Lol

 

1 minute ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Lol

 

Was just about to post this. That’s a lot of picks for a defensemen who doesn’t defend.

3 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Lol

 

I feel bad for whomever takes over after fletcher and has to clean up his mistakes with less draft picks when they need to rebuild  

1 minute ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I feel bad for whomever takes over after fletcher and has to clean up his mistakes with less draft picks when they need to rebuild  

I mean maybe he’ll play?  That would be an improvement over Ellis 

27 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

I mean maybe he’ll play?  That would be an improvement over Ellis 

That Ellis deal was Fing stupid last year when they made it. Not because of what they gave up because Meyers and Patrick were not likely gonna do be big players here anyway. But you knew Ellis was injury prone. There was a four-year track record where only one season he wasn’t hurt. He was on the wrong side of 30 making a ton of money against the cap for six years. The stupidity was then doubled down when they went and traded for Risto. They gave up what they did and were forced to basically paid or lose him and the capital they gave for him.

The stupid with this franchise is amazing. Fletcher should been fired after this year. Almost everything he’s touched has been a disaster. This organization is going to dig themselves into a hole so deep that it’s gonna just take them 2 to 3 years to get out of those contracts and then start the rebuild they’ve should’ve already started.

This ownership group is gonna learn the hard way that they’re still gonna suck next year. Fans are going to stop caring even more. Then they’re gonna be in these bad contracts that nobody wants that they’re gonna have to give up more capital to other teams to get out of. and eventually get to a rebuild that they wanted to avoid because they wanted to be competitive instead of seeing the writing on the wall and just doing a rebuild that is desperately needed. So avoiding the inevitable is going to catch up and be another 3-5 years of bs shocked with bad contracts. 

And gave him a 2 year $10 mil contract. It’s great that Fletcher is giving away draft picks for years he’s not even gonna be Fing here. This organization should be thanking the coyotes being the worst franchise in the league. 

I’ve never been more apathetic about this team then I am right now. I just have no confidence that we’ll be anything better than middling until this team undergoes a full top down overhaul.  But that won’t happen. 

Gostisbehere and hagg are who cares. But the fact we won’t have a 2nd rounder for 3 consecutive years and likely our highest third next year as well is truly amazing for a GM likely fired before the all star break. Add on stuck in risto’s contract, stuck in Ellis contract and just burning picks 

42 minutes ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

That Ellis deal was Fing stupid last year when they made it. Not because of what they gave up because Meyers and Patrick were not likely gonna do be big players here anyway. But you knew Ellis was injury prone. There was a four-year track record where only one season he wasn’t hurt. He was on the wrong side of 30 making a ton of money against the cap for six years. The stupidity was then doubled down when they went and traded for Risto. They gave up what they did and were forced to basically paid or lose him and the capital they gave for him.

The stupid with this franchise is amazing. Fletcher should been fired after this year. Almost everything he’s touched has been a disaster. This organization is going to dig themselves into a hole so deep that it’s gonna just take them 2 to 3 years to get out of those contracts and then start the rebuild they’ve should’ve already started.

This ownership group is gonna learn the hard way that they’re still gonna suck next year. Fans are going to stop caring even more. Then they’re gonna be in these bad contracts that nobody wants that they’re gonna have to give up more capital to other teams to get out of. and eventually get to a rebuild that they wanted to avoid because they wanted to be competitive instead of seeing the writing on the wall and just doing a rebuild that is desperately needed. So avoiding the inevitable is going to catch up and be another 3-5 years of bs shocked with bad contracts. 

Yup.  Fletcher has destroyed this team and needs to go ASAP before they are irrelevant for 10 years

8 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Yup.  Fletcher has destroyed this team and needs to go ASAP before they are irrelevant for 10 years

They basically are already there. If not for the 19-20 season, the flyers have been a mediocre franchise. As they’d make and miss the playoffs every other year for a decade. Just last two years the wheels completely fell off and they are complete crap. 

I think the next GM is gonna be Danny briere and I feel bad for him. he’s gonna be stuck with less draft picks and in bad contracts that without those picks take longer to get out of and still need to rebuild. That’s definitely coming and flyers ownership is trying to avoid it but it’s gonna happen.

I give credit to the Rangers because they were willing to take steps back and do a rebuild to take massive steps forward in the future. The Flyers ownership are simply about just being competitive enough so they can get fans to keep coming to games. When they should be worried fans say F it we don’t care anymore as this team while at least competitive in games isn’t close to good enough nor competing for any title any time soon and you’re still gonna have the same problem.

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Gostisbehere and hagg are who cares. But the fact we won’t have a 2nd rounder for 3 consecutive years and likely our highest third next year as well is truly amazing for a GM likely fired before the all star break. Add on stuck in risto’s contract, stuck in Ellis contract and just burning picks 

Here’s the full score card so far

IN:
Owen Tippett.
Cam Atkinson.
Rasmus Ristolainen
Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Ellis (four total games played)
2022 7th rounder (220th overall)
2023 3rd rounder.
2024 1st rounder. 

OUT:
Claude Giroux.
German Rubtsov.
Connor Bunnaman.
Jake Voracek.
Nolan Patrick
Philippe Myers
Robert Hagg
Shayne Gostisbehere
2021 1st rounder (13th overall)
2022 2nd rounder (36th overall)
2022 4th rounder (101st overall)
2022 7th rounder (216th overall)
2023 2nd rounder
2023 3rd rounder
2024 2nd rounder.
2024 5th rounder.

