Young, stand out shut-down defenseman Ryan Parent may be the one to suffer from the acquisition of Chris Pronger. While there’s no question that he is more sound in his own zone than Matt Carle with a much cheaper price tag, it seems as his demotion from the top pairing with Kimmo Timonen to the bottom pairing with Randy Jones is imminent.
Being paired with the irresponsible Randy Jones is something I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but if there’s anyone up for the task outside on this defense outside of Chris Pronger, it is the quiet Ryan Parent.
The recent acquisition of Ole-Kristian Tollefsen may be the one thing to get Parent back into the top four, but that is a long shot.
Continue reading my full Examiner.com about the implications of the defensive pairings this upcoming 2009-10 season by going to the following link:
Examiner.com – Defensive pairings in question for the Flyers
Possible Lineups for the Flyers and Phantoms for 2009-10 (barring trades)
Flyers Scenario One – Tollefsen 7th
- Timonen – Pronger
- Carle – Coburn
- Parent – Jones
- Tollefsen
Flyers Scenario Two – Jones to AHL
- Timonen – Pronger
- Carle – Coburn
- Parent – Tollefsen
- Syvret
Flyers Scenario Three – Timonen/Pronger Split One
- Timonen – Coburn
- Pronger – Carle
- Parent – Jones
- Tollefsen
Flyers Scenario Four – Timonen/Pronger Split Two
- Pronger – Coburn
- Timonen – Parent
- Parent – Jones
- Tollefsen
Phantoms Projected One – Marshall/Bourdon
- Marshall – Bourdon
- Syvret – Lehtivuori
- Bartulis – Ratchuk
- Curry – Hersley
- Mormina
Phantoms Projected Two – Syvret/Marshall
- Syvret – Marshall
- Bourdon – Lehtivuori
- Bartulis – Ratchuk
- Curry – Hersley
- Mormina
Possible Call-Up Order to Flyers
- Syvret
- Marshall
- Bourdon
- Bartulis
- Curry
- Lehtivuori
- Ratchuk
