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

[bennysflyers16]

Of course he's hurt.

It's not as if the Flyers could have held him out of the lineup for "trade-related reasons" like many other teams do at this time of year. Seattle did it last night. Protect your assets.

I'm still waiting until after the deadline to see how this all shakes out - but man, oh, man, it's like they just pulled a u-turn in the middle of the freeway.

Why hold a player out that was never being traded ?

 

[DAVIDE1333]

Wrong

Surely you mean he would earn enough money to lease one of these, right?

It's Nick f***ing Seeler we're talking about here guys. There's no way it's that kind of money for that kind of term, right?

RIGHT??!?!?

 

[GKJ]

What was the event where Briere was walking things back when asked about a rebuild and being like 'well, we drafted some guys already,' back before Gauthier was traded?

Need like a full time line.

 

[Curufinwe]

This was only six weeks ago.

John Tortorella Warns of More Flyers Trades: ‘You just can’t fall in love’

The Philadelphia Flyers find themselves in a precarious position as January winds to a close. On one hand, the Flyers have pulverized all expectations of them, sitting ninth in the NHL standings through their first 45 games of the season.

www.yardbarker.com

“And in that meeting, I said ‘You just can’t fall in love’,” Tortorella concluded. “You can’t because if you do, it’s going to set you back. We’ve got to look at the organizational view of how to do this. You’ll be friends with that player if you like him that much. You’ll be friends and you’re gonna care about him the rest of your life, but there has to be– there’s going to be some tough decisions coming along here. So, we gotta be really careful to not let our emotions get in the way of making the proper decision for the team.”

 

[trostol]

#NEVERWASAREBUILD

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I'm already envisioning the PHLY interview with Jones after they extend Walker and Seeler.

But you told the fans you would be focused on future.

We are. We determined we wanted them to be part of our future.

Ok, makes perfect sense. Best of luck on continued success with the rebuild.

ummm what are next weeks lotto numbers.

since you are clearly from the future..

 

[WolfOfBroadStreet14]

Colby essentially said he’s not taking the risk on Walker when the price tag could be like around $5M for 4-5 years if he’s anybody let alone the Flyers who should be looking to the future. He said everything we knew about Walker leading up to this year is he’s a #5-7 defensemen & at age 29 he’s played his first good season as a #3-4. He said while there’s cases of guys doing that it’s more the exception & he’s not willing to take that bet that Walker becomes an exception.

So yeah if you lost that guy & he’s actually making a lot of sense you know it’s bad.

Frank hammered home pretty much same points as yesterday. He thinks they’re a bubble team caliber, not sure if the playoffs this year are a good enough bet to pass up trading these guys. Then in regards to next year still thinks they’re a bubble team at best which could see them out of the playoffs so without those assets & possibly Seeler/Walker under more expensive contracts it doesn’t make sense to him.

Andrew MacDonald anyone? I remember really liking him when we first traded for him. The rest is history.

 

[GKJ]

This was only six weeks ago.

John Tortorella Warns of More Flyers Trades: ‘You just can’t fall in love’

The Philadelphia Flyers find themselves in a precarious position as January winds to a close. On one hand, the Flyers have pulverized all expectations of them, sitting ninth in the NHL standings through their first 45 games of the season.

www.yardbarker.com

“And in that meeting, I said ‘You just can’t fall in love’,” Tortorella concluded. “You can’t because if you do, it’s going to set you back. We’ve got to look at the organizational view of how to do this. You’ll be friends with that player if you like him that much. You’ll be friends and you’re gonna care about him the rest of your life, but there has to be– there’s going to be some tough decisions coming along here. So, we gotta be really careful to not let our emotions get in the way of making the proper decision for the team.”

Just collect all this stuff so it can be thrown in their face at the most opportune time.

The Flyers can't confirm they were always rebuilding this week, they can only confirm they never were.

 

[flyersnorth]

Andrew MacDonald anyone? I remember really liking him when we first traded for him. The rest is history.

2nd round pick, 3rd round pick, Matt Mangene.

Great use of assets.

