BillDineen
Former Flyer / Extinct Dinosaur Advisor
- Aug 9, 2009
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I agree with the logic of your narrative, BCF, but it is still a narrative. And this is the slippery slope that the Flyers FO happily toboggans annually. They cannot truly make roster spots competitive if they are pre-rationalizing sending prospects down, especially if waiver status is a prime determinant.I'm good with Brink starting in the AHL. That hip surgery he had was the same one that Giroux, Getzlaf, Gostisbehere, Coburn, etc...all had and it's one that takes a minimum of year after the surgery heals to get everything back to normal and feeling good.
When Atkinson gets traded closer to the deadline, Brink should be firing on all cylinders and that's when you bring him up. Do I like the idea of Brink playing for Puckhead in Lehigh Valley? No. But I like that he'll get his legs back under him and he should be able to dominate from the get go. Sometimes that's more important than playing 10 to 11 minutes a night with the Deslauriers and the Hathaways of the world.
They'll move out players as young players show they're ready to start.
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Well I do not believe the co-GM will want to move him. Bold is TBDI do. If they're out by December or January and if Atkinson is scoring at a 20+ goal/50 point pace, there'll be teams lining up. Briere isn't Schmuck. He'll move him.
This sounds fun.
He’s with Walker today.Flyers play Sanheim with a competent partner challenge (impossible).
I know nothing about walker, but I assume he is bad.He’s with Walker today.
It’s worth the effort to try to find a different partner for TS. Risto is a ball and chain for Sanheim to carry. The issue then is if Sanheim clicks with XXXX, who will pair decently with Risto. It gets complicatedFlyers play Sanheim with a competent partner challenge (impossible).
Sanheim did not look good on the right side with Provorov.It’s worth the effort to try to find a different partner for TS. Risto is a ball and chain for Sanheim to carry. The issue then is if Sanheim clicks with XXXX, who will pair decently with Risto. It gets complicated
Not looking good while being paired with Provorov is no crime. He never tried to work with his partner after Niskanen left the club. Same with being paired with Myers. God knows what Myers was thinking/doing on the ice most of the time. Braun worked because he was a sensible partner who worked as a pair out there.Sanheim did not look good on the right side with Provorov.
He had good metrics but bad results (they leaked goals) with Myers.
Played his best hockey with Braun.
there will be no market for a 5 million a year backup. good showing or not.Sanheim is 27, making $6.25M a year, at this point in his career, he should be driving his pair, not being carried by a talented partner.
Walker was a solid 3rd pair D-man last season, coming off an ACL injury. A year away, he should be better - and prime TDL trade bait on an expiring contract.
Peterson is a salary dump but an interesting reclamation project at goalie, got the big contract b/c he looked like a comer, then fell apart. If he could rebound at 29, might be a market for him as a backup goalie - but that second year will make him hard to move. Probably is going to be exiled to LHV. But a good showing could allow them to dump him next summer.
Why is this a thing?
You gotta know I will always correlate phrases to music....Have to play this..........one of the greats........... one of my favorite albums of the '60s. What a voice.It’s worth the effort to try to find a different partner for TS. Risto is a ball and chain for Sanheim to carry. The issue then is if Sanheim clicks with XXXX, who will pair decently with Risto. It gets complicated
Sanheim is 27, making $6.25M a year, at this point in his career, he should be driving his pair, not being carried by a talented partner.
Walker was a solid 3rd pair D-man last season, coming off an ACL injury. A year away, he should be better - and prime TDL trade bait on an expiring contract.
Peterson is a salary dump but an interesting reclamation project at goalie, got the big contract b/c he looked like a comer, then fell apart. If he could rebound at 29, might be a market for him as a backup goalie - but that second year will make him hard to move. Probably is going to be exiled to LHV. But a good showing could allow them to dump him next summer.
You gotta know I will always correlate phrases to music....Have to play this..........one of the greats........... one of my favorite albums of the '60s. What a voice.
Why is this a thing?
You gotta know I will always correlate phrases to music....Have to play this..........one of the greats........... one of my favorite albums of the '60s. What a voice.
One of my favs. The entire album is fantastic. Love to play it. Problem: no girls who can front it properly today. Lots of cheap imitations but nothing like Janis.
Are you well? Janis, Linda Ronstadt, Tina Turner for starters. What's happening today? Taylor Swift. Please.
This is the golden age of frontwomen
Are you well? Janis, Linda Ronstadt, Tina Turner for starters. What's happening today? Taylor Swift. Please.
myers wasn't talented?Sanheim does drive his pairs. He's never once in his career had a talented partner. How do you dream this stuff up?