Broad Street Bullies

[Butch7999]

Tom, agreed, but we think you understate the case. '70s Flyers were the filthiest, cheap-shottingest
aggregation of goons ever to disgrace a major league rink. Too bad, because it worked, and they had enough
talented, skilled guys to win without all the crap. We despised those Philly teams, but liked and respected
guys like Crisp, Leech, and MacLeish. Parent was great -- we saw a lot of him previously with Toronto.
He was excellent in the '75 Final, too, but we wouldn't say Sabres outplayed Philly -- overall, about even up,
but Flyers mostly kept Buffalo to the perimeter, with Parent not having face enough tough chances in close.
Shero knew how to say things to get under an opponent's skin, and yes, Desjardins was soft in the Sabre nets,
but the aging Crozier was sharp even despite playing injured (which is why Desjardins got most of the starts).

Adam, we can't call a guy a "winner" if in order to "win" he deliberately breaks the ankle of the best player
on the opposing team (pretty much on orders from Sinden, another guy deserving of contempt).