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While there is clear reason for concern, all of your reasoning is fundamentally flawed.
First, Bryz is not even remotely the problem. He has been the best player on the ice for the Flyers since mid-way through the Pens series last year. With the possible exception of the slapshot off the draw goal scored by the Pens in the first game (a shot that was damned accurate), none of the goals have been his fault and he has saved us from losing games much bigger than we have.
Second, all of the players you claim to have problems with are forwards. They aren't the problem. The defense is a joke right now. Meszaros and Coburn are solid, but after that it's pathetic. Luke Schenn blows and has cost us at least three goals already. I love Timmo, but he's lost a major step and has been burned repeatedly this year. And forget about the rest of this crew, they are all terrible.
Third, your concern over the Richards and Carter trade is foolish. Carter is the Bobby Abreu of hockey who only scores when it doesn't matter and misses high right 90% of the time. He scores a lot of goals because he takes a lot of shots, and since leaving the Flyers he hasn't done jack. Richards is and always has been overrated. Braydon Schenn (once he gets back from this inevitable suspension) has already shown signs this year that he's as good as Richards if not better. Those two were THIRD LINE PLAYERS on the Kings...who weren't a good team but rode some chemistry and a nasty goalie to the Cup. It had NOTHING to do with them.
Meanwhile, we got Couter, Voracek, Schenn and Simmonds for those two. Although I agree the jury is still out on Voracek, the rest have been great and still look great this year. They aren't clicking yet, but it's Game 3 and the lines are almost all nnew.
The only place I agree with you is Fedetenko and Read. I like Read, but we won't be able to re-sign him for the money he'll be making so we should trade him while he's worth something. Fedetenko just sucks. We need to make a move to get a true first line defenseman to play with either Meszaros or Coburn to make at least two competent pairings. Trade Timmo if we have to.
Bottom line is that this team is not as bad as you think they are. They should have won all three games, and didn't because of a few sloppy plays. Even the PK looked better as the game went on last night, but I'm sure it's something Lavs is working on.
In Lavs and In Homer We Trust
Skate Bites: 0-6, in Dog Years
It’s early, but here’s the problem: The Flyers are too young, their defense is too awful, and their goalie is too inconsistent. I’ve been thinking a lot about this, and I’ve finally figured it out. The Flyers went for broke two summers ago when they traded Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, a mov...
Here was his follow up post, by the way.
Steve Smith
Instead of cursing at me and wishing my family and my knee harm, i wish you could understand that i truly wanted to stay here but that the giants DIDN'T want me here unfortunately.. thank you to my true fans for standing by me and offering your support during this time... i truly appreciate it and will miss you all, even the haters bc i know ure great people deep down and are saying what u are just because youre such passionate fans
Predictably, Giants Fans are a Bunch of Cocks
You probably already knew that, but a number of folks have tipped us off to Giants fans’ response to Steve Smith’s Facebook post... which said: I will always cherish my time in NY and the super bowl victory.. This was obviously not an easy decision for me or something i ever expected but unfo...
Make that Powe, not Powell.
Report: Deal Almost in Place For Bryz
Photo via Kaito42 Buckle up, folks. Ever since Ed Snider whipped out his proverbial dick and demanded that Paul Holmgren land a goalie, most of us have assumed that the Flyers would overpay for one. They just might do that. According to Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet.ca (@realkyper), the Flyers and ...
The only reason to keep Carter is to keep the "Mornin' Carts" feature. Yes, he scores 30 goals in the regular season, but offensive production is not exactly a problem for this team, and Giroux will be near there this season. Carter also scores a lot of goals when it doesn't matter, like when he scores multiple goals in a rout. Not to mention, he has done NOTHING in the playoffs and has been injured in two straight playoff years. If someone is willing to take a chance on an injury prone and inaccurate player with a 10 year deal, I'm all for it. Get rid of him, Versteeg, Shelley, and Carcillo. Keep Leino, Powell and Nodl. Bring up Wellwood, Read, Rinaldo and Sestito. Sign a third line D-man. Those moves plus a legit goalie keeps us at 3 solid scoring lines plus a checking line, 3 solid D pairs and a LEGIT goalie with a stud backup.
Report: Deal Almost in Place For Bryz
Photo via Kaito42 Buckle up, folks. Ever since Ed Snider whipped out his proverbial dick and demanded that Paul Holmgren land a goalie, most of us have assumed that the Flyers would overpay for one. They just might do that. According to Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet.ca (@realkyper), the Flyers and ...
Michael Leighton does not deserve to ever wear the Orange and Black again. Yes, his fluke playoff run last year was spectacular, but then he lied to the organization about his injury and made us overpay a mediocre goalie with back problems because of it. If Bob hadn't suddenly emerged, we would have been royally screwed right now.
Put him on Waivers, ship him for 5th round picks, I don't care. One thing is for sure, do you really think Lavs would put up with a lying sack of shit for very long? I can't stand Bouche, who is a whiny little girl, but I'd rather have him backing up Bob than a man who is that disrespectful to the organization.
Leighton Shipped to Adirondack on Conditioning Stint
This afternoon, the Flyers sent goalie Michael Leighton to the Adirondack Phantoms on a conditioning assignment as he prepares to return from back surgery on a herniated disc. Under the current CBA, the assignment can last no longer than six days or three games. The more pressing issue is how ...
Definitely "The Time Out". The greatest comeback in Philly history for a series AND in a single game.
