Posts About "R.J. Umberger"
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...
R.J. Umberger Bought Out by Flyers
June 16th, 2016 The Philadelphia Flyers announced Thursday that they are buying out the final year of forward R.J. Umberger's contract. Umberger had one year remaining on a deal carrying an AAV of $4.6 million. The buy out spreads out the team's payments to Umberger over the next two seasons. They will incur a cap hit of $1.6 million this season and...
Farewell to Philadelphia?
June 6th, 2016 With the 2016 NHL Entry Draft less than a month away, the Philadelphia Flyers, along with 27 other teams are completely in offseason mode. The 2015-16 season is now behind them and it is now time to focus on making improvements for next season. Flyers' General Manager, Ron Hextall, will look to the draft to stock up on talent for the...
R. J. Umberger Trade Starting To Pay Off For Flyers
May 6th, 2016 Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall has made nine trades since he was promoted to his current position in the summer of 2014. Eight of them were player trades, and an argument could be made that Hextall won all of them except for his first trade. About a month after taking his general manager role, Hextall shipped fan...
R.J. Umberger Expecting Buyout
April 27th, 2016 The trade for him has been an oft-criticized move by Philadelphia fans, and they’re going to get some assistance in labeling that a bad move. Philadelphia Flyers forward R.J. Umberger expects the team to buy him out over the summer, reports Dave Isaac of the Courier Post. "I expect ," Umberger said. "Who wouldn't after my season?...
R. J. Umberger Might Never Play for Philadelphia Flyers Again
March 18th, 2016 It's time to address the elephant in the room, R. J. Umberger might be finished playing for the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is 8-1-1 in their last 10 games without one of their best forwards, Jake Voracek, and one of their best defensemen, Michael Del Zotto, and Umberger hasn't been in the lineup since February 20th, is it a...
