Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Martel, Dailey, Barnes and More

Greetings earthlings.....time will tell on Martel

Martel is very intriguing. Still find it odd that the size issue scares off so many teams. Really good fortune for the Flyers that nobody decided to use as much as a late round pick on a skilled, but undersized player.

He's just upset that our blog isn't full of HERO charts and daily Sutter/Scuderi bashings.
- jmatchett383

I figured that it took him longer this morning to find his genitalia with the tweezers when he had to pee.

wow I have never seen a news article so long for a topic - the Philthadelphia Failures - that nobody cares about.
- mikesteph1231

I... uh... yeah?

I figured that it took him longer this morning to find his genitalia with the tweezers when he had to pee.
- Jsaquella

You know, that reminds me of a good story about me dealing with a chigger down in man land.

I throw a wish into the air that Martel turns into a Flyers version of Tyler Johnson.

Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Martel, Dailey, Barnes and More
- bmeltzer

The Count was a great Dman and absolutely huge for his era. It's too bad they didn't have the no touch icing rule then, he could have had many more seasons in orange and black. Dailey was solid defensively, a good passer, had decent wheels for a big guy and a huge shot. He is, without a doubt, on my top 10 list of all time Flyers dmen.

And, before you ask, I already posted that top 10 list last summer!

The Count was a great Dman and absolutely huge for his era. It's too bad they didn't have the no touch icing rule then, he could have had many more seasons in orange and black. Dailey was solid defensively, a good passer, had decent wheels for a big guy and a huge shot. He is, without a doubt, on my top 10 list of all time Flyers dmen.

And, before you ask, I already posted that top 10 list last summer!

- BiggE

You, Bill, and all of the other "experienced" posters of this site:

If the Flyers had a healthy Dailey, do you think the 85 or 87 Finals turn out differently?

You, Bill, and all of the other "experienced" posters of this site:

If the Flyers had a healthy Dailey, do you think the 85 or 87 Finals turn out differently?
- jmatchett383

you can Count on it

You know, that reminds me of a good story about me dealing with a chigger down in man land.
- jmatchett383

Not sure I'm buying the adjective "good" in that sentence

You, Bill, and all of the other "experienced" posters of this site:

- jmatchett383

You, Bill, and all of the other "experienced" posters of this site:

If the Flyers had a healthy Dailey, do you think the 85 or 87 Finals turn out differently?
- jmatchett383

Hard to say, really. He would have been 32 or 33 in 1985, so he may well have been a factor for those series vs Edmonton had he been healthy.

However, his health/retirement was also a big factor in the Flyers decision to trade for Mark Howe

You, Bill, and all of the other "experienced" posters of this site:

If the Flyers had a healthy Dailey, do you think the 85 or 87 Finals turn out differently?
- jmatchett383

It may have. For one thing, the Flyers would not have had to use Howe and McCrimmon for 30 to 35 minutes a game (no joke) during the playoffs.

Not sure I'm buying the adjective "good" in that sentence
- Jsaquella

The story's good. The experience could best be described as "slightly alarming."

The story's good. The experience could best be described as "slightly alarming."
- jmatchett383

Yeah, I can see that.

Have YOU ever seen the Flyers, the Buffalo Bills of the NHL, WIN the Stanley Cup ? Not ALMOST, but actually win it ? If so, go take your Geritol, it's almost bedtime.
- mikesteph1231

you know what's sad? that you have nothing better to do with your sorry ass excuse for a life than be a loser ass douchy troll. gtfooh and never come back.

At least the Flyers have done their damndest to compete throughout franchise and have not tanked -- in two different eras -- with little to no pretense of trying to win hockey games. Nor has their ownership relied on outside funding to keep them afloat.

That's more than can be said for a certain western PA franchise.

Yeah, I can see that.
- Jsaquella

Long story short, I had a tingling sensation on the front of man-land. So, I sat down on the toilet, and noticed there was a little black dot. Being as I couldn't tell what it was, I had to break out a magnifying glass. I still couldn't tell, so I had to break out the tweezers to see if I could pull it off. So there I am, sitting on the toilet, pants down, with a magnifying glass and tweezers. I was acting out every manhood joke there is.

Long story short, I had a tingling sensation on the front of man-land. So, I sat down on the toilet, and noticed there was a little black dot. Being as I couldn't tell what it was, I had to break out a magnifying glass. I still couldn't tell, so I had to break out the tweezers to see if I could pull it off. So there I am, sitting on the toilet, pants down, with a magnifying glass and tweezers. I was acting out every manhood joke there is.
- jmatchett383

I was laughing at man-land, cringing for the entire rest of the post

You know, if only the NHL had a player like Cris Carter to give speeches to rookies, none of us would know anything about Mike Richards' drug smuggling.

You know, if only the NHL had a player like Cris Carter to give speeches to rookies, none of us would know anything about Mike Richards' drug smuggling.
- jmatchett383

Yeah, but we'd hear about how poor Guy Incognito was busted with 800 lbs of Oxy at the Canadian US border

Yeah, but we'd hear about how poor Guy Incognito was busted with 800 lbs of Oxy at the Canadian US border
- Jsaquella

Poor Guy Incognito

Have YOU ever seen the Flyers, the Buffalo Bills of the NHL, WIN the Stanley Cup ? Not ALMOST, but actually win it ? If so, go take your Geritol, it's almost bedtime.
- mikesteph1231

Not bad work

The Zepp retirement rumors puzzle me. I would have thought he's good enough to get an AHL job somewhere.