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Is Pronger The Missing Link?
by Paul on 10/01/09 at 03:29 PM ET
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from Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly,
There have been several missing links for the Flyers in their quest to win that ever-elusive third Cup. One was in goal. The other was a punishing defenseman, one who strikes fear into the hearts of wingers coming across the blue line.
If the Flyers are going to unseat reigning Cup champion Pittsburgh as “Beast of the East” this season, they will need Pronger’s on-ice demeanor and off-ice attitude to accomplish the task.
You see, the Flyers of recent past – even under Ken Hitchcock – took losing far too casually. They failed to see the impact of today’s mistakes on tomorrow’s expectations.
Pronger doesn’t.
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See, I saw the title on the RSS feed, and was expecting a very different article.
Posted by aaron from atlanta, ga on 10/01/09 at 02:54 PM ET
he most certainly is the missing link
Posted by Edillac from jesenice,europe on 10/01/09 at 04:54 PM ET
Actually, Pronger isn’t the “missing link.” He’s the entity that came just before the missing link. If the “missing link” were around today, he’d at least have a modicum of self-control. But Pronger? Ah, not so much.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 10/01/09 at 06:06 PM ET
I’m not even going to start on the fallacy of a “missing link” as a very Victorian idea of how evolution should work. 
But I love the title anyway.
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 10/01/09 at 06:10 PM ET
I’m not even going to start on the fallacy of a “missing link” as a very Victorian idea of how evolution should work.
Thank you for not bringing either science or logic into this discussion of Chrissy Pronger. As we all know he defies logic and he’s only interested in “fisics”. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 10/01/09 at 06:58 PM ET
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LOL… yes Pronger is the missing link, but not how this article means it…
Posted by Nathan from Jonny Ericsson's ice cream truck on 10/01/09 at 02:53 PM ET