The spelling. Especially when you have Briere & JonesY in the same sentence. It comes across like there is a person with Briere as his last name and his toddler or dog or whatever the f*** is JONESY.
Jojo, don't make me blow a gasket this early in the morning.
I don't know what this means, but I'm going to get mad, aren't I?
There's been rumbling about Pettersson all year. He's been saying he wants to wait until the summer to discuss contracts. He also was reportedly offered a $12M/8Year deal.
You're probably right. But you'd probably agree that it's a bit odd (and concerning for some) that a 25-year old 1C, one of the best centers in the league, has not signed a deal long-term. That's atypical - not saying it hasn't happened, but typically these players get signed quickly to avoid this situation.
If you ask anyone around WIP, the Flyers, Flyers Training Center...they will all tell you Briere and Jones are the nicest people ever and are amazing to work with. You can say what you want about their work, but in terms of being approachable and good to fans, I appreciate that.
I am fully aware. But he still has the right to refuse to sign a contract, sit out a year, and then test the open markets (I believe that's the rule, anyone check me on that?). He'll still command 12M/year at that time as well. If you're Vancouver, you have to entertain that possibility, particularly if you've offered him a 12M/8-year contract.
He’s arbitration eligible, so technically not. Though I suppose if it got to arbitration, that would be a problem.
I don't believe this is true anymore. The season wouldn't count towards the seven he needs, and he would be 26 on July 1 and therefore still RFA. Although it would be significantly less salary for the year, if he wants out and they won't trade him, the better play is to sign his $8,820,000 QO and go UFA after next season.
Authentics love him. I don't find his PR bullshit likable at all.
What's not to love about Jonesy? There's plenty of reason to complain about any number of the figureheads in any of this city's sports teams or sports media, but Jonesy is about as down to earth and cool as one can be. I have waited on him before when he came into the restaurant I used to work at on LBI and I met him several times at Phillies games. He is the exact same in real life as he is on the radio and TV.
See I always liked his calls for hockey..
I was an out of market fan my whole life, hell I watched a lot of games at 1am start in Italy…had to suffer through times where I could only watch the Flyers on NESN or MSG or whatever the NHL package gave me before you could select home or away.
He seemed fine when I met him. He came to our season-ending picnic when I was in little league. I still have the ball he and Ozzy signed.
I grew up around diehard Rangers Devils Isles fans… let me poll them and see what they think about Jonesy
