Cole in the Flyers stocking?
 

Makes more sense for the Flyers to pursue....

Would love a healthy Cole at the right price and NO long term deal given his recent health issues

This.

Offer him the same contract leino turned down and see If he's in. I probably wouldn't go any higher than 3.5

2 years 6 million.

This is Homer we're talking about, the problem I have with Cole is that Homer would sign him for 5 years.

Cole is 32...if i'm Cole and I have issues with health, i'm signing somewhere for 5+ years. Some team will be stupid enough to do it.

Homer will do 14 years NTC @ 5.3 per.

Let's hope its that good of a contract

no. hes a broken down winger. he is going to get overpaid by someone. I dont want it to be us.

didnt he cry and whine the last time he left Carolina and ultimately was traded back?

Correct-ish.

how is he broken down? he got a concussion 2 years ago, and played all 82 games last year putting up nice numbers

oh i forgot....one concussions = injury prone

I'd liked to get him if the contract is cheap. Maybe he'll take a paycut to be reunited with Lavy.

If the price is right. His best years are behind him. I would rather keep Versteeg and give him a full year before we write him off.

Pass on Cole.

Prefer Jason Arnott. Only wants two years. Make it so, Homer!

I'd be cool with Cole if he is cheap. At $3 mil plus I'd pass. Not sure what he's asking for or will be offered but if he said a dime more than $3 mil I'd tell him to go pound sand. I'm on phone right now so can't look it up, but if they signed Cole for $3 mil does that effectively rule out Leino?

You'd think the Flyers would be after Cole to reunite him with Lavy. If he's signed, Leino is definitely gone.

I think Leino is gone 100% anyway. The Flyers just need to trade his right away before they get nothing for him... heard several teams are lined up to sign him.

We could do much worse than Cole and one would have to imagine that he'd be highly endorsed by Lavy. As others have stated, less than 3.0 would be ideal.

I'd take Cole if we didn't overpay. 2-3 years @ 2.5-3 mil per. Otherwise let him get overpaid by a struggling team.

It was a bit more serious than a concussion. Cole suffered a compound fracture of his C5 vertebra and came within a hair of being paralyzed.

and has been fine since then

I expect most teams to bid at Brooks Laich type figures. Probably a bit higher.

capgeek has his hit at 2.9 last year...does anyone really think he will get any more than that? I think he could be signed for 2.5.

heres my fantasy world

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Ville Leino ($3.000m)
Jakub Voracek ($2.250m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m)
Erik Cole ($2.500m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Kris Versteeg ($3.083m)
Wayne Simmonds ($1.225m) / Blair Betts ($0.700m) / Andreas Nodl ($0.845m)
Tom Sestito ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Matt Carle ($3.437m)
Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / 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: $64,276,428; BONUSES: $3,815,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $23,572

2.5 for Cole? Doubtful.


Please don't come here Cole. Thank you <3

With the lack of forward talent available, and the increase in the cap, Cole might be able to get much more than $3m. I doubt he's coming here for at or under $3m, but if he is it probably won't happen until he's sat around for a few days without any good offers.