How long before Emery goes nuts?
How long will JVR last?
Which player do they go after at the trade deadline this time?
Will they get knocked out by the Penguins again?
Will it be 35 years without a Cup?
It all starts tonight (but not for FiOS people....stupid CN....)
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 02, 2009, 11:58:04 AM
How long before Emery goes nuts? I think he'll be fine off the ice, on the ice i want he to fight someone
How long will JVR last? i want to say all season, but i have a feeling they ship him back in a few weeks to "Get more Minutes"
Which player do they go after at the trade deadline this time?hannahan again/b]
Will they get knocked out by the Penguins again?no, i think the pens lost a lot in the offseason, and Pronger will make a difference
Will it be 35 years without a Cup?yes, no way they win
It all starts tonight (but not for FiOS people....stupid CN....)
Centerice is free on DTV for 3 weeks, everyone should be getting it at least for a week for free to start the season
yay the nhl!
Todd Orodenker, NHL writer
Jason Hentz, stalker
(http://www.voote.com/images/00013/Reg.1368.8.jpg)
Todd.
QuoteThe Flyers' lines for toinight:
Hartnell-Carter-Briere; Gagne-Richards-Pyorala; JVR-Giroux-Powe; and Carcillo-Betts-Laperriere.
The D: Pronger-Carle; Timonen-Coburn; and Parent-Syvret. Ray Emery is in the nets.
Wood.
Flyers win the Stanley Cup this year, btw.
Book it.
JVR gets 15 goals.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 02, 2009, 01:38:20 PM
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Todd.
HA!
hockey sucks
Your face sucks.
Foootball>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Baseball>>>Hockey>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Basketball
Foootball>>>Hockey>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Baseball>>Basketball
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 02, 2009, 12:01:14 PMWhich player do they go after at the trade deadline this time?hannahan again
huh
Shanahan? He left the Devils a couple of days ago and is thinking about retiring...
and all of those sports packages black out Philly games in the Philly area, even if you don't have Comcast
Quote from: rjs246 on October 02, 2009, 01:38:20 PM
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Todd.
:-D :-D
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 02, 2009, 03:11:54 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 02, 2009, 12:01:14 PMWhich player do they go after at the trade deadline this time?hannahan again
huh
Shanahan? He left the Devils a couple of days ago and is thinking about retiring...
and all of those sports packages black out Philly games in the Philly area, even if you don't have Comcast
yeah, i think they'll take another run at Shanny come playoff time. Shannahan wanted no part of playing on the 4th line in NJ, thats why he opted out.
No SunMo for thread creation? No championship.
get off your iphone you hippy
Its a blackberry, because I'm a high powered executive. Not a dood who can't spam correctly
is it the tor? thats what i have.
Quote from: SunMo on October 02, 2009, 03:42:54 PMNo SunMo for thread creation? No championship.
Only works in non-sports like baseball.[/russell]
posting on the iphone doesn't put that little icon there because it is too smart for the internet.
I cannot wait to see Pronger play...or any of these guys for that matter.
I am so stoked for the season.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 02, 2009, 02:31:14 PM
Your face sucks.
true as that may be, it's still better than hockey.
so this is probably my last post in this thread. unless the flyers make it to the stanley cup finals. then i'll be a fan.
Why is there a hockey team in north carolina
wtf channel is this game on? Its not on VS and not on CSN?
CN (201)
or FOX Carolina illegally here (http://atdhe.net/8926/watch-philadelphia-flyers-vs-carolina-hurricanes)
i was at a bar today where a guy told me that pronger broke his foot and was out three months and i believed him for over a half hour
board care factor = negative 8
btw good lookin easy on the money link
Emery starts his career as a Flyer with a shutout.
What was the final score? On the road this evening.
2-0
They looked frigging awesome last night.
And the NHL is having a free preview so the games should be on everywhere until it ends.
Quote from: Rome on October 03, 2009, 06:54:03 AM
They looked frigging awesome last night.
And the NHL is having a free preview so the games should be on everywhere until it ends.
free center ice preview thru October 24th.
Emery is so much more active and just positionally solid than Biron. JVR had an assist, and i really thought he tipped it in on the one camera angle. Kid is getting PP minutes and looks good so far. Pronger creates space, and blocks everything.
no one answered my question
the answer to most NHL questions.............because Bettman sucks
I don't understand how this isn't as relevant as arena football. What's the difference
Jew's dont skate, you wont get it.
And lol at the 5 on 3 the refs called to start this game.
no not hockey
the nhl
i like hockey, but this league is a such a travesty how can anything it produces matter
will you shut the farg up?
I watch MAYBE a handful of games a year, but I'm so sick of these moronic 5 years behind the curve cracks at the NHL that haven't been funny since Bush declared victory in Iraq.
lol
that was funnier than Brodeur's performance in net tonight. and that shtein was hysterical.
5-2 Flyers and it wasn't nearly that close.
Emery = God.
so they're 2-0, eh?
go flyers!!*
* to be used as a point of reference should the flyers make it the cup finals so i can say that i've been here all along.
That save was ridiculous by Emery tonight.
And the PK was awesome.
and JVR with 3 assists in his first 2 games. :yay
The only mistake JVR made was the too many men on the ice penalty when he inadvertently touched the puck immediately off the bench during a shift change. I can't imagine the amount of bullshtein he's gonna take from his teammates over that one.
:-D
Other than that he played great. So did the rest of the team, actually. They were fast and opportunistic with the puck and for the most part they got back well on defense.
Hell, even delicate Crystal Duck Briere put his nose in there around the boards.
Its ridiculous to declare anything after two games but I am in love with Ray Emery. Do you think he's seeing anyone?
Also I was entirely convinced that Carter's season last year was a fluke and that JVR would be useless. Happily mistaken on both points so far.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM
Its ridiculous to declare anything after two games but I am in love with Ray Emery. Do you think he's seeing anyone?
:-D
The very idea of the Flyers having a good to great young goalie is so arousing that I just don't know what to do with myself.
I'm just waiting for someone to get hurt and the downward spiral to mediocrity to begin again.
Asham is hurt if that counts.
JVR has been playing very well, 3 assists in 2 games, and like i said before, the puck just follows him around. Pyorala was a great find by Holmgren, he's just an incredibly smart hockey player like a forward version of Timmonen. Giroux actually hasnt been lighting it up so far this year, not sure what that's about. The D has the best skating/passing i've seen all the way thru the lines. And Emery is such an upgrade if not for how he plays, its that he's not a flag the way Biron was. Biron just didnt care if he lost, Emery wanted to punch a baby when he gave up his first goal.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2009, 08:53:23 AM
The very idea of the Flyers having a good to great young goalie is so arousing that I just don't know what to do with myself.
Jerk off into a condom, buy a Hallmark card, enclose the condom in the card (after spraying the card with cologne, of course) and mail it to him.
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2009, 08:09:34 AM
Its ridiculous to declare anything after two games
Also I was entirely convinced that Carter's season last year was a fluke and that JVR would be useless. Happily mistaken on both points so far.
So far, smart guy. So far.
Now if you had taken out the so far and only went with the absurdly early claim and the disclaimer that it's too early at the same time, it would have been IGY ridiculous-post/prediction approved.
Quote from: jihadist monk on October 04, 2009, 11:21:26 AM
I'm just waiting for someone to get hurt and the downward spiral to mediocrity to begin again.
Phillies thread?
it definitely wouldn't be the mets thread as mediocrity is nothing more than an aspiration.
stay classy Flyers fans...
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20091005_Fans_in_knife_fight_after_Flyers_bus_trip.html
Quote from: Rome on October 04, 2009, 11:54:48 AM
Quote from: rjs246 on October 04, 2009, 08:53:23 AM
The very idea of the Flyers having a good to great young goalie is so arousing that I just don't know what to do with myself.
Jerk off into a condom, buy a Hallmark card, enclose the condom in the card (after spraying the card with cologne, of course) and mail it to him.
Can't I just deliver the soiled condom in person? I want to see the excitement on his face when I hand it to him.
Quote from: SunMo on October 05, 2009, 10:46:41 AM
stay classy Flyers fans...
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20091005_Fans_in_knife_fight_after_Flyers_bus_trip.html
PSF vs FlyersPhans
Quote from: SunMo on October 05, 2009, 10:46:41 AM
who were awaiting the bus' return at a bowling alley in Northeast Philadelphia
FWIW, i called DTV to bitch about not having VS. I talked to a lady who gave me an instant 100 credit for the inconvenience of not being able to watch the game. All i did was call DTV, tell the automated machine i wanted to cancel, and asked how long i had left on my DTV contract, and that i wasnt happy that i paid for Center Ice yet cant watch a ton of games. Instant credit.
How does that help you watch the game tonight?
Quote from: SunMo on October 06, 2009, 03:38:37 PM
How does that help you watch the game tonight?
I'll be over at 630 bud.....
i get the game anyway on my comcast cable. So its not in HD, but thats fine by me. Comcast trying to charge them 25% more than any other carrier, i know why they're fighting with Comcast. And the fact i got 100bucks makes me much happier
i really didn't care
lol
Quote from: SunMo on October 06, 2009, 04:39:12 PM
i really didn't care
its nice to see happy SunMo is gone, and the angry guy is back
he must have gotten remarried.
