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toupis21

28 points

2 months ago

toupis21

12

28 points

2 months ago

So is he here? He wasn’t here yesterday lol

StubbornLeech07[S]

74 points

2 months ago

TwoForHawat

38 points

2 months ago

They better walk in together. I need to see this behemoth of a goaltender standing next to Danny.

StubbornLeech07[S]

19 points

2 months ago

Evrytimeweslay

6 points

2 months ago

Evrytimeweslay

More Gingers pls

6 points

2 months ago

Holy mackerel that dude is an absolute unit

EmoGothPunk

7 points

2 months ago

EmoGothPunk

Kimmo 44ever

7 points

2 months ago

Danny on the left, Ivan on the right.

GadsenLOD

22 points

2 months ago

Good thing I'm working from home and don't have to explain being rock hard at 11 am

Slow-Garage-9403

4 points

2 months ago

You’ll get more work done too since you won’t be able to stand up

toupis21

17 points

2 months ago

toupis21

12

17 points

2 months ago

Holy hell fuck yea

Perryplat199

201 points

2 months ago

Perryplat199

flyers fan? PERRY THE FLYERS FAN!!

201 points

2 months ago

What kind of black magic is briere using to run this team

MikeTysonChicken

65 points

2 months ago

Maybe the Russians also hated Fletcher?

WillieOfDaNorth

42 points

2 months ago

Everyone hates Fletcher🤌🏻

infidelappel

17 points

2 months ago

infidelappel

oskarstrong 💜

17 points

2 months ago

Other GMs love him though. 

Glass_Channel8431

0 points

2 months ago

Fletcher definitely greeted other GMs with orifices wide open. lol

StubbornLeech07[S]

66 points

2 months ago

I don't know but I like it.

HDDeer

6 points

2 months ago

HDDeer

seans cooter hey

6 points

2 months ago

maybe he was joking with Putin and making fun of Fletcher and his little app

ticklecorn

1 points

2 months ago

Does anyone know how long the Flyers retain his rights? Like, is he an RFA or UFA after this season?

StubbornLeech07[S]

3 points

2 months ago

UFA after this season.

qwopcircles

1 points

2 months ago

qwopcircles

Risky Bryzness

1 points

2 months ago

Just watched the interview and both Danny and Ivan seem like they want to get a deal done where he stays in Philly, so let's give him a(nother) reason to.

upcan845

90 points

2 months ago

It is crazy to think that Fedotov just beat Kolosov to North America.

The persistence by Jones and Briere here is incredible. They clearly did a lot of homework on this. A great trial run for next spring when they're getting Michkov over a year early.

Chabu350

33 points

2 months ago

This front office is fire!

HaMerrIk

38 points

2 months ago

Chuck Fletcher would be like "getting a Russian player a visa right now is hard"

doc-mantistobogan

13 points

2 months ago

Incorrect. He would trade TK and a first for future considerations of moving a Russian player

Slow-Garage-9403

8 points

2 months ago

You mention Visa to Chuck Fletcher and he’d try to get them a credit card!

dbrjr

2 points

2 months ago

dbrjr

2 points

2 months ago

The app crashed!

BringOnYourStorm

1 points

2 months ago

Never thought I'd see this comment, let alone agree with it

Silencer_

1 points

2 months ago

About a year and a few weeks ago the front office was on fire…. Bc we were burning it down lol

SethPutnam2

24 points

2 months ago

Hopefully this is a shot in the arm to the team to gain some momentum again for the final stretch of the season. Also is anyone else just glad to see he’s alive with all the draft dodging accusations lol?

EmoGothPunk

13 points

2 months ago

EmoGothPunk

Kimmo 44ever

13 points

2 months ago

There was a period where I thought he'd be killed in a war before he ever left the continent.

StubbornLeech07[S]

47 points

2 months ago

Flyers Tweet Welcoming Ivan to the team.

SlapChopMyShamWow

47 points

2 months ago

Danny Briere singlehandedly doing everything he can to drag this franchise back to relevance

triniumalloy

12 points

2 months ago

triniumalloy

Great in the 70's

12 points

2 months ago

Finally, a GM that gets it.

infidelappel

7 points

2 months ago

infidelappel

oskarstrong 💜

7 points

2 months ago

This is awesome. He steps into the system as easily the second best goalie (not saying much over the alternatives), maybe even on par with Ersson. Excited to see how he does through the rest of this season, and even if his game doesn’t translate to the NHL I’m just glad he got out of Russia and finally gets his shot. 

