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Briere Concussed, Jagr Aggravates Groin
by Paul on 01/21/12 at 04:55 PM ET
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from Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull at the Philadelphia Inquirer,
For the Flyers, the all-star break cannot come fast enough.
Center Danny Briere suffered a concussion in the Flyers’ 4-1 win in New Jersey Saturday and is out indefinitely.
Late in the first period, Briere was flattened by Anton Volchenkov. Briere did not know if that was when he was injured; he was also hit by Patrik Elias in the third period.
Briere is the sixth Flyer to have a concussion this season, following Chris Pronger, Brayden Schenn, Matt Read, Claude Giroux and James van Riemsdyk.
Veteran right winger Jaromir Jagr re-aggravated a groin injury in the firt period and did not return to the game.
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The First And Last Look At The Briere Shootout Goal From Thursday
by Paul on 11/04/11 at 10:00 PM ET
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I didn’t bring this up last night or this morning because I felt it was a good goal, but I noticed quite a bit of chatter about it today.
Senior VP of Hockey Operations explains in detail why it was a goal and this may answer any questions you had about it or it may prevent any controversy in the future.
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Flyers Took Charge
by Paul on 04/27/11 at 04:48 PM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of Flyer Files,
In the final installment of Danny’s Diary, Flyers center Danny Briere takes you through the congratulatory handshake line following the Flyers’ seven-game, first-round playoff victory against his former team, the Buffalo Sabres:
It was a huge relief to get by Buffalo, no doubt about it. These guys played us hard and made it really tough on us. We said at the beginning that Ryan Miller might steal a couple games, which he did. It was a little close for comfort for my liking, anyway, so last night was a huge relief to get it done.I really enjoyed how, once again with everything on the line the last two games, we really stepped it up the last five periods. We really took charge there. As much as they tried, they couldn’t really keep up with us. They gave it all they had, which was impressive. But it was nice to see on our side the desperation we played with in the last couple of games.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 04/21/11 at 10:47 AM ET
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Last night we felt the five-minute penalty on Mike Richards was personal more than anything and there was a lot of frustration from that. Mike wasn’t happy about the (roughing) call on (Dan) Carcillo when both Miller and (Mike) Weber were mugging him and Weber didn’t get anything. We were all furious about that call and then he turned around and gave Mike the five minutes. For the most part since I’ve been here the refs have been very good at knowing the difference between the playoffs and the regular season, but I thought last night the line was crossed by one of them.
-Daniel Briere of the Philadelphia Flyers. More from Briere at Flyer Files.
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Two Fights at a Time?
by Alanah McGinley on 04/16/11 at 05:45 PM ET
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Nope, not allowed, and Scott Hartnell stops (at around 35 secs into the video clip below) to take note of what’s going on over on the other side of the circle (Patrick Kaleta and Daniel Briere) to make sure they all don’t run their team into trouble before getting into the dance with Paul Gaustad in today’s Philly/Buffalo tilt.
Update 8:20pm ET:
David Singer at HockeyFights.com points out to me that my headline might be a bit misleading… I should clarify that the rule is really that you CAN have two fights at the same time, if they start at the EXACT same time. You just can’t have a second (or third, etc) fight start after the first one is going. If that were to happen, then the guys in the subsequent fights would be running afoul of the rule and find themselves tossed.
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Briere Talks About Play Which Resulted In Him Being Fined
by Paul on 01/17/11 at 10:22 PM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of Flyer Files,
Following Monday’s practice he denied taking a swing at Prust, saying if anyone should face disciplinary action it should be the Rangers forward.
“There’s no doubt that was a blindside hit,” Briere said. “Kimmo never saw him coming. Other than him wanting to injure Kimmo, there’s no need for him to hit him. The puck is gone and you can’t change anything on the play other than to hurt Kimmo. Obviously, the only thing going through his mind is, ‘I can hurt him because he doesn’t see me coming.’”
Briere said that with time running out, there was little the Flyers could do to Prust.
“There were a few guys yelling at him, but what are we gonna do?” Briere said. “We can’t jump on the ice because then it’s an I don’t know how many games suspension.”
In case you missed the incident, watch it in an earlier KK post...
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Pending Sabres Sale Doesn’t Mean No Deals
by @DaveDavisHockey on 01/13/11 at 12:31 PM ET
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There is a misguided notion among some Sabres fans hungry for change that the timing of the impending sale to triple-billionaire Terry Pegula will potentially put a freeze on some much needed player transactions as the February 28th trade deadline approaches. If history is an indicator, don’t fret.
Assuming Buffalo is still out of the playoff picture in five weeks, GM Darcy Regier will best serve the organization by putting on his seller’s cap and stockpiling some draft picks and prospects in what’s starting to look a lot like his final trade deadline at the helm of this team.
Regier has been in this position before, in 2003 to be exact, when Tom Golisano was in the process of saving the franchise. But while the wheels were turning behind the scenes as a transfer of ownership was slowly being completed, Regier wasn’t exactly sitting around contemplating his job status.
He cut ties with veteran forward Vaclav Varada. He parted ways with fan favorite Rob Ray. He moved Stu Barnes to tears when he dealt his captain to Dallas. And in the most brilliant execution of stratagem imaginable, he somehow convinced then-GM Mike Barnett of Phoenix that the Coyotes would be a better team with Chris Gratton than with Daniel Briere.
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Evening Line
by Paul on 11/01/10 at 08:04 PM ET
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“...Honestly, I’m shocked. I honestly didn’t think I would get more than, after everything else, all of the suspensions that have been handed out the last couple of years and this year, honestly, I didn’t think I was going to get a game. Then I thought, ok yes I am a repeat offender, they’ll probably give me a game because of it. I’m shocked that it was more than a game.”
-Daniel Briere discussing his three game suspension. Anthony J. SanFilippo of the Delco Times posted the transcript of Briere speaking with the media, so read more.
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Briere Suspended Three Games
by Paul on 11/01/10 at 10:33 AM ET
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via Philadelphia Flyers tweet,
GM Paul Holmgren confirms that Danny Briere has received a 3 game suspension from the NHL
Miss the cross-check? Watch it here.
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All Daniel Briere
by Paul on 08/30/10 at 02:02 PM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of Flyer Files,
Q: You set a Flyers franchise record for playoff scoring in a single season last year. Did you expect to be that effective in the playoffs?
DB: “No, not at all. Things got rolling. The first playoff series against New Jersey was tough to get going. I don’t think me and Jeff Carter had a single point in the first three games of that series. Then we got hit by some injuries and we needed some guys to step up. I was asked to play a bigger role and was given more responsibilities. My confidence grew with these added responsibilities. I felt good and all of a sudden Peter (Laviolette) ended up putting me, Scott Hartnell, who had somewhat of a tough year like I did, and Ville Leino, who barely played up to that point, together. There probably wasn’t much expected from our line but for some reason chemistry set in right away and things got rolling. It was amazing. It is one of the best feelings in the world when every shift you are going out there you have the feeling you are going to make something happen and you have the chance to score. I know I had a blast playing with those two guys in the playoffs. I am praying that the chemistry stays right off the get-go at the start of next season.”
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Briere & Son OK After Car Accident
by Paul on 06/17/10 at 02:00 PM ET
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from WBNG,
A 2010 Land Rover driven by 32 year old Daniel Briere of Haddonfield, New Jersey was traveling in the passing lane next to a tractor trailer.
Troopers say Briere was drowsy, and drifted into the right lane, side-swiping the tractor trailer.
The truck then swerved, jack-knifed, and rolled.
It came to a stop across both lanes of 81 North.
Briere’s Land Rover hit a guiderail and came to a stop.
Police say the truck driver, Briere, and his 9 year old son all had minor injuries.
continued with pictures…
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Briere Gives Back
by Paul on 06/09/10 at 09:55 AM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of Flyer Files,
Press Release:
Danny Briere has one of the biggest games of his life tonight. Preparation includes strict concentration and countless practice hours. But in addition to all the hype and excitement felt by this popular NHL star, Briere couldn’t help but of think of children in need.
“I’ve been extremely lucky,” began Briere, “I am doing what I love to do, and playing in a series every hockey player dreams of. I wanted to share this moment, not only with my friends and family, but with a few kids that are in a need of a reason to smile!”
