The Flyers have waived Petr Nedved, Niko Dimitrakos and Nolan Baumgartner and have called up Alexandre Picard, Ben Eager and Stefan Ruzicka.

Something had to be done after the poor start the Flyers have suffered and the pummeling they had last night. Nedved and Dimitrakos will be sent down to the Phantoms and Baumgartner will stay with the Flyers.

I feel a little bad for Nedved the role they put him into really did not suit him. He showed some effort, but he is just not a defensive checking center. Nedved was picked up last year from Phoenix for Dennis Seidenberg. Nedved was suppose to fill in for Primeau but has really not been a big impact in Philly. -7 so far this year tying Derian Hatcher for last on the Flyers with +/-.

Niko Dimitrakos only played 2 games averaging 8 minutes of icetime. Dude takes one bad penalty and is benched for entire 3rd period. I don’t quite get it, the line of Umberger, Carter and Dimitrakos was the 2nd scoring line late last year. I’m not sure why he really wasn’t given a chance this year.

Nolan Baumgartner being put on waivers I REALLY do not understand. The Flyers have 3 players that are not minus in +/- at 0. They are Robitaille, Baumgartner and Knuble. Now granted he hasn’t scored, but neither has any other defensemen. . He does have 1 assist which is 1 more then Hatcher who is sitting at -7. Baumgartner is the only guy to fight this year sticking up for I believe Kapanen. So, why is he being waived? I just don’t get it.

If anyone on D should be waived it should be Hatcher, followed by Rathje.

Rathje is slated to return to the lineup Thursday which means the Flyers will be slower on defense. Nice.
I will be interested to see how well Eager, Picard and Ruzicka do along with how much ice time they get to see.