Flyers 2006 Offseason Thread

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

-- CSN reporting Desjardins will announce his retirement tomorrow with a conference on Thursday

Good.

[ice grillin you]

can he take hatcher and rathje with him??

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

can he take hatcher and rathje with him??

I'm easy to please.  I just want Primeau to hang it up right now for good.

[PhillyGirl]

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/15444637.htm

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Good.

[dis12]

that got me all FLYERED up.  thanks PG!        that is, until i get the bill for my tickets.

[SD_Eagle5]

They Flyers commercial they're playing on Comcast is sick.

[PhillyGirl]

They Flyers commercial they're playing on Comcast is sick.

the 40 year one? omg...gooosebumps!!

The Poulin shorthanded breakaway vs the Nords and the Mark Howe goal....awesome. LOVE hearing Hart's voice.

[BigEd76]

3-year extension with WIP.  Still no word on Gagne...

[bobbyinlondon]

3-year extension with WIP.  Still no word on Gagne...

Ask and ye shall recieve---

http://www.philly.com/mld/sports/hockey

Flyers, Gagne not on same page with contractBy ED MORAN
morane@phillynews.com
If there is any problem with the contract offer the Flyers have made to Simon Gagne, it's not that they are offering their top winger less than what independent arbitrators have been handing out.

General manager Bob Clarke said yesterday that the Flyers have offered Gagne either a 4-year deal or a 5-year deal worth $5 million a year.

That offer is comparable to the $5 million-a-year arbitrator awards given to the Devils' Scott Gomez and the Sabres' Daniel Briere.

Gagne apparently is asking for more than $5 million and a shorter contract. Gagne's agent, Bob Sauve, has said they are seeking a 3-year deal.

Sauve negotiated a 3-year deal worth $15.75 million for Calgary's Alex Tanguay, a player comparable to Gagne.

"We haven't been unfair with [Gagne]," Clarke said. "We've got the statistics and everything else to back this up. We didn't just pull everything out of the air. We did it professionally, we did it properly."

Gagne said Tuesday that he will not report to camp without a contract. Clarke said yesterday that he is not worried about getting a deal done, even though he admits the sides are still far apart.

"I talked to [Sauve], he's supposed to call back," Clarke said yesterday morning. "We're trying to set up a meeting with he and Simon and myself. Whether I have to go up there or they come down here I don't know yet. I haven't heard back from him yet.

"We know what we've offered is a good offer and now we've got to sit down with him. I guess it's 50-50 and will be right up until the day camp opens. I won't get worried about it until the day training camp starts.

"If he's not signed then, then we have a problem," Clarke said. "Until then, we'll just keep trying to sign him."

Clarke said the Flyers are not prepared to offer a 3-year contract worth $5 million a year.

"We have not talked 3 years," he said. "Would we go 3? We might, but not for $5 million [a year]. If we're going to go that high, we need to get some years out of it."

[SD_Eagle5]

They Flyers commercial they're playing on Comcast is sick.

the 40 year one? omg...gooosebumps!!

The Poulin shorthanded breakaway vs the Nords and the Mark Howe goal....awesome. LOVE hearing Hart's voice.

Same here, haven't even thought about Hockey since the season ended, but that commercial got my juices running.

[Seabiscuit36]

Gagne is really disappointing me.  He knows the Flyers are strapped for cash unless they make trades or Primeau steps down and retires.  Gagne is a 30 goal scorer without Forsberg in my book, maybe 40 max.  Look at what Knuble did last year.  Gagne needs to step up and take less in the first year if he legitimately wants a chance at a cup. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Gagne is really disappointing me.  He knows the Flyers are strapped for cash unless they make trades or Primeau steps down and retires.  Gagne is a 30 goal scorer without Forsberg in my book, maybe 40 max.  Look at what Knuble did last year.  Gagne needs to step up and take less in the first year if he legitimately wants a chance at a cup. 

You're seriously expecting a pro athlete to stay in Philadelphia for less money because of a better chance to win a championship?  Don't be retarded.

[Seabiscuit36]

I know, I know, God told him to get more money. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I know, I know, God told him to get more money. 

The one that said God told him to go did end up with a championship, though.  And then he died.


There's a moral or a lesson or something to be pulled from that, I think.