So, with that in mind, Briere arranged for three children who are being treated for cancer at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, to attend Game 6 tonight in a luxury suite. The children, ages 2, 11 and 17, will be joined by their families and Danny Briere’s parents.
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Briere Is The Flyers MVP
by Paul on 06/03/10 at 07:48 PM ET
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from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,
Briere, now a bona fide Conn Smythe Trophy candidate as playoff MVP, had the first goal of the game and an assist on the winning goal in overtime by Claude Giroux. That score was created by the fact Briere was alert enough to recognize an awful Chicago line change had basically created a 5-on-3 advantage for the home team.
Briere was also in the Blackhawks crease causing headaches for netminder Antti Niemi on Philly’s second goal, one that wasn’t officially called a goal until replay review confirmed it. On a night when baseball was again given reason to believe it needs to consider expanding its video review system, hockey’s came through with flying colours.
For Briere, it’s a noteworthy turnaround when you consider he was a frustrated centre forced to play right wing all season and began the playoffs by getting only 12:18 of playing time in the post-season opener.
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Morning Line
by Paul on 05/31/10 at 05:58 AM ET
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We were really quiet on the bus. After you lose a game like that nobody’s too excited. We had a team dinner at the hotel. You just kind of want to get away and it’s tough to enjoy being in the Finals. I think everybody went into their rooms and weren’t feeling too good about the way things went. I know I went back to my room and just sat there with long thoughts. It was just a long night. You replay the game in your mind and you replay all your chances against and chances for, every little situation. When you win you can get over the bad plays a lot easier than when you lose. I was up until about 3 o’clock.
-Danny Briere of the Flyers who is writing a diary at Flyer Files.
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Special Goal By Briere
by Paul on 05/03/10 at 08:10 AM ET
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from Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Ninety-nine percent of the time, a player in Briere’s spot would dump the puck into the Boston zone or, at most, skate it in and pull up to wait for friendlies to join him. But Briere suddenly sped up, skated between the Bruins, fired a backhand shot and then flipped his own rebound past Tuukka Rask for the goal that sent the game into overtime.
So if Briere is capable of such artistry, why doesn’t he do it more often? The answer is complex and sheds light on the psychology of players rising to the occasion in big games.
And Briere does that. He has a long history of playoff success, even if he sometimes seems to get lost for stretches during the regular season.
“He certainly has a special set of skills,” Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. “He’s a gifted player, and those players have every opportunity to make a difference.”
read on and watch the goal below…
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Flyers Hope Briere Can Spark Offense
by Paul on 12/01/09 at 06:48 AM ET
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from Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Briere has missed the last three games - two because of an NHL-mandated suspension and one because of the flu. He was back at practice yesterday and will return to the lineup Thursday against visiting Vancouver.
His return is welcomed. Without him, the Flyers had a total of four goals in the three games. Briere is second on the team with 10 goals, even though he has played in only 17 of the 24 contests.
“You don’t change a team with one guy, but I hope I can help out in that department. That’s my game, the offensive side,” said Briere, who will try to ignite a power play that has failed in its last nine chances.
“Goals have been tougher to come lately, but there’s always stretches like that in a season,” he said. “You have to try to go back to the basics.
“We put a lot of pucks on net in Atlanta, but maybe [we should be] trying to get around the goalie a little more, trying to screen a little more - get our noses dirty in that area to find loose pucks instead of giving the goalie a chance to see everything.”
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Did Briere Get Suspended Because He Is A Flyer?
by Paul on 11/28/09 at 06:29 PM ET
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from Tim Panaccio of CSNPhilly,
A day later, Briere gets suspended two games for driving Hannan into the back boards. Yeah, like Briere drives people with the kind of authority of Chris Pronger.
Briere’s hit was nowhere near as vicious as Jarret Stoll driving Dan Carcillo in the back of the neck, sending him into the boards with whiplash effect in Los Angeles last week.
Did we mention no penalty on that play, either? Of course, Carcillo wears a Flyers jersey. That says it all.
So, now we have Washington’s Alex Ovechkin finally getting tossed from a game for a dangerous hit to Buffalo’s Patrick Kaleta, who isn’t much of a saint, himself.
A world-class player Ovie may be, the Capitals’ winger often leaves his feet to bury people and gets away with it. Why? Because he’s Ovie. He didn’t leave his feet this time, but he leaned hard coming across ice to nail Kaleta on the boarding call.
read on and more hockey talk, many which have been brought up on KK in the last week…
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Briere Suspended Two Games
by Paul on 11/24/09 at 04:08 PM ET
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via Darren Dreger’s Twitter,
Briere suspended for 2 games for his hit last night on Scott Hannan.
added 5:57pm, video of the hit…
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Briere Leaves Practice With Injury
by Paul on 10/30/09 at 12:03 PM ET
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via Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull,
Danny Briere left practice early Friday because of what Flyers coach John Stevens called “a lower-body injury.”
Since Briere missed most of last season with groin and abdominal injuries, alarms are going off in Flyerdom right now.
The Flyers recalled David Laliberte from the AHL Adirondack Phantoms.
Simon Gagne is already sidelined with a double-hernia, and Briere is doubtful for for Saturday against Carolina.
GM Paul Holmgren reported that two of Gagne’s doctors have given conflicting solutions to repairing his hernias. The Flyers, Gagne and the doctors are trying to resolve those issues.
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Wisniewski Not Happy With Briere’s Check
by Paul on 10/14/09 at 05:17 PM ET
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from Eric Stephens of Ducks Blog,
Wisniewski said he got injured midway through the third period when Flyers forward Daniel Briere checked him while he was on the ice as the two went after a loose puck in the defensive zone.
Days later, the hit still leaves the defender miffed at Briere.
“He decided to finish his check while I’m lying on the ice,” Wisniewski said. “Well, my arms were laying straight out. Actually, he even went a little bit lower to get a little more piece of me, which to me is kind of a dirty hit.
“I mean, there’s no need to do that when a guy is in a vulnerable spot to go ahead and finish your check. But that happened. Stuff happens. My shoulder just kind of got crunched against the boards and that was it.”
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Briere Flying Around The Ice
by Paul on 09/16/09 at 03:05 PM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of the Courier-Post,
Flyers coach John Stevens is experimenting with a forward line combination of Briere and van Riemsdyk on either side of sophomore center Claude Giroux. And while Jeff Carter stole the show Tuesday with two goals in the morning scrimmage, Briere’s explosiveness spoke volumes about how far he has come since missing 53 games with groin strains last season.
“To me he looks a lot better,” Stevens said. “He looks more confident—he looks quicker—he looks like he can get to loose pucks and pop in holes. I think his summer training is going to do a world of good for him because he needs to have his quickness to be the player we all know he can be.”
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A Big Year For Briere
by Paul on 08/13/09 at 07:35 AM ET
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from Sam Donnellon of the Philadelphia Daily News,
Too much money, too little return. He was untradable, an anvil around a team unable to improve because of salary-cap restraints.
His heart was questioned. His guts, too. His head.
“People will never say it to your face,” Briere was saying the other day. “I’m aware. I think I’m a realist. I’m aware of the contract and what that means in terms of last year. I think a lot of people maybe don’t quite understand the difference between being injured and not living up to the contract.
“But I’m not really worried about it because I’m confident that last year is behind me and I can now focus on being the player I’m supposed to be in Philadelphia. It’s not really important what happened in the past. It’s what you do in the moment. That’s how hockey and sports operates. It’s what can you do for me now.”
“Now” is a month away.
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Afternoon Line
by Paul on 07/21/09 at 02:48 PM ET
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“It was a very testing year [last year]. Obviously, it didn’t go the way I expected it to go, but it’s in the past now. You try to learn from that. I’m actually very, very excited about our team going into this season. That’s what has been pushing me to work out even harder now.
“I’m starting to feel strong again. I’m trying to find that explosion that I used to have two years ago. Health-wise I feel great, and I’m ready for a big year.”
-Daniel Briere of the Philadelphia Flyers. More on Briere from Kevin Kurz of PhiladelphiaFlyers.com.
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Anyone Interested In Briere?
by Paul on 06/16/09 at 06:48 AM ET
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from Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette,
The Canadiens are not interested in acquiring centre Daniel Brière and it has nothing to do with the fact he snubbed the team two years ago when he was an unrestricted free agent.
