Mika Pyorala sent to Adirondack

As announced on the broadcast today, Mika Pyorala has been sent to the Adirondack Phantoms. A healthy scratch for the better part of the last two months, Pyorala will get the playing time in Adirondack that he so desperately needs to continue to condition his game to the North American style.

He has a two-way contract, so he doesn't have to clear waivers. His 500k cap hit comes off the Flyers books for now.

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why did this take so long to happen?

by tom174 on Jan 30, 2010 5:08 PM EST reply actions

Good question.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 30, 2010 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

Because it doesn’t matter.

Remember, I wrote about how Rathje means the Flyers can never save cap space. Not to mention Syvret and Parent now.

Without someone to replace Pyorala, from a roster perspective (not conditioning) it made no difference.

by MarioD on Jan 30, 2010 6:04 PM EST up reply actions

But why it took so long to send him down for a development and conditioning aspect is still a good question. Keeping Cote is different from keeping Pyorala.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 30, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions

Well, he played on the 14th of January. I don’t know what the thought process was in all this, but I believe that was in place of Hartnell who had the flu? So maybe they were concerned with the flu spreading and needing him?

by MarioD on Jan 31, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions

Another question is why haven’t we done this with Cote?

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Jan 30, 2010 5:09 PM EST reply actions

I don’t think his contract is two-way.

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by jello44 on Jan 30, 2010 5:52 PM EST up reply actions

We signed him...

to an NHL deal? Jesus this front office is hopeless. Either way he could clear waivers and I wouldn’t hold my breath on anybody mercifully taking him off our hands.

by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Jan 30, 2010 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

And losing him on waivers would really spell the end of our cup hopes…

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by Ben Rothenberg on Jan 30, 2010 6:49 PM EST up reply actions

Capgeek.com does have it listed as a one way contract, which surprised me a bit.

by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 30, 2010 10:44 PM EST up reply actions

So does NHL10

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 30, 2010 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

Because he’s a guy who only makes $550k, so he’s not costing the team anything. He doesn’t need to play in order to be effective, and if someone gets sick or has to miss a game on short notice, it’s good to have someone around to plug into the lineup, even if he’ll only get 4 minutes of ice time a game.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 30, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions

For instance, if someone gets hurt in Calgary tomorrow, it would be very difficult to get a call-up from Adirondack to Edmonton in time for that game.

by MarioD on Jan 31, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions