Social Media Septic Tank Thread

[Magua]

I bet you could do it safely. I’m just saying.

Jeff Gillooly and John Tortorella do have a slight resemblance.

TORTS: I think we should break Frost’s kneecap. I know a guy.

BRIERE: To circumvent the cap?

TORTS: Circu-hoo the what?

BRIERE: The cap. So we have more money to spend at the deadline on a 10 goal grinder.

TORTS: Sure, that works too.

 

[TB87]

It's been said a bunch, but it's a form of cheating.

Every team that has the option to exploit this loophole…does. So many teams do it. It’s a “we’re a great team” problem. I’d like to have that problem again, being a great team that is, at some point in the future. I wouldn’t give a shit if the Flyers did this at some point in the future.

They are very clearly circumventing the cap through LTIR. I am positive that you are smart enough to understand and don't need an explanation from us lol

The thing I don’t get about it is the insane vitriol sent at the teams who exploit this, seemingly legal, loophole. I wouldn’t care if the Flyers did it. They’d have to be a good team to do it though so thats a problem for us in 2050.

 

[VladDrag]

Every team that has the option to exploit this loophole…does. So many teams do it. It’s a “we’re a great team” problem. I’d like to have that problem again, being a great team that is, at some point in the future. I wouldn’t give a shit if the Flyers did this at some point in the future.



The thing I don’t get about it is the insane vitriol sent at the teams who exploit this, seemingly legal, loophole. I wouldn’t care if the Flyers did it. They’d have to be a good team to do it though so thats a problem for us in 2050.

Of course it’s not illegal, but neither is the fact that Elon Musk doesn’t pay taxes. It’s an exploitable loophole that while isn’t illegal still feels like it should be.

 

[TB87]

Of course it’s not illegal, but neither is the fact that Elon Musk doesn’t pay taxes. It’s an exploitable loophole that while isn’t illegal still feels like it should be.

Fair point, fair point.

 

[VladDrag]

Fair point, fair point.

And to be clear, if it brought a championship to Philly, I would love it!!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I don’t mind it because there’s like a small percentage of teams that can truly manage missing a top player or two & you already have the salary cap which makes it hard on top teams to acquire &/or retain good players.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Being ready for the first game of the playoffs is a slap in the face.

Close that loophole and don’t allow them to play the first two games or something of the first round and I’ll be fine with it.

Or just have teams admit openly what they’re doing and I’ll be happy with that also.

Just don’t piss on my head and tell me it’s raining.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[VladDrag]

FWIW...

TK's sG from seasons 19 - 26

Marchand's sG from 21 to 35

TK and Marchand were somewhat comparable from 21-27. But it should be noted that Marchand started in the NHL at 21. There's usually a learning curve to the NHL.

Also, Marchand took a large step at 27 from being sub elite to the elite category and stayed there until he was 33...He's still play really good hockey.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

FWIW...

TK's sG from seasons 19 - 26
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Marchand's sG from 21 to 35
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TK and Marchand were somewhat comparable from 21-27. But it should be noted that Marchand started in the NHL at 21. There's usually a learning curve to the NHL.

Also, Marchand took a large step at 27 from being sub elite to the elite category and stayed there until he was 33...He's still play really good hockey.

Yeah I think Konecny can be fine as he ages (will that be worth the likely caphit/contract by then?) but I wouldn’t expect him to suddenly morph into a future HoFer. Marchand’s curve is probably more the outlier than the rule.

 

[Curufinwe]

They are very clearly circumventing the cap through LTIR. I am positive that you are smart enough to understand and don't need an explanation from us lol



Right. They would not have been able to add Hertl or Hanifin had Stone not been stashed on LTIR. Then for the 3rd year in a row, Stone is magically healed for Game 1 of the Playoffs when the Cap goes away.

They didn’t make the playoffs in 2022

Have we already forgotten that fans of rival teams screamed cap circumvention at the Flyers because of Pronger being on LTIR?

 

[Rebels57]

They didn’t make the playoffs in 2022

Have we already forgotten that fans of rival teams screamed cap circumvention at the Flyers because of Pronger being on LTIR?

Sorry, 2nd year in a row lol

Wasnt Pronger on LTIR due to a career ending injury?

 

[GKJ]

If they were circumventing the salary cap, by terms of the CBA, they’d be penalized. They aren’t.

Be that as it may, this is the entertainment business. The people best suited to entertain people should be playing in the playoffs.

 

[Cody Webster]

 

[trostol]

and yet...laughing at this team....

 

[FlyerNutter]

As bad as the Leafs are. Imagine if they had a decade with only Konecny to show for it. They will be torched after this Bruins loss, and rightfully so.

As always, the Philly media is full of ball lickers - more likely to call out other more successful markets.

 

[FLYguy3911]

From the guy crying when the Fyers shit down their leg again so he couldn't cover the playoffs this year.

 

[freakydallas13]

I love laughing at th Leafs as much as the next guy, but I still get a kick out of people pretending the Flyers have been any better the last 12 years or so.

It's the same people who say "tanking" will turn this team into the next Buffalo Sabres. They have no idea the Flyers are the team other franchises use as a cautionary tale of what happens when you just endlessly retool instead of actually rebuild. No one wants to be the Flyers.

 

[Striiker]

I love laughing at th Leafs as much as the next guy, but I still get a kick out of people pretending the Flyers have been any better the last 12 years or so.

It's the same people who say "tanking" will turn this team into the next Buffalo Sabres. They have no idea the Flyers are the team other franchises use as a cautionary tale of what happens when you just endlessly retool instead of actually rebuild. No one wants to be the Flyers.

I'd trade the entire Leafs org for the entire Flyers org without a single second of hesitation.

Management, coaches, staff, players, prospects, and everything down to the cleaning staff.

A Flyers turd polisher laughing at anyone else is insane.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[freakydallas13]

"Engendered Goodwill" can be the team's motto for next season.

 

[BringBackFletcher]

Fitting username for that comment - idiot sandwich

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Fitting username for that comment - idiot sandwich

Does he post here?

 

[Audible Velvet]

“You youngins haven’t been around to experience the history and glory days as I have.”

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Every now and then I get these random Philly sports page posts suggested for me on my Facebook timeline. In light of the news about the players being upset about Coots' treatment, one of these posts with the news linked to it popped up on my TL with a caption essentially demanding to "name these players and trade them immediately!" Didn't screencap it and I have no idea what page it even was but I found it amusing (and I'm sure it wasn't the only page).