Comments for The Flyers sign Nik Zherdev at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 11 out of 11 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 11:38:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6997 I agree with TheRook, despite not being signed yet, i think carcillo slots in there somewhere as well. - UKflames Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:41:55 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6991 What chance Nodl being moved in any Gagne deal, and what chance that his moving will make him fantasy relevant? - Ollie N Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:29:58 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6990 Shoe – Zherdev did have options to stay in the NHL. Perhaps “bolt” was too strong a word. Giroux may be third line center, but the key is ICE TIME. Don’t get fixated on this third line/second line business. People do the same with Staal in Pittsburgh (although it sounds like he may be moving to wing). He will see a ton of power play minutes. Consistent first unit guy. He is Philly’s most skilled forward. I’m not worried in the slightest as a Giroux owner. - angus Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:01:32 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6989 I also think this hurts Giroux rather than Leino. Why? The Hartnell-Briere-Leino line played like a top-6 line in the playoff. So it makes more sense to give it 2nd line minutes, and bump down the minutes of the Giroux line (still-learning C flanked by an enigmatic winger and a cheap winger) a bit. The extra winger on that line could be Carcillo , who won't have a spot on the 4th line (Shelley/Cote - Betts - Laperriere), or Maroon (if they do the sensible thing and trade Carcillo to a team that can can afford to teach him responsibility on the fly). - fzusher Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:33:36 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6988 Thanks for clearing that up for me, TheRook. If I wasn't so damn lazy, I'd have looked it up on the line combos in the tools. Didn't think of it. Seems like losing Richards and Gagne wouldn't help Giroux either though. Zherdev, yeah. But I just don't like that guy at all. Plenty of skill but I don't care for the way he plays. Too one-dimensional, and that dimension isn't all that good. But it should be. NZ always seemed like he could be as productive as Alex Kovalev - and yeah, I know, Kovie never lived up to his own skill level. - Nathan Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:53:49 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6987 The Flyers will roll 3 scoring lines like they did last year. We very much could see the ice time for the top 3 lines pretty even with the line who is the hottest that night leading the charge. And Nathan, Carter never played with Giroux other than the occasional shift. Giroux either played 3rd line center or on RW with Richards and Gagne. IMO this helps giroux as Zherdev gives that skilled player to play with. Also Angus, i think the XXX will be Carcillo rather than Asham. Not sure Asham is coming back. - TheRook Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:34:57 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6986 Huh...i know the current media focus has been on Gagne going, but doesn't it make more sense for Carter to be traded? They have a [i]ton[/i] of depth at centre, and if they traded Carter, their lines would look more like: Gagne-Richards-Zherdev Van Riemsdyk-Giroux-Leino Hartnell-Briere-XXX Granted, Leino did play well with Briere and Hartnell, so the right-side there is a bit flexible. I imagine more teams would be interested in Carter than Gagne - KJzz Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:14:59 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6985 I also see this signing as potentially hurting Giroux. No way he'll leapfrog Briere and attain the #2 C position. Now there's another RW ahead of him on the depth chart, so it'll be #3 C for yet another year. - JW Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:28:56 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6984 Leino is listed as a LW in Yahoo, but you have him playing the right side. Is he normally a right or left winger? - Nat Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:48:14 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6982 How does this not hurt Giroux? Didn't Carter play with Giroux last year most of the time? Or is that because you see Giroux making up for playing with a better player with more ice time? Either way as a Carter/Giroux owner, I ain't likin it. As a Pens fan, it's great. Zherdev sucks out loud. - Nathan Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:29:35 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/19-nhl-deals/2955-the-flyers-sign-nik-zherdev#comment-6979 Zherdev did not [i][b]bolt[/b][/i] to the KHL last year. The Rags walked away from him and his arbitration award of 4M. What was he supposed to do at that point? Zherdev comes with baggage for sure - but I don't see a dominant characteristic being his desire to play in the motherland or that he is going to leave a team in the lurge on a whimsical notion to go to the KHL. - Shoeless Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:18:13 +0100