http://thehockeywriters.com/how-the-flyers-lost-the-nhls-salary-cap-game/




Lets see people argue this.
- jak521

Too easy!

i love(d) that (frank)ing team. my favorite behind the mid 80s teams. i slot the mid-late 90s teams third.

i'm still bitter about 2004.
- hammarby31

If they stayed healthy they were winning the Cup. Tampa beat us by one goal in game 7 and Kapanen was playing defense and Primeau and Roenick with concussions among all the other injuries.

If they stayed healthy they were winning the Cup. Tampa beat us by one goal in game 7 and Kapanen was playing defense and Primeau and Roenick with concussions among all the other injuries.
- GOA88

A healthy Desjardins and/or Johnsson and they win the Cup.

Almost more importantly than controlling the Ovi line, is keeping tight to Ovi on the PP. It utterly shocks me how easily and often he scores from the same position without teams adjusting to stop it. He does the same thing over and over and it seems to go impossibly unnoticed.
- JAKEw1234

oh my god it frustrates the hell out of me when he scores on the powerplay. Its the same thing every time. Green or backstrom feeds ovie the puck and he just one times it. He either scores or they cycle the puck back to green or backstrom, feed ovie, one timer, he either scores or repeat. on the PK one of our players should just be glued to him the whole time. I guarantee it'd throw a monkey wrench in their plans of just letting ovie blast the puck.

A healthy Desjardins and/or Johnsson and they win the Cup.
- jmatchett383

If they stayed healthy they were winning the Cup. Tampa beat us by one goal in game 7 and Kapanen was playing defense and Primeau and Roenick with concussions among all the other injuries.
- GOA88

i'm well versed in the story of that season, as i witnessed most of it in person. game 6 of the ecf is still the greatest game i've experienced, and i've been to some good ones.
and i agree had they been healthy they beat that (frank)ing tampa team. might have even pulled it off had they had home ice. so gddamn close.

A healthy Desjardins and/or Johnsson and they win the Cup.
- jmatchett383

losing johnsson to a broken hand in the waning minutes vs the devils really (frank)ing sucked. ugh.

Nothing to argue. We aren't in the best place financially right now. We have at least 2 big contracts that are considered burdens to us. We have a huge over 35 contract who doesn't even play anymore, which gives us a considerable cap obstacle every offseason. What I try to look at is how bright the future is. Within 3 years, nearly all of our burden contracts will be gone. Our highly regarded prospects will be well on their way to becoming effective NHL players. Our GM has displayed, and followed through with, a mindset suggesting good cap management and team building for the future. My only worry for this team's future right now is the coach. I liked him a lot early last season, but now I really don't see him as our coach of the future.
- JAKEw1234

yup our best players will continue to waste their best years here while the other components take years to acquire/develop... dont trade anything hextall... just old defensemen for 3rd rounders

Hope? Let me tell you something, my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane. It's got no use on the inside. You'd better get used to that idea.
- jmatchett383

easy red or ill cast you down with the sodomites.

Too easy!
- MJL

Be my guest.

easy red or ill cast you down with the sodomites.
- stayinthefnnet

The Count of Monte Crisco... by Alexandree Dumb-ass. Dumb-ass.

flyers suck..great to see this team floundering..1975 last cup?? 40yrs hahahah!

So, who likes ketchup on their fries?

The Count of Monte Crisco... by Alexandree Dumb-ass. Dumb-ass.
- jmatchett383

really, how often do you look at a man's shoes?

So, who likes ketchup on their fries?
- jmatchett383

not i.


and no, i do not like them on a sandwich.

i do however like them. love them. all shapes and forms and origins and from different places. loaded with salt.

im not really a healthy person.

not i.


and no, i do not like them on a sandwich.

i do however like them. love them. all shapes and forms and origins and from different places. loaded with salt.

im not really a healthy person.
- stayinthefnnet

I bet you're the kind of person who would pork a person in the butt and not even have the god damned common courtesy to give him a reach around.

flyers suck..great to see this team floundering..1975 last cup?? 40yrs hahahah!
- mattstake

damn, sick burn matt

damn, sick burn matt
- BulliesPhan87

So you're more of an onion ring guy than a french fry guy?

I bet you're the kind of person who would pork a person in the butt and not even have the god damned common courtesy to give him a reach around.
- jmatchett383

hey you leave your captain's personal life out of this.


and ill tell you this. there is nothing common about common courtesy these days.

flyers suck..great to see this team floundering..1975 last cup?? 40yrs hahahah!
- mattstake

oh.

hey you leave your captain's personal life out of this.


and ill tell you this. there is nothing common about common courtesy these days.
- stayinthefnnet

Sometimes Clode just needs a little tickle on the backside.

So you're more of an onion ring guy than a french fry guy?
- jmatchett383

let's be honest: nobody eats onion rings because they like onions. It's just an adequate structure to deliver fried batter.

FACT

(also, I'm impartial)

let's be honest: nobody eats onion rings because they like onions. It's just an adequate structure to deliver fried batter.

FACT

(also, I'm impartial)
- BulliesPhan87

yes. this.

a lot of times i will actually remove the onion.

Whats the script for tonight?

Washington comes out like the fresher team even though they spent all last night skating circles around the Maple Leasts and the Flyers had the night off?

Be my guest.
- jak521

We'll start with this statement, which points out how much of a moron the author is.

"The Flyers could easily have replaced those contracts with Jason Akeson or Taylor Leier, and I almost guarantee it would make a noticeable difference, for the better, while only using about $2 million in cap space."