Max Talbot Signs 5 Year Deal With Philadelphia Flyers

by Hooks Orpik on Jul 1, 2011 2:48 PM EDT

Well, it sort of makes sense. Other than the two goals in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final, Max Talbot's defining moments always came against Philadelphia.

And for the tune of five years and $1.8 million a season, Talbot has joined the Philadelphia Flyers.

Have you stopped laughing hard enough yet to continue? Yes, the Flyers did somehow think it was a good idea to give Talbot that much money.

A stunning day with Jaromir Jagr joining the Flyers and then Talbot jumping across the state too. It's hard to fault Talbot, this is just a business decision and no way he would have received close to that amount of money or years from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Philadelphia has never been afraid to be active, and today is no different. The Flyers have made major changes and we'll see if it'll be enough to get them over the top. One thing is for sure, anyone worried that the loss of Jeff Carter and Mike Richards might have dulled the Pens/Flyers rivalry sure doesn't have to wonder that any longer.

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1.8M lol

Am I ever glad its not the Penguins paying that price. Later Max!

by MrChadysPens on Jul 1, 2011 2:50 PM EDT reply actions

This

Good luck Talbot, glad you got your pay day.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. A Flyer’s fan friend texted me about the signing and my reply was “Almost $2mil for a 4th liner? You can have him”

by SidgeniMalsby on Jul 1, 2011 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the Flyers want him as a 3rd line center. Which shows how little depth they have.

Talbot can’t produce points. He’s got great energy and intangibles, but not a 3C.

SB Nation PIttsburgh

"Game's the same. Just got more fierce."

by Hooks Orpik on Jul 1, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for 'the' two goals.

No thanks to this deal.

by hindsey88 on Jul 1, 2011 2:51 PM EDT reply actions

Jagr & Max!

Holy cow! Who has the SHhhhhhhhhhh! photo!

Good for max – he will always have a place in Pittsburgh, and glad he got his pay day!

by spookygeek on Jul 1, 2011 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

So Talbot

turned down 1.7 mil over 4 years in Toronto for 1.8 over 5 in philly

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

err per year for both, not over

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Difference is in Philly he has a chance at winning the cup. It makes sense (for Talbot, not Flyers).

by Skyff on Jul 1, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

yea

I would just think with similar deals(granted philly is a year longer), he might go to Toronto to play in Canada.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Which cup. There’s no way the Flyers will win the Cup next year. Heck, they might not even make the playoffs. They have no offense left.

The Hockey Dr.

by Outcast on Jul 1, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah cause between Briere, Giroux, JVR, Hartnell, Versteeg, Voracek, Simmonds, and of course Jagr they won’t score any goals at all. Don’t delude yourself, that’s one of the strongest top 9’s in the league. They’ll score by the bucket, likely top5 in goals again.

by Skyff on Jul 1, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Scratch Versteeg. Traded to Florida. Still a good top 9, sadly.

by Skyff on Jul 1, 2011 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Big difference

for a guy like Talbot that’s a huge difference. The extra year and an extra $2.2M. Big bucks. Besides Philly is in better position to contend right now than Toronto.

by Dutch71 on Jul 2, 2011 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions

Yea.. I just figured a Canadian guy would put more value in playing in Candada

I wonder if had it been the Habs if it would have been different.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 2, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

What, and risk a riot? Although if he wanted to avoid a riot he shouldn’t have signed with the same club as Jagr..

by Skyff on Jul 2, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

This is just Armstrong 2.0

Is it October yet?

by Lindas1st on Jul 1, 2011 2:59 PM EDT reply actions

Rupp to the rangers

not that this is the thread for it, really

Eat 'em up, Tigers!

by ahtrap on Jul 1, 2011 3:01 PM EDT reply actions

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"This isn’t fantasy or rotisserie basketball. Why would Denver want Outlaw? Would you?"

by strange-brew on Jul 1, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Good riddance.

Is Shero chasing the Hanson’s or what? Cros and co. are going to need them.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:02 PM EDT reply actions

Please, Please, Please Goddard stay away from Philly….. PLEASE… ugh… would probably puke if he signed there too.

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I hope he does sign there...

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Goddard vs. Engellend? We don’t have an enforcer anymore… won’t be pretty if someone takes cheapshots to Sid and Malkin and all we have is Asham, Cooke and Engelland to fend them off… Who protects Sid and Geno when Engellands in the box or is scratched for Niskanen or Lovejoy.

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Kennedy

"This isn’t fantasy or rotisserie basketball. Why would Denver want Outlaw? Would you?"

by strange-brew on Jul 1, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

All 5 foot 11 of him?

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Heart of a lion and the eye of the tiger.

"This isn’t fantasy or rotisserie basketball. Why would Denver want Outlaw? Would you?"

by strange-brew on Jul 1, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Sure why not

Engelland can hold his own against Godard..

Having a true enforcer is way overrated.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree with you.

The Hockey Dr.

by Outcast on Jul 1, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah...

but having a tough team isn’t. Right now, Pens not looking so tough.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Definately going to miss Rupp and Goddard. Rupp’s size is enough to intimidate the hell out of a team. Hmmm Niskanen fought sid maybe he has a use.

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

yea because the red wings have been so tough...

having a tough team is overrated as well.

Grit > toughness and the Pens are still gritty.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

That's a pretty good example you got there...

For the most part, physicality is HUGE. Take this year for example, Vancouver…not physical. The Bruins beat them up and down the ice.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Yep

I equate toughness to fighting… one of the biggest moments of talbot’s career(the SHHHHH moment), he just got his ass kicked ;)

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by Stros Bro on Jul 1, 2011 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok, got ya.

