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Appleyard

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Kermit the Prog said:
No Al Secord or Dennis Ververgaert? Willie Huber? He never had a positive +/- in any season of his 10-year career, but did go 4-9-13 in 10 games as a Flyer (he was a defenseman)

How about Jari Kurri? Technically, he was a Flyer at one time.
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Secord is there!

Ververgaert is probably ~2nd line on the 2nd team...

Huber probably would maaaaybe make the 2nd team in terms of his prime and peak, but maybe not as high scoring era inflated his stats. (Zhitnik, McCarthy, Yandle, Seidenberg, Ellis, Niskanen, Malakhov, Markov to pick from... 5 of those guys got Norris votes and all were top pairing guys for years.) The D is actually spectacularly good really.

Like ~13x top pairing Dmen who played less than 100 games for the Flyers... albeit at ends of career mainly aha.

Kurri, while a Flyers briefly, never iced so did not include him.
 
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Appleyard said:
Secord is there!

Ververgaert is probably ~2nd line on the 2nd team...

Huber probably would maaaaybe make the 2nd team in terms of his prime and peak, but maybe not as high scoring era inflated his stats. (Zhitnik, McCarthy, Yandle, Seidenberg, Ellis, Niskanen, Malakhov, Markov to pick from... 5 of those guys got Norris votes and all were top pairing guys for years.) The D is actually spectacularly good really.

Like ~13x top pairing Dmen who played less than 100 games for the Flyers... albeit at ends of career mainly aha.

Kurri, while a Flyers briefly, never iced so did not include him.
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I was playing Peanut Gallery with the suggestions. I must have missed Secord completely. I was about to stomp and shout about Mike Bullard, but he played more than 100 games for the Flyers.
 
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Appleyard said:


Very, very good forward group. Doubt many teams could top Flyers all-time undrafted fwd group tbh.
Annnnd the 2nd best undrafted goalie of all time.

D... well... it is a load of bottom pairing guys.
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Only two names not listed even come to mind as playing more than a handful of games in the last ~40 years -- Radovan Somik and Riley Cote. I don't think you missed anyone, my friend. :laugh:
 
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Appleyard said:


Very, very good forward group. Doubt many teams could top Flyers all-time undrafted fwd group tbh.
Annnnd the 2nd best undrafted goalie of all time.

D... well... it is a load of bottom pairing guys.
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You gotta find a spot for Larry “The Rock” Zeidel!
 
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BiggE said:
You gotta find a spot for Larry “The Rock” Zeidel!
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No-one who was 20 years old before 1969 counts! As never eligible to be drafted.

Kermit the Prog said:
No Ted Harris love?

Can't say I blame you.
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He would be there if expanded it to any undrafted player who ever played for Flyers... not just ones we signed! For his peak with Canadiens if he was "truly" undrafted aha. No draft though in 1954 or 1956! (when 18 and 20)
 
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Well, it’s been a while and @MiamiScreamingEagles roster thread poll put this idea in my head. So, who are your top 10 favorite Flyers of all time? Not the best, not the most important, just your own personal top 10.

Mine would be:

1. Tim Kerr
2. Bernie Parent
3. Mark Howe
4. Rick MacLeish
5. Dave Poulin
6. Kimmo Timonen
7. Bill Barber
8. Bobby Clarke
9. Rod Brind’amour
10. Brad McCrimmon
 
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BiggE said:
Well, it’s been a while and @MiamiScreamingEagles roster thread poll put this idea in my head. So, who are your top 10 favorite Flyers of all time? Not the best, not the most important, just your own personal top 10.

Mine would be:

1. Tim Kerr
2. Bernie Parent
3. Mark Howe
4. Rick MacLeish
5. Dave Poulin
6. Kimmo Timonen
7. Bill Barber
8. Bobby Clarke
9. Rod Brind’amour
10. Brad McCrimmon
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I’ve only liked Ben Eager, Josh Gratton, and Ryan Parent
 
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BiggE said:
Well, it’s been a while and @MiamiScreamingEagles roster thread poll put this idea in my head. So, who are your top 10 favorite Flyers of all time? Not the best, not the most important, just your own personal top 10.