3 minutes ago, 20Safety_Hazards said:

Here’s the full score card so far

IN:
Owen Tippett.
Cam Atkinson.
Rasmus Ristolainen
Tony DeAngelo
Ryan Ellis (four total games played)
2022 7th rounder (220th overall)
2023 3rd rounder.
2024 1st rounder. 

OUT:
Claude Giroux.
German Rubtsov.
Connor Bunnaman.
Jake Voracek.
Nolan Patrick
Philippe Myers
Robert Hagg
Shayne Gostisbehere
2021 1st rounder (13th overall)
2022 2nd rounder (36th overall)
2022 4th rounder (101st overall)
2022 7th rounder (216th overall)
2023 2nd rounder
2023 3rd rounder
2024 2nd rounder.
2024 5th rounder.

Is that bad?

9 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Is that bad?

I keep seeing people online talk about the defenseman they traded for as being the "worst guy" or "biggest a-hole" in the league.  I haven't really followed hockey in a few decades so I have no idea.  What did this dude do? 

15 minutes ago, Shepard Wong said:

I keep seeing people online talk about the defenseman they traded for as being the "worst guy" or "biggest a-hole" in the league.  I haven't really followed hockey in a few decades so I have no idea.  What did this dude do? 

Here’s what broadstreethockey had to say…

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Now, DeAngelo is not without his massive, grotesque warts off the ice that he insists are just minor blemishes. In any workplace, the young blueliner would be out of chances by now, and should be, but this is the NHL where criminal scandals are covered up and a-holes get loads of opportunities. He has spent his hockey career punching his goaltender, throwing social media tantrums when former president Donald Trump was banned from Twitter, and trying to cover up his prior OHL suspension for using racial slurs on the ice, among other things. Because of this, he was banished from the league for less than a single year, after being bought out by the New York Rangers, and then was signed on a one-year deal with the Hurricanes; as they decided that the hit in PR was worth whatever he could bring on the ice.

 

12 hours ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Is that bad?

19 hours ago, 20Safety_Hazards said:

Here’s what broadstreethockey had to say…

 

$10 says he has a "Trump Won” decal on his vehicle

They’ve turned into one of the most unlikeable Philadelphia franchise eras of all time. F them.

1 hour ago, Blazehound said:

They’ve turned into one of the most unlikeable Philadelphia franchise eras of all time. F them.

It seems like a brutal move, but honestly - HONESTLY - he hasn’t been the same since his return.  I was quietly wondering if they were gonna move on after this past season.  From a likability standpoint, it’s definitely an awful move.  From a roster standpoint, I kinda get it.

9 minutes ago, MIRV Griffen said:

It seems like a brutal move, but honestly - HONESTLY - he hasn’t been the same since his return.  I was quietly wondering if they were gonna move on after this past season.  From a likability standpoint, it’s definitely an awful move.  From a roster standpoint, I kinda get it.

It’s the right move, but the timing definitely sucks 

Just now, GoEagles5921 said:

It’s the right move, but the timing definitely sucks 

That’s it exactly.

 

1 hour ago, GoEagles5921 said:

It’s the right move, but the timing definitely sucks 

It's not the right move, this is the last year of his contract. They aren't winning ish this year. Let him play it out and walk next year. Same with JvR. Just wait

They're moving money for gaudreau but it's Fing stupid, this team is going to be awful for the next 5 years. You make a gaudreau move when you are 1) on the cusp of a cup or 2) you have a lot of good cheap talent. The flyers are neither, by the time they're good gaudreau is gonna be 34

17 minutes ago, devpool said:

It's not the right move, this is the last year of his contract. They aren't winning ish this year. Let him play it out and walk next year. Same with JvR. Just wait

They're moving money for gaudreau but it's Fing stupid, this team is going to be awful for the next 5 years. You make a gaudreau move when you are 1) on the cusp of a cup or 2) you have a lot of good cheap talent. The flyers are neither, by the time they're good gaudreau is gonna be 34

I thought they should just keep both and let it play out this year and both off the books next year. However i also wouldn’t have deal picks we did for risto or Dangelo. Problem is ownership and organization is clueless. They want a big splash to get some fans to come out next year, sell tickets and some more merchandise cause they know if they do a rebuild for 2-3 years it’s going to be bleak during that time. instead of realizing they need a rebuild to get back to where hey want to go and long term if done right would pay off bigger. 

1 hour ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

I thought they should just keep both and let it play out this year and both off the books next year. However i also wouldn’t have deal picks we did for risto or Dangelo. Problem is ownership and organization is clueless. They want a big splash to get some fans to come out next year, sell tickets and some more merchandise cause they know if they do a rebuild for 2-3 years it’s going to be bleak during that time. instead of realizing they need a rebuild to get back to where hey want to go and long term if done right would pay off bigger. 

Completely agree. Let both lindblom and jvr play out this year, suck, get another top 5 pick, and have the cap space next offseason. Hell they might have been able to get something at the deadline for both of them this year. But you're 100% right the front office doesn't care about anything except selling tickets right now. This offseason has been atrocious, the only thing fletcher did right was keep 5th overall.