Jesus Christ, Panotchio is a ****ing idiot. I'm pretty sure he's been 100% confident there will be a lockout since last decade. He constantly tweets about how he isn't doing any hockey related work because there won't be a season. He's doom and gloom all the ****ing time and the first question he asks here is about the lockout and keeps mentioning.. "...if we have a season".
SHUT UP PANOTCHIO. This guy needs to be fired. I'm sorry, but I am pretty sure any knowledgeable fan can ask better questions.
Could get better if there are salary concessions in the new CBA.
I wonder if Holmgren wants to get Hartnell under contract before the CBA as well to get a similar salary cut if he believes that will be part of the deal.
I dont think Holmgren is going to be able to get Hartnell signed to an extension until sometime early next summer IMO. The next contract is very likely to be Hartnell's last big one.
Of course the Flyers have Timonen to worry about next offseason as well.
Jesus Christ, Panotchio is a ****ing idiot. I'm pretty sure he's been 100% confident there will be a lockout since last decade. He constantly tweets about how he isn't doing any hockey related work because there won't be a season. He's doom and gloom all the ****ing time and the first question he asks here is about the lockout and keeps mentioning.. "...if we have a season".
SHUT UP PANOTCHIO. This guy needs to be fired. I'm sorry, but I am pretty sure any knowledgeable fan can ask better questions.
I'm dead serious when I say that anybody on this forum, if given half an hour with any Flyer player and proper prep time, could easily conduct a far more insightful and fascinating interview than Timmeh. Hell, at least the average person here would likely be smart enough to double check the spelling of players' names.
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Two differences: Those 5 players come with a much higher cap hit (hell, pick any two in a year or two), and Richards/Carter have a Cup. Until the Flyers also raise the Cup, the term "brilliant" is a huge exaggeration.
Do you really think Richards was the reason they won the cup? The kid between the nets was the reason. Yes both of those trades were great. And I thought the world of Jeff and Mike.
I refuse to give GMs credit for building a very good team from a bunch of Top 5 picks. When the Oilers become a great team, I don't want to hear a word about how great of a GM Steve Tambellini is because, it's nonsense.
Shero inherited Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Orpik, MAF and drafted an obvious Staal. As far as I can tell, all Shero has done is get James Neal. Let's be real and say Malkin and Crosby alone make that team a contender. So I'm not giving Shero much credit at all.
Lombardi also was handed the core of his team through the draft. I know it's possible to have busts (Hickey), but most Top 5-10 picks will be locks. He had many of those as the Kings were awful for a while. I'll give him credit for this past year of course, but I am not convinced he's a better GM than Holmgren.
I respect GMs more that get a great player from late draft picks, continually try to improve their team for immediate future, and make pretty good trades. Holmgren really does all of those things.
Perhaps we value different things or I'm just crazy, but Holmgren is getting unnecessary slack here. God, I hate having a GM that does everything he can to acquire top players like Parise, Suter, Weber, Briere, Timonen, Pronger, etc.
Jesus Christ, Panotchio is a ****ing idiot. I'm pretty sure he's been 100% confident there will be a lockout since last decade. He constantly tweets about how he isn't doing any hockey related work because there won't be a season. He's doom and gloom all the ****ing time and the first question he asks here is about the lockout and keeps mentioning.. "...if we have a season".
SHUT UP PANOTCHIO. This guy needs to be fired. I'm sorry, but I am pretty sure any knowledgeable fan can ask better questions.
Not a fan of his at all. They should make him a eagle beat writer! He likes to hear himself talk. Trust me, he is not a well liked dude in the locker room.
Jesus Christ, Panotchio is a ****ing idiot. I'm pretty sure he's been 100% confident there will be a lockout since last decade. He constantly tweets about how he isn't doing any hockey related work because there won't be a season. He's doom and gloom all the ****ing time and the first question he asks here is about the lockout and keeps mentioning.. "...if we have a season".
SHUT UP PANOTCHIO. This guy needs to be fired. I'm sorry, but I am pretty sure any knowledgeable fan can ask better questions.
I cannot stand Panotchio. I think he is by far the worst flyers bear writer and everytime I see him talk on tv or radio it makes my skin crawl. He constantly has an agenda and/or opinion and has to make sure everyone knows it by slanting every article he writes or interview he gives, even without someone asking for it. If someone asks "in your opinion what will the flyers do next" then he has every right to give his opinion. Other than that he should be the conduit between the team and us, the fans. He should report only the facts and any inside information he is privileged to and that is it. God he makes me mad.