I wonder what JVR's upside is for his career.
I've had random people telling me how me he sucks for the past two years and then he makes the team kind of out of nowhere.
dear god, please let christ pronger murder ovechkin out on the ice tonight.
love,
sunmo
ps. i hate you for creating munson
Everyone needs to get over their crush on me.
Quote from: jihadist monk on October 06, 2009, 06:46:32 PM
I wonder what JVR's upside is for his career.
I've had random people telling me how me he sucks for the past two years and then he makes the team kind of out of nowhere.
When he was drafted, most people compared him to LeClair
really looking forward to this game....so jealous of sunny....how did he ever get tickets to the home opener?
No one can convince me hartnell doesn't suck a giant one.
You mean after the career year and the only fighter on the team with actual hockey playing skills?
Looks like they've started where they left off on the shorthanded chances so far.
Quote from: jihadist monk on October 06, 2009, 06:46:32 PM
I wonder what JVR's upside is for his career.
I've had random people telling me how me he sucks for the past two years and then he makes the team kind of out of nowhere.
its not very difficult to make this team as a forward
and hartnall is not a fighter...and if you wanna go guys on the team who are willing to fight then richards is far superior player
Doesn't Hartnell have a pretty big contract?
Was he unable to be moved this offseason and if not can anyone justify keeping him over Knuble? Because I can't. Maybe even Lupul.
I'd agree with you IGY...if Richards dropped them more than twice last year (or was it once?). But yes, Richards is the far superior player.
hartnell is overpaid but so is lupul....one of them had to go...i think the flyers just preferred to keep hartnall
pretty sure hartnell had one more fight than richards last year...two at the most...bottom line is neither are fighters...but guys who will fight...
you just think hartnell is more of fighter because he stands out by having gay hair taking bad penalties and fighting for stupid reasons...richards is business like doesnt draw attention to himself and fights to protect teammates and give the squad a spark...again watch the game instead of stuff four year olds would pay attention to
Hartnell got in 8 fights last year, 7 in reg and 1 in post season....Richards in 3. Take your own advice and try watching the games.
I wasn't calling him a fighter in the sense that Cote and Carcillo are....I was saying a guy that can score 25 goals and will still drop the gloves and bring some energy 8-10 times a game isn't something to be upset about having on your team. You only hate the guy because of his hair, so again take your own advice and stop paying attention to something 4 year olds would pay attention to.
Edit-Richards dropped em 4 times last year.
He is slow, isn't particularly good at anything and seems like a genuinely stupid player (ie thowing gloves at people 10 feet in front of you)
I see no upside in him being around.
The chemistry he has with the 40 goal scorer on his line was probably reason enough to keep him around.
Carle looking much better this year than last. Real nice pass to Richards followed by a damn good goal at a hard angle for Richards.
1-0
And Ovechkin comes right back and ties it.
Please kill that guy, Pronger.
Munson even my mom thinks you're a moron and she's been dead for six years
Well that's good, I was worried I was the reason she wasn't making much noise last night.
Kimmo with a goal from the point. 2-1
Quote from: Munson on October 06, 2009, 07:54:43 PM
Hartnell got in 8 fights last year, 7 in reg and 1 in post season....Richards in 3. Take your own advice and try watching the games.
I wasn't calling him a fighter in the sense that Cote and Carcillo are....I was saying a guy that can score 25 goals and will still drop the gloves and bring some energy 8-10 times a game isn't something to be upset about having on your team. You only hate the guy because of his hair, so again take your own advice and stop paying attention to something 4 year olds would pay attention to.
Edit-Richards dropped em 4 times last year.
http://www.dropyourgloves.com/fights/TeamSeason.aspx?League=1&Season=2009&Team=1
9 vs 7 here
but i dont care you had to look it up and come up with a four fight difference?...jesus
and who knows whether you just made that up or not...but for the sake of argument lets say what i found is wrong and yours is right...you still called hartnell the best player who fights on the team...which is simply not true...then you said richards doesnt fight when he fights basically as much as hartnell...seriously stop posting if you dont know what youre talking about...instead come on and ask people whats going on....learn shtein then go impress your friends or someone...cause here you look like a total moron
And that russian dickhead ties it up again.
ovechkin killing pronger...that was painful to watch...lol at the people that said pronger would neutralize him
is there any doubt that ovechkin will go down as the best goal scorer ever when all is said and done
i dont think he ever surpasses gretzky as best player but jesus god is he good
Yes IGY, someone who dropped the gloves half as much last year fights "just about the same amount".
You need a math lesson, boy.
There's a difference between being willing to fight (which 85% of hockey players usually are), and going out there looking for a fight....I would LOVE Richards to drop the gloves more often, but with other lesser skilled guys like Hartnell being a nuisance to other teams and doing it...he doesn't have to.
Now STFU and lick my grundle.
again 9-7 in fights last year...check the link...you can even check their career stats...they are indentical
the talent level btwn these two teams is once again sickening if youre a flyers fan
second horrible goalie interference call on the caps...flyers better take advantage
the gawd is absolutely out of his mind....if only he could be as talented as hartnell
http://www.hockeyfights.com/players/1787
That site has him at 5 last year, or still about half as much as Hartnell. Same site has him at 7 regular season fights and 1 post season for last year.
Anyway, you're still an idiot as anyone can see Hartnell a nuisance type of aggressor. Most of those types of guys would be lucky to score 25 goals in 3 years.
And 4-3 Flyers, Richards with a hat trick
LOL at:
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 08:27:49 PM
the talent level btwn these two teams is once again sickening if youre a flyers fan
Hyperbole king strikes again. Go kill yourself.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 08:32:37 PM
the gawd is absolutely out of his mind....if only he could be as talented as hartnell
If only I said Hartnell was more talented.
RIF
youre right they both fight and hartnell is the real talent of the two
Wow richards
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 08:29:58 PM
second horrible goalie interference call on the caps...flyers better take advantage
ha! From your mouth to Gawd's ears.
I'm starting to think Timonen is the better matchup for Ovechkin.
Quote from: jihadist monk on October 06, 2009, 08:42:29 PM
I'm starting to think Timonen is the better matchup for Ovechkin.
i literally was about to post the same thing....pronger cant play against those guys...hes had at least three bad turnovers against them
Seven goals in 13 minutes?
HOCKEY SUCKS!
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 08:43:31 PM
Quote from: jihadist monk on October 06, 2009, 08:42:29 PM
I'm starting to think Timonen is the better matchup for Ovechkin.
i literally was about to post the same thing....pronger cant play against those guys...hes had at least three bad turnovers against them
his turnover for the 2nd ovie goal was just horrible bounce. Kimmo/Coburn has always been the shutdown line against the Russkie line, keep it that way
one team should not be allowed to have backstrom - semin - ovechkin and green
losing again
maybe
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 09:14:24 PM
one team should not be allowed to have backstrom - semin - ovechkin and green
like the pens, what happens when you pick early in the draft because you suck for years. You end up getting players like that unless you are completely inept
Blair Betts, Flyer for 3 games
F YEA
Briere wins it
Nice job by Danny Boy.
great ending, but the game as a whole is what i hate about the new NHL. Its nice to see the flyers having talent on the backend to hold off scores, and to score on teh front end. farg the new NHL
The Flyers win and all the Romes on Versus can talk about is the Eurotrashman.
farg Versus in the bloody ass.
yeah, farg them, i got paid 100 bucks to not watch them. SunMo Cares
i wanted to smash coburn in the face all night...jesus effin christ was he brutal
the flyer home crowd is clearly the best in hockey but it may very well be the best in all of sports as well
Flyers crowd was off the hook, and Coburn played soft as shtein, and didnt take the body like he should have. Kimmo had better slap him, because he's not a finesse player. He's gotta play tough
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 06, 2009, 10:09:51 PM
i wanted to smash coburn in the face all night...jesus effin christ was he brutal
the flyer home crowd is clearly the best in hockey but it may very well be the best in all of sports as well
none of the dmen had a particularly good night, i thought Parent was poor as well
Emery looked shellshocked out there. Sorta like Brad Lidge.
Quote from: SunMo on October 06, 2009, 06:53:09 PM
dear god, please let christ pronger murder ovechkin out on the ice tonight.
love,
sunmo
ps. i hate you for creating munson
ha!
Quote from: Rome on October 07, 2009, 08:21:09 AM
Emery looked shellshocked out there. Sorta like Brad Lidge.
that's because poo-holes' awesomeness extends beyond baseball.
hockey still sucks. go flyers!
