i really didnt expect him to settle for anything under 4 years
- Crimsoninja

It's about time folks had reasonable expectations. Well done, Crims.

At least for us NJ folks, we can drive to Cape May and take the ferry. Made the mistake one year of missing the last ferry back and had to come home on that 1 road -- during Dover weekend.


- Flyskippy

That can be a nightmare. That said, last 4th of July, I drove through Delmarva from the Chesapeake Bay Bridege Tunnel and made it to the Ferry at Lewes 45 minutes ahead of my GPS expected time.

i really didnt expect him to settle for anything under 4 years
- Crimsoninja

If anyone expected that after yesterday's news, they probably think that the tooth fairy is real

Dave Pagnotta of the 4th Period, is reporting Bryzgalov, and Briere will be the recipient of compliance buyouts, and Mark Streit is in negotiations to sign a 4 year deal.

The cluelessness continues.
- PLindbergh31

I really thought Bryz had another year here.
Maybe he doesn't want to come back.

If true the summer just got more interesting.

4 yrs for Streit is a bit scary.

I really thought Bryz had another year here.
Maybe he doesn't want to come back.

If true the summer just got more interesting.

4 yrs for Streit is a bit scary.
- Marc D

There's just no reason to do another year with Bryzgalov.

That can be a nightmare. That said, last 4th of July, I drove through Delmarva from the Chesapeake Bay Bridege Tunnel and made it to the Ferry at Lewes 45 minutes ahead of my GPS expected time.
- Jsaquella

GPS time = Google Expected Travel time - Jsaq's and Skippy's "Time to Beat"

GPS time = Google Expected Travel time - Jsaq's and Skippy's "Time to Beat"


- Flyskippy

I had to make that bastard ferry. It was the last one and we were driving back from Florida.

Not only did we make it, we had to sit around for 20 minutes.

There's just no reason to do another year with Bryzgalov.
- Jsaquella

The best part about it is robbing the local beats of their go-to story. They'll still find a way to be "hockey writers" without ever having to break down or write about the game, aside from the goals and a save or two. Because it's beyond them.

There's just no reason to do another year with Bryzgalov.
- Jsaquella

I guess so, except he was a pretty good goalie at times.
Better to get it over with.
The guy they bring in may not be better then Bryz.

So adding a 4th yr can lower the cap hit for Streit?
I thought the new agreement eliminated the ability to significantly front load the deal.
Maybe I misunderstood it.

The best part about it is robbing the local beats of their go-to story. They'll still find a way to be "hockey writers" without ever having to break down or write about the game, aside from the goals and a save or two. Because it's beyond them.
- Flyskippy

Egad, I fear you are right

There's just no reason to do another year with Bryzgalov.
- Jsaquella

I didnt think there was any way that the Flyers would buy out Bryz, based on what will be owed him (2/3 of the remaning eleventy billion dollars?), and they still havent... but I'm totally on board with it going forward.

I guess so, except he was a pretty good goalie at times.
Better to get it over with.
The guy they bring in may not be better then Bryz.

So adding a 4th yr can lower the cap hit for Streit?
I thought the new agreement eliminated the ability to significantly front load the deal.
Maybe I misunderstood it.
- Marc D

It doesn't matter who their goalie is if the entire team could just as well use bullfighter's capes and tell the goalie "You're on your own, dude!" like they did with Bryz most of last season. If they're spending more time in their own zone than in the offensive zone, they aren't going to win many games.

I guess so, except he was a pretty good goalie at times.
Better to get it over with.
The guy they bring in may not be better then Bryz.

So adding a 4th yr can lower the cap hit for Streit?
I thought the new agreement eliminated the ability to significantly front load the deal.
Maybe I misunderstood it.
- Marc D

Bryz played great at times, but he was far too inconsistent to justify the financial commitment. The guy the get may not be as good, but he also won't be as bug an albatross.

I like Bryz, wish it would have worked out.

The 4th year can reduce the hit, but not by as much as in the past.

