Confirmed with Link: Keith Yandle Signs One Year Deal With Flyers ($900K W/ NTC)

[Deadpool8812]

You do know that Hayes' brother died last summer. That Yandle is his closest friend and has helped him through what would be a terrible period for anyone, compounded by an injury that might have been career threatening.

Of course Hayes is going to feel bad for a close friend, who has stood by him during a difficult period of his life. It's not like he made a big deal of it.

There are things to knock players/management over, but sometimes people just have to stop with the knee jerk comments and think for a second - maybe I'm just being a tasteless jerk?

Jimmy died in August, while Yandle signed beforehand with the Flyers in July. In other words, Flyers management signed Yandle because they still believed he could play in the league. Fans have every right to trash whoever tries to put a positive spin on playing Yandle. Hayes can be supportive, but even he needs to realize his BFF shouldn't be playing.

Hayes has gone through a lot this year, and it's awful but signing his BFF and parading him out there on a consistent basis when it was obvious he was no longer an NHL player isn't the answer.

 

[Deadpool8812]

It's a good sign Yandle didn't buy or even rent a house here. Don't want to encourage him to stay one extra day after 4/30.

If Yandle retires, what are the chances he gets a staff position with the Flyers?

 

[ajgoal]

If Yandle retires, what are the chances he gets a staff position with the Flyers?

 

[deadhead]

If Yandle retires, what are the chances he gets a staff position with the Flyers?

Zero. He was brought in by AV, one of his "Ranger" boys. Has no real Flyer ties.
Hayes doesn't have any influence on personnel decisions, he's another Ranger boy, so was Brassard, who they traded.

We don't even have an inkling who the next HC will be.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

“Hayes doesn’t have any influence on personnel decisions.”

Can I borrow some of what you're smoking?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Zero. He was brought in by AV, one of his "Ranger" boys. Has no real Flyer ties.
Hayes doesn't have any influence on personnel decisions, he's another Ranger boy, so was Brassard, who they traded.

We don't even have an inkling who the next HC will be.

Actually he was brought in by Fletcher, who is the GM and makes personnel decisions. That's why Yandle didn't mercifully disappear with AV.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

For the love of God can we please change the title to this thread.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Zero. He was brought in by AV, one of his "Ranger" boys. Has no real Flyer ties.
Hayes doesn't have any influence on personnel decisions, he's another Ranger boy, so was Brassard, who they traded.

We don't even have an inkling who the next HC will be.

Lies. Fletcher brought him in. If AV brought him in, he would have been out of the line up as soon as AV was fired

 

[deadhead]

Not if the condition of Yandle signing was that he'd get to break the record if he stayed healthy.

 

[eramosat]

Yandle was part of a thought out plan, involving change of leadership, installation of key veteran players and an approach to the future with players who were familiar to key players, to coaches and to the GM.

Yandle was a cheap, 3rd pair D with PP responsibilities, who was a theoretical perfect fit on the top 6 for what the Flyers wanted. Plus a known clubhouse glue guy, and part of a group of close-knit friends who were relied upon to help drive culture change the management was driving.

Every single aspect of the plan failed, before even one season was out. Yandle is one of the smaller parts. But the fact that so many aspects of this plan failed so badly, and so quickly...well, that's why it's very easy to look at the position the Flyers are in now and say "whatever. I"ll check back in 4 years to see how you fared."

I've already checked out these last few seasons. I watched...one game this year? And don't have any plans to watch any games anytime soon.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Yandle was part of a thought out plan, involving change of leadership, installation of key veteran players and an approach to the future with players who were familiar to key players, to coaches and to the GM.

Yandle was a cheap, 3rd pair D with PP responsibilities, who was a theoretical perfect fit on the top 6 for what the Flyers wanted. Plus a known clubhouse glue guy, and part of a group of close-knit friends who were relied upon to help drive culture change the management was driving.

Every single aspect of the plan failed, before even one season was out. Yandle is one of the smaller parts. But the fact that so many aspects of this plan failed so badly, and so quickly...well, that's why it's very easy to look at the position the Flyers are in now and say "whatever. I"ll check back in 4 years to see how you fared."

