I say it a lot. People are probably tired of hearing it.

But this franchise has just been unlucky. As much heat as the franchise owner and senior management can bring upon themselves at times, damn it, if a person really watched those seasons, it's un-(frank)ing-believable they didn't win one of those two years
- AllInForFlyers

It really is. Even 2010 burns a little bit. The way everything fell into place. After the Boston comeback, I really thought to myself that it was finally our year. Then they took a dump on Montreal and I just felt like it was destiny. Frank the Blackhawks.

http://www.post-gazette.c...ysis/stories/201405150288

It's not like we didn't already know the Pens fans were frontrunners, but at the first sign of a headwind, those "fans" can jump ship with the best of them.

Won't be long before Tank City is back in business

Ho Sang can you see?

Looking at the 2005 first round... I haven't heard of half those players. It's scary how many first rounders are actually busts.
- Feanor

I suspect 2014, when you look back on it, is going to look a lot like 2005 w/o Sid at the top. Might be a couple of really good players in there, but we'll probably look back and go THAT guy went in the 1st-round??

ISS top 20 draft prospects as of 4/15 FWIW

1 Sam Reinhart
2 Aaron Ekblad
3 Michael Dal Colle
4 Sam Bennett
5 William Nylander
6 Leon Draisaitl
7 Brendan Perlini
8 Alex Tuch
9 Nicholas Ritchie
10 Jake Virtanen
11 Nikolaj Ehlers
12 Haydn Fleury
13 Kasperi Kapanen
14 Dylan Larkin
15 Jared McCann
16 Robby Fabbri
17 Joshua Ho-Sang
18 Sonny Milano
19 Ivan Barbashev
20 Roland McKeown
- BiggE

Another Kapanen in orange and black?

the Penguins were never hated or a rival of the Flyers until the Crosby years

Another Kapanen in orange and black?
- five4fighting10

Flyers need to get him

They should draft Sonny Milano. He just sounds like a Philadelphia name.

Reminds me a little of 2005, where the Flyers moved down and took Steve Downie. Mike Keenan and Florida took Keenan McArdle, who never really made it.
- AllInForFlyers

Tuukka Rask got taken right after McArdle.

And Matt Niskanen one pick before Downie.

Bourdon at 10, Kopitar at 11. What a crapshoot.

They should draft Sonny Milano. He just sounds like a Philadelphia name.
- MBFlyerfan

Alyssa's son?

Flyers need to get him
- Just5

I'd love to get a scouting report from OB about him. I remember reading some things earlier in the season, but nothing of late.

Tuukka Rask got taken right after McArdle.

And Matt Niskanen one pick before Downie.
- Tomahawk

and look at all those cups rask has. i need sunglasses.

I'd love to get a scouting report from OB about him. I remember reading some things earlier in the season, but nothing of late.
- five4fighting10

His father was a born flyer.....that's good enough for me

Tuukka Rask got taken right after McArdle.

And Matt Niskanen one pick before Downie.
- Tomahawk

Ha! Probably could've/should've taken Rask, but let's see...we would've had Niitty as the young goalie, then, pre-hip problems and coming off the Calder championship, plus we would've been thinking Esche was the present/near-future?

And let's be honest: It would've been a cold day in hell for the Flyers, in that era, to take a goalie in the first round. They just weren't gonna do it.

They should draft Sonny Milano. He just sounds like a Philadelphia name.
- MBFlyerfan

I was thinking that too.

It's like someone wrote hockey/mafia fan fiction and just made that name up.

I was thinking that too.

It's like someone wrote hockey/mafia slash fiction and just made that name up.
- johndewar

http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=189415

he also aint a bad prospect.....

http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=189415

he also aint a bad prospect.....
- MBFlyerfan

Frank "Sonny" Milano, lol.

anyone think about vanek on our the top line?

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2014/05/15/The-analysis/stories/201405150288

It's not like we didn't already know the Pens fans were frontrunners, but at the first sign of a headwind, those "fans" can jump ship with the best of them.

Won't be long before Tank City is back in business
- AllInForFlyers

Worth reposting:

http://imgur.com/a/5BImQ

If the Steelers miss the playoffs this year, that region won't have anything to blather on about.

Frank "Sonny" Milano, lol.
- Tomahawk

The first name "Frank" does not make him sound any less paisan.

Ha! Probably could've/should've taken Rask, but let's see...we would've had Niitty as the young goalie, then, pre-hip problems and coming off the Calder championship, plus we would've been thinking Esche was the present/near-future?

And let's be honest: It would've been a cold day in hell for the Flyers, in that era, to take a goalie in the first round. They just weren't gonna do it.

- AllInForFlyers

Yeah, it's impossible to predict how it'll shake out -- part of why the draft is so darned fun.

With that said, the Niskanen part of it is pretty funny, with him being tabbed as a possible UFA savior for this team all these years later.

The first name "Frank" does not make him sound any less paisan.
- johndewar

If anything it makes him sound more so.

anyone think about vanek on our the top line?
- mydoglicks

I do, then I vomit in my mouth.

So Michael Sam gets a reality show on the Oprah network.

I want nothing more than to see this douchebag fail. Not because he's gay, but he's completely using his sexuality and exploiting it to his own personal benefit.

Seems to me like it goes against equality which is what the gay and lesbian community preaches. Real equality would be us never hearing his name again after he came out because he's a marginal NFL roster player if that.

So Michael Sam gets a reality show on the Oprah network.

I want nothing more than to see this douchebag fail. Not because he's gay, but he's completely using his sexuality and exploiting it to his own personal benefit.

Seems to me like it goes against equality which is what the gay and lesbian community preaches. Real equality would be us never hearing his name again after he came out because he's a marginal NFL roster player if that.
- Just5