Bryan Berard's in town

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According to the Delco Times, the Flyers are bringing in Bryan Berard for a tryout during camp. You may remember Berard as the guy who nearly lost an eye while playing for Toronto back in 2000. Last season with the Islanders, he posted 22 points in 54 games with five goals and seventeen assists. Fifteen of those points came on the power play, so he would be a welcome 2nd blueliner next to Kimmo Timonen should he make the squad. With all of the injuries the Flyers suffered last season on defense, adding another veteran makes perfect sense. Derian Hatcher isn't 100% and his knees will most likely prevent him from playing any more than 50 or so games. Timonen had that blood clot during the playoffs which really hurt us against Pittsburgh. Plus, it's a tryout contract, so at most it'll only cost Philly a million. I like this move and I hope it works out for Bryan.