so berube scratched mez because he "didn't see enough" from him...

Return of Sestitov

Lappy, Pronger, Voracek, Simmonds, Talbot, Mason (so far) off the top of my head.
- jmatchett383

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings".

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings". Hartnell, either.

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.
- Tomahawk

Come July 1, the only thing Holmgren will need a phone for is to order a pizza.

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings".

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.
- Tomahawk

He did well with Briere, Emery x2, Hartnell, Timonen, and now LeCavalier...

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings". Hartnell, either.

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.
- Tomahawk

can you imagine all the texting from these GMs

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings".

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.
- Tomahawk

don't worry, the plug will be pulled on his tenure as GM before next July 1...

Come July 1, the only thing Holmgren will need a phone for is to order a pizza.
- PLindbergh31

Dominos

Lappy, Pronger, Voracek, Simmonds, Talbot, Mason (so far) off the top of my head.
- jmatchett383

That's a pretty short list for the turnover the Flyers have had. That includes Pronger who was only able to serve 1 year of a 7 year contract.

Starting with the 2006-2007 season and ending with the 2016-2017 season, the Flyers will have spent every year except 1 with at least one aging bruising defenseman signed to a big money contract on LTIR except 1 year. Which year was it?

Come July 1, the only thing Holmgren will need a phone for is to order a pizza.
- PLindbergh31

Patty Marleau and Dion Phaneuf on retirement contracts are already in the works, sorry. Don't forget Steve Mason's 8-year extension that he'll sign while the bottom hasn't fallen out yet... then he'll subsequently forget how to stop pucks.

the Flyers D would be perfect if the league still had clutching and grabbing

Patty Marleau and Dion Phaneuf on retirement contracts are already in the works, sorry. Don't forget Steve Mason's 8-year extension that he'll sign while the bottom hasn't fallen out yet... then he'll subsequently forget how to stop pucks.
- Tomahawk

The plug should have been pulled when Laviolette was fired. Of course the Flyers are doing things ass backwards. Holmgren still in place at the deadline he makes some dreadful moves on his way out the door and Hextall has a pile of poop to clean up, to go with a coach he didn't hire.

He did well with Briere, Emery x2, Hartnell, Timonen, and now LeCavalier...
- jak521

Briere wasn't better than he was in Buffalo... and he missed a lot of time due to injury... and he was bought out with 2-years left to go... so hard to put that fully in the win column.

Too soon to judge Emery for this season, but his getting hurt pretty much ushered in the Michael Leighton era. Speaking of Leighton, he might actually be a legitimate "better than his last team" player.

Hartnell and Kimmo we had to give assets for. There was no open market for them.

Vinny... too soon to say, but the injuries have already started. He's a good player when he's healthy... but...

Dominos
- vejim

Well played sir

I dont know if their personalities could possibly be combined.
- jak521

A laid-back, fun-loving guy with a driven, intense side

Pronger and Lappy, as much as we love them, were much better in the past.

Voracek, Simmonds and Mason I don't think you can count as "signings".

Talbot, at least for the 1st-season, might be one of the few.

UFA has been pretty unkind to Homer... either he ends up with albatross contracts, 1-year experiments, or misses out on his guys entirely. Somebody should probably pull the plug on all of his phones come July 1.
- Tomahawk

Nonsense. Pronger's point totals were up in Philadelphia compared to his old team (Anaheim) discounting the Cup year. Also, he had that Niedermayer guy helping him carry the load in Anaheim. He played primarily with Matt Carle here.

Lappy actually had higher point outputs here than in his last 2 seasons in Colorado, but that's not why the Flyers got him. No matter where he played, he was exactly the same kind of player on the Flyers that he was during his Avs days.

If you want to argue "in the past" then yes, Pronger's best season was his Hart season. He just said, "his old team" so I was comparing them solely to the teams (and seasons) they'd played with their team prior to the Flyers.

Lappy, Pronger, Voracek, Simmonds, Talbot, Mason (so far) off the top of my head.
- jmatchett383

i didn't write it never happens just that it seems a rarity around here. i would contest 1/2 that list. lappy was a grinder, voracek and talbot couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat and pronger, while pretty good here, was not better here than he was previously.

I want to see mason get the next 5 to 7 starts in a row.

This two goal or less garbage better stop tonight.

I have a strange feeling after Pittsburgh creams our sorry a$$e$ Thursday homer will be relieved of his gm duties.

Hartnell and Kimmo we had to give assets for. There was no open market for them.
- Tomahawk

They were still great, cornerstone signings at the time.

Unfortunately, they were both given extensions that pay them too much money for their current levels of performance.

i didn't write it never happens just that it seems a rarity around here. i would contest 1/2 that list. lappy was a grinder, voracek and talbot couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat and pronger, while pretty good here, was not better here than he was previously.
- hogweed

Like I said, he was just as good here as he was in Anahaiem, especially in the 2 seasons preceeding him coming here. Same with Lappy, he did the same role here the same way he had in Colorado the 2 seaons prior. Talbot went from being a healthy scratch to a 19-goal scorer. Voracek has improved steadily since we acquired him (OH NO, 6 GAMES WITHOUT A GOAL!).

Do you expect Pronger to win another Hart, Lappy to become a 30-goal scorer, and Talbot to score 20 playoff goals? Those guys were brought on to play a specific role, and did exactly what they were expected to based on their track records leading up to their acquisition.

This two goal or less garbage better stop tonight.
- PLindbergh31

3 of our goals this year were fluky soft generic goals. And you want 3 or more? Might not happen for a few weeks

I have a strange feeling after Pittsburgh creams our sorry a$$e$ Thursday homer will be relieved of his gm duties.
- SMS4016

Out of curiosity, why do you feel that way, that he would be relieved after that game specifically?

Most of us (MOST) were applauding his offseason signings (some not to much on Streit), and now that we got off to a bad start, and Lavi's gone to take the blame, it's Homer's fault...again.

I have a strange feeling after Pittsburgh creams our sorry a$$e$ Thursday homer will be relieved of his gm duties.
- SMS4016

Not firing Laviolette in April should be a firable offense as a GM. The stories of what (didn't) happen in training camp keep getting worse.

Hextall's not going to come in and be perfect, though. No GM is.