Philadelphia flying high, wins fourth straight game

10-1-1 in the last 12 games. Not bad. I'm sure Cote's butt wuppin helped the confidence last night. The team is finally starting to mold.

I just hope they aren't peaking too early.

Wiser Time wrote:

I just hope they aren't peaking too early.

Good point. They had their slump, but they usually have at least 2 a season. Only time will tell.

Flyers Fan wrote:

<quoted text>Good point. They had their slump, but they usually have at least 2 a season. Only time will tell.

Yes you are right...Last year the flys had two slumps...... First one started in october and ended in the first part of jan..... the second started at the end of jan and lasted to the end of the season !!!

Even if the flyboy's don't make a run this spring(the east is tight) they are playing some entertaining hockey.

BOB BAWN wrote:

<quoted text>Yes you are right...Last year the flys had two slumps...... First one started in october and ended in the first part of jan..... the second started at the end of jan and lasted to the end of the season !!!

Dev, that's the past. What about this year?

Jim wrote:

<quoted text>
Dev, that's the past. What about this year?

they are on a high,but they will slump soon.......... then down they gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo

Ottawa downed. Now how about we beat Jersey tonight! We'll worry about Pittsburgh and holding onto first place tomorrow. Chase Brodeur from the crease and make him a spectator! Go Flyers!

Bleed Black and Orange wrote:

Ottawa downed. Now how about we beat Jersey tonight! We'll worry about Pittsburgh and holding onto first place tomorrow. Chase Brodeur from the crease and make him a spectator! Go Flyers!

Tonight will be the test. The Devils seem to always have our number no matter who is on their team. There is only one explanation for that. Martin Broduer. The best goalie in the history of the game IMO.

Flyers Fan wrote:

<quoted text>Tonight will be the test. The Devils seem to always have our number no matter who is on their team. There is only one explanation for that. Martin Broduer. The best goalie in the history of the game IMO.

Bernie Parente and Vlad Tretiak would argue that point, but he is in the top 5.

Jim wrote:

<quoted text>
Bernie Parente and Vlad Tretiak would argue that point, but he is in the top 5.

brodeur is good ,but I wouldnt rate him the best either. Sawchuk in his time and with the equipment he wore is at or near the top.......Plante......Parent was very good...glenn hall......cujo......belfour... .roy.......esposito.....dryden ......fuhr......luongo.....smi th.....bower....mcclean......l ots to pick from

I think the only one you listed he isn't better then is Roy, but of course I wasn't really paying attention to much of the league when I was younger, and of course, Cujo, Plante and Espisito are a bit before my memory can recall, as are quite a few you listed. Uh, Hasek and Hextall are up there too, for what it's worth.

Flyers Fan wrote:

<quoted text>Tonight will be the test. The Devils seem to always have our number no matter who is on their team. There is only one explanation for that. Martin Broduer. The best goalie in the history of the game IMO.

I have to agree. He's the only goalie that's had average players in front of him and still had/has a stellar GAA. He'd have been a great Broad Street Bully!

For consistency and longevity, especially on a team that was never loaded with firepower, Brodeur is the best.
Roy was good until you got two in up high on him, then he'd let in a bunch. Hasek could be great one year,then a major distraction and pain in the ass the rest, Cujo never won the big prize even with Detroit (a team that won cups with Osgood and Vernon, of all goalies), Dryden was fantastic when the pressure was on but wasn't in the league that long.
Fuhr, Barrasso, Irbe, Belfour, Smith, Ranford (and even Cheevers) all had top offensive teams when they won(usually winning 6-4).
No goalie carried his team to the extent Marty did.

Jim wrote:

I think the only one you listed he isn't better then is Roy, but of course I wasn't really paying attention to much of the league when I was younger, and of course, Cujo, Plante and Espisito are a bit before my memory can recall, as are quite a few you listed. Uh, Hasek and Hextall are up there too, for what it's worth.

Hasek is up there also... Hextall is not in the top 100 as far as I am concerned.... He was flamboyant,but wasn't really that good of a stopper !