just curious, what about last season did you think was so horrible?
just to get all the new guys up to speed, i hated chris pronger, mostly because of what the trade and his extension have cost the flyers. the trade for him was lupul (legit top 6 winger), sbisa (1st round pick), and two 1st round picks. in the cap era, you HAVE to have guys on ELC's or second contracts (ie giroux) if you want to win the cup. the loss of those 3 first round picks decimated the flyers already weak farm system, and it continues to haunt them.
the extension was beyond stupid. salary cap wise, his injury was a blessing. i feel bad for the guy, and really hope he does fully recover and lives a normal life from here on out, but if he had stayed relatively healthy and retired a couple years later, the flyers would be fully on the hook for 5 mil/season until he turned 42. and every offseason, it still hurts. they are forced to move salary before the season starts because of it. a d-corp of timonen, schenn, coburn, streit, meszaros, and grossmann would be a top 5 d-unit int he entire league. but they can't have that because of the pronger extension.
on the ice, offensively he was a beast, and leadership wise there was nobody better. but i didn't think he was anything special defensively while he was on the flyers. i thought he was slow and far from the dominating physical presence that i expected. for the trade and contract to be worth it, his defensive game needed to be better, and he needed to bleed more opponents.
that's awaz's stance on pronger. i promise you will not win an argument with me on any of the above, just about everyone on here has tried
plus, it's time to discuss the future! where the flyers kick the pens' ass up and down the street next year
i just really want college football and hockey to start up again. i say we just put in a 1 month skip tonight so it's august 19th when we wake up tomorrow.. which also puts me at the beach
Man that would be awesome no hockey football and basketball makes for a very boring sports season. Plus it's hot as hell out there.We need some rain!!!!!
I used to love MLB for the longest time, and I still watch it occasionally. However, it's brutal to watch an entire baseball season. This is my list of favorite sports to watch. Flyers hockey, Buckeye football and basketball and Cuse basketball, and Eagles football. This is a long boring stretch we are going through. The only thing exciting these days is training camp and CFB season coming up. On another note, Fuck the Wolverines and the Tide. This is the Buckeyes year!
I used to love MLB for the longest time, and I still watch it occasionally. However, it's brutal to watch an entire baseball season. This is my list of favorite sports to watch. Flyers hockey, Buckeye football and basketball and Cuse basketball, and Eagles football. This is a long boring stretch we are going through. The only thing exciting these days is training camp and CFB season coming up. On another note, Fuck the Wolverines and the Tide. This is the Buckeyes year!
