Quote:Mike Richards is in steep decline right now. Philly easily came out on top netting Simmonds (beast) and Schenn (decent) whereas Richards will be a buyout candidate in a few weeks.


The Carter trade wasn't even that bad, considering the return. Couturier and Voracek are both excellent players, not to mention younger and cheaper.


Holmgren has had his blunders- the Bryzgalov fiasco and giving up on JVR far too soon- but Philly is well positioned going forward and one of the better-run franchises in the league.

 

That sounds like the company line about the acquisitions for those players. 

 

Those trades may be able to be rationalized like thay are being above, but players like (Richards/ Carter/ Williams) those were/ are the reason LA has made several Cup runs. They were also the same reason the Flyers made several strong runs in 2008 and 2010. They had something that doesn't always show up in the stat sheet. Resiliency. That core should never have been broken up. Its no accident that that 2010 Flyers team came back from 0-3 to Boston that playoff year. Didn't the Kings with the same core just do that again this year?

 

I'm just glad Holmgren is outta the GM chair & hope they let Hextall alone without meddling from the "old Guard" (Clarke/ Holmgren)

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