- Jake Voracek and Claude Giroux, obviously.
- Claude Giroux’s chirping. (And microphones.)
- Whatever Jake Voracek is doing here.
- Wayne Simmonds on the power play.
- Everybody on the Flyers’ top power play unit.
- Kimmo Timonen, even if he never plays again.
- Kimmo Timonen, simply for being alive.
- The Phantoms, back in Pennsylvania where they belong.
- The Flyers’ entire broadcast team, both on television and on radio. From JJ to Coatesy to everybody in between, they are all fantastic.
- Young, promising talent, including but not limited to: Shayne Gostisbehere, Scott Laughton, Travis Sanheim, Robert Hagg, Samuel Morin, etc.
- Steve Mason, who … OK, let’s just say it … has been #good in Philadelphia.
- The beat writers covering this team, for always keeping things … uhh, interesting?
- John LeClair and Eric Lindros’ names hanging from the Wells Fargo Center rafters.
- Paul Holmgren, for being the ballsiest general manager in NHL history, and for winning the Mike Richards and Jeff Carter trades. (YEAH I SAID IT)
- Ron Hextall, for being Ron Hextall.
- Ron Hextall’s (and Paul Holmgren’s) penchant for finding obscure European dudes who are good at hockey, like Raffl and Bellemare.
- Ron Hextall’s temper.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans, the gift that keeps on giving.
- The NHL, for gaming the system in favor of the Flyers with that whole Chris Pronger thing.
- And of course, the Philadelphia Flyers, who aside from a few off years are basically good at hockey all the damn time; who give out-of-town fans a connection to their hometown; who give us all our connection to the best sport in the world; who, even when they’re bad, are the most fun team to root for in the NHL./
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