Ranking the Flyers: Number 5

by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 3, 2009 12:58 PM EDT in Philadelphia Flyers Features

Welcome Chris Pronger to the list, as he more than doubled the second place finisher Simon Gagne. WIth 45% of the vote, Pronger is off the board fourth.

Gagne is the only other player reaching at least 10% of the vote last round, so one would assume he's the favorite for #5. Claude Giroux and Ray Emery are the next closest.

Let the voting begin for #5!

Mike Richards
Kimmo Timonen
Jeff Carter
Chris Pronger

Poll

Who is the Next (Fifth) most valuable Flyer?

Braydon Coburn

25 votes

Randy Jones

1 votes

Simon Gagne

187 votes

Dan Carcillo

1 votes

Ian Laperriere

1 votes

Scott Hartnell

42 votes

Matt Carle

1 votes

Claude Giroux

78 votes

Ray Emery

76 votes

Riley Cote

2 votes

Brian Boucher

2 votes

Darroll Powe

0 votes

Arron Asham

1 votes

Danny Briere

23 votes

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen

0 votes

Ryan Parent

3 votes

James van Riemsdyk

4 votes

447 votes | Poll has closed

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i like the results so far...

but i gotta say go with giroux this round. he’s young with a great future in him (hopefully all with the flyers). emery next because he’s got alot to prove. gagne after that. not because he isnt good. but because thats just how stacked this team is this year. im so pumped

by XxXseigleXxX on Sep 3, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

So right now you’d be more upset if Ray Emery blew an ACL than if Carter or Gagne did? Gotta question the analysis on that one. With Manny Fernandez, Manny Legace and some other veteran goalies of similar caliber still available losing Emery doesn’t really hurt PHI all that much. From a Caps fan perspective, there are a ton of guys on PHI that I’d like to poach before Ray Emery.

A man must have a code.

by Rob Parker on Sep 3, 2009 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions

well yes. we dont know how he will play and i hope he does great. not a huge fan of carter. he just had a lucky year of closing his eyes and putting the puck on the net.

by XxXseigleXxX on Sep 4, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I guess time will tell how lucky Carter was. I’m willing to bet that 30 out of 30 NHL GMs would take Jeff Carter over Ray Emery. I’m not sure what you are using to define value but it’s clearly different from mine.

A man must have a code.

by Rob Parker on Sep 4, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

and carter really shouldnt be on the list yet lol

by XxXseigleXxX on Sep 3, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

The year, Y! Sports used the Rotowire draft kit rankings to establish the default list, which is found below. Here’s the Top 10:
    1 Alexander Ovechkin(notes), LW
    2 Evgeni Malkin, C
    3 Sidney Crosby, C
    4 Zach Parise(notes), LW
    5 Corey Perry(notes), RW
    6 Ryan Getzlaf(notes), C
7 Jeff Carter(notes), C
…
27 Mike Richards(notes), C
58 Chris Pronger(notes), D
75 Ray Emery(notes), G

by MichaelF on Sep 3, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

To be fair

Carter is obviously a better pick for fantasy numbers. Not sure how they calculate defensive stats, but I’m sure there is no more than 2 defensemen in the top 30

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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 3, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions

dude please, i saw that list and its horrible. youre telling me carter is that much better than richards? no. and if i remember correctly lidstrom isnt near the top ten. good list. and ray emery is on the top 100 and hasnt played yet. nice. use your brain next time to speak, not someone elses

by XxXseigleXxX on Sep 4, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Statistically Carter is better then Richards ( though Richards is more valuable to the team then Carter)
Statistically Ray Emery is better then many other goalies, which is why Flyers picked him…
I am using my brain and supplying facts to prove it, instead of just being rude…

by MichaelF on Sep 4, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

True, but as one can see based on the list he at least warrants position there with the best of the Flyers (unlike Gagne )
I like Gagne , but Flyers did ok without him.
Can they do ok without starting goalie?

by MichaelF on Sep 3, 2009 8:25 PM EDT reply actions

Gagne

gets my vote, killed penalties, PP. But I am on the fence between him and Claude. I just think Gags has more experience and a better skill set for now.

by Crosby sucks on Sep 3, 2009 11:09 PM EDT reply actions

Tough pick....

I went with Giroux,but, It could have been Gags. The only reason I took Giroux was the energy he has and the unbelievable way he sees the ice. He impressed me every time he touched the puck last year. I think that Gags still has a great scoring ability and his pk wasnt bad, but Giroux was impressive in the pk dept also……. Slight nod to Giroux for abilities over Gags experience.

by craiger6 on Sep 4, 2009 6:30 AM EDT reply actions

Giroux over Gagne?

Interesting that many are picking Giroux as more valuable over Gagne after half a season of hockey under his belt. He would be worthy of this (my) vote if he proved himself after a sophmore season and showed he could produce consistently. Gagne has done that pretty much his entire carrer.

by bpmc21 on Sep 6, 2009 9:13 AM EDT reply actions