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wbon22
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Okay, we are fans of the Philadelphia Flyers. This is a team that always spends. This is a team that has the open check book. Big name...no problem, the check book is there. Oh, there is a cap...does that apply? Defense? don't you get travel points when you sign them? Goalies? do they still have them in this league? Skating? isn't that what the girls do at the Olympics?
A bit hyperbolic? yeah. Completely off the mark? No.
The Flyers are over the cap as I type. They have spent their way into a corner. No time or thought has been spent over the last ten years in developing players internally. Draft picks and young prospects are traded like bubble gum cards at the whim of whoever is really pulling the strings.
Think about it. If the Flyers don't sign Vinny, or don't extend MacDonald they have some question marks, but they have money to maneuver. Both were knee jerk moves. So was signing Bryz and trading JvR.
Of all of these, trading JvR was the least horrible at the time. You could make a hockey case for trading a 2nd/3rd line LW for a 2nd pair right handed shot defenseman.
We the fans are left on the outside...ticket prices go up, fan loyalty and fervor is stronger than ever.
I love this team. I love this sport. But this franchise has been so horribly mismanaged in the last few seasons under the cap (and further back when dealing with prospects and picks). Frustration will be the norm. Until the cap situation is resolved and some kind of sanity in prioritizing prospect development the norm will be frustration.
I think Hexy has a vision that could move the team forward....if he is allowed to follow through. Time will tell. In the mean time...frustration and frustration and...yup, frustration.
A bit hyperbolic? yeah. Completely off the mark? No.
The Flyers are over the cap as I type. They have spent their way into a corner. No time or thought has been spent over the last ten years in developing players internally. Draft picks and young prospects are traded like bubble gum cards at the whim of whoever is really pulling the strings.
Think about it. If the Flyers don't sign Vinny, or don't extend MacDonald they have some question marks, but they have money to maneuver. Both were knee jerk moves. So was signing Bryz and trading JvR.
Of all of these, trading JvR was the least horrible at the time. You could make a hockey case for trading a 2nd/3rd line LW for a 2nd pair right handed shot defenseman.
We the fans are left on the outside...ticket prices go up, fan loyalty and fervor is stronger than ever.
I love this team. I love this sport. But this franchise has been so horribly mismanaged in the last few seasons under the cap (and further back when dealing with prospects and picks). Frustration will be the norm. Until the cap situation is resolved and some kind of sanity in prioritizing prospect development the norm will be frustration.
I think Hexy has a vision that could move the team forward....if he is allowed to follow through. Time will tell. In the mean time...frustration and frustration and...yup, frustration.