Orange & Black / Philadelphia Flyers

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[Term being discussed with RFA Robert Hägg]

We are looking at two, so we’ll see where it goes.

Do you think you’d be pretty much done after that in terms of things you want to do [in free agency]? Things can come out of nowhere, I guess.

Yeah, I think we’re probably done. Otherwise, hard to say.

Did you say two years?

Yes. We’re looking at a two-year deal. Seems to be where Hagger’s at in his career, that seems like a fair deal. If he decides to sign his deal, that’s up to him.

I think you had mentioned, in regards to Wayne, you had preliminary discussions. If I read right, terms are the sticking point. Do you expect to kind of be trying to find that middle ground would be tough?

I’m not going to discuss negotiations publicly. I don’t think it’s good for anybody. Simmer, like I’ve said, we’d like to keep Simmer. Whether we can or not, I don’t have the answer to that. Long term, I guess we’ll find out in the future. If we get something done before training camp or going into the year, I don’t have the answer for that.

There are quite a few RFAs for next year that you guys can start negotiating with before next July 1st. Do you envision any of them getting locked up long term before the start of next season?

That’s a hard question. Certainly we’ve talked about it internally. We’ll continue to talk about it, evaluate it and see where it goes. Those guys are a year out. There’s no rush. If we can start talking and get something done, great. If we can’t, it’s not a huge deal. You still have control of the players.

So with Wayne, there’s not like you want to have something figured out one way or another by training camp. No kind of internal deadline.

No, not necessarily. Simmer’s got character that something like that is not going to affect him. It’s not going to affect our team. I can certainly live with it. I’m sure he can, too.

What seems obvious to anybody over the last couple years with this team is what will affect him is coming off that infamous injury? Do you plan for that or do you kind of hope he’s an outlier in terms of that?

No, that’s not an outlier. His surgery was six weeks before Giroux’s or Gostisbehere’s. Six week in the summer is a lifetime. We have zero concerns about Simmer or about how he’s going to come back in training camp.

Has he been around, doing stuff?

He’s been around. He’s been in and out. He got married. I think he’s going on his honeymoon today. He’s been in and out.

Is it safe to say some guys respond better than others? I think Jamie Benn had it and he’s the guy that came back quick, right?

MVP. Double. You can’t look at one or two isolated cases and say, “Okay, guy’s going to struggle at the start because of this.” There’s a lot of different cases and they are all over the map. Like I said, his was six weeks prior to Giroux’s. And remember, G was also training for the World Cup there, which we knew at the time was going to hurt him. But what do you tell a player? You can’t play in the World Cup? Rather that focusing on early October or the first game of the year, he was focusing on being in game shape for the World Cup.

You mentioned in April about keeping an eye on Michal Neuvirth this summer with regards to his surgery and then training. Have you been satisfied with kind of how his summer has went?

Yeah, he’s doing extremely well. He’s actually here. He’s been here. He was here for a while after the surgery. Went home. He’s been back, I want to say, for a week or 10 days. And he’s here for the rest of the summer. He talked about going out to Kelowna there to train. That’s still up in the air. He’s doing well here so he’s kind of re-thinking whether he goes or not. He’s doing great.

So he didn’t do that? Because he talked about being with this new trainer.

He was doing that. Then because of the surgery, it just got pushed back. When he was medically cleared to do everything, we pushed it back a couple weeks. And then he’s doing so well here. It’s kind of like, "I don’t know whether to go or not." It’s still up in the air.

Considering you’ve said you’re probably done in free agency, you have your kind of penciled in depth chart. Things could change in training camp. Who do you envision James playing with?

I really don’t know. I’m sure he’s going to be in our top six. I guess wisdom would tell you that probably G and Coots would start together.

Yeah, that’s kind of where I was going. Is it really two candidates, Couturier or Patrick?

Yeah, with Giroux or with Patty. Kind of makes sense. I’m not the coach. We’ll see how things play out.