Looking at it that way, you’re right. He sure did, too.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats where I liked Rupp. I’m reminded of the 2008 cup where Kennedy, Talbot, Crosby where checked around by Zetterburg and company. They couldn’t stay in the zone because they were too busy picking themselves up off the ice.

With Rupp he’s a hard guy to lay out.

Not having an enforcer if your team is great if most of your players 6 feet plus tall.

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

they need something.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I guess Philly is REALLY making sure Carcillo never pulls a “game 6” again! I always liked Max but in teh grand scheme of things, we’re fans of the team, not the player.

Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan!

by 1stBuckethead on Jul 1, 2011 3:09 PM EDT reply actions

PENS SIGN STEVE SULLIVAN OF VANCOUVER

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

OPPS PREDATORS, LMAO

by STAALKINEAL on Jul 1, 2011 3:19 PM EDT reply actions

Another midget. I don’t like this one Ray.

The Hockey Dr.

by Outcast on Jul 1, 2011 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll second this one.

by LightningCoach on Jul 1, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions

To quote one of my all time favorite movies High Fidelity. . .

I didn’t like him much before and I f*@#ing hate him now.

"Hockey is the only tribe I belong to." -Jack Falla
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by AlexStitch on Jul 1, 2011 3:21 PM EDT reply actions

Talbo and Jagr

Jagr gets booed out of Consol while Talbo gets a warm welcome even though he is a Flyer.

by TJM5054 on Jul 1, 2011 3:26 PM EDT reply actions

Can we sign Carcillo out of spite now.

Good for Talbot getting his payday.

Jagr will now find out how loud one man can be booed.

Put on your dancin' shoes.

by PensFan024 on Jul 1, 2011 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

Wow...

Philly overpaid and can’t fault Max for following the money.

"When it rains, it pours." -- Morton's Salt

by Will Bulldozer on Jul 1, 2011 3:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Wow...

Philly overpaid and can’t fault Max for following the money.

"When it rains, it pours." -- Morton's Salt

by Will Bulldozer on Jul 1, 2011 3:38 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I can’t decide how I feel about this one. First off, I’m most surprised at the term that Max managed to get, and not the money. I sort of thought there might be someone out there willing to pay him more than they should, but not for longer than they should. And $1.8 M per year, while an over-payment, doesn’t seem absolutely ludicrous to me. But combined with the term? Ridonkulous is the technical term for it, I think.

Also, while I get that it’s a business and whatnot, it’s a bit weird to see a guy like Max go to a team like the Flyers. I don’t blame him for taking the deal that was offered to him, but it does sting a little to see him go there, and to hear about him saying things like “I’m going to the Philth because I believe they give me the best chance to win”. I suppose if his willing-to-give-good-enough-term-and-money options were Toronto and Suckville, then that’s probably true (le sigh, Toronto. Le. Sigh.), but still.

Farewell, SuperStar :’(

Congratulations to Dan Jack Adams Bylsma!

by PopRocks on Jul 1, 2011 4:59 PM EDT reply actions

Talbot and Jagr

Replacing Versteeg and Ville Leino…

by BlackandGoldSSgt on Jul 1, 2011 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

Max is just getting paid. I won’t hate him. Not just because of his 09 playoff heroics, but because after meeting him, he really is the guy you see on TV, and I respect that.

by SlayerGhaleon on Jul 1, 2011 5:52 PM EDT reply actions

I know hockey is a business, but this move makes me kind of sad. Max’s irrepressible personality, on the ice and off, is one of the reasons I was so easily swayed into rooting for the Penguins. I’ll really, really miss him. And I also hate that he signed with Philadelphia, because now he’ll be right up there on my list of Flyers I Inexplicably Love with Claude Giroux. As for the whole Jaromir Jagr thing, I couldn’t care less that he signed in Philadelphia rather than Pittsburgh. He’s an aging, whiny drama queen who thinks of himself as a headliner, not an opening act, and wouldn’t have taken well to playing second fiddle on the Sidney Crosby Show.

by kellyn on Jul 1, 2011 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

you have to admit

that you take some satisfaction when a guy like brooksie, neal or kuntiz flattens him at center ice for having his head down

" Lord Stanley, scratch thier names on your fabled cup" Mike Lange june 12, 2009

by oldtimehockey09 on Jul 1, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

him

being jagr

" Lord Stanley, scratch thier names on your fabled cup" Mike Lange june 12, 2009

by oldtimehockey09 on Jul 1, 2011 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions

of course we do

if you were referring to Talbot… then no, not anymore than anyone else.

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by Stros Bro on Jul 2, 2011 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Talbot got paid.

Shushing Philly and two goals in game 7, that’s worth 9 million.

Especially when it isn’t our money.

by Phantaskippy on Jul 1, 2011 7:22 PM EDT reply actions

While I can't 'hate' Max...

I understand where he is coming from, but, I feel that the grass won’t end up be greener for him. It’s like marrying for money: you earn every penny. If the flyers could trade M. Richards and J. Carter…Max isn’t necessary guaranteed the term he has agreed to- he could end in a hockey wasteland at the drop of a hat.
I get the sense that TK and Dupuis want another cup and feel that the Pens are their best bet for this, whereas Max is OK with the 1 cup, recognizes he will never be more than he has been with Pittsburgh, and now he wants to cash in while he can, so, we’re better off without him here.

by Warp_Blaze on Jul 1, 2011 9:12 PM EDT reply actions