Pinotch writes flyers would have won the cup in 2010 had it not been for a Leighton meltdown

Flyers writers gonna flyer write

It has been a close kept secret for years.
- MBFlyerfan

Don't blame you. The stigma... *ugh*

Possible topics for today:
Favorite beer?
Favorite food?
Who should the Flyers draft?
Should they trade up?
Should they trade down?
Favorite band?

Basically anything other than Vinnie L!
- BiggE

Troegs Perpetual
General Tso Chicken
Honka Truck
Maybe
Maybe
Too many to choose

Pinotch writes flyers would have won the cup in 2010 had it not been for a Leighton meltdown
- Just5

What's funny about that? Meltzer has said basically the same thing.

Possible topics for today:
Favorite beer?
Favorite food?
Who should the Flyers draft?
Should they trade up?
Should they trade down?
Favorite band?

Basically anything other than Vinnie L!
- BiggE

Guinness
Thai Spicy Fried Rice
BPA all the way
Trade up: Doesn't seem like this is the draft to do so
Trade down: Wouldn't bother me a bit; need more picks and to hit on more picks
Pearl Jam

The key to trading up is getting into the top 5 -7 or so, after that, there's not a ton of difference between a lot of these guys, according to most draftniks.

What's funny about that? Meltzer has said basically the same thing.
- Feanor

What's funny is the hawks were the better team and had the better chances over the course of the series.

What's funny about that? Meltzer has said basically the same thing.
- Feanor

Leighton wasn't great, and that hurt, but holy hell, that Blackhawks team was effing loaded

If Antti Niemi wasn't basically a slightly above average goalie, it could've been worse for the Flyers -- the Flyers were a good team, not a great team.

That Blackhawks team had a third line with Andrew Ladd on it -- that's pretty effing stout

I'm makin' the t-shirts!
- Tomahawk

It would be fun watching him with Giroux. I don't think we should get our hopes up though. He's not really a Flyer type player either. If they trade up, I don't think it would be for him unless he really dropped.

What's funny about that? Meltzer has said basically the same thing.
- Feanor

I've erased that series from my memory. I remember little bits and pieces. I know Leighton wasn't great, but I remember the defense in front of him being pretty bad as well.

Guinness
Thai Spicy Fried Rice
BPA all the way
Trade up: Doesn't seem like this is the draft to do so
Trade down: Wouldn't bother me a bit; need more picks and to hit on more picks
Pearl Jam
- AllInForFlyers

founders breakfast stout
veal parm
bpa, hopefully skilled winger
meh
meh
acdc/the who

And yet if Leighton could have posted even a .900 SV% instead of .876 the Flyers would have won the Cup. He didn't make one big save in six games and let in multiple soft goals.

I've erased that series from my memory. I remember little bits and pieces. I know Leighton wasn't great, but I remember the defense in front of him because pretty bad as well.
- PhillySportsGuy

It was both. That third D pair was atrocious.

And yet if Leighton could have posted even a .900 SV% instead of .876 the Flyers would have won the Cup. He didn't make one big save in six games and let in multiple soft goals.
- Feanor

And just think if we had Mason the whole series against the Rangers?
We could very well still be playing

[quote=3flyerkids]

I really hope they run Fleury in the first Flyers/Pens game next season

It was both. That third D pair was atrocious.
- Jsaquella

Absolutely -- our forwards were close in ability, and so were the top 3/4 defensemen.

But Pronger was a little older, and when he started to wear down in the games and they had to run that third pair out there...hell.

Getting that thing to six was pretty solid work. Maybe if we had 47-goal goal Gagne...

[quote=3flyerkids]

And if Lundqvist missed that last step off the bus and fell creating a domino effect resulting in several broken legs, the Flyers could still be in this.

It was both. That third D pair was atrocious.
- Jsaquella

I remember our top 4 being gassed by the end of that series. If Emery doesn't suffer the hip injury and the Flyers acquire Mez at TDL, I think we win that series.

Possible topics for today:
Favorite beer?
Favorite food?
Who should the Flyers draft?
Should they trade up?
Should they trade down?
Favorite band?

Basically anything other than Vinnie L!
- BiggE

Dogfish Head Noble Rot
Filet Mignon, medium
Forward with speed/size
If it helps them get their man, sure
If it helps them get their man, sure
Steely Dan

Absolutely -- our forwards were close in ability, and so were the top 3/4 defensemen.

But Pronger was a little older, and when he started to wear down in the games and they had to run that third pair out there...hell.

Getting that thing to six was pretty solid work. Maybe if we had 47-goal goal Gagne...
- AllInForFlyers

I'm beginning to remember more. I remember Richards and Carter playing on the same line and looking awful.

I'm beginning to remember more. I remember Richards and Carter playing on the same line and looking awful.
- PhillySportsGuy

They were, but people don't always want to give Carter the credit he deserves for playing with severely injured feet.

Yeah, he missed the open net. We all saw it. And he had flaws.

But he has more character than he gets credit for, sometimes. He was trying to gut it out.

I think Richards was gassed -- that was just a damn tough matchup. Toews and Hossa and Sharp are still a load now. Think about how brutal it was facing those bastards when they were four years younger. Hossa alone...that's just some tough, tough sledding against a team like that.

Shock Top Lemon Shanty
Pic-A-Lilli wings
Best winger available
If it helps the team
If it helps the team
Rush
- MBFlyerfan

Pic-A-Lilli wings are pretty great.

Hossa alone...
- AllInForFlyers

Still one of the more severely underrated hockey players of our time... that guy literally does everything stupendously well.

Pinotch writes flyers would have won the cup in 2010 had it not been for a Leighton meltdown

Flyers writers gonna flyer write
- Just5

Chicago was simply the deeper team.

I really hope they run Fleury in the first Flyers/Pens game next season
- PhillySportsGuy

I am sure it may be on their mind when they meet next year.