Flyers send Versteeg to Panthers

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  • ThomasTomasz
    • Nov 2024
    #1

    Flyers send Versteeg to Panthers

    The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Kris Versteeg from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for 2012 or 2013 second round pick and San Jose's 2012 third round pick.

    The 25-year-old forward split last season with the Flyers, where he played 27 games, and the Toronto Maple Leafs who acquired him in a trade prior to the season. Between the two teams Versteeg scored 21 goals and added 28 assists.

    Versteeg was drafted 134th overall in the 5th round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.

    He made his debut in the 2007-08 season with the Chicago Blackhawks and helped them capture the Stanley Cup in 2010.

    http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=370608
    Tallon acquires another former Blackhawk from a team that was looking to clear salary. Panthers have been one of the busiest teams so far, and I do like the Versteeg move, along with Upshall. They still need to get a difference-maker in the top six forwards.
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    • LiquidLarry2GhostWF
      Highwayman
      • Feb 2009
      • 15429
      #2
      I actually really like this trade.

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        • Obst
          RIP West
          • Oct 2008
          • 4182
          #3
          I still think he is a good player when healthy, I just didn't like his game at all when he came to Philly. Pretty good return for him after we gave up a first to get him

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            • Ravin
              Dishing the Gino's
              • Feb 2009
              • 6994
              #4
              Versteeg should do well on the Panthers. Tallon know's the role he can play. On Toronto he was thrown into a situation where they wanted him to be something he wasn't. In philly, he was just another guy basically.
              All you need to know when thinking of the NHL vs Madden series is the two people involved in making the games.

              "rammer" and "cummings"

              The NHL series is a giver, Madden takes the load.

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                • Obst
                  RIP West
                  • Oct 2008
                  • 4182
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Ravin
                  Versteeg should do well on the Panthers. Tallon know's the role he can play. On Toronto he was thrown into a situation where they wanted him to be something he wasn't. In philly, he was just another guy basically.
                  And that's the reason why he was so hated here. When the Flyers traded a first rounder for him and put him on Richards line, he was expected to be a lot more than just another guy. He's still a good all around player, but I think everyone had too high of expectations from him.

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                    • Ravin
                      Dishing the Gino's
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 6994
                      #6
                      He was on the third line in Chicago and everyone thought that he should be top 6, but on the Hawks, there was no room. Well, no, some guys just are third liners. He can score, but he isn't a top 6. Actually, he is maybe the 6th guy, but there needs to be a list of others ahead of him.
                      All you need to know when thinking of the NHL vs Madden series is the two people involved in making the games.

                      "rammer" and "cummings"

                      The NHL series is a giver, Madden takes the load.

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                        • LiquidLarry2GhostWF
                          Highwayman
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 15429
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Ravin
                          He was on the third line in Chicago and everyone thought that he should be top 6, but on the Hawks, there was no room. Well, no, some guys just are third liners. He can score, but he isn't a top 6. Actually, he is maybe the 6th guy, but there needs to be a list of others ahead of him.
                          He's a top sixer in Florida (obviously), but he'll be able to be that top sixer with no one watching, so, different ball game over playing in Chicago, Philly, and Toronto.

                          He and Fleishmann are the two guys they'll try and infuse into the top six, I'm sure, as they just have nobody up there.

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                            • Ravin
                              Dishing the Gino's
                              • Feb 2009
                              • 6994
                              #8
                              What is also interesting about all this is, everyone was screaming trade Versteeg and keep Carter and Richards. They just blew up this team for really no reason. They lost enough guys they could have easily signed Bryzgalov without having to worry about cap, yet they also shipped those two. I have a feeling Flyer fans are in for a long couple of years.
                              All you need to know when thinking of the NHL vs Madden series is the two people involved in making the games.

                              "rammer" and "cummings"

                              The NHL series is a giver, Madden takes the load.

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                                • PP
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Feb 2010
                                  • 4994
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Ravin
                                  What is also interesting about all this is, everyone was screaming trade Versteeg and keep Carter and Richards. They just blew up this team for really no reason. They lost enough guys they could have easily signed Bryzgalov without having to worry about cap, yet they also shipped those two. I have a feeling Flyer fans are in for a long couple of years.
                                  but they got jagr...

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                                    • Ravin
                                      Dishing the Gino's
                                      • Feb 2009
                                      • 6994
                                      #10
                                      That's scares me,

                                      Out is Richards, Carter, Leion, Versteeg

                                      In is Jagr, Simmonds, Talbot...

                                      Like just look at this line up.
                                      CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

                                      FORWARDS
                                      Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m)
                                      Jaromir Jagr ($3.300m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Jakub Voracek ($2.250m)
                                      Maxime Talbot ($1.800m) / James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m) / Ian Laperriere ($1.166m)
                                      Jody Shelley ($1.100m) / Andreas Nodl ($0.845m) / Blair Betts ($0.700m)

                                      DEFENSEMEN
                                      Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
                                      Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Matt Carle ($3.437m)
                                      Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / Andreas Lilja ($0.737m)
                                      Oskars Bartulis ($0.600m)

                                      GOALTENDERS
                                      Ilya Bryzgalov ($5.666m) / Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m)

                                      CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
                                      (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
                                      SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,022,262; BONUSES: $3,815,000
                                      CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $3,277,738

                                      To me, that isn't the Flyers you use to fear and had so much scoring power. They seem to have very little of anything anymore, and besides a goalie and defence, are going to be weak in the scoring front.
                                      All you need to know when thinking of the NHL vs Madden series is the two people involved in making the games.

                                      "rammer" and "cummings"

                                      The NHL series is a giver, Madden takes the load.

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                                        • wingsfan77
                                          Junior Member
                                          • Aug 2009
                                          • 3000
                                          #11
                                          The offense is definitely going to take a hit but I think they're banking giving up a LOT less goals than last year. I look at it as kind of what the Phillies did bringing in all those pitchers, they don't score many runs but they still have the best record in baseball.

                                          And it was also about changing the culture of the team, too often last year players didn't play with any intensity at all, plus they needed to get some prospects and they got two A level prospects from the deals.

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