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Post by Dirkster23 on Jul 14, 2016 12:23:47 GMT
20 career fights, so adds a bit of grit to the line-up I guess. I'd still rather we'd gone with a proper D man though.
Imports slots are slowly filling up and I'm getting concerned we're going to see another undersized team without a power forward or recognised tough guy.
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Jul 14, 2016 12:28:04 GMT
20 career fights, so adds a bit of grit to the line-up I guess. I'd still rather we'd gone with a proper D man though. Imports slots are slowly filling up and I'm getting concerned we're going to see another undersized team without a power forward or recognised tough guy. Problem is, as its standing 20 fights in this league would see 20 beatings handed out to him. He will soon get bored with that.
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Post by Dirkster23 on Jul 14, 2016 12:41:12 GMT
20 career fights, so adds a bit of grit to the line-up I guess. I'd still rather we'd gone with a proper D man though. Imports slots are slowly filling up and I'm getting concerned we're going to see another undersized team without a power forward or recognised tough guy. Problem is, as its standing 20 fights in this league would see 20 beatings handed out to him. He will soon get bored with that. That depends on who he's fighting if guess. I certainly don't see him as a guy that's been brought in to tangle with the genuine tough guys in the league.
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Post by harlan on Jul 14, 2016 13:02:26 GMT
Couldn't help but go - Meh!! When it was confirmed that Follmer was our signing this morning.
He missed the entire 13-14 season with a hip injury.
He was originally picked up by Indy Fuel for the 14/15 season but was waived before the season started so never played a game for them. He was without a team until Allen Americans picked him up in late December that year (2014). He did win the Kelly cup that season but only played in 4 of the 25 playoff games. He was in the line up for the cup clinching game.
He was then added into their training camp roster for the following season before being waived again after 4 games. Quad City picked him up late November last season. Both teams list him as a forward and in the few highlights I have seen he is playing up front. He was described in a PR release as a guy who will bring strength and toughness to the line up. That was from the Indy Fuel and they cut him before the season so take from that what you like.
Obviously he must have something about him as Quad City did Qualify him for this upcoming season but there could be several reasons why they did this.
Its not the best CV to have coming over here but you can never really tell the reasons behind these transactions so hopefully he shows us what a good player he can be and its turns out we have a very good player signed up. Surprised folk are putting him as our fifth d-man as that's were most had Turon going. Obviously we haven't seen Kyle play so its hard to position exactly where he will be but in the PR from this morning Dutes has already said he will be used as a d-man and also up front? Cant see that working out well, great to have the cover if its needed one way or the other but I'm not sure I would say he will play both positions before he has even seen him on the ice?
If he is our fifth defenceman that puts one of Paquet or Turon on our top line, I'm really not comfortable with that at all.
All the talk of upgrades and our defence is Paquet, Turon and Follmer-who will also play up front. Hard to see these signings as upgrades but hopefully when they hit the ice they will surprise me and others with just how good they are.........I'm not going to hold my breath for that though.
I hope we have a good chunk of our budget spent on a very good goalie.
All dute's talk about versatile guys who can move around the line up is what we had last year and for well over half the season it was utter garbage to watch I really hope that doesn't happen again this season.
I think that we haven't got either of our top two D men yet which makes me think that Follmer is the partner for Paquet as I believe that Dutiaume looks like he is wanting a R and L pairing and that then means Turon will be the 5th D. It will remain to be seen whether that is right and whether Follmer will be an upgrade on Delahey or not with still two D signings to announce As we are going with 5 D isn't that an automatic upgrade on what we had depth wise last season irrespective of who the 5th D is?
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Post by waterboy on Jul 14, 2016 13:13:08 GMT
Paquet was our worst import defenceman last season (imo) assuming your spot on and he is on our second pairing then that is a backwards step for me. We don't appear as yet to have a puck moving defenceman to replace Haines or Matt (assuming he isn't returning) or Rioux. We have Paquet who runs all over the ice and forgets he is a defender at times, a guy who can play defence but has been primarily used as a forward at previous clubs and a player the Stars didn't want back.
Yeah that's a very cycnical way of looking at it but having 5 instead of 4 imports at the back doesn't mean we will be better or have upgraded. For me its very important who we bring in, depth isn't worth much if the quality isn't there at the same time.
Assuming our top pairing guys are a big step up in quality then I might see it different, we will find out soon enough I suppose.
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Post by waterboy on Jul 14, 2016 13:19:27 GMT
20 career fights, so adds a bit of grit to the line-up I guess. I'd still rather we'd gone with a proper D man though. Imports slots are slowly filling up and I'm getting concerned we're going to see another undersized team without a power forward or recognised tough guy. 20 fights 14 of which came in junior. he fought 5 times in 14/15 and once last year, a few are on youtube not really much to go on but probably safe to say he wont be dealing with the tough guys around the league. Someone else already said this but I don't see why the club used a pic of a fight for the PR release. Why not use one like this?
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Post by ronniemac on Jul 14, 2016 14:41:41 GMT
Because there is nobody at the club that knows how to promote the product, if it was not for the fact that local and other loyal fans love the sport Flyers would have been written off years ago.
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Post by Dirkster23 on Jul 14, 2016 16:04:55 GMT
20 career fights, so adds a bit of grit to the line-up I guess. I'd still rather we'd gone with a proper D man though. Imports slots are slowly filling up and I'm getting concerned we're going to see another undersized team without a power forward or recognised tough guy. 20 fights 14 of which came in junior. he fought 5 times in 14/15 and once last year, a few are on youtube not really much to go on but probably safe to say he wont be dealing with the tough guys around the league. Someone else already said this but I don't see why the club used a pic of a fight for the PR release. Why not use one like this? The guy that does the website is obsessed with fighters so that probably explains the picture. That or the fact we go so light on guys that'll drop the gloves they see this as a selling point.
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Post by bobdee on Jul 14, 2016 16:18:05 GMT
Because there is nobody at the club that knows how to promote the product, if it was not for the fact that local and other loyal fans love the sport Flyers would have been written off years ago. Couldn't agree more. I don't really know why they joined the Elite league as they seem happy to bumble along in the bottom half of the table.
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Post by tam on Jul 14, 2016 18:17:36 GMT
seems to be another "okay " signing to me , nothing i am seeing this year so far excites me. i like dingle the rest are nothing special for me
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Post by swarfiga on Jul 14, 2016 19:54:39 GMT
Because there is nobody at the club that knows how to promote the product, if it was not for the fact that local and other loyal fans love the sport Flyers would have been written off years ago. Couldn't agree more. I don't really know why they joined the Elite league as they seem happy to bumble along in the bottom half of the table. Probably because they're making a wedge in profit
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Post by johndabomb on Jul 15, 2016 9:35:39 GMT
Follmer looks alright, everyone agreed that more grit was needed and he brings some.
Yes we want a Cescon and a Salters but I'll moan if and when we've announced our full import line up and Follmer is the only one with any grit not now.
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Post by zamboni on Jul 15, 2016 14:01:48 GMT
This looks like a replacement for Danny Stewart Can play anywhere looks like he wont back down from anybody Has grit handy on PP and PK Also don't forget the 3 on 3 OT a different type of player Welcome aboard Kyle
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Post by jambitink on Jul 15, 2016 14:28:50 GMT
This looks like a replacement for Danny Stewart Can play anywhere looks like he wont back down from anybody Has grit handy on PP and PK Also don't forget the 3 on 3 OT a different type of player Welcome aboard Kyle How can you claim "he wont back down from anyone" when you havent seen him play?
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Post by dan27 on Jul 15, 2016 14:33:19 GMT
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