Mel Bridgman Bob Kelly vs Borje Salming Ian Turnbull
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1974 and 1975 were bad news for hockey because they showed violence could be used to win the Stanley Cup.
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@rwh59 they had a lot of goons but they also had skilled player too, clarke? yeah happened to win the hart trophy 3 times, reggie leach, bill barber, all 3 of those guys were elite players that made numerous all-star games, plus they had other good players
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@GangZtateers pronger now, but yeah our history of dmen isnt great and pronger is old now, in his prime he is one of the best ever but last year he was great
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@rwh59 They went to the playoffs every year back then and went to the Cup finals again in 76 and 80 with alot of the same core players.
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@rwh59 One thing you have to remember from back then is the Flyers tried to have a finesses team when they came into the leauge and they were destroyed by the St. Louis Blues two years in a row in the playoffs. After which Mr. Snider decided to fight fire with fire and he went and got Schultz, Kelly, Dupont, etc. and made a statement.
That being said, the team still boasted alot of talent in Clarke, Leach. MacLeash, Parent, Clement, Dornhoffer etc. They were not untalented.
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@rwh59 now that they are less goonish and much more skilled they havnt won a cup
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@GangZtateers pronger now
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Depending on how you look at it, it's either too bad or a good thing Ian Turnbull didn't take a more active role with the gloves off. According to legend he was one tough S.O.B. All the talent in the world, too...just never took it seriously (except in the '78 series against the Isles!). Salming had to be pretty freakin' tough, too, to live through that era.
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@sm6860 Nope,and who could blame those opposing teams for that,either?
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pussy ass goalie just watching his teammates get punched.
flyers never had a defenceman with salmings calibre to this date in 2009, he is the best defenceman of his era...too bad he wasted all of those years with toronto, he would have won multiple norris trophies with a real team.
GangZtateers 3 years ago 16
Everytime I see these old Flyer fights, I hate them all over again.
RumTuff 2 years ago 10