There is so much unwarranted blame on Simmonds screeming for his trade. He’s not scoring enough. Not skilled enough. He should be more physical. He should fight. What the hell happen to Radko Gudas?Gudas is playing OK but an absolute shell of his former self, if not a disappointment in the physicality department. Simmonds doesn’t fight because nobody wants a piece of him. Simmonds will fight Derek Engelland or Kevin Bieksa to a stand still, meanwhile Gudas would get tuned by both those guys. If the jawing back abs forth with Getzlaf the other night wasn’t an indication of this and the scrums in the crease doesn’t show you this, I don’t know what else to tell you. Simmonds is an asset that seriously intimates. - SuperSchennBros
Simmonds sucks. Useless unless he's batting in rebounds.
Simmonds is a leader on the ice, on the bench, and off the ice. His strengths are his elite level PP support at the net front and his compete level. He is tough, intimidating and willing to battle for his team 100% of the time. He defines intangibles.
That being said it is unclear if it is in the best interests of the Flyers organization to re-sign him. Regardless he is valuable.
Keith Primeau is half the reason I became a Flyers fan. I began watching them during the ‘03 - ‘04 season, but it was his playoff performance that blew me away. I didn’t follow his career, but what I watch during those games was other worldly.
This is from Wikipedia:
Hockey legend Phil Esposito later told Primeau that, "During the '04 playoffs, when you and the Flyers took the Lightning to seven games, you were the most dominating player I ever saw. More than Orr, Howe, Gretzky, or anyone."
Outside of that 03/04 run, he was far from "a beast" and definitely was "by far the best player on the ice." - jmatchett383
The 03/04 season was in my memory when I responded. I remember it as one of my favorites. Overcoming age and injuries into the post season where Primeau was dominating. There were a lot of mini plots of that team during the season - the toughness, the injuries, the huge brawl with Ottawa, and Kapanen forced to play defense to mention a few. Excellent team to watch.
The 03/04 season was in my memory when I responded. I remember it as one of my favorites. Overcoming age and injuries into the post season where Primeau was dominating. There were a lot of mini plots of that team during the season - the toughness, the injuries, the huge brawl with Ottawa, and Kapanen forced to play defense to mention a few. Excellent team to watch. - RustyPipes
I liked that team more than the 99/00 and 96/97 team. I still love the 09/10 team, but that was my second favorite.
For reference, I didn't start watching hockey until the Flyers got Lindros when I was 9.
He was poop then, we didnt have time to wait for him to get good - xShoot4WarAmpsx
It was a good trade (Danny Markov) that the Flyers messed up by not extending Markov.
If they don't have Markov, I doubt they'd have the defense required to beat Toronto, Primeau or no Primeau. Plus, let us never forget his slapper late in game 5 against New Jersey.
"Malakhov for Zhamnov...and Markov
I can't believe Bob Clarke allowed all those damn Ruskies on the team.
