Right, that's what the player/agent want. And they probably don't mind if it drags out as long as it needs to, they are in no rush.
Impressive. Flyers are not a good team. They are stuck in neutral going nowhere fast. For the last decade plus.
He’s chillaxed through the entire contract why stop now. Dudes a disgrace
Ill assume you meant he'd likely be demoted to the AHL. BRAVO!!!!
"Why not both" meme probably fits best. He has had some pretty bad injuries over the years, the one he got in the playoffs in 2017, we thought maybe he had a ruptured achilles in last year with the Preds, but it turned out not to have been ruptured. Anyway, I don't doubt stuff has taken a toll and he is physically diminished. He claims his hip injury is too bad to play (conveniently diagnosed after being sent to the minors by Philly, despite that he could play through it with Colorado). Philly apparently accepted that. At the time in letting him not report to the AHL, later in not pursuing a buyout, and right up until he started doing dance moves at his wedding? They were ok with LTIRing him and accepting his injured status. But at the same time, spotting grounds for material breach and termination was a bonus opportunity for them to save that LTIR hassle (plus whatever leftover amount insurance wasn't covering?)
Flyers are headed where they are always headed. A road to nowhere. There is no plan. No direction. They have an average at best prospect pool. Despite being a bad team. No true stars on the team currently. MM is the only hope. Even then only so much he can do.
Guy is likely legitimately injured to some degree. He has had several injuries (some severe - compartment syndrome, skate to the leg, etc). Supposedly has some sort of hip injury now. I guess the big question is - how much pain is a player willing to put up with to play for a mediocre team? He was willing to ride through the pain playing for a cup contender. If he was still on the Avalanche, would he still be playing or would he be undergoing surgery and possibly calling it a year? That's a loaded hypothetical but it is essentially what players have to ask themselves year in year out. Do i take the risk in further injuring myself and impacting my life after hockey for this team? The current iteration of the flyers isnt exactly a team id be excited to do that for (personally speaking).
He is definitely injured. Problem is it's one of those nagging things that is keeping him from being 100%. He's not hurt enough to miss NHL games, but is too hurt to play AHL games. which is raising a lot of questions here and rightfully so.
Get back to me when they contribute at the NHL level. They are a nothing special prospect group outside of MM.
Show what? That he can still play? That a well known soft (but large) player with recent injury history and in the last year of an eight year, sixty four million dollar contract who couldn't contribute to a contender with all the opportunity imaginable and is now actively not trying to play at all... what do you want him to show you? You won't like it.
I meant that this isn't a situation where a guy needs a fresh start after being marred by injuries like Monahan, who has pretty much universally liked by his team mates. Johansen was lazy in Colorado and their core players didn't like his effort. Not the type of player you want around a young team.
Like who? Besides Bonk they have nothing but huge question marks in the system.
