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Postby Dickie Dunn » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:06 pm

Flyers fans aren't blessed with the level of self-awareness that has overcome Caps fans in recent years.

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Postby IMFC » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:19 pm

Glad to see that the Pens' regular season road woes didn't carry over into the playoffs.

Matt Murray has not lost a playoff series. I have no clue what's going on in that dude's head, but got damn, he was built for the SC playoffs
Murray is like a sick 9-1 after a playoff loss with like 1.5 GAA. Not losing 2 games in a row is a HUGE advantage in the playoffs.

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Postby shmenguin » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:45 pm

The game he lost was Nashville game 4, right? We outplayed them in that one too. Guentzel elevates the puck a few inches on some of his infinity chances and we got 10-0 going on.

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Postby Robot B9 » Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:04 pm

Lol Philly columnist guy. Clarke is the 564th player I'd compare sid to. Translation, nobody outside of Philly gives a whit about Clarke anymore, and sid is already twice the player Clarke ever was.

Back to your cage, flophat.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:35 am

Yeah, the Clarke comparison was clearly just throwing a bone to the dopey old callers on WIP.

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Postby mikey » Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:48 am

I don't compare them stylistically really...but if it was all over now, Crosby and Clarke are probably both top 10 but not top 5 centers in NHL history...Clarke was really, really good. Arguably the best two-way center in history...

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Postby shmenguin » Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:30 am

Whoever those 2 are, they are worse than the people they’re mocking.

The first comment was thoughtful and 100% accurate. But sure...let’s ridicule it as a demonstration of taking the high ground?

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Postby Tico Rick » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:39 am

Clarke was really, really good. Arguably the best two-way center in history...
That's just crazy talk. A half dozen better two-way centers come to mind just off the top of my head: Gretzky, Mario, Messier, Jean Beliveau, Stan Mikita, Forsberg, Yzerman, Joe Sakic, maybe even Ron Francis. I'd take any of those guys ahead of Clarke.

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Postby Gaucho » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:44 am

That's the first time I've seen Gretzky or Mario being described as two-way centers.

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Postby nocera » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:47 am

Let's just say **** Bobby Clarke and move on.

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Postby Gaucho » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:48 am

Fine by me.

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Postby Silentom » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:52 am

**** Bobby Clarke
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**** Bonino

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Postby meow » Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:59 am

I don't compare them stylistically really...but if it was all over now, Crosby and Clarke are probably both top 10 but not top 5 centers in NHL history...Clarke was really, really good. Arguably the best two-way center in history...
Boo this man

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:37 pm

Whoever those 2 are, they are worse than the people they’re mocking.

The first comment was thoughtful and 100% accurate. But sure...let’s ridicule it as a demonstration of taking the high ground?
That was bad. And yes, that first comment is honestly what we all wish more Flyers fans were like. When I first saw the Youtube posted I thought that MORKLE had posted it @slappybrown

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:32 pm

**** Bobby Clarke
**** Dad
**** Bonino
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Postby mikey » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:48 pm

Clarke was really, really good. Arguably the best two-way center in history...
That's just crazy talk. A half dozen better two-way centers come to mind just off the top of my head: Gretzky, Mario, Messier, Jean Beliveau, Stan Mikita, Forsberg, Yzerman, Joe Sakic, maybe even Ron Francis. I'd take any of those guys ahead of Clarke.
Clarke was better defensively than all listed players. He was the common factor of greatness on 74, 75, 76 and 80 finalists...teams with no #1 d-man...Parent didn't do anything for them in 76. He was insane defensively. Only Frank Nighbor could wrestle the title of best defensive+dominant center away from him.

The offense that he brought is obvious, easy to look up...including being the main reason his winger broke the playoff record for goals and is the only non-goalie to win the Conn Smythe in a losing effort...his peers and coaches clearly saw his value to a Flyers team that owned a lot of real estate under his watch...

1971 Coaches' Poll
1st Hardest Worker

1974 Coaches' Poll
1st Best Penalty Killer
1st Best Checker
1st Hardest Worker
2nd Most Valuable Player
2nd Best on Face-Offs
3rd Smartest Player
3rd Best Playmaker

1976 Coaches' Poll
1st Most Valuable Player
1st Player to Start a Team
1st Best Checker
1st Best Penalty Killer
1st Best on Face-Offs
1st Best Playmaker
1st Hardest Worker
2nd Smartest Player

1979 Coaches' Poll
1st Best on Face-Offs
1st Hardest Worker
4th Smartest Player

1984 Coaches' Poll
2nd Hardest Worker
4th Best on Face-Offs

1981 Players' Poll
1st Best Forechecker
1st Best on Face-Offs
2nd Best Defensive Forward
3rd Best Backchecker

The guy was a monster...

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Postby Gaucho » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:51 pm

**** Bobby Clarke

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Postby meow » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:51 pm

There were, what, 12 teams then? And goalies still wore six sweaters instead of pads?

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Postby nocera » Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:53 pm

**** Bobby Clarke

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Postby shmenguin » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:01 pm

There were, what, 12 teams then? And goalies still wore six sweaters instead of pads?

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Postby mikey » Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:57 pm

There were, what, 12 teams then? And goalies still wore six sweaters instead of pads?

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And no...don't be stupid, they wore deer hair pads...six sweaters is ridiculous...

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Postby Tico Rick » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:33 pm

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Seriously, not that Clarke was a bad player by any means, but the type of goonery allowed in the 70s, along with the kind of players that the Flyers surrounded Clarke with, allowed him to be as good as he was. But as I said earlier, there are at least a half dozen, and probably a dozen, players who were better two-way centers than Clarke. One could even argue that Lindros was a better two-way center than Clarke.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:35 pm

Video of that Gudas/Coutoureyay collision:

https://twitter.com/JamieApody/status/9 ... 74081?s=19

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Postby Blue Canary » Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:40 pm

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