The Lions' Pride

and the Hawks FINALLY lose a game in regulation, what an amazing run to start the season

The Flyers are a representation of their over-rated captain.

Just like how in PITT there are calls every day to get a veteran leader to help Cindy

Thank god Homer held firm and didn't part with Couterier in a potential deal for Weber. Kid looks TREMENDOUS this season.

If you remember during the 2011 draft... there was a lot of talk that Couts lacked an elite gear..... He fell in the draft... It was D Dougie Hamilton or him..... Hamilton has out played him significantly. The issue is you can only keep 2 elite Centers...

Giroux, Scheen, and Couturier.... 1 is gone... since Couts came here last it was a dumb pick unless you felt G or Scheen was not good enough... then why did we get them????

I see this thread has picked up. He didn't jump off a cliff after all.

Simmonds is Garbage ... trade his ass

Voracek sucks ... trade his ass.

Again, these are two of the last guys you trade off that roster.

Cousins is suspended.... not sure it is criminal. I still would not move him.....

End of the day unless the package is unreal I protect

Giroux, B Scheen, Hartnell, Simmonds, & Voracek

Hard to trade but would if the price is right

Couts, Laughton, Cousins, Timmonen

People you shop like its going out of business

Coburn, Mez, Bryz, Grossmann

Not true. Is suspended for cross check. Trial stuff has been on going but hasn't kept him out of any significant time. He's 2nd in OHL in scoring.

Yes, I'm serious. The next coming of "Ron Francis" according to some Flyers fans is alot different than the one that played last year. Still effective, but certainly not the player he was as a rookie. I assume you expected more than 2-5-7 in 25 games and a -8 from him, right?

Your defense is terrible. Pittsburgh's isn't good but that is beside the point. Weber would have been a huge help to that blueline. You trade Couterier 100 times over and over again for Weber.

Instead of continuing to allow you go on this pointless rant I will just break the news to you that I was being sarcastic in my original post about Couts, which I think was very obvious. I would have traded him in a nanosecond in a deal for Weber. Holmgren and the majority of Flyers fans at the time though were adamantly against it. Very poor decision in retrospect.

No one ever said or believed the deal would be Couts for Weber straight up though. The initial asking price was thought to be Schenn, Couturier and either a couple draft picks or another player. The Flyers most likely could have pulled off a deal for Weber with just one of Schenn or Couturier along with a couple 1st rounders and maybe a defenseman like Gustafsson.

Bottom line is Homer took a chance with the offer sheet and it backfired big time but I always felt like people were overvaluing Couts after an albeit impressive rookie campaign. When you have a chance to get the best defensemen in hockey then I'm sorry but from a Flyers perspective a kid like Couturier shouldn't prevent the deal from happening.

I would trade pretty much anyone on Devils roster, minus Kovy, for Weber. Guy is a beast, would love to see him working with Scott Stevens in practice. Ok, daydream over, back to watching them struggle without Marty and not give kinkaid a shot.

People just don't get it. I think people who know hockey are starting to see Iggy and or Perry aren't needed in Pittsburgh. We can put up points and goals without either one. They don't help our third line, which needs an upgrade or they aren't a young physical stay at home defenseman.

Amazing what the top line in hockey is doing right now.