BSH Radio 28: Cap space! The Devils suck! Life is good.
by Travis Hughes on Jan 6, 2011 8:43 AM EST
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After more than a year, perhaps longer depending on your perspective, of nonstop goalie debate, it appears as though with the demotion of Michael Leighton, the goalie carousel in Philadelphia has stopped spinning. We lead off this week's BSH Radio, our first show since October, with a detailed discussion of Leighton's demotion to the Phantoms, it's impact on the team and on the salary cap.
We also discuss the fact the Flyers are apparently the most stable team in the Eastern Conference. Bruce Boudreau and his saucy beard leading the Caps is a blessing in disguise for us, while the Tampa Bay Lightning win close games but lose in blowout fashion. Ben apparently is a soothsayer, because his theory on this subject was discussed before the Penguins crushed the Bolts, 8-1.
Oh, and the Devils. They're terrible on an epic level, what with their minus-55 goal differential and everything. We play them twice back-to-back coming up, and that's something to celebrate.
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FINALLY!
All it took was good old fashioned whining! Thanks guys…I have to drive to PSU today and I needed something to listen to…
Defending Carter until 2021...
Walker can’t be waived while injured.
If you waive Shelley, you immediately need to call someone up since Zherdev is injured. Plus, the team likes Shelley.
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 6, 2011 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
This is what I continue not to understand, Geoff:
I get that waiving Walker when he comes off LTIR is frustrating, and not necessary. However, let’s assume Matt Walker after multiple surgeries is no better than Gustafsson. Where all things are close to equal, you take the cap space, right? I’m not convinced the current trajectory puts us far enough under the cap to afford these bonuses.
I’m not saying it’d be the wrong decision when Walker’s healthy, I’m saying it would irk me that they waive him after wasting – what will amount to roughly $1.2 million – all that money on a guy who will never play.
If you’re okay with saving at least $800k (and upwards of $1.1 million) per year on Gustafsson/Syvret/Marshall over Walker on two bad hips, why are you not okay with saving that much money when Walker has one bad hip?
It’s a: Why do you make the smart decision now, when it would have saved you SO MUCH more money the first time around? Yes, you finally realize it’s the right move. It was the right move 3 months ago, it was the right move 2 months ago. It was the right move last month. If you disagree with that assessment, how does another bad hip make you realize “oh, shit, it is the right move?”
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 6, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
I think the team would say they didn’t realize the extent of the injury. I agree, but I want to focus on the fact that it is still imperative to waive an extraneous, injury-prone player as soon as possible, and that it is independent of whether or not we have cap room. If anything, it has renewed my desire to cut Walker (even if it sacrifices defensive depth) because for the first time it seems possible that the bonuses won’t put us over for the year. I didn’t care if Walker counted against the cap as much when I thought a cap penalty was inevitable.
And now that a cap penalty is not inevitable – even with Matt Walker on the team – why not keep him?
In other words: When the option is LTIR a lot of money, be over the cap, have a penalty next year, or waive Walker, I wanted them to waive Walker.
Now, the option is: keep Walker, avoid LTIR, be under the cap, and quite possibly (perhaps even likely) avoid a penalty next year or get rid of Walker and make “likely” into “assuredly”, except then people will clamor that the Flyers should spend that money at the deadline.
They aren’t in a position to need Walker’s cap space – since they waived Leighton – so why get rid of him now? If you don’t do it when it’s the smart thing to do, why do it when it isn’t necessary?
Man-crushin' on Boucher since 1999
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 6, 2011 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
Do we know how likely they are to exceed the cap space? We have no insight into the nature of the bonuses (unless I’m mistaken, I’m taking some comments on here at face value). You’re basically counting on us paying out only 20% of the bonuses, unless I’m mistaken. I’m sure Nodl will get whatever his is. JVR and Bob have huge potential bonus, and they are both playing well enough that they may be hitting some benchmarks.
