Rumor: Things Not Left Unsaid: Flyers Rumors & Media Mentions

[Prongo]

Hypothetically would you trade Konency for 31st overall and Montreals 1st rounder next year?

 

[Breeze 44]

Good thing the agents don't leak deals... couldn't happen I know...
To keep blaming Briere and company is just easy to do when you just want to find a way to complain about literally everything.

 

[renberg]

Hypothetically would you trade Konency for 31st overall and Montreals 1st rounder next year?

No. The Flyers have two first rounders next year. I'd want more for TK.

 

[GKJ]

I do believe that Briere wants to move up in the draft. If he's putting the club into a position of having three first rounders to move in addition to other players such as Sanheim, TK, Hart and Laughton, Briere is not going for a swap for the Montreal pick. He wants Anaheim's-Fantilli. Three first rounders and those guys might be able to get it done.

They’re still meeting with Michkov today, so that may change their mind depending on how it goes. He’s been the buzz-name, more people are connecting the two, so naturally more people are going to believe that’s the target. But to the degree they are able, they are trying to be in position to control the process and not get beaten to the punch by the Caps.

 

[04hockey]

hindsight ?, yes.....

but wish we had kept Foppa

 

[bennysflyers16]

Hypothetically would you trade Konency for 31st overall and Montreals 1st rounder next year?

Hell no

 

[Curufinwe]

Why would Montreal want TK for two years?

 

[bennysflyers16]

Good thing the agents don't leak deals... couldn't happen I know...
To keep blaming Briere and company is just easy to do when you just want to find a way to complain about literally everything.

Trust needs to be earned, not gifted.

A large amount of the same old rot is still with this organization.

 

[Prongo]

Hell no

Just thinking, guess everyone believes Montreal will bounce back next year? I think that pick has a legit lottery chance but what the hell do I know?

 

[renberg]

They’re still meeting with Michkov today, so that may change their mind depending on how it goes. He’s been the buzz-name, more people are connecting the two, so naturally more people are going to believe that’s the target. But to the degree they are able, they are trying to be in position to control the process and not get beaten to the punch by the Caps.

A good GM is a rat at times. I don't think that Briere wants Michkov for several reasons. Sergei Federov is involved with the Michkov situation and probably wants the kid to go to either the Caps or Wings. If DB can get the Caps to overpay to get ahead of the Flyers in order to get him, that's good work on his part.

 

[Prongo]

Why would Montreal want TK for two years?

Feel like he’s young enough they might believe they can extend him after the current contract.

 

[Rebels57]

Peter Forsberg was traded by the Philadelphia Flyers with players to be named later, 1st round draft pick in 1993 (Jocelyn Thibault), $15,000,000 and future considerations (Chris Simon and Philadelphia's 1st round choice (later traded to Toronto - later traded to Washington - Washington selected Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994 Entry Draft, July 21, 1992), Steve Duchesne, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman and Mike Ricci to QBN (NHL) for Eric Lindros.

Now Fantilli isn't Lindros and $15M isn't exchanging hands but moving a load of first rounders in a deal for a top selection has precedence. Forsberg, Thibault, Simon, Huffman, Ricci and Baumgartner were all first rounders. Briere has talked about wanting to make the big splash this summer. Something like this would be it. Anaheim has the cap space and the talent need to make a deal like this.

I know you're not comparing trading up for Fantilli to the most controversial trade in NHL history for one of the top 5 prospects of all-time?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I’m sorry to bring up his name but I’m old enough to remember that when Hextall was here there were little to no leaks about anything the Flyers did.

It’s possible to limit leaks but since the new regime has come on board it sure seems like they encourage leaks.

 

[Rebels57]

Just thinking, guess everyone believes Montreal will bounce back next year? I think that pick has a legit lottery chance but what the hell do I know?

I think they can do better than that deal.

 

[Pet Charles]

hindsight ?, yes.....

but wish we had kept Foppa

And miss out on Lindros? Nah. Nothing like him before and nothing since. So much fun to watch him and his line mates before it all went south. Avalanche would have won just as many Cups if not more with Lindros. I am glad I was around for it.

