vanek to Detroit 1yr 2.6 mil

That was the only way it was happening. I expected them to pretty much do what they did today. Upgrade the bottom six, help the Phantoms & leave room to be able to wiggle a kid or two onto the roster
- Jsaquella

Yeah. I hope Provorov and Konecny make big pushes to make the team in camp. If they crack the roster that would really be something to look forward to.

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Hextall said he tried to re-sign White this morning, "but we had to move on." Weise fills that spot; Gordon is the PK specialist.



Hextall admitted he did not get a scorer but felt he added valuable depth. Money left over in case Provorov or Konecny make the roster
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- Jsaquella

did he say that ?

150K per year or something insignificant. Lots of bad contracts handed out today. Backes, and Lucic are both ridiculous. TB knocked it out of the park with Stamkos and Hedman. Gotta give Yzerman credit.
- PLindbergh31

I'd rather have Wiese. Martin is good at shot suppression and he hits like a truck, but he's also prone to taking penalties, too.

Wiese is more disciplined, and can slide up and down the line up. He's a solid player.

did he say that ?
- -davies-

Tim tweeted it

vanek to Detroit 1yr 2.6 mil
- nastyflyergirl

Vanek is a one trick pony. If he's not scoring, he might as well be selling popcorn. I guess for 1 year at that money it's worth the gamble for the Wings. Watch him score 25-30 this year.

150K per year or something insignificant. Lots of bad contracts handed out today. Backes, and Lucic are both ridiculous. TB knocked it out of the park with Stamkos and Hedman. Gotta give Yzerman credit.
- PLindbergh31

Some people in this sport never learn. Backes is a buyout waiting to happen

A 34-year-old Milan Lucic is going to be amazing to behold

Matt Martin just signed the same deal as Wiese.
- PLindbergh31

and I rather have Weise

interesting. i thought white really wanted to stay. i guess he didn't like the $. whatever. gfy.
- hammarby31

I'm guessing he felt the 11 goals were worth more than Hexy was willing to pay.

@tpanotchCSN

Hextall said Gordon can take defensive draws to save on Giroux's ice time, esp. on the PK

I'd rather have Wiese. Martin is good at shot suppression and he hits like a truck, but he's also prone to taking penalties, too.

Wiese is more disciplined, and can slide up and down the line up. He's a solid player.
- Jsaquella

Agreed. I think Wiese is better offensively and has more discipline. Hasn't Martin led the NHL in hits the last 5 years? I thought I read that somewhere.

Have to consider the mode the Flyers are in. They're retooling, and following the draft and develop method to build the team. At the same time, in order to be fair to some of the players they have, and to justify the money that they're spending on players, they want to be as competitive as possible, while drafting and developing players, without sacrificing the future to do so. That's all today's deals were about. Adding veteran, competitive depth to aid the team. None of the deals, are moves that Hextall thinks are adding more pieces for the long term future.

Tim tweeted it
- Jsaquella

i mean did hex utter words of that nature or was that conjecture on the part of the twit(ter)

Some people in this sport never learn. Backes is a buyout waiting to happen

A 34-year-old Milan Lucic is going to be amazing to behold
- AllInForFlyers

There were some terrible deals. Backes is already showing signs of decline, and with the way he takes a beating, in a year or two he might be a huge liability

i mean did hex utter words of that nature or was that conjecture on the part of the twit(ter)
- -davies-

That wasn't clear, I straight up copied and pasted

@tpanotchCSN

Hextall said Gordon can take defensive draws to save on Giroux's ice time, esp. on the PK
- Feanor

this makes me as happy as PLind

Some people in this sport never learn. Backes is a buyout waiting to happen

A 34-year-old Milan Lucic is going to be amazing to behold
- AllInForFlyers

I especially can't believe giving Backes 5 yrs. my god

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Yeah. I hope Provorov and Konecny make big pushes to make the team in camp. If they crack the roster that would really be something to look forward to.
- PLindbergh31

I hope both make it. Ghost made the team fun to watch. He was good, but the "unknown" factor was at least something in itself.

That wasn't clear, I straight up copied and pasted
- Jsaquella

ty

I hope both make it. Ghost made the team fun to watch. He was good, but the "unknown" factor was at least something in itself.
- flyer_nutter

Exactly. During the NHL draft Mcguire, Button, and Bob Mac all thought it would be a foregone conclusion that Provorov would be in the NHL this year.

@tpanotchCSN

Hextall said Gordon can take defensive draws to save on Giroux's ice time, esp. on the PK
- Feanor

Adam Hall, part 2
Rather have that than VDV, at least Gordon is good at something

Why would you have taken Matthias over Weise?
- YuenglingJagr

why wouldn't you?

I especially can't believe giving Backes 5 yrs. my god
- nastyflyergirl

I didn't want to believe he would get that, but you knew someone just would ignore reality

I don't care that he gets the term or the dollars. I care when Jeremy Jacobs gets pissed that he has to buy him out and then wants to lock out every single player so he can figure out how to make the CBA make people like his management team look smart

VandeVelde currently visiting allentownapartments.com.
- Feanor

Is Boyd Gordon and upgrade over VDV?