Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 4:53 PM | 11 comments |
 

Flyers waive Randy Jones, free cap space
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  As expected, the Flyers Saturday placed high-priced defenseman Randy Jones on waivers, opening cap space that will enable them to keep some other young players on their opening-night roster.
    Jones, 28, who had off-season hip surgery and struggled in the preseason, earns $3 million and has a $2.75 cap hit.
   Should Jones clear waivers and be sent to the AHL Adirondack Phantoms, the Flyers would still be responsible for his salary but it would not count against the $56.8 million cap.
   With the move, the Flyers should be able to keep both James van Riemsdyk and Mika Pyorala _ two impressive rookie wingers _ on their roster. Blair Betts is also expected to make the team.
    The decision also means defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Danny Syvret figure to be on the roster. Tollefsen will likely be paired with Ryan Parent as the third defensive duo.

   If Jones is sent to the Phantoms and the Flyers attempt to recall him, another team can claim him on re-entry waivers. If that happened, the new team and the Flyers would split the cap hit ($1.375 million apiece).

   The Flyers play a preseason game in New Jersey tonight (WIP radio).

  
Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 4:53 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:11 PM, 09/26/2009
    why not cn8? does anyone even own a radio any more?
    — Bacchus
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:34 PM, 09/26/2009
    If the Flyers recall Jones, Holmgren should be fired.
    — JSaq
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:14 PM, 09/26/2009
    holmgrem hit a home run with Pronger, then fumbled the ball never to recover. WHY is Syvert behind Tolly, who isn't a heavyweight fighter and is ALWAYS hurt? stupid roster move. why aren't any of the writers calling out Stevens for making Tolly his 6th D Man over Syvert? We should make Pronger a player-coach and fire Berube and Stevens.
    — MichaelZoe
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:30 PM, 09/26/2009
    Dear Blackacre, get HD.
    — Mike G
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:30 PM, 09/26/2009
    Dear Blackacre, get HD.
    — Mike G
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:36 PM, 09/26/2009
    cn8 no longer exists...not that it really existed when it was broadcasting anyhow.
    — denyll
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:55 PM, 09/26/2009
    Zoe, please stop. You're ridiculous. Having Svret behind Tollefson is a move that we can never "recover" from? Seriously--just stop it. Also, make up your mind--is it Homer who "fumbled" by having Syvret behind Tollefson, or is it Stevens?
    — MaC130
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:06 PM, 09/26/2009
    whats hockey?
    — bdawkisgod
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:32 PM, 09/26/2009
    bdawkisgod: It's a sport that is 1000 times better than football, because it takes intelligence to understand, and you don't get to play for ten seconds then stand around for a minute.
    — JSaq


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About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi is in his fourth year as the Flyers' beat reporter. He became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He also contributed to a 1993 Inquirer book on the Phillies.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah with his wife, JoAnn, and their two children, Sara and Sammy.

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