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Talking Flyers’ Goaltending
by Patrick Hoffman on 03/21/10 at 03:02 PM ET
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I know that this is a few days old but I wanted to point out great friend of the blog’s Scotty Wazz’s look at the Philadelphia Flyers goaltending unstableness:
Though, when you think Philadelphia—many things jump to mind. Cheesesteaks, rowdy fans, and goalie issues. Since the lockout, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki, Martin Biron, Martin Houle, Emery, Boucher, and Leighton (twice) have been in net for the Flyers. If you even trace back before the lockout until the 1999-2000 season; add Jeff Hackett, Sean Burke, Neil Little, Roman Cechmanek, Boucher again, Maxime Ouellet, and John Vanbiesbrouck. That’s 13 goalies in ten seasons. While it’s not out of control in terms of size, it is a little suspect how none of them could really stick around for the long-term. While you can say it’s a matter of not having a consistent team around them or the pressure on being the franchise keeper could be factors, yet at the same time; you’d think you throw enough stuff against the wall, there’s something that’s bound to stick. You can even say that since Ron Hextall, there hasn’t be a goalie who has been capable to carry the Flyers banner—and he stopped being a starter after the 1998-99 season.
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um…what goaltending?
Posted by stoneman from vegas on 03/21/10 at 11:57 PM ET