We honestly have no clue what the bonuses are, or even how attainable they are.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 6, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
By “how attainable they are”, I mean JVR may have a “rookie of the year” bonus, which he can’t win this year or next. Bob may have a rookie of the year bonus, which he can’t win next year or the year after. They may have All-Star team bonuses, which they can’t earn as of the All-Star game, which means that portion of the bonus cushion comes off as soon as it’s unattainable.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 6, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
This means we have to trust Homer. Given my druthers, I’d rather Homer waive Matt Walker belatedly than be forced to trust him.
I’m with this. I remember a lot of people having a good time talking about the Florida game before the puck was dropped, and look how that turned out.
by MrSavageHenry on Jan 6, 2011 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
My engineer has been balking on finishing the theme song with me. Sorry for the delay there. We re-recorded everything (with real drums and proper compression / EQing) but still need to mix.
More importantly, I’m glad that BSH radio is back, as we all are. Thanks guys.
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
Me.
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
Don’t let any goals in….you might get waived.
by AlaskaFlyersFan on Jan 6, 2011 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
That would suck for the Flyers if I were goaltending tonight. I haven’t been a “gardien de but” since 1993.
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
I’m having a hard time seeing us as the most stable….sure we’ve had a pretty good run, but looking at our last 5 games doesn’t look like the situation is in hand to me. If we can have a good run in the next few games then maybe I’ll be a bit more comfortable. Just things look kinda shakey lately.
It’s a long season. Everyone goes through bouts of inconsistency.
More often than not this year, they’ve “played the game the right way.”
/Wheels
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
This game has the potential for some crazy, kooky stuff to happen. /Wheels’d
Aristotle was not Belgian, the principle of Buddhism is not "every man for himself", and the London Underground is not a political movement.
I sure hope that neither of the next two games are “really weird games.” It wouldn’t help if the Devils have a “typical lefty” they can throw at us. I hope the Flyers “just have fun out there” and none of them become “space cadets” on the ice.
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
My all-time favorite Wheels quote had to be during that crazy make-up game against the Rockies late this past season, when Utley hit the grand slam.
The Rockies were threatening in the bottom of the 9th by getting the kind of “goofy” base hits that one tends to get at Coors Field. Out of nowhere, Wheels goes, “I hate this place!”
TMac, moron that he is, was afraid that Wheels was defaming the city of Denver. “Well, Wheels, Denver IS a beautiful city!”
Looks like those clowns in the broadcast booth did it again! What a bunch of clowns.
"Darroll can't see it, blind to the eyes;
He came up in your face OOPS POWE SURPRISE!"
Man-crushin' on #36 since he hit his "absolute ceiling" as a rookie in 2008.
Speaking of Boudreau
Watched the final ep of 24/7 last night. I don’t know if they went out of their way to paint the Caps as aholes and the Pens as the “good guys,” but that’s certainly how it came off. Bruce is a lunatic and a bit of a jerk if you ask me, standing there when the game is over saying, “they can come to us if they want a handshake,” all the while with their backs turned. As soon as the Pens left, he says “Fuck ’em, fuck ’em all,” while walking off of the ice.
It certainly didn’t make me like the Caps any more and even though I don’t care for the Pens as a whole, they seem to be a decent group of guys. I really like Blysma. Still, their fans can go piss up a rope.
Aristotle was not Belgian, the principle of Buddhism is not "every man for himself", and the London Underground is not a political movement.
Bruce Boudreau
Looking at his Wiki page he seems to think quite highly of himself since juniors. When his hometown Maple Leafs drafted him he couldn’t come to a contract agreement w/ them and went to the WHA. I think he has a huge chip on his shoulder. Didn’t Stevens decline to comment a couple of years ago after a Flyers win and Bruce was ranting about some stupid thing?
He is an asshole and I think he’s hurting the caps.
http://www.amazon.com/Gabby-Confessions-Hockey-Bruce-Boudreau/dp/1597974358
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