Are we going to sign John Carlson or not?!?!

[Forty_Sixand2]

 

[SLY]

I'm trying hard to not think of hockey...

... carry on. What was the question again?

 

[DChero]

I'm trying hard to not think of hockey...

... carry on. What was the question again?

There you go, Jeff.

 

[awaz]

i hear he's holding out until the flyers offer sheet him


































kidding of course.

 

[pixburgher66]

There's still a few RFAs unsigned...gotta think as things wear on offer sheets may come around. However, think a lot of this has to do with lack of a CBA?

 

[dash]

We need to save some torches and pitchforks for Sept. 15th when the league locks out the players...

As for signing Carlson, the Caps will get it done (probably just going over the fine details).

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

i hear he's holding out until the flyers offer sheet him


































kidding of course.

You might be kidding, but if the Flyers lose another defenseman due to injury, Holmgren is going to have to do something.

 

[awaz]

You might be kidding, but if the Flyers lose another defenseman due to injury, Holmgren is going to have to do something.

as long as its bourdon, gustaffson, or gervais, they still have room for 1 more injury, maybe even 2 if manning has a good camp

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

as long as its bourdon, gustaffson, or gervais, they still have room for 1 more injury, maybe even 2 if manning has a good camp

I can't believe the Flyers signed Gervais. If he makes the team & plays a regular shift the Flyers are DOOMED!!

 

[awaz]

I can't believe the Flyers signed Gervais. If he makes the team & plays a regular shift the Flyers are DOOMED!!

at the time it didnt make any sense to anyone, as the flyers already had 6 NHL d-men, plus bourdon was going to sign to make 7, and gustaffsson was going to compete for a job as well, add in gervais and that brings the grand total of 5/6 dmen for the flyers to 5

then meszaros and lilja got hurt, and now all of a sudden gervais is probably the 7th dman

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

at the time it didnt make any sense to anyone, as the flyers already had 6 NHL d-men, plus bourdon was going to sign to make 7, and gustaffsson was going to compete for a job as well, add in gervais and that brings the grand total of 5/6 dmen for the flyers to 5

then meszaros and lilja got hurt, and now all of a sudden gervais is probably the 7th dman

It just goes to show how tough it is to find defenseman throughout the league.

Maybe Garth did the right thing by drafting 7 of them. Time will tell.

 

[banditshcky11]

It just goes to show how tough it is to find defenseman throughout the league.

Maybe Garth did the right thing by drafting 7 of them. Time will tell.

I believe he did. Your team has the ground work to score goals but you can't keep the puck out of your own net most times(from what I've seen). If I was Snow I'd draft D-men for the next 2-3 season and hope to patchwork together a strong group on the back end then find a fucking goalie and you'll be right back in the cup hunt. Then again playing in the best division in hockey will make things tough.

 

[elocomotive]

I sure hope so...

But he has to sign. We must have Carlzner.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I believe he did. Your team has the ground work to score goals but you can't keep the puck out of your own net most times(from what I've seen). If I was Snow I'd draft D-men for the next 2-3 season and hope to patchwork together a strong group on the back end then find a fucking goalie and you'll be right back in the cup hunt. Then again playing in the best division in hockey will make things tough.

I don't expect the D to be that much better from last season. Visnovsky & Carkner are solid vets who play different roles. Matt Donovan will likely make the team. He's got a lot of upside. I expect the Islanders to have a completely homegrown blueline within 3 years. There's a lot of depth on D in the system now.

Nabby will be solid in goal this year. Next season Kevin Poulin or Anders Nilsson better be ready.

 

[ritari330]

I sure hope so...

But he has to sign. We must have Carlzner.

It is a must. Carlzner should stay in DC for the next 15 years

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

It is a must. Carlzner should stay in DC for the next 15 years

There's plenty of time. I think if he was going to get an offersheet it would have come by now.

 

[banditshcky11]

There's plenty of time. I think if he was going to get an offersheet it would have come by now.

Nah, it's just that Homer only had 1 copy of them available and he's waiting for the NHL to put a new stack in the mail...

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Nah, it's just that Homer only had 1 copy of them available and he's waiting for the NHL to put a new stack in the mail...

Where will Philly get the cap space? Have they told Pronger not to retire so they can put him on IR?

 

[awaz]

Where will Philly get the cap space? Have they told Pronger not to retire so they can put him on IR?

yup. plus they have meszaros' LTIR too, and i think they're still 2 mil-ish under the cap

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

yup. plus they have meszaros' LTIR too, and i think they're still 2 mil-ish under the cap

Are they going to put Lilja on LTIR as well?