to be an issue for us to take risks on players.

This can’t be a serious thing.

I like Emery in Philadelphia. He reminds me a lot of Hextall with his tenacity and no nonsense approach. We attack Biron for being indifferent and nonchalant about games. This guy is the complete opposite from what I’ve read.

He also has something that Biron doesn’t have: Stanley Cup experience.

Whats the worst that can happen with this guy? We lose in the first round?
Oh wait…

Don’t judge this guy off the bat. If he comes to play in Philadelphia we will roll out the welcome mat.

From what I hear, Homer really wants J-bo. So signing Emery at a cheap price might be a precursor to that.

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly were the off-ice concerns?

If someone is essentially kicked out of the league because he is COMPLETELY sideways, you don’t get him. I don’t care about his talent. All that does is cause a major distraction to your team chemistry, and we all saw what happened as a result of that. Except in this case, it wouldn’t be losing somebody we like – it would be keeping someone we don’t like.

From “Wikipedia:”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Emery

“Emery is notable for getting into numerous on-ice altercations, a rarity for an ice hockey goaltender. Emery has been involved in one such incident at the NHL level, fighting two Buffalo players, Martin Biron and Andrew Peters, in a line brawl during the 2006–07 NHL season. He was also involved in a much publicized fight with then teammate Brian McGrattan during a Senators’ practice in January of 2008, as well as an altercation with Jason Spezza during a practice in the 2007 playoffs, and a “verbal sparring match” with Chris Neil on February 3, 2008."

I worry that Homer’s GM career is starting to mirror his coaching career… one good year with exceeded expectations, and all backwards from there.

If they don’t want to re-sign Biron, I’d rather they sign Anderson and go with Backlund as a backup.

The WYSIWYG formatting is not working for me today.

No. thats my initial reaction.

We simply don’t need a headcase, especially at one of the most high pressure positions in professional sports. Imagine if he has a bad stretch where he lets in a bunch of soft goals and the fans get on him. He’d explode.

We see this type of character in all sports and the debate is always “does his talent outweigh his attitude?”. 99% of the time the answer is a resounding no. what happens with these players is they come in and play nice in the beginning, we hear the whole “oh he’s changed” stuff, and then as soon as adversity strikes they implode. Guys like this are a divisive force in the locker room. And don’t tell me it’s “intesity” or “character”, punching your trainer in the face isn’t “intensity” it’s mental instability. guys like this put themselves above the team, take costly penaltys, and ultimately cause distractions (Im looking at you Mr. Carcillo).

The Flyers need to focus on maturing and growing as a team. bringing in a psychotic goaltender would be a step backwards.

And we havn’t even talked about his playing ability. He’s been out of the league for some time now, who knows if he’s any good.

The Flyers should worry about their defense, before goaltending. If we can build a formidable blue line I think someone like Biron can flourish back there. I can not stress this enough, Defense wins championships and ultimately it’s the defense that influences the goaltenders performance more than anything. I’m not saying a good goaltender can’t do wonders for a team (Fleury) but ultimately they can’t do much without defense. Take Martin Brodeur for example. Obviously he’s a great player, but do you think he’d have the records he does if the Devils weren’t such a sound defensive team?

I think it is too delicate a position to entrust to someone as volatile as Emery. If he was the backup to a stud goalie I’d be a litel open but really if we are going to go ahead with a “?” #2 potentially #1I’d rather have Biron be that guy. He’s a good team guy and has shown he can step up, even if he’s not a lock down ride to the Cup guy.

Anyone else remember the Biron-Emery goalie fight? I forget who, but one of the Sabre skaters eventually came over and started punching Emery in the face, with Emery smiling all the way.

he’s defiant, original, brash, with some personality and individual independence, tough and may have gotten a bum rap from an organization that was looking for a scapegoat and he fit the bill…

sign him !!!!!

I just want our boys to finally make that push into the Stanley Cup. We have had a great team last couple seasons just can’t seem to break that hump. Emery has the ability and I think for a cheap short-term contract isn’t necessarily the death of us. I do think that we are kind of jumping the gun here tho, I know with contract and salary cap woes our hands are tied, but there are a lot of potential takers for the numbr 1 position in net. I’ve heard names like Price, Luongo, Anderson, Vokoun, Clemmensen, etc….being thrown around as possibles and I know we are looking for a Defensive D-men as well, so maybe the right trade with the right team could give us much more and also maybe knock some money off that cap for us too.