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Post by madthepirate on Aug 6, 2016 12:56:47 GMT
I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. I support the Clan and my lady is a Flyers fan. Ialso count a lot of Flyers fans as friends of mine. I would say that I am the happier at the moment. Jackman started well last season but faded and I am happy with the fact that Finner didn't offer him a new contract. Most Clan fans, myself included, felt he was a waste of an import wage regardless of how popular he was in the dressing room. That's not to say he WON'T produce the goods in a Flyers jersey. One thing to watch and that I noticed many times at the Braehead Arena, he doesn't join in with the pre match huddle as if it was beneath him. That annoyed a few of the Purple army. Good luck for next season, apart from when we play you!!
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Post by creased on Aug 6, 2016 13:18:56 GMT
Absolutely terrible signing, If Todd had done his checks he would know that he canni function without a drink. Todd Out !!!!!!!!
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Post by Dirty Lyle on Aug 6, 2016 13:45:40 GMT
Absolutely terrible signing, If Todd had done his checks he would know that he canni function without a drink. Todd Out !!!!!!!! And you would know this how !!!
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Post by bleubrazil on Aug 6, 2016 13:59:41 GMT
Absolutely terrible signing, If Todd had done his checks he would know that he canni function without a drink. Todd Out !!!!!!!! Why does this forum have so many moaners on it. They should take a look at themselves, especially the ones who criticise EVERYTHING. Thanks godness their negative remarks are drowned out by the vast majority of Flyers FANS. Come on Ye Happy Clappers.
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Post by mtsparky69 on Aug 6, 2016 14:26:33 GMT
Don't like the team guY's don't come! Same guys criticising the team last year. I for one thought we done well for the budget we have compared to other teams. Hope none of you sit near me and moan like you do on this forum! So be a happy clapper never have an opinion on anything relating to the team. would make this place awfy boring if we all thought like you eh. Give you a few examples from last year. Delahey, Broon, caig and Stockton got ripped to shreds at the start of the season .... All I'm saying is that everybody's opinion is almost always negative.
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Post by zamboni on Aug 6, 2016 14:27:26 GMT
Absolutely terrible signing, If Todd had done his checks he would know that he canni function without a drink. Todd Out !!!!!!!! Hopefully there will be an interview with Todd soon and he can give us his vision and what this seasons target achievements are 3 imports and full quota of Brits to declare so difficult to see what the full deck is going to be
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Post by silkypaws on Aug 6, 2016 15:11:13 GMT
Jeez. Most folk were on here complaining we hadn't signed any ex-nhl players. Now we have an ex Stanley cup winger, 200+ games and are folk are moaning "not that one! Give us a different one!" Oh well. See what happens at the start of the season.
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Post by zamboni on Aug 6, 2016 15:51:26 GMT
Jeez. Most folk were on here complaining we hadn't signed any ex-nhl players. Now we have an ex Stanley cup winger, 200+ games and are folk are moaning "not that one! Give us a different one!" Oh well. See what happens at the start of the season. If the Gerry team beats us over the two games the Forum will be in melt down😳
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Post by waterboy on Aug 6, 2016 16:03:09 GMT
Jeez. Most folk were on here complaining we hadn't signed any ex-nhl players. Now we have an ex Stanley cup winger, 200+ games and are folk are moaning "not that one! Give us a different one!" Oh well. See what happens at the start of the season. Signing an ex NHL guy sounds great but he his 10 years removed from being a bit part player at that level. He is a Stanley cup winner so any criticism of him is based on recent play not what he did then. Look he might come in and be great I will happily praise him if that's the case. But based on last season he looked well short of the quality we need to take this next step. Hopefully injury was the reason but I do fear time may have just caught up with him.
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Post by harlan on Aug 6, 2016 16:20:20 GMT
If, as has been suggested, Jackman got an injury early in the season that limited his ability maybe we are doing him a disservice over what we saw from him. You have also got to question Finnertys decision to keep him playing with any injury but maybe that was how important they saw him at Clan.
You could argue that this is by far the most experienced player ever to pull on a Flyers jersey in our history and that kind of thing is irreplaceable.
Do I have concerns over his signing and Dutiaumes general recruitment over the summer, of course I do, but it will be interesting to see who the two remaining outskaters are going to be and what they can bring to us and what the coachs vision is for the style of play he wants to see from this team.
If Jackman comes in as the player we saw at the start of last season and can keep that form then undoubtedly we have done excellent business but if it turns out that he is still pulling the caravan we saw him doing in the latter part of last season then we have serious questions over our D
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Post by joestoyanovich on Aug 6, 2016 16:42:09 GMT
Only time will tell if our signings cut the mustard or not. I think that we have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt until we have seen them in action for a half a dozen games.
Having said that it would be great to sign a player at some point along the line that we all thought wow about.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Aug 6, 2016 20:56:09 GMT
Waste of more money
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Post by Marky on Aug 7, 2016 6:23:31 GMT
You could argue that this is by far the most experienced player ever to pull on a Flyers jersey in our history and that kind of thing is irreplaceable.D As experienced as Jackman might be, he doesn't even come close to being our most experienced player ever. Are you forgetting about Smail, Sims and Boschman? 👍
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Post by icysmith on Aug 7, 2016 8:30:35 GMT
I'm caught between a rock and a hard place. I support the Clan and my lady is a Flyers fan. Ialso count a lot of Flyers fans as friends of mine. I would say that I am the happier at the moment. Jackman started well last season but faded and I am happy with the fact that Finner didn't offer him a new contract. Most Clan fans, myself included, felt he was a waste of an import wage regardless of how popular he was in the dressing room. That's not to say he WON'T produce the goods in a Flyers jersey. One thing to watch and that I noticed many times at the Braehead Arena, he doesn't join in with the pre match huddle as if it was beneath him. That annoyed a few of the Purple army. Good luck for next season, apart from when we play you!! That`s cos he`s a Rangers fan
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Post by flyer007 on Aug 7, 2016 11:29:38 GMT
Very interesting signing for a couple of reasons.
1. Experience: We now have two guys signed for this season in brooks and Jackman who have done it all and seen it all. I think that's invaluable in the locker room. He disappointed last season at braehead we all know that however he has fantastic statistics prior to that and has played over 200 games in the top league in the world. That kind of experience cannot be sniffed at. If we use him effectively on the powerplay and play him with a skating defensive minded D man on the back end he could prove to be very effective.
2. Defensive Balance: This is where my issue lies. Likely lines at the moment would be:
1. Jackman (Imp) 2. Paquet. Turon 3. Follmer Muir
In my opinion Jackman needs to play with a good skating defensive minded D man someone like Delahey would work well. However that means we lack the toughness in our D. Delahey is fairly effective at clearing the crease but the league is bigger this year and I personally would have liked someone in the Nickerson mold to bring some serious size and toughness to the back end. This no longer looks possible as unless we play Jackman with a good skater we will get blown away with the speed of some of these forwards. We also have an imbalance in Left and Right shots yet again.
Like all of our signings there are plus points and some doubts regarding them. On paper to me the blend does not look perfect but if the last three imports are Kurtz, Delahey and Owen as widely rumoured I do think on paper it is the strongest line up we have put together. It will then depend on Todd whether he can get the balance and chemistry right because with who we have signed there does appear to be a lack of balance in the roster.
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