"Clarke has stated that he will forever be a Flyer... I feel the same way."
Lou Nolan for Flyers Hall of Fame , NJ • United States • 66 Years Old • Male
Mr. Snider
Posted May 23, 2010
Has there been a better 'owner' of a sports franchise in Philadelphia over the past fifty years than Mr. Snider?
[i]*He had the faith in the city to learn and embrace a sport new to most of them and went out and found the backing and ignored the risks... And made it happen.
*He brought in the right people and for the most part has succeeded to maintain a quality management team.
*He has... Read More »
All-Star Reformatting Idea... From Outside The Box
Posted July 19, 2007
Please hear me out... This may just work:
Break the AllStar Game up into a double header... from each coast.
* Select an all star team from each conference from a pool of players that were not on the Conference winning team.
* Select a city in each confernece -- possibly the conference championship city -- and have a game in each, in a double header format.
* Have the conference winnin... Read More »
The Day All North America Loved the Flyers
Posted July 8, 2007
Sunday, January 11, 1976... in the height of the Cold War, and the midst of the battle for the supremacy of the Hockey World, the Soviet Army Team visited the Philadelphia Spectrum to take on the reigning Stanley Cup Champion Flyers in the final game of what was billed as 'Super Series 76'... They were undefeated, and their co-touring lesser talented team were only defeated the SC runners up Sabre... Read More »
It's About Time Ron Hextall is Given His Due In Flyerland.
Posted April 15, 2007
I watched the Flyers 40th Anniversary DVD to see Ron Hextall's emotions, and have in me feelings rekindled that I had over the entire period that he was with the Flyers... That exuberance that he displayed epitomized what being a Flyer actually means... He, along with Bob Clarke, acted with the raw emotion that I would like to see in every Flyer, every game, every year.
There have been others t... Read More »
Change in the Lottery System
Posted April 11, 2007
I will preface this by saying that, had the Flyers not been the worst team and yet lost out on the top pick, I would not bother to even attempt to find a better method of conducting the Draft Lottery... Also, in this case, it is no major problem in being #2 as opposed to #1. That said:
I understand the reason behind the lottery... since 'tanking' games to obtain a major player in the draft is a... Read More »
