Holy crap! I go to lunch and am like wow I missed 10 pages of comments! Something must have happened! Nope - not a dang thing.
Hopes dashed.

- FlyersGrace

Richards has been bought out so there's that. Brad Richards

Thank you! As crazy as this may sound, I think my offer was very realistic. We might not like it but I think a lot of teams like him regardless of what his numbers show.
- SuperSchennBros

i know. i just think the disconnect comes from you realizing it may take that kind of deal. and wanting him anyway.

and then you say that youre simply a flyers fan first. thats fine and all (well not really, but no ones perfect) but the thing is, ott at that kind of deal actually hurts the team. and i wouldnt want a team i was a fan of getting hurt

Much like when a young man wants to plant his seed, the demand is high.

The supply however, may be low. Therefore this leads to?
- flyer_nutter

...hockeybuzz

Do you? If you do, make it happen.
- SuperSchennBros

In a nutshell, I think his point is that Ott is an unrealistic possibility right now because his cap hit and length of term would not fit with his vision of this team and its current financial restrictions and roster makeup. If you say, "They should get him becuase I want him but they probably can't," then that's fine, and a good debate. But as far as discussing the process by which he could realistically be acquired is what has people in an uproar.

It reminds me of that scene in Addams Family Values where the camp counselors keep trying to pronounce "Jamar."
- jmatchett383

We had a girl named Keisha (Pronounced Kee-Shah) in the class too. Our teacher would just combine their names and called them both Kalisha.

...hockeybuzz

- Marc D

Brothers in hands.

Richards has been bought out so there's that. Brad Richards
- JFlyers00

Unless they took him in the back and shot him not that interested, hahaha....
But yes, thank you for an insertion of sanity!

Much like when a young man wants to plant his seed, the demand is high.

The supply however, may be low. Therefore this leads to?
- flyer_nutter

...We won't know until after July 1st?

Look, if we had had the answers, there would be no questions.

Much like when a young man wants to plant his seed, the demand is high.

The supply however, may be low. Therefore this leads to?
- flyer_nutter

4-5 years of blue balls?

...We won't know until after July 1st?

Look, if we had had the answers, there would be no questions.
- SuperSchennBros

That's way too deep for this board.

That's way too deep for this board.
- jmatchett383

Balls deep?

i know. i just think the disconnect comes from you realizing it may take that kind of deal. and wanting him anyway.

and then you say that youre simply a flyers fan first. thats fine and all (well not really, but no ones perfect) but the thing is, ott at that kind of deal actually hurts the team. and i wouldnt want a team i was a fan of getting hurt
- stayinthefnnet

I'm one of the few who think we're a better team with Vincent LeCavalier but also open mind that we have to wait for the offseason end before seeing the final result. I think I'm being a realistic, regardless of whether my head and my heart agree.

...We won't know until after July 1st?

Look, if we had had the answers, there would be no questions.
- SuperSchennBros

Delta Spirit?
- PhillySportsGuy

Miami 2017

Balls deep?
- flyer_nutter

He walked into that one face first Nutter... Thank you for being the bigger man and making sure he got it.

We had a girl named Keisha (Pronounced Kee-Shah) in the class too. Our teacher would just combine their names and called them both Kalisha.
- PhillySportsGuy

I was at the River Sharks game last night (for free, so, eat me) and the other team had a player named "Joash" (Joe-Ash). I understand people wanting their kid to have a "unique" name (okay, no I don't) but that one just seemed ridiculous and lazy to me.

...We won't know until after July 1st?

Look, if we had had the answers, there would be no questions.
- SuperSchennBros

once you stop questioning the answers, they have won.

In a nutshell, I think his point is that Ott is an unrealistic possibility right now because his cap hit and length of term would not fit with his vision of this team and its current financial restrictions and roster makeup. If you say, "They should get him becuase I want him but they probably can't," then that's fine, and a good debate. But as far as discussing the process by which he could realistically be acquired is what has people in an uproar.
- jmatchett383

I think he's a good fit. No, I think he's a very good fit. Ott is easily better then Steve Downie on a bad team. If the money doesn't work, then once again for the hundredth time...then it doesn't work.

I was at the River Sharks game last night (for free, so, eat me) and the other team had a player named "Joash" (Joe-Ash). I understand people wanting their kid to have a "unique" name (okay, no I don't) but that one just seemed ridiculous and lazy to me.
- jmatchett383

once you stop questioning the answers, they have won.
- stayinthefnnet

Thanks Neil DeGrasse Tyson

I think he's a good fit. No, I think he's a very good fit. Ott is easily better then Steve Downie on a bad team. If the money doesn't work, then once again for the hundredth time...then it doesn't work.
- SuperSchennBros

I think that's part of it. Most people on here post their wants with a way to do it. There may not be a way to add Ott.

I'm one of the few who think we're a better team with Vincent LeCavalier but also open mind that we have to wait for the offseason end before seeing the final result. I think I'm being a realistic, regardless of whether my head and my heart agree.
- SuperSchennBros

thats fine. but thats where the disagreement comes in.

to me, thats like saying the pens are better with scuderi and his deal on the roster.

once you stop questioning the answers, they have won.
- stayinthefnnet

I agree but I won't be bullied into stop asking. I'm hear to learn. I think I have 5x the hockey knowledge I did when I started reading this site in 06.

I was at the River Sharks game last night (for free, so, eat me) and the other team had a player named "Joash" (Joe-Ash). I understand people wanting their kid to have a "unique" name (okay, no I don't) but that one just seemed ridiculous and lazy to me.
- jmatchett383

Yeah. That one is so close. Just go with Joe or Josh. Make another kid if you have to.

Thanks Neil DeGrasse Tyson
- Giroux_Is_God

literally the nicest thing anyones ever said to me on here