#this is basically an archive for the players that have been traded

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The Philadelphia Flyers: A Saga, Section IX: Traded But Not Forgotten

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Trade season has emotionally wrecked us all. after the 2020-2021 season, we as fans knew changes were for sure to come. so, this is basically an archive for the stuff I wrote for them back in march 2021. yes, this hurts.

FORWARDS:

Michael Raffl, #12

Nickname(s): Raffy

Position: Right Winger

Draft class: undrafted, signed in 2013 by the Flyers

Time On Team: 7 years

Where He Is Now: Washington Capitals

It seems as though Raffy tends to take on a mom role with the younger players.

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After Gritty threw his hat on to the ice for Joel Farabee’s hat trick against the Islanders on 1/18/20, Raffy thought it would look better on himself instead, so we got this lovely gif.

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Raffy is pretty laid back on the ice, but don’t you worry, he still pushes and shoves quite a bit. He’s a solid forth liner, and when he’s injured, he’s tough to replace on that bottom six.

Here’s a link to that Giroux and Raffl interview in that top gif.

Nolan Patrick, #19

Nickname(s): Patty, baby cat (Hayesy gave him that one), Nolpats

Position: Center/Wing

Draft class: 2017, 2nd overall

Time On Team: Roughly 4 years

Where He Is Now: Vegan Golden Knights

Patty is a relatively reserved player, but he isn’t afraid to retaliate if someone does him wrong. Some Penguins player laid a nasty hit on him in the Stadium Series, and he shook it off on the bench and went back out there and hit him back.

Multiple players are happy to have Patty back.

TK and Nolan are inseparable best-friends. TK is the loud, feisty short one and Patty is the tall, intimidating, quiet one. TK always sticks up for Nolan. Simple as that. When Nolan couldn’t play last year because of his migraine disorder, we were all upset because a) no one deserves something like that, b) Nolan had to miss the season and c) that meant no TK and Nolan interactions. But now that Nolan’s back, we just can’t get enough of how TK missed him and how he’s always by his side now.

Do y’all see how how happy TK is for Nolan? Tears.

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Here’s them stuck in a parking garage. I think this will suffice for the friendship dynamic feel.

And here’s an article about their best bromance moments.

Here’s Nolan mic’d up at the Stadium Series. Just like TK, some of Nolan’s iconic moments came from here, such as “I’m 200%” and “Bro, how did he score?” Because he didn’t know how Giroux scored. If you’re unfamiliar with the Stadium Series game, this will honestly give you a quick rundown on how that went.

Jakub Voracek, #93, Former Rotating Road Alternate Captain

Nickname(s): Um..I can’t think of one? I think Kevin Hayes messes around with his first name lmao but I’m not sure

Position: Right Winger

Draft class: 2007, 7th overall

Time On Team: 10 years

Where He Is Now: Columbus Blue Jackets

Ahhhh, Voracek.

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He has absolutely NO time for ANYONE’S shit. I think that’s fantastic. Context for the tweet below is that reporter wrote a crappy column on how Voracek was the reason why the flyers were collapsing back in 2016 and has been overall not nice to the team (Voracek doesn’t forget).

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He also isn’t afraid to step in and fight someone. When Nolan had the guts to go after a player for a crappy hit on G, Voracek was like “No son, you’re gonna die” so he went in WITH Nolan.

For years, he blocked fans on Twitter and had some beef with them here and there, but he left us a parting statement, one that reassured us through his classic voracek humor that he will always be a flyer.

ITI

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let's hope I don't add anymore people because I would become more mentally unstable.

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DEFENSEMEN

Philippe (Phil) Myers, #5

Nickname(s): Mysey, Leaf Eater (because he’s as tall as a giraffe, says Kevin Hayes), I call him Philly Myers lmao

Shot: RH

Draft class: Undrafted (!!)

Time On Team: Roughly 2 years

Where He Is Now: Nashville Predators

Yes, he was undrafted. He was invited to the Philadelphia Flyers rookie development camp in about 2015, and they signed him to his first professional deal in September 2015. He finished out that season in the QMJHL (Quebec Major Juniors Hockey League). They called him up in 2019 against the Detroit Red Wings. He started the 19-20 season in the AHL, but he worked his way into a permanent line-up spot.

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He also scored the OT winner vs the Islanders in the 2020 SCP.

Read more about Philly Myers here.

Robert Hagg, #8

Nickname(s): Bobby

Shot: LH

Draft class: 41st overall, 2013

Time On Team: 4 Years

Where He Is Now: Buffalo Sabres

He blocks a lot of shots for us and is one of our physical guys. I’m gonna be honest, I don’t know much about the guy, because as Gudas (a former Flyers D-man) said, he speaks three words per game.

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BUT- I did find this mic’d up, so you can watch that if you want.

Shayne Gostisbehere, #53

Nickname(s): Ghost, he has Ghost Bombs (his “bomb” of a shot from the point), his name is represented by the ghost and bear emojis

Shot: LH

Draft class: 78th overall, 2012

Time On Team: 6 Years

Ghost! He’s had a tough season or two with his knee surgeries and trying to bounce back. He’s been looking more or less a lot better, and we’re happy for him.

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Him and his fianceé (soon to be wife) have three french bulldogs who he loves very very much. You can meet him and his little family here.

Erik Gustafsson, #56

Nickname(s): Gus

Shot: LH

Draft class: 93rd overall, 2012

Time On Team: 2 months

Where He Is Now: Montreal Canadiens

This is Gus.

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He was signed after the retirement of Matt Niskanen. Not much to say about him, as he’s in and out of the lineup.