It's not a black-white situation. Dead space hurts (because you're spending money that you're getting no value from) but dead space when you need free space hurts worse. Effective cap management has to take the long view, and it's never going to be a smooth ride.
- Scoob

You should just be GM. Great insight

goulbourne = quality
- rinaldo

einhorn = finkle

finkle = einhorn

einhorn is a man!!!!

guys have you looked at our schedule? we might win 1 of our next 5 games
- 2Real

i never look at it. i turn on the tv to see if there's a game. if it even occurs to me.

Well, using history as a guide, I feel comfortable in assuming that the Flyers, even with this new approach, will be a team that is close to the cap limit.
- Scoob

You want to use history as a guide, but when is the last time the Flyers drafted and developed in the salary cap era? Based on contracts, it will actually be almost impossible for the Flyers to reach the cap ceiling in a few years due to having players on ELCs.

We will have

Schenn - G - Jake
XXX - Coots - Simmonds
Raffl - Laughton - XXX
Leier - Cousins - XXX

AMac - Ghost
MDZ? - XXX
XXX - XXX

Where do you add a FA with NAK, Konecny, Provorov, Sanheim, Morin, Alt, Hagg, Straka, Lindblom, 1st rounder this year all waiting for spots to open up? We will hopefully be in the position of moving guys out to create room for young guys...not FA

It's not a black-white situation. Dead space hurts (because you're spending money that you're getting no value from) but dead space when you need free space hurts worse. Effective cap management has to take the long view, and it's never going to be a smooth ride.
- Scoob

The trouble is, if Lecavalier doesn't retire, you're basically carrying $4.5mm in dead cap space, plus have a disgruntled player hanging around. I'd buy him him, because the cap savings, removal of a potential distraction and freeing up a slot for a kid or free agent is worth 2 seasons of $850k or so dead space.

I just don't know if he's going to retire or not. If he is, I suspect he waits until after he gets the next July 1st bonus. That falls after the buyout window

Did you shave the top of your head and paste it to your chin?
- PhillySportsGuy

staples. he uses staples. and 3m double sided tape sometimes.

The trouble is, if Lecavalier doesn't retire, you're basically carrying $4.5mm in dead cap space, plus have a disgruntled player hanging around. I'd buy him him, because the cap savings, removal of a potential distraction and freeing up a slot for a kid or free agent is worth 2 seasons of $850k or so dead space.

I just don't know if he's going to retire or not. If he is, I suspect he waits until after he gets the next July 1st bonus. That falls after the buyout window
- Jsaquella

The trouble is, if Lecavalier doesn't retire, you're basically carrying $4.5mm in dead cap space, plus have a disgruntled player hanging around. I'd buy him him, because the cap savings, removal of a potential distraction and freeing up a slot for a kid or free agent is worth 2 seasons of $850k or so dead space.

I just don't know if he's going to retire or not. If he is, I suspect he waits until after he gets the next July 1st bonus. That falls after the buyout window
- Jsaquella

It makes sense from the business end and personnel end to buy him out unless they literally have plenty of cap room to let him sit and rot

Did you shave the top of your head and paste it to your chin?
- PhillySportsGuy

pls don't make fun of me ty

You want to use history as a guide, but when is the last time the Flyers drafted and developed in the salary cap era? Based on contracts, it will actually be almost impossible for the Flyers to reach the cap ceiling in a few years due to having players on ELCs.

We will have

Schenn - G - Jake
XXX - Coots - Simmonds
Raffl - Laughton - XXX
Leier - Cousins - XXX

AMac - Ghost
MDZ? - XXX
XXX - XXX

Where do you add a FA with NAK, Konecny, Provorov, Sanheim, Morin, Alt, Hagg, Straka, Lindblom, 1st rounder this year all waiting for spots to open up? We will hopefully be in the position of moving guys out to create room for young guys...not FA
- YuenglingJagr

With all the XXX on the roster, I doubt MDZ is going anywhere

pls don't make fun of me ty
- Giroux_Is_God

Sorry. I love you

staples. he uses staples. and 3m double sided tape sometimes.
- hammarby31

A real hockey player. Always wondered how they grew those beards to quickly

The trouble is, if Lecavalier doesn't retire, you're basically carrying $4.5mm in dead cap space, plus have a disgruntled player hanging around. I'd buy him him, because the cap savings, removal of a potential distraction and freeing up a slot for a kid or free agent is worth 2 seasons of $850k or so dead space.

