except next season...it goes up 500k. essentially, after this year he will make more than his cap hit each season, by increasing amounts
- YuenglingJagr

Really? That's crazy. Makes his contract even more difficult to move.

Yes.

That is exactly what I said.
- jmatchett383

Good for you! You are truly a brilliant Hockey mind who really thinks outside of nothing!

Good for you! You are truly a brilliant Hockey mind who really thinks outside of nothing!
- Konalover

I agree, there is no containing my vast hockey knowledge.

The Flyers need to hit the net more by picking better shooting lanes.

SOLVED!

Next issue: How to let up fewer shots. Topics to be discussed involve positioning as well as stick checking and body checking, with special sessions on how to bench Andrew MacDonald.

you're goddamn right, you do.
- hammarby31

I agree, there is no containing my vast hockey knowledge.

The Flyers need to hit the net more by picking better shooting lanes.

SOLVED!

Next issue: How to let up fewer shots. Topics to be discussed involve positioning as well as stick checking and body checking, with special sessions on how to bench Andrew MacDonald.
- jmatchett383

Simple - don't let the other team touch the puck. Accomplished with lots of passing to confuse the other team.

It was the morning show. Morganti said "his possession numbers aren't good but he has been terrific". Angelo was dismissive of the guy. JFC people
- nastyflyergirl

Is Cataldi further along the evolution chart than Gargano?

Really? That's crazy. Makes his contract even more difficult to move.
- Scoob

- Just5

lol

And the best ones always will on occasion. 25 mins a game it happens. But like you said, the recovery especially thinking about that 2 vs 1 in OT. The kid is night and day from a month ago.

Also he has that high motor trait and his game is just so smooth. While a player like Ghost plays in spurts and is volatile. Provorov is that guy that just punches in and out shift after shift with consistency
- Just5

Totally agree. I will say that at the beginning of the year, he was really having some ups and downs, I thought it might be a while before he puts it all together which was not unexpected, and I was ok with. I had zero idea that it would click so fast for him. I hope it continues and he continues to improve as well. He seems to be a special player.

- Just5

Holmgren must hate those NHL video games. His trades won't go through.

Homer's still dining out on the Simmonds for Richards trade. I think some other guy was included in it, also.

Simple - don't let the other team touch the puck. Accomplished with lots of passing to confuse the other team.
- Scoob

Eliminate faceoffs. If there are no faceoffs, neither team can have the puck. This also solves the issue of the Flyers missing the net, too.

Holmgren must hate those NHL video games. His trades won't go through.
- PLindbergh31

Agreed. No way EA would let LA trade Mike Richards for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn.

Agreed. No way EA would let LA trade Mike Richards for Wayne Simmonds and Brayden Schenn.
- jmatchett383

The Kings should fold up shop after making that trade. It's crippled their franchise.

How are the Flyers 6th in SOG/game? I thought they missed the net all of the time.

The Kings should fold up shop after making that trade. It's crippled their franchise.
- PLindbergh31

Yep. If the Flyers had simply done the right thing and not made that trade, they'd have 2 Cups in the last half decade. Because everything the Flyers, especially Holmgren, has ever done is wrong.

- Just5

The fire drill clip with Homer and Barkan I think it was still makes me lol..

Holmgren must hate those NHL video games. His trades won't go through.
- PLindbergh31

Yep. If the Flyers had simply done the right thing and not made that trade, they'd have 2 Cups in the last half decade. Because everything the Flyers, especially Holmgren, has ever done is wrong.
- jmatchett383

Holmgren has been in the NHL since 1976 as a player, coach, executive. How many times has his name been engraved on the Stanley Cup?

Totally agree. I will say that at the beginning of the year, he was really having some ups and downs, I thought it might be a while before he puts it all together which was not unexpected, and I was ok with. I had zero idea that it would click so fast for him. I hope it continues and he continues to improve as well. He seems to be a special player.
- Hextall271

The wild part is that he might not be half the player now, that he will be in 2-3 years. He's an inexperienced 19 year old defenseman playing at a high level in the NHL. Pretty special.

Holmgren must hate those NHL video games. His trades won't go through.
- PLindbergh31

Nah he just gets rid of the cap and simulates to july

Nah he just gets rid of the cap and simulates to july
- Just5

I'm sure hockey expert Ike Reese set him straight.
- PLindbergh31

Hey come on. Ike 'I don't believe in dinosaurs' Reese got promoted to the afternoon show.

The Kings should fold up shop after making that trade. It's crippled their franchise.
- PLindbergh31

Because what the trade meant for LA has any relevance here? It was a massive win for the Flyers regardless of what happened with LA. There would've been no cup in Philadelphia with or without Richards. To now have one of, if not the top power forward in the game plus an additional top 6 forward is the result of an incredible trade by Holmgren.

Here are some other assets still with the team as a result of terrible Holmgren trades:

Jake Voracek
Sean Couturier
Shayne Gostisbehere
Steve Mason

Hey come on. Ike 'I don't believe in dinosaurs' Reese got promoted to the afternoon show.
- TobyFlenderson

How can someone not believe in dinosaurs?