Jerry Jones said months ago that they weren't taking a QB, didn't he?
- hereticpride

i believe you are correct.

Streit - Schultz were the 1st pairing dmen at their age. More mobility and skill is needed. Provorov will help. Gotta believe Hexy will be fishing for another dman in free agency.
- ravishingone

jason demers would be a nice replacement for streit

UPDATE: Still a penguins fan
- Giroux_Is_God

Jerry Jones said months ago that they weren't taking a QB, didn't he?
- hereticpride

and this is why Dallas will always suck until he's gone

I cant watch those guys.

Honestly think they dislike the Flyers. Criticism is one thing, but they get such joy out of it.
- flyer_nutter

Everyone on the radio loathes the Flyers. Well Josh Innes, surprisingly, has become a big fan. But it's definitely ridiculous. I don't even think the beat writers like the team tbh

I have been saying maybe next year for 40 years but I love the Flyers so what can you do?
- vejim

Truax as a Flyers fan it comes with the territory. This series did show what they Flyers need to get, to hang with the top teams

so 3 dmen and an small forward who may contribute at the NHL
where's the offense coming from?
- 2Real

Everyone cries a good team starts with the back end..

That and a run at Stamkos would help

Great season flyers!!

Who knows how this series turns out of Cooter isn't out... The man just makes everything so much easier for everybody. I was glad to see he improved offensively this year and hope he continues. Give Schenn his money, i would love to see Schenn and Cooter next year together for a full season, i think they have the chemistry and talent to complement each other very well.

Fans often overrate their team's prospects.

As an Oriole fan, I recall starting to hear sometime around 2007 that a bevy of good starting pitchers were on the way.
- MrBuzzcut

The part I don't get is: EVEN IF those prospects pan out, all of them, that D, with these forwards, and the projected development of Couts/Schenn etc, swamped out with the projected decline of Roo, Voracek, Simmonds, is just not a serious contender.

A top 10 team? Quite possibly. But not top 5.

Everyone cries a good team starts with the back end..

That and a run at Stamkos would help
- opeth_pa

yes we started at the back end but we still need scoring in front of it at some point which is what you can get through FA coughStamkoscough

Who knows how this series turns out of Cooter isn't out... The man just makes everything so much easier for everybody. I was glad to see he improved offensively this year and hope he continues. Give Schenn his money, i would love to see Schenn and Cooter next year together for a full season, i think they have the chemistry and talent to complement each other very well.
- Yosimar89

Yup.

I also want Jake back at RW.

Let him use that big butt mini Jagr style.

jason demers would be a nice replacement for streit
- 2Real

Possible, another righty on the blueline would be nice. I love Schutz's grit, but at this stage of his career he needs to be a 3rd pairing guy. I've believe all year that if the blueline gets upgraded with better skill the scoring will come. The forwards can exit the defensive zone better and gain more speed through the neutral zone. The Caps had that speed a lot more then the Flyers.

Who knows how this series turns out of Cooter isn't out... The man just makes everything so much easier for everybody. I was glad to see he improved offensively this year and hope he continues. Give Schenn his money, i would love to see Schenn and Cooter next year together for a full season, i think they have the chemistry and talent to complement each other very well.
- Yosimar89

i dunno what couturier's offensive woes would have done for us and neuvirth seemed to contain the caps just fine

Nahh but size does have to be considered.
- flyer_nutter

Yep. Like 5th. After smarts, skill, skating, competitiveness. Drafting a player who is poor in multiple of those but is 6'5" does jack squat. This team needs those attributes a whole lot more. I will be less than thrilled if they choose an inferior player because of "size."

We will see what happens when the big, physical Caps vs. the smaller, speedier Pens. The itsy bitsy teeny weeny Lightning top 9 sure did work last year in the East. Were they hurt because of "size"?

jason demers would be a nice replacement for streit
- 2Real

Mi boi

He's not Streit though. I'd say he's closer to the as-advertised version of AMac.

my chest hurts.

i dunno what couturier's offensive woes would have done for us and neuvirth seemed to contain the caps just fine
- 2Real

you dont think having coots helps? things dont happen in a vacuum dude. even if his line isnt scoring, it helps to alleviate pressure off of other lines.

my chest hurts.
- Blackstrom2

just wait until next week

Mi boi

He's not Streit though. I'd say he's closer to the as-advertised version of AMac.
- Mononoke

yea but streit is a waste of a body on the ice

just wait until next week
- stayinthefnnet

oh god.

you dont think having coots helps? things dont happen in a vacuum dude. even if his line isnt scoring, it helps to alleviate pressure off of other lines.
- stayinthefnnet

what pressure? he doesn't present much of a threat

yea but streit is a waste of a body on the ice
- 2Real

I will be very intrigued to see him next October with a non-broken penis.

Demers is a piece for the Cup team though. It's a long term and short term signing.

Yep. Like 5th. After smarts, skill, skating, competitiveness. Drafting a player who is poor in multiple of those but is 6'5" does jack squat. This team needs those attributes a whole lot more. I will be less than thrilled if they choose an inferior player because of "size."

We will see what happens when the big, physical Caps vs. the smaller, speedier Pens. The itsy bitsy teeny weeny Lightning top 9 sure did work last year in the East. Were they hurt because of "size"?
- Mononoke

Not going to get into a thing as I am still content with how the season went but I do believe Flyers are undersized.

When have you ever heard about a prospect pool like Ghost, Provorov, Sanheim, Morin, Koenekny on the way prior to this season?
- opeth_pa

Couturier, schenn, simmonds, gustaffson, giroux... All young names from back tgen.