Chuck supposedly late for his conference. Late deal?
- arichardson22

He was cornered by Dave Scott....

Raffl to Caps?? Per Twitter

Raffl to WSH

man this team is going to suck in the next few years that 7th rounder really is going to make a difference
- 2Real

You complain about the strangest things....

Okay, we've got the seller part out of the way. When do they buy?

Waffle to the CrapitoolS

Raffl to Caps

Raffl to Caps?? Per Twitter
- bgratch

Sad to see him go, I liked him. He was here for way longer than I realized.

man this team is going to suck in the next few years that 7th rounder really is going to make a difference
- 2Real

Im surprised someone gave the Flyers anything for Gus. He stinks. We definitely win that deal

Okay, we've got the seller part out of the way. When do they buy?
- MJL

Not this year.

Sad to see him go, I liked him. He was here for way longer than I realized.
- MBFlyerfan

It has been some time! I didn't realize either

Why?
- MJL

Immediate cascading retention seems... iffy.

Okay, we've got the seller part out of the way. When do they buy?
- MJL

They bought Laughton's soul.

Immediate cascading retention seems... iffy.
- Tomahawk

Cap space is an asset as much as a player or a draft pick is. My issue is that I think teams take on cap space as a 3rd party too cheaply. However, I think that is the good ole boy you scratch my back I'll scratch yours network in play

Raffl to WSH
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Better not be for a 5th rounder

Better not be for a 5th rounder
- PLindbergh31

Per @CraigCustance Flyers get a 5th rounder for Michael Raffl

Sleepy trade deadline. I think fletcher for the most part is playing the hand he was dealt. Don’t move unless it makes you better long term. The off-season will be the time to reshape.

Next season expectations will be low, individual players will have better seasons. They still need a mojo change, they need speed and a game changer, not sure the 2nd one is out there. So they need an identity because they don’t have one, well they now have one as underachievers.

Flyers eat half of Gustafsson salary and get a 7th round pick in 2022

So essentially the guy signed by Fletcher is worth nothing.
- PLindbergh31

Gustafsson is only sign through the end of this year anyway, right? So what is half the salary really worth. They essentially signed a guy that they didn’t really use. They lost nothing (except money under the cap) and picked up a 7th (which is pretty useless).

Per @CraigCustance Flyers get a 5th rounder for Michael Raffl
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Wow, that is brutal. Flyers must be gearing up to send a bunch of picks to the Kraken.

They bought Laughton's soul.
- Tomahawk

Are they going to give it to one of our Gingers?

Sleepy trade deadline. I think fletcher for the most part is playing the hand he was dealt. Don’t move unless it makes you better long term. The off-season will be the time to reshape.

Next season expectations will be low, individual players will have better seasons. They still need a mojo change, they need speed and a game changer, not sure the 2nd one is out there. So they need an identity because they don’t have one, well they now have one as underachievers.
- wcorvette

My expectations won't be low next year.

Cap space is an asset as much as a player or a draft pick is. My issue is that I think teams take on cap space as a 3rd party too cheaply. However, I think that is the good ole boy you scratch my back I'll scratch yours network in play
- MJL

The essential buying of draft picks is a bit unseemly.

Per @CraigCustance Flyers get a 5th rounder for Michael Raffl
- xShoot4WarAmpsx

Better than expected actually lol.

it was a contributor. The rest of your comment is false. Put Myers in the right environment, with a supportive team structure and see what happens.
- MJL

Except he wasn’t , he was on this team, so he was going to suck regardless

Probably get a better player in the seventh round. What this says is just how poor a judge of talent Fletcher is...he actually thought that Gus was someone to at least help replace Niskanen.
- DANCER

I don't think Fletcher was like "Yeah all the other GMs are dumb, Gus is great and we're gonna sign him" Gus was signed as an emergency body with some NHL experience when Nisky retired out of nowhere. Nothing more.

Don't equate Gus as Nisky's replacement. He cost nothing and was a serviceable body for 1 year, and now he's gone. We got bigger fish to fry on this team than that dude.

As for his eye for talent, I've only seen 1 of his drafts for the Flyers which wasn't bad, so I'll reserve judgement for a bit there.