2006-07 Flyers Season Thread

[Rome]

Hi John,

Since the playoffs are almost upon us and the Flyers' season will be ending soon, I was wondering, who do you think should be the next captain? I don't see Forsberg coming back, so I'm thinking it might be Simon Gagne. He is a player that has proven he can be counted on, and he is going to be around for a while. But what do you think?

Go Flyers!
Dan Hartman
Hamburg, Pa.



Daniel Briere. Chris Drury.

Much better.

No.

[rjs246]

Drury is a leader who does all of the little things right to help his team. I have this terrible feeling that Briere won't be half the player he is without a stellar supporting cast like the one he has in Buffalo.

[Rome]

I'm not saying Drury would be a bad pickup but if you simply look at statistics, then Briere is the guy to have.

If you ignore the statistics, you have to look at the intangibles that Briere would bring.  He's the unquestioned leader of the Sabres, he's the Captain of that squad and considering the type of young players the Flyers have or will have next year, they'll be in dire need of someone like him to follow.

I like Drury quite a bit but Briere would be a perfect fit in Philly.


Here's a nice article that describes how Briere is perceived in Buffalo by his teammates:

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=278965

(Note - this was written two years ago when Briere was first named captain.)

[Wingspan]

I liked Fight Club...I never liked the Matrix all that much though.

[Rome]

I liked Fight Club...I never liked the Matrix all that much though.

Alrighty then. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Tyler Durden plays for the Flyers.

[Seabiscuit36]

Tyler Durden plays for the Flyers.

He changed his name to Ben Eager

[ice grillin you]

you have to look at the intangibles that Briere would bring.  He's the unquestioned leader of the Sabres, he's the Captain of that squad

id take either one but drury is the unquestioned leader of the sabres and is much more valuable to the team....briere is more talented tho

i think id take drury as he can teach the many young flyers how to play the game...hes the kind of guy you want a young team to grow up following

[BigEd76]

Get Briere.

Drury is on his third team already...

[ice grillin you]

but briere will be on his third team if the flyers sign him?...and drury is on so many teams because other people always want him...briere was sent out of phoenix cause he sucked

im kinda with rjs on briere...he was alxender daigle before he got to buffalo...im worried that if he leaves that system with the perfectly fitted talent they have in it he will have a drop off

drury on the other hand has been the same player and unbelievably consistent since the day he entered the league...he is a complete player that can and will fit in any system perfectly

how about they get both?

[rjs246]

how about they get both?

IN

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Bring back Dan Kordic.

[BigEd76]

Get both...done.  And Kimmo Timonen or Sheldon Souray...

[Seabiscuit36]

Just get Drury and Gomez, or just get Gomez and a Dman and wait one year for Iginla to be available. 

[Rome]

Kimmo Timonen...

He'll be the first guy the Flyers target.  No way Nashville matches either.

As for the Drury vs. Briere debate, I'd be more than happy to have both in orange and black, but if a choice had to be made, I'd take Briere.  For those of you who've suggested that the cast of players surrounding him makes him better, consider this: maybe he's the one making them better?

Judging from what the Sabres fans I know have said to me losing either one of them would be a crushing blow.  Losing both would be disasterous so figure on at least one of them sticking in Buffalo.