Thursday Morning Fly By: Is it Saturday Yet?

by Geoff Detweiler on May 27, 2010 11:07 AM EDT in Morning Fly By

Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...

Looking back at the Flyers - Canadiens series based on scoring chances. Could the Giroux line be matched against Hossa and Sharp? [The Copper & Blue]
Again, is Michael Leighton earning himself a contract? [Daily News]
Brian Boucher is looking to return to the bench for the Finals. [DelcoTimes] [CSNPhilly]
A great look at Claude Giroux and how he got to where he is. [Daily News]
Mike Richards and Chris Pronger are beginning to work really well together. [CSNPhilly] [DelcoTimes]
An interview with Peter Luukko where he admits to wanting a beard like ZZ Top. [Daily News]
Sadly, Sami Kapanen retired from hockey to become a GM. [EuroFlyers] [The700level]
The Flyers are relying heavily on their top four defensemen. [Daily News]
On this date 35 years ago, the Flyers won their second straight Stanley Cup. [The700level]
Some Mario Kempe news: He will play in the IIHF Roller Hockey World Championships for Sweden. [euroflyers]
Kempe is also about to sign with the Flyers: [EuroFlyers]
Unless he's only still talking: [EuroFlyers]
Sebastien Caron is back in Switzerland: [euroflyers]
And Robert Esche signs in the KHL: [euroflyers]
Why are the Flyers huge underdogs against Chicago? They shouldn't be. [Puck Daddy]
Ian Laperriere is just a different breed. [The700Level]
In looking at ways to improve their team, Blue Jackets fans seems to want Scott Hartnell. [The Cannon]
Simon Gagne wants his teammates to know this opportunity is special. [CSNPhilly]
The Flyers Cup run is proving to be great for eBay scammers. [The700Level]
Who has the better goaltending in the Finals? [Puck Daddy]
Yesterday we linked to goalies drafted from 2003-05. This is looking at 2000-02. The Flyers come out on top in goaltenders exceeding expectations. Can you name that goalie? [The Copper & Blue]
Looking at odds for the Conn Smythe trophy. [Puck Daddy]
Steve Yzerman is the newest hope for Tampa Bay: [From the Rink]
After asking who will win, the question is now how likely is Philadelphia to win the Stanley Cup? [Behind The Net]
Lastly, a History Will be Made video of both Chicago and Philadelphia: [YouTube]

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Sami!!!

"Game 7's are tough... It's a game that's made for men and our guys proved to be men today." -Laviolette

by PatterPoet95 on May 27, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions

LET'S GO FLY-ERS!

by Eric T. on May 27, 2010 11:14 AM EDT reply actions

Slightly dissapointed by the Puck Daddy articles:

I expected more from the article about the Flyers as underdogs.
The goaltending article seems to just have spout off everything that everyone else has said about the goaltenders.
Chris Pronger’s odds are 25-1?! God I wish I was a gambling man.

"Game 7's are tough... It's a game that's made for men and our guys proved to be men today." -Laviolette

by PatterPoet95 on May 27, 2010 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

Would we do that BJ trade to trim 1.3 off the books, grab a 4/5 Dman, and a 2nd rounder? Geoff, how would rearrange the trade to pick up Calvert?

by Snevik on May 27, 2010 11:31 AM EDT reply actions

I don’t want Klesla at all, so that’s probably a deal breaker. But if it was Hartnell and Matsumoto for Jan Hejda, Calvert, and a 3rd, I’d probably do it.

Hejda is a UFA after next season, only costing $2 mil. That frees up $2.2 mil in cap space, gets value for a guy we won’t use (Moto), brings back a nice 4/5 defenseman to hold down the fort until Bourdon is ready, and gets me Calvert.

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by Geoff Detweiler on May 27, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

They signed Hejda to an extension.

by Snevik on May 27, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Wait no, I mixed up Hejda and Klesla. Damn hockey names.

by Snevik on May 27, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions

smythe

put 50 on gags, 50 on briere, and 50 on the field (giroux?)

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on May 27, 2010 11:36 AM EDT reply actions

Honestly, I’m putting $50 on Philly to win the cup, $15 on Pronger, and $15 on Briere or Richards. I don’t think Gags can win because of the missed time, although he has played amazing since coming back.

"Chris Pronger sneaked in the back door...banged it home."

Flyers Television Play-by-Play Man: Jim Jackson

by Psy09 on May 27, 2010 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Chris Pronger (left) and his mini-me, Kimmo Timonen.

I’ll admit, this caption made me laugh.

by ohnickels on May 27, 2010 11:40 AM EDT reply actions

Irony

I caught some of the NHL Network replay of the Flyers – Hawks game last night, and couldn’t help noticing that should the Flyers skate off with the Cup, that the ‘Hawks actually lost the Cup by losing to the Flyers in March. Without those 2 points, we never get in and maybe the Hawks would’ve ended their drought.

