Redpath
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- Sep 30, 2011
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Yeah, the Flyers board is strange. I get the team has done nothing to inspire confidence from Hextall to Fletcher but any optimism is laughed at. It’s mostly a Flyers bashing forum. I’ve definitely noticed a mindset of “small= good, big=bad” there and it’s head scratching. Small players can be good but so can big players.
It is especially funny when you consider that Briere's marquee move to date was drafting a 5'10 Russian offensive prodigy over someone like Ryan Leonard, a prototypical Flyer that would have reeked of the Flyers chasing after their own Tkachuk.
Followed up by picking guys like Barkey, Ciernik, and Knuble. The Flyers forum is seriously going to freak out at Brent Flahr whenever someone over 6'1 gets drafted. We'll see so if Yakemchuk is selected, as if he's some off-the-board selection.