Comments on: How Did The Flyers Go From “The Broad Street Bullies” To “The Boys Who Get Bullied On Broad Street”? https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street Authentic insider access to the Flyers, Phantoms, Royals ice hockey Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: Lance Green https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/#comment-922 Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:36:54 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=22767#comment-922 In reply to jamiegilephotography.

Jamie thanks for the read! I’m glad you were able to see what I was trying to convey. Your response was spot on!

]]> By: jamiegilephotography https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/#comment-920 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 13:02:52 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=22767#comment-920 I agree largely, a goon is no longer a fit in the NHL. I love hockey fights having grown up in the eighties and nineties, but that role as a solid goon is dead and that’s a good thing. Read some of the biographies of some famous enforcers, they are sad tragic stories a lot of times. That being said, you need someone who isn’t afraid to smash someone for a serious infraction that is also an adequate player. We don’t really have that anymore. Someone runs Claude Giroux or Marchand does some bullshit slew foot on Coots or Konecny or whoever… someone should be able to step up and put the fear in them. In fact that should be the deterrent to begin with. Maybe someone like the Rat doesn’t even pull dirty tricks if he knows that one of his line mates or he himself is going to get his bell rung or someone’s going to get an ugly hit for a dirty play. The team and the league in general can still accommodate that “Wayne Simmonds before he aged” type player.

]]> By: Lance https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/#comment-919 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 14:30:42 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=22767#comment-919 In reply to perttujunnonaho.

Thanks!!! This articles topic is something I am truly concerned about and hope that the Flyers can bring back into the lineup soon. A guy like Trent is needed on every team. I picked him because his contract is affordable and Boston really is in a hard place right now on defense. So the Flyers could actually steal him from them. Please don’t forget to catch my pod cast The Hockey Writers Ink where myself and my co host will discuss this further! As always Thank You for the read!

]]> By: perttujunnonaho https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/#comment-918 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 05:13:09 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=22767#comment-918 Good article! We lack Trent Federic”s toughness in our line-up and should offer Robtsov or Laberge as a return, or both, cause they were both pretty high draft picks! Khatchuk brothers are my favorite players in this league, but they are really hard to find! In my mind we should ideally have one skillful tough guy in every line, and i hope Isaac Ratcliffe and Wade Allison will come thru to be that kind of guys sooner rather then later in higher lines! In mean time, we should trade for Federic! Since Wayne Simmonds era in our team, we have lacked that physicality, which was crucial in order to get respect around the league and for our teams spirit, because we knew that no one cant push us around, without response!

]]> By: Zelig Zemil https://flyersnittygritty.com/how-did-the-flyers-go-from-the-broad-street-bullies-to-the-boys-who-get-bullied-on-broad-street/#comment-917 Sun, 06 Dec 2020 00:35:04 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=22767#comment-917 ……anyone else remember when season after season after season the flightless/fightless Penguins couldn’t beg, borrow or steal a win on Broad Street ? (…another personal favorite of mine was the “cat-call” whenever Ron Duguay touched the puck)

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