Shoot yourself in the head tonight, only Center ice feed is FSN Pittsburgh.
pittsburgh announcers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flyer announcers unless youre a maniac homer
i cant wait for Crosby to score 2 with an assist to top off this awesome sports day
coburn is AWFUL
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 08, 2009, 06:47:33 PM
pittsburgh announcers >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> flyer announcers unless youre a maniac homer
You must be getting confused with the old days when they had Mike Lange. Errey is good but Paul Steigerwald is easily one of the worst NHL announcers.
huh?...steigerwald was the old days....annouced with lang forever and was always better...altho lang was excellent as well...but people overrated him because of his cutesey calls
no way.....another atrocious coburn giveaway
coburn is just wonderful
ROFL
coburn weak turnover for a goal #100
can we also all hold our horses on the ray emery wagon
coburn penalty....good job
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 08, 2009, 08:07:22 PM
huh?...steigerwald was the old days....annouced with lang forever and was always better...altho lang was excellent as well...but people overrated him because of his cutesey calls
we are no longer friends, you sir have become a full waterhead
ha...Hartnell bit Letang
no way a guy as talented as hartnell would ever do something like that
Hartnell--=Rollins--=Trotter--=Reggie Evans
Letang thought a facewash included shoving your gloved fingers down someones mouth, serves him right. Hatcher did the same shtein two years ago
And from my buddy Kidd Chris: KiddChris Show Watching the Pittsburgh broadcast of the Flyers game. It's like listening to republicans defend George Bush
The pitt announcers were horrendous. Just brutal, oh the big bad flyers. THey do whatt hey do and the pens keep on winning. Calling Hartnell a "mop head" etc. etc. it was moronic.
Erry said he didnt know Tollefsen was a tough guy..LOL
This is from a pittsburgh fan i know some of you know him as Pleshy..lol.
Quote
What I hate the most is, Steigy was good as Mike Langes side kick back in the day, Errey is good on NHL on the Fly. Together they are the second worst broadcast team in sports. I would have to put McCarver/Buck slightly below them.
Richards gets his 6th
1-0
Idiots just gagged away a two goal lead with six minutes to play. They had an open net to shoot at and instead tried to rag the puck at center.
early season nhl schedules are crazy
when we hit next wed the flyers will have played one game in the last 11 days
they then will play four games in six days
nice of mlb tho to schedule the phils tomorrow afternoon which will allow the flyer game to be mostly viewed without a last channel button
I'll be a the beach, in farging rainy nor easter weather, with my farging inlaws, with no TV...FML
bar FTW
yeah, probably gonna head to Cottage Cafe over in Bethany. Nice place tons of tv's, just have to ditch her family
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 15, 2009, 10:05:45 AM
yeah, probably gonna head to Cottage CafeStarboard over in BethanyDewey. Nice place tons of tv's, just have to ditch her family
Quote from: Munson on October 15, 2009, 04:55:30 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 15, 2009, 10:05:45 AM
yeah, probably gonna head to Cottage CafeStarboard over in BethanyDewey. Nice place tons of tv's, just have to ditch her family
2 minute drive compared to 15. Then again the wifey just told me she's driving so i dont care now.
aaron asham just scored on dvr
double fights!!
might as well lose....not that this team has even a small chance of winning this year
you know who really farging sucks: claude giroux
i have to laugh at all his dick lickers
also as i said at the beginning of the year this teams problem is the same as the last 2-3 years...no offense...yeah yeah they are balanced and "deep" but the bottom line is they dont have any true studs on offense and in general have like 5 or 6 guys on the first three lines who are equals...guys that are hard workers but not in anyway offensively gifted
take a look at their roster and cringe
Lol, yes he sucks. Good call.
IGY only posts in this thread and the Phillies thread after a loss, and only to talk about how horrible the team is and how much they suck.
and you seem to follow him everywhere he goes
Lovers being lovers
I think it's the other way around, considering I'm in the threads whether they win or lose...
i still cant get over how much pronger has transformed this team
how has he transformed them. what, specifically, has he done to transform them
oh look there's a Flyers game tonight :P
ashams on the first line tonight.
Two problems that seem pretty obvious to me early in the season: Emery gives up too many rebounds, and every time the Flyers score a goal, they go brain dead. Irritating.
Quote from: NGM on October 22, 2009, 07:37:47 PM
Two problems that seem pretty obvious to me early in the season: Emery gives up too many reboundsgoals, and every time the Flyers score a goal, they go brain dead. Irritating.
I want that beanie that Boucher has on.
most boring game ever
a lot of it had to do with how rip the crowd was must have had phillies hangover
anyone ever mentioned how awful the shootout is in the nhl
Giroux was sick though
yeah that was ridiculous....i cant even stand watching shootouts tho...and its not just cause the flyers stink at them...its just annoying...and we dont need to go into the whole losing team gets a point thing
yeah, that always bothered me too...the whole "point on the road" being a good thing irritated me. either you win or lose, no moral victories
they need to do a 4 on 4 for ten minutes which is how long an OT plus a SO is now...give or take a minute or two
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 22, 2009, 10:19:01 PM
they need to do a 4 on 4 for ten minutes which is how long an OT plus a SO is now...give or take a minute or two
Exactly. As least give them a chance to end it playing some semblance of hockey. I detest the parlor games.
It was a nice gimmick but now a waste, yea. I like the 4 on 4 thing for the 1 regular season game a year I watch
Yah not sure how I feel about the shootout. It ends up so anti-climatic. IGs idea of a 10 minute 4 on 4 overtime sounds pretty decent.
its still better then a tie. what they should do is have an unlimited OT and dwindle it down a player every 5 mins until its a 1v1. after that, the goalies fight to the death.
:-D
Flyers would win that one every time.
Giroux's hands are off the charts
so the captain made some big stand last night not to talk to the media...what a farging dumb ass...the C should be immediately stripped and given to pronger...the phillies are in the world series we are in the middle of eagles season and the team has played one game in the last 11 days and hes not talking to anyone?....who the farg is listening GAWD!?!!?!?
He's pissed that the media is writing stories about Lupul being traded to break up the drunk photo gang...
The fact he did it to timmy P is funny considering clarkie set that precedent
JVR with another great pass
who scored
briere
has richards scored since that caps hat trick....i dont believe he has
GAGS is on the board!
holy shtein that dood is counting sheep....wow
richards is getting suspended for a long time
The Panthers' announcers are going on and on about the Richards hit. Hell, Scott Stevens is going to the hall of fame for hits like that.
If Richards gets a long suspension for that, hockey truly is dead.
the reason they are going on and on about it is because their best player got knocked out cold and is hurt...not so much what richards did or didnt do
the color guy who i dont know has been more than fair about it...said it was a shot to head which it was but also said booth should know better and needs to keep his head up...after it happened he almost was overly critical towards booth
the pbp guy called it dirty...and randy sexton is you saw his interview btwn periods was PISSED
The Panthers shoud be pissed about it, but it should be taken care of on the ice. Instead, they're going to wait for Daddy Bettman to come down with the switch and admnister "justice".
who is their color guy?...is he new cause i dont remember him from last year...hes obviously an ex player but i dont recognize him
i like him a lot
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 24, 2009, 09:23:11 PM
who is their color guy?...is he new cause i dont remember him from last year...hes obviously an ex player but i dont recognize him
i like him a lot
Bill Lindsay, the former Panthers pest/fighter. He's pretty good. They got rid of Denis Potvin, obstensibly about the salary. I like Lindsay better.
thats right....cant believe i didnt realize potvin was gone...he was one of the all time great homer announcers...i hate his farging guts
speaking of panthers and fighters i would expect them to call up or trade for some muscle because their top two players went out tonight on hits and they had literally no one to respond
Goldstein (the pbp guy) said that he was told by Panthers management that they would send the tape to Bettman.
Like Bettman needs that now.
The NHL has become a Hoyda league.
he didnt need to be told...sexton said they were going to do it in his 2nd period interview
flags, Richards isnt that type of player. Booth got caught plain and simple, and Richards had already committed the same that he did a few years ago to that Thrashers player. I expect at least 3 games since hockey is dead how i grew up with it. Also some great hitting by Tollefsen to break Moore's Sun Mo nose.
JVR, i have to say, has surpassed any expectations i had, he has a very impressive skillset. He's not physical, but throws the body around as much or more than Knuble did, and has hands that cant be taught.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3gmPkVtk8
here's the hit i was talking about, its Petrovicky from the thrashers, same farging hit
homer sb has entered the johnson
booth actually caused the hit to happen the way it did. richards did nothing wrong there. of course, colin campbell might see it differently especially considering it was a flyer who did the hitting.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 25, 2009, 01:40:28 AM
homer sb has entered the johnson
i was a bit fired up when i posted that, but thats no different than the Scott Stevens Specials that the league loved. I expect richards to get at least 3 games. When richards commited to the hit, booth still had the puck, when you watch it real time its a boom boom play.
im not even saying it was a dirty or terrible hit but he did smash him in the head/jaw/face and thats a no no
like lindsay said booth brought it all on himself but lets not completely act like it was a picture perfect hit...it def was a penalty small suspension hit
he committed the cardinal sin of hockey in philly. Dont skate with your head down. And how pathetic are the Panthers, absolutely no physical response to that, the Dvorak hit, or Tollefsen blowing up Moore's nose. I just cant see how they are even in this league. I was listening to NHLRadio on NHL network last week, and they had the coach of the panthers on. He said their goal was go go out and play a good solid game every night. Seriously? A solid game? You play to win the game, and they just want to play. Contraction is needed, and the GAWD started with Booth's brain
Quote"I thought it was a late hit and dirty hit," Sexton said. "These types of hits have no place in the game. I didn't see the hit live. I was making a note on my game report, but I knew when they didn't show the replay it wasn't pretty."
