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Flyers Take A Chance With Pronger Signing
by Paul on 07/07/09 at 06:40 AM ET
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from Bob Ford of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
The Flyers prefer to characterize the draft-day move as the opportunity to add a future Hall of Fame player who will solidify the back line for seasons to come. That might be exactly how it will turn out, too, but the stakes and the measuring stick for the Flyers remains as always: Cup or nothing.
And with that, the clock is ticking.
It is ticking because the Flyers paid an enormous price to acquire him, sending away two first-round picks, and - by including talented 19-year-old defenseman Luca Sbisa - the equivalent of a third first-rounder.
Three years from now, if the Pronger acquisition has not produced a Stanley Cup, the talent gap left by dealing those three top picks has the potential to leave some holes on the roster.
As it is, there are a few holes the Flyers will have to plug in the short term, too. Losing Joffrey Lupul in the trade and forward Mike Knuble because the team couldn’t afford to keep him will provide for some challenges on the scoring lines, particularly at right wing.
But those are the chances the Flyers have taken, with the future and with the present. And, for all the right reasons, those were the correct chances to take.
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With Ray Emery and Brian Boucher in net, the Flyers aren’t going to beat Pittsburgh when it counts.
Yessir, there is a big difference between “beating someone” and “beating someone up”...unless of course you’re the 2007 Anaheim Ducks, in which case, you were able to do both.
Is embolden a word? That reminds me of the Jebidiah Springfield quote “A noble spirit, embiggens the smallest man.”
Posted by Animal Drew from A Nightmare on Helm Street on 07/07/09 at 10:12 AM ET
No, embolden is not a word, it’s a typo.
Posted by Puckhead from Jersey, you dolts! on 07/08/09 at 08:15 PM ET
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Over the past two seasons, Pittsburgh is 24-7 in Eastern Conference playoff action; Detroit is 24-8 in Western Conference playoff action and have proved that the only clubs that can beat those two…are each other. Everyone else in the league better start doing something to try and catch up. So far, my Devils haven’t done much of anything. Pronger may embolden the Flyers to be even more neanderthal-like, but we in the Atlantic Division have been dealing with those dim-witted knuckle-draggers for years. Nothing’s really changed in that department. With Ray Emery and Brian Boucher in net, the Flyers aren’t going to beat Pittsburgh when it counts.
Posted by Puckhead from Jersey, you dolts! on 07/07/09 at 09:57 AM ET