Jones goes? but who will make it Six
Posted 10:32 PM ET | Comments 1
There is a lot of buzz about the Flyers moving Randy Jones. It makes some sense. He is a pretty big cap hit for a 4-5 dman. That is all well and good. Move Jones, make room to bring in "someone". Rumore has it that someone would be Sykora. A winger. Add some scoring back after loosing Lupul and Knuble. Again, makes sense.
Only one problem. If the Flyers move Jones they are going to be down to 5 defenders. Pronger, Timmonen, Parent, Carle and Coburn. That means either they are counting on one of their recent signings, a graduate of the Phantoms, or a recent pick (marshal or Radulov) to make the team.
To me this seems too much like last season and the salary cap chacha that the team did all year. I am not a huge Jones fan, but not a huge detractor either. When healthy he is a good PP pointman who if not overplayed is effective at even strength. With the addition of Pronger there will be a second pair getting a ton of minutes period and that will help keep Jones from being overextended.
Only time will tell.
Only one problem. If the Flyers move Jones they are going to be down to 5 defenders. Pronger, Timmonen, Parent, Carle and Coburn. That means either they are counting on one of their recent signings, a graduate of the Phantoms, or a recent pick (marshal or Radulov) to make the team.
To me this seems too much like last season and the salary cap chacha that the team did all year. I am not a huge Jones fan, but not a huge detractor either. When healthy he is a good PP pointman who if not overplayed is effective at even strength. With the addition of Pronger there will be a second pair getting a ton of minutes period and that will help keep Jones from being overextended.
Only time will tell.
I agree. And I know the Flyers tried to maybe compensate their defense with this Tollefsen guy, but after I heard he had two knee surgeries this past year, I seconded Tim Panaccio's suggestion of bringing Ossi Vaananen back, who, despite his similar history of knee problems, would be much more solid on the blue line. And I still like the idea of signing Syvret and giving him a shot at a full season.