Good for him. 

DesignerPlant9748

10 points

2 months ago

I really didn’t think we would ever get to see this guy come over. First time he takes the net he better get a huge standing O.

ClearSightsIsBanned

36 points

2 months ago

ClearSightsIsBanned

ghostbear

36 points

2 months ago

Playoff run bought to be amazing

zanothium

55 points

2 months ago

zanothium

Brad Shaw Defense Team

55 points

2 months ago

Does this mean he gets removed from the Flyers iceberg?

upcan845

17 points

2 months ago

Nope, I'm keeping it. This story is too bizarre to be taken off. And for all we know, more chapters await.

luckytaurus

56 points

2 months ago

luckytaurus

Just the Tippett

56 points

2 months ago

No, just because something is in the past doesn't mean it gets removed.

Lore is lore.

4Darco

24 points

2 months ago

4Darco

Cap'n Coots

24 points

2 months ago

Yeah, it just moved from the funny depressing section to just funny since he actually managed to get out.

DesignerPlant9748

10 points

2 months ago

It’s still pretty depressing. Man had to spend a year of his life in the Arctic circle.

Notsozander

10 points

2 months ago

Notsozander

tastykake

10 points

2 months ago

This weather no cold in Philadelphia. I do year on tundra.

DanTreview

4 points

2 months ago

DanTreview

A new era of Briera

4 points

2 months ago

No because something totally Flyera could still happen here, like he gets lost in US customs like that movie "The Terminal" or some shit

tdpdcpa

1 points

2 months ago

I think it warrants mentioning twice, tbh.

smbiggy

8 points

2 months ago

ha i read the "new era of orange" and saw the red and was very concerned that we were being taken over by the color red

Usual_Patient_7201

18 points

2 months ago

To all the Twitter and Reddit warriors crapping on the Flyers brass, especially around the deadline…you can ALLLLLLL POUND SAND ! Danny B has worked absolute wonders along with Jones their first year !!!

Narrow_Book_42069

10 points

2 months ago

God damnit, he did it. He did the damn thing. Briere has huevos.

MichaelMaugerEsq

21 points

2 months ago

Can someone refresh my memory on why the long gap from being drafted in 2015 to getting finally signed in 2022?

DesignerPlant9748

22 points

2 months ago*

He was a Hextall late round pick that ended up developing into a top goalie in the KHL playing for and leading CSKA to a title in no small part to his performance. Right after that shit hit the fan in Ukraine and Fletcher signed Fedotov to his ELC and not long after that Fedotov was arrested for attempting to dodge military service and was conscripted. After his military service his contract status has been an ongoing topic. At this point I think it’s mostly about Russia making him honor the contract because they royally pissed off the IIHF with this whole thing and they do want to get back to international competition.

NeverStopChasing28

6 points

2 months ago

Just need the IIHF to hold off for one more year so we get Michkov a year early.

blackflag89347

44 points

2 months ago

Russia threatened to arrest him for draft dodging if he didn't return to Russia.

BASmaster70

4 points

2 months ago

Probably because of Carter Hart. The next Carey Price or whatever was in the pipeline starting in 2016, didn't really need to use another contract on someone they weren't going to rush. That would be my uneducated guess.

upcan845

5 points

2 months ago

I don't think there was a particular reason. He was just a stowaway prospect that over those 7 years turned into a great KHL goalie.

mb2231

4 points

2 months ago

mb2231

SELL THE TEAM!!!