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren fired back at Sexton pretty quickly.
"Randy Sexton should watch more hockey games," Holmgren said. "It was a good hit. Mike Richards is just doing his job there. If you slow it down frame by frame, I don't see how you can [suspend] him.
"He went to finish his check on a player who had just passed the puck, and he hit him. His feet never left the ice, and it was a shoulder hit. The young David Booth turned his head, it looked like he saw him at the last second, but as he turned his head, his head took the blow. It would have been a shoulder-on-shoulder if not. It's a physical game, and sometimes those things happen," Holmgren added.
"The guy is in a vulnerable position," Panthers captain Bryan McCabe said. "You hope a guy wouldn't freakin' cream him."
"He was in a vulnerable position and Richards knows he's in a bad spot," Keith Ballard said. "That's the same stuff they've been trying to cut and put an end to. He's looking the other way."
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 25, 2009, 11:15:42 AM
"He was in a vulnerable position and Richards knows he's in a bad spot," Keith Ballard said. "That's the same stuff they've been trying to cut and put an end to. He's looking the other way."
Really? It's a farging physical sport, god forbid someone's in a "vulnerable" position.
What the hell has happened to sports.
No suspension per Bill Daly, and Ballard is a center ice hitting defenseman. Plus if it bothered him he could have dropped the gloves to show his disgust, instead he skated around like a fairy
I googled mike Richards to watch the hit again and this was the 5th result on the page
QuoteMike Richards's Girlfriend
Discussion forum for Mike Richards's girlfriend. Does Mike Richards have a girlfriend? Is he dating someone? Is he married? Would you date him?
that discussion board is a whole other world. Girls talking about which players they banged, how well their hung. I've never ventured over there because the whole weirdo factor is off the charts.
:-D
No doubt half of them are dudes just sayin they banged em for the hell of it.
brutal game tonight. They were dominated by a team that's been on the road for two weeks and was in Atlanta last night...
They were obviously overcome with concern over Booth.
Does the grittiest line in the world (Richards, Hartnell, Ash) make anyones head explode?
VERSUS for tonight's game in Washington
and Phillyburbs is reporting Gagne needs hernia surgery, but Holmgren is denying it
went to saturdays game and sat up in the balcony suites. nice and all, but too fargin high. cool seeing JVR's first goal, and booth getting rocked. it happened too quick for anyone to have done anything.. and i don't think the stadium really had any idea how bad he got drilled until they brought the stretcher out. they weren't showing a replay in the stadium unless you could find a TV, i guess thats where the box came in handy. definitely should not have been any suspension unless their looking to the players into a bunch of gun shy vadges.
sounds like an awesome follow up game against san jose. how did boucher look? i heard some moans and groans from some friends.
Booosh looked horrible, let in nothing but softy's, and they all came out playing not to lose.
Gagne is out for who knows how long with double hernias, he's as fragile as Gaborik
Ref's are attrocious, and exactly why i cant stand watching anymore.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on October 27, 2009, 08:48:41 PM
Ref's are attrocious, and exactly why i cant stand watching anymore.
Yeah, I gave up the Center Ice package this year. Without Vs on DirecTV, I'm getting no hockey at all on the television. I am getting this game on the laptop, and it's meh. Glad I didn't waste the money.
i figured bouch was still terrible.. must've been what the grumblings were about.
um.. weren't they up like 2-0 at some point .. i thought i remember seeing that when the last time i checked. idiots.
Quote from: LBIggle on October 27, 2009, 11:43:45 PM
i figured bouch was still terrible.. must've been what the grumblings were about.
um.. weren't they up like 2-0 at some point .. i thought i remember seeing that when the last time i checked. idiots.
Yep, they were up 2-0, then pretty much turtled the rest of the game and let Washington take control.
so yesterday i got a letter from the flyers stating that monday is phillies night at the flyer game...says come out to the flyers game and SUPPORT THE PHILLIES and that they will be giving out phillie rally towels at the flyers game!!
pretty amazing and a great gesture by the team to support the cities other teams...something banner inc could really learn from
nice, too bad they are a total mess. They tried to sneak Randy Jones thru waivers yesterday, and he got claimed today by the kings so their on the hook for 1.37mm of dead money. Not to mention rumors that Bob Hartley was spotted in philly today, if he becomes the coach, i'm done. That guy is the biggest Hoyda in the world
it was just preposterous that everyone thought a 1000 year old defenseman was going to magically make the team better....and especially make up for all the goals they lost from a team whose offense was already their weak link
the fact that in most games aaron asham or dan carcillo have been on one of the first two lines says all you need to know
Guess who left practice with a "lower body injury" again
this flyers game is awesome today...highly entertaining...second period had three fights in like two minutes...and carolina is really bad so the flyers are even winning
jvr sucks
http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy/nhl/news;_ylt=AsNvsWH4EciMHK05CVMYFMC5bZ8u?slug=je-frozen_102909
QuoteI'm sick of grown men acting like 2-year olds. Colby Armstrong, Slava Kozlov, Evgeny Artyukhin, Alexander Ovechkin, Steve Ott and Tuomo Ruutu. It was a bad week for undisciplined acts – hits from behind, knee-on-knees and slew foots. And only half were disciplined for their transgressions.
And then there's Mike Richards(notes).
No supplementary discipline. Described as legal. But as cheap and dirty as they come.
It was head hunting at its worst.
Mike Richards is a gritty, hard-working player. But David Booth(notes) can't talk on the phone or sit in front of his computer for more than five minutes at a time right now. Then he has to lie down. Five minutes followed by 55 just to recover. All courtesy of Mike Richards.
Purists say it was just a good physical play. He didn't leave his feet. It was a shoulder, not an elbow. It wasn't a late hit. But man, it was reckless. We have seen way too many players leaving the ice on stretchers courtesy of head shots. And some of them were carried off with career and life-altering injuries.
Sure, hockey players at every level need to keep their heads up. But there's a huge difference between a good, hard check in the heat of the action and a headshot when the opponent's guard is down.
What a dumb bitch.
if anyone is interested i have a pair of tix for the flyers game sat night @ 7pm
$52 bucks for the pair
its so nice to watch a philly buffalo game and not see the sabres skating circles around the flyers....buffalo has really slowed down and is a shell of their former selves
how great was it when Montador and Carcillo went into the penalty box, and they forgot to turn off the mic's in there. Carcillo was talking all kinds of shtein. JVR sucks
JVR's skating and hands are really ridiculous. Kid again is surpassing anything i thought about him, and validating his spot where he was picked. He's leading the league for rookies in pts, and leading the flyers in assists
hey IGY
"As a valued Flyers Ticket Holder, you are eligible for this exclusive presale offer to be among the first to purchase authentic seats from the Wachovia Spectrum."
Presale Begins: Friday, November 6, 10:00 AM
Presale Ends: Monday, November 9, 10:00 AM
2-seat set: $395
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folding chair: $195
Seat locations cannot be guaranteed. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Comcast-Spectacor Foundation
yeah i got that in the mail....thanks
you buying a set? The wife loves the ones from the vet, yet she's not feeling 400 for spectrum seats.
yeah definitely...i grew up in the spectrum...thats my heart...my family always had sixer and flyer season tix growin up...i actually never had eagle season tix until i got them myself in 98
ah, i think i might get vet seats like you have, http://www.vetstadium.com/ never knew this existed till now. I wish they had the old spectrum seats, but they were redone at some point.
They vet seats are definitely worth it...cool as shtein to have. Uncomfortable plastic pieces of shtein.
they are uncomfortable when you have another one six inches in front of your knees....but at tailgate where you can stretch out they are really comfortable...in fact of all the seats we have there i would always choose to sit in those if they arent taken
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 07, 2009, 10:01:31 AM
they are uncomfortable when you have another one six inches in front of your knees....but at tailgate where you can stretch out they are really comfortable...in fact of all the seats we have there i would always choose to sit in those if they arent taken
yep, your vet seats are money, and what convinced the wife they would be a good purchase
holy crap is anyone watching this game....save of the year
flyer actually won a shootout
How amazing was the Blues broadcast. Tony Twist was hilarious, they knew their shtein, didnt whine about anything other than that the refs suck. Good scrap by Asham and Janssen. I just got in and am on the 3rd period now, but the Blues guys will be getting a letter from me monday thanking them for not sucking. After Janarette last night, his calling Steve Hartnell, Powe was Poe, and John Stevens is the brother of Scott Stevens, thank god. How great is Emery, i thought he was gonna drop them when he got chopped.
darren pang is really really good
the whole crew is off the charts good. Its honestly refreshing to listen to. They knew their shtein, both technically, and the odd stuff off the ice. Its not like Emerick who reads off paper in front of him. Pang really needs to get back on ESPN. Bring back the dream team. CHICKEN PARM
JVR is day-to-day with a broken finger and Tollefsen has a concussion
Hopefully the keep playing shtein teams as long as the injury bug keeps biting.
Sabers werent exactly a shtein team, and the Blues are fun as farg to watch.
Sabers have been on a roll, but they looked slow as farg as IGY pointed out.
