Flyers 2011-2012

[MetalDeth81]

They're blowing it up. Richards traded to L.A. for Brayden Schenn and Wayne Simmonds. Carter to Columbus for Jakub Voracek and 1st (8th overall) and 3rd round draft picks. With the cap space gained by these moves will we see an announcement about Ilya Bryzgalov soon? Thoughts on the trades?

[CrazyIvan]

9 Years, $51 mil for Bryzgalov. Nothing like coming to town with a price on your head already. He's either going to be our savior and make us stop begging for a goalie every year, or make us wish we didn't lose Carter and Richards.

That being said...I'm happy as h*ll to have Carter out of here so I don't have to watch his playoff disappearing act every season. Richards surprised me, but I looking back at the locker room issues this season, and the lackluster play down the stretch, it seems like he wasn't just quiet, he was a non-existent captain in the locker room.

Should be very interesting....

[Dolemite]

Just found this on Stamkos' Wikipedia entry:

Steven Stamkos (born February 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Whoever made that change wishes!

[#1MetsFan]

SOMETHING BIG? With such an unusually large salary cap number to play with, after the NHL officially set next year’s number at $63.4 million, one had to think that the Flyers might not be finished in trying to acquire a big name player.

The first guess, for some, was Brad Richards, who has repeatedly turned down requests from Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk to waive his no-movement clause before July 1 so Dallas can move his negotiating rights while they still have value.

Richards, 31, isn’t likely coming to Philly. One of the reasons Holmgren said he wanted to make Thursday’s moves was to clear out their glutton of centers.

Holmgren might be willing to make an exception for Steven Stamkos.

From what I’m told by sources, that isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. Upon hearing so on Thursday, the logical side of my brain instantly wrote off the possibility. The more people I talk to, the more it seems like it could be a possibility.

Stamkos, still just 21, is easily one of the NHL’s three best players already. He has a league-best 96 goals in the last two seasons. He was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award as league MVP as voted by the players.

Stamkos is believed to be looking at something in the $7 million per season range, which sounds awful low.

Stamkos said in an interview on Wednesday in Las Vegas that he believed his negotiations with the Lightning on an extension were “close.” Still, one has to wonder why the two sides haven’t been able to come together. Tampa Bay’s season has been over for nearly a month and he should have been the team’s top priority.

Personally, I don’t see a way that the Flyers - or any team - would acquire his rights via a trade, unless the Stamkos camp flat out tells the Lightning that they have no interest in re-signing or that the numbers just won’t work.

A much stronger option, though, is for someone to try to sign Stamkos to an offer sheet.

Lightning GM Steve Yzerman said on Wednesday that the team is “prepared for anything.”

It has long been reported that the Maple Leafs - and it should be noted that Toronto is Stamkos’ hometown team - under general manager Brian Burke would be willing to put in an offer sheet for Stamkos if the opportunity presented itself. It has been reported that Burke could offer as much as $9 million per season for Stamkos.

First, that cannot happen until July 1, when Stamkos officially becomes a restricted free agent. Second, the Lightning can choose to match any offer sheet or walk away and accept the compensation.

The compensation would be 4 first round draft picks, one pick per year for four years.

While the Lightning have plenty of cap room to match any offer, another source familiar with Tampa Bay’s operation said Tampa Bay may not have the financial capability of matching an offer because of their commitment to captain Vinny Lecavalier, who is contracted to collect $10 million per season for each of the next 5 years.

Throw in the small market team’s long-term deals on the table with Marty St. Louis and Ryan Malone, their limited gate success and unwillingness to spend to the salary cap limit and the discussion becomes all that more interesting.

That’s where the Flyers may come into play. By trading Mike Richards and Jeff Carter on Thursday, they also dealt exactly $108.9 million dollars worth of long-term commitments off their books. That’s a big number. Ed Snider could surely be convinced to spend a good portion of that on Stamkos if the opportunity were to present itself.

Here’s one thing I can guarantee you: Stamkos’ name has come up in the Flyers’ organizational plans. This rumor, for sure, has legs. This is something to keep an eye on.

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I don't think it will happen, but there it is.

[johnnie]

Jagr? Really? For 3.3 mill way to much IMO though we do need scorers and he can probably pot 20 or so and improve the PP. Hope we can get Eric Cole or Leino to resign.

Philadelphia Flyers agree with Jaromir Jagr after Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings pull out - ESPN

[LUCas]

Jagr? Really? For 3.3 mill way to much IMO though we do need scorers and he can probably pot 20 or so and improve the PP. Hope we can get Eric Cole or Leino to resign.

