Confirmed with Link: Flyers To Buyout Remainder Of Cam Atkinson's Contract

[GapToothedWonder]

You know what, f*** you Atkinson you douchebag.

This team allowed your rotting corpse to play all year with great teammates to get you going, and you repay the organization by refusing a trade, a NTC we didn't give you.

He could have basically called it quits and sat on LTIR all year. No ones gonna sign him, so he's just lost out on 1/3rd of his salary.

Guy played less then 150 games for a shit team thats been a bottom of the barrel organization for over a decade. Why would he f*** up his life for them? He's barely connected to them.

One thing to point out is that Hextall inherited a lot of this trash. Now, has he reduced the waste in ways I would have hoped, no but that doesn’t mean he tried. Limited clauses and atkinsons declines are two big factors that reduced his value.

FTFY

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Well I think you have to make any and all final subtractions now, before Michkov arrives so that you can use that as your new starting point with a good locker room.

Part of the reason they targeted Cam was he was a #goodlockerroomguy vs Jake who was a "problem" was Cam also a problem now? Maybe we need to shake things up in our locker room scouting department. Seems like these good locker room guys are all falling off a cliff when they get to Philly.

 

[Boocowski]

Part of the reason they targeted Cam was he was a #goodlockerroomguy vs Jake who was a "problem" was Cam also a problem now? Maybe we need to shake things up in our locker room scouting department. Seems like these good locker room guys are all falling off a cliff when they get to Philly.

I don't think he was a problem in that sense, but he was an older guy just playing out his contract. It's just cleaning up the debris. It's really no big deal.

 

[orangey]

Turns out this may be the best thing they do hahahaha...

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Turns out this may be the best thing they do hahahaha...

rebuild complete..

 

[tictactoe]

Well Danny knows what buy our feels like.. so...

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Part of the reason they targeted Cam was he was a #goodlockerroomguy vs Jake who was a "problem" was Cam also a problem now? Maybe we need to shake things up in our locker room scouting department. Seems like these good locker room guys are all falling off a cliff when they get to Philly.

I think it was Vigneault who ran Jake out of town. Wonder who else was on that list. Ghost must be for sure.

 

[BritainStix]

Does he have a NMC or a NTC?

If its the latter, why didn't we bury his ass in the AHL and make him ride busses

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Blame the guy that acquired Atkinson knowing his contract details opposed to blaming Atkinson for exercising the rights of his contract.

Guy is supposed to just willingly accept a trade to another bad team but on the other side of the country which he’s never lived in that region of the country. For what exactly?

 

[Curufinwe]

Does he have a NMC or a NTC?

If its the latter, why didn't we bury his ass in the AHL and make him ride busses

Because protecting the feelings of veterans is very important to the Flyers. Also that wouldn’t open up much cap space this season.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Blame the guy that acquired Atkinson knowing his contract details opposed to blaming Atkinson for exercising the rights of his contract.

Guy is supposed to just willingly accept a trade to another bad team but on the other side of the country which he’s never lived in that region of the country. For what exactly?

Exactly. He doesn’t owe the Flyers anything.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Goodbye to Cam

Poor Cam

 

[trostol]

Cam to Tampa certainly is a ...I don't know what it is

 

[orangey]

Cam to Tampa certainly is a ...I don't know what it is

He's the new one timer on PP1.

 

[pit]

That's kind of the natural outcome of having Fletcher as your GM. It will take years for your cap situation to fully recover. Ask the Wild!

The Wild wouldn't know how to answer because they don't know what recovery is like. They still have 5 more years of 1.6M in Fletcher dead cap to get through.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Did we just buy out Cambo and done f*** all with that money? I don't even want to imagine what this group will be able to pull off if they are buyers at tdl. Thankfully I have no confidence in them being competitive.

 

[wankstifier]

Did we just buy out Cambo and done f*** all with that money? I don't even want to imagine what this group will be able to pull off if they are buyers at tdl. Thankfully I have no confidence in them being competitive.

They have a little less than $2MM in space with Brinks contract buried and Ellis on the IR. Still have to sign Zamula. Not really much room to work with until they put Ellis on LTIR or decide to trade some players.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Did we just buy out Cambo and done f*** all with that money? I don't even want to imagine what this group will be able to pull off if they are buyers at tdl. Thankfully I have no confidence in them being competitive.

We had no cap space to make any significant moves

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

We had no cap space to make any significant moves

We all know Ellis will never play again. Only way this makes sense is if they are trying to bank cap space for elc performance bonuses. Though I'm not sure how that gets calculated.
CAP SPACE WITH LTIR CANDIDATES : $8,270,239

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I thought ELC bonuses kick in the following season

 

[mr figgles]

I thought ELC bonuses kick in the following season

If it works the same as the vet bonuses, it can hit in the current season if you have cap space

 

[Deadpool8812]

We all know Ellis will never play again. Only way this makes sense is if they are trying to bank cap space for elc performance bonuses. Though I'm not sure how that gets calculated.
CAP SPACE WITH LTIR CANDIDATES : $8,270,239

Briere has already said he does not want to have to use LTIR relief unless it's completely necessary

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Briere has already said he does not want to have to use LTIR relief unless it's completely necessary

So basically in a league where teams bank millions with players like Kane, Kucherov and Stone on ltir to be even more competitive he decided to go the other way? So pretty much the same approach flyers are using when it comes to PP then.

 

[pit]

Briere has already said he does not want to have to use LTIR relief unless it's completely necessary

Makes sense.

Math is hard after all.

 

[Larry44]

Part of the reason they targeted Cam was he was a #goodlockerroomguy vs Jake who was a "problem" was Cam also a problem now? Maybe we need to shake things up in our locker room scouting department. Seems like these good locker room guys are all falling off a cliff when they get to Philly.

Yep, it was all Giroux's and Jake's fault the room wasn't great. And Provy. And the cloud hanging over Hart. Any more excuses, or is TK now the problem, or Farabee?