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wbon22
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Does anyone else feel really good about the Flyers future right now? Not, OH, we're going to win the cup next season and the 6 after that...cause while that would be great that isn't realistic...but just good?
For the first time in a long time I feel like the GM has a vision and the nerve to follow through. I am not saying that Homer didn't have a vision, I am saying I don't think her or Snider had the patience to let it develop.
Hexy's latest move, trading Rinaldo (2year term at $890k) and then signing Vandy for 2 years and $750 or so...not adding term and saving cap room, albeit a very little, but every little bit counts.
He moves out Grossmann and Pronger's contract. He could buy out Gragner (or not) either way it is a win.
He has openly said that he wants/sees a need to clear out more cap/term. The only big cap hit term eaters that aren't named Giroux left are Umberger, AMac and Vinny. I have the feeling that Vinny and the Flyers already have reached a "termination" agreement that will kick in after 7/1. I could be wrong but that is just a feeling I have. AMac could have some value to the right team. Even if you take 2.5 back in salary in a player you are saving money. Umberger may be untradeable. Coming off hip and abdominal surgery. He has to prove he can still play, or at least play better than he did last year and the last half season he was in Columbus. If he can do that he is just overpaid and not a waste.
But it is the potential young depth on the blue line...drafting three goalies who are all so different from each other. Drafting two smaller forwards who remind me of Danny Briere instead of forwards who remind me of Harvy Bennet. I really fell like there is a plan, a direction and the will to see it through.
For the first time in a long time I feel like the GM has a vision and the nerve to follow through. I am not saying that Homer didn't have a vision, I am saying I don't think her or Snider had the patience to let it develop.
Hexy's latest move, trading Rinaldo (2year term at $890k) and then signing Vandy for 2 years and $750 or so...not adding term and saving cap room, albeit a very little, but every little bit counts.
He moves out Grossmann and Pronger's contract. He could buy out Gragner (or not) either way it is a win.
He has openly said that he wants/sees a need to clear out more cap/term. The only big cap hit term eaters that aren't named Giroux left are Umberger, AMac and Vinny. I have the feeling that Vinny and the Flyers already have reached a "termination" agreement that will kick in after 7/1. I could be wrong but that is just a feeling I have. AMac could have some value to the right team. Even if you take 2.5 back in salary in a player you are saving money. Umberger may be untradeable. Coming off hip and abdominal surgery. He has to prove he can still play, or at least play better than he did last year and the last half season he was in Columbus. If he can do that he is just overpaid and not a waste.
But it is the potential young depth on the blue line...drafting three goalies who are all so different from each other. Drafting two smaller forwards who remind me of Danny Briere instead of forwards who remind me of Harvy Bennet. I really fell like there is a plan, a direction and the will to see it through.