2009 Flyers Offseason Thread

[ice grillin you]

its not a perfect science but if you cant at least be a +1 on a good team then you probably arent one of the best defenseman in the league anymore

[SD_Eagle5]

Got this from the HF boards:

In the post-trade conference, Murray is asked this: "Murph, was this offer what you got for Prongs... was this far and away better than any other offer you got, or was anything else in the ballpark?"

He responds: "Nothing else was close to it. Paul wanted it."

[ice grillin you]

remember back in the day when you had to give five first rounders for a restricted free agent...and how utterly insane everyone thought it was even for a player who was in his prime and youd have for the distant future...i remember st louis doing this for stevens and people called them beyond retarded

well holmgren just gave three first rounders a 25 goal scorer and a 3rd rounder for a 35 year old defenseman

[PhillyGirl]

IGY gets bonus points for mentioning 2 of my favorite Flyers ever in a post.

Lindsay Carson (tough as nails) and Daryl Stanley (loved him and Dave Brown together...and yes, I owned that ridiculously gay "Bruise Brothers" tshirt with the 2 of them).

Along with the ridiculously gay, "Lightning only strikes once, Hextall strikes twice" shirt they sold after Hextall's 2nd goal. 

[DH]

"Lightning only strikes once, Hextall strikes twice"

Not if youre Matt Hasselback.

[QB Eagles]

IGY gets bonus points for mentioning 2 of my favorite Flyers ever in a post.

How many favorite Flyers do you have in total? Because I think by now you've said that about a good 70-75% of the mid-80s players. 

[PhillyGirl]

3/4 of that 85-85 team are my all time favorite flyers. lol

But you never see Carson or Stanley ever mentioned.

[Geowhizzer]

IGY gets bonus points for mentioning 2 of my favorite Flyers ever in a post.

Lindsay Carson (tough as nails) and Daryl Stanley (loved him and Dave Brown together...and yes, I owned that ridiculously gay "Bruise Brothers" tshirt with the 2 of them).

Along with the ridiculously gay, "Lightning only strikes once, Hextall strikes twice" shirt they sold after Hextall's 2nd goal. 

Brown is probably my all-time favorite Flyer.  I can remember the finals against Edmonton (I believe in 1987), the news was showing the Flyers in Edmonton, and Brown was singing "Jingle Bells."  I thought they were going to do it that year.

[ice grillin you]

3/4 of that 85-85 team are my all time favorite flyers. lol

But you never see Carson or Stanley ever mentioned.

86-87 team >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 84-85 team

but flyer 80's teams >>>>>>>>> all sports teams

[MDS]

i was born in 87 and thus really cant talk much about the 80's flyers team, but how can they possibly be the greatest teams of all time if they hoisted a grand total of 0 stanley cups?

[rjs246]

That was the most well-formed post/thought you had around these parts in quite some time. You've been practicing.

[MDS]

everyone once in a while i stop talking about jizz or how big my dong is and make sense

[ice grillin you]

i was born in 87 and thus really cant talk much about the 80's flyers team, but how can they possibly be the greatest teams of all time if they hoisted a grand total of 0 stanley cups?

one day youll realize best of anything...player team coach franchise whatever = havas' favorite

youll also grow up one day to realize that theres more to sports than what sports illustrated bob simmons or ken burns tells you

[PhillyGirl]

3/4 of that 85-85 team are my all time favorite flyers. lol

But you never see Carson or Stanley ever mentioned.

86-87 team >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 84-85 team

but flyer 80's teams >>>>>>>>> all sports teams

I know...but that team was pretty much the same for those years. 85-88.

[Rome]

The Poulin/Tocchet/Hextall team was my favorite Philly team ever.  Maybe it was because of what they did against the Oilers coming back from a 3-1 deficit and several other in-game deficits in that series, but they showed heart, guts, skill and unbelievable determination every night without fail.

Or maybe it's because I got drunk as balls with a lot of them that summer after they lost.  Who knows.  Thinking about the Game 6 win in that series still gives me chills.