Friday, November 21, 2008

Flyers Backing Away from Shanahan?

It looks like winning three of their last four games and the salary cap has the Flyers questioning whether they should sign Brendan Shanahan.

Chuck Gormley at the Courier Post says, 'Before Holmgren can begin negotiating with his three potential unrestricted free agents, he needs to decide if Shanahan will be worth the roster moves that would need to be made to afford him -- namely, reassigning rookie Andreas Nodl to the Phantoms and waiving defenseman Lasse Kukkonen.'

Flyers player and former Ranger Mike Knuble added this...

"I totally respect what Brendan can bring to a team and to a (locker) room," Knuble said. "But I think we grew as a group last year. Would one guy be able to come in and change a lot of things? I don't know. We don't have one of those yeller-screamer personalities, but we have guys who step up and say the right things."

...it's amazing what a little winning will do for a team's outlook.

...poor Shanahan, the salary cap is really hurting his chances of getting back in the NHL right now.

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