Rumor: Things Not Left Unsaid - Flyers Rumors And Media Mentions 4: Say, Say, Say What You Want But Don’t Play Games With My Attention

[trostol]

they love the hell out of Scotty...but a guy with skill they are willing/have traded

 

[Beef Invictus]

This may just mean his bosses plan on killing him, though.

 

[ponder719]

This may just mean his bosses plan on killing him, though.

They'll get rid of him, regret it, and bring him back three days later.

Not sure how that’s supposed to portend an imminent trade. Am I missing something?

As I said in the other thread, he's probably trolling, but the implication of that exact setup is that it was Laughton's Last Supper as a Flyer. Only so many ways for that to happen, and they're not going to waive him and lose him for free.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Hmmm…

It might actually be happening, people.

If you wanted to know why this franchise has been irrelevant a decade plus this is exhibit A.

I hate to dump on Laughton or the other middling player this franchise has championed over the years personally. But good god.

 

[trostol]

i really do not understand the love the fans have for Scotty lol

 

[TheKingPin]

I mean, I get it. The insiders are running with it so obviously they think it’s as close as it’s ever been. But my first instinct wasn’t that he was about to be traded, it’s that he simply made social media content.

He recreated the last supper. It’s pretty telling.

I know they basically told him he wasn’t being traded last year. But this year the comments are more towards he is going to be traded. I wouldn’t think they told him he will be traded in 2 days or something so I wouldn’t think something has to be pending, just that Laughton knows he’s likely gone.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Mediocre is being kind. For being the 20th OA pick in the 2012 draft, I would have wanted more than 658 GP/ 106/159/265/-40. Not a bust but a guy who has not lived up to first round expectations.

Consistent third line production is actually a pretty good outcome for a back-half first round pick.

Now, you could argue that Laughton wasn't exactly a swing for the fences, even at the time, which is fair. But that was a pretty poor draft (though it wound up producing a few good dmen and goalies).

 

[Appleyard]

Consistent third line production is actually a pretty good outcome for a back-half first round pick.

Now, you could argue that Laughton wasn't exactly a swing for the fences, even at the time, which is fair. But that was a pretty poor draft (though it wound up producing a few good dmen and goalies).

Yeh, crazy as it sounds...

Mike Matheson: #23
Brady Skjei: #28
Jake McCabe: #44
Damon Severson: #60

are the only players taken between pick #21-60 who have had a better career.

Which shows why if you don't at least have some high draft picks from time to time... well... good luck getting star players.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

The complaint at the time was that they didn't take Brendan Gaunce.

Take that for what it's worth. I sure as hell didn't have access to meaningful footage in 2012.

 

[Danko]

Definitely EJ. Possibly Konecny.

Everyone else? Can’t really tell.

A few of the training staff as well, isn't that bald guy Tommy Alva?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Yeh, crazy as it sounds...

Mike Matheson: #23
Brady Skjei: #28
Jake McCabe: #44
Damon Severson: #60

are the only players taken between pick #21-60 who have had a better career.

Which shows why if you don't at least have some high draft picks from time to time... well... good luck getting star players.

Funny thing is the Flyers actually made out pretty well that year. Laughton, Stolarz, and Ghost is a pretty good haul in a vacuum for one draft, especially considering that was the last season I'd consider the Flyers to have been legitimately competitive. Of course, in true Flyers fashion, they completely bungled the last two...

 

[BernieParent]

I'm going to sit this discussion out.