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11-18-2011, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry44 View Post
Unbacked allegations? Here's the proof: On June 23, the Flyers traded Carter to Columbus and Richards to LA. Two franchise players, from the deepest draft in history, the faces of the franchise, on long term contracts with friendly cap hits.

I think they gave Carter the contract to match Richards', then realized it was a mistake, so they got rid of both of them. Over 20 years and $100M+ off the books, and improved the team immensely in the process, in terms of youth, depth, leadership and dressing room atmoshere.

They are playing like a true team now, for whatever reason.
That isn't proof.

Edit: wow, that's laughable. Were they not playing like a true team last year when they were tearing the league apart for half the season after going to the Finals?

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