Flyers Sign Nick Schultz To Multi-Year Extension

[chy1127]

You are so on point with this, thank you

I would love, like anyone else, to see them be able to move the d-men now and get good returns for them, but if they move Braydon Coburn for a 3rd or 4th round pick, I would riot because that would be absolutely stupid - the last thing the Flyers need to do is let teams rip them off because they know the situation they're in, just so that they can get some more "cap space", when those guys are going to end up off the books after next season anyways - the whole point of moving the d-men is to be able to get picks/prospects/younger roster players in return and give the younger guys a chance to play, as long as they still have a veteran here and there on defense to help them out - if you can't accomplish both goals in trades involving these d-men, then you can't get ripped off - you don't want another Scottie Upshall/Dan Carcillo disaster - it's not the end of the world if they don't move those guys now - and they're not going to be SIGNIFICANTLY better next season, they might be a little bit better and get back in the playoffs but it won't be a quantum leap, so for anyone wanting them to move the d-men because they want to make that quantum leap next season, it's not happening because there's more to it than just moving d-men - they need to re-make some of their forward group as well and really look at getting a number two scoring center whether they can find it in the draft, or in a trade or in free agency in the right situation

And also, it should be to the Flyers advantage that they have lots of d-men - multiple teams will be interested in talking with the Flyers because the Flyers have more of an abundance than other teams - it's not a disadvantage - screw the feelings of A-Mac and others who get pissed when they're scratched, that's what happens when you have plenty of d-men in the fold - those guys are making plenty of money, I'm sure they can't be that mad

We have lots of dmen that aren't good and are over paid. We have the 3rd highest cap hit for defense. Opening cap space and roster spots for prospects should be our top priority at this point. As is and as will be for next year, we are not really good. We have 17 guys signed for next year(I am not including Pronger), 10 forwards, 6 dmen and 1 goalie. we have 7 million in cap space to sign at least 6 players for a 23 man roster.

Forwards Defense Goalie
G Streit Mason
Jake A Mac
Umberger Coburn
Vinny Grossmann
Simmonds L Schenn
Read Schultz
B. Schenn
Couterier
Rafll
Rinaldo

With so little space the core of the team is the exact same. Our #1 LW is Raffl. Umberger and Vinny are no longer top 6 guys and Read has 4 goals. If Coburn is moved for a 3-4, is this defense really worse off? His play has been borderline 3rd pairing this year. Remove Coburn and we can get a LW that is better than Raffl for $4.5 or less. We would also be able to see if Morin or Ghost or Hagg or Sanheim or Manning is ready for the NHL. Looking at this picture we can be mediocre for another year or rebuild. If you say rebuild the Schultz signing should never have been made.