Flyers' History: Matt Read: neither lost nor forgotten

[Qyburn]

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[Laveuglette]

Is he still in the team?

 

[pit]

Is he still in the team?

He's been with the Phantoms all year. He'll be gone in the off-season.

 

[alatos]

Weirdly enough, he was my favorite player his rookie season. I just had a big soft spot for the guy, especially with Gagne gone. He seemed like a dude that finally made it, and was proving a lot of people wrong. At least that's how remember thinking of it, but I was in high school.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I'd rather have him play then Lehtera or Weise.

 

[Beef Invictus]

When you get a guy like that there is the fear that he's at his peak and it'll be down hill from there, but the speed of regression was still super surprising nonetheless.

Super useful for a few years. Quite good at picking corners off a pass, when his shot took a dip it was big hit to the team.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Has he lost his game so much that he can't get on this team over Lehtera? Lehtera is terrible, but can Read actually be worse than him? I find that really hard to believe. I mean he could be since he's not even averaging 0.5 points a game in the AHL

 

[deadhead]

He's probably the 5th best forward on the Phantoms, MV, NAK, Vorobyev, Knight ahead of him.

 

[Lord Defect]

I think lehtera might actually be faster than read is now. At least I remember lightning slow breakaway attempts and his flash in the pan few games playing on the first line (and leading the league in goals??)

 

[Laveuglette]

What happened to him? He used to be good. Was it an injury? Can't remember

 

[BrindamoursNose]

I forget about him all the time

 

[treeman]

You’re joking, right? Read is absolutely one of the worst forwards on the Phantoms.... I mean, I can’t think of anyone up front who he is better than.

 

[Qyburn]

You’re joking, right? Read is absolutely one of the worst forwards on the Phantoms

No. Sometimes posts are made just for so.

Not everyone has an ulterior motive.

 

[Qyburn]

I'd like to kick the out of most of you.

 

[Lord Defect]

Boxcar is manning, Qyburn is Read.

 

[kudymen]

I liked Read that year so much

 

[Coffe]

I must say I liked Read as a player - perhaps that has more to do with the fact he played for my Swedish club during the lock out.

It was sad seeing his rapid demise. Those highlights were a nice reminder of what he used to do so well.

 

[Lotusflower]

Read got his contract then started dogging it. His greatest attribute when he came up was his motor once that went away his effectiveness as an NHL player was void.

 

[Embiid]

What a fall from grace right on his face. Really was excited when we first got him and those initial seasons....so much promise.

 

[GKJ]

We got him basically at his peak. It's easy to say that he was a late bloomer, but when you're not just entering the league but turning pro at age 25, you're on borrowed time since you've spent some of your prime still in college. He should've come out a year earlier and was going to. He played well long enough to get a good contract, which at the time was fine. It just didn't work out as he got older.

 

[Curufinwe]

I think lehtera might actually be faster than read is now. At least I remember lightning slow breakaway attempts and his flash in the pan few games playing on the first line (and leading the league in goals??)

I'd put $1,000 on Read vs Lehtera in a fastest skater contest. Lehtera doesn't have the legs to score a SHG in the ECHL, let alone the AHL.

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[Deadpool8812]

Arguing over who is better between Read and Lehtera is like fighting over whose poop smells better

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Is he lost yet? Because I forgot about him again.

 

[backburner]

title makes it sound like he just died.....

 

[fischi]

Like he awoke one morning and could not hockey anymore. He was a decent third liner then poof.