5 in a row.
devils here monday night going for the nhl record for most road wins to start a season...that should be a really good one
JVR SUCKS
Wait is here dc or philly. You aint philly. It might be b more
JVR out with the flu tonight.
he sucks
Lots of Sabres fans here tonite. Its obnoxious
You're obnoxious
Kaleta is the flag of all flags. How he avoids suspensions amazes me. He's more scared to fight than Downie.
Anyone watching this game?
JVR sucks.
LOL
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/70169972.html
QuoteApparently someone socked Langenbrunner, while he laid on Emery.
"You probably saw it better than I did," Langenbrunner said. "I got hit and went over the top of the goalie. Then, when I was down, I could feel a few punches being thrown at me, but I'm not sure who it was...You're there and trying to screen him and you're bumped and the goalie bumps into you and slides your feet right out and then you fall back on him."
"He didn't do anything," Patrik Elias said of Langenbrunner. "He just laid on top of him. Especially after the whistle, you had guys sucker-punching other guys behind the play. It's believable that some guys can do that,."
Although Hartnell was pulled away by the officials and sent off the ice, he somehow did not receive a penalty.
Langenbrunner did not see who hit him.
"It was kind of a dirty play I think, from what I hear, but I never saw it," Langenbrunner said.
Emery got involved as well.
"After I started getting hit, then he started trying to come up swinging too," Langenbrunner said. "But that's Emery."
how soft is NJ
Um, isn't that what Emery is SUPPOSED to do?
farg them. I hate the Devils.
Pronger is a beast by the way. Asham is out now 2 weeks, oblique strain
nice win in LA
JVR sucks
Boosh with 37 saves. Nice.
looked sloppy in phoenix tonight.. back to back games, and they got beat up in san jose last night.
two horrible calls which led to the two deciding goals in the 3rd period for the coyotes, but really didn't look like they were about to get anything going at any point in time.
Betts and Powe are each gone 4-6 weeks with shoulder injuries
been there, done that, and they're farged. Unless Betts gets surgery, he'll get hurt the second he puts his arm up. Last night he reached up to grab a puck, and it popped out.
Jesus, this team can't get healthy this year.
Quote from: Munson on November 22, 2009, 03:12:33 PM
Jesus, this team can't get healthy this year.
its every year
down 2-0 already and used their timeout 6 minutes into the game
might be a night to farg the ladyfriend
not a very good road trip thus far......
down 5-2 with Boucher in, the Flyers just scored back-to-back and have 4 mins left
nm....Hartnell is a dumbass and bowled over the goalie with 2 minutes left, killing any shot they had of tying it...
Richards is no longer the GAWD...
Quote"We have to create urgency throughout the game; we didn't have it," offered team captain Mike Richards. "It's evident how much better a team we are when we have it. I don't know how to do it. It's just preparation, I guess."
I went to bed after the second. Hockey is getting boring.
getting?
to people like me, thats where it is now.
suggested replacements:
soccer
college basketball
porn
tv
making fun of munson
Briere suspended for 2 games..lol
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on November 24, 2009, 03:18:11 PM
to people like me, thats where it is now.
munson disagrees and says its the best white sport this side of bridge
im glad pronger has shored up the defense this year
how many friggin goals have they given up on this trip?
Laperriere took a puck to the face and needed 50 stitches...and he's out there in the 3rd period...
It's always fun to see IGY completely avoid this thread until they lose a few games in a row and then come in talking about how bad they are.
Hockey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Basketball
QuoteFlyers announcer Jim Jackson will shave off the mustache he's worn since 1986 live Wednesday morning on 93.3 WMMR's Preston and Steve show. The hosts are living in an RV at Plymouth Meeting's Metroplex Shopping Center in their annual Campout for Hunger to raise money for Philabundance, and Jackson's shave is in fact for charity. Jackson told us earlier that more than $600 was pledged to Preston and Steve for Philabundance moments after he agreed to shave. His wife of 18 years, Bernadette, has never seen him clean shaven. But she wants to. Bernadette's been asking him to shave for the past few years. His first bald-faced broadcast will be at 7 p.m. Thursday on Comcast SportsNet for the Flyers/Canucks game. "I reserve the right to grow it back," Jackson told us today. Like their mom, Jackson's kids, Deanna, 12, and Johnny, 9, have never seen their father without a 'stache and are eager to do so.
Ew.
http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/landing_09?Tough-Spot-Pronger-Wont-Step-on-Richards=1&blockID=97611&feedID=704
so what happens when the flyers miss the playoffs this year and realize theres not a damn thing they can do because of the albatross contracts of pronger and timonen
and how much longer until Stevens is fired and Laviolette takes over?
lol hands off the panic button.
Flyers will make the playoffs. Again.
I look forward to the next winning streak so IGY stays out of the thread.
they have a serious problem in the locker room with all the young guys who they have disgusting contracts to.
Quote from: SunMo on December 04, 2009, 07:47:58 AM
they have a serious problem in the locker room with all the young guys who they have disgusting contracts to.
i dont really see that
richards and carter can easily be moved
hartnell is really the only terrible young contract
its the brutal veteran deals they gave
briere pronger and timonen are cringe worthy contracts...timonen i can at least understand tho as you were trying to revamp and he is a very good dman...briere is a POS always has been and to think pronger was going to make this team better as it stood coming into this season will always be a mystery to me
Peace out John
Wow. But not really.
bring back mike keenan.
TSN is reporting it'll be Laviolette
press conference at 8 tonight
Lavy is a good coach.
coaches are completely irrelevant in hockey
i cant believe stevens lasted this long...i thought he would definitely be gone when they returned from the road trip
coaching change did wonders
what a bunch of dogs this team is
ahaha Carcillo just got a 9-minute penalty for a one-punch KO
maybe they will get lucky in the lottery and pick some hack like jvr
maybe youll lucky get lucky and realize theres no point in following a sport played by northern europeans and canadians
in a league of horrific officiating, that 9 minute power play is the worst call i've ever seen. basically carcillo got the extra 5 minutes because bradley didn't defend himself in a fight.
not that it would've mattered with their goaltending tonight
maybe this team can be imploded with the spectrum
I don't regret boycotting the NHL regular season one bit. Keep up that joke of a league, Bettman.
lol at flyer fans
the blame totem pole:
1. refs
2. dirty players on the other team
3. gary bettman
4. sidney crosby
5. league rules
6. god
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1000. the flyers
Carcillo suspended 4 games.....what a joke
Holmgren:
Quote"Decisions come down from the league...do I agree with them all? No. I certainly do not agree with this one. We do not have a lot of recourse in this situation. Dan will serve his suspension, and we will move on."
looks like i missed a few things
John Stevens got the gas face.
Dan Carcillo introduced someone to the ice and got suspended cause the dude sucks at fighting.
and the Flyers have lost like 7 of their last 8 (and that win was almost a loss to the Islanders)
Any chance the Flyers can get the Isles for an extra 20 or 30 games a year?
Emery is out for 6 weeks, needs abdominal surgery... It never ends. He got hurt back in early November, yet is only now getting surgery
yeah it was pathetic running him out there all those games when he was hurt...when they miss playoffs by a few points they can point to that stretch
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 09, 2009, 02:16:06 PM
yeah it was pathetic running him out there all those games when he was hurt...when they miss playoffs by a few points they can point to that stretch
its the same story every year
I couldn't believe they were still winning when they lost half their forwards a few weeks ago...Emery being hurt just put that over the edge.
Boucher is still Boucher....
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 09, 2009, 02:16:06 PMyeah it was pathetic running him out there all those games when he was hurt
he didn't tell anyone because he didn't want to come across as a p*ssy with his new teammates and tried to play through it
Quote from: BigEd76 on December 09, 2009, 03:42:58 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 09, 2009, 02:16:06 PMyeah it was pathetic running him out there all those games when he was hurt
he didn't tell anyone because he didn't want to come across as a p*ssy with his new teammates and tried to play through it
he told people he was hurt...he just thought he could fight thru it...the team were dopes for letting him try...at the very least he has to get an mri as soon as you hear something could be wrong....they waited thru a monster losing streak before delving deeper
sigh
a backup goalie
at home
and someone's gonna get PAID with that McDonalds jackpot
thing is the flyers had a back up goalie in as well
gonna be a long winter in philly...at least the sixers tho can look forward to the draft...i cant believe the flyers wont have a first round pick this year...i thought it was in 2011 when they lost their first pick in the deal
Yep, they dont have another 1st rounder till 2012..LOL Its the part of the deal i hated, if it worked, it was a good deal, but everything blew up instead, and its a waste of a team for years now.
