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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    I'd try and package Coburn,Cousins and the 41st and try and get another mid 1st rd pick.
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    edited June 2013
    81 wrote:
    gotta be honest, i'm sick of FA's.

    slow down....build thru the draft....and build a sustainable minor league system. this sign fa/trade players every summer just isn't working.

    how many players have they drafted, brought up...and flipped for younger prospects over the last 10 years?

    might be time to trade homer and bring back bobby.....and i hated bobby as the gm.

    I understand this point of view but lets face it, what is the last goalie to be drafted that is amazing. goalies need time to grow and I would rather get a young goalie in the NHL that can grow with the team.

    Thats why i wanted bernier
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  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    jamminpearls wrote:
    I'd try and package Coburn,Cousins and the 41st and try and get another mid 1st rd pick.

    why are they going to trade defense? that is the major hole beside goalie that this team needs.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    flyers making room for lundqvist if he doesn't extend his contract after this upcoming season? :corn:
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    fife wrote:
    81 wrote:
    gotta be honest, i'm sick of FA's.

    slow down....build thru the draft....and build a sustainable minor league system. this sign fa/trade players every summer just isn't working.

    how many players have they drafted, brought up...and flipped for younger prospects over the last 10 years?

    might be time to trade homer and bring back bobby.....and i hated bobby as the gm.

    I understand this point of view but lets face it, what is the last goalie to be drafted that is amazing. goalies need time to grow and I would rather get a young goalie in the NHL that can grow with the team.

    Thats why i wanted bernier


    going back to the 81/82 season, a vast majority of the Vezina winners won it with the team that drafted and devleloped them.

    Hasek is the biggest exception, but to be fair, Chicago had Eddie the Eagle who was pretty good and won the Vezina with the hawks.
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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    fife wrote:
    jamminpearls wrote:
    I'd try and package Coburn,Cousins and the 41st and try and get another mid 1st rd pick.

    why are they going to trade defense? that is the major hole beside goalie that this team needs.
    They need to move Coburn and Mez to create more cap. Coburn hasn't been what they hoped for. He's been better then avg but he hasn't been what they thought. This draft is so deep that you HAVE to try and take full advantage of it.
    Go Birds!!!!
  • 81
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    rival. wrote:
    flyers making room for lundqvist if he doesn't extend his contract after this upcoming season? :corn:

    i'd chip in $100....just to see neily's head explode :lol: :wave:
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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    81 wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    flyers making room for lundqvist if he doesn't extend his contract after this upcoming season? :corn:

    i'd chip in $100....just to see neily's head explode :lol: :wave:
    I'll match the $100. Although he's probably drooling over KS and his titles at the moment.
    Go Birds!!!!
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    KS?
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  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    81 wrote:
    KS?
    Kelly Slater. He's the biggest surfing fan ever.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    jamminpearls wrote:
    fife wrote:
    jamminpearls wrote:
    I'd try and package Coburn,Cousins and the 41st and try and get another mid 1st rd pick.

    why are they going to trade defense? that is the major hole beside goalie that this team needs.
    They need to move Coburn and Mez to create more cap. Coburn hasn't been what they hoped for. He's been better then avg but he hasn't been what they thought. This draft is so deep that you HAVE to try and take full advantage of it.

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    The Fixer wrote:
    jamminpearls wrote:
    fife wrote:
    I'd try and package Coburn,Cousins and the 41st and try and get another mid 1st rd pick.

    why are they going to trade defense? that is the major hole beside goalie that this team needs.
    They need to move Coburn and Mez to create more cap. Coburn hasn't been what they hoped for. He's been better then avg but he hasn't been what they thought. This draft is so deep that you HAVE to try and take full advantage of it.

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:[/quote]

    defense men takes years to develop with no guarantee. Just asked the lightning with hedmen.
  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    why are they going to trade defense? that is the major hole beside goalie that this team needs.[/quote]
    They need to move Coburn and Mez to create more cap. Coburn hasn't been what they hoped for. He's been better then avg but he hasn't been what they thought. This draft is so deep that you HAVE to try and take full advantage of it.[/quote]

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:[/quote]
    Let me reread what I said and see were I wrote step right in. :fp:
    Go Birds!!!!
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    with all this talk about the defense we should also remind ourselves that last year only 2 dman were healthy and the rest was a patchwork. I think we also have to keep in mind that the flyers have to play more defense as a team and we can't just rely on our dman.
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    fife wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:

    defense men takes years to develop with no guarantee. Just asked the lightning with hedmen.

    I know. I was being facetious. Flyers weakness is dmen...let's trade them all away. Great strategy
  • jamminpearls
    jamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    The Fixer wrote:
    fife wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:

    defense men takes years to develop with no guarantee. Just asked the lightning with hedmen.

    I know. I was being facetious. Flyers weakness is dmen...let's trade them all away. Great strategy
    The cap went down by 6mill. We have to resign G,Scheen and Couts soon. Coburn hasn't been that good and Mez is ALWAYS hurt. They make around 8.5 against the cap this year. Build thru the strongest draft in 15yrs or so and see what a young nucleus does for once. What's funny is that you think the Phiilies should sell off and let the youth play, yet you thinks its wrong to do here. :lol: :roll:
    Go Birds!!!!
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    The Fixer wrote:
    fife wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:

    defense men takes years to develop with no guarantee. Just asked the lightning with hedmen.

    I know. I was being facetious. Flyers weakness is dmen...let's trade them all away. Great strategy

    sorry i knew you were being facetious, i was responding to the other pereson
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    jamminpearls wrote:

    I know. I was being facetious. Flyers weakness is dmen...let's trade them all away. Great strategy
    The cap went down by 6mill. We have to resign G,Scheen and Couts soon. Coburn hasn't been that good and Mez is ALWAYS hurt. They make around 8.5 against the cap this year. Build thru the strongest draft in 15yrs or so and see what a young nucleus does for once. What's funny is that you think the Phiilies should sell off and let the youth play, yet you thinks its wrong to do here. :lol: :roll:[/quote]

    I have said numerous times that I wanted/am glad that the flyers kept their young nucleus together. Reading is fun.

    Coburn is only 28. Trading him after a down year is a terrific idea :roll: ...especially since they have loads of options to replace him with
  • fife
    fife Posts: 3,327
    jamminpearls wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    fife wrote:

    yeah, guys always get drafted and step right into an NHL lineup. Especially defenseman. :roll: :roll: :roll:

    defense men takes years to develop with no guarantee. Just asked the lightning with hedmen.

    I know. I was being facetious. Flyers weakness is dmen...let's trade them all away. Great strategy
    The cap went down by 6mill. We have to resign G,Scheen and Couts soon. Coburn hasn't been that good and Mez is ALWAYS hurt. They make around 8.5 against the cap this year. Build thru the strongest draft in 15yrs or so and see what a young nucleus does for once. What's funny is that you think the Phiilies should sell off and let the youth play, yet you thinks its wrong to do here. :lol: :roll:[/quote]

    while i think we all agree that the flyers should trade Mez, i disagree with Cobourn. he is a better than ave D-man who had a really bad year but plays top minutes on the team. I would not trade him for a draft pick to get a dman. for me i would look at a matt read, since we have players like him already and he is an RFA
  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    fife wrote:

    while i think we all agree that the flyers should trade Mez, i disagree with Cobourn. he is a better than ave D-man who had a really bad year but plays top minutes on the team. I would not trade him for a draft pick to get a dman. for me i would look at a matt read, since we have players like him already and he is an RFA

    totally agree. Guys like Read are a dime a dozen. I'd include him in any deal, but I don't think they will get anything substantial for him

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