Wednesday Morning Fly By: OMG, OMG, Is Today the Day?? I'm So Excited!
by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 6:00 AM EDT
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Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...
- Frank Seravalli talked with Ed Snider to confirm that it was, in fact, Snider who ordered Holmgren to acquire Bryzgalov: [Daily News]
- Bill Meltzer presents a hypothetical scenario of the Flyers trading Jeff Carter and getting the 3rd overall pick in this year's draft. Interesting stuff: [HockeyBuzz.com]
- Really strange story on the Flyers having to carry around a coin at all times to prove their dedication to winning the Stanley Cup this year: [Philly Reign]
- Which teams do you hate the most? Ryan gives you his three most hated teams: [Flyers Goal Scored By...]
- The first beams of steel were placed on the old Spectrum site today as PhillyLive! got started: [@FlyersPublicist]
- Darroll Powe is auctioning off a jersey for charity, which proves how awesome he is: [Flyers Goal Scored By...]
- The NHL approved two rules changes, one to Boarding and one to Illegal Checks to the Head: [NHL.com] [Puck Daddy]
- Ian Laperriere and other NHL players discuss the rule changes: [CSNPhilly]
- The NHL officially approved the Thrashers move to Winnipeg: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] and the team launched their official website, albeit without a name, colors, or much of anything, really: [SBNation.com]
- Just like last year, Derek Zona takes a look at which teams have two RFAs that should be given dual offer sheets: [The Copper & Blue]
- For those who like new uniforms, what do you think of the new Victoria Royals (WHL) logo and jersey? [icethetics]
- How about which jersey the Rangers should wear if they are in fact in this year's Winter Classic: [5-hole.com]
- Speaking of outdoor hockey, the Stars plan to play a preseason game in Houston's Reliant Stadium: [SBNation.com]
- Wondering if Semyon Varlamov returns to the Capitals. If not, why not a reunion with Bob? [Washington Times]
- A new way of looking at the best faceoff men, with attempts to adjust for competition: [Hockey Prospectus]
- This is probably old, but a collection of photos of NHL players when they were kids: [NHL Players as Kids]
- The offseason to-do lists from around the NHL: [Down Goes Brown]
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I have to admit i just looked at all those NHL Players as kids. I swear that Biz looks exactly the same. lol.
I'm a year old hockey fan. :-D Best year ever!!
Most Hated Teams:
1. Penguins(Because their fans are front runners)
2. Devils (Because if they had fans, they would be front runners)
3. Canadiens(Because they have fans, who aren’t front runners, but I dislike them anyway)
"You can commit no mistake and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life." - Jean-Luc Picard
1. Penguins
2. Penguins
3. Penguins
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
3. Canadiens(Because they have fans, who aren’t front runners, but I dislike them anyway)
3. Rangers (Because I’ll hate them no matter how much they suck)
by Boundforbeach on Jun 22, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
1. Penguins
2. Rangers
3. Devils
The order shifts from time to time, and the Penguins are actually a more recent addition to the top three (once my grudge against the Red Wings over the ’97 Finals finally started to fade), but the Rangers and Devils have always been up there.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
And please please please please let today be the day that Bryzgalov announces on Twitter that the Flyers can’t match his salary demands, and he’s trying free agency. Then we can deal with Washington for the rights to Varlamov at the draft, and have a fantastic one-two Russian goalie tandem. (Varlamov – 30 wins in 59 games, 0.917%SV, 2.39GAA; Bobrovsky – 28 wins in 54 games, 0.915%SV, 2.59GAA … for comparison Bryzgalov has 156 wins in 326 games, a 0.916%SV, and 2.53GAA). Oh, and did I mention that it would cost about $3.5m less than signing Bryzgalov, money that could FINALLY be spent on getting some wingers?!?
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 8:47 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, but Bryzgalov played behind a crap defense! Varlamov played behind… no defense!
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Crap, sarcasm tag forgotten.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I think everyone will get it anyway.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions
I will offer you a rant that played in my head this morning:
So I’m travelling southbound on 95, and the time is quarter of 7, and I hit the normal traffic. It’s ok, I’ve accepted my fate in the Northeast Philly parking lot. But it’s a different day, because speed usually picks up after you pass the Girard Ave exit. But no, not today. We are bumper to bump, all of the way to Callowhill. I tell myself, this person better be fucking dead to cause a 2 laner during rush hour on this interstate highway. I finally pass the accident, and low and behold, there was a car accident, and a tow truck ready to perform it’s job. But the kicker was, the accident was on the northbound side of the highway, and a cop just decided to park his cruiser on the southbound side of the highway, out of what I could only think is sheer laziness.
tl;dr: why the fuck would you obstruct the side of the highway with significantly worse rush hour traffic than the other side? Why not just park behind the accident on the northbound side of the highway. Did someone miss the fucking critical thinking skills competition at the academy this year?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 8:49 AM EDT reply actions
quarter of 8*
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions
This happens far too often. I’ve had this happen in Delaware on 95 and it’s infuriating.
