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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 20, 2022 at 2:13 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 20, 2022 at 1:32 p.m.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dannibalcorpse</b></div><div>-Didn't the Flyers already give up on Myers once? I get that you take him back for the cap hit, but I think Tampa chips in more than a 5th for Braun at $1M.

-I think JVR getting a 2nd will be tough - I think a team will give up value equal to a 2nd if you retain him down to $1.75M, but Philly's splitting that value with a 3rd team.

-Probably could do a little better for absorbing Horny's cap hit, but not gonna quibble. Get an asset for eating cap, works for me.

-I get why the Avs might pass on this for cap reasons, but it's also a terrible deal for the Flyers. Hayes is still a very productive player at 30, and you're giving him up for a pending UFA in Compher, a post-hype Martin Kaut, and a B-tier prospect in Ambrosio - and on top of that, you're eating $3.6M for the next 4 seasons? Bad value for the Flyers on a useful player. If you want to move on, move him this summer when more teams might be happy taking a 3x$7.1M swing on a guy like Hayes instead of having to pay 7x$7M for whoever this summer's JT Miller or Nazem Kadri is.</div></div>

Myers was in Philly before and from what it seems the only place he had any success. I wouldn't say the Flyers gave up on Myers when he was likely the centerpiece of the trade for Ryan Ellis when it happened. At that point in time Ellis was "healthy".

If JVR keeps playing the way he is he'll get a 2nd round pick. He's exactly the type of player contending teams should be looking to add. He's a power play specialist who gets to the net and gets good deflection goals. At $3.5 million he should be no big deal to acquire for many teams around the deadline.

Hayes is a good player but if the Flyers are hell bent on making him be a first line center then it's not going to work. He's 30. He is what he is. A productive player but not one teams are going to clammer for during the summer to say they saved on term over a player like Kadri or JT Miller. Quite honestly, Hayes hasn't shown he has that "IT" factor for a team to justify paying him $7.1 million. He's a solid $4.5 to $5 million 2nd or 3rd line center that the Avs get for $3.5 in the deal. The Flyers get cap relief better than a buyout and a cleared deck so to speak. The Flyers appear to be several seasons away from contending. They have numerous long-term contracts they need to get out of but are most likely stuck with. Hayes is one they can move on from and they should.

A big key to the Flyers re-build is going to be clearing salary cap space and using their ownerships big pockets to leverage that cap space into other assets. They can do a larger scale version of what Arizona has been doing and they don't have to be scared off by actual dollars or insurance coverage on injured players. They can do that while playing a hard nose Tortorella/Flyers hockey on brand maybe even squeezing a playoff trip or 2 in during the rebuild. Ultimately, they need to differentiate between key building pieces and assets that can be moved for other picks. They keep signing all of their draft picks to 8 year deals lately when they're not necessarily someone who should be viewed as a core component. Good players but not stars.
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