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Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

May 12 @ 2:47 PM ET
Chico Resch
- jmatchett383


lol some folks here weren't even alive to see that
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 12 @ 2:47 PM ET
lol some folks here weren't even alive to see that
- Scoob


I'd be one of them.
Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

May 12 @ 2:55 PM ET
I'd be one of them.
- jmatchett383


yikes
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 12 @ 3:00 PM ET
yikes
- Scoob


34 at the end of the month. Born of the day that Sixers won. My dad only attended a small party, probably assuming he'd be seeing a few more Flyers/Phillies/Sixers championships in the next few years.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 12 @ 3:07 PM ET
Andrew MacDonald for Antti Niemi, nothing retained.

Edit: Wouldja?
Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

May 12 @ 3:11 PM ET
Andrew MacDonald for Antti Niemi, nothing retained.

Edit: Wouldja?

- jmatchett383


Yes, but only to avoid the MacDonald discussions here. lol
Scoob
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: love is love
Joined: 06.29.2006

May 12 @ 3:14 PM ET
34 at the end of the month. Born of the day that Sixers won. My dad only attended a small party, probably assuming he'd be seeing a few more Flyers/Phillies/Sixers championships in the next few years.
- jmatchett383


I don't follow the NBA but I do remember that championship as it was just a few weeks before my hs graduation.
jaws1955
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Joined: 12.30.2015

May 12 @ 3:15 PM ET
Andrew MacDonald for Antti Niemi, nothing retained.

Edit: Wouldja?

- jmatchett383



I don't want any part of any of the three goalies in Dallas, especially Bishop. I think he is now just a pricier Nuevy. Great when on and healthy, breaks entirely too much. The other 2 just suck. Besides, Dallas needs to dump salary not swap it for a bad d man.
jaws1955
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Joined: 12.30.2015

May 12 @ 3:15 PM ET
Yes, but only to avoid the MacDonald discussions here. lol
- Scoob

Well maybe for this reason.
StepfordSam
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 02.06.2017

May 12 @ 3:16 PM ET
Mikey Miss going full poopty music buzz today.

My God does the man have awful taste.

- hereticpride


Give examples please so I can hate on him even more
jaws1955
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Joined: 12.30.2015

May 12 @ 3:18 PM ET
I don't follow the NBA but I do remember that championship as it was just a few weeks before my hs graduation.
- Scoob


Yes, as Moses said " fo, fo, fo" turned out to be "fo,fi,fo...lol
dragonoffrost
Season Ticket Holder
Location: The East Coast Dump, NJ
Joined: 10.12.2015

May 12 @ 3:18 PM ET
I don't want any part of any of the three goalies in Dallas, especially Bishop. I think he is now just a pricier Nuevy. Great when on and healthy, breaks entirely too much. The other 2 just suck. Besides, Dallas needs to dump salary not swap it for a bad d man.
- jaws1955


Kari Let'em'in plays horrible in Philly.
dragonoffrost
Season Ticket Holder
Location: The East Coast Dump, NJ
Joined: 10.12.2015

May 12 @ 3:19 PM ET
Yes, as Moses said " fo, fo, fo" turned out to be "fo,fi,fo...lol

- jaws1955


fee fi fo fi fo fi fo
jaws1955
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Joined: 12.30.2015

May 12 @ 3:20 PM ET
Kari Let'em'in plays horrible in Philly.
- dragonoffrost


Really, just Philly or as in, we don't want him he sucks badly here?
jaws1955
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Blairstown, NJ
Joined: 12.30.2015

May 12 @ 3:21 PM ET
fee fi fo fi fo fi fo
- dragonoffrost

What about fum? You forgot fum.
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

May 12 @ 3:23 PM ET
I think a lot depends on expectations. If the expectation is that Bishop will be a top 5-10 goalie for most of the deal, then I think the Stars will be disappointed. If they're hoping for a baseline of average goaltending, then I expect them to be fine with it.

They're relatively young, but their window to win is now, so I get the move. Would I have made it? No. I don't value goaltending enough to take a risk like that. I just don't think the deal is as bad as people make it out to be. Seems like everyone assumes Bishop will be bad or something. How much is league average goaltending worth?

The Flyers aren't contending so they have the luxury of waiting things out and seeing what presents itself in FA. The Stars want to win now, so they don't have that luxury.

- PhillySportsGuy


So you are saying they should be content with average? Is that what you are saying?Why I just don't agree. You do not pay a man $30 million to be average. Either be above average or be below average but not average.
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

May 12 @ 3:33 PM ET
How long has it been since the Flyers had a goalie with Cup winning experience?

lol

- Scoob


Emery. Before that Bryz. In terms of a Cup winner as a starter, it's been awhile.
BINGO!
Carolina Hurricanes
Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009

May 12 @ 3:35 PM ET
Emery. Before that Bryz. In terms of a Cup winner as a starter, it's been awhile.
- bmeltzer


Boy do I have a deal for you!!!!
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

May 12 @ 3:38 PM ET
Boy do I have a deal for you!!!!
- BINGO!

PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

May 12 @ 3:38 PM ET
So you are saying they should be content with average? Is that what you are saying?Why I just don't agree. You do not pay a man $30 million to be average. Either be above average or be below average but not average.
- Mononoke

Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

May 12 @ 3:39 PM ET
Boy do I have a deal for you!!!!
- BINGO!

lol
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

May 12 @ 3:40 PM ET

- PhillySportsGuy


I chuckled
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

May 12 @ 3:40 PM ET
I don't want any part of any of the three goalies in Dallas, especially Bishop. I think he is now just a pricier Nuevy. Great when on and healthy, breaks entirely too much. The other 2 just suck. Besides, Dallas needs to dump salary not swap it for a bad d man.
- jaws1955


Lehtonen does not "suck". His first several years in Dallas, he was one of the NHL's more underrated goalies; in fact, the team MVP on those "Pesky Stars" teams with lots of vinegar but modest talent that annually missed the playoffs by a whisker due to lakc of sufficient scoring. The last few seasons have been inconsistent, though.

Say what you will about Niemi, but he has a Cup ring from Chicago and was a Vezina finalist in San Jose.

Not saying that either guy is the right one for the Flyers. But the Stars real issue the last couple years is that they played a spottier brand of team D than just about any team in the NHL -- yes, including the Flyers. The goalies were inconsistent and sometimes dragged down the team but it was more commonly the guys in front allowing 2-3 unstoppable goals before there'd be a stoppable one that leaked through.

Hitch will absolutely bring much better D structure to Dallas, and Bishop will benefit from it and probably get too much credit for it. If things had been left untouched otherwise, he'd have been set up to get too much blame for it when he fared similarly or only modestly better than the 1A/1B tandem the last couple years.
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

May 12 @ 3:41 PM ET
Boy do I have a deal for you!!!!
- BINGO!


I'd take Ward over some of the other names being tossed around, such as Halak.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

May 12 @ 3:45 PM ET
Andrew MacDonald for Antti Niemi, nothing retained.

Edit: Wouldja?

- jmatchett383



Absolutely but Dallas wouldn't.
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