Rumor: Things Not Left Unsaid 3 - Flyers Rumors and Media Mentions: Never Ending Circles

[Larry44]

wtf is wrong with this team?

The management are idiots?

Hathaway extension is indefensible - idc what anyone says. Absolutely indefensible.

He should have been gone at the deadline - and that would have been a nice tenure from Hath - and a nice move from Danny.

Should have been gone. Torts’ pet is a useless player.

 

[trostol]

i am gonna pull a page out of @Beef Invictus page and spin a positive...at least they didn't give him a NMC/NTC

 

[Rebels57]

Why is Scott Laughton still a Flyer? That is the big question. I couldn't be more ready for the Laughton era to be over. Most overrated player in Flyers history by management. Dude was quietly horrendous last season despite being a supposed leader on the team.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Don’t think there’s much there beyond a depth, 4C or 13th forward role. This organization was horrible for his development and he hasn’t shown much besides that.

Keep in mind we have already drafted or signed our entire bottom 6 for the next 10 years so there wasn’t going to be much chance here anyway.

Yeah, I'm not thinking a shred above a depth role. It's just the exact franchise I think would do him well.

 

[mr figgles]

i am gonna pull a page out of @Beef Invictus page and spin a positive...at least they didn't give him a NMC/NTC

We don’t have the full details yet.

 

[Danko]

Danny says they are talking to a couple teams about a few things, if something doesn't happen within a week or its likely this is gonna be what we have for a while...teams shut down for a month/five weeks after this week

 

[Curufinwe]

Why is Scott Laughton still a Flyer? That is the big question. I couldn't be more ready for the Laughton era to be over. Most overrated player in Flyers history by management. Dude was quietly horrendous last season despite being a supposed leader on the team.

Scott Laughton is worth more than 'fair value' to the Flyers, so he's staying for the playoff push

Flyers GM Danny Brière said there was interest in Scott Laughton at the trade deadline, but with what he meant to the team and to its culture, it was going to take a lot before they considered moving him.

www.phillyvoice.com

"I was upfront with him," Brière said. "I told him that I wasn't shopping him, first of all. I wasn't gonna trade him for fair value because he's more than fair value to us. The intangibles that he brings in the locker room are something that has no price, and the other teams don't see that, but we do. I told him that. I said 'We're not gonna trade you if it's just a fair trade.' Someone would have to overstep and really knock it out of the ballpark for us to consider it.

"I did listen. I had a lot of teams interested in him, as you can imagine. There's not a lot of centermen. He's a good one, so it's a good thing for him. Teams around the NHL still value you, so I think that's exciting for him, but not good enough for us to let a player like that go who is critical to the development of our locker room and our young guys around him."

 

[iceman42]

Danny says they are talking to a couple teams about a few things, if something doesn't happen within a week or its likely this is gonna be what we have for a while...teams shut down for a month/five weeks after this week

I'm positive that nothing is going to happen unless its negative.
Laughton's cost is 2 1st + a young roster player so he ain't going anywhere.
Frost's cost paying Clarkes dry cleaning bill.
TK's cost is a 3rd rounder in 2027.
Farabee's cost is punching Jonesy in the mouth, okay maybe this isn't negative.

 

[Prongo]

People complaining about them not making big moves today I think are really missing the picture here. I think they intend to have another shitty year, it makes too much sense not to.

Then as our cap situation and most likely roster spots open up (presumably from Risto and farabee trade)

Have the veterans in there whether we agree or disagree but I believe their intention is to have another shot at a high pick this year.

 

[Curufinwe]

The goal is playoffs, just like last season. If they had any cap space to spare they would be using it.

 

[bleachdrinker]

Trying to be positive (as we all are) but feel like things are echoing Fletcher’s tenure. Had a solid first year followed by some head scratching moves and sitting on their hands.

I’m surprised the TK extension hasn’t happened yet.

 

[BernieParent]

EJ will play 65+ games and be dog shit in everyone, just like last season, but Torts will say he plays the "right way" every night

Johnson will play the mentor to young Dmen like ... like ... someone, maybe.

 

[Curufinwe]

Briere says he'd prefer not to have to use LTIR, but they might have to

 

[usahockey22flyers]

People complaining about them not making big moves today I think are really missing the picture here. I think they intend to have another shitty year, it makes too much sense not to.

Then as our cap situation and most likely roster spots open up (presumably from Risto and farabee trade)

Have the veterans in there whether we agree or disagree but I believe their intention is to have another shot at a high pick this year.

I think they get that it's likely NJD bounces back, OTT, BUF, and MTL take steps forward as well....but why can't we tear this thing down a little more? Even just two more moves: TK and Laughton.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Why is Scott Laughton still a Flyer? That is the big question. I couldn't be more ready for the Laughton era to be over. Most overrated player in Flyers history by management. Dude was quietly horrendous last season despite being a supposed leader on the team.

He hasn’t been good for two years now going by his underlying numbers which isn’t surprising because he’s left his prime & he wasn’t particularly a higher lineup guy even at his peak. So he’s coming down off a standard of being an okay to good bottom six player.

The Flyers propped up his counting stats with favorable ice time/usage unbeknownst to them while basically losing head to head matchups while he’s been on the ice the last two years. The only thing he can really do well still at this point is create offense off the rush.

 

[Curufinwe]

Charlie asked if Briere was going to step in if Torts scratches Michkov or cuts his ice time. Danny said Torts has carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

 

[BernieParent]

Keeping him around for a player dev role

Devaluation?

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Charlie asked if Briere was going to step in if Torts scratches Michkov or cuts his ice time. Danny said Torts has carte blanche to do whatever he wants.

This shit feels like it's never going to end

 

[Rodu58]

Last years time higher up in the standings was a mirage, even with Michkov this roster won't sniff the playoffs. Goalie tandem is suspect at best, but the way the team slid after Coots was scratched, I wonder if that will continue into the next season

 

[Danko]

Find it interesting that when Danny spoke he mentioned Ginning, Cam York, Jamie Drysdale and some othr young defensemen as benefitting from Marc Staal but doesnt mention Ronnie Attard

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Find it interesting that when Danny spoke he mentioned Ginning, Cam York, Jamie Drysdale and some othr young defensemen as benefitting from Marc Staal but doesnt mention Ronnie Attard

Shows how dumb he is, attard has looked really good in every stint he's had for as at the nhl level, he has earned and deserves a shot, but this organization will clearly never give him his chance

 

[Sombastate]

Danny said his "scouts believe next year's draft is top heavy." he then also said "we hope to compete for a playoff spot."

We are absolutely f***ed. Lube up the pooper, guys, because its about to get worse

 

[BernieParent]

Last years time higher up in the standings was a mirage, even with Michkov this roster won't sniff the playoffs. Goalie tandem is suspect at best, but the way the team slid after Coots was scratched, I wonder if that will continue into the next season

This to me is the biggest non-Michkov change from last season. The Hart/Ersson tandem was a huge strength over the first half of the season. We'll see how Ersson reacts to being the #1 to start the season and hopefully Fedotov can ease into his role as an NHL backup, but this will almost certainly be a drop off from the beginning of last season's hot start.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Danny said his "scouts believe next year's draft is top heavy." he then also said "we hope to compete for a playoff spot."

We are absolutely f***ed. Lube up the pooper, guys, because its about to get worse

I caught that too.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Is that Chuck Fletcher?