Hartnell: Hard to see Gagne go
Dealing with the recent trade of Simon Gagne to Tampa Bay will be an adjustment for all the Flyers.
Hartnell: Hard to see Gagne go
Dealing with the recent trade of Simon Gagne to Tampa Bay will be an adjustment for all the Flyers.
Because Gagne was the longest tenured player on the team, none of his teammates know what life as a Flyer is like without him.
“It was hard to see him go," Scott Hartnell said today at a clinic for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation. "He’s been here for so long. He’s done a lot for the city. Gags put the puck in the net and everything else. But it is part of the business with the salary cap issues. I know if we could have squeezed him in, I’m sure Homer (Paul Holmgren) would have done it. It will be weird seeing him in a Tampa Bay uniform next year. It won’t be fun playing against him. Pucks will be in the corner and he and I will be going after it and hopefully I will be able to come up with it instead of him.”
The loss of Gagne is not the only change. The Flyers have actively collected defenseman this offseason.
"What our defense did for us last year in taking us to the [Stanley Cup] final, to add a couple more guys in that department is very good," Hartnell said. "There is nothing wrong with having too many defensemen. It will be interesting to see what happens and who is in the line-up. But it will make for a good training camp and will make it very competitive out there. It should be fun.”
Hartnell took part in on-ice demontrations and drills with children at the Skate Zone in Northeast Philadelphia.
"These kids love to play hockey," Hartnell said. "Twenty years ago this would have been me out there in these summer camps having fun. It is just a great feeling being able to give something back.”
Would you girls get a room already...(cduran and ingy)
Tough Juice . . you are correct . . i said . . I Played . . period . . that's a little dot . . or two little dots . . simlpy means i played . . i did not say where . . i just said i played . . can't you read ??— ingy9- Shut the f**k up.— eglftbl1
Comment removed.- ok guys Can we just get back to hockey . . please . . . I think the flyers really upgraded the D . . luv to get bobby ryan . . that would cost carter though . . anyone for that ? I think Homer gets a goalie and we're set . . Turco lower's his price and he's in . . while he might not be the best . . i'd feel better with him and Leighton . . .— ingy9
- Yeah pucky88 - I want that orange winter classic hoody bad also— prominal88
- good one...your mommy help you with that?
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- I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man, and I use that term loosely...like your aforementioned mommy.
Hard to see Gagne go. Truer words were never spoken. Now watch Gags lead the Tampa Bay resurgence...Homer should be reprimanded for extremely poor cap management and for being taken to school by a rookie GM.- God I can't believe I read through those posts. Hartnell blew this season, he should be traded for a bag of those nice orange hoodies - PERIOD - Ingy, seriously stop. Duran, let it go. Gags stinks as well. Go away. Thank you
- Hartnell played great in the Finals on the line with Briere and Leino. They were the only line they had going in game 6.— BobbyD
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- Hartnell had a weak season and was even weaker on his skates! If the Flyers didn't have that run and Hartnell didn't get his game together he wouldn't be getting the mulligan from flyer fans! Making it to the NHL is as hard as it seemed to watch Hartnell in the corners last year. We will see if he brings his A game in October!— hexyscores
- It's spelled 'homie' dbag
