Bous Vs Flyers (Game#2)

[superfan]

So it wasnt true that gary white went in the dressing room after the game and ripped the players a new a$hole ?

....aaah now I know why they were walking funny .

[geoguy]

So it wasnt true that gary white went in the dressing room after the game and ripped the players a new a$hole ?

....aaah know I know why they were walking funny .

[habitant33]

Jezzzzzzzzzzzzzz , I wonder would the top brass with the NHL help out the leafs if some of the fans and top brass with the team cried for some parity

NHL
The eligibility requirements are taken straight from 2000: Teams were allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen and nine forwards, or two goaltenders, three defensemen and seven forwards.

You want NHL rules it seems. How many did each team get to protect in this league?

As well i do believe the NHL has this thing called free agency where there is a free agent pool to choose from each year. This league owns players forever, giving and expansion team practically no chance to build a competitive team.

If the league made an even close to a sensible expansion process this mess never would have happened in the first place

They were handicapped from the start and needed a handout to have any chance at being competitive.


Somebody go back and look at the other teams rosters and how the draft would have looked for the flyers if the teams were given the nhl expansion protection rules. Im sure a much more competitive team would have been introduced.

[Tomcod]

Jezzzzzzzzzzzzzz , I wonder would the top brass with the NHL help out the leafs if some of the fans and top brass with the team cried for some parity

NHL
The eligibility requirements are taken straight from 2000: Teams were allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen and nine forwards, or two goaltenders, three defensemen and seven forwards.

You want NHL rules it seems. How many did each team get to protect in this league?

As well i do believe the NHL has this thing called free agency where there is a free agent pool to choose from each year. This league owns players forever, giving and expansion team practically no chance to build a competitive team.

If the league made an even close to a sensible expansion process this mess never would have happened in the first place

They were handicapped from the start and needed a handout to have any chance at being competitive.


Somebody go back and look at the other teams rosters and how the draft would have looked for the flyers if the teams were given the nhl expansion protection rules. Im sure a much more competitive team would have been introduced.

Hey Habitant, the cats were given nothing when they came in the league 13 years ago & to date havent been given anything .. stay tuned ...

[habitant33]

Never said they were.

What was the criteria when they entered? Curious to know

[Tomcod]

Never said they were.

What was the criteria when they entered? Curious to know

The cats had to find their own players & sink or swim on their own without any help from anyone & believe me we sank a lot ... stay tuned ...

[habitant33]

Never said they were.

What was the criteria when they entered? Curious to know

The cats had to find their own players & sink or swim on their own without any help from anyone & believe me we sank a lot ... stay tuned ...

How did they select players. Did they have access to anyplayer that played in the league the previous year? How many were protected from each team?

[Tomcod]

THERE were only two other teams in the league & players went to the highest bidder .. the cats never had the money to get any good players ... stay tuned ...

[habitant33]

THERE were only two other teams in the league & players went to the highest bidder .. the cats never had the money to get any good players ... stay tuned ...

They never had money. thats why they werent competitive. Nothing to do with the rules. The flyers couldnt even get their hometown players that were in the league.

You keep saying that the flyers are the only team to get a handout. They are also the only team that had such ridiculous restrictions. 125 protected players vs 0 when the cats entered. only 50 players in the league as well. thats 75 extra bodies to find players. And dont forget that the pool of players are less now(argueable) than 13 years ago.

I know it wasnt easy for the cats but at least they were able to recruit some players after builiding a bankroll. At least their hometown players were allowed to come play for them.

If the Cats funraised a million bucks, they could have and would have had an immediate competitive teams.
The flyers could have a billion but still would not have been able to ice a competitive team.

I can agree that to rectify the issue they were given too much. sure. They are becoming pretty stacked on paper which i can agree happened a little too quickly for an expansion team but I 100% agree that something had to be done. They really were handicapped from the start

[Tomcod]

THERE were only two other teams in the league & players went to the highest bidder .. the cats never had the money to get any good players ... stay tuned ...

They never had money. thats why they werent competitive. Nothing to do with the rules. The flyers couldnt even get their hometown players that were in the league.

You keep saying that the flyers are the only team to get a handout. They are also the only team that had such ridiculous restrictions. 125 protected players vs 0 when the cats entered. only 50 players in the league as well. thats 75 extra bodies to find players. And dont forget that the pool of players are less now(argueable) than 13 years ago.

I know it wasnt easy for the cats but at least they were able to recruit some players after builiding a bankroll. At least their hometown players were allowed to come play for them.

If the Cats funraised a million bucks, they could have and would have had an immediate competitive teams.
The flyers could have a billion but still would not have been able to ice a competitive team.

I can agree that to rectify the issue they were given too much. sure. They are becoming pretty stacked on paper which i can agree happened a little too quickly for an expansion team but I 100% agree that something had to be done. They really were handicapped from the start

Hey habitant every new team has growing pains... No team is an instant success overnight .. It takes time to become a contender...When you get all those star players on paper it dosent always translate into a winning team for various reasons ... stay tuned...