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Flyers

I had to laugh at myself, at least a little. A comment I’d made here on this blog in 2K6 to the effect that Holmgren and Stevens were not the pair to get the Flyers turned around.
Well, maybe my past self was wrong. I’m happy that I don’t know squat about it.
In any case, the [...]

No thanks to Derian Hatcher, the Flyers are up 2-1 in their 2008 Eastern Conference semi-final againt the Montreal Canadiens.
I haven’t written about the Flyers since the early 2006 season blood-letting which saw the sudden end of the Robert Clarke era.
Biron was exceptional. He’s been in a zone, and he’ll have to stay there if the Flyers [...]

Chris Simon celebrates the 3 year anniversary of Todd Bertuzzi breaking Steve Moore’s neck with a two handed chop to the neck of Ryan Hollwegg. I’m no Rangers fan, but still, a two handed chop with the stick is pretty low. Simon’s been suspended indefinitely.
This looks worse to me than McSorley’s hit on Brashear, and McSorely never played again. [...]

Of course they had to trade him, to get something, anything at all. After all the last player we got for him some 15 years ago was that ding dong Lindros. Can you imagine? What a fateful decision that was. We effectively ruined the franchise for - let’s face it, by the time we turn [...]