Sorry Buddy.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 8:59 AM EDT up reply actions
it didn’t really bother me that I was late. it bothered me that instead of hopping off at the closest exit, he decided to obstruct a lane during rush hour
I’m better now
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
I suggest taking a train. I truly enjoy cruising past all the stopped traffic on 95 every morning in my 75-mph SEPTA ride, as I read or nap.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
eh, I gravitate away from the train. Need to be able to get from point A to point B. Plus the ride home is way too easy
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
As long as you can deal with Point A-prime to Point B, the transit options are pretty damn good. I drive to the station in the morning, hop the train (which runs every 20 minutes) and get to my office in 40 minutes. I don’t need a car all day, and on the rare occasions I need to go somewhere there’s all the bus/el/subway options in town. Then I hop the train home in the evening, pick up the car, and run my errands from there. I think you’d be pleasantly surprised at the convenience and cost savings.
And no, I don’t work for SEPTA.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
took that bus for 4 years from middle school to high school
dont trust septa
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I’ve been riding SEPTA since 5th grade (to school for 12 years, to work thereafter). As long as you accept that ‘shit happens’ and also realize that it happens far less than traffic accidents or other foulups on the road, it works great. And the Regional Rail lines are far more civilized than the bus.
But hey – if you’re happy paying $4 a gallon to sit in traffic getting 0 mpg, be my guest.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions
i actually get 20.6 mpg
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Alright – 21 mpg. Let’s say you live about as far away from downtown as I do (15 miles, near Woodhaven Road). And let’s assume you get that mileage sitting in 95 traffic, not all your mixed-use. And let’s further say that you have no car payment, and minimum insurance coverage. So you spend $2.64 on gas alone – each way, each day. That’s $5.29 in gas each and every day. Then we say your car insurance is $500 a year (you must live outside the city), so that’s $1.37 a day. Typical maintenance, how about 4 oil changes a year and a set of filters and belts? Averages out to $0.80 a day (and that doesn’t include tires or something actually breaking). You’ve now spent about $7.50 a day just to get to work and back … and you’ve also wasted TWO HOURS behind the wheel, and I haven’t even asked what you pay for parking (which is $18 a day near my office). My SEPTA pass costs less than $5 a day, and I can sleep or read or just laugh at the silly people in traffic for my two hours (or less, usually) to get to and from work.
Sorry – there is NO way that driving into town makes ANY sense. Not to mention the pollution and waste …
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
15 miles near Woodhaven Road
you spying on me these days?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 23, 2011 8:38 AM EDT up reply actions
NHL Kid pics
Love Couture mean look and Dubnyk …well looks like a dork. but my favorite has to be Iggy, with the fro at maybe 4 or 5 yrs old
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Bill Metzer Article
I would cry with joy if the pulled that off. Landeskog is a beast. Plus they wold be able to resign Leino
by asmallvictory31 on Jun 22, 2011 8:54 AM EDT reply actions
Plus they wold be able to resign Leino
I’d be happier if it some how guaranteed that they wouldn’t resign Leino.
But basically that is Carter + Versteeg for Vorcek’s RFA rights and the 3rd pick. Yeah, I just vomited…and not a little.
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Oh and Moore, a defensive prospect, the one thing the Flyers actually have, though granted not as highly touted.
Still vomiting.
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Love how yesterday we were all preaching patience and good news around the cap.
Two Canadian reporters tweet rumors and we freak out.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Well this isn’t me freaking out about that…this me wanting to hit people over the head that like the idea of this trade. Especially those that see being able to keep Leino as part of this as a huge up side.
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Me freaking out is just below.
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Carter to Florida for the 3rd pick (Nugent-Hopkins if he’s there, then Landeskog (favorite), then Larsson) AND Gudbranson AND next years 1 AND this years 3. Then we have a deal.
by OrangeNblacK on Jun 22, 2011 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that won’t happen.
Well, maybe. It is Dale Tallon. Surprised he hasn’t traded for Brian Campbell.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Most telling Snider quote:
For me, the goaltender is the final piece on this team
Or, in other words, heads will roll if we don’t win it all next season.
Yeah, especially with the team being in cap hell… again next summer.
Old man Snider is getting desperate.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Dr. Strangelove
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jun 22, 2011 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions
Is this the 2011 Summer of Cap Hell you have been predicting since the Pronger trade?
