Rasmus Ristolainen: The $5M, 0 percentile defenseman

[Striiker]

lol

As usual, Charles will endlessly jerk off any player Torts likes and bitch about anyone he dislikes.

 

[wankstifier]

lol

As usual, Charles will endlessly jerk off any player Torts likes and bitch about anyone he dislikes.

OR MORE??

 

[Magua]

The Flyers wouldn’t trade Ristolainen for a 1st.

 

[Striiker]

OR MORE??

Gotta leave that door open so down the road he can polish the turd that will be Ristolainens new contract with a higher cap hit.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I've never once thought Rasmus Ristolainen and fast.

Fun fact: Ramsus Ristolainen was not even faster than 36 year old Justin Braun with one leg out of the league, much less "prime Justin Braun".

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Risto has gotten better I'll give him that. He went from terrible to bad - I just laugh at the twitter groups taking victory laps on Risto and Torts lol

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Imo you need to compare his on ice production with his salary and the Cost to acquire him! If you do that he is the worst dman since Amac! I hate him since day one. And i will hate him till his last day in a flyers jersey!

The whole "re-tool" or whatever of the defense is a sight to behold:


Out:
Gostisbehere
Hagg
1st 2021 (14th overall)
2nd 2022
4th 2022
7th 2022
7th 2022
2nd 2023
3rd 2023
2nd 2024

In:
Ristolainen (extended for 5 years, $5.1 AAV)
DeAngelo (extended for 2 years, $5.0 AAV, bought out after one year by Briere)
7th 2022

Not technically involved, but related to the end of the DeAngelo fiasco:
Massimo Rizzo
5th 2025



Truly a masterclass in what not to do while running an NHL franchise.

 

[renberg]

The Penguins are right there with the Flyers:
Malkin-4yrs-$24.4M
Letang-6yrs-$36.6M
Carter-2yrs-$6.25
Rakell-6yrs-$30M
Graves-6yrs-$27M
Karlsson-4yrs-$39M

Top DC gone this year and third and fifth rounders as well; second rounder next year.
Then there's the messes in Ottawa, Calgary and other places. Lots of stupid floating around in the FOs of the league.

 

[landsbergfan]

The Penguins are right there with the Flyers:
Malkin-4yrs-$24.4M
Letang-6yrs-$36.6M
Carter-2yrs-$6.25
Rakell-6yrs-$30M
Graves-6yrs-$27M
Karlsson-4yrs-$39M

Top DC gone this year and third and fifth rounders as well; second rounder next year.
Then there's the messes in Ottawa, Calgary and other places. Lots of stupid floating around in the FOs of the league.

The Pens just won 3 cups...I think it was worth it

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Pens Cup-winning engine losing RPMs just doesn't hit the same as whatever the Flyers engine has been doing, which appears to revolve around pouring diesel into a 1998 Toyota inline 4.

 

[landsbergfan]

The Pens Cup-winning engine losing RPMs just doesn't hit the same as whatever the Flyers engine has been doing, which appears to revolve around pouring diesel into a 1998 Toyota inline 4.

Flyers fans would love Fred Flinstone because of how hard he tries

 

[freakydallas13]

The whole "re-tool" or whatever of the defense is a sight to behold:


Out:
Gostisbehere
Hagg
1st 2021 (14th overall)
2nd 2022
4th 2022
7th 2022
7th 2022
2nd 2023
3rd 2023
2nd 2024

In:
Ristolainen (extended for 5 years, $5.1 AAV)
DeAngelo (extended for 2 years, $5.0 AAV, bought out after one year by Briere)
7th 2022

Not technically involved, but related to the end of the DeAngelo fiasco:
Massimo Rizzo
5th 2025



Truly a masterclass in what not to do while running an NHL franchise.

Of all the things we recieved back for those assets, Rizzo is the best one.

And we got him for future considerations.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Of all the things we recieved back for those assets, Rizzo is the best one.

And we got him for future considerations.

The disrespect for David Kase is unreal.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Another game with some big errors tonight.

 

[Ironmanrulez]

I mean its risto.... who has believed he was a new player? Its the same with Sanheim. Most of us saw for years how good he is. Now he is in the position to show it and the media and the franchise paint him in new light. He is the same Player but is now playing in a place he can use his skills.

Risto is bad and will remain bad. He will have a solid game from time to time. When he is solid 3 games they paint him as renewed

 

[scumpup]

If anyone can get that meathead to play hockey at a professional level, I guess Tortellini is the man for the job. Do you think he has a shock collar on Fisto that he uses whenever Fisto isn't looking the right way?

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Get rid of this guy while there are teams in the league looking for a blueliner...he's not a piece of the Flyers future...waiting too long could be detrimental for the club.

 

[Gsus]

Over 2 years since I made the thread and seems like nothing has changed

Haven't been able to catch games live in a long time, but I actively use Twitter and watch interviews, highlights and stuff so I thought he has a made a good progress. Also I'm pretty sure depends who you ask.