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11:28 AM ET 02.03 | Several unrestricted free agents this summer will draw the Flyers' attention, but those same players may be available in trades before then. The Flyers might want to make a deal for one of them with the hope that the player would like Philadelphia and sign with the club after the season - and not just be a rental for a few months. The Flyers, who could become sellers themselves if they don't start improving, have a little more than $1.5 million in cap space. But that number can grow significantly if Chris Pronger ($4.9 million cap hit) and Matt Walker ($1.7 million) are placed on the long-term injured list.

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February 3, 2013 11:43 AM ET

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whether buyer or seller, you can always be certain that there will be all sorts of random action with this franchise.

puttin on the foil

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February 3, 2013 11:56 AM ET

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Why hasn't Pronger been placed in the long term IR at this point? Seems as though the Flyers could really use the cap space to upgrade the team.

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February 3, 2013 12:34 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:56 AM ET 02.03 by Rex Racer

Why hasn't Pronger been placed in the long term IR at this point? Seems as though the Flyers could really use the cap space to upgrade the team.

I thought that players that signed contracts after they turn 35 can't be hidden

Swamp Dragon

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February 3, 2013 12:38 PM ET

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Originally posted 12:34 PM ET 02.03 by Swamp Dragon

I thought that players that signed contracts after they turn 35 can't be hidden

Could be, but it was mentioned above that the Flyers cap space could "grow significantly if Chris Pronger ($4.9 million cap hit) and Matt Walker ($1.7 million) are placed on the long-term injured list."

Any cap geeks in here that could square this up for us?

Rex Racer

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February 3, 2013 02:03 PM ET

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This team is going to do both ...buy and sell....I think they've gotta look to shake things up some

mhwings

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February 3, 2013 02:21 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:43 AM ET 02.03 by puttin on the foil

whether buyer or seller, you can always be certain that there will be all sorts of random action with this franchise.

Yep. Forever chasing that elusive formula that can finally put them over the top. No matter what they do or how much money they throw at it, they're unable to find it.

roamer

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February 3, 2013 02:32 PM ET

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Originally posted 02:21 PM ET 02.03 by roamer

Yep. Forever chasing that elusive formula that can finally put them over the top. No matter what they do or how much money they throw at it, they're unable to find it.

That's because they have the wrong guys looking for it.

Rex Racer

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February 3, 2013 02:45 PM ET

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Originally posted 02:32 PM ET 02.03 by Rex Racer

That's because they have the wrong guys looking for it.

I won't argue that point.

roamer

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February 3, 2013 03:23 PM ET

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Originally posted 02:45 PM ET 02.03 by roamer

I won't argue that point.

After all he is the one that gave Pierre McGuire a head coaching job in Hartford where the players mutinied and Holmgren was forced to push Pierre off the gangplank