2006-07 Flyers Season Thread

[SunMo]

Flyers find fix for Forsberg's skate boot
By Tim Panaccio
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

The continuing saga of Peter Forsberg's right skate boot appears to have taken a positive turn.

Flyers assistant equipment manager, Harry Bricker, who works arduously on making skates perfect, seems to have found the right foam insert and is sending a sample, right skate boot to Bauer to mass produce for Forsberg.

"We just found some foam and added it to the skate... and then we took some things out of the back of the skate boot," Bricker said. "We opened up the back of the skate and added this foam to hold his ankle in there."

Bricker says that foam should last without having to be replaced.

"Once we get it into all his skates, it's permanent," he said.

The Bauer skates that Forsberg wears cost $439 a pair. The new design might raise the price, but that seems a small price to pay if he can skate the way he feels he should and be comfortable.

How much did Forsberg pay Bricker, who worked long hours on Thanksgiving Day to prepare the new insert?

"You don't want to know," Forsberg said, laughing. "He's been great. We've been working hard at it. We've been working on it a long time. He has not given up. He's trying to find a solution and he's been great."

Forsberg says he will not rest until the problem has been solved, until he can get multiple practices and games with the new boot, and still feel as comfortable as he does right now.

His teammates were stunned to see him playing on Friday against Columbus and Saturday in New York as he told them he would skip both games until the skate issue was resolved. Bricker solved it late Thanksgiving afternoon.

Forsberg played well in both games.

"Since that day, I don't know if he found a solution with the skate, but he looks lot better and playing a lot better," Simon Gagne said. "Maybe it's a magic skate. It was Thanksgiving. Maybe some one came late one night and gave him a little gift or something."

Said coach John Stevens: "He looks less frustrated right now. Seems like each day, it becomes less and less of an issue. He seemed excited that they were find a solution."

Stanley Cup!

[Seabiscuit36]

The Philadelphia Flyers rewarded forward Mike Knuble with a two-year, US$5.6-million contract extension on Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Good deal for the flyers.  I really like Knuble.   

[ice grillin you]

extending old slow guys is the direction to take in the nhl

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

So, Bobby Clarke's still calling the shots, then?

[Rome]

LUNACY!


Oh, wait... wrong thread.  n/m

[BigEd76]

What's wrong with that deal?  He was going to be a FA after the season and he's one of the few guys that actually scored a goal this year....

[Seabiscuit36]

I like the deal.  He's not fast but knows his role, is going to score 25-30 goals, and if they dont sign and trade him,  Forsberg said reupping Gagne helped, he wanted Knuble reupped also.   

[Rome]

What's wrong with that deal?  He was going to be a FA after the season and he's one of the few guys that actually scored a goal this year....

The deal's fine, Ed.  I was busting IGY's crackers.

[BigEd76]

Knuble just scored...1-0

[SD_Eagle5]

Flyers were down 2-1 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd then Umberger scored to tie it. Then Rathje whiffed on a pass out of his own zone, the Predators stole it and scored. Flyers lose 3-2.

[Geowhizzer]

Flyers were down 2-1 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd then Umberger scored to tie it. Then Rathje whiffed on a pass out of his own zone, the Predators stole it and scored. Flyers lose 3-2.

I would say they choked, but they're just a bad team.  Hard to get too upset.

Kind of like the Eagles right now.

[MDS]

Kind of like the Eagles right now

[mcnabbmvp]

(November 29) - The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have recalled 5'11", 180-pound goaltender Martin Houle (HOOL) from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, according to General Manager Paul Holmgren. Houle has been assigned uniform number #35.

In addition, the team announced that goaltender Robert Esche today underwent successful surgery to repair his adductor muscle and will be out of action for two to four weeks.

[Seabiscuit36]

Rathje needs to be put down, every time he touched the puck after flubbing it in the corner and setting up the Preds goal he was booed mercilessly.  I loved it.  Hopefully Snider realizes he sucks, his back isnt repairable and he needs to be sent down or retire. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

His quotes in the paper seemed like he was crying about getting booed.

"You make a play like that, you lose a game, there is nothing you can do," Rathje said. "It's funny how that happens when guys are working hard every night. You make a mistake like that and people get upset.

"I went to make a pass to Randy [Jones] and it went off my stick. I don't know how it happened. It ain't the first time it's happened to me... . You want to make good plays at the end of the game. Guys throw interceptions [that are returned] for touchdowns. It happens. You live with it."

Put his ass on waivers.