After much speculation, Simon Gagne was finally traded to Tampa for defenseman Matt Walker and a draft pick. There may be another deal to come, because now we have eight defensemen and are still thin at forward. Yes, we signed Zherdev who should score some goals, but we lose goals in trading Gagne. Meanwhile, goaltending has not been solved and can someone tell me why we signed Jody Shelley for three years at $1.1 million per? Homer has improved the defense but there are still holes on this team. At least Walker is a right handed shot so we finally have a defenseman who doesn’t have to go to his backhand to handle the puck as it comes up the right boards. I’ll withhold judgment on the off-season moves until the season starts.
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Antii Niemi is going to arbitration with Chicago. They may not re-sign him. Will the Flyers jump in and try to grab him?