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

[trostol]

They still believe they are a premier spot for FAs...don't realize they have to build that back up

 

[Fire Tortorella]

I honestly don't dislike Pelletier in a vacuum. If we traded a mid round pick for him I'd be ok with it. The problem is who went to the Flames in the deal. If the deal was Farabee for Pelletier and a first and then Frost got traded for something like a mid rounder or two I probably wouldn't be that upset. The problem is it was Farabee AND Frost for a throwaway pick, a throwaway player, Pelletier, and a second. I generally don't have a problem trading pretty much anyone on the roster to tank and accumulate assets. Even if the trades aren't great as long as they are forward thinking it really isn't the end of the world. But when the trade hurts short and long term wtf are we doing?

There are a lot of players on this team I would like in a vacuum or if they were recognized by the team at their true talent level - Cates and Tippett in particular.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Maybe Danny just forgot to update Chuck's app.

 

[BernieParent]

I honestly don't dislike Pelletier in a vacuum. If we traded a mid round pick for him I'd be ok with it. The problem is who went to the Flames in the deal. If the deal was Farabee for Pelletier and a first and then Frost got traded for something like a mid rounder or two I probably wouldn't be that upset. The problem is it was Farabee AND Frost for a throwaway pick, a throwaway player, Pelletier, and a second. I generally don't have a problem trading pretty much anyone on the roster to tank and accumulate assets. Even if the trades aren't great as long as they are forward thinking it really isn't the end of the world. But when the trade hurts short and long term wtf are we doing?

I couldn't agree more, DFF.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

There are a lot of players on this team I would like in a vacuum or if they were recognized by the team at their true talent level - Cates and Tippett in particular.

If Cates was on the team 10-15-20 years ago he'd probably be favorably viewed here the same way guys like Raffl and Read were. Unfortunately he's borderline being played and marketed as a premier player.

 

[Curufinwe]

The Tippett deal is fair to even good.

Frost was the cost of dumping Farabee and not having to retain any salary. No one in the league wanted Farabee at his entire contract.


You think Frost and Farabee were valued around the league?

This board is the only place that thinks those two guys had a lot of value.

What do you get out of running interference for a bottom feeding team?

$50m for a 50 point wing who is bad defensively is a huge commitment. God knows what he’ll be like when he returns from this latest injury.

 

[GKJ]

The thing is, with one very notable exception that had the Sabres laughing (almost literally), the Sabres who leave Buffalo do find the grass greener.

 

[Flyer lurker]

Anyone with a clue can see Andrae will be better than Drysdale.

What is going to shock people is Andrae will be better than York.