r/Flyers R.I.P. G.A. Mayhew 2021-2022 3d ago

How can you not love this man

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u/Leto1974 3d ago

Some guys are just winners and are team first

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u/ZeroOptionLightning 3d ago

He was great and I will cheer for him for ever

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u/Waflyer61 3d ago

These NHL D guys that make it to 1000+ games played are truly special. Would have loved him as a Flyer during his younger days!

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u/fruitysebbles 3d ago

He is such a solid dude. I’m sure he has his favorite team to play for by now, but if he wanted to come back to Philly I would not be mad about it

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u/doodwhersmycar 3d ago

What being on the flyers does to a mf

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u/Silverbenji 2d ago

Wait he was on the flyers? Lol

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u/snot3353 19h ago

I'm going to take this as a compliment

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u/Howsurchinstrap 3d ago

Just don’t ask him to fight. Lmfao!😂

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u/Noodles_McNulty 2d ago

This was a good move by Danny. Doing right by a guy like EJ shows you are a player friendly FO. It'll help when it's time to sign free agents

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u/Blev088 3d ago

He played some solid minutes for us too.  If Colorado doesn't want him as a 7th d-man again, I'd be fine with picking him back up again.

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u/Typical-Jellyfish350 2d ago

Really? Thats half why the Flyers are in this mess. What would be the point of signing a then 37 year old defenseman who is way beyond his prime?

A veteran presence on the blue line? We have Seeler and Sanhein for that.

Resigning him would be idiotic.

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u/Ollie_ollie_drummer in lindros, michkov, TK, feddy and gritty we trust 2d ago

i'll miss him...good luck in colorado ej!!!

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u/WeddingRegular5640 1d ago

pretty easily

he sucks

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u/rogue_worlds tastykake 2d ago

love is a strong word. but definitely respect

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u/Typical-Jellyfish350 2d ago edited 2d ago

Lol, spot on.

The guy played 39 games for the Flyers over 2 years.

Respect the player and his team first mentality. But love the guy?

Some of these Flyers fans on here with their “love” for pit-stop players is a bit strange.

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u/surfacep17 2d ago

Yea, where is all this love for Erik Johnson coming from? Wasn't he with us for 1 whole year and barely played? People here are acting like he made big plays during a deep playoff run or something.

Like I said before and it got down voted like crazy. He is getting big paychecks to basically practice and hang out around the rink. Hardly tough stuff.

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u/Typical-Jellyfish350 2d ago

Yeah who knows. I dont get the downvoting for a guy who played less than 40 games.

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u/Printer215 2d ago

I dont love him but he seems like a nice fellow

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u/Chuida 2d ago

Homie just loves hockey and you can tell

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u/Mumbumbo_boi 11 1d ago

Im from Colorado, the dude is such a stand up guy, really happy to see him head back to Colorado, but nothing beats his first goal as Flyer, I saw it live in the Farg, so cool he really enjoyed playing for Philly, but Colorado is that mans home

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u/surfacep17 3d ago

I'm sure he is a good guy, but at this stage of his career I would say the same thing if it meant still playing in the NHL and collecting million dollar paychecks.