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stayinthefnnet
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 01.12.2012

Dec 22 @ 4:11 PM ET
He'd be the best player on the defense, and I think a Streit-Byfuglien pairing might be kinda amazing
- AllInForFlyers


i think that would be very fun to watch, for all parties involved.
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:12 PM ET
All of you were fawning over him last night during the 2nd intermission.

- PhillySportsGuy

Um. Excuse me.
77rams
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: There's a kind of freedom in being completely screwed...
Joined: 09.12.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:12 PM ET
HA! You're gonna make me YouTube that, aren't you?
- AllInForFlyers


Stanley Cup finals, May 27, 1975. game 6.

Very similar.
3flyerkids
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 02.27.2013

Dec 22 @ 4:13 PM ET
He was very good, until the third. Made a mistake on the first goal, but atoned for it.

He's a big skilled guy with a nasty side. His warts exist, but aren't fatal.

- Jsaquella


Big Buf would be a great partner for Coburn. I think it would improve both of their games.
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:13 PM ET
HA! You're gonna make me YouTube that, aren't you?
- AllInForFlyers

pls post the link
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:14 PM ET
i think that would be very fun to watch, for all parties involved.
- stayinthefnnet


Except the goalies....both of them
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Dec 22 @ 4:15 PM ET
You can say the same thing about Coburn, unfortunately
- AllInForFlyers


I don't think Coburn has much offensive ability. He could certainly be giving the team more though
AllInForFlyers
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Call Me Sweetcheeks
Joined: 03.18.2013

Dec 22 @ 4:17 PM ET
i think that would be very fun to watch, for all parties involved.
- stayinthefnnet


Ha! More fun than watching MacDonald-Schenn and Schultz-Coburn, that's for sure

My thing is this: The Flyers have drafted defensemen, so they don't have to do anything. They can let it play out, and time will tell.

But there's still the nagging fact that all prospects are suspects until they actually make it. There's no guarantee, as much as I wish there was, that they will.

At some point, whether it's through the development of the drafted players or some kind of trade, the Flyers need to inject pure talent into that back end. Not players with slow feet and poor puck skills, or lack of physicality.

Sometimes, you need pure talent. And it doesn't have to Byfuglien. Could be Morin, could be Sanheim, could be Ghost, could be Hagg. All different kinds of players, all talented.

But the Flyers go nowhere until at least two of those guys are inserted into the lineup and perform
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Dec 22 @ 4:18 PM ET
Um. Excuse me.
- Giroux_Is_God


I'm really just doing all this to piss off Tomahawk.

Loves Buff. Loves him
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:19 PM ET
Not related: Joe Cocker died today- lung cancer. He was 70.

His cover of With A Little Help From My Friends is my favorite cover of a Beatles song, and that's huge praise from me. Normally, any cover (I'm looking at you Steven Tyler) is considered sacrilege.
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:21 PM ET
I'm really just doing all this to piss off Tomahawk.

Loves Buff. Loves him

- PhillySportsGuy

I REFUSE TO BE LUMPED IN WITH A CROWD, OK? I'M AN INDEPENDENT MAN, BUT STill dependent on my parents for money but let's ignore that for now
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:22 PM ET
Not related: Joe Cocker died today- lung cancer. He was 70.

His cover of With A Little Help From My Friends is my favorite cover of a Beatles song, and that's huge praise from me. Normally, any cover (I'm looking at you Steven Tyler) is considered sacrilege.

- Giroux_Is_God


2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Dec 22 @ 4:24 PM ET
Big Buf would be a great partner for Coburn. I think it would improve both of their games.
- 3flyerkids

im' not so sure that's a lot of stupid on one pairing
AllInForFlyers
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Call Me Sweetcheeks
Joined: 03.18.2013

Dec 22 @ 4:24 PM ET
I don't think Coburn has much offensive ability. He could certainly be giving the team more though
- PhillySportsGuy


It's been a disappointing stretch for him
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:25 PM ET

- Jsaquella

His spazzes at the mic will never be forgotten
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:28 PM ET
His spazzes at the mic will never be forgotten
- Giroux_Is_God


And yes, I agree. (frank) Steven Tyler for the Aerosmith destruction of the Beatles...and the Yardbirds
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:29 PM ET
And yes, I agree. (frank) Steven Tyler for the Aerosmith destruction of the Beatles...and the Yardbirds
- Jsaquella

And Come Together was a decently big hit for them, wasn't it? Sickening.
stayinthefnnet
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 01.12.2012

Dec 22 @ 4:30 PM ET
Ha! More fun than watching MacDonald-Schenn and Schultz-Coburn, that's for sure

My thing is this: The Flyers have drafted defensemen, so they don't have to do anything. They can let it play out, and time will tell.

But there's still the nagging fact that all prospects are suspects until they actually make it. There's no guarantee, as much as I wish there was, that they will.

At some point, whether it's through the development of the drafted players or some kind of trade, the Flyers need to inject pure talent into that back end. Not players with slow feet and poor puck skills, or lack of physicality.

Sometimes, you need pure talent. And it doesn't have to Byfuglien. Could be Morin, could be Sanheim, could be Ghost, could be Hagg. All different kinds of players, all talented.

But the Flyers go nowhere until at least two of those guys are inserted into the lineup and perform

- AllInForFlyers


yeah, agreed. definitely have quite the little collection going. i like sanheim, just think he could be a while off. i think ghost will be inserted full time next year. morin to me is the one that i cant really place my finger on.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:30 PM ET
And Come Together was a decently big hit for them, wasn't it? Sickening.
- Giroux_Is_God


Yeah...George Martin actually produced on it, to make it worse
3flyerkids
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 02.27.2013

Dec 22 @ 4:33 PM ET
im' not so sure that's a lot of stupid on one pairing
- 2Real


Anyone who can play a physical game may help Noseburn relax and play a better all round game
PLindbergh31
Location: NJ
Joined: 02.01.2008

Dec 22 @ 4:33 PM ET
Only person to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times is???
BulliesPhan87
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the lone wolf of hockeybuzz
Joined: 07.31.2009

Dec 22 @ 4:34 PM ET
Yeah...George Martin actually produced on it, to make it worse
- Jsaquella

isn't he the lord of the rings guy?
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Dec 22 @ 4:35 PM ET
isn't he the lord of the rings guy?
- BulliesPhan87


George RR Martin is the writer of Game of Thrones, Peter Jackson turned the Tolkien books into movies about elves walking around.


George Martin produced most of the Beatles albums
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Dec 22 @ 4:36 PM ET
Yeah...George Martin actually produced on it, to make it worse
- Jsaquella



The Beatles would have been nowhere near what they were without Martin in the studio
BulliesPhan87
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: the lone wolf of hockeybuzz
Joined: 07.31.2009

Dec 22 @ 4:36 PM ET
George RR Martin is the writer of Game of Thrones, Peter Jackson turned the Tolkien books into movies about elves walking around.


George Martin produced most of the Beatles albums

- Jsaquella

I was doing, like, a thing

y'know
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