Most importantly, Holmgren failed to trade a draft pick for an elite goaltender. He is now stuck with a goaltender who cannot stop a beach ball...dbr wrote:So, Peter Laviolette could not win with the dogs breakfast RD's hero Paul Holmgren is calling a roster this year and Holmgren has already blown his wad on the fire the coach card.. three games into the season.
Shame we don't have a GM a set of big old brass ones like Holmgren, who has the guts and tenacity that it takes to trade away his top two centers in order to make room for a goaltender on a lifetime deal that he would buy out within two years and then tender the biggest, most useless offer sheet in league history..
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The Flyers always drop the ball with goaltending. They could have had Bernier.
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A lot of teams passed on Bernier.BigTuna wrote: They could have had Bernier.
Hopefully they were right and he turns out to be a bust!
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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
What's the over/under on Dallas Eakins getting fired and replaced with Laviolette?
I don't know what's worse, cheering for a team in a Goalie Graveyard or Coaching Graveyard.
or Luongo
I don't know what's worse, cheering for a team in a Goalie Graveyard or Coaching Graveyard.
or SchneiderBigTuna wrote:The Flyers always drop the ball with goaltending. They could have had Bernier.
or Luongo
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If Holmgren offered their 11th overall pick for Luongo, MG would gladly take that and keep Schneider instead.vic wrote:What's the over/under on Dallas Eakins getting fired and replaced with Laviolette?
I don't know what's worse, cheering for a team in a Goalie Graveyard or Coaching Graveyard.
or SchneiderBigTuna wrote:The Flyers always drop the ball with goaltending. They could have had Bernier.
or Luongo
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And the Flyers are still in cap hell next year. Something like 55 million committed and only 16 players under contract, none of them yet a goalie. I don't have the exact math on it but I gather Homer will have more challenges ahead. Too much ownership interference on this team.
Insisted on Carter and Richards being gone for their party hardy attitude, insisted on signing Bryz to that lifetime deal then insisted on the buyout two years later. Took a wild run at Weber and pushed for Streit and Vinny, both on long term deals and big cap hits.
Holmgren is the owners mouth piece.
Insisted on Carter and Richards being gone for their party hardy attitude, insisted on signing Bryz to that lifetime deal then insisted on the buyout two years later. Took a wild run at Weber and pushed for Streit and Vinny, both on long term deals and big cap hits.
Holmgren is the owners mouth piece.
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Actually the Flyers are good for next year.Hockey Widow wrote: And the Flyers are still in cap hell next year. Something like 55 million committed and only 16 players under contract, none of them yet a goalie.
Pronger's salary is included in your number and Timonen is coming off the books.
So there's an extra $11m in cap-room right there (plus the cap is going up).
Not that they need it though because all of their key guys are signed
... except Brayden Schenn who should be an easy bridge deal.
And yup they'll be needing a goalie.
Seriously, they'd have plenty of cap-space for a guy like Lou.
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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
If any part of the reported deals to Toronto were true, Gillis probably would have taken 2 second round picks....Jovocop wrote:If Holmgren offered their 11th overall pick for Luongo, MG would gladly take that and keep Schneider instead.vic wrote:What's the over/under on Dallas Eakins getting fired and replaced with Laviolette?
I don't know what's worse, cheering for a team in a Goalie Graveyard or Coaching Graveyard.
or SchneiderBigTuna wrote:The Flyers always drop the ball with goaltending. They could have had Bernier.
or Luongo
Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
Czech
Russian
Dane
Swede
Austrian
Swede
Canadian
Belarussian
Canadian
Canadian
Czech
Canadian
Dane
Canadian
American
American
Swiss
American
Swede
Czech
The rather surprising top twenty in scoring in the NHL.
Five Canadians (the best of whom is in 7th place), three Americans, three Czechs, three Swedes, two Danes (sic!), a Russian, a Belarussian, an Austrian and a Swiss guy.
Russian
Dane
Swede
Austrian
Swede
Canadian
Belarussian
Canadian
Canadian
Czech
Canadian
Dane
Canadian
American
American
Swiss
American
Swede
Czech
The rather surprising top twenty in scoring in the NHL.
Five Canadians (the best of whom is in 7th place), three Americans, three Czechs, three Swedes, two Danes (sic!), a Russian, a Belarussian, an Austrian and a Swiss guy.
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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
Interesting, but the season literally just started.Per wrote:Czech
Russian
Dane
Swede
Austrian
Swede
Canadian
Belarussian
Canadian
Canadian
Czech
Canadian
Dane
Canadian
American
American
Swiss
American
Swede
Czech
The rather surprising top twenty in scoring in he NHL.
Five Canadians (the best of whom is in 7th place), three Americans, three Czechs, three Swedes, two Danes (sic!), a Russian, a Belarussian, an Austrian and a Swiss guy.
Why not make this post towards the end of the season?
Nonetheless, it is interesting. I just think it's too early to make anything of it though (i.e. prove that there's a growing parity between Canadian players and non-Canadian players).
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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
If, at the end of the season, there are still two Danes in the top twenty, I will eat my hat.
I mean, seriously, two Danes? Wtf?
And yes, I think it does indicate that hockey is growing as an international sport.
I mean, seriously, two Danes? Wtf?
And yes, I think it does indicate that hockey is growing as an international sport.
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Per hates Canadians and takes every opportunity to make them feel bad about themselves.The Brown Knight wrote:Interesting, but the season literally just started.
Why not make this post towards the end of the season?
That's why.
He operates beneath the cowardly cloak of Scandinavian harmlessness and would NEVER express his zenophobic malice in an obvious or tranparent manner, butt that's what's really happening here.
I'm a little tired of being victimized by this evil genuis but it is what it is.
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Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
Lol, yeah, that's probably it, eh? So why did we just award the nobel prize in literature to Alice Munro then?Rumsfeld wrote:Per hates Canadians and takes every opportunity to make them feel bad about themselves.The Brown Knight wrote:Interesting, but the season literally just started.
Why not make this post towards the end of the season?
That's why.
He operates beneath the cowardly cloak of Scandinavian harmlessness and would NEVER express his zenophobic malice in an obvious or tranparent manner, butt that's what's really happening here.
I'm a little tired of being victimized by this evil genuis but it is what it is.
Actually, I think Canadians are the ones who stand to benefit the most from hockey gaining ground across the globe. Canadian players make up roughly half of the players in the NHL, and the smurfs who can't make it in that league have a good opportunity making a living in Europe as an increasing number of countries try to make their leagues more competitive. You could be a grunt in the ECHL, or you could be a star in say France or Norway...
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I know hey?Rumsfeld wrote: I'm a little tired of being victimized by this evil genuis but it is what it is.
It's weird because most Swedes are totally evil doofuses.
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The real reason is that he is a Godless man with no hope of salvation when the world ends.Strangelove wrote:I know hey?Rumsfeld wrote: I'm a little tired of being victimized by this evil genuis but it is what it is.
It's weird because most Swedes are totally evil doofuses.