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4 Comments (2 conversations)
Michael Sheahan
Since the NHL basically took over the Carter Hart & Defendant group situation, and my understanding was that Hart & group could NOT be re-signed during the trial, why then are the Flyer’s not able to be compensated for Hart if he goes elsewhere?
Unless I have the facts wrong, how is this fair to the club that drafted and developed Hart? When the news of all of this broke at the start, all anyone including Briere had to say(paraphrased) was “We are doing what the NHL has mandated”
So If it is said that the Flyer’s were just not interested in re-signing Hart, I have a hard time buying that they are OK with losing him with nothing to show for it.
jcheim90
Flyers got their value back in the Johansen mess.
Jeff Skinner
Totally agree. It is blatantly unfair that a valuable asset can leave a team with zero compensation. It will be interesting to see what he signs for elsewhere and what the compensation WOULD have been had the Flyers been given the opportunity to make a qualifying offer. At the very least we should get the equivalent, not from the team that signs him, but compensatory picks like the NFL allots teams that lose free agents.
David LaVeck
Briere’s plan and moves have been consistently sound unlike past regimes.