2014 Philadelphia Flyers Offseason Thread

[Seabiscuit36]

He's a terrible plus minus player, but dynamic in shootouts.  #winning

[smeags]

if the team starts winning shootouts, you know hexy has powers.

[SD]

It's a real who cares move. What I'm hoping is they have something in the works to move Vinnie and need the extra forward. Vinnie is due a cap bonus in July so no team will take his salary on till after that's paid. It's a long shot but they moved other crappy contracts and Hextall is on a roll so there's hope.

[Seabiscuit36]

So i got a nice email from directv stating that the NHL lost a lawsuit, and I'm entitled to free Flyers games.  It's all about the blackouts that happened all the time for Flyers/Blackhawks/Rangers etc.  Anyone else get one of these?

You Have an Opportunity to Subscribe to Discounted Individual Team Packages through NHL GameCenter LIVE and You May Have Access to Free NHL Center Ice Programming through Comcast or DIRECTV

A federal court authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.    

   
   
   
•    A proposed settlement (the "Settlement") has been reached in a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of consumers who purchased NHL GameCenter LIVE from the NHL or purchased NHL Center Ice from Comcast or DIRECTV between March 12, 2008, and June 10, 2015. The proposed settlement is between the individuals who brought that lawsuit and the defendants. The defendants are the National Hockey League ("NHL"), NHL Enterprises L.P., NHL Interactive Cyberenterprises LLC, New York Rangers Hockey Club, New Jersey Devils LLC, New York Islanders Hockey Club L.P., Comcast-Spectacor L.P., Lincoln Hockey LLC, Lemieux Group, L.P., Hockey Western New York LLC, Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team Inc., San Jose Sharks LLC, DIRECTV, LLC, DIRECTV Sports Networks LLC, DIRECTV Sports Net Pittsburgh, LLC d/b/a Root Sports Pittsburgh, Comcast Corp., Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia, L.P, Comcast Sportsnet Mid-Atlantic, L.P., Comcast Sportsnet California, LLC, Comcast Sportsnet Chicago, LLC, and The Madison Square Garden Company ("Defendants"). The lawsuit alleges that the NHL's rules establishing the local broadcast territories and associated blackouts violated federal antitrust laws. If you purchased NHL GameCenter LIVE or NHL Center Ice from Comcast or DIRECTV between March 12, 2008 and June 10, 2015, your legal rights are affected whether you act or do not act. Please read this notice carefully.
   

   
   
   
•    The lawsuit alleges that the territorial allocation of broadcast rights within the NHL assigned to each of its member clubs and thereafter sold to regional sporting networks violated federal antitrust laws, provides out of market consumers with fewer choices, and inflates prices charged to view broadcasts of live professional hockey games. Defendants dispute Plaintiffs' factual and legal claims and deny any wrongdoing and liability, as well as any adverse effect on consumer choices and that prices charged have been inflated. The parties have concluded that it is in their best interests to settle the litigation to avoid the expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of litigation.
   

   
   
   
•    In May 2015, the Court granted in part and denied in part Plaintiffs' motion for class certification. The court held that the individuals who filed this suit could represent a class for the purposes of seeking injunctive relief, but not damages.
   

   
   
   
•    Under the Settlement and subject to the NHL's continued delineation of its clubs' local broadcast territorial rights, and associated blackout practices, the NHL has agreed to provide seasonal packages of single team's out-of-market games through NHL GameCenter LIVE for each and every NHL Club (e.g., a stream of just the Chicago Blackhawks' out-of-market games). These individual team bundles will be priced at 20% below the cost of the full GameCenter LIVE package. The NHL has also agreed to make this option available to Comcast and DIRECTV so that they may offer unbundled seasonal packages of single team games for each and every NHL Club available through NHL Center Ice, although Comcast and DIRECTV are not obligated to offer such packages.
   

   
   
   
•    The NHL has also agreed to provide a 17.25% discount to the retail prices for the early bird, renewal, and full-season packages of GameCenter LIVE for the 2015-2016 season. This discount will also apply to any unbundled single team package, meaning that the price for a single team package will be discounted by 17.25% thereby maintaining the 20% discount set forth above.
   

   
   
   
•    Comcast and DIRECTV have further agreed to provide the first three weeks of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 Center Ice seasons for free, comprising a 12.5% discount off of the price of a full-season Center Ice package for those customers who subscribe to Center Ice, provided that Comcast and DIRECTV each respectively carries Center Ice for the applicable season.
   

   
   
   
•    The Court in charge of this case still needs to decide whether or not to approve the Settlement. If the Court approves the Settlement, and after any appeals are resolved, the benefits will be provided automatically to class members

[SD]

Flyers signed s new backup goalie

Pierre LeBrun        ✔ @Real_ESPNLeBrun
Flyers have signed goalie Michal Neuvirth to two-year deal, $1.5 M in Year 1 and $1.75 million in Year 2

[ice grillin you]

if you want to brighten your day google nhl draft grades and check out the flyers....it will give you a funny feeling in your bathing suit area

[Geowhizzer]

MDZ signed 2 yrs / $7.75 million

[Rome]

Not a bad deal for either side.  The next two years are water treading anyway.

[ice grillin you]

couturier six years avg 4.3 per

im guessing they think he will score more cause otherwise seems a little high and long for a defensive forward albeit a very good one

[Rome]

When the cap explodes in a couple of years that deal will look modest. 

#Hexymagic

[ice grillin you]

nhl cap isnt exploding....you are thinking of the nba

[Geowhizzer]

The cap will steadily increase for the duration of the deal.  Then Bettman and the owners will lock the players out in the name of "cost certainty" and reset the cap.  Again.  Wash.  Repeat.

[ice grillin you]

the cap goes up every year in every sport...but in the nhl its baby steps...and actually its the one sport where it doesnt automatically go up...point is when talking about the nhl cap exploding romey was thinking of the nba cap which is going into deep outerspace over the next couple of years

[Rome]

It's going to be $80M in '17-'18.

It's going up at 5% per year.  That's an explosion in NHL terms.

Argue.

[smeags]

so basically its a good deal.