Flyers Block - Depth for a center

[Matthew]

I want your waiver pick, darkness

[Fraser]

As do I

[Matthew]

I'll let Fraser have it. You're welcome.

Shoalzie, I want your waiver pick.

[Fraser]

LOL

[Lee]

Hi all, welcome to the 2015 NHL off Season.

Here is the Philadelphia Flyers Wish List:

Defense

Looking to add a couple solid young defenders. Am willing to pay for the right player.

I am not currently willing to trade my 2015 OTT / PHI picks, atleast until the lottery draft has taken place. Also off the table is my 2016 First Rounder.

With that said, there are some fantastic assets left:

Centers:
Sam Gagner
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault
Mikhail Grigorenko
Dominik Uher
Bill Arnold
Eric Cornel
Chase De Leo
Andrew Magiapane
Yan-Pavel Laplante
Blake Coleman
Jaedon Descheneau


Wingers:
David Jones
Tuomo Ruutu
JC Lipon
Ryan Hartman
Pontus Aberg
Brendan Ranford
Nicklas Jensen
Liam O'Brien
Jordan Weal
Martin Erat
Anthony Peluso
Jordan Caron
Jimmy Hayes
Drew Stafford
Brandon Pirri
Connor Chatham
Rihards Bukarts

D:
Evan McEneny
Zach Trotman
Jakub Kindl
Andrej Meszaros
Philip Samuelsson
Taylor Doherty
Mark Cundari
Brandon Manning
Luke Witkowski
Jack Hillen
Matt Murphy
Erik Gustafsson
Brady Skjei
Roland McKeown
Adam Ollas Mattsson

G:
Cam Ward
Anton Khudobin
Drew MacIntyre
Alexander Nedeljkovic
Edwin Minney

Picks:
2015
Second Round - PHI / PIT
Third Round - NYR / MTL
Fourth Round - PHI / PHX / LAK / STL
Fifth Round - PHI
Sixth Round - PHI
Waiver Draft - PHI

2016
Second Round - PHI / ANA / BOS / NYI / VAN
Third Round- PHI / TBL / VAN
"Fourth Round - PHI
"Fifth Round - PHI
Sixth Round - PHI
Seventh Round - PHI
Waiver Draft - PHI

These are assets that I highly value and highly doubt are obtainable, unless it would be to upgrade that player:
Matt Duchene
Brandon Dubinsky
Mikael Granlund
Nino Niederreiter
Alex Killorn
Jonathan Huberdeau
Damon Severson
Matt Dumba
Eric Gelinas
Justin Schultz

And last but not least, players that are obtainable at a very reasonable price ( generally a draft pick ). No reasonable offer refused:
Andy Miele
Carter Camper
Evgeny Grachev
Peter Mueller
Tyler Biggs
Bobby Butler
Ville Leino
Nikita FIlatov
Simon Moser
Kaspars Daugavins
Wojtek Wolski
Marek Svatos
Henrik Tommernes
Paul Ranger
Brett Ponich
William Wrenn
Ben Street
Brett Bulmer
Alexander Henriksson

Looking to add a young D.

[Matthew]

Looking to add a young D.

Adam Clendening was 2nd in defenseman scoring in the ahl last yr at 20. I've seen comparisons to yandle. He is breaking into the league this season.

Here is a talent analysis from a scouting report I found:

. Clendening is an offensive defenseman blessed with superb puck-moving ability and on-ice vision. His excellent puck skills are one reason why many scouts are so high on Clendening. He can see plays develop and follows them quite well. He can also be found frequently jumping into plays too. Clendening's ability to move the puck and patience with it makes him an ideal quarterback on the power play. He makes very good decisions with the puck and distributes the puck very well. Clendening can also control the tempo of the game from the blue line. He is an excellent skater with good speed that can keep up with many of the faster opposing forwards. He also transitions quite well too. One area where Clendening will need to improve is keeping his feet moving more consistently. While he is known for his offensive prowess, Clendening is also solid defensively. He doesn't shy away from the physical side of the game and plays with a good deal of intensity. However, Clendening could stand to utilize his intensity and grit more to the benefit of his team. He possesses a very good shot and can get pucks to the net by taking quality chances.

Let me know if you're interested.

[Lee]

I am interested, depends on the cost. Was looking for someone a with a bit higher ceiling, maybe more established. Essentially don't want to worry about his spot in the NHL next year.

[Lee]

Despres, for example, would be of great interest to me. As would Oleksiak.

[Matthew]

Offer away on those 2.

[Lee]

I'm still looking to move Stafford. He's seen a good boost in production since being traded to Winnipeg and I can see him signing for less than he cap this year. Ideally I'd wait until he signed to offer him in a deal but I'm pretty sure we discussed a similar framework at the deadline but it didn't work for some reason or another.

If that doesn't work, what would you be looking for? Who do you like from my team?

[Matthew]

I never discussed Stafford with you at all and have no interest in him.
Edit: I'd consider stoner for Stafford.

I'm on my phone but I'll get back to you with players I like later.

[Lee]

Oki sounds good. Thanks for the quick replies.

[Lee]

Fun fact: Clayton Stoner is older than Drew Stafford.

[Matthew]

By like 8 months.

[Lee]

I know, was just an observation.

[The BBKL Insider]

doesn't Stoner really suck? wasn't he like a Jeff Finger type of signing

[kimmer]

Yes he was

[Lee]

Yeah, which is a shame, he came in with such good stats.

[Lee]

Oh hi. Bump. looking for dat D.

[lightupdadarkness]

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