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"We realized that we would have to become tougher, stronger and bigger," recalls Ed Snider. "We decided that no team would ever intimidate us ever again, and we conducted our drafts and we conducted our philosophy in that direction." It's surprising to think that of all the teams that the Flyers have played since their inception in 1967, of all geographic and historical rivals, that the St. Louis Blues may have bad a bigger impact on the Philadelphia Flyers organization than any other team. The quote above is taken HBO's documentary, Broad Street Bullies, and is in reference to back-to-back playoff loses to the Blues in '68 and '69, the second of which Flyers chairman Ed Snider felt that the team had been pushed around and taken advantage of

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