Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits: Prospects at Four Nations Update, Simmonds, Willcox & More

happy birthday simmer!

Bill,

Can one day you talk about maybe the "lower-profile" prospects that are not named Sanheim, Morin, Hagg or Konecny.

I think guys like Wilcox, Friedman, Bardreau and some others could be interesting. I would like your thoughts on some of them.

Thanks

so you're telling me brad mcrimmon turned into ken wregget. via 2 1st round picks.

JFC.

so you're telling me brad mcrimmon turned into ken wregget. via 2 1st round picks.

JFC.
- hammarby31

Yup

Yup
- bmeltzer

i think i intentionally blocked out this information.

of course brad won the cup immediately in calgary that season.

happens every time.

of course brad won the cup immediately in calgary that season. []

Calgary won in '89, which wasn't the very next season... but point well taken.

Bill,

Can one day you talk about maybe the "lower-profile" prospects that are not named Sanheim, Morin, Hagg or Konecny.

I think guys like Wilcox, Friedman, Bardreau and some others could be interesting. I would like your thoughts on some of them.

Thanks
- J35Bacher

Already did that this summer, in depth.

Defensemen: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888583

Forwards: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888540

Goaltenders: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888631

Already did that this summer, in depth.

Defensemen: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888583

Forwards: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888540

Goaltenders: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888631
- bmeltzer

A nice set and spike there you two

Already did that this summer, in depth.

Defensemen: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888583

Forwards: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888540

Goaltenders: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888631
- bmeltzer

Thanks.

Sorry I didn't see these.

So Simmonds will be 31 when he starts his new contract. He could be one of the biggest free agents of 2019 if the Flyers choose not to lock him up before then.

So Simmonds will be 31 when he starts his new contract. He could be one of the biggest free agents of 2019 if the Flyers choose not to lock him up before then.
- Feanor

He'll be at a dangerous age for players his style, presuming he stays healthy the next couple years and would be looking at a big-dollar, long-term extension that would take him into his mid-to-late-30s.

He'll be at a dangerous age for players his style, presuming he stays healthy the next couple years and would be looking at a big-dollar, long-term extension that would take him into his mid-to-late-30s.
- bmeltzer

Hexy might need to break out the kid gloves to do that negotiation.

I remember talking to McCrimmon at the Newark Airport Marriott when he was with Atlanta. He was adamant that had he not been traded the Flyers would have won a cup. He also said his trade was a beginning of the end for the 80s Flyers as a bunch would be dealt away in the next few years.

http://www.winnipegfreepr...oalie-gear-391312491.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/russell-rcmp-bewildered-by-brew-burglar-in-goalie-gear-391312491.html
- wilsonecho91

So Simmonds will be 31 when he starts his new contract. He could be one of the biggest free agents of 2019 if the Flyers choose not to lock him up before then.
- Feanor

Time to hop aboard the Wayne Trade

Time to hop aboard the Wayne Trade
- PhillySportsGuy

Out with Trayden and Trwayne, in with Lindblom, Laberge, Allison, NAK, Konecny, and whoever the (frank) we draft next!

But in all seriousness, letting Simmer walk or trading him beforehand seems so wrong, even if it is perhaps prescient. IF he took below market on the years, I wouldn't be opposed to keeping him, depending on how he does the next 3 years and more importantly, how the prospects do. He's been basically the epitome of health so far in his career, he's actually lighter and leaner than most PWFs, his skating while awkward is not bad. We see how the Great Inevitable Hartnell Decline is going....if he signed an age 31-35 deal or something, going into it still producing at this clip, and still a top 6 fixture....it's tough. It's all about trends. In 3 years is he trending in the wrong direction or staying the course? If it's the former, cash in and reminisce on the good times.

Out with Trayden and Trwayne, in with Lindblom, Laberge, Allison, NAK, Konecny, and whoever the (frank) we draft next!

But in all seriousness, letting Simmer walk or trading him beforehand seems so wrong, even if it is probably prescient. IF he took below market on the years, I wouldn't be opposed to keeping him, depending on how he does the next 3 years and more importantly, how the prospects do. He's been basically the epitome of health so far in his career, he's actually lighter and leaner than most PWFs, his skating while awkward is not bad. We see how the Great Inevitable Hartnell Decline is going....if he signed an age 31-35 deal or something, going into it still producing at this clip, and still a top 6 fixture....it's tough. It's all about trends. In 3 years is he trending in the wrong direction or staying the course? If it's the former, cash in and reminisce on the good times.
- Mononoke

Calm down.


We have time

Calm down.


We have time
- PhillySportsGuy

so what you are saying is

Calm down.


We have time
- PhillySportsGuy

Yes, you and I have time. But there's a few old-timers on here who probably won't make it 3 more years. I wrote it for them.

Yes, you and I have time. But there's a few old-timers on here who probably won't make it 3 more years. I wrote it for them.
- Mononoke

Who you calling old timers?


GET OFF MY LAWN!

Yes, you and I have time. But there's a few old-timers on here who probably won't make it 3 more years. I wrote it for them.
- Mononoke

ty

my bad, i misread the date. so yes, the following season. either way, just another flyer that got close here and won elsewhere. really sticks in my craw.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/russell-rcmp-bewildered-by-brew-burglar-in-goalie-gear-391312491.html
- wilsonecho91

i've already been questioned as to my whereabouts that evening. anybody who knows me knows that i would never, ever drink the swill they stole, let alone break into a store to get it.

#17?