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Flyers acquire Boucher, Foster

POSTED: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 10:10 AM

Flyers defenseman Kurtis Foster takes a shot during his first practice with the team on Sunday, January 13. (Yong Kim/Staff Photographer)

The Flyers have acquired goalie Brian Boucher and free-agent defenseman Kurtis Foster.

Boucher, 36, has played with the Flyers twice before. He was acquired from Carolina for minor league forward Luke Pither. Boucher played 10 games last season as he battled a groin injury. He had a 3.41 goals-against average and .881 save percentage.

Foster, 31, is a righthanded shot. He is 6-5, 226 pounds who played for the Wild, Ducks and Devils last season. He scored four goals and had 10 assists in 51 games.

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Comments (64)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:53 PM, 01/13/2013

You want a joke? Read his book "Brodeur Beyond the Crease".

I'll save time and get to the bottom line: Every puck that did not go in the net was due to Marty's superlative skills. Every puck that did go in the net was the result of incredibly poor defensive play by his teammates.

If you want to journey through the land of narcissism this is a must read.

Still laughing about the Scooter Store :-)

— backhand

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:06 PM, 01/13/2013

Brodeur lost over twice as many games as Bernie, and his winning percentage was .660 compared to Parent's .736, even with the benefit of extra points available from shootouts and OT wins.

Do you know the story behind "Uncle daddy?"

— FlyerFan4Life

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:14 PM, 01/13/2013

"Do you know the story behind 'Uncle daddy?'"

No. Please enlighten me.

Ray

— backhand

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:32 PM, 01/13/2013

Uncle daddy is Super Marty. In probably the most tawdry scandal ever to hit NHL hockey, Marty Brodeur had an affair with his wife's brother's wife. When Marty's wife found out about the affair with her sister-in-law, she left Marty.
After his divorce became final, Brodeur married his former sister-in-law and has had children from that marriage.
So his children from his first marriage don't know if he's their Uncle or their Daddy.

— FlyerFan4Life

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:37 PM, 01/13/2013

I must have missed that in his book. My fault, because I'm certain he would include that coup in his homage to himself.

Thanks for sharing that! :-)

Ray

— backhand

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:32 PM, 01/13/2013

BTW, I think you'll like my new mask which is being painted as an homage to Flyers Bernie Parent, Ron Hextall, and Bob Clarke.

Here is design sketch one;

http://www.rjsmith.com/Hockey/Images/raysmith-concept.jpg

Here is the revised second sketch.

http://www.rjsmith.com/Hockey/Images/raysmith-concept-2.jpg

The final one will have the grinning Bob Clarke on the back plate and Independence Hall replacing the art museum.

Ray

— backhand

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:36 PM, 01/13/2013

Nice masks. Give them to Bryz.

— FlyerFan4Life

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:57 PM, 01/13/2013

"Give them to Bryz".

If I thought it would help, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

Keep those hilarious lines coming! After 113-days of gloom we need all the levity we can get.

Go Flyers!

— backhand