Philadelphia offseason

Équipe: 2020-21 Flyers de Philadelphie

Date de création initiale: 5 sept. 2020

Publié: 15 sept. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

After a good season the Philadelphia Flyers have been eliminated at the hands of the Islanders in 7 games. The team have a good mix of young player and veterans and I think they're ready to take the next step. They're ready to become the top team in the metro division. Farabee looks ready to become a top 6 player, Lindholm could play on the third line just like Aube-Kubel. I think frost gets a look in the 3rd line as well. Since I've say Lindholm, Farabee and Aube-Kubel plays on the 2nd and 3rd line, Giroux, Voracek, Konecny are are the top wingers, their's no place in the lineup for JVR and I don't think Philly wants to paid someone 7M to play in their 4th line. So I'm pretty sure he gets trade to a team that needs to reach the floor. I think this team is New Jersey. They need to reach the floor and someone to score goals and even though JVR production has decline I think he could be a important player for New Jersey. In echange Philly would want Zacha. He never seemed to find his place in Jersey, so perhaps they take a chance on him and if it don't happen at least they get rid of some salary. Let's not forget he was taken 6th overall in 2015
Before Mtl trade to get Edmundsson, I could have seen a trade between Mtl and Philly involving Gostisbehere. I think Phllly try one more season with Ghost on the 3rd line. They need his offensive touch even though he's risky on his own zone. That's why they pair him with Hagg on the 3rd pair. We saw Philly having trouble to score in the postseason so keeping their best offensive d-man is important for them. Plus he could still play on the second or even first powerplay.
After that they'll go find a backup to play behind Hart. He's alreayd the clear #1 so they won't find someone to play a tandem. Hart is very young and can play 60-65 games without a problem so it's going to be a clear backup. In my agm I,ve sign Dell but it could be anyone that will sign around 1.5M.
As I said the mix of veteran will help the younger player to growth and I don't expect a major dip in production from the elders players so I don't expect major changes for this team in the offseason.