Unlike the Phils, the Flyers didn't disappoint in their playoff run despite not winning the whole thing. If Lavs had a full year the Cup would be in Philly like it will be this year, and that guy fired that team up to complete the best game I've ever seen as a Philly fan.
What are You Thankful For? Your Nominations for Philly Sports Moment of the Year
Besides this one We tried very hard to avoid a cliché Thanksgiving post- really, we did. But we've succumb to the power of the internets. Last year, we put together the top ten Philly sports moments of 2009 and thought it would be prudent to take nominations for this year's list. Here's your ...
And then 20 minutes of strong, solid hockey that was only foiled because the refs were "letting them play", and by them I mean Columbus. In a 2-1 game, how do you deliberately ignore five or six obstruction, tripping, or slashing calls in Columbus' zone but call a nitpicky obstruction call on Powe after the Flyers finally got on the board? Momentum murdered.
The third was nothing to be disappointed about, although I'm glad I didn't actually see the first two.
This Pretty Much Sums Up Last Night's Flyers Game
Lavs: “The first 40 minutes there was nothing there. There was no jam to our game, and we played mindless hockey without any energy, without any passion.” Read the full recap at Philly Sports Daily.com.
It's working well if you consider scrapping a four year plan based on one half of one game's performance because Vick has looked good against two awful teams and one team not trying "working well."
Everyone is jumping the gun way too fast. Yes, Vick has looked better than ever, but he's still the inaccurate, poor decision making QB he's always been. He's simply gotten lucky that Maclin & Jackson have helped make him look good by getting so open Eli Manning could throw to them and catching balls that should never have even gotten to them.
Simply put, can we wait until we play a real team before we start singing this guy's praises and counting Kolb out? And the Redskins won't be that team.
The only saving grace so far is that it will be beautiful to watch McNabb have to deal with getting booed and the dog murdering piece of ghetto trash that he stuck his neck out for cheered. And not only cheered, but louder, more emphatically, and with more genuine support than McNabb ever got. Think about that one.
The Morning After: We Were All Wrong
Well, it’s rare that an entire fan base can be almost unanimously wrong. Last year when the Eagles signed Michael Vick, very few people thought it was a good idea. There were several obvious reasons for that sentiment, not the least of which was that he hadn’t played football in a few years a...
In case you're wondering how bad the trade was, I nearly forgot to add the other trade with Tampa Bay. Add them together: Simon Gagne and a 2nd Round Pick for an overpaid Meszaros, a crappy Matt Walker and a 4th Round Draft Pick. Not to mention to the "it's just a salary dump" people, we ACQUIRED $5.75M and DUMPED $5.25M. WE TOOK ON $500k FOR TWO MEDIOCRE AT BEST DEFENSEMAN AND GAVE UP OUR FRANCHISE PLAYER!
Simon Gagne Traded to Tampa
The Flyers have traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning for reportedly Matt Walker and a 4th round pick. The Flyers were about $2.5 million over the cap and Simon Gagne was owed $5.25 million this year. Walker only had five points in 66 games this year and leaves the Flyers with a surpl...
and franchise player traded for a bag of pucks and a player who will be healthy scratched most of the season to a team that has no shot of winning. makes sense.
Simon Gagne Traded to Tampa
The Flyers have traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning for reportedly Matt Walker and a 4th round pick. The Flyers were about $2.5 million over the cap and Simon Gagne was owed $5.25 million this year. Walker only had five points in 66 games this year and leaves the Flyers with a surpl...
Pittsburgh is a joke. I didn't even know how awful the fans were until I went to law school in State College. The first game of the NFL season that year was Ben Rapistraper and his Steelers playing who cares. Ten minutes into the game, the bar breaks out into a "F*** the Eagles" chant. It was then that I found out that apparently Pittsburgh hates the Eagles and thinks there's a rivalry. There isn't. We play them in the regular season once every three or four years, it's not exactly Mets-Phils. Went to a Sabres-Pens preseason game two years ago because my friends were fans of the respective teams at the bar finally asked some skank that got mad at me for wearing a Westbrook jersey why they thought there was a rivalry. She slurred something about how her brother is on the special teams of the steelers and how my wearing that jersey was borderline offensive. I never did get my answer.
Pathetic.
Throwback! Pittsburgh Fans Are Just the Worst Kind of Fans
Consider this a travelers' guide to the city of Pittsburgh. This was posted last July after a trip to see the Phillies play the Pirates over 4th of July weekend. We took a little road trip to Pittsburgh, along with a ton of other Phillies fans, for the 4th of July Weekend series. Our advice...
Rob McElhenney called in to Preston & Steve this morning from Chester saying they were shooting there.
Chase Utley and Ryan Howard Filming It's Always Sunny at Harrah's Chester Casino
Update: Rob McElhenney confirmed Chester shooting on 93.3 WMMR this morning. That is video shooting. We did some sleuthing and it appears as if Chase Utley and Ryan Howard are filming It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia today in Chester at Harrah's Casino. We are not 100% sure on this, but so...
Damn it. I've been an avid supporter of Kendrick and hoped to see him get his winning ways back, driving Moyer into retirement. I feel betrayed, like being traded to Japan.
Kyle Kendrick, Celtics Fan
UPDATE: The Philly Phans tell us he is a Ray Allen fan because he's from Seattle. Kyle Kendrick is from Washington and lives in Philly, so he's a Celtics fan. Naturally. Tweeted by his Survivor star wife, Stephenie LaGrossa (@survivorsteph).
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