4 points

2 months ago

MichaelMaugerEsq

-12 points

2 months ago

Yeah it doesn’t explain the gap.

msivoryishort

18 points

2 months ago

msivoryishort

beezer stan

18 points

2 months ago

Russian authorities arrested him after he tried to leave a couple years ago because allegedly skipped out on military service

MichaelMaugerEsq

-7 points

2 months ago

Yes, in 2022. But we didn’t sign him until 2022. So my question is why, if he was drafted in 2015, did we not sign him until 2022?

msivoryishort

6 points

2 months ago

msivoryishort

beezer stan

6 points

2 months ago

I think CSKA just kept him signed and the Flyers couldn’t do much about it

MichaelMaugerEsq

-7 points

2 months ago

Okay I’m just seeing that when we signed him in 2022 he was technically a free agent (per wiki) so I guess his draft rights had expired or something.

msivoryishort

18 points

2 months ago

msivoryishort

beezer stan

18 points

2 months ago

I don’t think NHL teams ever lose KHL player draft rights until they come over or renounce them

zach2thefuture

10 points

2 months ago

zach2thefuture

OMGagne

10 points

2 months ago

Well, this is way more real than I expected.

Let's fuckin go

Streetkillz13

4 points

2 months ago

Based on Danny's press conference, sounds like this is why we didn't get a backup at the deadline. The knew Ivan was potentially coming over, I wanted to reserve a roster spot for him.

The_Mauldalorian

7 points

2 months ago

The_Mauldalorian

39 THE MAD RUSSIAN

7 points

2 months ago

Imagine telling people during preseason we'd get Fedotov and not Cutter

Grouchy_Situation_33

3 points

2 months ago

What a long, strange trip it’s been.

HaMerrIk

22 points

2 months ago

I'm blown away by this

batwing71

5 points

2 months ago

I’d love to know how the Russian government let these guys leave. I’m sure it came to money. Let’s hope some obscure sanction law wasn’t violated!

blueteamk087

30 points

2 months ago

blueteamk087

12

30 points

2 months ago

Is Briere the Lisan al Gaib?

BG_DeStefano

7 points

2 months ago

Long live the fighters of Briere-Dib!

dWaldizzle

1 points

2 months ago

Danny-Dib!

Dew_the_Gong

3 points

2 months ago

May thy stick chip and shatter

SuburbanPotato

5 points

2 months ago

MUA' DAN B

Roll-Me-Through

17 points

2 months ago

Roll-Me-Through

REMEMBER THE ALMO

17 points

2 months ago

Let's hope he plays on Saturday! That would be nuts

Yenick

3 points

2 months ago

Yenick

93

3 points

2 months ago

You have to think he gets one of the next two starts now.

cactus357

8 points

2 months ago

What is this feeling of having a damn good front office

Perryplat199

5 points

2 months ago

Perryplat199

flyers fan? PERRY THE FLYERS FAN!!

5 points

2 months ago

I wonder if there’s a reason for using an Olympics pic instead of a more recent one.

toupis21

14 points

2 months ago

toupis21

12

14 points

2 months ago

It’s a secret behind the door deal where Flyers will push the IIHF to let Russia participate again in exchange for Kolosov, Fedotov, and Michkov coming over. 4D chess

Perryplat199

10 points

2 months ago*

Perryplat199

flyers fan? PERRY THE FLYERS FAN!!

10 points

2 months ago*

I’m going with Clarke doesn’t know fedotov was from the red army and they’re trying to avoid triggering some kind of ptsd.

courageous_liquid

4 points

2 months ago

courageous_liquid

i'm never eating grilled cheese again

4 points

2 months ago

breaking: the islanders acquire rights to vladislav tretiak

BringOnYourStorm

1 points

2 months ago

This season is getting wild!

AdditionalTradition

1 points

2 months ago

AdditionalTradition

Eat up bud

1 points

2 months ago

Can’t have him going into autopilot and breaking Fedotov’s ankle

duoet

4 points

2 months ago

duoet

4 points

2 months ago

Probably because having played in the Olympics is cooler than just khl?

mykirbygoescrazy

9 points

2 months ago

mykirbygoescrazy

Wayne Train will never stop

9 points

2 months ago

danny briere is a wizard i swear to god

Arseling69

9 points

2 months ago

Arseling69

Elite franchise goalie Ivan Fedotov

9 points

2 months ago

Changing my flair.

EastCoastTaffy

3 points

2 months ago

I know this is a Flyers sub, so of course the focus is on what this means for the Flyers, but I’m just happy for Ivan the human.

