Posts About "Andrew MacDonald"
Flyers Have a Defensive Problem
January 16th, 2018 Since the Flyers' run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, the organization has done an excellent job of acquiring talented defensive players. Because of this, they find themselves with too many good defensemen in the organization. It's a good problem, but a problem nonetheless. Now they have to decide who will be the Flyers of the...
Golden Knights Could Absorb Significant Contracts
June 8th, 2017 The Vegas Golden Knights will soon select players at the 2017 Expansion Draft, many of which will become a part of their inaugural franchise. The NHL created a number of parameters for the expansion draft to facilitate the success of the Golden Knights, including minimum exposure requirements and protected player...
Flyers Are Stuck with MacDonald
January 26th, 2017 If you stuck 50 Philadelphia Flyers fans in a room and needed them to agree on one thing, it would be that defenseman Andrew MacDonald is overplayed and overused. Flyers fans have a history of despising players, usually defensemen, going back to Chris Therien or Randy Jones or Matt Carle, but none of those players hold up to their...
Fixing Flyers' Salary Cap
January 6th, 2017 It wouldn't be a season for the Philadelphia Flyers if they weren't dealing with salary cap issues. Since the salary cap was implemented in the NHL following the 2005 lockout, the Flyersl have always had problems with fitting the team within the cap restraints. Back then, it was Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje eating up salary. Today,...
Andrew MacDonald and the Expansion Draft
December 30th, 2016 If you walk up to any Philadelphia Flyer fan and ask them what the most dreadful contract signing of the past few years has been, you will probably get one of two answers. The first is Ilya Bryzgalov. He was signed during the summer of 2011 despite that the Flyers had a legitimate goalie prospect in Sergei Bobrovsky and despite...
Philadelphia Flyers 2016 in Review
December 28th, 2016 In just a few days, 2016 will wrap up and the new year will begin. For the Philadelphia Flyers, 2016 will be marked down as a successful year -- in the standings and in other areas. They made the playoffs after a season's absence, ahead of schedule, but there are plenty of other things to review on the team's 2016 calendar. 2015-16...
