Grading the 2010 Flyers: Ian Laperriere
by Travis Hughes on Jul 8, 2010 6:30 PM EDT
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There are a bunch of stats above, but when it comes to Ian Laperriere, none of that stuff really matters. It doesn't make a difference that he only scored three goals. It doesn't matter that he was a minus on the season or that he has a Corsi number that's less than impressive.
In fact, the numbers that appear bad to the naked eye are actually an indication of how meaningful Lappy is to this Flyers team.
His terrible Corsi number, for example, is indicative of how much of a defensive machine he is. We know that with Lappy, the numbers don't matter. It's all about the intangibles. It's about laying it all on the line. It's about being a leader, and leading your teammates by example. It's about being the guy that everybody turns to when they need a spark.
If you just look at the stats and don't actually watch Ian Laperriere play the game, you see a marginal fourth line player that doesn't have much of an impact on the team. But as soon as you turn on the game and watch number 14 take a shift, you realize how important he is to this team. You realize why we all freaked out when he went down to injury in the playoffs.
You realize why he's one of the most widely respected players we've ever seen play for this team. You realize why we give him an A for his season.
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A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++. Don’t need to explain why.
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why not include video clips and playoff stats? I think with a deep run by the flyers you need to include playoff #s
by historywillbemade on Jul 8, 2010 6:34 PM EDT reply actions
We’ve actually had these templates put together for a while. Since like, the middle of the playoffs.
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by Travis Hughes on Jul 8, 2010 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions
ah ok. I was just thinking that the regular season stats don’t really provide the full picture here on the player’s performance. For example, grading Danny Briere without seeing his playoff stats is a bit misleading. As long as it’s in the write up then it’s all good
by historywillbemade on Jul 8, 2010 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Lappy
gets paid less than 1.5 mill a year and still almost loses and eye for his team, literally bangs his brain up enough to sit out, and still wants to play without a shield because it bothers him. LeBron gets a hour of TV time to tell us where he is going to go to make hundereds of millions of dollars. Don’t get my wrong, I like the NBA, but I would trade for Lappys heart before I ever traded for LeBron’s body.
especially when LeBron quit on his team according to the Cavs owner, Lappy puts his face in front of shots for his team (in an elimation game we were winning 3-0).
by historywillbemade on Jul 9, 2010 8:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Holy crap, 22 votes. All A’s.
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anyone who votes lower than B is clearly a troll. If not, I would love to hear their reason
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You mean anybody who votes lower than an A!! No way you can give Lappy anything but an A unless you’re a troll, he puts everything out on the line, risks his eyes, brain, and everything. He’s a true warrior and I hope he retires a Flyer!!
But like you said, if they aren’t I would be very interested in hearing why they voted anything that’s not the letter A.
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I remember looking at his stats last offseason after the Flyers signed him and wondering why they signed him. I looked at his 19 points and his 160-some penalty minutes and didn’t understand why they would sign someone like that. Obviously, I had never really watched Lappy play and it all started to make sense once the season was being played. A+
Yeah, I had a very similar reaction (mostly the penalty minutes) until Colorado fans started coming over here and telling me I was an idiot uninformed.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jul 8, 2010 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m immediately reminded of Dumb & Dumber.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jul 8, 2010 8:29 PM EDT up reply actions
and then lappy goes and does something like that and TOTALLY redeems himself!
I live in denver and got to watch him, when the flyers came her last season everyone was excited to see him play again, kinda like if gagne (if traded) went back to philly i would imagine.
Thought the Rocky Mountains would be a little rockier than this. That John Denver’s full of shit, man.
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by Travis Hughes on Jul 9, 2010 12:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Lappy is the reason
A for effort came about.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!
Shows inconsistency of Homer
No question Lappy gets an A.
Homer can be great and terrible. Sign people for 13 year NMC’s. Trade Upshall AND a 2nd for Carcillo. Sign Leighton pre-July1 for over market.
Yet, he also signed Betts,Lappy and Leino for cheap. Picks up Leighton off waivers (whatever you think of the new contract, that was an awesome pickup for the $$).
This is why we are freaking out about the Gagne waivers. Given the wild inconsistency, we are actually afraid it might occur. But we also think, maybe this is all lala Twitter make-believe.
Are we dealing with Jekyll-Homer or Hyde-Homer?
Two of the best nights of my life.,,,October 21, 1980 and October 29, 2008.
One of the weirdest...October 1, 1970. I kept part of one of the seats.
I was in college in Boston in 1974 and when Clarke scored the OT goal in game 2 I knew that the Flyers would win the Cup since they would never lose at home.
Whoever gave Lappy the F needs to have his/her guts hollowed out with a sppon. Why? Because it hurts more.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luukko
I know I’ll catch slack for this. But I gave him a B, b/c if he went down to block those shots properly, he wouldn’t have missed anytime. So I’m giving him a B b/c, in effect, he took himself out of the lineup, and b/c I think he is that important, you drop a letter grade automatically if what you do results in removing Lappy from the lineup.
I don’t agree, but that makes sense.
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The first one was all him just getting caught between decisions. The second one, he was in the right spot, went down the right way (just too much momentum when he went down, which carried his face in to the lane unfortunately, not really his fault there, just making a play really) but for the love of god, turn your head the other way.
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