Unfortunate Ending.

by Flyersfan94 on Aug 3, 2010 12:53 AM EDT

So what can we expect now? The Gagne saga has ended, the defense position has been taken care of, all the forwards are set and most of all there are no more options as far as goaltenders go. As this off-season has gone on, more and more goalie names have come off the market. To think that with such a vast number of goaltenders out there this off season that the Flyers would not take one. For a team like the Flyers who were seemingly in the market for a goalie, it was a dream come true. But unfortunately, it was not the ending I (and probably a lot of you) were hoping for.

So do the Flyers have anything else up their sleeve? Is Holmgren making us sweat and then is going to pull off a deal that will blow us away? Or is he simply just standing pat? I'm trying to understand what he is thinking, and I've tried to consider other options than thinking that he was just staying the way he is, but now that Marty Turco has come off the market, I get the impression that that is the case.

When I saw the goalies out there this season, I was excited. I originally hoped for Evgeni Nabokov or Turco, then that fell through. Then I hoped for Jonathan Bernier and Jonathan Quick, not happening. I then thought for sure it was going to be Chris Mason or Dan Ellis, and once again I was left wondering. I then thought for sure once Gagne was traded that we'd once again make a BIG push for Turco, and that was a no-go.

So as this off-season slowly comes to it's close, and final rosters start to fall into place, I am in no way satisfied with the off-season. Yes, we did accumulate good defensmen and constructed a phenomenal defensive core, but at what cost? We lost our best winger and longest tenured Flyer Simon Gagne, we are up against the cap now more then we ever were last season and are set to have big cap problems next year, and most of all our goalies are still terribly weak. Am I saying the Flyers have a terrible team, absolutely not, but do I think they have a shot at the cup, not very likely.

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Dude, I’m not trying to be a dick but can’t you chill with the constant fan posts? You say virtually the same thing in every one and they can all be discussed in threads that are going on the site. The spam is kind of annoying.

by Colt911 on Aug 3, 2010 1:03 AM EDT reply actions

Dude actually I don’t. I know that I wriste a lot of posts, and a thousand pardons if that pisses you off, but they are in no way the same. The last three were completely different. On talking about the alternate captain situation, the next about the off season moves, this one just summing up the off season. I know I write a lot but I’m not saying the same thing.

by Flyersfan94 on Aug 3, 2010 1:47 AM EDT up reply actions

agreed

gotta agree with colt on this one. i just skip to the comments on your fanposts now

by tastykake28 on Aug 3, 2010 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Ok don’t get me wrong, I know i write a lot, and I used to re-hash, but I don’t think these are the same. As I said, in my last three, one is talking about the alternate captains, one talking about the goods and bads of every new player and this talking about how it was a disappoiting off-season. If you guys find my posts boring fair enough, just don’t read them.

by Flyersfan94 on Aug 3, 2010 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Colt,
There is nothing wrong with what Flyersfan94 is doing. Every fan post has a Title and Name of the writer, so if you know you don’t like reading what a certain author has to say – don’t click on the link to their fanposts… No one is forcing you to read anything.

by SanDiegoScraps on Aug 3, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions