FD19372 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Mine would undoubtedly be not trading for a quality starting goalie earlier in the year and allowing Michael "Leaky" Leighton as the starter. He almost single-handedly lost the Cup for them in 2010. The other would be losing to Edmonton in 1987. One of the grittiest, guttiest teams of all-time. They even had the lead in Game 7. I was sick for DAYS after that loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Take the keys to the Porsche away from Pelle. Don't trade Poulin. Don't trade for Lindros (no knock on him, but we may have won a cup with Forsberg ++++++) Don't sign Bryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FD19372 Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Take the keys to the Porsche away from Pelle. Don't trade Poulin. Don't trade for Lindros (no knock on him, but we may have won a cup with Forsberg ++++++) Don't sign BryzI don't think we win a Cup even with Forsberg. Our goaltending and other players weren't worthy. I totally agree with the others you stated, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 @flyercanuck Spot on...you beat me by a a few minutes. Let me add: the trade of Hartnell for Bumburglerer and the signing of VLC right after the 2 get out of jail free cards of Bryz and Briere. However I agree, taking the keys from Pelle has to be #1. I often wonder how far this team could have gone had he had a normal NHL career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 @FD19372 We traded 6 players, 2 - 1sts and $15 million...back when you could buy players and the highest paid was Wayne gretzky at....$3 million!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idahophilly Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 The day they hired Holmgren as the GM.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Ahhh, the summer of 1997.....Good Will Hunting was delighting movie audiences world wide, The Spice Girls made us question the sanity of the younger generation AND the Flyers hired a young athletic trainer by the name of Jim McCrossin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hf101 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Leighton makes the save on Patrick Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJgoal Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Leighton makes the save on Patrick Kane.I'd go with Niemi doesn't make the save on Carter.VLC signs in MontrealDmitri Tertyshny decides he doesn't like boats, and goes to a steak restaurant instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Dmitri Tertyshny decides he doesn't like boats, and goes to a steak restaurant instead. Just to show I have a rather morbid sense of humour, some ice coffee came shooting out my nose in the aftermath of taking that one in....LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Monet Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 2001 if the entire defense didnt get injured they win the cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent05 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 2001 if the entire defense didnt get injured they win the cup1997 Finals hurt more. We were favorites but then got swept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I immediately thought of Pelle Lindbergh that would be my #1...get him a cab.I also think undoing the trade for Lindros was a good thought too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Monet Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I have completely blacked out 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Patrick Kane, the cup winning goal, the bad bounce in the NHL lottery, or his birth, doesn't matter to me.Maybe signing CuJo when opportunity arose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent05 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I personally wouldn't undo the Lindros trade. Without Lindros here, Clarke would probably not trade Recchi for LeClaire and Desjardins. Those two were great players here, even tho Forsberg was also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I'll go with Pelle having read this thread, but my very first immediate thought hasn't been said yet:Leon Stickle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Mine would undoubtedly be not trading for a quality starting goalie earlier in the year and allowing Michael "Leaky" Leighton as the starter. He almost single-handedly lost the Cup for them in 2010. The other would be losing to Edmonton in 1987. One of the grittiest, guttiest teams of all-time. They even had the lead in Game 7. I was sick for DAYS after that loss. WOW I couldnt agree more with these!!!!! I will take a small amount of sickness over 1987 to my grave that team DESERVED a cup or 2 but had the bad misfortune of running into the 80's Oilers both times they made the finals (who they handled in the Regular season routinely during that era) Leaky is another story and is sickening as well, GAME 1 of that series was an absolute back breaker as we had multiple leads and couldnt hold and well you know the rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Take the keys to the Porsche away from Pelle. Don't trade Poulin. Don't trade for Lindros (no knock on him, but we may have won a cup with Forsberg ++++++) Don't sign Bryz AMEN to all!!! Especially the first 2 as they are from my favorite era..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Do we win the Cup with Roger if he does not "catch" the big C? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackhole Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Letting go of Jon Sim. Foolish, foolish, foolish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I personally wouldn't undo the Lindros trade. Without Lindros here, Clarke would probably not trade Recchi for LeClaire and Desjardins. Those two were great players here, even tho Forsberg was also.Ricci, Foresberg...pre broken foota...Sakic with Brind'amour 2 other first round players....I would have liked that team, a lot. There wouldn't be the three years of Lindos Brindy and nothing. That trade was huge . I liked the players you mentioned but they were assembled , the group I mentioned grew and were ultimately better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo1917 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I'll go with Pelle having read this thread, but my very first immediate thought hasn't been said yet:Leon StickleI don't remember that, it's about a year before I became hockey aware. That is the offsides no call that lead to a goal but then what happened....I thought the islanders were the class of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 I personally wouldn't undo the Lindros trade. Without Lindros here, Clarke would probably not trade Recchi for LeClaire and Desjardins. Those two were great players here, even tho Forsberg was also. Ya, but then we could have went out and acquired #29 from the Capitals...imagine the commentators..."And it's Joe Reekie, with the puck, up to Recchi, over to Ricci, back to Reekie, to Ricci, to Recchi...SCORES!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 @mojo1917 Could not find the video, but here is a very realistic account of the "Leon Stickle game". http://www.csnphilly.com/sports/today-in-philly-sports-history-the-leon-stickle-game-1980/ "Though it's true that the Flyers ended up losing the game, one thing should be said in Stickle's defense: The goal wasn't really as consequential as you might think. When you hear people rant about how a no-call cost the Flyers the game and the series, you figure it was Bob Nystrom's famous overtime goal that should have been nulled, or that at least it was the game-tier late in regulation. In actuality, Sutter's goal merely put the Islanders up 2-1 with two whole periods to go, in what would eventually end up a 5-4 game. Sure, that's still a one-goal differential, and who knows how things would have turned out with the violation called, but as far as all-time scapegoats go, this isn't really Buckner letting the ball through his legs in the bottom of the tenth" Agree with all of this, it's a fair and honest assessment of what really went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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