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Disclaimer- I've been up for 3 days forking on building designs so I needed a break and these are just random thoughts going through my head now.
So his name has been in trade rumors a fair bit lately & for anyone who has watched him play this season he's a really complete player. I'm wondering since there's a log jam on C's out in CO and there has been lots of trade talk surrounding him if the Flyers would be interested and what it would take to get him. I personally see him solving the problem of rotating player's on G's left side (he's listed as a C but has been playing LW for CO this season and is doing pretty well). He's a decent sized guy, with good hands, a high compete level and he's good both ways. The down side is he's an rfa this year and the qualifying offer would have to be $6.5m. I don't know that the cost would relly be quite as high to acquire him as some would think either since they desperately need help on the W and at D.
If the cap goes to $71.1m as projected we have roughly $21m to spend (after Pronger's ltir) with Mason, Raffl & B Schenn as the definite must re-signs Gusty, Downie, Timonen & Mez (yea I'm including him since it looks like he found his game and a 1 year deal could be relatively inexpensive and low risk) as possibles. The FA market is relatively weak and full of aging or injury prone players even though I could see management trying to sign Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, Tomas Vanek or doing the patented overpaying an aging declining player like Iginla.
I think this off season and the moves leading up to it are vital to the next few years for this organization & inevitably Snider's chances of seeing his "baby" raise another banner. So in my opinion there are only 2 things this team needs.
1. a top caliber LW to play with G and Vorachek. Enter O'Reilly who I don't think will fetch the asking price CO will put out. I'm thinking something like Read, Gusty & a pick or 2.
2. a top pairing workhorse D-man who can move the puck some. This is where we call Nashville back up and inquire about Weber, I know we've been there and done that but truth is the Preds messed up matching the offer sheet. I'd start by offering Laughton, Cousins (who played phenominally with Seth Jones), Hartnell (who I think would wave his htc to go back) & a 1st in 2015. This could only possibly work because Nashville is stocked on D prospects but has no scoring and the 3 guys going back have all shown they can score & better yet they all have net presence. If Weber isn't available call StL about either Shattenkirk of Jay-bo and no I don't care what some of your opinion on the guy is he can play
If the Flyers could make moves the even somewhat resemble these types of moves it puts them in a good spot moving forward. No more 10 top 9 F's. no more plugging guys in on the G line if one isn't going and most importantly we'd be getting a great d-man all while having some money to target other pieces during FA.
What do you guys think? Is there anyone you'd like to see targeted and what do you think it would cost to get them & hoe does it make this team better in the long haul?
So his name has been in trade rumors a fair bit lately & for anyone who has watched him play this season he's a really complete player. I'm wondering since there's a log jam on C's out in CO and there has been lots of trade talk surrounding him if the Flyers would be interested and what it would take to get him. I personally see him solving the problem of rotating player's on G's left side (he's listed as a C but has been playing LW for CO this season and is doing pretty well). He's a decent sized guy, with good hands, a high compete level and he's good both ways. The down side is he's an rfa this year and the qualifying offer would have to be $6.5m. I don't know that the cost would relly be quite as high to acquire him as some would think either since they desperately need help on the W and at D.
If the cap goes to $71.1m as projected we have roughly $21m to spend (after Pronger's ltir) with Mason, Raffl & B Schenn as the definite must re-signs Gusty, Downie, Timonen & Mez (yea I'm including him since it looks like he found his game and a 1 year deal could be relatively inexpensive and low risk) as possibles. The FA market is relatively weak and full of aging or injury prone players even though I could see management trying to sign Ryan Callahan, Dan Girardi, Tomas Vanek or doing the patented overpaying an aging declining player like Iginla.
I think this off season and the moves leading up to it are vital to the next few years for this organization & inevitably Snider's chances of seeing his "baby" raise another banner. So in my opinion there are only 2 things this team needs.
1. a top caliber LW to play with G and Vorachek. Enter O'Reilly who I don't think will fetch the asking price CO will put out. I'm thinking something like Read, Gusty & a pick or 2.
2. a top pairing workhorse D-man who can move the puck some. This is where we call Nashville back up and inquire about Weber, I know we've been there and done that but truth is the Preds messed up matching the offer sheet. I'd start by offering Laughton, Cousins (who played phenominally with Seth Jones), Hartnell (who I think would wave his htc to go back) & a 1st in 2015. This could only possibly work because Nashville is stocked on D prospects but has no scoring and the 3 guys going back have all shown they can score & better yet they all have net presence. If Weber isn't available call StL about either Shattenkirk of Jay-bo and no I don't care what some of your opinion on the guy is he can play
If the Flyers could make moves the even somewhat resemble these types of moves it puts them in a good spot moving forward. No more 10 top 9 F's. no more plugging guys in on the G line if one isn't going and most importantly we'd be getting a great d-man all while having some money to target other pieces during FA.
What do you guys think? Is there anyone you'd like to see targeted and what do you think it would cost to get them & hoe does it make this team better in the long haul?
