Confirmed Signing with Link: [PHI] Flyers sign forward Roman Lyubimov to ELC (1 year)

[Tripod]

Signing euro and NCAA free agents is the way to augment your prospect pool after trading away picks/prospects. It's how Holmgren kept the cupboard from going completely barren during the years he traded away every pick he possibly could. So long as you have a contract slot available and the money to pay the player (which the Flyers obviously do), there's zero downside to a signing like this.

And it's how the Flyers have also added guys like Bellemare and Raffl as well who HAVE worked out. As you said, low risk. It worked out with those 2 above, not so much with Medvedev.

2 years ago, Hextall signed Bellemare which took up a roster spot and traded Tye McGinn 3 weeks later for a 3rd rounder. Philly used that pick to draft goalie prospect Felix Sandstrom.

That's great asset mgt.

The last 2 summers, Hextall traded 4th liners for 3rd round picks...McGinn and Rinaldo. Maybe Vandevelde is this summers victim.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Lyubimov and Rubstov AM I RIGHT BOYS?

Got a German and a Roman and they're both from Russia.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Know nothing of him, but hope he does well lol.

 

[Gsus]

Lyubimov and Rubstov AM I RIGHT BOYS?

No, Rubtsov.

 

[Milos Krasic]

not so much with Medvedev.
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Medvedev was a solid 3rd pairing d-man, no?

Maybe Philly expected top-4, but his legal troubles are why he's not in the NHL now.

 

[Gsus]

Medvedev was a solid 3rd pairing d-man, no?

Maybe Philly expected top-4, but his legal troubles are why he's not in the NHL now.

He looked fine at times but made some critical mistakes that got him off the lineup. I personally feel like he played better than others think. He was good with the puck but he was too inconsistent. Could've worked better with some other team.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

These are definitely not our fathers flyers anymore.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Medvedev was a solid 3rd pairing d-man, no?

Maybe Philly expected top-4, but his legal troubles are why he's not in the NHL now.

He was okay. He was good at moving the puck & on the PP. He should have played more given what played ahead of him in Philadelphia but with that said he was really reckless with his play. He really didn't have much steadiness to his game. He'd make some costly mistakes because of that & that's what ultimately did him in here.

He got turnstiled by McDavid on a rush which led to a goal in a game during like February or March & was relegated to the pressbox from there on out. He played the last game of the year which was a glorified pre-season game with the Flyers & Isles both having spots in the playoffs clinched but that was it. So everybody knew he was gone even before the DUI.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

The Flyers signed 24-year-old forward Roman Lyubimov to a one-year, two-way entry-level contract.
Lyubimov spent the last 6 seasons playing for CSKA Moscow.
He listed at 6’2, 207 pounds, In 185 career KHL games, Lyubimov has just 15 goals and 19 assists, for 34 points.

 

[Garbage Goal]

Medvedev had quality puck-moving ability and PP point ability, combined with his defensive lapses he played like a solid, largely one-way 2nd pairing D. Going by official accounts though and reading between the lines there were things off the ice that kept him from getting the play time of even an NHL regular.

 

[Milos Krasic]

The Flyers signed 24-year-old forward Roman Lyubimov to a one-year, two-way entry-level contract.
Lyubimov spent the last 6 seasons playing for CSKA Moscow.
He listed at 6’2, 207 pounds, In 185 career KHL games, Lyubimov has just 15 goals and 19 assists, for 34 points.

Lyubimov has consistently gotten better. Granted, he started out at nothing.

In 12-13 he was 31 GP - 0 pts

15-16 he was 52 GP - 7 G, 7 A but also in the playoffs 15 GP - 4 G, 4 A on a team that played Game 7 for a KHL championship, and of course 10 GP - 4 G, 4 A in the WC. He can be a solid bottom-6 guy.

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

Going to the KHL for mediocrity ? WHY ?

Because Matt Martin got $2.5M on the open market.

I like that Hextall is turning to outside leagues to cheaply restock the bottom 6. It worked with Read, Raffl, Bellemare, and if it doesn't with Lyubimov, just send him to the Phantoms. The downside is minuscule.

 

[Tripod]

Because Matt Martin got $2.5M on the open market.

I like that Hextall is turning to outside leagues to cheaply restock the bottom 6. It worked with Read, Raffl, Bellemare, and if it doesn't with Lyubimov, just send him to the Phantoms. The downside is minuscule.

Or they both agree to terminate contract and he goes back to KHL. Worth a shot.

 

[Hivemind]

He listed at 6’2, 207 pounds, In 185 career KHL games, Lyubimov has just 15 goals and 19 assists, for 34 points.

The thoughts of him as a 3rd liner are probably overly optimistic. A defensive/PK specialist 4th liner with very little offensive game is probably a more realistic expectation.

Granted, the Flyers did just bring in another one of those in Boyd Gordon.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Plenty of competition come training camp time for the fly guys.

 

[Burgs]

Bottom 6 player with good size, probably more like 4th liner, played 4 years for CSKA. He had good playoffs this year and then he was selected for Russia and played on WHC, where he had 8 points in 10 games.

Sounds like Plotnikov 2.0.

 

[tade]

Sounds like Plotnikov 2.0.

Quite frankly, i dont see it. Plotnikov was basically always offense-first guy in the KHL, top 6 player, not really suited for bottom 6 in the NHL. Lyubimov seems to be hard working type of player, role player, who is good for PK, DZS etc. Kalinin in NJD could be good comparison for Lyubimov.