When the flyers were rumored to be going after bobby ryan, Panotchio should have just reported it to us all instead of constantly telling anyone who will listen that HE thinks it is a bad idea. It doesnt matter what HE thinks. It could have been a bad idea but that isnt for him to tell us and it feels like if the flyers did acquire bobby ryan Panotchio would already have the "I told ya so" article written and just itching to release if and when everything went bad for the team.
I would take Randy Miller anyday over Panotchio and he is a friggin Penguins fan...
I cannot stand Panotchio. I think he is by far the worst flyers bear writer and everytime I see him talk on tv or radio it makes my skin crawl. He constantly has an agenda and/or opinion and has to make sure everyone knows it by slanting every article he writes or interview he gives, even without someone asking for it. If someone asks "in your opinion what will the flyers do next" then he has every right to give his opinion. Other than that he should be the conduit between the team and us, the fans. He should report only the facts and any inside information he is privileged to and that is it. God he makes me mad.
When the flyers were rumored to be going after bobby ryan, Panotchio should have just reported it to us all instead of constantly telling anyone who will listen that HE thinks it is a bad idea. It doesnt matter what HE thinks. It could have been a bad idea but that isnt for him to tell us and it feels like if the flyers did acquire bobby ryan Panotchio would already have the "I told ya so" article written and just itching to release if and when everything went bad for the team.
I would take Randy Miller anyday over Panotchio and he is a friggin Penguins fan...
I don't read Tim P. anymore, ever, but I do watch the interviews with Homer/Lavy/Players on FlyersTV and the way he phrases his questions makes me want to punch him. They are always phrased giving his opinion in a manner that seeks conformation or he has built in criticism.
EDIT. I just started the Simmonds interview on FlyersTV and sure enough Tim P. builds his view into the first question. What a dick.
Been lurking for news for a long time on these forums, easily the best place for flyers news thanks to all you guys. Compelled to post just because of my hatred for Panotchio. Honestly I wouldnt mind a one day contract with Tortorella just to see him bring the hammer down on his ass, lol
It's very relevant when we're discussing the performance of a GM. Lombardi built his team logically and carefully, and has a Cup to show for it.
Are we talking about the same Lombardi?
The guy whose young team was touted as contenders but choked year after year after year, until it was about to cost him his job if they hadn't won this year?
The same guy who struck out repeatedly trying to get some scoring support for Kopitar? Couldn't make a big trade. Couldn't sign any big UFAs (e.g. Kovalchuk).
The same guy whose team was borderline to miss the playoffs in February so he had to fire his coach?
The guy who had so little confidence in his team that when he made the deal to get Carter, he traded JJ and included a 1st Round Pick in the deal - but insisted that it be Lottery Protected in case they missed the playoffs?
Holmgren is very good at player evaluation and scouting. His problems lie with being too rash, not managing the cap well, and overpaying useless players
The guy whose young team was touted as contenders but choked year after year after year, until it was about to cost him his job if they hadn't won this year?
The same guy who struck out repeatedly trying to get some scoring support for Kopitar? Couldn't make a big trade. Couldn't sign any big UFAs (e.g. Kovalchuk).
The same guy whose team was borderline to miss the playoffs in February so he had to fire his coach?
The guy who had so little confidence in his team that when he made the deal to get Carter, he traded JJ and included a 1st Round Pick in the deal - but insisted that it be Lottery Protected in case they missed the playoffs?
LA was out of the playoffs in the west when they traded for Carter.
I cannot stand Panotchio. I think he is by far the worst flyers bear writer and everytime I see him talk on tv or radio it makes my skin crawl. He constantly has an agenda and/or opinion and has to make sure everyone knows it by slanting every article he writes or interview he gives, even without someone asking for it. If someone asks "in your opinion what will the flyers do next" then he has every right to give his opinion. Other than that he should be the conduit between the team and us, the fans. He should report only the facts and any inside information he is privileged to and that is it. God he makes me mad.
When the flyers were rumored to be going after bobby ryan, Panotchio should have just reported it to us all instead of constantly telling anyone who will listen that HE thinks it is a bad idea. It doesnt matter what HE thinks. It could have been a bad idea but that isnt for him to tell us and it feels like if the flyers did acquire bobby ryan Panotchio would already have the "I told ya so" article written and just itching to release if and when everything went bad for the team.
I would take Randy Miller anyday over Panotchio and he is a friggin Penguins fan...
If that is true, he will never get an interview with Bryz.
The guy whose young team was touted as contenders but choked year after year after year, until it was about to cost him his job if they hadn't won this year?