The Flyers could potential add another 5+ million dollar UFA. This is not cap hell this is a roster decision. They are choosing to add Brzy over current players on the roster. They are not unloading players in Salary Dumps for any other reason the the Flyers decided to add Brzy. This is not salary cap hell this is a roster decision not one that I agree with but this is not cap hell.
You don’t add a 5-7 million dollar UFA probably the highest or second highest UFA signing of the offseason while in cap hell.
As I predicted last summer Grioux and Carter both signed reasonable fair market contracts and the salary cap more than I even thought almost 5 million dollars. Like I said anything can happen.
Not you in particular Geoff but many people would have traded Carter last summer and not have traded for Meszaros in preparation for this offseason where we would be forced to pay Carter 6 – 7 million per, Giroux another 5 million per all with a salary cap that would be decreasing do the poor economy.
The Flyers could potential add another 5+ million dollar UFA. This is not cap hell this is a roster decision. They are choosing to add Brzy over current players on the roster. They are not unloading players in Salary Dumps for any other reason the the Flyers decided to add Brzy. This is not salary cap hell this is a roster decision not one that I agree with but this is not cap hell.
The Flyers have 18 players paid for $59 million. They need 4 players with $5 million. They are choosing to dump valuable assets in order to overpay other assets. Just because they’re choosing to spend money in one area doesn’t mean they aren’t in cap hell.
They have more contracts and less space than any one in the NHL, and you’re saying everything is honky-doory?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Like Kevin Garnet, anything’s possible!!!!!!
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From the start of last season they added Versteeg and now potentially Brzy that is over 8 million dollars in new contracts in addition to the moves they last summer that many said they shouldn’t have because the this summers cap hell. If they didn’t add Brzy and Versteeg we wouldn’t be in this situation.
They could easily dress the exact same starting roster as last season this season within the salary cap. When we added Meszaros at 4 million nobody thought this would be possible due to all those things, Carters demands Giroux demands, cap potential decreasing blah blah blah…
If many people had their way like I said the Flyers would have traded Carter last offseason and never added Meszaros to prepare for the gloom and doom and the cap hell of Summer 2011.
The fact is the Flyers potentially added 8million dollars in additional salary beyond the Meszaros acquisition. Nobody thought that would be possible and the Homer would be cutting back players from the opening day roster not adding.
I am not saying everything is honky-doory I am just saying this is not the cap hell this is roster decisions. The roster decisions they did last offseason or previous seasons DID NOT put them in cap hell it is decisions that made since the deadline that did it. Adding Versteeg and Brzy. This is nowhere close the Blackhawks cap hell of last year where they lost many players from their 2011 opening day roster.
They could easily dress the exact same starting roster as last season this season within the salary cap.
Is that so? I disagree.
The fact is the Flyers potentially added 8million dollars in additional salary beyond the Meszaros acquisition. Nobody thought that would be possible and the Homer would be cutting back players from the opening day roster not adding.
After shedding how much? How much, Chris? They aren’t just adding $8 million since they don’t have $8 million in cap space. How did they acquire Versteeg? By actually banking cap space for once! They didn’t just add $3 million, they added $1.5 million.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Here is last years opening roster with raises with Leighton and Zherdev for good measure.
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR
FORWARDS
Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Mike Richards ($5.750m) / Jeff Carter ($5.272m)
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jody Shelley ($1.100m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m) / Andreas Nodl ($1.000m) / Daniel Carcillo ($1.075m)
Blair Betts ($0.700m) / Darroll Powe ($0.875m) / Nikolai Zherdev ($2.000m)
/ / Ville Leino ($3.000m)
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Matt Carle ($3.437m)
Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / Oskars Bartulis ($0.600m)
/ Sean O’Donnell ($1.300m)
GOALTENDERS
Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m) / Michael Leighton ($1.550m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,969,155; BONUSES: $1,700,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $30,845
You forgot Matt Walker .
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And Versteeg.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Versteeg wasn’t on opening day Roster last year Boucher would save Money Walker I try to forget him as much as possible
But you get the point we could easily field the same roster within the cap as we started last without losing any significant pieces.
You didn’t say opening day. You said "They could easily dress the exact same starting roster as last season this season within the salary cap. "
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
I think by “starting” he meant “opening day”, not “non-scratches”. Or at least I’ll offer him that defense to use against you, whether he meant it or not.
That’s a good defense. Remember, I’m captain literal so I missed that alternate definition.
The rebuttal: He’s missing Boucher + Walker + Lappy, since none of those players were on LTIR at the start of the season. There’s nearly $4 million he’s leaving out.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Totally forgot about Lappy. I’m willing to give him Boosh since you he isn’t under contract for this year and wouldn’t make sense to bring back.
