Eye of Ra
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What are you guys memories of this player? What did he bring to the ice? Was he physical? Did he not go downhill a bit early? What happend?
Simon Gagné
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He is one of/if not the greatest Flyer of his generation. A two way player that could score and move the play. Solid in his own zone and KPer. Simply put....a f***ing awesome player.What are you guys memories of this player? What did he bring to the ice? Was he physical? Did he not go downhill a bit early? What happend?
Born in 1976.... easily one of the top five Flyers I’ve ever seen
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TCTC
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Peter Forsberg once told Bill Clement that Gagne's the purest shooter he ever played with.
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Guy was the least flashy yet most cerebral player I’ve watched for the flyers. Positionally just incredibly sound both on offense and defense.
His two years playing with forsberg were a joy to watch. He just put himself in so many advantageous positions to score.
His two years playing with forsberg were a joy to watch. He just put himself in so many advantageous positions to score.
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When he got traded, I was pissed. I thought the return was woefully inadequate. In my simpleton’s evaluation, he did just about everything well.
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Ugh, the point where I knew he was near the end was when he was in a slump and Richards was desperate to get him scoring, and Gagne couldn't finish on a nonstop stream of high quality setups. A few years earlier he'd have absolutely feasted.
And then Richards spent a ton of time trying to get Nodl to score, and that was way more hopeless lol.
The game winning goal in game 7 of 2010.
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After his concussion and the goop they injected in his neck, he was a timid player. Avoided the "dirty areas" and played more of a perimeter game..that was what eventually did him in.
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CutOnDime97
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Probably my personal favorite Flyer ever.
Clutch and amazing guy to boot. A guy that everyone in the league liked and respected.
Clutch and amazing guy to boot. A guy that everyone in the league liked and respected.
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I bought his shersey at a Flyers game in 2007(?). The only Flyers related merchandise I ever bought and probably ever will.
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Top 5 LW in the NHL during his prime.
One of the best two-way wingers of his era.
One of the fastest skaters of his era.
One of the best finishers of his era.
Gagne ruled. Had some nagging injuries though. Wish he had Girouxs durability.
One of the best two-way wingers of his era.
One of the fastest skaters of his era.
One of the best finishers of his era.
Gagne ruled. Had some nagging injuries though. Wish he had Girouxs durability.
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You didnt like Matt Walker & a 4th for one of the teams best wingers at 29 years old fresh off of 9 goals, 12 pointsin 19 playoff games?
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That was the thing that really confused the hell out of me. As fast as he was, his in zone effectiveness wasn’t necessarily predicated on speed—he wasn’t much of a transition player. He wasn’t a stick handler either. He was just very good at finding seams in zone. That and his shot should’ve aged really gracefully. But man, did he fall off fast.
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This video should be beaten into the flyers coaching staff about in zone offense. The isolation plays that forsberg and Gagne created were just genius. We’ve seen players succeed at it.
I especially love the gagne drop pass to forsberg who then immediately feeds Gagne again at the baseline. Good times.
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This. I was a little surprised to see he only had one season above a PPG. He did have those 2 consecutive years where he was an elite goal scorer though, and he was great defensively. Obviously had the nagging injuries. I’m hard pressed to think of a comparable player from this era.
ETA: he is probably the type of player who gets overrated by his team’s fanbase, but is underrated elsewhere
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He used to start out really hot scoring wise, then would tail off as the year went on. Could have been a superstar with better consistency.
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The best Flyer ever (not even remotely biased, don't even suggest it). The sole reason I started watching the team when I was like 10 years old
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One of the greatest scorers in our history
We traded him for f***ing Matt Walker
We traded him for f***ing Matt Walker
My all-time favorite Flyer, along with Kimmo. Great two way winger and one of the best skaters you’ll ever see. Also was on on Canada’s 2002 gold medal winning Olympic team.
