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

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

Apparently DeBrincat is available. Would anyone do a swap of Konecny for DeBrincat? He's a year younger and would be someone for the left side.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Apparently DeBrincat is available. Would anyone do a swap of Konecny for DeBrincat? He's a year younger and would be someone for the left side.

Nah. DeBrincat is an RFA with a $9M qualifying offer.

He’s going to demand a monster extension, & he’s not the type of player I want to invest that kind of huge money & term in right now (tiny one-way winger).

He’s a RH shot like TK, & while TK doesn’t quite have DeBrincat’s goal-scoring, he’s a much better contract situation & I like TK more.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Apparently DeBrincat is available. Would anyone do a swap of Konecny for DeBrincat? He's a year younger and would be someone for the left side.

I’d imagine you’d have a higher chance at getting Konecny to extend long term here than DeBrincat who’s an outsider who’d likely see the Flyers for what they are (a team far off from contention).

The same issue otherwise though presents it with DeBrincat that it does with Konecny though. Do you want to offer that a big contract to the player on a team that is otherwise far off & apparently rebuilding.

 

[DancingPanther]

Do you guys remember when the Flyers had rivalries with teams?

They're such a joke now that all of those rivalries have evaporated. Those teams just smack the shit out of these guys and move on. The only rivals the Flyers have are the Flyers

 

[deadhead]

Apparently DeBrincat is available. Would anyone do a swap of Konecny for DeBrincat? He's a year younger and would be someone for the left side.

No. You trade TK for assets to help the rebuild, not a player who's a worse fit.

 

[KevinRedkey]

How available is Farabee? and for what?

 

[GKJ]

What makes people (other than septic tank regulars) think DeBrincat would re-sign? And no, he does not fit the timeline.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Do you guys remember when the Flyers had rivalries with teams?

They're such a joke now that all of those rivalries have evaporated. Those teams just smack the shit out of these guys and move on. The only rivals the Flyers have are the Flyers

I remember when the Flyers had good exciting teams that had rivalries with a few clubs. But it’s hard to form rivalries when you suck, play boring hockey and all your former rivals have lapped you many times over and are much better than you. Nothing is going to change because they will never bring in someone from the outside who understands todays game.
Despite winning what one playoff series in the last 6 years they still feel the need to keep running the same f***ing bullshit every year all the while thinking the way we do things works.
Sometimes I ask myself why I know longer get emotionally vested in my teams. I never have to look far for the answer.

 

[DancingPanther]

How available is Farabee? and for what?

Take him. Draft picks. Take them all

 

[Magua]

How available is Farabee? and for what?

Mads Søgaard and a 3rd.

 

[deadhead]

How available is Farabee? and for what?

He's not available. We'd be selling low on a 23 year old who was 42nd in 5x5 scoring from age 19-21, who had an off year due to neck surgery.
I expect him to bounce back and exceed his first few seasons with an offseason where he can add strength.

 

[GKJ]

How available is Farabee? and for what?

He's not available. We'd be selling low on a 23 year old who was 42nd in 5x5 scoring from age 19-21, who had an off year due to neck surgery.
I expect him to bounce back and exceed his first few seasons with an offseason where he can add strength.

This is not true. Briere has been very direct that anybody can be had if you come and get them.

 

[deadhead]

This is not true. Briere has been very direct that anybody can be had if you come and get them.

The younger the player, the bigger the overpay has to be.
Farabee has 1st line upside, who's going to give us that kind of value?

 

[GKJ]

The younger the player, the bigger the overpay has to be.
Farabee has 1st line upside, who's going to give us that kind of value?

That wasn’t the question.

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

The younger the player, the bigger the overpay has to be.
Farabee has 1st line upside, who's going to give us that kind of value?

Has Chuck been hired yet? Could probably get a haul.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Takes a special person to destroy 2 organizations. Will he get a shot at a trifecta?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Takes a special person to destroy 2 organizations. Will he get a shot at a trifecta?

You know his dad has angled to get him a spot in Toronto.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Takes a special person to destroy 2 organizations. Will he get a shot at a trifecta?

Ridiculous statement.

 

[deadhead]

Actually, Hextall has a worse track record than Fletcher, 5 years in Philly, 2 1st rd exits, best seasons 96 and 98 points.
Then he bombed in Pittsburgh.

 

[Curufinwe]

Hextall - .553 P% (20th) and two playoff appearances in four+ years

https://www.si.com/nhl/2014/05/07/report-ron-hextall-to-be-named-new-gm-of-philadelphia-flyers

Holmgren leaves a team that rode a strong second half to an unlikely playoff berth, but which also has gaping holes to fill and very little cap room. The Flyers have $64.5 million committed next season (against a cap expected to top out at $69 million) for the salaries of just 17 players (10 forwards, six defensemen, one goalie). Brayden Schenn, Jason Akeson and Tye McGinn are RFAs who'll need new deals, and there's a decision to be made on 39-year-old defenseman Kimmo Timonen.

Holmgren also left Hextall with a decision to make on the future of Vincent Lecavalier. The veteran center was a lousy fit under new coach Craig Berube and still has four years left on a deal that pays him $4.5 million annually. He could part of the first trade Hextall has to make.

Fletcher - .529 P% (23rd) and one playoff appearance in four+ years

With ‘cupboards full,’ new GM Chuck Fletcher will try to turn Flyers around

Like his predecessor Ron Hextall, the Flyers new general manager says the draft is the key.

www.inquirer.com

"The cupboards are full. There's a tremendous amount of prospects. This year, we have nine draft picks [in the seven rounds]. We have cap space, and we have good players. There's everything here to be successful."

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[Captain Dave Poulin]

Poor dead. Another terrible idea blown to shit.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

The younger the player, the bigger the overpay has to be.
Farabee has 1st line upside, who's going to give us that kind of value?

well there doesn't have to be any overpay. If the deal makes sense you make it. To go into any deal saying it has to be an overpay is a terrible way to do business.

Flyers players will not be in demand. doesn't mean they don't have value.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Hextall - .553 P% (20th) and two playoff appearances in four+ years

https://www.si.com/nhl/2014/05/07/report-ron-hextall-to-be-named-new-gm-of-philadelphia-flyers

Fletcher - .529 P% (23rd) and one playoff appearance in four+ years

With ‘cupboards full,’ new GM Chuck Fletcher will try to turn Flyers around

Like his predecessor Ron Hextall, the Flyers new general manager says the draft is the key.

www.inquirer.com

"The cupboards are full. There's a tremendous amount of prospects. This year, we have nine draft picks [in the seven rounds]. We have cap space, and we have good players. There's everything here to be successful."

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And yet here we are.

 

[deadhead]

well there doesn't have to be any overpay. If the deal makes sense you make it. To go into any deal saying it has to be an overpay is a terrible way to do business.

Flyers players will not be in demand. doesn't mean they don't have value.

If you're rebuilding, you don't trade young players for draft picks (unless we're talking top 3). Makes no sense to trade someone who's a NHL player for a draft pick that might be a NHL player 3 years from now.

 

[blackjackmulligan]

If you're rebuilding, you don't trade young players for draft picks (unless we're talking top 3). Makes no sense to trade someone who's a NHL player for a draft pick that might be a NHL player 3 years from now.

any and everyone is on the table as they have zero untouchables, never said just draft choices. You can make a hockey trade. Get a prospect or even "younger" player who is still on an ELC as an example.