my heart may never mend
- BulliesPhan87

his one season in the orange managed to break both of our hearts.

that is a badass picture of a badass dude.
- stayinthefnnet

This is my mom's favorite hockey card of all time.

that is a badass picture of a badass dude.
- stayinthefnnet

One of my all-time favorite Flyers!

This is my mom's favorite hockey card of all time.


- jmatchett383

He was\is a chiseled beast!

This is my mom's favorite hockey card of all time.


- jmatchett383

your mother has good taste.

One of my all-time favorite Flyers!
- ggunky

your mother has good taste.
- stayinthefnnet

She does. But, she did always say that he needed a paper bag over his head. That nose is something else.

She does. But, she did always say that he needed a paper bag over his head. That nose is something else.
- jmatchett383

christ.

gross out 3 weeks, and zombieberger has twice as many goals as read

gross out 3 weeks, and zombieberger has twice as many goals as read
- mydoglicks

True, but the Couturier line was pretty good last night, and it was a big reason why the team played well and looked good.

I was really surprised to look back and see Brindy had amassed almost 1200pts.
- Tomahawk

i was really not surprised to look back and see he hoisted a cup and primeau did not

I have yelled at:
Kids kicking my leaf pile
A kid driving his ATV up and down his driveway 2 doors down at 5 AM.
People for shooting off fireworks and airhorns until 12:30 AM this past New Year's Eve
At least 3 people for driving too fast down my street
A kid for throwing a soda can in the woods

I can't wait until I'm retired so I can just sit outside and watch for things to yell about.
- jmatchett383

thats just wrong you deserve to have your house painted in egg yolk on mischief night

thats just wrong you deserve to have your house painted in egg yolk on mischief night
- JoeRussomanno

Again, I've got no problem with people shooting off a few fireworks or what have you for a few minutes. But when you've got a full-on 30-minute fireworks extravaganza going on one street over from me while my 1-year-old baby is trying to sleep, then yes, I'm gonna give you some poop.

Again, I've got no problem with people shooting off a few fireworks or what have you for a few minutes. But when you've got a full-on 30-minute fireworks extravaganza going on one street over from me while my 1-year-old baby is trying to sleep, then yes, I'm gonna give you some poop.
- jmatchett383

and if, i mean when, the flyers win the cup? fireworks all night, banging pots and pans.....

i was really not surprised to look back and see he hoisted a cup and primeau did not
- JoeRussomanno

That isnt anything against Primeau who I personally feel is one of the best Flyers captains ever and his dominating performance in the 2004 playoffs will be my fondest memory of him. Primeau would have a cup if that team stayed healthy.

and if, i mean when, the flyers win the cup? fireworks all night, banging pots and pans.....
- Briere

For a once-in-a-lifetime event, I'll make an exception. There's a New Year's Eve/day every year.

He was\is a chiseled beast!
- ggunky

He's probably in better shape, today, as a retired player, than half of the active players in the league right now.

For a once-in-a-lifetime event, I'll make an exception. There's a New Year's Eve/day every year.
- jmatchett383

i'm with ya. i actually despise new years eve.

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There are players that can do all those things above you listed but can also execute basic hockey players with a sufficient degree of consistency.

We're only talking about the guys who can't here.

Not saying the future of the NHL is 7 Keith Yandle's on every team, just that ham-handed pylons are about to go extinct.

(these same lifers and professionals also believed that enforcers kept the other team honest for how many decades?)
- Tomahawk

Here's some clips from just one game (albeit from 2013 -- but Grossmann, when healthy is essentially the same player and people were saying the same things back then)...they clearly shows Grossmann is not the sloth-footed inept passing player some portray to be:

Grossman takes the puck off the faceoff win and moves it behind the net which he uses to pick the forechecker, he then skates it out with the puck confidently before making a solid lead pass to Giroux to key the breakout. Later in the sequence he helps out deep to keep the cycle going:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXyA_DWh5KM

Grossman clears from deep in the D zone, setting up posession deep in the Pens: zone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTw9FfkGVeA

Grossman clears the zone for a line change, then moves the puck to Briere who loses it, then Grossman makes a great defensive play deflecting the dangerous pass from Neal to Malkin in the low slot up to B Schenn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvSK2rUcQ78

Coby fights off Crosby to gain control in the defensive zone, makes a cross ice pass to Grossman who makes a nice pass up to Fedotenko to send him off into the offensive zone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSEkqawEueA

This is a nice sequence for Grossman and Coby. Coby fights for a puck along the defensive boards, Grossman comes in, gets the puck and curls around the slot before hitting G with a sweet pass that sends him off on the rush. They gain the zone and get to work, Grossman makes a nice pinch to keep it in along the far boards (25 sec of the vid). The guys set up and apply more pressure, with the Coburn moving the puck from the umbrella...the Pens get it out but Coburn skates back and makes a cross ice pass to Timonen who deftly enters back into the offensive zone, Lots of solid puck moving:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXTsXZE_CYA

Coby and Grossman pass to shake off pressure from Crysby before moving the puck up to Coots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XLAdz9x_lE

Grossman wins a battle along the D sideboards and gets the puck to Couturier who gets it to Talbot and out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKLdz8_G60Y


Grossman scores:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGwQKoZgIH0

That isnt anything against Primeau who I personally feel is one of the best Flyers captains ever and his dominating performance in the 2004 playoffs will be my fondest memory of him. Primeau would have a cup if that team stayed healthy.
- GOA88

Just another one of the "EVERY EX-FLYER WINS A CUP AFTER WE TRADE THEM!!!" like Niinimaa, Pitkanen, Lupul, Sbisa, JvR, Zhitnik, Upshall, Eminger, Downie, Versteeg, Kalinski, Lindros, etc.

- wilsonecho91[img][/img]

Again, I've got no problem with people shooting off a few fireworks or what have you for a few minutes. But when you've got a full-on 30-minute fireworks extravaganza going on one street over from me while my 1-year-old baby is trying to sleep, then yes, I'm gonna give you some poop.
- jmatchett383

heh i got 4 kids... fire them (frank)ers off, we both know them kids gonna wake up anyway

That isnt anything against Primeau who I personally feel is one of the best Flyers captains ever and his dominating performance in the 2004 playoffs will be my fondest memory of him. Primeau would have a cup if that team stayed healthy.
- GOA88

best flyers captains and primeau dont go together... mkay

Lol every time I click a Flyers blog I swear there is a gif battle every time