Walshy's Wrap Around

Welcome to Walshy’s Wrap Around. Yes the the Olympics are here and we have no NHL to talk about but there is a big date that is all hockey fans heads and that’s the Trade Deadline. The Flyers were in heavy talks with Atlanta before Kovalchuk was sent to New Jersey. Now we have another problem, yes theirs always a problem. Emery will be sidelined the entire Olympic break with a hip injury and it could drag on into the 2nd half. If a move is made for a goaltender it will most likely mean that Emery will not be returning next season.

One possible goalie to come to Philly is Marty Turco. Yes it’s a big name but some say hes on the decline. He has started 60 plus games every season since 03 and posted sub 2.00 GAA twice in that span bringing him to a team in the hunt could bring the bang back to Turco. He’s an ok at best playoff goalie with a 21-26 record and a 2.17 GAA. Yes you could say he didn’t get goal support and Id agree with you but in the season where his team had been bounced out of the 1st round he had a plus 3 GAA. That is not good.

Another possibility is Tomas Vokoun, this 33 year old Slovak has played for 3 different teams in his career Habs, Predators, and currently the Panthers. With the Habs he played 1 game lasted 20 mins and gave up 4 goals CMON and really hasn’t done all that well in his career except the 05-06 season where he went 36-18 with a 2.67 GAA not bad on a bad team. Another downfall he has 11 career playoff games with a combined 2-8 record. Just what the Flyers need right.

When it comes down to it I think it will be easier to get Turco now since there are 3 goalies in Dallas then Vokoun but I see Holmgren making a push for this 2-8 playoff goalie. Just seeing how the flyers have traded in recent past I see Vokoun coming to Philly.