Flyers Waive Riley Cote
by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 1:04 PM EST
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In news that shocks no one - other than for how long it took - Riley Cote was waived by the Flyers today.
As reported by both Bob McKenzie and Frank Seravalli, the Flyers have finally removed Riley Cote and his $550,000 cap hit from the roster. Clearly, this doesn't free up a ton of space, but coupled with Danny Syvret being waived yesterday and Ray Emery on LTIR, the team has freed up $2.625 million in cap space with just those three moves.
Speculation is now beginning that the team is looking to acquire someone. Names such as Raffi Torres, Dan Hamhuis, and Milan Jurcina have already been tossed around.
Frank Seravalli even went so far as to tweet this:
A source tells me the Flyers told Cote they would only waive him if they needed to clear cap space for a move... Working on it.
Are you a fan of recklessly starting rumors? Me too. Here are a list of players making $2.7 million or less and who will be UFA at the end of the season: Joe Corvo, Keith Tkachuk, Alex Tanguay, Lee Stempniak, Colby Armstrong, Dennis Seidenberg, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Marek Svatos, and Mark Recchi.
The general consensus was that the Flyers should acquire a forward, but a couple defensemen have been named in connection to the Flyers - mainly, Dan Hamhuis.
In honor of Cote's waiving, here's a YouTube video of Rockin' Riles:
And now, the saddest part of this day: Goodbye Holly.
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Waiving Riley Cote doesn’t actually take him off the roster.
He has to either be plucked off waivers, or clear waivers and be assigned to the AHL. It is not uncommon to waive a player and still keep him on the NHL roster.
the likelihood of another team picking him up is about the same as me sleeping with Taylor Swift. I would love it to happen, but im not getting my hopes up.
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
And the likelihood that Holmgren will waive Cote, then keep him on the roster, is also about the same as you sleeping with Taylor Swift. You don’t keep Cote around this long, only to waive him and then not send him down. Seravalli’s source is either correct or a master at common sense.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 1:17 PM EST up reply actions
He was said to be a great team guy – but so am I. I can’t play at the NHL level and neither can Riley. Ba-Bye!
Phigment
Cote....
I can see the teams reasoning for the waive and I can’t really defend Riley since his Hockey playing of late has been lacking quality, But I will miss his spirit on the ice. It was always a treat when he came out on the ice because you know some violence was going to erupt.
He was an absolute great person off of ice. I met him a couple of times and he was a class act all the way.
Good Luck Riley.
by LegionofDoom on Mar 1, 2010 1:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
but he was a major liability, and he didn’t even fight that well. At least with Carcillo, you get some sort of offensive and defensive help. Cote was a punching bag on skates.
"NO HONOR"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
I liked the tribute video. It looks like that was all he could do. I am a small guy always like Cote for never being afraid to fight big guys, but that is a he could do. I do believe he was a great locker room guy and you know he had your back. This will end up a great move for the flyers. We have Carcillo to fight now and he is good.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
GET EM RILEYYYY
Can’t count the amount of time’s I’ve said that. Now it’s GET EM DANNY! I will miss Riley. Great dude. Heart of an effin lion. He’s got some of the biggest balls in the league. 6’0 205 goes up against the Laroques, Brashers, Orrs, and any of the tough guys in the league. Pound for pound he can brawl. Period. He’d whip all of our asses. I wish him nothing but luck.
GET EM RILEYYYY
by orangeandblack20 on Mar 1, 2010 1:44 PM EST reply actions
If I can be off-topic for just a second...kinda...
Holly Cote isn’t going anywhere. I believe her and Riley got a divorce.
She’s a big player in the Flyers Wives Organization, so I don’t think this is the last we’ll see of her.
Let's go Flyers!
Irresponsible Speculation
$2,625,000 + Parent going to Nashville – Hamhuis’ contract coming back = $1,480,000 in cap space.
Leino to Toronto for Ponikarovsky = $175000 in cap space. And that doesn’t include what we already have; it’s just looking at the available space from the Syvret/Cote/Emery moves.
Do it, Homer.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
The usual UFA/no contract on the horizon availability.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
dude
Poile is only taking scoring help in a trade for Hamhuis, I think. Here’s a realistic trade with the Flyers for Hamhuis:
Hartnell/Parent
for
Hamhuis/Jones
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Realistic for whom? Flyers need scoring wingers more than defensmen. IMO
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t see Hartnell being moved for a rental. Plus, a quick scan of Jones leaves me drastically underwhelmed
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not really paying attention to numbers or clauses—that example was on the type of players Poile wants.
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When was Emery placed on LTIR? I haven’t seen any information saying that move has happened aside from in this article.
