2007 Flyers Offseason Thread

[Seabiscuit36]

Morganti said that Joni was basically an idiot on the ice.  That he played fetch with the puck, passing back and forth(this drove me crazy about Joni) and that a Golden Retriever would have as much hockey sense as Joni. 

[Rome]

In 5 years when he's the MVP of the league, Norris Trophy winner and banging Jessica Alba, the Flyers are totally going to be sorry they traded the Jon-ser.

[Geowhizzer]

George Bush liked the trade.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Pitkaneney?

[Phanatic]

In 5 years when he's the MVP of the league, Norris Trophy winner and banging Jessica Alba, the Flyers are totally going to be sorry they traded the Jon-ser.

If he was truly top notch he'd be banging Jessica Biel...

[Rome]

Kevin Marshall > Joni Pitkanen.

[The BIGSTUD]

Rumor of Flyers interest in Derek Boogaard.

[Eagles_Legendz]

People, Smith wasn't the person they were trading for.  He was a bonus throw-in for the deal and is someone who will probably look nice paired next to Timonen.  They aren't sacrificing youth.  The person they wanted was Lupul who is 23 and was selected the same year as Pitkanen.  How is that sacrificing youth?

[rjs246]

That's retarded. Smith was captain and actually plays defense. They needed him on the team way more than Lupol.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, now the two guys the Flyers got in the trade are so awesome that we're arguing which one is more awesome?

[Seabiscuit36]

They traded for Lupul, he was picked 3 after Joni in that draft.  He has a ton of potential, Smith wasnt exactly a throw in, he's just the very steady D Man.  Smith has to be re-signed, which they'll probably wait to see how he fits into their system before re-signing him. 

[ice grillin you]

smith is rathje when he was healthy...lupol was the guy they wanted...they have been trying to trade for him for almost a year now...and thats what is wrong with the deal imo...they traded a promising young defenseman for a potential 30 goal scorer...both are coming off bad years...i just dont know why youd do that

[SD_Eagle5]

smith is rathje when he was healthy...

Same style of play but Smith is much better

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

they traded a promising young defenseman for a potential 30 goal scorer...both are coming off bad years...i just dont know why youd do that

Both teams are trying to get more potential value out of the deal than they were getting before the trade was made.

Isn't that the point of trades in sports in general?

[Rome]

The point of any trade is to have dorks like us argue about their merits endlessly on the intarwebs.