perhaps this is natural selection at work:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/d...ust-donate-the-money?bffb

it amazes me that guys like rinaldo find nhl jobs even if for only a few years, and that some other more responsible, 2-way players, who can skate, hit a bit, even with stone hands can't crack a lineup.
- hammarby31

Agreed. You can find guys who can hit and play hockey, and most of them cost just a little bit more than Rinaldo

Yeah, Sutter is definitely as close to an idiot savant as you can get in hockey. We'll see if Berube follows along that vein, or is just minus the savant part.

Seems like they're trying so hard to shape Zac into a Cal Clutterbuck, but of course the key difference is that Clutterbuck actually has talent (he didn't slow Tavares down in junior, for example).
- Tomahawk

They should shape him into a Phantom or Predator or Shark...yeah, San Jose is loading up on goon fourth liners

1. that's sick
2. i hope to never see that in a regular season nhl game
3. i think that's malcom subban in net. he doesn't seem like he tried very hard
4. those judges are like the diving judges after melon nails the triple lindy. they're so happy.
- hammarby31

It's lamb

It's lamb
- wilsonecho91

please don't make me wear clothes with animals on them. they make me look stuuuuuupid.

perhaps this is natural selection at work:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/d...ust-donate-the-money?bffb
- hammarby31

god people are stupid

please don't make me wear clothes with animals on them. they make me look stuuuuuupid.
- hammarby31

Speak for yourself my cow shirt is off the charts

god people are stupid
- 2Real

i'm sure some of those people got hurt. huge containers of water...falling off of a roof right onto someone's head. concussion city. neck injuries. so stupid.

i'm sure some of those people got hurt. huge containers of water...falling off of a roof right onto someone's head. concussion city. neck injuries. so stupid.
- hammarby31

I still think Steve Ott would have been a really good fit here. Heck, I would have traded Zac Rinaldo just for Ott's rights. Sure Ott doesn't bring the offense the price tag might suggest but he can play anywhere within the bottom six (center or wing), decent faceoff man, kills penalties and probably the best in the business at getting top players off their games.

This obviously doesn't matter anymore, so let's get into what does.

We lose Hartnell for Umberger. We lose Timonen for Del Zotto. Regardless of whether or not Laughton can win the fourth line center role or White starts the season there, I worry about our fourth line. I can see a collective lack of confidence in Rinaldo or Rosehill. Bellemare is still a bit of a question mark as far as what we has to offer on this team and in the NHL. Some project Raffl as a fourth liner but I think Berube has him penciled in as a possible two way scorer.

So are we a better team heading into this season the last season or not?

I still think Steve Ott would have been a really good fit here. Heck, I would have traded Zac Rinaldo just for Ott's rights. Sure Ott doesn't bring the offense the price tag might suggest but he can play anywhere within the bottom six (center or wing), decent faceoff man, kills penalties and probably the best in the business at getting top players off their games.

This obviously doesn't matter anymore, so let's get into what does.

We lose Hartnell for Umberger. We lose Timonen for Del Zotto. Regardless of whether or not Laughton can win the fourth line center role or White starts the season there, I worry about our fourth line. I can see a collective lack of confidence in Rinaldo or Rosehill. Bellemare is still a bit of a question mark as far as what we has to offer on this team and in the NHL. Some project Raffl as a fourth liner but I think Berube has him penciled in as a possible two way scorer.

So are we a better team heading into this season the last season or not?
- SuperSchennBros

Honestly, about the same. They'll miss Hartnell's offense and Timonen's savvy, but benefit from Umberger's disciplined play and versatility and Del Zotto's speed.

The 4th line will take care of itself. I'd rather see guys like Bellemare and Laughton over a goon line. I see zero need for Rinaldo or Rosehill. You can find physicality that is cheaper and more disciplined and who can play for just a little bit more money.

The Flyers have enough bodies where they can ice a half decent fourth line, or they can continue to pretend Rinaldo is a NHL caliber guy.

The keys will be the development of Couturier & Brayden Schenn, a stronger commitment to two way play and doing a better job of controlling play at 5 on 5.

I think where the Flyers troubles might lie this year is, that other divisional teams may have improved enough to push them out of the playoffs.

guess i'm mildly surprised there's no hayes signing yet.

guess i'm mildly surprised there's no hayes signing yet.
- hammarby31

He should not be signed solely because someone else made this. (She's probably disappointed).http://youtu.be/_B-f7sSmMMI

He should not be signed solely because someone else made this. (She's probably disappointed).http://youtu.be/_B-f7sSmMMI
- wilsonecho91

beautiful

He should not be signed solely because someone else made this. (She's probably disappointed).http://youtu.be/_B-f7sSmMMI
- wilsonecho91

Arrghhh, technology in the hands of someone who should go back to watching boy bands or is she a lonely cougar that BlackhawksGurl

technician, gone rogue
- nails

I'm on the edge of my seat right now. What happened did he show??