Brière has a no-movement clause in the eight-year, $52-million contract he signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in 2007, but the franchise has hopes of creating some cap space.
The folks in Philly have talked to the Canadiens and the Los Angeles Kings, but neither team was interested. There also is a report that they have talked to the Phoenix Coyotes, although you have to wonder whether anyone has the authority to talk on behalf of the team that may or may not be bankrupt and/or on the way to Hamilton.
Montreal passed on Brière because, despite their previous interest, the last thing they need is a small centre with a cap hit of $6.5 million for each of the next six seasons.
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Flyers Lose Briere Again
by Paul on 03/06/09 at 08:08 AM ET
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via Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull,
...in the Flyers’ ugly 5-1 loss to impressive Calgary, Briere left the game late in the second period and did not return. He suffered another groin injury and he will be sidelined for the fourth time this season.
And, based on general manager Paul Holmgren’s body language and somber responses after the game, it wouldn’t be surprising if Briere was shut down for the rest of the regular season _ and perhaps the playoffs.
Holmgren said Briere will be evaluated Friday.
added 12:07pm, from the CP via TSN,
Danny Briere’s groin injury is not as bad as first feared, and the Philadelphia Flyers centre hopes to play next week.
Briere was examined Friday morning, and his surgeon told him the adhesions broke from his last groin surgery and there was some internal bleeding. Briere said his surgeon told him that was common and Briere could possibly play Tuesday against Buffalo.
Briere had a light workout Friday and hoped to skate on Saturday. He did not expect to play in Saturday’s game against Nashville.
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Time To Move Briere?
by Paul on 02/17/09 at 07:41 AM ET
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from Rob Parent of the Delco Times,
Real hockey men are paid to feel, play, manage and coach as if all 82 games are vital. But what would the Flyers’ front office men say to the thought of trading Danny Briere?
If timing is everything, they’d rightfully say the time is all wrong to think about taking Briere and his huge contract and asking him if he’d mind them waving it across such trade routes as phone lines, e-mail addresses and bars during the general managers meetings.
Briere is a youthful 31 who has had a belly tear for much of the season. He might be over it soon, which would be welcome news for a Flyers team that has been suffering from viral strains of up and chuck lately. Once free of such bugs, this will be a team that shapes up well for the stretch drive, even as it continues to develop into what at some point will be a bit of a financial headache for upper management.
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Briere Out At Least 4 Weeks
by Paul on 01/22/09 at 01:42 PM ET
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The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that center Danny Briere underwent a successful surgical procedure on his groin/stomach area, according to General Manager Paul Holmgren.
“Danny had successful surgery this morning to repair a nerve entrapment,” said Holmgren in making the announcement. “His recovery time will be a minimum of four weeks.”
The procedure was performed today by Dr. William Meyers at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Flyers May Have To Shut Down Briere
by Paul on 01/22/09 at 08:56 AM ET
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via Wayne Fish of PhillyBurbs,
More and more, it looks like this is going to be a lost year for Flyers center Daniel Briere.
Briere, who will undergo his second abdominal surgery of the season today in Philadelphia, has played in only nine games this year.
He\s attempted two comebacks already and both have failed. The current one was a gallant attempt but ultimately, he simply has a chronic problem which probably requires long-term rest.
The official prognosis indicated Briere might only miss two weeks of action. But that seems somewhat unrealistic, given the history of this problem. Even the worst-case scenario—six weeks on the sidelines—might not be reasonable.
At some point, the Flyers might have to consider shutting down Briere for the season. They have too much money, $52 million over six years, invested in this player. If the problem becomes too chronic, he might never be right.
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Setback For Briere
by Paul on 01/21/09 at 01:58 PM ET
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from Chris Nichols of Sportsnet,
The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Danny Briere is headed back to the doctor after barely practicing at the pregame skate this morning. He will not play tonight against Atlanta.
In what coach John Stevens did not hesitate to call a setback, Briere was not re-activated and was on his way for another re-evaluation because his groin and his abdomen are sore again.
“Clearly, it’s a setback” Stevens said. “If you can add a player of his calibre you want to do that, but at the same time, if he’s not healthy, he’s not healthy and we have to get ready to play a game with the guys that are healthy.
“He’s going to get re-evaluated again and see where it goes from there, but clearly he’s sore where we hoped that he wouldn’t be and he’s not ready to go.”
update 5:27pm, from TSN,
The Philadelphia Flyers announced on Wednesday that Daniel Briere will undergo an exploratory surgical procedure on his groin area, and will miss at least two weeks of action.
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Briere On Rehab Assignment
by Paul on 01/13/09 at 11:04 AM ET
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via Ed Moran of the Philadelphia Daily News,
The Flyers announced this morning that they are sending Danny Briere to the Phantoms for a two-game conditioning assignment.
It’s an unusual move for a top player, but general manager Paul Holmgren said it was necessary to make sure that Briere is ready to return to the lineup. It also likely a move to avoid having to add his salary to the team’s cap total before being sure he can play and prevents Holmgren from having to make roster moves to fit him in….
“We are doing this just to make sure everything is okay with Danny,” Holmgren said. “This will give him the opportunity to play in some games prior to re-joining the Flyers. He will play two games with the Phantoms on Wednesday and Friday. He was absolutely receptive to this.”
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Flyers Need To Make Room For Briere
by Paul on 01/08/09 at 09:06 AM ET
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from Anthony SanFilippo of the Delaware County Times,
Danny Briere is close to returning for the Flyers. For the benefit of the team, that’s a positive. For the makeup of the team, it might be a negative.
That sounds confusing, and in the world of the NHL salary cap there’s plenty of confusion.
Briere is a top-tier talent and undoubtedly will add a dynamic dimension to the Flyers by returning, which could come as soon as Saturday against Toronto. Adding a top-line center who racks up points in bunches will give the Flyers one of the best trios in the league in Briere, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter.
Then there’s the salary cap. Briere counts for $6.5 million against it. Since he’s on the long-term injured list, his salary doesn’t count until he returns — and the Flyers don’t have enough room under the cap to fit that salary.
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Briere Disappointed With Latest Injury
by Paul on 12/05/08 at 12:38 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun at his ESPN Blog,
“[Wednesday] was a tough day,” Briere told ESPN.com Thursday.
An MRI revealed a significant groin strain, knocking the Philadelphia Flyers forward out of the lineup until the new year.
“We found out exactly what the problem was and we found out I’ll be out another 4-5 weeks,” Briere said. “It’s very frustrating. It feels like I’m letting the fans down, my teammates, the coaches, the whole organization.
“But I can’t control it. It is what it is. I have to move on. I did my pouting [Wednesday] and now it’s time to get back to work. I need to rehab and get ready to come back in 4-5 weeks and be at the top of my game.”
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Briere Out 4-5 Weeks
by Paul on 12/03/08 at 03:39 PM ET
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via On The Fly at PhiladelphiaFlyers.com,
Flyers center Danny Briere will be sidelined for the next four-to-five weeks with a groin strain, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
Briere left last night’s 4-3 overtime win over Tampa Bay after the second period. Prior to that game, he had missed the 14 of the previous 16 games with various injuries.
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Briere Close To Return
by Paul on 11/28/08 at 09:12 AM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of the Courier-Post,
But if you don’t see Briere in the lineup today for the Flyers’ 1 p.m. matinee against the Carolina Hurricanes, it’s because Flyers coach John Stevens wants to be absolutely certain his star center is completely healed from the left groin strain that has sidelined him for seven games.
“Danny’s feeling better, but I’d say he is doubtful for (today),” Stevens said Thursday after putting his team through a brief on-ice workout. “We need to be careful here. He thinks he can play, but we don’t want him to feel any hesitation.”
With a game Saturday night in Toronto against the Maple Leafs, Stevens sounded hesitant to pencil Briere into today’s lineup.
“There’s the concern of a little fatigue, and we don’t want to make him susceptible to reinjury,” Stevens said. “These athletes are real competitive, and sometimes it’s our job to hold them back for their own good.”
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Briere Concerned About Groin Pull
by Paul on 11/24/08 at 09:40 AM ET
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from Chuck Gormley of the Courier-Post,
When Danny Briere suffered what the Flyers termed a “slight” pull in his left groin on Nov. 11 on Long Island, he thought a few days off the ice would allow the pull to heal.
