Philadelphia Flyers sign G Boucher to contract with AHL Phantoms

The Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Brian Boucher to a deal with the minor league Phantoms of the AHL on Monday. via The Chronicle-Journal

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Can you say depth? Is it to late to have Homer run for mayor of Philly? I can't wait for the season to start already.

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DEV STARR wrote:

<quoted text>of all the goalies they have only one is major league..... the rest are junior b at best !!PDG.!!!!

I guess that Boucher's record of longest shutout, and Nittamakyi leading his country to a gold meadal in the Olympics means they are junoir b.... then I'll take them. Still alot better than most of the goaltenders in the league.
Oh still don't have a life. Just troll around on your computer looking to start an argument. Mom and Dad must be so proud! That's if they still say that your thier child! Chances are probably not! I still pray for you thou!

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DEV STARR wrote:

<quoted text>Yes you are right... boucher recorded a long shutout period...... has basically done nothing since...cant hold a starter position in the n.h.l.....nitty did win a medal for his country.....so did jim craig....... neither one has shown the ability to stop n.h.l pucks...... thus the junior b tag......I always accept prayer...parents are proud of me.......your goalies dont look too good after my critic of them though.... do they ?? if you call that trolling .......... tough !

So do you even root for a team or do you just like going on forums and try and be hostile to everyone? You really need some therapy, you never say anything positive. I really think you need proffesional help. All that hostility inside of you can't be good for you or anyone around you (Thats if anyone acttually wants to be around you, I'm guessing probably not!) As far as my teams goalies, I still like them more than what most teams have. Your goalie is only as good as the defense in front of them. Most teams will be hurting if thier goalie goes down for any long period of time, they don't have any capable backups. I think that With Nitty we do. Last year he played the entire season with a tear in his hip. He has had surgery and I think he'll play just as well as he did the year before last. Boosh played great when he was here in Philly, then he got traded to the NHL's version of The Bad News Bears. I don't think even Brodeur would be an All-Star with the Coyotes. So YEA MY GOALIES STILL LOOK GOOD TO ME!:)

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Also one more thing there DEB STAR,
Whats with all the dots when you post? Doesn't your key board come with a key for coma's. Also I guess that you never heard of capitalizing the first letter of a person's name? That's okay.I'm sure your special-ed teachers will help you with that when you go back to school on your short little yellow bus! Don't forget to put your special helmet on, you know the one that you wear so when you bang your head against the wall you don't do anymore damage to your brain then what has already been done! Party On!

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DEV STARR wrote:

<quoted text>well well.......... you cant come up with an argument or response against my assessment of your goalies so you divert the attention away by complaining about capital letters and dots.......if you are over your head in the hockey field.....why not try ping pong.......if any one needs phyco help,i think it is you !! all for .......... now.......... tard.

Apparentlty you can't read either. I did respond to your biased as usual post. Maybe try saying out the words. I know your special-ed teachers must have taught you that. Keep your little comments coming, my friends and I enjoy laughing at you! Catch ya later! Special-ed girl!

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more dots and capitals.............no substance to the discussion........ a bunch of has been goalies except for one........ thats not depth stupi@

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DEV STARR wrote:

more dots and capitals..........no substance to the discussion........ a bunch of has been goalies except for one........ thats not depth stupi@

Can't come up with anything intelligent so you resort to name calling. Did you not tell another poster that you don't attack anyone personally. It must be ruff being the loser that you are that you hide behind a keyboard and try anfd act real tuff and bad. You probably 30yrs old and still live at home with mommy and daddy and have no friends or girlfriend. You are pathetic!

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FLYERSFAITHFUL wrote:

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Can't come up with anything intelligent so you resort to name calling. Did you not tell another poster that you don't attack anyone personally. It must be ruff being the loser that you are that you hide behind a keyboard and try anfd act real tuff and bad. You probably 30yrs old and still live at home with mommy and daddy and have no friends or girlfriend. You are pathetic!

Hey stink,your team sucks and will for years to come... get used to it ya little sperm

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DEV STARR wrote:

<quoted text>Hey stink,your team sucks and will for years to come... get used to it ya little sperm

Get a life you loser! OH thats right your only life is sitting behind a computer mad at the world.
Because YOUR A LOSER!!! LOSER!! LOSER!! Also a cry baby! WHAAAA! EVERYONE PICKS ON ME!! WHAAA!!
Also the Flyers willbe back in the playoffs again this Year! So S*CK ON IT FAGG BOY!

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FLYERSFAITHFUL wrote:

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Get a life you loser! OH thats right your only life is sitting behind a computer mad at the world.
Because YOUR A LOSER!!! LOSER!! LOSER!! Also a cry baby! WHAAAA! EVERYONE PICKS ON ME!! WHAAA!!
Also the Flyers willbe back in the playoffs again this Year! So S*CK ON IT FAGG BOY!

They flys will not be in the playoffs this year tard boy !! the few they added will not be enough to make up all them points... so once again you and the flys will be the losers !! ha ha

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Care to make a wager on this? First ask your mommy, I don't want you to get in trouble and have your computer time taken away. Also your not very funny. Better work on your timing. Maybe try it out on your special-ed friends.

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I tell you what Debby. Why don't you go Philadelphia Flyers.com web site. Sign up to go on thier post. I bet you dont have the balls to even try to go on there and say your a$$ine remarks. You probably wont because your a coward. Make sure that if you do you use an alias. Since most people on there all ready know who you are. There are even some Flyers Fans from up in your neck of the woods. Shocking isn't it?

