Quoting: brady_t12
I mean, for the record, I said he spent a lot of time **scratched** and in the AHL. I wasn’t implying he spent a ton of time in the AHL, but yes he was sent down for a small chunk of the season. And he was on waivers. He did spend a good bit of time scratched on a pretty bad flyers team this year. Dillon is exactly the type of player the Flyers need to stabilize that defensive core. They had it with Niskanen, look where they are now. I’m sure Justin Braun would also love to have Dillon around.
As well, I also said the pick can be reworked. It wasn’t something to get upset about.
Okay, here goes.....Firstly keep in mind that Provorov, Sanheim, Gustaffson, Hagg are all LD, As is Ghost.
Ghost was injured and scratched at start of season due to various injuries and then got COVID.
Hart, Sanheim, Myers all regressed and sucked this year.
At a certain point Philly had THREE goaltenders and 8 dmen on roster for an extended time, and forwards like Patrick, Laughton, Lindblom were ailing and hadn;t had a rest. A week or two earlier, Philly had put RD Mark Friedman on waivers and he was claimed by PITTS. To rest a forward, Philly had to put a defenseman on waivers...of the eight on the NHL roster, the most likely to put on waivers and not be claimed was Ghost.
Ghost was not claimed and came back to play 19 mins a night at RD and put himself on pace for a 45+ pt season while playing capable defense (surprise). He never actually went to AHL and never left Philly, it was a paper move that lasted 2 games and about 4 days. Its not like Philly threww him out because he was useless/overpaid. It was a calculated risk, that paid off.
Other than those 2 games on waivers and a suspension, he played almost every game he was healthy for.
Im not adverse to the idea of getting Dillon, who is more of what PHI lacks, just tired of saying that Ghost as a 40+ pt dman has value, but slightly overpaid. Most NHL fans just think hes a cap dump beacuse he was on waivers without actually knowing any of the situation.