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Fan Q&A blog
By: Todd Cordell For today’s article at TheHockeyGuys I decided I wanted to make it more fan friendly than usual, so I asked my twitter followers to fire me some questions and told them I would answer them in my blog. With that said, here they are. Enjoy. Q: “Will Stamkos be a Lightning [...]
Flyers Sign Simmonds, McGinn
As the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. The Philadelphia Flyers announced Thursday that they have come to terms with forward Wayne Simmonds. The right-winger from Scarborough, Ontario agreed to a 2-year, $3.5M ($1.75 AAV) deal. Simmonds was initially acquired from the Los Angeles Kings on 23 June 2011 along with Brayden [...]
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Let’s Make A Deal… How About Another?
So don’t mind the silly editing errors in my story… Not sure what happened there. Anyway, check out my column featured in this morning’s newspaper. By Dustin Leed Sports Writer Out with the old; in with the new. Or something like that. On June 20, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren made it clear to reporters [...]
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How Did the Flyers Violate the CBA with Max Talbot’s Contract?
Gord Miller of TSN reported earlier today that he believes the Flyers may have violated the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with Max Talbot’s contract. Due to the low cap hit ($1.8M AAV) and knowing that the Flyers have plenty of cap space, I knew immediately that the violation was of the 100 Percent Rule. What [...]
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Tomas Kaberle will take a few days to mull over his options
By: Todd Cordell Tomas Kaberle will take a few days to think Tomas Kaberle is drawing a lot of interest, but he isn’t expected to sign for a few days. His agent Rick Curran told me this morning that “I will tell you that Tomas will take a few days before making any decision [...]
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Flyers’ Jaromir Jagr
Interesting conference call to say the least… see below. Flyers RW Jaromir Jagr Q: Why Philadelphia, over Pittsburgh or other teams? Before I start talking, it surprised me when you said money – there were a lot more teams with a higher offer than Philadelphia. I didn’t think I was going to go there, but [...]
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Free Agency Day 2011: A Review
Holy hockey happenings, Batman! Today marked the beginning of NHL free agency. And although it took a little bit of time for the proverbial ball to get rolling, the league saw plenty of action. Naturally (as one might assume) one of the league’s busiest teams was the Philadelphia Flyers. Three weeks ago I was telling [...]
Paul’s World
Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren Q: What went into the Jagr signing? “Well, obviously it sort of just started innocently yesterday. I just sent a text to Petr Svoboda, his agent, who also represents Jake Voracek, and I didn’t know who was involved. I read over the last few days it was just Detroit and [...]
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Offseason Notes: JVR Ready to Fill Big Shoes in 2011-12, Free Agency, More
By: Justin Johnson As the Flyers head into free agency at noon on Friday July 1st, a lot is still uncertain about the 2011-12 Philadelphia Flyers. One thing the Flyers are certain about is third year winger James van Riemsdyk. The Flyers showed just how certain they are about JVR in two blockbuster trades [...]
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