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Don'tForgetTocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ground Zero Brooklyn
Joined: 02.08.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:21 PM ET
wow

typical flyers

as long as couts and the schenns and simmonds and jake v aren't going anywhere
I'm cool with it.

- Marc D



hi marc

agree but please include giroux in the list
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:21 PM ET
I think Homer is systematically addressing the key needs of the Flyers. He cut the fat with Bryz and Briere (addition by subtraction, esp with Bryz), he added a top puck moving D man, beating lots of teams to the punch in trading for and adding Streit, he got bigger up front (something he said he wanted to do) with Lecavalier. I am pret-tay, pret-tay impressed. A tip of the cap (no pun intended) to Snider and Comcast as well, for greenlighting the buyouts...that's a lot of coin they are eating.

I don't know what's coming, but I would imagine it would involve jettisoning a D man or two (Mez/Coby) and possibly acquiring an upgrade there (hopefully without giving up top assets, but you have to give to get if the player is worth it (i.e, top pairing caliber D man under 30 yrs old).

If I were them right now, I'd:

1- Lose a D man: Mez or possibly Coby depending on the deal...

2- Sign a short term veteran goalie: Thomas - ideally 1 year deal, 2 max...3-4 mil max...Emery 2-3 yrs, 2.5 mil max per, Nabokov 2-3 mil 1 or 2 yrs., Theodore, or maybe a trade for Halak or give a Khodobin a shot on a Mason like contract and see if one of them emerges...

3 - SIGN GAGNE - he's going to want to be part of this thing...he'll take a discount and he's still a very good two-way hockey player.

-KEEP THE KIDS

---------------------------------------------------------
Hartnell Giroux Voracek
Gagne Lecavalier Simmonds
Schenn Couturier Read
McGinn Talbot Rinaldo

Coburn Timonen
Streit Schenn
Gus Grossmann
Gervais
Bourdon
Lauridsen

Callups:
Akeson
Laughton
Cousins

Thomas
Mason

- exlund

love the gagne idea
think he'd sign up for 2M or less?

tim thomas can (frank) off
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Jul 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
flyers needs

goalie
top end D
left wingers






centers
so lets get vinnie
awesome

- Marc D


Brayden Schenn, Left Winger
bradleyc4
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the jewelry is still out
Joined: 01.16.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
Coburn for halak straight up?

I'd do it

- Just5


I wouldn't. And I don't think St. Louis would either.

They need to shed a little salary, and they're loaded on the blueline.
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
[quote=Don'tForgetTocchet]
G 8 yrs 50+ M

he is a flyer forever

no worries dft
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:22 PM ET
Brayden Schenn, Left Winger
- Jsaquella

yeh baby
bradleyc4
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the jewelry is still out
Joined: 01.16.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:23 PM ET
Depending on the cost, I'd take Clarke MacArthur over Gagne.
GirouxForTheShow
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Fuck you raff
Joined: 01.04.2009

Jul 2 @ 11:23 PM ET
flyers needs

goalie
top end D
left wingers






centers
so lets get vinnie
awesome

- Marc D


I think the Flyers are putting a lot of stock in Mason, which I have a strange/crazy feeling that I do too and he deserves it.
Don'tForgetTocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ground Zero Brooklyn
Joined: 02.08.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:23 PM ET
G 8 yrs 50+ M

he is a flyer forever

no worries dft

- Marc D




uhhhhh i've heard that before
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:23 PM ET
Depending on the cost, I'd take Clarke MacArthur over Gagne.
- bradleyc4

where is the love

gagne is a FLYER
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:24 PM ET
uhhhhh i've heard that before
- Don'tForgetTocchet

G is the face of the franchise

no worries there
Don'tForgetTocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ground Zero Brooklyn
Joined: 02.08.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:24 PM ET
where is the love

gagne is a FLYER

- Marc D


he has a heart of coal
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
I think the Flyers are putting a lot of stock in Mason, which I have a strange/crazy feeling that I do too and he deserves it.
- GirouxForTheShow

i really hope so

love his puck handling skills

go steve mason go
bradleyc4
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the jewelry is still out
Joined: 01.16.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
where is the love

gagne is a FLYER

- Marc D


let's get better, not emotional
jstross
Joined: 06.25.2012

Jul 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
I wouldn't. And I don't think St. Louis would either.

They need to shed a little salary, and they're loaded on the blueline.

- bradleyc4


St.louis has around 15 million to sign 2 players. Their cap is fine.
Don'tForgetTocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ground Zero Brooklyn
Joined: 02.08.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
G is the face of the franchise

no worries there

- Marc D



*insert pic of richie here*
FlyerMike18
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 03.07.2009

Jul 2 @ 11:25 PM ET
wow

typical flyers

as long as couts and the schenns and simmonds and jake v aren't going anywhere
I'm cool with it.


but still wow

- Marc D


hmm no clode. interesting



FlyerMike18
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 03.07.2009

Jul 2 @ 11:26 PM ET
hi marc

agree but please include giroux in the list

- Don'tForgetTocchet


dammit
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:26 PM ET
he has a heart of coal
- Don'tForgetTocchet

except i met him and know he is is really a softie underneath the coal

gagne uber alles
jstross
Joined: 06.25.2012

Jul 2 @ 11:26 PM ET
where is the love

gagne is a FLYER

- Marc D


gags is a no brainer at the right price and years. A great example to the young guns on playing both sides of the ice.
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:26 PM ET
hmm no clode. interesting




- FlyerMike18

G is a given

come on you guys
bradleyc4
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the jewelry is still out
Joined: 01.16.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:27 PM ET
St.louis has around 15 million to sign 2 players. Their cap is fine.
- jstross


They're not a cap team. They have a smaller internal budget.
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:27 PM ET
I wouldn't. And I don't think St. Louis would either.

They need to shed a little salary, and they're loaded on the blueline.

- bradleyc4


Not sure if they would. I think they have a hole in their top 4.

Jackman-polak is the 5-6 pairing

They could potentially sport coburn and shatty on the 2nd pairing, and jbow is only signed one more year.

I do the deal, halak and mason is a pretty solid duo
Marc D
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: best smile, 14 without fake tees
Joined: 03.28.2008

Jul 2 @ 11:27 PM ET
let's get better, not emotional
- bradleyc4

gagne v macarthur

splitting hairs here

gagne is the guy
Don'tForgetTocchet
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ground Zero Brooklyn
Joined: 02.08.2007

Jul 2 @ 11:27 PM ET
except i met him and know he is is really a softie underneath the coal

gagne uber alles

- Marc D



oh we've met.

i stand by coal.
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