Comments on: Troubly in Philly

By: JNurk17

JNurk17 — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:04:38 +0000

richards is better than gagne though

By: JNurk17

JNurk17 — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:00:20 +0000

id take that trade anyday if i were clarke.

havlat is a natural scorer.. gagne can barely only hit the net when playing with peter

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:57:31 +0000

Not everyone wrote off the Devils. I sure did not, and thought they were still solid.

Gagne will re-sign, that will not be an isue.

The Flyers have one issue and one big question. The issue is how do we defend with lamp posts for defense. The question is, after Forsberg comes back, how long before he is out of the lineup again and will he be back for the playoffs.

Forsberg is a great player, but the more time passes the more he resembles Lemieux in not being able to play due to injury.

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:45:49 +0000

Amen!

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:44:58 +0000

It depends on what his contract would be, but "some picks" can be up to four (4) first-round picks.

Four years not picking in the first round basically means little chances on landing good prospect material for a long long while. It it was just "some picks" everyone would be signing the other team's restricted free agents at will.

By: flyerjim

flyerjim — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:44:47 +0000

Desjardins was a UFA....he has no salary to count against the cap.

They have 4 key RFA's (Gagne, Pitkanen, Umberger, Nitty)

or

$4.5+3+1+2 mil respectively =$10.5 mil added to approx $31 mil- leaving $2mil of wiggle room.

Everyone forgets that this was the team that was at the cap and managed to land Forsberg. They'll make room if they need to.

By: flyersfan_92

flyersfan_92 — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 09:30:06 +0000

I would be willing to say that there is a 99.9% chance Gagne gets his contract. From what i read elsewhere he wants around 4.5 Mil a year, which is not a huge number considering what Richards et al got on thier last deals, that number is a steal if you ask me.

By: Aetherial

Aetherial — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:53:49 +0000

Some valid points in there.

I highly suspect that the Leafs will be faced with the same issues next summer, not much money, and not a championship team really.

Yes, things are cyclical. The leafs, for example, will not be jumping in next year. In fact, If Mats Sundin has a big year, there is every chance he will command big dollars next year on a 2 year contract or something like that... something the Leafs will be unable to afford.

Philly still has a pretty solid core, and will be a good team, just not a great team. It is tough to say what impact their playoff loss this past year will have. I mean let's face it, they had their asses kicked up and down the ice.

By: Aetherial

Aetherial — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:48:33 +0000

*cough* Hal Gill *cough*

By: LeafsJaysRapsBillsManU

LeafsJaysRapsBillsManU — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 02:29:05 +0000

Yeah, I could see that working as a salary match.