John Boruk was reporting it, and CSN Philly put it up on their website: Flyers Waive Cote, Place Emery on Long-Term Injury
by DragonGirl0583 on Mar 1, 2010 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if this will stop the organization’s propensity for finding a cheap goalie that has “potential” from anywhere again?
I’ve said it once and I’ll continue saying it….we don’t win jack shit until we get a beast in the net.
Such as? Please, propose a solution for who this “beast” might be and how we might get him.
"When you make your final stand
I'll be right there
I'll never leave
And all I ask of you is
Believe"
Really the only way it’s going to get done is to draft someone who turns into a monster or hope an elite western conference goalie wants to be traded because the top goalies in this league rarely hit the FA market and teams hate trading them in-conference (I.E. luongo).
Oh! I was just considering goalies that proved they can win a Stanley Cup. My bad.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
Giguere is 33 years old, Won Cup win in 2007, and lost his job because he was hurt most last year and this year. . Osgood 38 years old and more of a system goaltender. But I guess we will see over the next two years in Toronto.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder if this will stop the organization’s propensity for finding a cheap goalie that has "potential" from anywhere again?
Well, it might not have worked with Emery, but is has worked with Leighton (so far). I’m not sure if 50% success rate is enough to dissuade the organization.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 3:13 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, agreed. But as we currently stand, I don’t think Emery is going to dissuade them.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
Well they have been doing it since Hextall (the first time around), so why would it dissuade them now.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
It’s just frustrating that a team can make so many moves purportedly to “Win the CUP” and basically neglect to “chance” what is arguably the most important one on the team. I loved the Pronger move, for example, even though Sbisa and Lupol were both hard to let go. Emery was a “gamble”. Biron was a “chance” move. When you stop and look, pretty much every goalie since Lindbergh was a “gamble”, IMO.
As far as this season goes…. I don’t really have an answer. I have already figured that we rest our hopes on Leighton. Maybe I will wear that dunce cap proudly when he shows he does have “it”. I hope so.
I would honestly, again, like to see them move after Vokoun. His asking price will be high, and may scare many of you, but I’ve watched him in Florida for years. He’s probably the best goalie no one talks about. Technically sound, and very talented, in the prime of his career. I’d honestly shake the hell outta this team for him, and look to get back on a firm cap stance at the same time.
Flame away. :)
I would trade Carter for Vokoun and a 2nd round pick in a heart beat. Not sure what Florida would want, though. They may be interested in more long-term value than Carter and the RFA picks after next season.
Agree with both of you on Vokoun. And Florida could use a big time center like Carter.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
It would be poetic if we somehow won a Cup with Leighton.
More than anything else, goaltending has been the biggest question mark with this club since 1996. How ironic/beautiful would it be if we won it all with a guy we picked up off the scrap heap?
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
It would finally make an idiot out of me, that is for sure. And I am on a twenty plus year run for being right.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
It would make an idiot out of all of us. I for one would gladly wear the dunce cap.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Absolutely! And that is on every topic surrounding this team.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Yep. I’d be thrilled to be eating humble pie if it means a parade with the cup down Broad St.
by DragonGirl0583 on Mar 1, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Is anyone else nervous about us making trades? I can’t see many pieces that are movable that I want us to move (that anyone else would want, mind you).
I wouldn’t worry too much. I don’t think Homer would be foolish enough to move someone like Giroux or JVR, especially since they are worth more than what is currently on the market. It’s going to be more like future draft picks (which isn’t great either, but what’re you gonna do..) and midlevel prospects/fringe NHL prospects.
question
This may be foolish, but I don’t follow the Flyers much:
I’m assuming that JVR and Giroux are untouchable, right?
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They’re not going anywhere. Homer wouldn’t let them go for Kovalchuk, so I doubt he’d let anybody have them in any other deal.
From a CSN Philly report a few weeks ago:
Most times, when teams call the Flyers, they want Giroux and/or JVR, among prospects. Neither is expendable in the Flyers’ minds.
by DragonGirl0583 on Mar 1, 2010 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
alrighty, thanks
That cements what I was thinking—Philly and Nashville aren’t trading partners.
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I disagree. I think he may trade one of them for a guy who is under a good contract for the next several years. He wasn’t going to trade them for a rental player, but I could see Holmgren doing something like (Hartnell/Gagne and JVR) for (Umberger, Torres, Jurcina).
Possible, I suppose, but I still don’t think he’s going to do it or that it’s likely even on the table at this point. You’re free to disagree, as always, but I just don’t see it.
by DragonGirl0583 on Mar 1, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions
I agree he wouldn’t do it. That would be way to creative and way to much to for him to consider at one time. Just the money alone would confuse him.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 5:14 PM EST up reply actions
Well, I’m suggesting Columbus would propose it to him and he’d say yes.