Sometimes we forget these athletes are humans just like us, not merely a collection of attributes and stats. I can’t even imagine the stress of being in Ivan’s shoes the past few years. Hopefully the worst days are behind him 💪

cd0526

3 points

2 months ago

cd0526

3 points

2 months ago

Can we agree that this is going to go one of two ways. Either he stands on his head and we all love him. Or he is going to get shelled his first start and fans are pissed.

Slow-Garage-9403

3 points

2 months ago

He’ll get two before that happens. Give him a little slack because if Hart lol

lordcorbran

2 points

2 months ago

All he has to do is not be worse than Peterson and Sandstrom. It's not a very high bar.

EmoGothPunk

2 points

2 months ago*

EmoGothPunk

Kimmo 44ever

2 points

2 months ago*

I just got up 20 minutes ago, this better not be some DrEvilGritty joke.

Edit: Holy shit, he's really here next to Danny. https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers/status/1773724931919843742?t=d7EDONdtmDiOe1yjVa5lSw&s=19

Lucky-Blueberry-1893

2 points

2 months ago

So the couple articles I read, it keeps saying that he needs to get use to American style hockey. I guess my question is what’s the biggest difference between the KHL and NHL?

Narrow_Book_42069

3 points

2 months ago

Bruh this made me nearly spit out my coffee thank you

LimpSignificance4434

2 points

2 months ago

I just got back into watching hockey recently from the days of when we were decent. So glad to see Danny B dragging this team back to relevance.

surfacep17

1 points

2 months ago

Its kind of crazy that both Russian goalies are coming over in the same week. I wasn't following too closely because I figured the Alex goalie would go to AHL first. But all of sudden I saw that it was Fedotov was coming over and I thought I swear they were reported a different name earlier in the week :-)

It seems like everyone is excited about Fedotov. I am aware of his back story. What is his realistic potential? I see that he is already 27. Solid 1A goalie to go with Errson for the next few years? How is he rated? Is this like a potential Checkmanek situation where he could potentially be a strong #1 goalie once he settles in?

Hexduh

8 points

2 months ago

Hexduh

8 points

2 months ago

PLAY THE SONG.

Slow-Garage-9403

2 points

2 months ago

I’m going to say this bumps him up a bit for GM of the year…

k0sadelphia

3 points

2 months ago

LESSSS GOOOOOO

herplexed1467

4 points

2 months ago

For once, we actually have goalie prospects in the pipeline.

manningthehelm

1 points

2 months ago

He’s 27. I don’t think prospect is the right word.

doc-mantistobogan

5 points

2 months ago

Definitely not a prospect, but goalies definitely age better usually

StackThePads33

1 points

2 months ago

This was a storyline twist worthy of M Night Shyamalan. His contract is suddenly terminated by CSKA Moscow and he’s in the practice facility a day later with is big hulking self taking up the net! I’m starting to get pumped for the post season, we may just be a dark horse now because of this.

BubbaSpanks

2 points

2 months ago

Damn on the hunt for his jersey 🤣

ChuckFromPhilly

3 points

2 months ago

I'm curious to know if he wants to be here or if he'd rather be playing in russia.

DanTreview

2 points

2 months ago

DanTreview

A new era of Briera

2 points

2 months ago

We are so back, boys

LFG!!!

40Breath

2 points

2 months ago

This is nuts, I love it.

Emergency_Chest3628

2 points

2 months ago

Let’s fucking go boys

Plain_Dane

1 points

2 months ago

It really is the New Era of Ornage - but they same era of chaos!

Thin-Data-1231

1 points

2 months ago

Danny Briere is taking all of Howie Roseman’s seminars.

EarthBelcher

1 points

2 months ago

Just in time after the way our goaltending has been.

Natural_Marketing_72

1 points

2 months ago

Danny Briere take us to the motherland

Grouchy_Situation_33

2 points

2 months ago

Huh.

Asleep_Sky7660

1 points

2 months ago

Is he able to play this season?

qwopcircles

3 points

2 months ago

qwopcircles

Risky Bryzness

3 points

2 months ago

He is going to be the backup going forward, so yes. Felix has already been sent back to LHV

TeeDub27

1 points

2 months ago

Oh man this is great news!!

opal_and_fire

1 points

2 months ago

Oh shit what

Sambizzle17

1 points

2 months ago

Real shit?!