The 5x$5M was the cherry on top.

I guess time really is a circle.

 

[bennysflyers16]

To be fair to Torts, he hasn't fallen in love with Frost, Brink, Couts, Farabee, ship them all out.

 

[Curufinwe]

2nd round pick, 3rd round pick, Matt Mangene.

Great use of assets.

The 5x$5M was the cherry on top.

I guess time really is a circle.

Worse than that, it was 6 x $5m.

6 x $6.5m under the current cap.

 

[WolfOfBroadStreet14]

2nd round pick, 3rd round pick, Matt Mangene.

Great use of assets.

The 5x$5M was the cherry on top.

I guess time really is a circle.

Devon Toews must be the mold Homer thought he was getting from the Isles

 

[ponder719]

I feel like if I would have 10 uninterrupted minutes with this management group I could walk out with a million dollars in cash.

Can you stop a puck with your face? They'd probably give you $16M over 4 years if you can.

 

[mr figgles]

Worse than that, it was 6 x $5m.

6 x $6.5m under the current cap.

Even worse, the picks became Ilya Sorokin and Brandon Carlo.

 

[captainpaxil]

Of course he's hurt.

It's not as if the Flyers could have held him out of the lineup for "trade-related reasons" like many other teams do at this time of year. Seattle did it last night. Protect your assets.

I'm still waiting until after the deadline to see how this all shakes out - but man, oh, man, it's like they just pulled a u-turn in the middle of the freeway.

The rebuild is not contingent on whether we get a 3rd Rd pick for seeler

I'd honestly value a b prospect over the second for Walker as we don't have anyone new coming to camp next year

 

[BernieParent]

This was only six weeks ago.

John Tortorella Warns of More Flyers Trades: ‘You just can’t fall in love’

The Philadelphia Flyers find themselves in a precarious position as January winds to a close. On one hand, the Flyers have pulverized all expectations of them, sitting ninth in the NHL standings through their first 45 games of the season.

www.yardbarker.com

“And in that meeting, I said ‘You just can’t fall in love’,” Tortorella concluded. “You can’t because if you do, it’s going to set you back. We’ve got to look at the organizational view of how to do this. You’ll be friends with that player if you like him that much. You’ll be friends and you’re gonna care about him the rest of your life, but there has to be– there’s going to be some tough decisions coming along here. So, we gotta be really careful to not let our emotions get in the way of making the proper decision for the team.”

Am I the only one (saying in a non-sarcastic way) who thinks that this was preparation for the Hart reveal as one of the players charged?

 

[FLYguy3911]

We shall see.

 

[wankstifier]

They just had to drag the contract talks right to the deadline

 

[Adam Warlock]

We shall see.

Ive been thinking more about that rumor that teams might be interested in both. When has a cup contender had an oppurtubity to add an entire defense pair who have played together a lot of the season successfuly in a 2nd pair role all for 2 million dollars? Adding them as a bottom pair seems like a hell of an oppurtunity.

Not that theyd ever do it bc they love seeler...but that seems like itd be the smartest way to maximize return.

 

[LegionOfGloom]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

If they get make halfway through a four deal without having buyer remorse on Seeler I’d be absolutely surprised.

@Magua that might be one of those Tortorella specials Atkinson was talking about.

 

[Redpath]

How many times can the same rumor on Walker and Seeler get tweeted out before the deadline? It's been the same report for weeks

 

[Magua]

The hollowness of the Flyers strategy in a nutshell. They bemoan not having top talent like Colorado and Florida, yet say they don't want to "tank" or be contractually top heavy (bottom heavy is preferable). They want to cling to the fantasy of finding all the top talent they need in the late 1st-2nd round, and yet, they willingly pass up acquiring those picks for depth players. Their entire plan is playing the Powerball with 5 tickets.

 

[TheKingPin]

Disappointing they aren’t trying to trade Laughton

 

[BrindamoursNose]

If they don't make at least one trade that involves trading one of their D-Man for picks by the deadline, this is just as pathetic of a franchise as it was under Fletcher.