IIRC they don't have a 2nd-rd pick either (I think LA has it)
they dont have a pick next year i think until the 4th round..ha
bodes well for the future
They have talent still in the AHL, but they've given away so many picks they're gonna farg themselves for a while. Get ready for some Mandervilles and Ranheims for a while
holy S they won
and they looked great in the 3rd for the most part
they need to win as much as farging possible so that the draft pick isnt a complete embarrassment
i keep hoping they have some type of stipulation on the trade that if its a lottery pick it gets deferred till the next year, but no way are they smart enough to do that
maybe the team sucks because Carter is f'ing Hartnell's wife? (http://thephillyfour.com/2009/12/affair-has-flyers-locker-room-split/?773b4a10)
and they're back to losing again...game's on VERSUS right now
QuoteRay Emery
Posted December 15, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Anyone know if she is a mudshark? I hope so.
they're so f'ing bad it's embarrassing
at least pronger improved the defense
hockeybuzz says the Flyers are ditching the current road unis next season for the ones they'll be wearing in the Winter Classic (with the ugly black box on the back)
i like the winter classic ones a lot...id prefer they go straight throwback with both the home and road but this is a gigantic improvement imo
a gigantic improvement would be not having a far right republican jew crazily spend his money on an organization more imcompentent than his cable empire
of all people id expect you to be fully on and in fact leading the ed snider hate parade
i like ed snider quite a bit...hes a philly sports legend who has done far more right (romey?) than wrong....has his time passed yes...but im not gonna hate on the man
yea id hate on him for the suckfest title draught of the last 3 decades and his indefenseable sarah palin stunt last year
Hartnell scored off a rebound from a Carter shot, a lot of high fiving and smiling and celebrating....I doubt Carter boned his wife.
Gagne returns tomorrow
down 1-0 to the Rangers already and Laviolette uses his timeout 5 minutes in. awesome
worst team ever
no matter what white people like munson say
I think the sixers got that one on lock
No matter what white people who try to be black like IGY say
2nd-worst team in the NHL right now. Still no draft picks.
so Florida calls up and dresses two goons as payback for Richards' hit earlier this year and Gagne thinks Florida's forgotten about it
two fights later (including Richards vs McCabe) they're down 2-0 and Boucher is hurt
i'm only watching for the fighting which has been weak.
If the Flyers get the #1 overall pick though, it is protected, right?
Quote from: King Cole on December 21, 2009, 10:01:06 PM
If the Flyers get the #1 overall pick though, it is protected, right?
lol
gotta love the disarray they're in right now, i've never seen it. Richards is invisible, the Gawd has become a boy. NBC is hoping for a completely different team i'm guessing
seriously just start dealing everyone for picks and at least try to salvage the draft for the next few years
Hartnells wife is super hot. I'd have an affair with her too.
Cote is getting divorced, his wife is hotter i think
haha, the guy who made up the hartnell/carter thing went to temple and wrote for the paper with me (but not for me, so i never knew him)
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20091224_Rumor_enrages_Hartnell_and_Carter.html
nicely done, temple university
Did they really just win 3 in a row?
Who is going on New Years?
The set up in Fenway looked awesome when they showed it on NBC tonight. Did I hear correctly that it's a 12 PM EST start? Ouch. 7 AM Hawaii time on New Years morning could be very painful.
I have a buddy who got tickets from his advertising company, i hate him right now.
did the flyers trade for a new team?
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 30, 2009, 07:37:00 PM
did the flyers trade for a new team?
I know right? WTF? Night and day.
Lundqvist pulled for the NHL debut of Chad Johnson (ha) and Gagne scores 23 seconds in...4-0
how off the charts is jackson's homerism?
I can't believe they're still pushing these Santa sacks
Quote from: MDS on December 30, 2009, 08:19:18 PM
how off the charts is jackson's homerism?
its horrible...they are all horrible...i dont even like jones anymore...in fact im watching the ranger feed...rosen and micheletti are so farging good
most annoying about jackson tho is screaming anytime the puck is shot or get anywhere near the net no matter how much of a non scoring chance it may be
5-0
If this holds up and Atlanta and Tampa Bay both lose, the Flyers will jump from 13th to 8th in the conference. Crazy...
completely different team, their confidence even with Leighton in net is off the charts. Nice to see finally
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 30, 2009, 08:33:55 PM
Quote from: MDS on December 30, 2009, 08:19:18 PM
how off the charts is jackson's homerism?
its horrible...they are all horrible...i dont even like jones anymore...in fact im watching the ranger feed...rosen and micheletti are so farging good
most annoying about jackson tho is screaming anytime the puck is shot or get anywhere near the net no matter how much of a non scoring chance it may be
i said this without even watching a second of the game. he and zumoff destroy wheels in the homerism department. wheels is more nerdy, slimy and arrogant. he wont slober all over players balls or make a random mid season win out to be title worthy. hell make excuses, pander and talk too much. those are annoying, but id almost rather have that then the hitler youth that is those announcers.
How annoying are the ad's on the glass behind the goalies. Just read its computer generated, and not on the actual glass, only visible on tv
Pretty cool the flyers have a private 4 car train ride to boston.
Leighton with the Flyers' first shutout at MSG in 10 years
Sam Rosen is great with hockey. I used to love listening to him and John Davidson call the Flyer/Ranger games.
However, since Rosen started doing football, he's unbearable to listen to. On hockey OR football.
Quote from: MDS on December 30, 2009, 08:44:06 PM
he and zumoff destroy wheels in the homerism department.
pump your brakes lil guy
pretty sure you dont really watch (or listen) to sixer games...zumoff is a god and regularly gets into players
and jackson as bad as he is doesnt even approach wheels...then again no one does...he literally might be the devil
I LOOOOOVE Zumoff. He can take the most boring team in basketball and make the game exciting to listen to.
THAT takes talent beyond belief. I am still upset they got rid of Steve Mix. They have not been able to replace him successfully, in my opinion.
couldnt agree more zumoff is an all time great philly sports announcer...and mix was the best too...pickney is absolutely awful
zumoff is usually great but he can get really carried away sometimes, like a few weeks ago when they were losing to somebody and Holliday made a few buckets had a couple of steals he says, "I've never seen a player have a 6 minute run like this...EVER!" haha
hes definitely a homer but hes a homer in the merril reese mold not the wheels or coatsey mold
the homer/non-homer talk continues to be fascinating.
Quote from: Rome on December 31, 2009, 08:48:19 AM
the homer/non-homer talk continues to be fascinating.
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:crazy
awesome to watch but the final 3 minutes and OT sucked
i didnt watch one second of it but im pretty sure it wasnt awesome to watch
why dont they play 1 game every year on an actual frozen pond instead of a regular rink on a baseball field.
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 01, 2010, 06:37:52 PM
i didnt watch one second of it but im pretty sure it wasnt awesome to watch
the wire?
I thought it was a good game roday
i think mike emerick needs to be euthanized
Quote from: MDS on January 01, 2010, 08:54:01 PM
i think mike emerick needs to be euthanized
this.
Quote from: MDS on January 01, 2010, 08:54:01 PM
i think mike emerick needs to be euthanized
me too.....i hated him since the early 90's when he was the flyers annoucer
What's the beef with Emrick? Great hockey voice and shows genuine excitement when calling a game. There are far worse national announcers out there than him.
since i refuse to watch hockey or even bother looking at the standings, are the flyers good again? i need to know this before i start rooting for them.
Quote from: King Cole on January 01, 2010, 10:53:48 PM
What's the beef with Emrick? Great hockey voice and shows genuine excitement when calling a game. There are far worse national announcers out there than him.
I should be shocked at this post. But I looked at the author and no...not so much.
Emerick is a douche of epic proportions, and a traitor at that. I cant believe how the refs farged the flyers on the OT goal, the bruins had 7 skaters on the ice..lol Kimmo was pissed
Quote"One extra man? There were three extra men," Timonen remarked. "If you can't see that, there's nothing we can do. That's way too many men on the ice ... They had time to make a call [and reverse a goal]."
What really burned Timonen, however, was the tripping call he got at 16:08 of the third period with Flyer goalie Michael Leighton guarding a 1-0 shutout. Timonen dived to block a shot at the net and 6-foot-9 behemoth, Zdeno Chara, tripped on his stick.
"I was on the ground and he stepped on my leg and fell down," Timonen said. "If you call that tripping, that's tripping. That's kinda weak to me."
To me this game is the perfect example of what hockey has become. Refs were pretty much non existent all game, but under 5 minutes to go, you could see they were trying their best to make calls. The presentation outside of the announcers was great, loved the blimp shot, once they got the zoom right, it was a cool video game like view, though i think it should have been used soley for video breakdown of plays. It was a good physical game and in an instant the refs went from letting it all play to calling tickey tacky shtein. Carcillo giving the double horns after dropping Thornton was great. I actually saw my buddy after the Syvret goal in the stands, lucky bastich.
Emrick is a douchebag Jersey Devil shill.
farg him to hell.
Carcillo said he wanted to make history as the first fighter in an outdoor game, then he gave props to the Flyer fans that showed up
igs, the whole thing wasn't awesome (most of the game itself was boring) but the outdoor stuff is pretty cool. Next year it'll probably be Caps/Rangers at Yankee Stadium or Citi Field...
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 02, 2010, 08:59:31 AM
Quote from: King Cole on January 01, 2010, 10:53:48 PM
What's the beef with Emrick? Great hockey voice and shows genuine excitement when calling a game. There are far worse national announcers out there than him.
I should be shocked at this post. But I looked at the author and no...not so much.
You still didn't say what your beef was.
shut your mouth
he's awful. He was awful when he was here at Philly 57 back in the 80s as the Flyers guy.
He doesn't have a voice for hockey, its annoying as hell. He is a homer to the highest proportion and hates on every Atlantic Division team not named the Devils. To a point of having to shut him off. While this would not be an issue if he were just the Devils pbp guy, its a whole different story when he's the national guy.