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But if I’m giving him the “Everybody on opening night roster can come back”, well, no. Flyers had 3 goalies on opening night roster, one of whom was on LTIR. Maybe it saves him $625k, but the fact that the Flyers couldn’t afford last night’s opening night roster without LTIR holds water.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Okay, then put Leights on LTIR then. Just saying, I’m willing to ove rlooks that part because of that fact, and that it doesn’t make sense to bring back Boosh. Sometimes you need to give Chris some help and be less of a D Bag…especially when, even with your help, he’s still wrong.
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hahaha, he’s only wrong by $2.8 million, not $4 million?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions
And wasn’t Jeffie’s contract a bit lower on opening day last year? ($272k less)
And Giroux’s? ($2.9m less!)
There’s your three million that went to Versteeg.
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by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not, if he means “opening day”, he means “opening day”. That means everyone.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
Then he gets to put Leights and Lappy on LTIR right? And where was Walker at Game 1?
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Lappy wasn’t on LTIR on Day 1. Neither was Walker.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough…when did Lappy go on?
And I was asking where Walker was, for the life of me I can’t remember the complete roster at day 1?
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Yup, on IR.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions
From RealKyper
#NHL tagging rules mean #Flyers would have to move money off cap first before announcing July 1. Heard Bryzgalov was looking for 7 yr/ 50M
Seriously? $7.14 per year?
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Ugh. I don’t see that being the actual hit, but… ugh.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t see him getting that either, but that’s gotta be at least a solid $1.5m off what he should get. That’s a chasm.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 22, 2011 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Friedman backed him up though…
@RealKyper think you are right, heard AAV will be around $7 million for Bryzgalov
I know Bryzgalov wanted $7 mil per year. Didn’t think he wanted $7 mil a year over 7 years.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
If this is happening I won’t be on for a while as I will have broken every computer within a 3 mile radius of me.
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That’s absurd. I can’t even see how how he can demand that kind of money with Thomas, Luongo, and Miller making significantly less.
by mantis toboggan on Jun 22, 2011 9:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Cap’s going up a lot; hello summer of ’07 contracts. We all know how good those still look right….right….
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But that didn’t immediately jettison important roster players. This will. It’s significantly dumber.
by mantis toboggan on Jun 22, 2011 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m just responding to
I can’t even see how how he can demand that kind of money with Thomas, Luongo, and Miller making significantly less.
Dumb is dumb, but I don’t put this one on Homer…this is on Eddy.
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Agreed. My brain is going to explode if keep thinking how it’s possible for someone to arrive at this decision. Doesn’t he have advisors other than Homgren and Luuko? Is he just that fucking crazy?
by mantis toboggan on Jun 22, 2011 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Its a Glen Sather™ brand contract!
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
That’s my biggest fear. You guys give Bryz $7m, and Sather gives Hank $9m w/ his next deal
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by George E. Ays on Jun 22, 2011 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions
That does seem to be the Homer/Sather dynamic.
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by DLJr on Jun 22, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m honestly surprised Sather still has a job.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 22, 2011 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions
I’d be surprised if Dolan could name the GM of the Rangers.
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by George E. Ays on Jun 22, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
I find that strangely encouraging. Because it hopefully means Bryzgalov is asking simply WAY too much, and Snider’s directive or not there’s no way in hell they can sign him. And then we can move on, get a serviceable player to split the season with Bob (or even shoot higher and land Harding or Varlamov) and get on with completing the forward 9.
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by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Snider doesn’t seem worried, no matter the price. “I’m confident that we’ll be able to work something out,” Snider said. “Look, if you don’t spend the money, you ain’t going to get him. It’s really that simple.”
I dunno, Snider seems ready to field a team of Mites on Ice in front of Bryz so we can fit him under the cap.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
I’m banking on the “ain’t gonna get him” part.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 10:02 AM EDT up reply actions
But the whole sentence tells me he is willing to spend the money.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
HE (Snider) may be, but all indications are that Holmgren is NOT on board. Saw a quote somewhere that said Homer sees the two camps as quite a ways apart. That, my friends, is good news.
Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.
by MaximumTalbot on Jun 22, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Do not want.
"We didn't do it the easy way. We took the hard way to do it. But we are part of history now."
Anything over $5 – 5.5 is to much, he is unproven in playoffs. If it boils down to losing Carter because off salary. Keep moving along, I’d rather ride with Bob and a capable backup.
#1 Flyer fan in Iowa
I dunno, This year looks pretty good to me.
In other news, almost half that list consists of Anaheim goalies.
On the Mike Weber bandwagon!
Sabres took the scenic route, but they still MADE IT TO THE PLAYOFFS!!!1
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