I just don't know if he's going to retire or not. If he is, I suspect he waits until after he gets the next July 1st bonus. That falls after the buyout window
- Jsaquella

I'd roll the dice and hope he retires or mutually terminates

Sorry. I love you
- PhillySportsGuy

- Giroux_Is_God

If their drafting right, signing guys to the right deals, etc basically General managing responsibly. It doesn't matter.
- Just5

Sure. But that's a perfect world. I'm of the mind that you want the most flexibility when you need it.

The trouble is, if Lecavalier doesn't retire, you're basically carrying $4.5mm in dead cap space, plus have a disgruntled player hanging around. I'd buy him him, because the cap savings, removal of a potential distraction and freeing up a slot for a kid or free agent is worth 2 seasons of $850k or so dead space.

I just don't know if he's going to retire or not. If he is, I suspect he waits until after he gets the next July 1st bonus. That falls after the buyout window
- Jsaquella

Oh, it's a headache of a situation for sure.

- Giroux_Is_God

That's gold, Jerry. Gold!

Omg if no one on the Flyers has said it then it must not be true. Yea he is a healthy scratch because the 6 turd defenseman we have are much better. Fire the coach, right everybody? That's the problem first lavy, then berube now the new guy. A lot of fans clueless same core guys for 4 years now 1 playoff series. Everyone on the team should be avaible especially giroux if you don't think so then your fine with the last few years & moving forward with the same guys. Talking about the cap situation next year, I wouldn't re-sign any of the turds that are ufa or rfa. It's sad when Buffalo is a better team now.
- Williamc5468

you know why because buffalo tanked and got eichel

i never look at it. i turn on the tv to see if there's a game. if it even occurs to me.
- hammarby31

really? i plan my day around flyers games

Overall, they're playing well...just can't finish to save their lives. Annoying, but better than the Canadian trip
- Jsaquella

Spend a lot of time looking for the "perfect pass"

Spend a lot of time looking for the "perfect pass"
- ob18

you think it's that or are they just afraid

you think it's that or are they just afraid
- 2Real

Who do you think OB is? Sigmund Freud?

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. You are right if you look at it that way (I was just thinking in terms of total buyout). To me it is obvious that we weren't doing anything this year so I didn't mind paying him this year to reduce the effects in the future. With prospects now ready to debut, I think it is the time to make room for them.
- YuenglingJagr

I agree, which is why the team I'm going to propose when I get home is going to have a number of young players on it, including multiple young defenseman. Compared to the one you posted which included only Laughton and Gostisbehere.

You want to use history as a guide, but when is the last time the Flyers drafted and developed in the salary cap era? Based on contracts, it will actually be almost impossible for the Flyers to reach the cap ceiling in a few years due to having players on ELCs.

We will have

Schenn - G - Jake
XXX - Coots - Simmonds
Raffl - Laughton - XXX
Leier - Cousins - XXX

AMac - Ghost
MDZ? - XXX
XXX - XXX

Where do you add a FA with NAK, Konecny, Provorov, Sanheim, Morin, Alt, Hagg, Straka, Lindblom, 1st rounder this year all waiting for spots to open up? We will hopefully be in the position of moving guys out to create room for young guys...not FA
- YuenglingJagr

2 of the players on that list need to be re-signed this off season. Cousins is in the last year of his EL deal, and Leir, Laughton, and Gostisbehere will need to be re-signed in 2 years.