Prospect Info: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc. [The Fall 2022 Edition]

[deadhead]

Don Sweeney says, “Hi.”.

so does Jarmo_Kekalainen.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

The Phantoms have been pretty irrelevant ever since the '05 Calder Cup save for a couple of the early years in Allentown. I think they missed the playoffs all five years they were in Glens Falls. Kind of a shame, it's always more fun when all three PA teams are competitive

I'am curious. How can it be that we have our best times with Richards and Carter but also this franchise was blaming this 2 to have the wrong culture/ behaviour.

In hindsight it seems like the wrong decision. I know Richards fell apart later in his contract. But he will be one of my all time favourites nevertheless! What we have since? Giroux and Voracek, Ghost. Nothing more! I hate this team!

 

[Ironmanrulez]

So, Fletcher had to push for TDL deals and made bad deals and that's the explanation? Again, not shining a positive light!

He has 14 years as a general manager, with a history of never picking in volume and below average drafting. Surely he wasn't pushing for TDL all 14 years.

And his team wasnt a contender. He needed to build one. And he does it with low volume draft picks and bad trades. And the 2 Blockbuster 100 year contracts to locals. He failed HARD!

 

[Beef Invictus]

I've said before, if there was a button that randomly assigned your team a NHL GM, you know for sure that I am pressing it and at least 90% of Flyers fans are too. Even if there were a few Mike Milburys thrown in to dilute the talent base.

What's the worst that will happen, we end up with what we already have? Oh no.

 

[captainpaxil]

I'am curious. How can it be that we have our best times with Richards and Carter but also this franchise was blaming this 2 to have the wrong culture/ behaviour.

In hindsight it seems like the wrong decision. I know Richards fell apart later in his contract. But he will be one of my all time favourites nevertheless! What we have since? Giroux and Voracek, Ghost. Nothing more! I hate this team!

They were a young team built to win together coming up through the system around the same time. As we got closer and closer they leaned more and more on veteran pros and the attitude changed. By the time they shipped off bob I don't think anyone was having any fun. Sometimes moves make more sense on paper. It just was a different culture when Richards left than when he started.

I don't know that we have anything close to a group of talent that that phantoms calder team had

 

[renberg]

Go back to the environment at the time. Guys excursions into OC, the dry island challenges; the disrespect shown to ownership and such. To some, on the surface, things looked promising. Underneath that veneer lay serious issues that were going to doom that club.

 

[deadhead]

Go back to the environment at the time. Guys excursions into OC, the dry island challenges; the disrespect shown to ownership and such. To some, on the surface, things looked promising. Underneath that veneer lay serious issues that were going to doom that club.

Problem was Holmgren thought he fixed the team when he removed the "cancer," and simply ignored that without Pronger, it was an aging team that was no longer competitive. 2011 was very similar to 2019, a few aging stars, some young guys not ready to carry the load.

Took until 2014 and the hiring of Hextall for Holmgren to admit the party was over, took until 2022 and Torts making it clear that the party was over.

 

[landsbergfan]

@FLYguy3911 which #1 is next?

 

[Levshunov]

There is a rumor in Belarus that Alexei Kolosov will leave for Philadelphia next season

 

[Ironmanrulez]

There is a rumor in Belarus that Alexei Kolosov will leave for Philadelphia next season

Our drafted goalie? Why not. Would be good.for the ahl. Lappy will get him a.lot of work down there

 

[FLYguy3911]

@FLYguy3911 which #1 is next?

My man went off the deep end.

 

[Curufinwe]

There is a rumor in Belarus that Alexei Kolosov will leave for Philadelphia next season

So we'll have Hart, Sandstrom, Ersson, Fedotov and Kosolov. That's a lot of goalies.

 

[Philly Fanatik]

So we'll have Hart, Sandstrom, Ersson, Fedotov and Kosolov. That's a lot of goalies.

We’ll need all of those goaltenders.
Flyers will burn them out keeping their games close.
We need players with elite scoring prowess immediately and even if Couturier and Atkinson were in the lineup….they’re not bona fide scorers!
Hard to win with a 3rd and 3 4th lines every night!
Mediocrity for the next 10 years….vanilla ice cream is just plain f***ing bland …

 

[deadhead]

There is a rumor in Belarus that Alexei Kolosov will leave for Philadelphia next season

Would make sense, after watching what happened to Fedotov, I'd get the hell out of the KHL and Belarus.

 

[landsbergfan]

So we'll have Hart, Sandstrom, Ersson, Fedotov and Kosolov. That's a lot of goalies.

Surely Fletcher will be able to get value out of this situation and wont end up just losing 2 of them for nothing

My man went off the deep end.

honestly I have yet to watch a game. seems like I missed two good ones. Even when they lost the 2nd michigan game, they almost came back. Both times at home though. I've been to Pegula Ice Arena before. It's a great spot to watch a game. Feels like you're watching the Coyotes

 

[landsbergfan]

There is a rumor in Belarus that Alexei Kolosov will leave for Philadelphia next season

Let's hope he doesn't get "drafted" into military service before then

 

[FLYguy3911]

honestly I have yet to watch a game. seems like I missed two good ones. Even when they lost the 2nd michigan game, they almost came back. Both times at home though. I've been to Pegula Ice Arena before. It's a great spot to watch a game. Feels like you're watching the Coyotes

I got obliterated right outside of that barn before a football game. Looked kinda small from the outside.

 

[renberg]

Let's hope he doesn't get "drafted" into military service before then

Any Russian player who wants to play in the NHL needs to slip out of that place at the first opportunity.

 

[Flyer lurker]

So we'll have Hart, Sandstrom, Ersson, Fedotov and Kosolov. That's a lot of goalies.

There are always plenty of rental d men out there for Flusher.

 

[deadhead]

Any Russian player who wants to play in the NHL needs to slip out of that place at the first opportunity.

Well, he's not Russian, Belarus is more like a reluctant partner, but since his only options are the KHL, it's probably not the optimal place for someone planning to come over to NA right now. I mean KHL teams wouldn't use their Russian political connections to coerce a young goalie to sign an unfavorable contract, would they?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Well, he's not Russian, Belarus is more like a reluctant partner, but since his only options are the KHL, it's probably not the optimal place for someone planning to come over to NA right now. I mean KHL teams wouldn't use their Russian political connections to coerce a young goalie to sign an unfavorable contract, would they?

Belarus isn't much better and they've been restricting a lot of citizens' ability to leave. People are having to sneak or smuggle themselves and their families out

 

[captainpaxil]

We’ll need all of those goaltenders.
Flyers will burn them out keeping their games close.
We need players with elite scoring prowess immediately and even if Couturier and Atkinson were in the lineup….they’re not bona fide scorers!
Hard to win with a 3rd and 3 4th lines every night!
Mediocrity for the next 10 years….vanilla ice cream is just plain f***ing bland …

If Gautier can replace Hayes and cooter can return we should be in just the right spot to make a run at Austin Matthews.

 

[Magua]

 

[Philly Fanatik]

If Gautier can replace Hayes and cooter can return we should be in just the right spot to make a run at Austin Matthews.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]