I've already checked out these last few seasons. I watched...one game this year? And don't have any plans to watch any games anytime soon.

sell the franchise, start over at next expansion..

not even kidding... it would be faster road to contention then were this club is now...

 

[mja]

Not if the condition of Yandle signing was that he'd get to break the record if he stayed healthy.

This is not the defense you think it is. You may as well have written that Chuck is a weak patsy who isn't capable of running a successful hockey club. But then I realize that's a big part of the criteria you personally look for in a general manager.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Not if the condition of Yandle signing was that he'd get to break the record if he stayed healthy.

That's bad management. You don't continue to do bad management for its own sake.

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

Not if the condition of Yandle signing was that he'd get to break the record if he stayed healthy.

Which shows yet again, that Fletchers blueprint of building through promises of records, or being Haysees BFFs or just because you're from Minnesota, gets the franchise to exactly where it is today....terrible.

 

[renberg]

Every single aspect of the plan failed, before even one season was out. Yandle is one of the smaller parts. But the fact that so many aspects of this plan failed so badly, and so quickly...well, that's why it's very easy to look at the position the Flyers are in now and say "whatever.

This is the unbelievable fact. Maybe the Atkinson-Voracek trade worked out but aside from the The decisions from the end of last season until today have shown the Flyers FO to have the reverse Midas touch. Where it will go from here is anyone's guess. Our first clue will probably be when the new HC and his staff is hired. Fletcher can not afford to mess up this hire.

 

[Beef Invictus]

There's a strong chance Yeo just stays on. Fletcher is absurdly uncreative.

 

[renberg]

There's a strong chance Yeo just stays on. Fletcher is absurdly uncreative.

Good. Then they’ll both be fired in the near future.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Good. Then they’ll both be fired in the near future.

I think there's also a pretty good chance that Briere takes over as GM this off-season, not that it would change any aspect of the team.

 

[Curufinwe]

Zero. He was brought in by AV, one of his "Ranger" boys.

He was brought in by the GM, like every other player.

 

[Rebels57]

There's a strong chance Yeo just stays on. Fletcher is absurdly uncreative.

That horrifying possibility is exactly why I hope they lose every game they play the rest of the season. Then I hope they keep losing into next season if Fletcher is still here. Once he's gone i'll cheer for wins again.

 

[Hextallent63]

There's a strong chance Yeo just stays on. Fletcher is absurdly uncreative.

theres a strong chance he stays on because no one wants to work for fletcher. theirs more than likely a 90% chance they get a dinosaur trying to hold on or a young nobody that has amazing "credentials" outside of the nhl.

 

[eramosat]

theres a strong chance he stays on because no one wants to work for fletcher. theirs more than likely a 90% chance they get a dinosaur trying to hold on or a young nobody that has amazing "credentials" outside of the nhl.

The coach. Hmm. Well, I guess they have to figure out who their players are going to be, first. They can't afford really anything different than the roster they have now, plus their injured guys.

I would actually keep Yeo, and see what happens next season, there's little reason to pick your next new coach before you know what direction you're taking, competing, re-building or praying.

 

[mja]

This f***ing thread is the thread that makes me the angriest. This thread should have died as soon as we sat Yandle the f*** down a dozen games into the season when it was beyond clear he was cooked.

 

[deadhead]

Whatever, come June it'll all be ancient history.

The one good thing about AV's third season is it finally prompted a sea change, hopefully that will continue in June with shipping out JVR and Atkinson and committing to the current youth movement. The fact that with the streak over, Yandle can't even crack the lineup says it's all about 2022-23 now.

 

[mja]

Whatever, come June it'll all be ancient history.

The one good thing about AV's third season is it finally prompted a sea change, hopefully that will continue in June with shipping out JVR and Atkinson and committing to the current youth movement. The fact that with the streak over, Yandle can't even crack the lineup says it's all about 2022-23 now.

I got news for you: they're not trading Atkinson. And the time to commit to youth was when we still had a veteran core to build around. No, most likely they're going to dump off JVR in some way, and then turn around and use his cap space for another deadend veteran in some vain attempt to compete for a playoff berth.