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...
Ex-Coyote Gagner Finds Home With Flyers
November 28th, 2015 PHILADELPHIA - Movement about cities and related uncertainties pretty much comes with the territory. That’s the conclusion offered by Sam Gagner, who is playing for this third NHL team in as many seasons. A former first round pick of the Edmonton Oilers in 2007, Gagner was traded twice on the same day in June, 2014 and...
R.J. Umberger, Mark Streit Placed on IR
November 14th, 2015 The Philadelphia Flyers have placed both R.J. Umberger and Mark Streit on injured reserve, the team announced on Saturday. In corresponding moves, the team has recalled defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere and left wing Taylor Leier to the NHL. The 22-year-old Gostisbehere made his NHL debut last season, playing two games for the Flyers....
Sam Gagner Brings Low-Risk, High-Reward to Flyers
July 9th, 2015 New Flyers forward Sam Gagner knows uncertainty. At only 25, the London, Ontario native has now been traded under unusual circumstances in back-to-back offseasons. After the Tampa Bay Lightning traded for the former Edmonton Oiler in 2014, he was sent to Arizona after calling the Bolts his team for the duration of an hour. This year,...
Flyers GM Ron Hextall Must Continue to Get Crafty
March 18th, 2015 Without any playoff action to look forward to in Philadelphia, there's plenty of finger pointing to go around. But instead of holding an array of tiring and unnecessary kangaroo courts, it's up to Flyers GM Ron Hextall to get the product out of this mess. It won't be simple, however, as the salary cap continues to hamstring the team...
Flyers Backcheck: Voracek 'Caps' off Second Straight Win
January 8th, 2015 The Flyers seem to be getting the hang of this overtime thing. Jakub Voracek's overtime game-winning goal on Thursday night lifted Philadelphia to their second straight win, as the Flyers outlasted the Washington Capitals, 3-2. The route to point number 39 was an unusual one, though. But another winning edition of Flyers Backcheck is...
Cap Hits: Measuring Umberger, Lecavalier Against Peers
December 17th, 2014 The contracts of R.J. Umberger and Vinny Lecavalier illustrate how the salary cap era has been a cruel, harsh ninja chop to the crotch for the Philadelphia Flyers. Long gone are the days where undisciplined spending only affected revenue. And even after blowing through two Candy Land-like compliance buyouts, the Flyers are right back in...
Flyers Backcheck: Laughton's First Rains on Carolina
December 13th, 2014 After buzzing around the net for three weeks, Scott Laughton finally received the fruits of his labor with his first career NHL goal. Laughton's second period goal in Saturday's 5-1 drubbing of Carolina was the fourth of five Flyers goals overall, which peddled the surging Flyers to points in four of their last five games. As for the...