And I’m not saying its a good idea, not really sure what I think about that hypo. But I wouldn’t be surprised if he traded JVR or Giroux for a package like that: (1) Dumping a lot of committed salary and (2) Getting back more players than he gives up with the best one signed for several years to come on a good contract.
Well really anything that happens over the next 48 hours will be suggested to him.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 5:20 PM EST up reply actions
I would consider trading Giroux for a lockdown scoring winger. Not some longshot or point getter a scorer.
by M from Pdaddy on Mar 1, 2010 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
It’s kind of a shame – Riley really was a great teammate and a good bench presence, but with the additions of Lappy and Carbomb he was definitely a one-dimensional and expendable player. With Syvret and Cote being waived and Emery going on LTIR, I do think that the Flyers will be looking for a rental player – preferably a winger, but I agree that Hamhuis would be a decent addition. I always liked Colby Armstrong, but he doesn’t have the scoring touch that I think the Flyers want.
And if Holly’s single, I am DEFINITELY going to the next Flyers Wives’ event! (No offense, Riley!)
For what it’s worth, Seravalli says that he’s heard of no Flyer interest in Colby Armstrong “at all.”
And yet Panotch is saying there is. Who can keep up anymore?
by DragonGirl0583 on Mar 1, 2010 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
The consensus (Dreger and McKenzie now included) seems to be that the Flyers and Preds are definitely talking about Hamhuis, and should a deal take place, it could well be Parent for Hamhuis straight up and might take place as soon as Cote and Syvret pass through waivers.
So the direction here appears to be “if we don’t have the ability to do much better than Leighton/Boucher in net, and don’t have the flexibility to add a suitable scorer, we may as well shore up the D as much as we can.”
stole my thunder
I gotta tell you, Ben, it makes zero sense for Nashville to make a Hamhuis for Parent swap. We need a scorer, badly, and we already have about four Parent type players, except better.
How about Ellis/Hamhuis for Parent/Gagne? ;)
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Honestly, that I could probably get behind.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
really?
Me too. While I’m throwing things out there, how about Mike Santorelli, Dan Ellis, and Dan Hamhuis for Jeff Carter? o.O [/Eklund]
At this point, I think the DH for RP stuff is part of a 3 way where we get a forward.
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haha, Not going get Eklund’d
Any three-way discussion is where I get out, since there’s just too many factors to even speculate, IMO.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I have absolutely no basis to draw from on my 3-way speculation.
Know this— if its Hamhuis for Parent straight up, I’ll be POd.
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I’d be happy. haha
Oh, if you want Jared Ross – he of the only Alabaman to score in the NHL playoffs – our AHL captain, I’d throw him in the deal too.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
Haven’t you told us several times that Parent’s career is already in trouble because of his back problems?
Plus, if Parent walks, we get nothing anyway – unless he signs for $995k a year, a $140k increase from his EL contract (and $230k increase on this year’s salary, which is controlling for the qualifying offer requirements). Seeing as how he has only played 81 regular season NHL games in 3 years and has a bad back, the likelihood that he reaches this threshold to give the Flyers a third-round pick is low.
Even say he does garner a third-round pick: Hamhuis for 2 months and a jump-start on negotiations with him (remember Hartnell/Timonen?), beat Parent’s bad back for 2 months and an unlikely to be received third-round pick.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:24 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, should have said: “we get nothing anyway – unless the Flyers offer him a contract of at least a $995k, another team offers him that much, and the Flyers refuse to match the offer. Then they get a third-round pick.”
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
The thought of Cote on the Phantoms is very exciting. We have sure been playing some sissy hockey up in Glens Falls..the last “fight” was when Jon Matsumoto dropped the gloves in defense of a teammate last saturday..not much more than that in the month of February. Hope Cote will come up here and mix things up for us.
Hartnell for Jack Johnson
this is the rumor that was out before the olympics come on philly pull the trigger Hartnell makes way too much and Jack Johnson is a stud.
Lombardi would be an absolute idiot to move Johnson. Course, those two aren’t exactly on good terms, but…
Actually, I’m of the opinion that Johnson is overrated. He’s definitely good, don’t get me wrong. But I’d definitely try Gagne/Nodl for Johnson, and negotiate down to Hartnell for Johnson.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Mar 1, 2010 7:14 PM EST up reply actions
Johnson is somewhat overrated but he is young enough that he has a lot of learning to do and could turn out to be great. Hartnell is what Hartnell is.
Also, Lombardi seems to share Geoff’s opinion. In fact, I am pretty sure Lombardi flat out does not like Johnson as a player, no idea how he feels about him as a person.
Did anyone else see the articles where Lombardi ripped Johnson’s college coach and Johnson?
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