Comments on: The Risks of a Flyers – Niskanen Reunion https://flyersnittygritty.com/the-risks-of-a-flyers-niskanen-reunion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-risks-of-a-flyers-niskanen-reunion Authentic insider access to the Flyers, Phantoms, Royals ice hockey Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:07:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Gregg Lorenz https://flyersnittygritty.com/the-risks-of-a-flyers-niskanen-reunion/#comment-1025 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 19:07:58 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=26605#comment-1025 Made a mistake. Giroux is making $8.275,000 this year. That means he gets paid over $200,000 for each goal he scores. Ouch! Gregg L

]]> By: Gregg Lorenz https://flyersnittygritty.com/the-risks-of-a-flyers-niskanen-reunion/#comment-1024 Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:56:16 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=26605#comment-1024 Ron Hextall always stated it plainly: A team never has enough defensemen. Sadly, Wyatt Wylie and Yegor Zamula are a year or two away and Cam York is too small to play in the NHL, maybe ever. York is ok offensively, but nowhere near big enough to take on a solid NHL forward in defensive end. York looks smaller than Shayne Gostisbehere

Note: Claude Giroux makes $700,000 a year and has averaged around 20 goals the last three years (44 goals in 163 reg season games), but what’s worsiht Giroux has just 4 goals in his last 35 playoff games. That is a sign Giroux has become an average player, but he’s being paid like a superstar. The Flyers should find a way to move him, even with his NTC. Gregg Lorenz. Bucks County Pa

]]>