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Flyers Take A Step Backwards
by Paul on 03/05/09 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull,
While many of the Eastern Conference contenders got better today, the Flyers took a step backward. All because they were backed into a corner by their lack of cap space.
So they traded energetic winger Scottie Upshall to Phoenix for tough-guy winger Dan Carcillo, the NHL’s leader with 174 penalty minutes .
My first reaction: The Broad Street Bullies are being resurrected _ and that won’t work in today’s speed-first NHL.(Carcillo and Flyers winger Riley Cote are second in the NHL with 18 fights each.) Still, general manager Paul Holmgren deserves a mulligan. In two years, he has transformed the Flyers from a laughing stock to one of the Eastern Conference’s elite teams.
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The one thing I didn’t realize was that Upshall is a UFA at the end of the season and with the Flyers’ cap situation, probably wouldn’t have been resigned considering other needs like getting two goalies. That still, however, doesn’t excuse trading a speedy winger who seemed to have great chemistry with Giroux, thus, creating 3 scoring lines for a guy leading the league in penalty minutes. I would rather they traded for someone who can play on the fourth line in a defensive role and dumped Cote.
Posted by phillyd from New Jersey on 03/05/09 at 09:50 AM ET
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Don’t like this move for the Flyers. Well I do being a Rangers fan, But I think it was a bad move for the organization. I think Scottie is a better player.
Posted by Performance Parts on 03/05/09 at 09:04 AM ET