while every other GM was in the rest of the supermarket..

sigh....

 

[dragonoffrost]

Halak is done

Halak is better than Holtby or Jones

 

[The Madrigal]

On better team.. Reimer is average with little upside .... you guys are not taking consideration the impact your team has on goalie stats its massive.... JOnes may be sh** but at $2 million for 1 year its not that bad... Hart likely signing for only 1 yr is my take....they probably didn't want to commit for more than 1 yr which limited them on LB and others

Dude, there is nothing good about this deal no matter how hard you try to justify it.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Holtby one year 2 million
Raanta one year 2 million
Reimer two years 2.25 million

We signed Martin FN Jones to essentially the same deal.

Zinggg

 

[captainpaxil]

Halak or holtby would have been my choice but maybe this will get sandstorm or krill the conqueror some games

 

[kudymen]

its like he ONLY went shopping in the dented can aisle while every other GM was in the rest of the supermarket..

He really reminds me of this Simpsons storyline

 

[snoop88]

Martin Jones is a winner. He's here to show Carter the ropes about winning a Cup and leading a team to the Cup Finals.

# MentorLyfe

 

[The Madrigal]

Halak is better than Holtby or Jones

That's debatable. He didn't play well at all last season on a really good team and was scratched down the stretch. I would take my chances on a 31 year old bouncing back over a 36 year old.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

they know exactly what they're doing, they're bringing in all the guys someone knows, other than ellis. i'm sure someone knows him.

hahaaa so true..

"do you know the secret handshake ?, no ?, then get lost."...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

 

[JoeViller]

Zinngg..

im seriously staeting to suspect Fletch is tanking this Org. as a spy for Min.

every single addition this off season is a reclamation project, "we hope they can turn it around and have a better year here, "...

sigh...

I detest this signing. But this statement is simply untrue. How are Ellis, Atkinson or Yandle reclamation projects?

 

[wuf]

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That is not a picture of Martin Jones.

 

[TH1Pool]

I’m not familiar with Jones. Seems like we aren’t happy about this? But I don’t know…goalie is such a weird position. Look at Mrazac and the numbers he put up in Carolina after we couldn’t wait to get rid of him. Maybe a new team/system is the biggest factor in a goalies success anywhere.

are the Flyers that team for him? Probably not…but I imagine we’d make any free agent goalie look like trash, so it doesn’t matter who we signed.

 

[Beef Invictus]

This certainly is a decision.


I guess I get to watch our backup suck differently. I was tired of watching the ways that Elliott could suck. This will be exciting and new for up to five games.

 

[GKJ]

hahaaa so true..

"do you know the secret handshake ?, no ?, then get lost."...

This allows me to reference a scene from one of my favorite movies

 

[Ghosts Beer]

How many other goalies are going to come to the Flyers to be a back up. At least he doesn’t have a long injury history.

he’ll play 30 games and hopefully Hart reverts back to form.

I think this is likely the biggest factor.

When it boils down to it, UFA goalies know the Flyers have Carter Hart, & think they won’t have a legit opportunity to win the #1 job.

This probably severely limited the Flyers’ options.

There’s no way Jones was their first choice.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

This certainly is a decision.


I guess I get to watch our backup suck differently. I was tired of watching the ways that Elliott could suck. This will be exciting and new for up to five games.

 

[dragonoffrost]

That's debatable. He didn't play well at all last season on a really good team and was scratched down the stretch. I would take my chances on a 31 year old bouncing back over a 36 year old.

Your taking a shot at a guy who's be shit for 3 years at a percentage of a small amount of cap space over a guy who has one bad season on his record and would cost 500k less that you need for Hart and Sanheim. Cap space is a worth the chance on 1 bad year over 3 bad years.

 

[wasup]

Look on the bright side. He isn’t the worst back up in the league. Jets have Comrie and not enough cash to fill out their lineup.

Nope Berdin , Comrie is not good .

 

[kudymen]

That is not a picture of Martin Jones.

Id rather it wasnt the stats of Martin Jones

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I hate this one move, don't get excited.

baby steps..

 

[Garbage Goal]

yfw the satire is too good

Touché.

 

[Beef Invictus]

By the way, Eklund called this three hours ago.

Eklund occasionally guesses correctly. Throw enough shit at a wall and eventually something sticks.

Someone once ran a random rumor generator and it had more success than him.

 

[The Madrigal]

Fletcher's big mistake appeared to be not having a good hold of the FA goalie market. Guys like Andersen, Bernier, and Mrazek were way out of their price range. They had to go cheap and appeared to have settled for Jones at the same price as some better options.