AdvertisementNearly two weeks later, Briere says he is no better today than he was last week and is growing concerned about what might be the problem.
“I have no power,” he said Sunday, after skating at the Skate Zone. “I can’t stop and start, and that’s my game. I need to be quick taking off and jumping into holes, and right now I can’t do that.”
Briere insists the slight tear in his groin is unrelated to the sports-hernia surgery he underwent Oct. 25. That surgery was expected to require three to four weeks of rehab, but Briere returned to the lineup in 16 days,
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Briere Out With Groin Pull
by Paul on 11/13/08 at 08:07 AM ET
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from Ed Moran of the Philadelphia Daily News,
Danny Briere won’t need another surgery, and his latest injury is not directly related to his recently repaired abdominal tears, but he will miss at least the next three games with a groin pull.
Briere said yesterday that he felt pain in his left groin early in Tuesday night’s win over the Islanders on Long Island, but stayed in long enough to score the opening goal before taking himself out of the game.
“Probably my second or third shift I felt it right away,” he said. “I thought it would warm up. I thought it was nothing major but it just got worse and worse.”
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Daniel Briere Possibly Out For a Month
by Alanah McGinley on 10/24/08 at 05:45 PM ET
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From TSN:
The Philadelphia Flyers are expected to be without forward Daniel Briere for up to a month after suffering a torn abdominal muscle in Wednesday’s shootout loss to the San Jose Sharks.
‘‘Danny has a slight tear in his reptus abdominis, which is a stomach muscle,’’ said Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. ‘‘He will be out of the lineup approximately 3-4 weeks.’‘
Holmgren said that the 31-year-old Gatineau, Quebec native is slated to undergo surgery Saturday morning.
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Briere Plans To Relieve The Pressure
by Paul on 09/15/08 at 09:09 AM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,
I had a chance to catch up with Flyers center Daniel Briere over the weekend. I let him know I had joined ESPN.com, which he thought was cool.
Briere, meanwhile, talked about how different he feels going into this season, knowing fully what to expect with his team. He put so much pressure on himself last season after signing that big contract with Philadelphia. He put up 72 points in 76 regular-season games—not bad, but down from the 95 he had in Buffalo the previous season. He was tremendous in the playoffs with 16 points, including nine goals, in 17 games as the Flyers surprised many en route to the Eastern Conference finals.
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Chatting with the Flyers
by Alanah McGinley on 05/09/08 at 01:09 PM ET
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From a press conference Q&A session featuring Philadelphia Flyers players Daniel Briere, R.J. Umberger, and Martin Biron.
Q. Danny, the way you’ve played this season and, the way the team has played overall this season, does this further validate your decision to leave the Sabres and go to the Flyers?
DANIEL BRIERE: You know what, when I was looking at my options, obviously looking at Philly, you know, very similar as far as offense, where it’s a team that doesn’t just rely on one or two guys or on just one line. We’ve seen it through the year. Everybody’s chipping in.
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Throwing Their ‘Weights’ Around
by Paul on 05/06/08 at 06:52 AM ET
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from Phil Sheridan of the Philadelphia Daily News,
They don’t seem to have anything in common except for their hometown of Gatineau, Quebec.
Danny Briere is a quick, skilled hockey player. If he is arguably the most talented player on the Flyers, he is certainly the smallest.
Hugo Girard has won the title of Canada’s strongest man five times and was the subject of the 2003 documentary Strongman. He is 6-foot-3 and 330 pounds with, he is quick to point out, “about 10 percent body fat.”
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Little Danny Briere Leading Flyers
by Paul on 05/01/08 at 09:08 PM ET
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from Roy MacGregor of the Globe and Mail,
As Patrick Roy was to the 1993 Montreal Canadiens, little Danny is becoming to the 2008 Flyers – the one who is there when it counts the most.
There are long stretches in the Wachovia Center when his presence on or off the ice goes unnoticed, but never so in Montreal, where the fifth game in this best-of-seven series will be played tomorrow night.
It is a game Montreal must win to survive. It is a game where Brière wants “to finish them off” so the Flyers can move on to the Eastern Conference final.
