[Meltzer] Jason Myrtetus and I will discuss Alexei Kolosov in depth on Flyers Daily. Per org: 1) Neither player nor Dinamo has asked permission to break ELC. 2) Player never told org he wasn’t coming back OR assured he is. 3) Some media reports have had wrong or exaggerated info.
by StubbornLeech07
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I think Meltzer might be talking about Tony Androckitis with the exaggeration part. In case some aren’t aware Tony use to cover the Phantoms but got upset that the ~~Flyers~~ Phantoms never shared any of his work. Because of that he stopped covering the Phantoms and chose to cover the AHL as a whole. While Tony is a great reporter when it comes to the AHL, I would be shocked if he did exaggerate this since given his history with the Flyers.
I’m still sticking with my conspiracy theory that he looked at the 3.6k check he got for his 1 month of AHL service and decided he’d be better off developing in a league with similar talent parity but for 25k a month in a country where a months worth of groceries cost $80.
Regardless, we’ve had a 1st round pick and now a 3rd round pick just decide they don’t want to play here over the last year. Something is wrong with this picture. We’re wasting so-called *assets*. The Flyers need to be transparent with their fans about why this is happening, and someone has to be held accountable.
Meltzer is a huge stepford dork and Holmgren / Hextall guy so no need to listen.
Flyers should extend an offer to make things right with this kid – bring his family in expenses paid, have a guide or tutor there for him. Routinely bring him down to the city to familiarize himself with the culture.
Jon Bailey is best ignored. But I think his article today was so sensationalist that he should be called out for it.
EDIT: Jon Bailey has addressed the reaction to his article, has refused to apologize, cites his age for his bad work and has thrown Tony Androckitis under the bus now calling his tweet a “false report”
I repeat, Jon Bailey is best ignored
This entire thing is just getting more & more aggravating. It’s always the Flyers. Always. Like did they have to get him a personal guide? No, but would it have been going that extra step to make sure he feels comfortable? Yes.
But for him to not wanna return & not honor the contract he signed over it is frankly ridiculous. He isn’t 14. He’s 23. He probably spent a lot of his days at the rink. He could’ve hit up Zamula (or anyone really) for advice/guidance on spots to eat/hangout if he’s bored. Still would’ve had easy access to skyping/talking to his family.
I put some blame on PHI for not going the extra step, but I can’t get on the side of tearing down Briere/Jones etc over it. It was 6 goddamn weeks.