(and Ed Olczyk is MUCH less annoying doing the Hawks games than he is when working for Versus or NBC……..still annoying, but much less so)

by Pocono Flyers Fan on May 27, 2010 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

Eddie Olczyk is going to be unbearable this series.

Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."

by Justin F. on May 27, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Has anybody seen an analyst pick the Flyers yet? The only one that I know of is Joe Beninati when he was on The Fanatic

by The Legend on May 27, 2010 12:57 PM EDT reply actions

I looked around yesterday and found one person picking Chicago in 5, one person picking Chicago in 7, and nine people picking Chicago in 6.

by Eric T. on May 27, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Two of the ESPN “experts” picked the Flyers: Buccigross in 6 and Burnside in 7 games…

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions

If it means anything i saw Jim Rome and JA Adonde pick the Flyers on Rome is Burning. . .

by SkookFlyerfan on May 27, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Ugh- Jim Rome- now I shall have nightmares

"Game 7's are tough... It's a game that's made for men and our guys proved to be men today." -Laviolette

by PatterPoet95 on May 27, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions

The fact that Bucci picked the Flyers gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling. The fact that Burnside picked the Flyers makes me suspect that hell has frozen over.

Honor is no substitute for victory.

by The Dark on May 27, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I used to really love Bucci and would exchange emails with him and write-in for the mailbag…but he really had a blind-eye for the terrible job that Gretzky did in Phoenix and refused to criticize him so as not to upset their occasional meetings or golf outings. It’s a shame too because I don’t have anything personally against Gretzky and I still think he was the greatest hockey player I’ve ever gotten to see play the game. But as a team owner and head coach, he was a nepotist and he failed miserably…and those things I can (and do) blame him for.

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions

and gretzky was a horrible actor.

Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance

by psudrozz on May 27, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

By the way, the link to Bucci’s article. Some reasons I found amusing for why the Flyers will win:

3. Barry Melrose picked Chicago.

10. The Flyers have better playoff beards. Hands down.

13. Chris Pronger might put Patrick Kane on a hot dog bun and eat him. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean that literally. Relish, mustard, the whole thing. Advantage Flyers.

16. The Flyers have beaten goalies from Canada, Finland and Slovakia so far. Not satisfied with first bringing shame to cuddly Finland and their population of 5.3 million, the Flyers, in true Broad Street Bully fashion, will try to kick Finland when they are down. That’s cold.

Honor is no substitute for victory.

by The Dark on May 27, 2010 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions

19. In Chicago, you get Toews, bro; in Philly, you get tased, bro………..let that be a lesson to you

by Pocono Flyers Fan on May 27, 2010 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Patrick Sharp

We discussed him at length yesterday…I’m sure the fans will be happy to treat him to some boos:

http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nhl/news/story?id=5223597

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 1:03 PM EDT reply actions

That reminds me

I was reading how a bunch of Leafs fans and other visitors to our site have come away thinking that maybe not all Philly fans vomit on little girls while pelting them with snowballs packed around batteries.

Sounds to me like we’re not doing our job. I vote we start BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOing every post by a Blackhawks fan.

/not really, though a part of me does think that would be amusing for a while

by Eric T. on May 27, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I can see it getting old fast, but definitely entertaining as a starting point.

Living in Phoenix now it is hard to convince folks that all the stereotypes aren’t true, particularly while surrounded by a bunch of loud drunks at a Phillies-D-backs game.

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions

James Mirtle's breakdown

As usual, Mirtle is fantastic…

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/tale-of-the-tape-blackhawks-v-flyers/article1582290/

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

The comments, however, are not. Why are there some many knuckledraggers in the interwebs?

"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko

by doubleh on May 27, 2010 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Because they get to be anonymous and post idiotic stuff without repercussions. At least that’s what I think it is.

It’s one of the joys of SB Nation…you need to register to comment and it tracks your ip address and everything so you can be effectively banned for being a moron.

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by Jordan Ellel on May 27, 2010 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

Geoff

Boosh player tees at the stadium, or so I hear.

Pilgrim: Be gone pest, and give me the Bird

Yakko: We'd love to but the FOX censors wouldn't allow it

by JpH89 on May 27, 2010 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

They have a pretty cool one I would get for Geoff if I knew him personally. It’s the Flyers logo formed with Boosh’s of different sized fonts…it’s pretty darn cool actually. I figured Geoff had something to do with it.

by DLJr on May 27, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions

I heard it was a real player tee, with the finals logo on it.

Pilgrim: Be gone pest, and give me the Bird

Yakko: We'd love to but the FOX censors wouldn't allow it

by JpH89 on May 27, 2010 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions

I was commenting on a different shirt that has been available during the playoffs. I was just bringing up another Boucher shirt available, not saying the player t doesn’t exist.

by DLJr on May 27, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions