The Silence Of The Bryz
Posted November 1, 2011
The Flyers attempted to enact a new media policy which would limit access to goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, whose highly self critical rant following the Flyers recent 9-8 loss to the Winnipeg Jets sparked commentary from just about every segment of the hockey media world.
The policy originally would have Bryzgalov available after games, only. Then it was later amended to limiting his availability on g... Read More »
Flyers Changes about Inconsistency, not Nightlife
Posted June 24, 2011
What Holmgren did was not to simply create salary cap room. One does not trade the faces of his franchise in order to lock up a new goalie. The Flyers could have kept both of the players they traded away yesterday afteroon and signed Ilya Bryzgalov to the same contract and made the numbers work by moving other players.
He chose to change not just the face of his hockey club, but also it's essen... Read More »
Flyers Cap Situation: Bryzgalonomics
Posted June 20, 2011
In acquiring the negotiating rights to goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, the Flyers addressed an area of concern that experts had called an organizational black hole since the heyday of Ron Hextall in the late 1980's. I disagree with black hole, however, the Flyers had not made goaltending a top priority since then.
By trading for Bryzgalov's rights, and according to most reports being very close to h... Read More »
Make It Seven? How About Ten
Posted October 5, 2009
I am a US hockey fan, and I can not state emphatically enough that there is NO reason to "Make it Seven".
It should be MAKE IT TEN
Southern markets in the United States, despite some very vocal and passionate fans, are largely failures. The two teams in the state of Florida have had their successes, but have been in terrible financial straits and have seen far more downs than ups on the ice.... Read More »
Mr Pronger Goes To Philadelphia
Posted July 7, 2009
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Pretty much sums up what most Flyers fans are thinking, huh? Read More »
