Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: 2014-15 Schedule, Brennan, Backup Goalie and More

reason why lindback isnt getting tendered?

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reason why lindback isnt getting tendered?
- jmdodgeser4

He sucks ?

He sucks ?
- golfingsince

thought he was good?

He sucks ?
- golfingsince

+1

thought he was good?
- jmdodgeser4

He put up some decent numbers with Weber, Suter et all but those numbers were still far off of what Rinne or even Vokoun had I believe. Since joining TB his sv% is sub .900

No matter who they eventually decide to sign as the backup goalie, I really hope they can get him for a cap hit of no more than 1.1 million.

reason why lindback isnt getting tendered?
- jmdodgeser4

His SV% in 23 GP was .891. That's terrible.

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FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Matt Read ($3.625m) / Brayden Schenn ($2.625m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Scott Laughton ($0.863m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Nikolai Kulemin ($2.000m)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($0.600m) / Manny Malhotra ($0.800m) / Michael Raffl ($1.100m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) / Jason Akeson ($0.750m)
DEFENSEMEN
Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m) / Braydon Coburn ($4.500m)
Kimmo Timonen ($2.000m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)
Andrew MacDonald ($5.000m) / Mark Streit ($5.250m)
Oliver Lauridsen ($0.600m) /
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Evgeni Nabokov ($1.000m)
BUYOUTS
Daniel Briere ($0.000m)
Ilya Bryzgalov ($0.000m)
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Chris Pronger ($4.941m)
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$345,000
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This assumes we trade VL with no salary kept, demote Rosehill, and sign Kulemin, Nabokov and Malhotra as UFAs. Thoughts?

His SV% in 23 GP was .891. That's terrible.
- Feanor

I won't even lie: I'm borderline terrified at the backup goaltenders that are available.

The only one I trust is Emery, because of his toughness. All these other guys make me want to bury my head in my hands

I think the Flyers should take a low-risk shot at signing TJ Brennan. D-men usually take quite a bit longer to develop and it would likely be low-cap signing.

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FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Matt Read ($3.625m) / Brayden Schenn ($2.625m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Scott Laughton ($0.863m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Nikolai Kulemin ($2.000m)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($0.600m) / Manny Malhotra ($0.800m) / Michael Raffl ($1.100m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) / Jason Akeson ($0.750m)
DEFENSEMEN
Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m) / Braydon Coburn ($4.500m)
Kimmo Timonen ($2.000m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)
Andrew MacDonald ($5.000m) / Mark Streit ($5.250m)
Oliver Lauridsen ($0.600m) /
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Evgeni Nabokov ($1.000m)
BUYOUTS
Daniel Briere ($0.000m)
Ilya Bryzgalov ($0.000m)
LTIR
Chris Pronger ($4.941m)
BONUS OVERAGE
$345,000
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(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $66,008,333; BONUSES: $1,712,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $5,091,667

This assumes we trade VL with no salary kept, demote Rosehill, and sign Kulemin, Nabokov and Malhotra as UFAs. Thoughts?
- BiggE

It also assumes that these two take far less than their last contract gave them to play in Philly.

where are all the trades everyone is talking about? Boring so far

I won't even lie: I'm borderline terrified at the backup goaltenders that are available.

The only one I trust is Emery, because of his toughness. All these other guys make me want to bury my head in my hands
- AllInForFlyers

Lol, are you telling me that the opportunity to bring Bryz back doesn't excite you?

Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: 2014-15 Schedule, Brennan, Backup Goalie and More
- bmeltzer

I really had hoped Alex Stalock would get to UFA. He would have been my top target.

I'd still consider Emery, but he'd need to take a rather significant paycut. I like Greiss, Al Montoya & Chad Johnson. I don't want Lindback. Guys like Devan Dubnyk or Evgeni Nabaokov would be interesting at a cheap price.

As for Brennan, if he were to agree to a $600k or so deal, sure, sign him. He'd really be little more than a depth guy for the system, but there's nothing wrong with adding an AHL vet(who is a really good player at the level) to help the Phantoms and restore them to a winning team.

As for Brennan, if he were to agree to a $600k or so deal, sure, sign him. He'd really be little more than a depth guy for the system, but there's nothing wrong with adding an AHL vet(who is a really good player at the level) to help the Phantoms and restore them to a winning team.
- Jsaquella

It would be akin to having a Syvret in the system again...

I really had hoped Alex Stalock would get to UFA. He would have been my top target.

I'd still consider Emery, but he'd need to take a rather significant paycut. I like Greiss, Al Montoya & Chad Johnson. I don't want Lindback. Guys like Devan Dubnyk or Evgeni Nabaokov would be interesting at a cheap price.

As for Brennan, if he were to agree to a $600k or so deal, sure, sign him. He'd really be little more than a depth guy for the system, but there's nothing wrong with adding an AHL vet(who is a really good player at the level) to help the Phantoms and restore them to a winning team.
- Jsaquella

I'm all for signing Brennan to that kind of deal who knows maybe he's areal late bloomer

It would be akin to having a Syvret in the system again...
- Tomahawk

Yeah. I really thought about what Hextall said about having a winning team in the AHL, so kids developing there get used to winning games.

Yeah. I really thought about what Hextall said about having a winning team in the AHL, so kids developing there get used to winning games.
- Jsaquella

Brian Connelly is the other guy I would bring in for that purpose... he's even more like Syvret (think Brennan's more like Delmore).

Signing Mark Fayne has grown on me. A right d-man, who I would hope could play with Coburn to eat up the tough minutes at 5 on 5. He doesn't need to be a big point producer because of Kimmo and Streit running the PP. Fayne averaged almost 2:00 of SH time. He would help Kimmo fresh. Also, he has the size Hexy I think would value on the blueline.

Brian Connelly is the other guy I would bring in for that purpose... he's even more like Syvret (think Brennan's more like Delmore).
- Tomahawk

I'm more familiar with Brennan, but Connelly seems like the type of guy to target, for sure.

Signing Mark Fayne has grown on me. A right d-man, who I would hope could play with Coburn to eat up the tough minutes at 5 on 5. He doesn't need to be a big point producer because of Kimmo and Streit running the PP. Fayne averaged almost 2:00 of SH time. He would help Kimmo fresh. Also, he has the size Hexy I think would value on the blueline.
- ravishingone

If they could deal Vinny and Grossmann for picks, sign Fayne and a guy like Kulemin, I'd be happy with the off season

Signing Mark Fayne has grown on me. A right d-man, who I would hope could play with Coburn to eat up the tough minutes at 5 on 5. He doesn't need to be a big point producer because of Kimmo and Streit running the PP. Fayne averaged almost 2:00 of SH time. He would help Kimmo fresh. Also, he has the size Hexy I think would value on the blueline.
- ravishingone

Yeah. I really thought about what Hextall said about having a winning team in the AHL, so kids developing there get used to winning games.
- Jsaquella

It's important, I feel -- it's not the only thing that matters, but anybody who has ever played sports realizes that extended winning or losing breeds good or bad habits