I watched a few games with him in the past where even the NON hockey fans with me couldn't stand to listen to the guy.
why even explain yourself to that dumb ass?
Boucher sucks. Again.
Leighton sucked too
so did Ottawa's goalie
At least Leighton's played decent the last few games before today.
Emery back soon plz.
4 goals for that POS Kovalev
2 steps forward, 3 steps back
QuoteMonday, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren had a team-building expert meet with his players and agreed to move game-day skates back to the Wachovia Center, apparently at the urging of the players who live in the city.
lol, the young drunks are not only ruining the season, they are running the team. god, how bad is Pronger regretting coming here.
duh....of course its easier to drive five minutes rather than 20 when youre still drunk from the night before....you also get an extra half hour to sleep it off
i think pronger would rather be back in hartford at this point
they're just pathetic. Holmgren is a joke at this point, and will be gone soon
seriously how does he still have a job
i said it when it happened...he should have been fired the day after the pronger trade
i'm not lying, i hate watching the pro sport anymore. Between the pussification of the game turning the NHL into the NBA with penalties, and how inept the flyers have become, its just sad. The World Jr's were off the hook last night IGY. USA beat Canada in a 6-5 game in OT.
and you have turned into munson
seam route
College BB is a million times better than the pro game, and it wasnt always that way. Bettman/Stern kill sports period
oh and Emery is going to be the latest guy back "early" from an injury and 10000% will be re-injured in 5 games.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 06, 2010, 09:31:46 AM
College BB is a million times better than the pro game, and it wasnt always that way. Bettman/Stern kill sports period
the talent level in cbb is a joke...but i can see someone who doesnt know basketball and instead watches for for the crowd or atmosphere or because they root for "student athletes" and other non basketball reasons would like it more...
its completely wrong but at least its a semi lucid opinion unlike saying the nhl is "turning into the nba" or hockey is better than basketball
Quote from: SunMo on January 06, 2010, 09:49:17 AM
oh and Emery is going to be the latest guy back "early" from an injury and 10000% will be re-injured in 5 games.
Exactly, rush him back from the same injury that they rushed Briere and Gagne back from...Genius.
And IGY, i'm not a huge BB fan from the start, but i like college BB mostly because they let them play. Talent level is way down of course, but i just dont get into the pro game as much
old richards is back tonight
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 06, 2010, 09:21:56 AM
i'm not lying, i hate watching the pro sport anymore. Between the pussification of the game turning the NHL into the NBA with penalties, and how inept the flyers have become, its just sad. The World Jr's were off the hook last night IGY. USA beat Canada in a 6-5 game in OT.
I stopped watching after the 2009 playoffs and don't miss it a little bit.
this game is ridiculous right now
three goals and two fights in the last three minutes
make that three fights and three goals
holy shtein
I hate the Laffs.
never gets old
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Richards played like his life depended on it, how he used to play. Carcillo is the shtein
not flyers related, but IGY, your feelings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeGQmvqWmo
TSN had boner's last night for Team USA's performance against canada in the world jrs.
i honestly could care less about them or that game
were there any flyers even in it
nah, John Carlson who the flyers had targeted before they traded the pick to Washington for Eminger was in the tourney and played great.
Carcillo earned some Gawd status last night btw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/wl-h_KNrJtw&feature=player_embedded
Has there ever been a worse mustache. Mankind has sunk to new facial hair lows.
(http://open.salon.com/files/mustache1238691443.jpg)
flyers rollin again and more importantly against a good team
edit: jinx
way to go jinxy
in the last 14 games hartnell has 5 pts (zero goals) and 11 minor penalties
the only thing worse than him is the FSN announcers, i have the game on mute
JVR Sucks
I Hate Crosby.
that's a goal. there is no way it didn't go over the line.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 07, 2010, 09:06:41 PM
that's a goal. there is no way it didn't go over the line.
its a goal. But its VanMassenhoven and they're playing in pittsburgh with a lead
pathetic Toronto fargs can't get it right.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 07, 2010, 09:09:24 PM
pathetic Toronto fargs can't get it right.
Still angry about Carcillo last night
and the outcome of the game.
fan-friggin-tastic.
nm
BURN
Quote
Flyers left winger Dan Carcillo was fined a reported $2,500 by the NHL Friday for a throat-slash gesture he made toward the Toronto bench after scoring Wednesday.
"You can't do that kind of stuff, so I'm not really surprised," said Carcillo, whose team has a rematch with the Maple Leafs Thursday in Toronto. "Their assistant coach kind of started chirping. I got caught up in the moment in what happened to Richie."
He was referring to the Leafs making runs at captain Mike Richards.
From what I've read, Flyers played a great game tonight.
They're looking good suddenly.
So who's the odd man out when Emery is back in full force? You've gotta think Boosh, right?
I hope so. He's looked horrible all year and Leighton has actually shown something.
Boosh plays well everywhere but here, unless its 2000. The guy just cant stay healthy, and he's not reliable. Leighton has done a great job just playing the game the right way. He overcommits and leaves the goal wide open at times, but he's cheaper, and has produced so far. Emery is up in Glenn Falls doing a rehab stint and should be back in 2-3 games so long as he's healthy. This team is infinitely better with Betts/Powe/Gagne in the lineup its scary.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/20100110_Flyers_Notes___NHL_says_video_on_Gagne_shot_too_late.html
QuoteFlyers Notes
An NHL executive said last night that replay officials in Toronto were not given the proper replays by Fox Sports in Pittsburgh on Thursday, when they ruled that Simon Gagne's goal did not count against the host Penguins.
Gagne swatted a second-period rebound that Penguins goalie Brent Johnson smothered and appeared to carry into the net. It was not ruled a goal on the ice, and when replay officials in Toronto viewed the replays, they said the evidence was "inconclusive" and did not count the goal.
A few minutes after the ruling, another replay was shown in the press box, showing the puck past the goal line.
Fox did not send that replay to Toronto officials until after the puck was dropped following the ruling.
"At that point, the ruling was permanent," said John Dellapina, an NHL executive.
The Flyers' telecast was using the Pittsburgh video feed and did not have any video to send to Toronto.
LMAO... Mickey Mouse runs this shtein.
And LOL at Grapes's suit last night http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Sports/ID=1381524251
nothing will be done about it. they'll write it off as a communication error or something lame and canadian and move on.
Quote from: LBIggle on January 11, 2010, 02:29:35 AM
nothing will be done about it. they'll write it off as a communication error or something lame and canadian and move on.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20100112_NHL_investigating_withholding_of_tape_of_Flyer_s_goal.html
NHL: did you intentionally not send that conclusive replay to toronto?
Penguins Network: no
NHL: [scribble something on a notepad] well ok thanks for your cooperation....
Its pathetic as farg, but whats worse is this for the league.
QuoteAlex Burrows told the media after Vancouver's 3-2 loss to Nashville, that referee Stephane Auger came up to him before the game and told he was going to make him pay for making him look bad with a dive in an earlier game.
Auger gave Burrows a late gamer.
Alex Burrows rocked the NHL and risked fines (for sure) and suspension (possible) Monday with strong words contending a referee was out to get him and told him so before the game.
Burrows was called for three penalties in the game, two were costly and, at best, questionable, at worst non-existent. One, a phantom interference call 15:15 into the third, took the Canucks off the power play in a 2-2 game and essentially cost Vancouver the game.
"It was personal," said Burrows, shaking in a post-game scrum while talking to media.
Burrows fingered referee Stephane Auger and said he approached him before the game. Auger brought up a hit in Nashville on Dec. 8, according to Burrows, when Jerred Smithson got a game misconduct for charging Burrows. The suggestion is that Auger thought, in retrospect, Burrows dived.
"It started in warm-up," Burrows said. "Before the anthem, the ref came over and said I made him look bad in Nashville on the Smithson hit and we was going to get me back tonight.
"When Smithson hit me sideways he said 'I saw the replay you had your head up and weren't really hurt and you made me look bad and I'm going to get you tonight and it cost us two points.'"
"He got me on a diving call that I didn't think was diving and an interference call. I had no idea how he could call that. It changed the game. Right now, for our teammates are battling hard to win. Because of a guy's ego, it just blows everything out of proportion and the refs are making bad calls and we're paying for it."
"He comes into the game and he's going to make a call to give Nashville the advantage and I don't think that's fair for my teammates and for the fans.
After my second penalty, (misconduct) I skated by him start I'm going to kick you out said we could still win the game with three seconds left. It's stupid he takes it personal against guys."
"I think he should sit out the rest of the year making calls like that are making us look bad."
http://"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbZ0L7VtHuE&feature=player_embedded
Auger is the guy who gave Carcillo the 9-minute penalty for knocking out Bradley and also called a no goal on Hartnell's goal in Ottawa in early Dec. He said Hartnell pushed the goalie, which he didn't.
QuoteAs a referee you are not a direct representitive of your employer, you are like an non-influenced arbitrator. I am not sure if this was Warren or not but the core of the NHL argument was that he took the side of a union and not the NHL.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Posted By Ben Valentine 12:45 PM
A former NHL referee is challenging his dismissal by the NHL, saying his firing was caused by his union work, rather than his on-ice performance.