When the red-hot playoff scorer so much as touches the puck in Montreal’s Bell Centre, the booing is roughly the equivalent of a Quebec response to a federal power grab.
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Musings From the Playoffs
by Alanah McGinley on 04/29/08 at 01:41 PM ET
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From Jim Kelly at Sportsnet.ca,
4) Is there an NHL team that looks dumber or cheaper than the Buffalo Sabres right now?
Former Sabre Danny Briere, who practically begged the Sabres to give him a reasonable contract offer last season, is leading the league in playoff scoring and is a big reason that the Flyers still have a chance to go from worst to first in a single season. The Sabres made it clear they had no interest in signing Briere (though for the record they did make a token effort hours before free agency opened, an effort that reminded many of their “attempt” to re-sign Ted Nolan as coach a decade earlier).
more… observations gleaned from this year’s playoffs
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Briere Leaving His Mark
by Paul on 04/16/08 at 08:10 AM ET
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fro Ed Barkowitz of the Philadelphia Daily News,
Late in the second period, Briere would get in Huet’s kitchen again. This time, the goaltender knocked down Briere well after the play. Briere responded with a shot of his own. Both drew roughing minors after referee Don Koharski had seen enough.
“Sometimes the refs think he gets pushed into the goalie, but it doesn’t happen that way,” Huet said afterward. “If somebody does push him, he’s exaggerating. They’re not cheap shots. Everyone is trying to [go to the net] these days.”
Briere scored a killer power-play goal 3 minutes later.
“Look,” Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said. “Danny Briere’s a pretty good hockey player, but we should be able to battle through that. We lost our cool too many times on retaliation penalties.”
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You Never Know Who Is Listening
by Paul on 01/20/08 at 07:58 AM ET
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from Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News,
You probably don’t know Haney, and she definitely doesn’t know much about hockey. The stay-athome mom from Clarence couldn’t remember Martin Biron’s name, referring to the goaltender as “that guy who used to be with us but is now in Philly” during an interview last week.
So how did she get tangled up in questions about Briere?
Sources said the Buffalo Sabres asked the NHL to look into whether Briere started negotiations with the Philadelphia Flyers before July 1, when he became an unrestricted free agent.
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Why Boo Briere
by Paul on 12/23/07 at 07:22 AM ET
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from Sabres Edge at the Buffalo News,
The comments have been nearly nonstop on whether Daniel Briere should have been booed mercilessly when he returned to Buffalo on Friday. And the words are passionate on both sides of the argument. One site even had to shut down the message board topic because the chatter turned into fans with opposing views typing vulgarities at each other.
For even more words on the matter, here we go: The booing of Briere was absolutely wrong, especially at the start of the game.
He helped make the Sabres matter again. When he arrived, games consisted of about 9,000 fans and a few writers.
read on and just a little reminder, Sergei Fedorov still gets booed in Detroit so it will probably continue in Buffalo too.
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Briere Back In Buffalo
by Paul on 12/21/07 at 08:13 AM ET
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from the Buffalo News,
Rather than revisit the gory details of his departure, Briere elected to emphasize the glory days from his three-plus seasons in Buffalo.
“I’m not here, and it’s not my goal, to go blast the organization for the way they handled things,” Briere said after a workout in the Flyers’ practice facility. “They have a right to walk away from players just like we have a right to decide where we want to go. What I remember from Buffalo is a good time. I have some good memories. That’s all I’m hoping the fans can remember.”
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Stars of the Week
by Alanah McGinley on 11/26/07 at 01:51 PM ET
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From NHL.com
Philadelphia Flyers center Daniel Briere, Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov and Dallas Stars goaltender Mike Smith have been named the NHL’s ‘Three Stars’ for the week ending November 25.
continued… with video available featuring each player’s highlights
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Setting The Record Straight On Briere
by Paul on 09/09/07 at 08:05 AM ET
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from the Montreal Gazette,
Canadiens president Pierre Boivin angrily denied there was any truth to a La Presse story that suggested free- agent Daniel Brière turned down an offer from the Canadiens because general manager Bob Gainey would not guarantee that he would play on a line with Christopher Higgins and Michael Ryder.
“I was privy to the negotiations and I can tell you that this was never discussed,” said Boivin, who said the story was filled with “lies.”
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