Mine would be:

1. Tim Kerr
2. Bernie Parent
3. Mark Howe
4. Rick MacLeish
5. Dave Poulin
6. Kimmo Timonen
7. Bill Barber
8. Bobby Clarke
9. Rod Brind’amour
10. Brad McCrimmon
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Not necessarily in order:

Simon Gagne
Peter Forsberg
Kimmo Timonen
Eric Desjardins
Mark Howe
Bobby Clarke
Rick MacLeish
Pelle Lindbergh
Bernie Parent
Eric Lindros
Danny Briere

(There are 11, I know. Sorry)
 
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Personal Top 10, only guys I watched

1. Claude Giroux
2. Chris Pronger
3. Jeff Carter
4. Simon Gagne
5. Peter Forsberg
6. Daniel Briere
7. Mike Richards
8. Shayne Gostisbehere
9. Wayne Simmonds
10. Jaromir Jagr
 
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Can't say I ever have a favorite. I root for the uniform, not the player, when it comes to my teams. That being said, in no particular order:

Mark Howe
Blake Dunlop
Bernie Parent
Bill Barber
Tom Bladon
Mark Recchi
Dave Schultz
Eric Lindros
John LeClair
Tim Kerr
 
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BiggE said:
Well, it’s been a while and @MiamiScreamingEagles roster thread poll put this idea in my head. So, who are your top 10 favorite Flyers of all time? Not the best, not the most important, just your own personal top 10.

Mine would be:

1. Tim Kerr
2. Bernie Parent
3. Mark Howe
4. Rick MacLeish
5. Dave Poulin
6. Kimmo Timonen
7. Bill Barber
8. Bobby Clarke
9. Rod Brind’amour
10. Brad McCrimmon
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1. Giroux
2. LeClair
3. Timonen
4. Lindros
5. Recchi
6. Deshardins
7. Howe
8. Couturier
9. Gagne
10. Briere
 
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Started watching around 93-94

1-John LeClair
2-Claude Giroux
3-Eric Lindros
4-Simon Gagne

5-10

Daniel Briere
Eric Desjardins
Shayne Gostisbehere
Jeremy Roenick
Sean Couturier
Travis Konecny
 
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CutOnDime97 said:
Personal Top 10, only guys I watched

1. Claude Giroux
2. Chris Pronger
3. Jeff Carter
4. Simon Gagne
5. Peter Forsberg
6. Daniel Briere
7. Mike Richards
8. Shayne Gostisbehere
9. Wayne Simmonds
10. Jaromir Jagr
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Damn this is pretty much mine, I would probably swap carter and put in voracek. Then mix the order a bit:

1. Giroux
2. Pronger
3. Gagne
4. Richards
5. Voracek
6. Briere
7. Simmonds
8. timmonen
9. ghost
10. Hartnell

Honorable mentions: couts, tk, Jagr only cus of the HBO classic series
 
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BiggE

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Kermit the Prog said:
Can't say I ever have a favorite. I root for the uniform, not the player, when it comes to my teams. That being said, in no particular order:

Mark Howe
Blake Dunlop
Bernie Parent
Bill Barber
Tom Bladon
Mark Recchi
Dave Schultz
Eric Lindros
John LeClair
Tim Kerr
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Did not expect to see Blake Dunlop make anyone’s list, nice.
 
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Here’s another take, 10 Flyers, none of whom were all stars but I just loved the way they played the game.

Ross Lonsberry
Bob Kelly
Ilkka Sinisalo
Murray Craven
Markus Ragnarsson
Sami Kapanen
Michal Handzus
Shjon Podein
Petr Svoboda
Scottie Upshall
 
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