Vincent Lecavalier

[Sect 236]

now a Flyer...33 year old former #1 overall pick

[D Leff]

An aging big name with dwindling stats, sounds about right. I like the guy and hope he has a couple more years, but Homer & Snider really never do learn do they

[Drama Queen]

The team without a plan.

[art vandelay]

Buy out Briere then sign this guy who just got bought out. I don't know much about hockey but I know this guy was good a long time ago and I doubt he still is as good as he was.

[BigSlizz]

I've become ho hum about the Flyers, but hopefully they can get a good year or two out of him like they did Pronger.

[Dolomite]

I like Lecavalier but I don't know if he has

5 good years left in him. I know why he signed with the Flyers because I doubt anyone else was offering him a 5 year contract. They just signed a 35 year old defenseman to a 4 year old contract and a 33 year old forward to a 5 year contract. To get under the cap they will try and trade Braydon Coburn 28 who is arguably the best defenseman on a team with a bad defence. He had a horrible season but with the lockout and injuries I'd give him a mulligan. I don't understand what they're doing. Cup is ours.

[Cheesesteak]

He's making less per year than Leino

[Dolomite]

He's making less per year than Leino

I never would have guess that. Leino is making $6million dollars a year. Great money for a forward who's never scored 20 goals in a season.

[Cheesesteak]

I never would have guess that. Leino is making $6million dollars a year. Great money for a forward who's never scored 20 goals in a season.

Helps take the sting away from the Vinny signing a bit

[Franks N Beans]

From what I heard on the radio

Helps take the sting away from the Vinny signing a bit

He's 2 years younger and 1 million cheaper than Briere. Theoretically its an upgrade since Briere's skills were quickly eroding.

The bigger problem is that he wasn't a position of great need. He a natural center, and the roster is chalked full of them. Giroux, Shenn, Coutourier, Talbot, Laughton, and Read are all centers. They needed a sniper winger, D, and a veteran G. Now they have $5 million less to spend this year addressing these needs. They'll have to trade Coburn to sign any other FAs.

[Loki]

He's 33.

They can walk away from his contract, if that's the case. The over 35 age rule doesn't apply. And Vinny has plenty left in the tank.

[Drama Queen]

The Flyers could get a couple of productive years

Buy out Briere then sign this guy who just got bought out. I don't know much about hockey but I know this guy was good a long time ago and I doubt he still is as good as he was.

... but Vinny has declined ... who's going to be Vinny's next St. Louis?

It's always patchwork with the Flyers. for once, maybe they should gut the team and go with a youth movement and acquire draft picks.

[Loki]

Vinny: 33. Briere: 36

And Vinny is a cheaper cap hit. What's not to understand?

[GroundedBird]

5 good years left in him. I know why he signed with the Flyers because I doubt anyone else was offering him a 5 year contract. They just signed a 35 year old defenseman to a 4 year old contract and a 33 year old forward to a 5 year contract. To get under the cap they will try and trade Braydon Coburn 28 who is arguably the best defenseman on a team with a bad defence. He had a horrible season but with the lockout and injuries I'd give him a mulligan. I don't understand what they're doing. Cup is ours.

Coburn has been playing quite passively the last few seasons. Word is that he isn't as physical as he could be given his size. He also has been asked to join the rush and doesn't. He has the tools but doesn't use them. Analysts on the hockey network have questioned if he's peaked.

The Flyers may have had a deal to send him to Edmonton (his home) at the draft but some of the other chips weren't in place. They definitely need the cap space so he may be traded soon.

[JuTMSY4]

Briere and Bryzgalov cost the Flyers $12.1M combined. LeCavalier, Streit, and Emery will cost the Flyers $11.35M.

it is what it is