word out of philadelphia is

that new gm paul holmgren is not as thrilled with the deal he struck with kimmo timmonen as he'd like and from teh wheeling nd dealing that has happened and seems to be continuing to happen

i.e. brouwer and richmond, for hatcher and prospal, getzlaf and marchant for briere and kappanen, and a rumor of biron plus for carey price

it seems to this beat writer that the flyers are making a push towards becoming, younger, bigger and faster and guys like jason smith and kimmo timmonen are not fitting the description for the new deal flyers. It seems that the flyers are listening to offers for both their top pairing veteran defensemen and have their eye on a young up and comer like mike green or steve eminger from washington, keith ballard from phoenix, and either shea weber or ryan suter from nashville.

after a flurry of moves that amde the flyers younger and built for the long haul, general manager paul holmgren has said that he plans to stand pat and kimmo is on the future plans for the flyers unless he gets "blown away" by an offer, however holmgren warned against that stating that he doesn't expect that to happen, he went on to say that it isn't common to just throw away 65 point defensemen from your blue line.