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Out with the Old in with the… Older?

            Jay Bouwmeester? Jay Bouwmeester, who?

            As in who needs him when you have Chris Pronger, as my beloved Philadelphia Flyers now do.

Bring that to Philly... please?

            That’s right boys and girls, say good bye to Joffrey Lupul, Luca Sbisa and TWO first rounds draft picks, but say howdy to the big, bruising and VERY dirty former Duck, Oiler and Blue.

Thanks for this Lupes. One of my all time favorite Flyers memories. Good luck BACK with the Ducks. Now don't come back here... Haha... Seriously.

            Oh yeah, and we also got some guy named Ryan Dinlge from the Ducks as well.

I have NO idea who you are Dingle...

            On the surface, that seems like a tremendous amount to give up for a 34 going on 35 year old defensemen— and it was. On top of that, the cash-strapped Flyers have added about $2 million in the trade, meaning that if Homer plans on following through with fixing the cap, another trade is certainly in the works.

            Briere? Gagne? Cough…Randy Jones cough?

            The whole scope of this remains to be seen, but adding Pronger is certainly something.

            Everyone wanted a big, physical, crease-clearing defensemen… well, here you go. That’s exactly what Pronger is

            Also, he can score too. And he’s a tremendous leader. We needed all of those things.

            Sure, he’s a bit old, maybe past his prime. The point is, this guy is STILL one of the top defensemen in the league.

            Losing Sbisa sucks, flat out. Losing those picks sucks as well. Losing Lupul? Meh. I’m ok with that. Take you 25-30 goals and every other day effort and don’t let the door hit you on the way out Lupes. There’s a reason you keep getting traded despite all that potential and it’s because you never seem to TRULY realize it.

Ahh Luca... We'll always have the first part of last season my friend...

            Also, I’m very happy to break up the Center City Boys Club of Richards, Carter, Hartnell and its former members Lupul and Upshall.

            Those guys have been getting WAY to comfortable down there and maybe need to get their cage rattled a bit.

            Of course, when I say those guys I’m referring to HARTNELL and Carter more so then Ritchie, but he needs it too.

            NO ONE gets off the hook for last year.

            This is a wake up call.

            Pronger makes the team better now. Much better.

            Say what you will about next year’s Flyers, but with Ray Emery and now Chris Pronger in the mix— they certainly won’t be boring.

            Here’s hoping that Briere and Gagne are somehow still here when the dust settles on this trade.

            Vaya con dios Sbisa.