The same guy who struck out repeatedly trying to get some scoring support for Kopitar? Couldn't make a big trade. Couldn't sign any big UFAs (e.g. Kovalchuk).
The same guy whose team was borderline to miss the playoffs in February so he had to fire his coach?
The guy who had so little confidence in his team that when he made the deal to get Carter, he traded JJ and included a 1st Round Pick in the deal - but insisted that it be Lottery Protected in case they missed the playoffs?
I am confused...he is a bad GM cause he protected his team this season in case the trade didnt work?
He's saying that the GM didnt have THAT much faith in the team to make playoffs since they wanted to have that season Lottery Protected.
Yes, Lombardi built a good team, clearly, but it wasn't so meticulously planned that he wasn't crapping his pants in February over whether he would make the playoffs at all. He was hedging his bets against disaster, and it ended up being the 30th pick!
Winning the Cup was like a lottery win for him in June, in Feb. his job was just about toast. The team went on a roll at the same time others got injury bugs, esp. Vancouver, and his goalie won him the Cup. Good on him but it wasn't like the final intricate stages of a master plan, it was a bit fluky.
I did nothing of the sort. It was a discussion about Holmgren.
But let me ask you -- if Simmonds goes back to his usual production (last year was a phenomenal year and outshone every single year he's ever played, including junior), is it a good contract? If the new CBA results in a lower cap hit and Holmgren has to jettison a couple of good players because of it, is it a good contract?
I don't hate Simmonds. I dislike that a GM signed a player to a big raise:
- who had no reason to hurry to sign a player when there are massive question marks about what the league will look like and what the salary cap will be
- when said player will be an RFA at the end of this season (assuming there is one, of course) and will remain Flyer property, thus lessening the need to sign him immediately
- when said player is a one-dimensional player who just had the year of his dreams and we have no way of knowing whether he can repeat it or not.
You do realize that salaries and cap hits will rollback proportionally as well, right?
Been lurking for news for a long time on these forums, easily the best place for flyers news thanks to all you guys. Compelled to post just because of my hatred for Panotchio. Honestly I wouldnt mind a one day contract with Tortorella just to see him bring the hammer down on his ass, lol
Yes, Lombardi built a good team, clearly, but it wasn't so meticulously planned that he wasn't crapping his pants in February over whether he would make the playoffs at all. He was hedging his bets against disaster, and it ended up being the 30th pick!
Winning the Cup was like a lottery win for him in June, in Feb. his job was just about toast. The team went on a roll at the same time others got injury bugs, esp. Vancouver, and his goalie won him the Cup. Good on him but it wasn't like the final intricate stages of a master plan, it was a bit fluky.
It wasn't fluky at all. A long range plan to build from the net out, with a strong defense first system, and it culminated with a cup in June. LA had been molding their team this way for at least 3 years. A team doesn't always reach it's peak with game 1 in October after several years of planning, and then roll through 82 games and four rounds to a cup.
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Do you really think Richards was the reason they won the cup? The kid between the nets was the reason. Yes both of those trades were great. And I thought the world of Jeff and Mike.
Yeah, they played so awful in front of him. Every save was a great scoring opportunity for the other team. Quick was out there all by himself.
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I still say he is a top five GM in this league.
Lombardi + Cup > Homer with no Cup
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And the counter argument is what if he's starting to realize his potential and this signing turns out to be a steal? Like spong said, he now has an expanded role with this team, a lot more opportunity than he had in LA. I'm inclined to think that last season could be his averages going forward, wouldn't that make it a great signing?
And what is Wayne's one an only dimension you speak of?
Shoveling home garbage 2 feet outside the crease. He's a push and glide skater, can't create opportunities for himself, and can't play on the wall. His entire success hinges on the puck luckily bouncing to him at the exact moment he has his stick on the ice, to swat it back towards the net. He has no shot to speak of, and gives us absolutely nothing when we don't have the puck.
At least Briere can skate, pass, and shoot proficiently. Briere had many seasons of success before getting a big contract. Giving Simmonds this deal is as bad as giving JVR his deal. Too early, and not enough production to warrant the years or $$.
Shoveling home garbage 2 feet outside the crease. He's a push and glide skater, can't create opportunities for himself, and can't play on the wall. His entire success hinges on the puck luckily bouncing to him at the exact moment he has his stick on the ice, to swat it back towards the net. He has no shot to speak of, and gives us absolutely nothing when we don't have the puck.
Basically, you're saying he's Scott Hartnell without the falling on his ass part.