Signing Jagr pretty much kills and Leino deal. WTF?

[johnnie]

They still had the money for Leino. Now they have signed Talbot from Pitt for 9mill - 5 years. That deal is good for a PKer who can take Richies spot IMO. Leino is gone it seems.

Looks like team is set except for some trades and knock Lappy to IR. Cap room is gone for this year. http://capgeek.com/charts.php?Team=24

[mixiboi]

This is always a good sign:

[johnnie]

The night Kirk Maltby murdered Sidney Crosby - YouTube

[mixiboi]

Hey Flyers, you aren't suppose to be the Phillies and give people heart attacks like that....

[johnnie]

Flyers Visited Pittsburgh, Shat, and Left With 2-0 Series Lead - Crossing Broad

Though a few games back, the funniest post Ive seen about the Pens series. Glad to get the cheap shot monkeys off our backs from 08 and 09.

[scotchrocks]

If the Senators, Capitals and Devils win, the Flyers face the Senators, and are the top remaining seed in the conference. They would have home-ice advantage through the conference finals.

Read more: What's ahead for Flyers in Round 2?

[LUCas]

If the Senators, Capitals and Devils win, the Flyers face the Senators, and are the top remaining seed in the conference. They would have home-ice advantage through the conference finals.

Read more: What's ahead for Flyers in Round 2?

Which isn't good considering we have a better road record than home, and we'd play the Sens next round and would be stoned by Anderson. I'd prefer Sens, Bruins and Panthers get through. That gives us the Panthers next round and time for the Bruins and Sens to beat each other up before we face one of them.

[Swinefeld]

Flyers vs. Devils. Bring it on!

[randomuser]

This is always a good sign:

Great to see they're putting Kate Smith out in the open like that.

Hey Flyers, you aren't suppose to be the Phillies and give people heart attacks like that....

You haven't watched the Flyers much before this year have you? They did this all the time in the 2000s. I even punched my TV one time when the Lightning scored the winning goal against the Flyers in 2003(?) Not my proudest moment.

Flyers Visited Pittsburgh, Shat, and Left With 2-0 Series Lead - Crossing Broad

Though a few games back, the funniest post Ive seen about the Pens series. Glad to get the cheap shot monkeys off our backs from 08 and 09.

See now the above sign is just a disgrace really. Flyers fans are the most die-hard not just in the NHL but out of all four major sports in the area. We don't deserve to be represented like that, by some bandwagon fan using childish internet phrases. It's not even remotely clever and it makes us all look bad.

Anyway, I knew the Devils would give us problems. People can go on and on about Henrik all they like but there's a reason Brodeur has been killing it for as long as he has. Say something if Henrik is still on fire in 5 years. Otherwise, he's no different than every other "best goalie in the league" who falls off after a few years and everybody wonders what happened.

[johnnie]

See now the above sign is just a disgrace really. Flyers fans are the most die-hard not just in the NHL but out of all four major sports in the area. We don't deserve to be represented like that, by some bandwagon fan using childish internet phrases. It's not even remotely clever and it makes us all look bad.

Huh? Whatchu talking bout? Malkin is a hothead, troll looking MFer who took cheap shots all series as well as all season. Why is it a disgrace to poke a little fun? Crossing Broad is a bandwagon fan too?

[randomuser]

Huh? Whatchu talking bout? Malkin is a hothead, troll looking MFer who took cheap shots all series as well as all season. Why is it a disgrace to poke a little fun? Crossing Broad is a bandwagon fan too?

He sure as hell talks like it. So do a lot of other blogs, like the 700 Level. If there's a more insulting thing than to have that kind of stuff come from a site that's named for a notorious Philly sports section I don't know what it is.

I'm all about poking fun (did you see Simmons mocking Latang(sp?) for acting to get calls? Now that was funny.)

It's the use of dumb, recycled, internet terms that make us all look stupid and unoriginal and immature that I have a problem with. There are MANY better ways to go about mocking Pittsburgh players. I particularly liked the cowardly lion Sydney Crosby in the Daily News. This stuff though, it comes across like this person didn't even watch hockey before recently, or maybe even Philly sports in general.

That's always been what other cities full of bandwagon, fair-weather fanbases do.. not us. While I'm at it, real fans of any Philly team don't leave a playoff game until the final buzzer, no matter how bad the home team may be getting whooped. I know that's not quite related but it's another example of what I'm talking about.