Holmgren not disappointed at lack of trades
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Holmgren not disappointed at lack of trades
General manager Paul Holmgren said he was not disappointed that the Flyers did not make any deadline deals today.
"Not disappointed, not at all," Holmgren said. "We like our team, like the direction we're going."
Holmgren said teams asked about James van Riemsdyk but the Flyers weren't close to making a deal. "I can't do anything if teams call about him," Holmgren said. "It's his third year in the league and he's been involved in playoff games."
Holmgren said the Flyers had done their deals before today's trade deadline, acquiring defensemen Pavel Kubina and Nicklas Grossman. "We received some calls about our players," Holmgren said. "Once we got our defensemen, we didn't focus on that. Anything we would do had to make sense long term and short term. We like our guys and felt comfortable with them.
Holmgren said he is concerned about the goaltending. "It's a function of how we were playing, loosey-goosey."
Comments (24)
I'm not happy with Homer— crseloc- Without goaltending we are going nowhere. We have 51M garbage in the net. Not only that, Bryzgalov acts like it is fans fault he cannot stop beach ball. So yes, let’s talk about Bryzgalov’s “building blocks”, never ending story.
All of us will be paying handsomely for 51M opsie. Flyers already raising ticket prices, right? It’s fun.— Nitroglycerin - I love Gaustad but, why give up a first-round pick when you have no chance of winning a Cup with this goaltending. Homer did the right thing there. But why trade 2 2nd rounders for UFA defensemen. We could have the best six defensemen in the NHL but if our goalie can't stop a wrist shot from the point in won't matter.
— avak4 - and as far as the obsession with draft picks, even if you know all the players that will be available in the draft you never know where a player will fall, so it's worth taking a shot trading away draft picks if you think you have a shot to win the cup. believe if this team wins a cup sometime in the next three years nobody will be complaining about who they could have gotten that year in the draft.— mos19delta
- with all the teams so bunched up in the standings i'm not surprised that there weren't any real big moves. the line of thought among all these teams that are in playoff position right now is obviously anything can happen once we get in, so why blow up what we have during the season. plus the salary cap doesn't help trading either— mos19delta
- and by the way, everyone is really doing a great job roasting the defense. but maybe if you watch other nhl games you will see just as many mistakes and give aways by the defense, ....problem is our goalie never makes a save when it happens.— shmeds1
- northcountry is exactly right, paul is not going to say it, but they did a major restructure, and as another poster said the hot start got everyone's expectations up high. this team playing six or seven rooks a night will be cup ready next year. a round or two of playoff battle testing will have the kids ready by then. if you watch the bruins and rangers you can see the flyers are just not disciplined and focused for a full game like these teams are. and of course we all have to hope that a year under bryz's belt will have him better acclimated to this city. now i won't rule out the you never know scenario if bryz does get hot in the playoffs.— shmeds1
beetle: Gonna take time? It's been soooooooooooo long since Clarkie and Bernie hoisted the Cup in the Spectrum.- Totally agree with north country. Unless we catch absolute lightning in a bottle and have the greatest playoff run ever, we should look at the year as a rebuilding year. Not one of those lame cliche "rebuilding years" that crappy teams talk about but a real rebuilding year after making some huge moves and signing some new additions. Gonna take time. Can't expect them to come together in one season.— beetle
- Good decision by 17. No reason to make any moves - this roster was never intended to contend for the cup this year. Maybe next - more likely in 13/14 they'll be a real force. Bryz is a concern but I'm going to give him the entire season and then make a judgment.— Northcountry
- The defense and the goalies need to wake the heck up. Obviously, when you are scoring over 3 goals per game on average and losing 5 out of 7 or whatever, there is a big problem back there!!!!— girouxforpresident
- i'd like to see them go back to the Black Jerseys next year and really come out and play with an edge— SyddBarrett
- "We like our team, like the direction we're going." Really? Because they are going in the wrong direction...as in down in the standings.
— scootch - @Flyers78, I think you should watch a Boston Bruins game and pay attention to Tyler Seguin. Or perhaps a Tampa Bay game and watch Vinny Lecavalier. Maybe the Canucks and Luongo. A draft pick can look like so little one day, but eventually can become an all-star NHLer. Interestingly, many years ago the Flyers traded a first round pick to a team, who traded it again, who drafted a player named Danny Briere. Many years later the Flyers had to pay Briere a crazy amount of money to get him to wear their jersey. So...I know you are curious, who did they get for that pick who turned out to be Danny Briere. Yup, Pat Falloon. Holmgren traded second round picks for depth on the blue line, and that was fine. The ball is now in Laviolette's court to make this team win.— Hexy4GM
- Ok, so let's talk Schenn vs. Sequin. In Seguin's first year, he was -4 and had 22 points in 74 games. And this playing for the Stanley Cup champs with a rock solid D and goaltending. Now he leads the NHL in +/- and is tearing it up...just one season later.
Schenn is -2 and has 11 points in 33 games. Read: he is scoring at a faster pace than Seguin did his rookie year, and looks to finish the same or better in +/-, despite playing on a weaker team.
So, why is Seguin so coveted in your eyes and Schenn sucks so bad? Give the kid a chance-- you may find that next year he ends up being a stud like Seguin. If the Bruins gave up on Seguin (who had the 2nd worst +/- on the team to concussed Savard), I'm thinking they would be pretty pissed right now. They didn't give up on their young star with promise. Don't give up on ours-- he is playing as good or better than Seguin did his rookie year. - We have a really good team here. Bryz really needs to come to form. If he can do that, this team will go far. These kids are that good!
- Hated to see @18 and @ 7 Go but love the guys we have. Young and getting better. Bryzgoalsagainst is not the answer he gives up soft goals every game, makes great saves when they dont mean anything. Put Bob in goal and leave him there. He is young as are most of our players. GOFLYERS.— woodeye47
- He said Gaustad cost to much.If you want to win a few draft picks isn't that much.They really needed this guy.They needed a shut down big man center the rookies will falter in the playoffs killing penalties.What was he thinking.Maybe try to get thr rookies experience in the pklayoffs and shoot for the next few years win a cup.All cup hopes this year are gone especially with the soccer goalie.— flyers78
- Flyers Wise to Pass on Paul Gaustad: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1082821-nhl-rumors-flyers-wise-to-pass-on-paul-gaustad
- I completely disagree with trading anymore 1st rounders in the near future, especially this year being a really strong draft year. I'm glad they didn't give away any more draft picks for a guy who really isn't that great to begin with. I mean if you're making a huge trade and include the #1 that's one thing, but not for a player like Gaustad. — cjh136
- I think jumping out to such a fast start got people, including me, carried away with the expectations of this team. I mean, we traded Richards and Carter and got a bunch of guys, aside from Simmonds, that I've never heard of. When those trades happen, did anyone think they were going to win the cup? We thought Bryz / Prongs and rest of D would keep the score low and we'd make the playoffs but that would be it. Instead, No Prongs, Bad Bryz, but we score a ton of goals. Who knew?— CMattyG
- He should be disappointed with a lack of work ethic by his team.— Hexy4GM
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