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Flyer’s Scott Hartnell: A Good Use of $4.2 Million?

Posted: 4th January 2010 by Billy West in NHL
The picture you see is the Hartnell I like to see, fighting a Penguin.á But frankly Scott Hartnell is like a liability the Flyers like to have. As a Flyers fan I love to see Hartnell on the ice stirring up the opposition, doing stupid things like running into the goalie or throwing his glove; these things must annoy the hell out of opposing fans, and when he scores it must ...
"Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together." Robert South Who would have thought that opportunity would become the Winter Classic for Michael Leighton? Merely a fortnight or so ago the Flyers were faced with the idea of continuing their losing streak without Emery or Boucher in net.á Admittedly at the time I thought, what does it matter? The two top goaltenders in Philly might as well be injured, ...

What Sore Foot?: Forsberg Makes Olympic Cut

Posted: 2nd January 2010 by Billy West in NHL
Is Peter Forsberg a player that we are going to look back on and say, "What an awesome player, but what ever happened to him?" When I think of great players, names come to mind such as Gretzky (of course), Lemieux, and players today like Ovechkin and Crosby, but I put Forsberg in a special place that says, "shear skill and finesse, and more than able to throw his weight ...