I didnt think there was any way that the Flyers would buy out Bryz, based on what will be owed him (2/3 of the remaning eleventy billion dollars?), and they still havent... but I'm totally on board with it going forward.
- Doc_Sarcasm

I didnt think there was any way that the Flyers would buy out Bryz, based on what will be owed him (2/3 of the remaning eleventy billion dollars?), and they still havent... but I'm totally on board with it going forward.
- Doc_Sarcasm

I felt, once the cap recapture rules were unveiled, that there was no way they wouldn't buy out Bryzgalov. The only question to me was whether he'd get nuked in summer of 2013 or 2014

I guess so, except he was a pretty good goalie at times.
Better to get it over with.
The guy they bring in may not be better then Bryz.

So adding a 4th yr can lower the cap hit for Streit?
I thought the new agreement eliminated the ability to significantly front load the deal.
Maybe I misunderstood it.
- Marc D

i have nothing against bryz except the cap recapture

i feel like it's going to be interesting to see how many guys get bought out and what kind of new contracts they sign with their new teams



if we ended up with a bought-out luongo, what would you all be willing to pay him?

I really thought Bryz had another year here.
Maybe he doesn't want to come back.

If true the summer just got more interesting.

4 yrs for Streit is a bit scary.
- Marc D

Not worried about the 4 years, as other have said that's just to bring the cap hit down. But definitely concerned with who we'd sign to replace Bryz. I'd like to look into an older experienced Vet like Nik Backstrom. I feel we could get him for less than Bryz and with a shorter contract.

Bryz played great at times, but he was far too inconsistent to justify the financial commitment. The guy the get may not be as good, but he also won't be as bug an albatross.

I like Bryz, wish it would have worked out.

The 4th year can reduce the hit, but not by as much as in the past.
- Jsaquella

I think the deciding factor is the cap recapture. There's some serious cap risk there if they don't buy him out.

It doesn't matter who their goalie is if the entire team could just as well use bullfighter's capes and tell the goalie "You're on your own, dude!" like they did with Bryz most of last season. If they're spending more time in their own zone than in the offensive zone, they aren't going to win many games.
- Flyskippy

We are a giddy up and go, attack the puck team
No sitting back and protecting the goalie here

I think the deciding factor is the cap recapture. There's some serious cap risk there if they don't buy him out.
- BulliesPhan87

I think it's everything. Poor play, cap recapture, relationships with the team, the circus, the term of the contract...

It just didn't work out. Bryz will be a very rich man and maybe Snider will allow his GM to just do his job in the future

Bryz played great at times, but he was far too inconsistent to justify the financial commitment. The guy the get may not be as good, but he also won't be as bug an albatross.

I like Bryz, wish it would have worked out.

The 4th year can reduce the hit, but not by as much as in the past.
- Jsaquella

It isn't so much less money in the last year to reducr the cap hit, although that can be part if it. It's that during negotiations you offer less for additional years. Older players in particular are looking for that securitysince their time to make money Iis coming to an end.

I think it's everything. Poor play, cap recapture, relationships with the team, the circus, the term of the contract...

It just didn't work out. Bryz will be a very rich man and maybe Snider will allow his GM to just do his job in the future
- Jsaquella

He'd best "let [him] do [his] job!"

We are a giddy up and go, attack the puck team
No sitting back and protecting the goalie here
- Marc D

Gonna be great if they shrink the goalie pads in coming seasons.

Not worried about the 4 years, as other have said that's just to bring the cap hit down. But definitely concerned with who we'd sign to replace Bryz. I'd like to look into an older experienced Vet like Nik Backstrom. I feel we could get him for less than Bryz and with a shorter contract.
- flyler

Good god! It better be a more friendly contract!

It isn't so much less money in the last year to reducr the cap hit, although that can be part if it. It's that during negotiations you offer less for additional years. Older players in particular are looking for that securitysince their time to make money Iis coming to an end.
- coffee junkie

That's a factor, too, for sure. Streit has been pretty durable, out side of the freak shoulder injury that cost him all of the 2010-11 season. He's played every game in 3 of the last 4 years, outside of that one.