Gagne Flying the Orange and Black Again!

Flyer fans get noisy! Gagne is back...

The Los Angeles Kings dealt Simon Gagne back to the Philadelphia Flyers for a conditional fourth-round draft pick. In the heading I said get noisy, but really this is only decent news for the Flyers at best. He might only be a serviceable second liner anymore, but if he gets back to form under the orange and black, Philly can get pretty excited about their team.  Gagne was a one-time 47-goal scorer in Philadelphia, and he scored 30 or more goals four times.

However, Gagne has yet to score a goal this season for the Kings, and his two seasons in Los Angeles have been marked by injury and disappointment. He has played 45 games, registering 22 points. Pretty shitty for such a versatile and hard working player. He did return from a concussion to play four games for the Kings in last spring’s playoffs, earning the right to have his name etched on Lord Stanley's Cup

But is his lack of production a systems problem in LA, or is old man Gagne (32) just too old to produce in this new fast paced game. In this short season, production is a necessity to survive. If he doesn't get his ass in gear real quick with the Flyers, they will continue to hopelessly pray that Bryzgalov starts actually do something between the pipes.