2007 Flyers Offseason Thread

phattymatty · July 03, 2007, 12:24:57 PM

Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 03, 2007, 12:19:58 PM
Again, why would they give him the boot if they thought he could develop into that sort of player?

just became a flyers fan huh?

Rome · July 03, 2007, 12:28:36 PM

New Flyers commercial:

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PoopyfaceMcGee · July 03, 2007, 12:33:16 PM

Quote from: phattymatty on July 03, 2007, 12:24:57 PM
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on July 03, 2007, 12:19:58 PM
Again, why would they give him the boot if they thought he could develop into that sort of player?

just became a flyers fan huh?

Post of the week nominee^

Rome · July 03, 2007, 12:52:03 PM

Post of all time. Ever.

PoopyfaceMcGee · July 03, 2007, 12:53:46 PM

You're right, though. The Flyers have never traded away young talent for older, proven guys.

Rome · July 03, 2007, 01:01:18 PM

Where did I say they NEVER trade away young players? I asked why the Flyers would give up on someone they thought had the potential to become a star.

And don't give me Forsberg either. They got Lindros in that deal and anyone in their right mind would have done the same thing at the time.

rjs246 · July 03, 2007, 01:07:56 PM

By the way, Briere is guaranteed to be a bust.

Seabiscuit36 · July 03, 2007, 02:09:50 PM

Quote from: rjs246 on July 03, 2007, 01:07:56 PM
By the way, Briere is guaranteed to be a bust.

I'm pretty sure he blows his groin out again by mid november

PoopyfaceMcGee · July 03, 2007, 02:35:19 PM

Quote from: FastFreddie on July 03, 2007, 11:45:00 AM
In other news, does anyone doubt that Briere's going to be a massive underachiever and/or have consistent injury problems? I'd put money on it if there were a good way to do so.

Quote from: rjs246 on July 03, 2007, 01:07:56 PM
By the way, Briere is guaranteed to be a bust.

Wowee wow! You'd think we had a lively online discussion about this recently!

rjs246 · July 03, 2007, 02:41:54 PM

Indeed.

Phanatic · July 03, 2007, 03:56:55 PM

Yeah Briere's undersized and a product of the system he played in possibly.

But hey! He's got 8 more years on his contract!

On the "why would the Flyers trade Pitkanen" nonsense...

Because they might actually be wrong?

You know. Not the Whalers trading Pronger after his 2nd year wrong but you get the drift. Teams are wrong all the time. Especially those teams that drink the water in Philly.

PoopyfaceMcGee · July 03, 2007, 03:59:34 PM

I think all Blues fans should jump off the top of the Gateway Arch.

Phanatic · July 03, 2007, 04:05:59 PM

That's fine with me...

Just because I live here doesn't mean I switched loyalties...

PhillyPhreak54 · July 03, 2007, 04:24:04 PM

FWIW,

Morganti and Moran were on DNL yesterday and they pretty much said Joni needed a change of scenery because he just wasn't putting it all together here. Moran said he'll be one of those guys in a few years, if he gets it right, where people will say "why the hell did they trade him?" but was in agreement that it was time to move him.

PoopyfaceMcGee · July 03, 2007, 04:26:40 PM

Quote from: Phanatic on July 03, 2007, 04:05:59 PM
That's fine with me...

Just because I live here doesn't mean I switched loyalties...

Your buddy Demon would be dead, though.

Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 03, 2007, 04:24:04 PM
FWIW,

Morganti and Moran were on DNL yesterday and they pretty much said Joni needed a change of scenery because he just wasn't putting it all together here. Moran said he'll be one of those guys in a few years, if he gets it right, where people will say "why the hell did they trade him?" but was in agreement that it was time to move him.

That's a decent amount of blurb containing zero revealing information whatsoever.