 

[renberg]

hindsight ?, yes.....

but wish we had kept Foppa

Lindros was the best player in the game for a while. If he had stayed heathy and had his full career, would the deal have been a winner?
IMO, good trades are ones where both sides benefit equally. When one side gets screwed, the one that was short changed will never deal with you again and the one that ripped off the other party has a hard time finding trading partners in the future.

 

[deadhead]

I’m sorry to bring up his name but I’m old enough to remember that when Hextall was here there were little to no leaks about anything the Flyers did.

It’s possible to limit leaks but since the new regime has come on board it sure seems like they encourage leaks.

Outside of Coburn/Kimmo, Hextall did nothing until the Schenn trade. So what was there to leak?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Outside of Coburn/Kimmo, Hextall did nothing until the Schenn trade. So what was there to leak?

 

[GKJ]

A good GM is a rat at times. I don't think that Briere wants Michkov for several reasons. Sergei Federov is involved with the Michkov situation and probably wants the kid to go to either the Caps or Wings. If DB can get the Caps to overpay to get ahead of the Flyers in order to get him, that's good work on his part.

That’s fine by me if Michkov isn’t the goal. Whatever they want to happen, it’s not going to be because they just sat and stuck helplessly to their board, they want their own hands on the wheel. If they believe they can stick at 7 and get their target, they will.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Good thing the agents don't leak deals... couldn't happen I know...
To keep blaming Briere and company is just easy to do when you just want to find a way to complain about literally everything.

I'm of the opinion that this team needs to earn the benefit of the doubt, which they are miles from doing. Briere, Jones, whoever. They need to be gagged. Briere will inevitably get destroyed moving forward when everyone knows exactly what he intends.

There's simply no reason to believe it's agents doing the leaks when this management group has had leak issues since 2018.

 

[Pet Charles]

I don’t care if anything is leaked. You either have the goods and means to complete a trade or you don’t. I’m not worried about Travis Sanheim’s hurt feelings. It’s just business, Travis, it’s not personal.

I find the whole thing interesting. I liked the principle Hextall brought to the front office (e.g., valuing draft picks), but it was boring. I was bored. I’d watch one of this press conferences while I worked on tying nooses for my own use. Fletcher was even worse in his own CF way. DB is fresh and saucy and frankly, unabashed in his actions so far in telling Chuck Fletcher what he thinks about the direction the club was going in. I believe this club needs to rebuild, and it seems to me the most important part is that DB believes this club needs to rebuild. And as someone else said, it’s not clear any of this stuff being public (or who publicized it) impacted the deals more than a player exercising his NTC and violating CBA regulation did.

 

[Redpath]

A good GM is a rat at times. I don't think that Briere wants Michkov for several reasons. Sergei Federov is involved with the Michkov situation and probably wants the kid to go to either the Caps or Wings. If DB can get the Caps to overpay to get ahead of the Flyers in order to get him, that's good work on his part.

The last thing on Earth right now that Briere & Co. should be worrying about is whatever the f*** Sergei Fedorov wants.

 

[renberg]

That’s fine by me if Michkov isn’t the goal. Whatever they want to happen, it’s not going to be because they just sat and stuck helplessly to their board, they want their own hands on the wheel. If they believe they can stick at 7 and get their target, they will.

I would think that Briere is trying to get further up the ladder in the draft, as he should. If Michkov really is the guy that they want, then he should be making every attempt to go for it. It seems to me that Michkov is a reach. The Flyers have not done well in the past with Russians while other organizations have. It's hard to buck history. If he is competent, and i believe that he is, Briere should have a list of guys that he wants and at what price. We'll see how it plays out.

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

I do believe that Briere wants to move up in the draft. If he's putting the club into a position of having three first rounders to move in addition to other players such as Sanheim, TK, Hart and Laughton, Briere is not going for a swap for the Montreal pick. He wants Anaheim's-Fantilli. Three first rounders and those guys might be able to get it done.

This is whom I believe is the target as well. Tell me that Fantilli isn't EXACTLY the prototype Flyer that they would want. Tall, fast, great shot, great talent, and a center. I doubt they pull it off, but I'm willing to bet that this is the target.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Obviously the Front Office cares that Sanheim’s name got publicly leaked according to Friedman.