2006-07 Flyers Season Thread

[Geowhizzer]

so are we all happy with biron now...cause when the trade was made a bunch of you (dont remember who exactly) werent too thrilled

If the Flyers don't sign him long term, I'm still kinda pissed about wasting the pick.

[SD_Eagle5]

It was a second, but our pick will be one of the first picks in that round, so its like a late first. The NHL draft is more of a crapshoot than any of the other 3 professional leagues, and considering we have Nashville's 1st, that second became expendable. I have no gripes with the Biron trade unless he isn't re-signed.

[ice grillin you]

Plus, if you've watched the games that he's been in, he has allowed the team to just go out and shoot the puck and not worry about the goalie so much.  

exactly

and he hasnt lost any games and in fact has come up huge when most needed

hes played three games all of which went to OT and hes given up a total of two third period/OT goals


If the Flyers don't sign him long term, I'm still kinda pissed about wasting the pick

im with you on this....i dont see any way they dont sign him tho

[Rome]

it was a great save, but overall, he was pretty shaky last night.

Nitty or Esche would not have made that save, Mo.  Sure, he was shaky and he's given up quite a few goals so far but I think a lot of them are the direct result of the defense not playing very well in front of him.  When the team in front of him gets better, he'll get better and vice versa.

He is an elite goalie, though, as demonstrated by his time in Buffalo.  Miller is simply "more" elite but that doesn't take away from Biron's excellence.

They simply have to sign him now.

Biron says he wants to stay and is already talking to a former Buffalo roommate, Danny Briere,about signing with the Flyers this summer.

^^^ Also loving this... ^^^

[Seabiscuit36]

Biron was just a guy who got lost in the shuffle, he was stuck behind Hasek for years, then they picked miller early and he was a stud in college, and they made the decision that he was the guy.  Its something the flyers should have done with Nitty imo from the start. 

Just as IGY and Rome said, Biron has come up big in  big situations where the other 2 have failed over and over. 

[BigEd76]

Upshall had a great interview, Geo you probably saw it too.  He said that he's so happy to be here.  Even though going from the Best team in the league to the worst, its been a life changing experience and a great one.  He loves the direction that the team is heading.  

He was on WIP this morning and was saying the same things.  He also told them about how he found out about the trade (from his teammates at dinner and his friends on missed cell messages, not from his agent), how he ended up with the Forsberg autographed helmet (Forsberg accidentally signed it in the locker room when getting ready to leave, thinking it was for a piece of Flyers memorabilia) and how Nashville is just now figuring out what hockey is...

[MDS]

you should all die for watching hockey when this team is 30 points out of the 8 seed.

[ice grillin you]

youre just mad corky because you cant participate in the discussion...

but i tell you what get a hockey news subscription study up over the summer and maybe you can join us in the 07-08 flyers thread

[Rome]

you should all die for watching hockey when this team is 30 points out of the 8 seed.

Yeah, we get it... you're a front-runner who only watches teams when they're winning.


Ass.

[NGM]

it was a great save, but overall, he was pretty shaky last night.

I completely agree with you, but shut up.

[SunMo]

no problem

[MDS]

you should all die for watching hockey when this team is 30 points out of the 8 seed.

Yeah, we get it... you're a front-runner who only watches teams when they're winning.


Ass.

to be fair, i dont watch the nhl at all. 99% of the country is with me on that one.

get ready for the playoffs on versus, if you have the channel and can find it.

[rjs246]

I'm actually having fun following this last place team. No chance of my guts getting ripped out, unlike certain other teams that I follow...

[NGM]

I'm actually having fun following this last place team. No chance of my guts getting ripped out, unlike certain other teams that I follow...

Couldn't agree with you more.  I think it has a lot to do with the direction the FO has taken (at least for me).

[BigEd76]

yeah, same with the Sixers, but I don't like staying in the lottery for more than a year.  Hopefully things are a lot better next season...

the hope here is that forsberg gets injured earlier than normal this season so they can get the #1 overall pick

good call