Bill Meltzer: Musings and Quick Hits: All-Lunchpail Team, TIFH and More

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Bridgeman,Cochrane, and Berube also 3 guys hwo busted every shift and worked hard imo. Poulin as well.

Lappy I can think of others over him. Balls to the wall Thorosen even.

Trent Klatt for President!! FIRE CHUCK! What better day than Labor Day to get her done!

Bridgeman,Cochrane, and Berube also 3 guys hwo busted every shift and worked hard imo. Poulin as well.

Lappy I can think of others over him. Balls to the wall Thorosen even.
- furio16

Lappy played 1,000 NHL games based PRIMARILY on his work ethic and dedication. He absolutely belongs on the list, whether you like him as a coach or not.

Lappy played 1,000 NHL games based PRIMARILY on his work ethic and dedication. He absolutely belongs on the list, whether you like him as a coach or not.
- bmeltzer

Has zero to do with him as a coach. I am looking at his FLYERS RESUME not his career. My apologies if my opinion differs than yours. So to me no he doesn't absolutely belong on that list.

Has zero to do with him as a coach. I am looking at his FLYERS RESUME not his career. My apologies if my opinion differs than yours. So to me no he doesn't absolutely belong on that list.
- furio16

He won a Masterton Trophy as a Flyer. Yes, it was kind of a lifetime achievement award, as he'd already suffered the career-ending post-concussion issues by that point. But Laperriere was an important part of the last Flyers team that got the Cup Flnal (or past the second round) and he dressed in every game until taking a puck to the face in the playoffs and somehow coming back in the ECF (although he shouldn't have).

I was around the rink on a daily basis. No one -- not Pronger, Richards, Hartnell, a young Giroux or anyone else -- outworked Laperriere on a day-in and day-out basis.

To me, his inclusion was a no-brainer.

My all time hard working squad

First team
G- Ron Hextall
D- Barry Ashbee
D- Brad Marsh
LW- Bill Barber
C- Bobby Clarke
R- Gary Dornhoefer

Second Team
G- Ray Emery
D- Kimmo Timonen
D- Ed Van Impe
LW- Shjon Podein
C- Dave Poulin
RW- Sami Kapanen

Lappy?

82 games as a Flyer. Wish we never had anything to do with him.

He would to have had a season equivalent to Gretzky’s best season to come close to the damage he has incurred on the organization since his retirement.

My all time hard working squad

First team
G- Ron Hextall
D- Barry Ashbee
D- Brad Marsh
LW- Bill Barber
C- Bobby Clarke
R- Gary Dornhoefer

Second Team
G- Ray Emery
D- Kimmo Timonen
D- Ed Van Impe
LW- Shjon Podein
C- Dave Poulin
RW- Sami Kapanen
- BiggE

No Brind'Amour?

Brind’Amour was known league wide for his strong work ethic on ice and health regimen off it. He’s gotta slot in somewhere.

Leaving Brind’amour off was tough, but I just couldn’t put him ahead of Clarke or Poulin. Poulin played through injury as much as anyone in franchise history and he was an inspiration to his teammates. The game 7 vs the Isles where he played with broken ribs was awe inspiring. I was in the Spectrum that night and the roar from the crowd when he hit the ice for warm ups was deafening!

Leaving Brind’amour off was tough, but I just couldn’t put him ahead of Clarke or Poulin. Poulin played through injury as much as anyone in franchise history and he was an inspiration to his teammates. The game 7 vs the Isles where he played with broken ribs was awe inspiring. I was in the Spectrum that night and the roar from the crowd when he hit the ice for warm ups was deafening!
- BiggE

Poulin was the 80’s version of Brind’amour.
Brind’amour was the 90’s version of Poulin.

70’s Clarke
80’s Poulin
90’s Brind’amour
00’s Richards
10’s Couturier

What a list of workers.

Like left field for the red sox. Williams, Yastrzemski, Rice and Greenwell.

Honorable mention for Kenny The Rat?

Honorable mention for Kenny The Rat?
- Minnyhock

Holmgren owned a lunchbox too.

Holmgren owned a lunchbox too.
- Shrike

Kevin Dineen. Fan favorite Jody Hull.

Podein was probably my favorite player from the really good mid/late-90's Flyers teams because of his constant hustle and upbeat personality.

Brind'Amour of course should be mentioned here for his work ethic / fitness, like others have said - he was sort of like Pat Croce on skates. I loved Poulin on the '80's teams also for his work ethic, but my feeling is that he was a bit more cerebral as opposed to Brind'Amour's fitness calling card.

Just for fun, here’s the laziest, all time don’t give a damn teams

First team
G- Roman Cechmanek
D- Keith Yandle (if he gave a damn, he’d have retired last October!)
D- Rick “fatso” Foley
LW- Kyle Calder
C- Alexandre Daigle
RW- Pavel Brendl

Second Team
G- Ilya Bryzgalov
D- Willie Huber
D- Janne Niinimaa
LW- Kevin Stevens
C- Mike Bullard
RW- Dennis Ververgaert

Poulin was the 80’s version of Brind’amour.
Brind’amour was the 90’s version of Poulin.

70’s Clarke
80’s Poulin
90’s Brind’amour
00’s Richards
10’s Couturier

What a list of workers.

Like left field for the red sox. Williams, Yastrzemski, Rice and Greenwell.
- Shrike

That is unbeatable.

Lappy?

82 games as a Flyer. Wish we never had anything to do with him.

He would to have had a season equivalent to Gretzky’s best season to come close to the damage he has incurred on the organization since his retirement.
- Shrike

Just for fun, here’s the laziest, all time don’t give a damn teams

First team
G- Roman Cechmanek
D- Keith Yandle (if he gave a damn, he’d have retired last October!)
D- Rick “fatso” Foley
LW- Kyle Calder
C- Alexandre Daigle
RW- Pavel Brendl

Second Team
G- Ilya Bryzgalov
D- Willie Huber
D- Janne Niinimaa
LW- Kevin Stevens
C- Mike Bullard
RW- Dennis Ververgaert
- BiggE

What way was Cechmanek lazy? Same for Willie Huber.

No Pat Falloon?

What way was Cechmanek lazy? Same for Willie Huber.

No Pat Falloon?
- furio16

Damn, forgot Falloon. Would definitely slot him in over DV. Was Cechmanek lazy? No, not really, but he really didn’t seem to care all that much and many of teammates said he was only in it for the paycheck. Huber, by the time he got to the Flyers, was washed up and just going through the motions.

Damn, forgot Falloon. Would definitely slot him in over DV. Was Cechmanek lazy? No, not really, but he really didn’t seem to care all that much and many of teammates said he was only in it for the paycheck. Huber, by the time he got to the Flyers, was washed up and just going through the motions.
- BiggE

Huber was very productive in his short stint imo. Ric Natress seemed lazy and not a care in the world during his very short time here.

What way was Cechmanek lazy? Same for Willie Huber.

No Pat Falloon?
- furio16

Fat Balloon needs an ‘honorable’ mention for sure

When I read the first paragraph of the blog immediately thought of Kapanen and Tocchet. Two favorites and absolute hard workers For his time in Philly alone Richards gets an honorable mention, Not as talented as some of the other 03 Draft Class, he sure hustled his all every shift early on here. Roman was one of my absolute favorite goalies to watch, but if we could just judge it in the regular season he would be in the mix, however all I can remember is how disinterested he looked in that heartbreaking Buffalo playoff series.