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Well as I sit waiting for dinner today on Labor Day I am surfing around looking for hockey news. I don't know if it is just me, but I feel this was the quietest summer of free agency ever. I cannot wait for training camp to start. I want daily hockey news again! I look daily at TSN, Hockeybuzz, etc. for news and see nothing new.

Now to my real passion. The Flyers have reloaded this summer from within. The youth movement continues with the additions of Giroux and Parent. They have also added Eminger. This season the defense will be young and mobile all around. Gone are the warriors Hatcher and Smith. These two were vital cogs to the penalty killing last year, but still weak at even strength. It will be up to Parent, Jones, and Eminger to make up for their loss. I am also a big believer that Stevens should not pair Timonen and Coburn together. I would have it so that one of these two guys is on the ice 85% of the game. I would pair Timonen/Vanenen, Coburn/Parent, and Jones/Eminger as my six defensemen.

As for forward lines I would not put Giroux with Briere and Gagne. Giroux is a playmaker/scorer and I would put him with Carter and Upshall. Both of these guys will benefit from a great passer. That would leave Hartnell with Gagne and Briere. Provide toughness and a net presence with Gagne and Briere. That leaves Richards with Knuble and Lupul. The 4th line of Metropolit, Downie, Cote, Asham makes a quality 4th line.

Goaltending is set. Wow is that wierd or what?

Any comments?
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September 2, 2008 6:42 AM ET | Delete
Isn't Upshall a Blue Jacket? Otherwise very well written.
September 2, 2008 11:03 AM ET | Delete
Get your U's right man, that was Umberger....... Upshall is still very much apart of this hockey club.
September 2, 2008 9:14 PM ET | Delete
O, thats right, my bad
September 3, 2008 3:07 PM ET | Delete
The Flyers problem is that you still don't have a goalie that can carry the team in the playoffs.
September 3, 2008 3:45 PM ET | Delete
Who was in net for the Flyers when they went to the Conference Finals this past season? Oh yea it was Biron how stupid of me to forget that we wouldnt even have made it out of the first round let alone advancing to the conference finals if it wasnt for Biron.
September 6, 2008 12:40 PM ET | Delete
That's as far as you will ever get with him.
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