Jeff Carter traded to Columbus

[Obst]

This makes me even more mad. Bryzgalov takes a 5 million dollar cap hit, we could of kept Carter or Richards and just moved Versteeg or Hartnell. UGH

 

[Berowsk]

WTF man. Richie gone, too? This kinda sucks.

I asked for a token black man. We got that token black man. But for our captain?

 

[Obst]

New rumor starting on the radio that the Flyers have an interest in Stamkos

 

[leaffan]

Flyers asked for Kadri and Kulemin from the Leafs for Mike Richards. Toronto said they would consider it, but never heard back from Phi.

 

[leaffan]

At $10M, Bryzgalov will be NHL's highest paid player in 2011-12. Last I talked to him, after DET sweep, he said: "I am goat." One rich goat.

Lol I love twitter.

 

[Ravin]

Leafs did not want to give up Kulemin in the deal. Kadri could have gone.

 

[leaffan]

And with that the HFBoards have pulled a vsn and crashed.

Thanks for coming out!

 

[Obst]

Well now with Bryzgalov signed. Your 2011-2012 Philadelphia Flyers

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Ville Leino ($3.500m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Wayne Simmonds ($2.000m)
Kris Versteeg ($3.083m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Jakub Voracek ($2.500m)
Darroll Powe ($0.800m) / Blair Betts ($0.700m) / Jody Shelley ($1.100m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m)

DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Matt Carle ($3.437m)
Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / Erik Gustafsson ($0.900m)
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: $63,345,761; BONUSES: $3,815,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $954,239

 

[Tailback U]

LA with Dustin Brown and Mike Richards now. That team is going to be a fucking nuisance.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Fuckin Flyers. Fuckin salary dumps. Fuckin desperation for a goaltender.

Even if these deals somehow manage to work out beautifully for Philly, I still hate seeing two of my favorite players both leaving.

 

[Ravin]

What to see what is even more disgusting in all this.

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Anze Kopitar ($6.800m) / Ryan Smyth ($6.250m) / Mike Richards ($5.750m)
Dustin Penner ($4.250m) / Justin Williams ($3.650m) / Jarret Stoll ($3.600m)
Dustin Brown ($3.175m) / Scott Parse ($0.900m) / Kyle Clifford ($0.870m)
Kevin Westgarth ($0.525m)

DEFENSEMEN
Jack Johnson ($4.357m) / Willie Mitchell ($3.500m)
Rob Scuderi ($3.400m) / Matt Greene ($2.950m)
Davis Drewiske ($0.616m)

GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Quick ($1.800m) / Jonathan Bernier ($1.250m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $53,643,810; BONUSES: $135,000
CAP SPACE (17-man roster): $10,656,190


Now Ryan Smyth may be on the move if all these reports are right, but if not, just look at that team AND they still have $10M to play with. LA was always a good team, they needed Quick to mature a little more, and with Kopitar out in the playoffs, they got goat fucked, but with that line up, can you say dark horse.

 

[wingsfan77]

I so freaking happy that Carter is gone, that asshole never scored a clutch goal in his entire career, SEE YA!

Now Richards on the other hand...something real serious must've happened behind the scenes to trade a guy who they continually said was going to be their captain for the next 10 years. I've read that him and Laviolette had some problems but who knows.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

:jonesy:

Carter and Richards gone...Brayden Schenn, Bryzgolov, and the 8th pick in...

Sounds like a -1 for Philly, IMO.

 

[Obst]

:jonesy:

Carter and Richards gone...Brayden Schenn, Bryzgolov, and the 8th pick in...

Sounds like a -1 for Philly, IMO.

Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek too

 

[leaffan]

I'm a big time Simmonds fan but I think philly just got fleeced in these deals.

I really really have no idea what Holgrem is doing though. Unless there were some serious locker room issues I don't get trading your captain and assistant captain away and then signing a goalie to a long term deal which will then pay him a rediculous amount of money at the start and still cause the team to have serious cap issues.

 

[wingsfan77]

I get trading Carter, needed to free up some space and get something in return, I don't know anything about Voracek but the #8 pick will hopefully work out.

EDIT: Also, there were a LOT of complaints in the past about those two guys floating around and playing with no intensity or passion, Richards' play really dropped off last year after making a run for the Cup plus playing in the Olympics.

 

[killgod]

I get trading Carter, needed to free up some space and get something in return, I don't know anything about Voracek but the #8 pick will hopefully work out.

EDIT: Also, there were a LOT of complaints in the past about those two guys floating around and playing with no intensity or passion, Richards' play really dropped off last year after making a run for the Cup plus playing in the Olympics.

Can you really blame him for the amount of hockey he had played?

It's not uncommon with players who played that often, many of those guys got burnt out.

This shit is absurd. There has to be much more to this situation to trade these guys like this.

 

[Ravin]

When you add in how much pressure was on the Olympic team and then his playoff run, you bet your ass he ran out of gas.

Look at Hossa. Guy played 3 straight stanley cup finals. He basicallyed played 4 regular seasons in 3 years.

 

[Obst]

From what I heard, Richards really distanced himself from the team last year

 

[wingsfan77]

Can you really blame him for the amount of hockey he had played?

It's not uncommon with players who played that often, many of those guys got burnt out.

This shit is absurd. There has to be much more to this situation to trade these guys like this.

That's what I'm saying, I can't really blame it for him but his intensity level dropped big time also, and he wasn't turning out to be nearly anywhere near the leader everyone expected him to be.