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awesome. shanny is one of those guys you have to respect no matter where he plays. id love to have him in philly, but im pretty sure someone has to get shipped to do it

Oh god no...

The only thing I can think of is that he'd be vocal enough to get into players' faces when they're not hustling. They seem to need someone in the locker room to do that, because Stevens can't.

stevens is the coach, shouldnt it be "because richards/hartnell/gagne/whoever can't"

dont you dare do this to me paul

Well, they picked those players knowing they weren't rah-rah locker room guys. Someone has to take up that slack. I think that's the coach's job. They knew Hatch wasn't going to play until the playoffs if at all, and I don't see anyone else in the locker room in that mold. They're more "lead by example" guys.

I have no idea how they'd afford Shanny anyway. Adding another 20 goal scorer couldn't hurt, I guess. And, it does seem like most of the recent teams that made deep cup runs have a grizzled veteran on the roster. The Pens had Roberts and the Wings had Draper and McCarty, for example.

Shanahan isn't coming to Philly...not now not ever. However I would be disappointed if Homer didn't at least talk to him. A good GM should never shut the door on anything before checking to see what's knockin'.

well, thats why they are meeting today

Don't waste your time, Homer.

I wouldn't say never. Philly or Jersey are his two top choices other than the Rangers. I wouldn't think he'd be looking for a big paycheck, so you never know. If the price was 2mil or less, I'd do it. Seeing Knuble is a UFA next year, we could replace him now with Shanny. Trade Knuble for an asset to use possibly at the trade deadline.

this Shanahan guy better be some top defenseman or goalie...

IMO it's worth it. The guy is as great a leader as there is in hockey. He's been through it all. What the flyers need right now is more veteran presence. Although in the long term this doesn't meet any of their needs he's gonna help big time.

Knuble/Upshall for a defenseman.

This could be worthwhile. I am still hearing rumors that we're looking for a goalie. So, maybe we move a forward or two with big contracts, sign Shanny and pickup a goalie. I'd be content with that -- if it was the right goalie and we didn't lose Richards, Carter, or Gagne.

I completely agree. I think it is a good thing to add a gritty veteran to the team as long as they don't lose anyone important to fit him in.

I like Shanahan. He's been there and done it. Experience wise, I don't think you could get anyone better who's a free agent, that could be a bonus but it's not more offense we need.

your kidding right?

you obviously don't understand sarcasm.....

If Shanahan doesn't want to leave New York as John Davidson may suggest, then he doesn't leave himself with many options to be honest.

wouldnt mind the signing but we dont need more offense and unless we moved a few players we couldnt sign him becuase of the contract limit and the cap. i agree with the veteran presence tho. trade away knuble and maybe hartnell or lupul for a goalie prospect or dman and then sign shanny. wouldnt mind him tho, works hard and thats what this team lacks sometimes in the loses that ive seen, being out worked along the boards and neutral zone

DO NOT WANT..

We're a few years too late i'm afraid. I wouldn't welcome him because it's not what we need right now and there is no need to mortgage new players for an old guy who "might" get things stirred up in the locker room.

i disagree we could use Shanahan on the third or 4th line instead of Metroploit or even Asham.... but thats just my opnion

Shanny made more than $5m last year.

Certainly, I don't think he'll command that much this year, but it should still be enough of a cap hit that it would be way too expensive to spend that much on a 3rd or 4th line player.

I could see him coming in just to play on the PP in the days before the salary cap. But not anymore.

I'm not surprised, a lot of teams will be speaking with him and the Blues have been courting him in the press for 3 months now. I don't see him being a good fit with us, but it's always wise to look at all your options.

i still think that we could bring his salary down to 1.5-2 mill a year and spend the rest of the cap on him and use him... trade a few guys for some picks possibly????

If homer did sign Shanny, it would be for the Vet minimum.

I would have loved to have him 5 - 10 years ago. Even now, he could still help. Depending what he's asking for, I could see trading a couple of decent (not Richards or Carter) forwards for a good d-man (or Backstrom). Open a bit of cap & bring down the number we have signed. Because of his age, the contract would likely be short term leaving room for Giroux and/or JVR next year.

and now i completely agree with you

Defense?

I hope we both mean Backstrom from Minny. Though I wouldn't mind prying the other out of Washington either.

Will he consider coaching? Get rid of Stevens and let Shanny coach. I'm sure he'll do better than Stevens.

me either lol

Yes. Knuble is a UFA next year. Trade him now for a draft pick. Replace him with Shanny. Use the pick + Lupul + Jones + Nodl to trade for Jay B.

I don't think we need Shanahan. Scoring goals is not a problem the Flyers lead the league with 43. I don't think the on ice leadership is a problem either Richards is doing a good job and we have former captains on the roster. Keeping goals out of the net is the problem.

we dont need more offense..

Shanahan is great dont get me wrong but not what we need.

we need a D-man or maybe a goalie

plus knuble has been pretty good this year i dont see the need to get rid of him

What i'd love to see:

Sign Shanny for the veteran minimum.

Trade Kukkonen, Eminger and Asham, maybe a draft pick for a nice veteran D-man.

Could be some sick lines, even though we're scoring alot of goals now.

Gagne- Metro (Briere when Healthy) - Knuble

Lupul - Richards- Hartnell

Shanny - Carter - Upshall

mmmm....sexy time

Exactly why we should get shann, I look at it this way, He would be a GREAT pick up. You get a player with grit and a lot of veteran exp. It also forces you to deal some offense away to make room for him I.E. Knubs, Lupul, Upshall, Asham, Metropolit. Either of them and we can deal some of them for a D man.

What's up with everybody wanting to trade Knuble so badly? I think he's one of our more reliable players at the moment. If we trade anyone, I'd personally want it to be Lupul...

why would anyone trade a reliable veteran defenseman for slop like kukkonen, eminger and asham

seriously lol, that looks like an nhl 09 trade

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A grade "A" defense man would probably cost us some combination of Knuble, Upshaw, Lupul or Giroux. We'd have to give up 2 players to take 1 back & add Shanny to make up for the lost production. The other option would be any 1 of Gagne, Richards or Carter since Briere has the NM. Those 3 I don't want to lose.

NO to trading those 3.

I wouldn't mind having Shanahan on the team, he could replace Knuble or something.

This would be great I wanted him on July 1st and hope it happens now.. if not oh well and just keep team the way it is. They're fine and jones should be back soon

unless Shanny will sign for two years and we could trade Knuble and a pick for a top 2 defenseman, there's no reason to sign him really.

If he'll play for less than a mil than it is certainly worth considering. It seems to me that they would also need to have some sort of trade in the works though. The Flyers have too many players.

I'm sure alot of teams would actually. Maybe he's an impending FA? Maybe they have a surplus of D-men? I'm not saying those 3 exactly, i'm just saying.

I like Shanny, he brings leadership, hes a good vet on the team. HE WILL SIGN CHEAP, thats a huge +.

Ditto...We need Defense and Goaltending. Not a forward!

Why does everyone want to trade Knuble? I don't understand. He is the nit and grit player we need in front of the net and has been scoring goals because of it. If we loose him who will take his job getting the "dirty" goals?