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

[Danko]

why...what is the obsession with Eric Johnson. WHY

 

[Deadpool8812]

Looking forward to signing more 4th line plugs by Briere today because they "play the right way"

 

[bennysflyers16]

Ej an Risto in the same lineup lol , by choice.

 

[GKJ]

This guy is gonna get paid more than Staal was last year.

Which means other teams wanted him.

But we’re gonna get him

 

[pacehimself]

Soooooo….are we tanking?

 

[ponder719]

Soooooo….are we tanking?

Tanking implies intentionality on the part of the management. I think the more appropriate word is stupidity.

 

[BiggE]

why...what is the obsession with Eric Johnson. WHY

Him big, him vetrun, him liked by Torts

The above are the vital criteria the Flyers use in evaluating free agents and trades

 

[Appleyard]

I dont care "that" much about Johnson being re-signed in a vacuum... he sucks these days and will be paid too much but he will be the #7 in theory.

BUT yeh, if I am Ronnie Attard at this point I am like "what the f*** do I have to do". They just keep blocking him and finding ways for him not to play even when he plays well when given a chance.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

BUT yeh, if I am Ronnie Attard at this point I am like "what the f*** do I have to do". They just keep blocking him and finding ways for him not to play even when he plays well when given a chance.

Even as an organization, finding out what you have has value. If Attard falls on his face, fine. You still made a more informed decision.

 

[BiggE]

I dont care "that" much about Johnson being re-signed in a vacuum... he sucks these days and will be paid too much but he will be the #7 in theory.

BUT yeh, if I am Ronnie Attard at this point I am like "what the f*** do I have to do". They just keep blocking him and finding ways for him not to play even when he plays well when given a chance.

He’ll get his chance, the odds of both Drysdale and Fisto staying healthy are right up there with the odds of someone winning the Powerball jackpot.

 

[BillDineen]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807746995450229125

Briere did go to the chuck fletcher school of negotiating, so tk likely gets more

 

[Danko]

Guentzel 7x9 lol

 

[Appleyard]

Even as an organization, finding out what you have has value. If Attard falls on his face, fine. You still made a more informed decision.

Yeh. Not letting young guys play is awful asset management for a re-building team.

Hell, even if internally you dont like him? If he plays 60 games and gets like 20 points with 18 minutes a night and some PP2 time? He is probably worth given his age like a late 2nd round pick (or a 3rd+) at the deadline if even ONE team thinks he helps them. Which as a bigger righty is likely.

 

[LegionOfGloom]

Yeh. Not letting young guys play is awful asset management for a re-building team.

Hell, even if internally you dont like him? If he plays 60 games and gets like 20 points with 18 minutes a night and some PP2 time? He is probably worth given his age like a late 2nd round pick (or a 3rd+) at the deadline if even ONE team thinks he helps them. Which as a bigger righty is likely.

Maybe you can explain this to your friend Charlie

 

[Random Forest]

Even as an organization, finding out what you have has value. If Attard falls on his face, fine. You still made a more informed decision.

It’s even worse than that because Attard was actually a pretty good draft pick too. You have a guy you drafted in the 3rd round who had solid potential and then progressed reasonably well… and you’re just going to hold him back instead of giving the pick a chance to actually pay off? What is that plan? Maybe if he was an undrafted free agent, I could shrug, but they actually developed this player!

 

[Danko]

Whats funny to me to is that he isn't worth 2 million at this point, but they are gonna give it to him anyway to convince him not to retire

 

[Appleyard]

Maybe you can explain this to your friend Charlie

Tbf Charlie has to toe the line faaaar more than I do. Especially with how sensitive some people are in NHL front offices and behind NHL benches...

We differ on opinion on some things related to the Flyers but we are not a million miles away opinion wise on most things...

A career as an NHL beat writer - well - just look around the league.

People like Russo were probably the most "critical" we have seen in terms of guys who made a long career of it while still keeping the good relationship with a front office you need to have, and while I respect Russo a hell of a lot he was never really ruffling too many feathers and still flew dangerously close to the sun with Fenton just for basically doing his job.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Guentzel 7x9 lol

Lol Dubas probably knows he isn't going to survive the eventual collapse and rebuild. Not a problem for future Dubas to solve.

 

[Danko]

Attard is 25

 

[GKJ]

My favorite rebuilds are the ones where guys who are 25 years old need more development.

 

[Beef Invictus]

My favorite rebuilds are the ones where guys who are 25 years old need more development.

Please recall that we've been assured that there is nothing wrong with development

 

[Danko]

and next yeah EJ will be a player development coach. This is the way

 

[usahockey22flyers]

So why did we sign Seeler? There is a giant roadblock for Emil Andrae/Ginning/Attard.

 

[Danko]

We love 3rd/4th line forwards and 6th/7th D.

 

[Deadpool8812]

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