Found July 05, 2009 on The Broad Street Blog:
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2009 Free Agency is here and Paul Holmgren has continued to re-tool the Philadelphia Flyers. It started with a trade to acquire veteran defenseman Chris Pronger and continued with the signings of forward Ian Laperierre and backup goaltender, and former Flyer, Brian Boucher.
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