pilldoc Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Another slow day from Flyerland...... from Bill Meltzer's blog..... http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=61626#.U9957eVabKY.twitter "On Aug 4, 2006, the Flyers traded Michal Handzus to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Kyle Calder. A monumental bust with the Flyers during the disastrous 2006-07 season, Calder was traded back the Blackhawks on Feb. 26, 2007 in exchange for defenseman Lasse Kukkonen and a 2007 third-round pick (Garrett Klotz). Coincidentally, Chicago initially drafted Calder with a fifth-round 1997 draft pick that originally belonged to the Flyers. The pick was acquired along with defenseman Bob Wilkie in the 1995 trade that sent former first-round pick Karl Dykhuis to the Flyers. During his brief and forgettable stint as a Flyer, Calder scored just nine goals and 21 points in 59 games despite averaging 15:06 of ice time (including 2:09 of power play time) per game. He was a minus-31." Thanks for the memories Bill.....what a disaster that was. A minus -31 in 59 games!!!! OMG Lasse Kukkonen....what another stiff.!!! On a brighter note"Yesterday in Lake Placid, Team Sweden downed Team USA White by a 4-3 score. Flyers prospects Oskar Lindblom and Robert Hägg notched one assist apiece for the Swedes." The future does indeed seem bright.... Here are the Flyers draft picks in action....."Numerous Flyers draft picks are playing this week for their national teams in early competition for spots at the 2014-15 World Junior Championships. Friendlies are underway both in Lake Placid, NY, and Montreal/Sherbrooke, Que. Participants include first-round picks Samuel Morin and Travis Sanheim (Canada), Robert Hägg and Oskar Lindblom (Sweden) and Radel Fazleev (Russia)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If Morin and Sanheim are on team Canada this year, well....that is just Christmas coming a day late...ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 @pilldoc I was fooled by Calder, I thought it was a great pick up, I must admit. I remember ripping on people at the site to not be mentioned for questioning the Calder move....lol, little did I know..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 @pilldoc I was fooled by Calder, I thought it was a great pick up, I must admit. I remember ripping on people at the site to not be mentioned for questioning the Calder move....lol, little did I know..... I knew he was stiff simply because i saw him play on a reqular basis when I used to live in Va.Bch. I had season tickets to the Norfolk Admirals (Blackhawks at the time) and saw him on a nightly basis. At times he struggled there and fans ripped him pretty good. Same with Leighton. Anderson was always the better goaltender. Don't even get me started on Kukkonen. He was lazy on the ice in Norfolk...did they really think a change of scenery was going to help. (still rolling my eyes) AND.....don't even get me going on the Patrick Sharp for Matt "i don't belong in the AHL let alone NHL" Ellison. Nice player to talk too and very friendly...just couldn't play for jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertmega Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 was Lasse the one ball wonder, or was that another throw away defender? Kyle Calder....puke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulin20 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 was Lasse the one ball wonder, or was that another throw away defender? Kyle Calder....puke That would be the famous Patrick Thoresen. Agreed about Calder, puke!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 was Lasse the one ball wonder, or was that another throw away defender? Kyle Calder....puke Lasse was just basically a shot blocker skated ok but was just slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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