Does his contract situation fit the timeline for contention? (10 = doesn’t fit at all).Might he not fit the culture/what John Tortorella is trying to build? (10 = doesn’t fit at all).Does he actually have trade value? (10 = would bring back the best possible assets).Are we selling high/maximizing trade value? (10 = selling at peak value).Can he be “part of the solution” heading into 2023-24 and even potentially a part of the next contending Flyers club, or does it make more sense to trade him for future assets? To that end, I evaluated all 20 non-UFAs that ended the 2022-23 season on the NHL roster according to five separate categories, graded from 1-10. The Flyers will have to make a decision on every slated-to-return roster player this summer. That said, if the Flyers are indeed going to rebuild, they need to evaluate every player on the roster with an eye toward whether he fits with the realities that come with it. But they do have quite a few who could be middle-of-the-lineup (or better) contributors on that kind of team. The Flyers may lack top-of-the-lineup talent - the types of players to be the drivers on a Stanley Cup contender. We have some good players here.”Īnd Briere isn’t wrong. “There’s a big difference between the two. “We have to be careful, and I want to make sure that rebuild doesn’t mean fire sale,” he explained during his very first media availability in March, just days after Chuck Fletcher lost his job and Briere took over. But Briere also made it clear that for him, “rebuild” doesn’t mean that the organization is about to embark on a tear-it-down tank job.
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