Pre-Game Talk: Trade Deadline 2025: Will They Or Won't They?

[ponder719]

Has a big trade occurred? Cause the site, for me, is already running like crap

Winnipeg and Florida exchanged Driedger for Kakhonen. Immediate productivity tank.

 

[GKJ]

If Brock Nelson is coming off the board, that puts Briere is a very advantageous position with Laughton.

 

[Curufinwe]

Reaves would probably be claimed to add to the culture, except they need to carry a 3rd goalie for unexplainable reasons.

 

[Danko]

Parayko out for 6 weeks

 

[Beef Invictus]

It certainly feels it is heading that direction.

You basically need entire careers in management and up top to come and go before you get enough new people wondering if maybe it isn't time to try something else for the first time in a generation.

The NHL is the only league where this is seemingly a common career arc because of how many retirement country clubs there are.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

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wait.. how come we not on the list..

our #culture/60 is unrivaled

 

[bleachdrinker]

Reaves would probably be claimed to add to the culture, except they need to carry a 3rd goalie for unexplainable reasons.

Flyers should claim him. Imagine what they could do with a line of Reaves, Deslaurier, and Hathaway.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Flyers ain't going to do shit because our GM doesn't realize our team sucks and that they need to be sellers. Gotta love how this team refuses to be better for the future because they are so up their own ass about "culture".

It’s not just the GM. It’s the coach and the senior advisors.,

 

[phillyjawn]

It’s not just the GM. It’s the coach and the senior advisors.,

you mean the old boys club??

 

[Danko]

Okay, Maybe I haven't watched enough of Rantanen...when im watching Colorado all eyes are on Nate Dawg. Was he not doing a lot of coat tail riding?

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Any time you mention the Clarke Effect on FB some deluded imbecile always replies "He's not in the organization anymore." He doesn't NEED to be in it anymore because his cult now runs on autopilot.

Those morons over there think that you cannot trade Laughton because you can’t replace what he brings. I quit facebook for other reasons 2 weeks ago but I would imagine that kind of thinking has ramped up

 

[Danko]

Washington has a first and two seconds this year...first next year

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Washington has a first and two seconds this year...first next year

Toronto does to because Domi sucks.

 

[Danko]

I mean shoooooot....Rantenan for Scott Laughton straight up, who says no?

 

[ponder719]

Flyers should claim him. Imagine what they could do with a line of Reaves, Deslaurier, and Hathaway.

You mean cause my will to live to shoot itself in the head?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I feel like the Flyers over the last decade have kind of been going through what Montreal had from ~1994... I dont know... 2015?

The kind of refusal to acknowledge that the world has turned, left them there, and they are not the premium franchise and destination they once were, and are not "entitled" to be good whatever just because they are loaded.

I think it is telling that the Leafs also did similar for a decade.
And the Rangers... well... from the mid-90s until mid-00s.

All four teams just had it ingrained in them that they could outspend everyone else and would always contend. When the cap stripped that away (and tbh bad managerment of Canadiens and Rangers especially even before cap) they just could not accept it.

Lets just hope it does not last 20 years.

Obviously bottoming out is your best percentage play of acquiring game breaking type of talent. Obviously no guarantee but it has better odds than drafting them outside that range & acquiring them through trade or free agency. Drafting really is the only way to acquire that type of talent & get their full athletic prime as well as a lower price point potential in contract.

I’m not saying it can’t be done the other way but obviously that’s the hardest path to go down. How can you have faith in this organization to pull this one off? It’s not even Briere thing necessarily because it even predates him. This is organization is absolutely atrocious at getting ahead of the market. More times than not they’re buying high while they’re selling low. They simply do not understand the economics of contract value & age curves. Add in some really questionable player evaluations.

 

[Fuzz]

It’s not just the GM. It’s the coach and the senior advisors.,

Exactly correct. I think the real GM of this team is Torts.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Those morons over there think that you cannot trade Laughton because you can’t replace what he brings. I quit facebook for other reasons 2 weeks ago but I would imagine that kind of thinking has ramped up

Yes, Clarke has no say in what this organization does anymore, that's why he had to do that interview a few years ago to defend Fletcher and shit all over Hextall

 

[Fuzz]

Obviously bottoming out is your best percentage play of acquiring game breaking type of talent. Obviously no guarantee but it has better odds than drafting them outside that range & acquiring them through trade or free agency. Drafting really is the only way to acquire that type of talent & get their full athletic prime as well as a lower price point potential in contract.

I’m not saying it can’t be done the other way but obviously that’s the hardest path to go down. How can you have faith in this organization to pull this one off? It’s not even Briere thing necessarily because it even predates him. This is organization is absolutely atrocious at getting ahead of the market. More times than not they’re buying high while they’re selling low. They simply do not understand the economics of contract value & age curves. Add in some really questionable player evaluations.

The Flyers have never adjusted to the Salary Cap/Revenue Sharing CBA. And the Revenue Sharing is actually more restrictive to the large market teams then the Salary Cap. And it's led to the rapid expansion of the league.

 

[Rich Nixon]

Washington has a first and two seconds this year...first next year

I caught both of the Hershey Bears games in person this weekend with a friend (they played the Baby Pens and the Phantoms) and if they're talking to the Caps, I'd pull for Ivan Miroshnichenko moreso than a draft pick. Holy f*** that kid can play.

Doesn't solve any center problems for them, but he's at least a LW rather than a RW.

(BTW: the Bears are an institution in Central PA. terrific game experience. and the Phantoms are ass.)

 

[bennysflyers16]

I mean shoooooot....Rantenan for Scott Laughton straight up, who says no?

Flyers

 

[mja]

If Brock Nelson is coming off the board, that puts Briere is a very advantageous position with Laughton.

By advantageous position, you mean bent over, right?