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FLYERSFAITHFUL wrote:

I tell you what Debby. Why don't you go Philadelphia Flyers.com web site. Sign up to go on thier post. I bet you dont have the balls to even try to go on there and say your a$$ine remarks. You probably wont because your a coward. Make sure that if you do you use an alias. Since most people on there all ready know who you are. There are even some Flyers Fans from up in your neck of the woods. Shocking isn't it?

the flys will not make the playoffs again this year ,so plan your holidays around playoff time because you will have no reason to stay home !

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Wow, awesome argument from both sides, full of great points. No matter what you say, Nittamakyi is not a has been, he is a never was. Unproven and he could go either way. Last year he flat out sucked, maybe a sophomore jinx, maybe the hip issue, or both. He has been brilliant in Olympic play and AHL, not quite junior B, though his inconsistency is a major issue. Plus with a much better team in front of him his numbers will be much better. As for Boucher, he is a has been, which doesn't mean he can't reclaim his play at all. He was brilliant in Philly his first year. In fact other than the second year in, when Philly stupidly went away from him when he lost confidence because the team started slow, which probably caused him a good deal of mental issues, he always played well enough for them to win games, and that is all you can ask for from a netminder on a nightly basis. Maybe a return to his roots will help him to reclaim his form, or maybe he will be the next Neil Little, old dude in the AHL that could of done better with a twist here or a turn there. as for the state of net-minding in Philly... Biron is easily the best goalie they have had since Ron Hextall's prime years in the mid 80's. He looked brilliant at times for buffalo over his career, and probably would of put up just as many wins and just as impressive a numbers as Miller has the last couple years if he had been given most of the playing time. His issue was always slow starts, if you can stay in contention and hang in till the a month before the all-star break he is usually brilliant from then on out. The fact that they have him will increase there likely hood of making a quick turn around and making the playoffs this year, though that is all up to improved play form the younger stars, consistency, health, etc. I wouldn't go so far as to wager anything on them making the playoffs, and I wouldn't bet anything that it will take them 5 years either. I'd say probably if they don't make it this year they will get in by next. However, I don't think anyone knows... thats why they play the games. They are a much improved team and who knows, every team in the NHL is a professional team, it isn't as if any team is really as bad as people say (missing empty nets by whiffing on the puck, falling over backwards on top of each other to allow goals, goalies hiding from slap shots etc) if you build chemistry and give everything you have to win, you have a chance at making the playoffs and being competitive pretty much any time you step on the ice.

In a compleately different NHL related topic. What the hell is the deal with Nashville, they get raped on the Peter, the not so great anymore, and they deal Vokoun to Florida? Yeah Mason had some good numbers but he hasn't put up the great numbers as consistently or turned a expansion team into a contender. Florida will be way better this year just from that deal alone.

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Nashville took a risk in advancing far into the playoffs to make the team more attractive to potential buyers and maybe raise the asking price for the team. When they failed in the first round they knew they were screwed. But a buisnessman from Canada wanted to buy the team and was willing to pay the asking price for them. The only thing he wanted was to move the team to Hamilton, Ont. Garry Bettman step in and put a stop to the sale. Bettman didn't want the team to move to Canada. If they moved to Kansas City he would be o.k. with that, but no teams north of the border. Bettman wants to expand the league into non-traditional hockey area's. When the owner of Nashville couldn't sell to the highest bidder he had to dump salary in order to make the team profitable looking to who ever bought the team now. Last I heard was that a group of Investors from Nashville are going to buy the team at alot lower price then what the Canadain buisnessman was willing to pay. They are awating league approval of the sale.

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FLYERSFAITHFUL wrote:

Nashville took a risk in advancing far into the playoffs to make the team more attractive to potential buyers and maybe raise the asking price for the team. When they failed in the first round they knew they were screwed. But a buisnessman from Canada wanted to buy the team and was willing to pay the asking price for them. The only thing he wanted was to move the team to Hamilton, Ont. Garry Bettman step in and put a stop to the sale. Bettman didn't want the team to move to Canada. If they moved to Kansas City he would be o.k. with that, but no teams north of the border. Bettman wants to expand the league into non-traditional hockey area's. When the owner of Nashville couldn't sell to the highest bidder he had to dump salary in order to make the team profitable looking to who ever bought the team now. Last I heard was that a group of Investors from Nashville are going to buy the team at alot lower price then what the Canadain buisnessman was willing to pay. They are awating league approval of the sale.

I disagree with your summation of the details

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DMC wrote:

<quoted text>I disagree with your summation of the details

It's easy to look up for yourself. It was on these sites. Hockeybuzz.com and ESPN.com/NHL . It was first reported on hockeybuzz by Ecklund about a month ago. Then Espn reported it a few days later with a bit more detail. OK DEV.

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DMC wrote:

<quoted text>I disagree with your summation of the details

You can disagre all you want DEV! But it is easy to look it up. These are the sites I saw them on, Fox Sports.com and Espn.com/NHL . Which I'm sure you won't do if it means your wrong once again!

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FLYERSFAITHFUL wrote:

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You can disagre all you want DEV! But it is easy to look it up. These are the sites I saw them on, Fox Sports.com and Espn.com/NHL . Which I'm sure you won't do if it means your wrong once again!

We both know different ! They just dont have the manpower to move up that much !

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DMC wrote:

<quoted text>I disagree with your summation of the details

I do't really care that you disagree DEVTARD! It's been on FOXSPORTS>COM and ESPN.COM/NHL !