Posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 4:12 PM | 15 comments |
 

JVR, Pyorala are in; Betts in limbo
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    First-year wingers James van Riemsdyk and Mika Pyorala, each of whom had impressive training camps, were on the 22-man roster the Flyers submitted to the NHL Wednesday afternoon.

    Center Blair Betts was not.

    Betts, 29, is trying to make the team on a tryout contract. GM Paul Holmgren said he was still negotiating with Betts' agent, Steve Kotlowitz. Both sides appear to be at a stalemate.

     Betts, whose agent did not return phone calls, made $615,000 with the Rangers last season. He has excelled on faceoffs and the penalty kill in the preseason.

     The Flyers' youthful roster also includes defensemen Danny Syvret and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen. Syvret, 24, will start the season with Ryan Parent on the third defensive pairing.

         The Flyers begin their season Friday in Carolina.

    
Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 4:12 PM  Permalink | 15 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:31 PM, 09/30/2009
    Faceoffs and penalty kill? Sounds like someone who could be pretty valuable to this team. Wasn't Richards run into the ground on the penalty kill last year?
    — borntosuffer
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:52 PM, 09/30/2009
    Can we get the entire roster?
    — P Even
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:53 PM, 09/30/2009
    Very disappointed. It comes down to dollars not length of deal, i hope they can get comething done tomorrow.
    — JohnnyN
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:36 PM, 09/30/2009
    Gosh, Betts is needed. Anything to reduce minutes from Carter on the PK. Carter needs to focus on scoring 5 on 5 and not be on the PK.
    — Tech_Triumph
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:07 PM, 09/30/2009
    faceoffs was one of the team's biggest problems last year, why do you not sign this guy?
    — Stanley Cup
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:12 PM, 09/30/2009
    whole roster is easy to figure out right now with this inof Goalies (2 on roster, but 3 right now) Emery Boosh Backlund (till boosh comes back) Defense (7) Timmonen Pronger Coburn Carle Parent Syvert OKT Forwards (13 right now) Richards Carter Giroux Hartnell Gagne Briere Pyrolla JVR Asham Lappiere Powe Carcillo Cote
    — mep29
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:16 PM, 09/30/2009
    Betts doesnt matter.. Giroux will be on pk, lappiere too. Powe will be even better this year..... We have a great team this year and alot of speed
    — fman727
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:07 PM, 09/30/2009
    Hey 1983 go play in traffic.....Emery will beyond fine and with the bluelien in front of him we'll be nails!
    — JohnnyN
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:07 PM, 09/30/2009
    Hey 1983 go play in traffic.....Emery will beyond fine and with the bluelien in front of him we'll be nails!
    — JohnnyN
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:07 PM, 09/30/2009
    Hey 1983 go play in traffic.....Emery will beyond fine and with the bluelien in front of him we'll be nails!
    — JohnnyN
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:08 PM, 09/30/2009
    Emery off the team by Christmas? That's just a ridiculous statement to make. Ray Emery will be part of the solution, not the problem.
    — silverfade80
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:11 PM, 09/30/2009
    Also, just a matter of clarification... the season really doesn't begin until next week. You know, when the Flyers are broadcast on a real network, not this 2-bit TCN garbage.
    — silverfade80
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:22 PM, 09/30/2009
    why even address morons like 1983?
    — mebphila
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:01 PM, 09/30/2009
    They relaunched the high def comcast network again today due to the Flyers, I'd imagine. I'd like to see them sign Betts as well, but they have to make sure they're not in dire cap straits like last year.
    — HandNik


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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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