Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits: Rookies Game vs. NYI, National TV Games, FlyerBuzz and More

Heard Farabee and O’Brien didn’t hand back their signed permission slips to play in time.

Thanks Bill. Not sure if it’s happened yet, but last week you mentioned your podcasts would be available in the iTunes Store. are they available for download there yet?

Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits: Rookies Game vs. NYI, National TV Games, FlyerBuzz and More
- bmeltzer

Happy Birthday Adam Hall! Probably one of the last of the best 4th line centers this team has seen. Adam Hall, Blair Betts, Claude Lapointe, Kent Manderville, Jimmy Dowd.

Bill, do you love to hate Wednesday nights?

Heard Farabee and O’Brien didn’t hand back their signed permission slips to play in time.
- flyer_nutter

huge road block in their development

Heard Farabee and O’Brien didn’t hand back their signed permission slips to play in time.
- flyer_nutter

Well that’s it then, they’re both grounded!

Bill, how does it work with NCAA players and things like the Flyers summer development camp?

For example, who picks up the tab for the NCAA players' travel and such? Do the players pay their own way for that or is there some loop hole the NHL takes advantage of for this?

huge road block in their development
- YuenglingJagr

I’ve never encountered a road block. Speed bump sure, but not a road block. Sounds exciting.

Bill, how does it work with NCAA players and things like the Flyers summer development camp?

For example, who picks up the tab for the NCAA players' travel and such? Do the players pay their own way for that or is there some loop hole the NHL takes advantage of for this?
- johndewar

last I saw they had to pay their own tab or not go

last I saw they had to pay their own tab or not go
- YuenglingJagr

I'd be surprised if this wasn't the case.

Bill, how does it work with NCAA players and things like the Flyers summer development camp?

For example, who picks up the tab for the NCAA players' travel and such? Do the players pay their own way for that or is there some loop hole the NHL takes advantage of for this?
- johndewar

From my understanding, the players have to pay for everything, including travel, food, boarding, etc. If they went out to a restaurant with the other players, they'd have to get separate checks.

Thanks Bill. Not sure if it’s happened yet, but last week you mentioned your podcasts would be available in the iTunes Store. are they available for download there yet?
- arichardson22

Having a major issue with it. There is an application process for Podcast Connect but I keep getting stuck in a log-in loop where I can't get to a menu to submit it for review. Not sure how to work around it. I've followed all the help suggestions that are available online.... it's apparently a common problem.

We also have uploaded to Soundcloud and have submitted to TuneIn and Stitcher (both have been approved).

From my understanding, the players have to pay for everything, including travel, food, boarding, etc. If they went out to a restaurant with the other players, they'd have to get separate checks.
- jmatchett383

Correct.

Bill, do you love to hate Wednesday nights?
- YuenglingJagr

I know I don't love the 8 pm starts.... makes for a long night at the arena. I typically don't get back from Wells Fargo Center until around 1 AM even for a 7 PM game. An 8 PM start pushes that back another hour, which can be rough when there's a practice to cover the next morning.

From my understanding, the players have to pay for everything, including travel, food, boarding, etc. If they went out to a restaurant with the other players, they'd have to get separate checks.
- jmatchett383

wasn't there a story that wayne simmonds was sleeping in his car at camps or something like that?

wasn't there a story that wayne simmonds was sleeping in his car at camps or something like that?
- Ftown19125

At his first camp with the Kings, he slept in his car in the parking lot because the friend he was staying with lived about an hour's drive from the rink and he was afraid of getting caught in LA traffic and being late. So he'd already be in the parking lot, catching a little nap. Dean Lombardi (usually the first one in the office each day) would pull into the lot and, from his office window, saw it was Simmonds.

need a preseason game

The Flyers really do have a stacked farm system. ❤️

Will be even better when they trade Simmer 💥

The Flyers really do have a stacked farm system. ❤️

Will be even better when they trade Simmer 💥
- coffee junkie

The Flyers really do have a stacked farm system. ❤️

Will be even better when they trade Simmer 💥
- coffee junkie

Obviously I'd have to accept it either way, but I really hope they can come to a fair agreement and he stays.

Hall for Larsson moves on...


Hall for Larsson

vs

Yasin for Chara and Spezza (basically)

Hall for Larsson moves on...


Hall for Larsson

vs

Yasin for Chara and Spezza (basically)
- wcorvette

Olli Jokinen & Roberto Luongo for Mark Parrish and Oleg Kvasha

Hall for Larsson moves on...


Hall for Larsson

vs

Yasin for Chara and Spezza (basically)
- wcorvette

The Mike Milbury rule applies here.

Any trade Mike Milbury is part of as a GM automatically gets filed under "bad trade for the team that employs Mike Milbury".

I shouldn't be surprised but tell me why one of the supposed Flyers beat writers from NBC Sports doesn't realize that Farabee and O'Brien are not eligible to play in the rookie game?

Development camp offered us the first glimpse of Jay Farabee and Jay O'Brien, the Flyers' two first-round picks this year, on the ice. The rookie game will be the first time we see them in an actual competitive situation.