In that same line, third line center is maybe where you might look outside the organization unless you think Scott or Jori could be that guy? I know Scott’s also played on the wing, Jori’s played some on the wing. Do you have an internal candidate? Could it be one of the youngsters? Or will you look outside the organization?

We’re going to look at everything. You'll look outside as much as you can if you can upgrade. But Jordan Weal too is a that I’ve mentioned. Nobody else seems to want to [mention it], but he’s played center. He’s a good centerman. He’s good on face-offs. He’s good defensively. He makes plays. I suspect Jordan’s going to bounce back. I don’t think he had a terrific year last year, so he’s certainly a candidate. Obviously, Scotty and all the young guys, if there is somebody ready to step up. That will play out. But if we can upgrade in the meantime, we will. We’re pretty comfortable also with what we have from within. You’re always looking to upgrade every position. If we can upgrade, we’re going to try and do it. We also have internal candidates we feel comfortable with.

Without getting into specifics, what was the message that you maybe gave to Weal at the exit interview? Did you just tell him to keep doing what he’s doing?

I think I said this a while ago: Jordan cares so much. Sometimes he can be his worst enemy. He’s the last guy on the ice every day. He works his tail off. Sometimes you just want to go, “Jordan, get off the ice and relax a little bit.” He’s so driven to be the best he can be. It’s something he can get better at, in terms of the mental part of it where sometimes you’ve got to let things go. When he gets on a roll, he’s a good player. I suspect Jordan’s going to come in really ready to play and focused and ready to show us what he showed us two years ago.

You mentioned in April, wanting in this offseason to add two guys to help out on the penalty kill. James does a lot, but PK isn’t really one of them. Christian could help but he may not be in the lineup every night. How do you guys plan to improve the penalty kill if you’re not having outside help coming in?

First of all, the coaching staff obviously has looked long and hard at it. Talked about it at the end of the season. I think the last twenty-two or twenty-three games we were pretty good at it. If we don’t add something from the outside, we’ll certainly systematically. The coaches have looked hard at it. Again, we were good the last quarter of the season. We are comfortable in some degree. In say that, I’d like to add a forward. Christian Folin is a good penalty-killer. He’s a right shot, which is important. Whether he’s in the lineup or not, who knows. That’s an upgrade there, we feel. Internally, our guys have got to get better. That’s the bottom line there.

Possibility of a PTO possibly? Maybe someone coming in on a tryout contract during training camp?

Yeah, possibly. You got the contract issue. We've got a lot of young kids. We've got 47 contracts right now. Hagger would be 48. We got to be careful there. There’s more to it than simply adding a body. We’ll monitor it again as we go along here and if there’s something that makes sense, we’ll act on it. ​

- Хекс предлагает Хаггу контракт на 2 года (по сумме информации нет)

- Идут переговоры с Симой и один из камней преткновения - срок

- Восстановление Нойвирта идет бодрыми темпами

- Уил - кандидат на 3-го центра

- Подписаниями с рынка не предвидется (возможен кто-то на пробный контракт, но очень маловероятно)

Сань, спасибо ХОТЬ за краткий перевод

... на правый фланг Симу, а на левый Уиза/Лехтерю/Линдблома ...

Я симпатизирую этому малому, но если его поставят в центр 3-го звена, на правый фланг Симу, а на левый Уиза/Лехтерю/Линдблома - я знаю у кого будут самые большие минусы в лиге

Трубу Пеги только на год под писали, может толкнут в сезоне куда-нибудь?! Видимо им не очень понравилось, что дело дошло до арбитража.

Кепки долго тянули с подписанием Уилсона и в итоге насыпали 5.17 х 6 лет. При всех симпатиях к нему, это дохера.

Эпичные долбоемы выиграли КС. Куда уж эпичнее.

Это бревно расхуячило всех в плове... да еще 15 очей умудрилось набрать.