Comments for August 18, 2012 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Sun, 19 May 2013 15:14:09 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4840-august-18-2012#comment-22202 I agree. The Flyers will miss him a lot, especially with the Meszaros injury. Carle played a lot for them - not a perfect defenseman, but he brings a lot to the table. Pressure is on MA Bourdon and Gustafsson now. - angus Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:19:21 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4840-august-18-2012#comment-22201 Angus: I agree Carle is a huge addition for the Lightning and given how he offseason has worked out an even bigfer loss for the Flyers. They swun for the fences and came up empty and lost a solid top 4 dman in the process. It will be interesting to see if he can step his game up to be a consistent first pairing guy. Either way I think his contract will be market rate before its over. - davidgoodburn Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:11:10 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4840-august-18-2012#comment-22200 Big Ev - could be the case, but not always. David - I suppose that works. Carle is a damn good defenseman, but overpaid by about a million or so. That is the nature of UFA I guess, and he does make TB a lot better. - angus Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:53:55 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4840-august-18-2012#comment-22199 I think the only way to work the dollar signs into the announcement would be "Carle will wear number [s]$$[/s] 25 for the Lightning." :P - davidgoodburn Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:51:40 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/home-mainmenu-1/24-rambling/4840-august-18-2012#comment-22198 I'd guess that Vatanen would need AHL time. He's very small and almost all Euro dmen like that usually need some time. - Big Ev Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:14:59 +0100