The Philly Sports Blog

With the Flyers putting three players, Petr Nedved, Niko Dimitrakos and Nolan Baumgartner, on and clearing waivers, there are still rumors floating that Flyers Management is not yet done. Flyers chairman, Ed Snider, went on the record after their embarrassing 9-1 lost to Buffalo on Tuesday as saying:

"We have a lot more to do," Snider said. "I've got to evaluate and analyze the entire situation. This is just a start. I need a complete understanding of exactly what's going on. I have no idea what's going to happen next and I don't want to speculate as to what I'm going to do. But this is a start. I've got to evaluate this. I have ideas and theories, but I'm going to straighten this out.

"We started right after the game last night in determining what we have to do and waiving these three players, but this is only a minimal start."

So what does the mean? Expect GM Bobby Clarke and Head Coach Ken Hitchcock to be on a tight leash in the next few weeks. It was Clarke's moves this past summer that weakened this Flyers team, and expect him to make more changes (trade Esche or Umberger or both for D men?) in the coming weeks.