Bobby Brink Is A Dirty, Nasty Little Boy
The Philadelphia Flyers were supposed to be tanking this year. Everything leading up to the season told you they were in full rebuild mode. They have a new GM, a new President of Hockey Operations, the ownership group has a new president, they moved on from players like Kevin Hayes and Ivan Provorov and James vanRiemsdyk. The team drafted a Russian who is still under contract in the KHL for 3 seasons. Everything was setting up for this team to be solely focused on ping-pong balls at the Draft Lottery this year.
Bobby Brink don't give a shit about no ping-pong balls. Bobby Brink doesn't even know the word "tank" exists.
That's just nasty. And yeah, maybe Lindgren was a bit of a psychopath throwing such a massive poke check like that. But it was either look like a fool by throwing a massive poke check and getting danced, or look like a fool by just getting toyed around by Bobby Brink before he stuffs one right over your shoulder on the backhand.
Turns out the Flyers don't need to tank to draft another stud when they already have one in Bobby Brink. You knew the moment the Flyers drafted him that he was going to be a star just based on the name alone. It's one of those names that was destined for greatness. Then you add in the fact that he threw on a Bauer 4500 helmet this season for ultimate style points?
It's no wonder why the Flyers are currently sitting in 3rd place in the Metro division halfway through December. They've been the best team in the league ever since giving the worst team in the league their first win.
This is supposedly a rebuild year, and the Flyers are about to be a playoff team. This is a good hockey team, and then they get to add Matvei Michkov, Cutter Gauthier and Oliver Bonk to the mix over the next few years. We went through some dark, dark times as Flyers fans over the last few seasons, but Bobby Brink and the boys might just be providing the light at the end of the tunnel.