Dean Warren's tenure in the NHL came to an end in April 2008, but as the New York Times reports, Warren has not taken it lying down.
According to Warren, the league fired him because of his activist stance as VP of the referee union, a violation of Ontario labor laws. Warren has taken his case before the Ontario Labor Relations Board and is not actually fighting for money. In fact, Warren was entitled to $250,000 if he accepted his dismissal. Instead, he just wants his old job back. From the Times:
"If you're an accountant and you get fired by a company, you can try to get work at another accounting company," Warren, 46, said. "But in this business, when they tap you on the shoulder and say you're gone, you're gone."
The NHL claims it fired Warren because of substandard performance. The league could be telling the truth, but you wouldn't expect it to claim any other reason. Here's where it gets murky for the NHL. Over his first five seasons, Warren worked more playoff games (16) than the four other referees who started in the 2000-01 season.
Aren't playoff games an indication of good performance?
Then after he was named union VP in September 2006, Warren received no more playoff games. Under the league's collective bargaining agreement with the referee union, a ref who is not chosen for the postseason for two consecutive years can be dismissed. That's what happened to Warren.
So from 16 over five years to none in the next two, coincidentally after the referee is named VP of the union? That does raise some eyebrows.
The Times puts in other rather potentially damaging quotes as well, from NHL vice president Colin Campbell and referee supervisor Stephen Walkom:
"Warren has to go," Campbell wrote to Walkom in February 2007. "There must be a way to get rid of this guy. Is there a way we could track total minors called by referees this year?"
Walkom replied: "I think we have that data but it may work in his favor. That's why I'm against data."
Now, that could mean they just thought he was a bad referee for legitimate reasons. However, one gets a different vibe from those quotes. Also, one has to love any quote by the referee supervisor who is against data in evaluation because it might not show the result he wants.
Does anyone else see a problem with here?
The newspaper also reports evaluations have been dropping steadily in number. Refs were evaluated 20-25 times a year back in 2004-05. Now they get looked at five times. Compared to the other three major sports, that's a paltry number. Consider an NBA referee is graded on every call he makes during the year. (Whether that makes a difference in the NBA is another story entirely.) Refs fear fewer samples make it more likely the league can get rid of the refs it doesn't like politically, rather than fairly evaluate performance.
Opinions are mixed on Warren as well. Paul Devorski, a 21-year vet, said Warren shouldn't have been an official. However, Kerry Fraser, a 30-year vet, thinks highly of Warren and does believe he was fired because "he was proactive as an executive on the union side."
Don't expect any further comments; the union has since barred commentary from its members on the subject. With the referees having to negotiate a new CBA for themselves at season's end, they don't need to ruffle any more feathers. By the way, Fraser is retiring at season's end. Devorski is not. Take that for what you will.
Whether or not the accusations are true, it appears this situation is a messy one for the NHL. There is enough evidence to believe Warren has a case, which is all that is necessary to start the negative PR train rolling.
Don't expect this one to be over quickly. Today's hearing is the first in a series, which will include three retiring referees testifying, including Fraser.
CONSPIRACY
offense is on FIRE.
22 goals in the last 3 and 2/3rds games :o
QuoteTuesday, January 12, 2010
FSN Pittsburgh employee suspended
FSN Pittsburgh has suspended an employee, the son of a former Penguins player because of a goal-review incident last week against the Flyers at Mellon Arena, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Lowell MacDonald Jr., son of former Penguins player Lowell MacDonald and a member of FSN's telecast staff, was indefinitely suspended by the network. The controversy was a review of a play to determine if Simon Gagne scored a goal in the the second period of a Flyers' victory. FSN Pittsburgh had a replay that showed the puck crossing the goal line but the replay was not sent to the NHL review booth in Toronto. The replay was not aired on local television until after the review was concluded.
The Post-Gazette reported that in a statement, FSN Pittsburgh said, "There is nothing more important than the integrity of the game. During last Thursday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a definitive replay of a Flyers goal was not aired prior to the conclusion of the official review and, as a result, a Flyers goal was not awarded. Fortunately, this did not change the outcome of the game. Nonetheless, FSN Pittsburgh's failure to provide video to the league officials in a timely fashion was wholly unacceptable. FSN Pittsburgh has addressed this matter and has taken steps to ensure that such a failure does not occur again."
The Penguins also issued a statement: "We fully support FSN Pittsburgh in its reaction to this issue. The integrity of the game is paramount."
up to 7th in the conference and 2 points out of 5th
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 12, 2010, 09:37:42 PM
QuoteTuesday, January 12, 2010
FSN Pittsburgh employee suspended
FSN Pittsburgh has suspended an employee, the son of a former Penguins player because of a goal-review incident last week against the Flyers at Mellon Arena, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Lowell MacDonald Jr., son of former Penguins player Lowell MacDonald and a member of FSN's telecast staff, was indefinitely suspended by the network. The controversy was a review of a play to determine if Simon Gagne scored a goal in the the second period of a Flyers' victory. FSN Pittsburgh had a replay that showed the puck crossing the goal line but the replay was not sent to the NHL review booth in Toronto. The replay was not aired on local television until after the review was concluded.
The Post-Gazette reported that in a statement, FSN Pittsburgh said, "There is nothing more important than the integrity of the game. During last Thursday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a definitive replay of a Flyers goal was not aired prior to the conclusion of the official review and, as a result, a Flyers goal was not awarded. Fortunately, this did not change the outcome of the game. Nonetheless, FSN Pittsburgh's failure to provide video to the league officials in a timely fashion was wholly unacceptable. FSN Pittsburgh has addressed this matter and has taken steps to ensure that such a failure does not occur again."
The Penguins also issued a statement: "We fully support FSN Pittsburgh in its reaction to this issue. The integrity of the game is paramount."
so let me get this straight.....the different camera angles seen by an official during replay are provided by some guy who works for the network broadcasting the game and not some sort of neutral league official? no wonder hockey sucks.
some dude was suspended so its all good now.
I am actually into these guys now. WTF happened to me? Something came over me Saturday night.
i just thank god their number one pick wont be embarassingly high now...thats pretty much the goal of this season
It's great how they're able to bunch 90% of their scoring into like 20% of their games.
i said all along scoring wasnt an issue with this team, it was all mental. farging Hartnell got hurt last night, so did Syvret. One thing i cant stand is how this team doesnt step up when someone makes a dirty hit on a Flyer.
Quote from: LBIggle on January 13, 2010, 01:27:10 AM
some dude was suspended so its all good now.
lol are you ok?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on January 13, 2010, 08:49:53 AM
i said all along scoring wasnt an issue with this team, it was all mental. farging Hartnell got hurt last night, so did Syvret. One thing i cant stand is how this team doesnt step up when someone makes a dirty hit on a Flyer.
Laperrier did last night. His fight was the direct result of that.
Hartnell returned to the game.
yeah, but where were they when Syvret got crushed into the boards and injured. Its the small stuff, they're all over Leighton, i want Pronger to eat peoples face, he's a collassal waste most of the time from a physical standpoint
Quote from: rjs246 on January 13, 2010, 08:19:17 AM
It's great how they're able to bunch 90% of their scoring into like 20% of their games.
real easy part of the schedule....only good team theyve played lately was pittsburgh an they are in a slump
come playoffs against a good team they wont have the firepower necessary to win
of course IGY can't just enjoy them playing well.
im actually really enjoying it...like i said my worst nightmare was for them to have to end up giving up a top ten or much higher draft pick
but you have to be realistic as well....this team is nowhere near as bad as they were playing and they are also nowhere near as good as they are playing now
they are just another middle of the road team that if things fall right might win a series or two
Their defense is a mess, Coburn has regressed to the point where it may be time to consider giving him a Justin Williams treatment and sending his ass to the AHL until he gets his game back. He cant make an outlet pass or clear the puck to save his life. He has all the tools in the world, but somehow completely fell apart in the offseason.
I am willing to give Laviolette more time to get them better and better and see where that takes them.
hopefully the playoffs
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fWLtJmEhLG0/SWy4IyP3_yI/AAAAAAAADVs/uUcTL59byyc/s400/captain+obvious.jpg)
QuoteDocumentary About The Legendary Championship Hockey Team,
Debuting During The Stanley Cup Playoffs In May
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2010 — HBO Sports has begun production on BROAD STREET BULLIES, a documentary about one of pro sport's most polarizing teams, the legendary Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup championship squads of the 1970s, it was announced today by Ross Greenburg, president, HBO Sports. This exclusive presentation will tell the backstories of these engaging and colorful athletes, who won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974 and '1975 with a bold, aggressive style that sparked controversy and criticism. BROAD STREET BULLIES debuts during the Stanley Cup Playoffs in May.
"This film will explore how a group of characters, who also happened to be an extraordinarily talented collection of hockey players that enjoyed contact on the ice, formed one of the most prominent and controversial teams in pro sports history," said Greenburg. "We are going to re-trace the steps that led to the love affair between the city and the team, and show how to this day these players are revered in Philadelphia and despised elsewhere."
Playing before adoring fans at the Spectrum, the Philadelphia Flyers rose to prominence in the 1970s under the guidance of shrewd coach Freddie Shero. With larger-than-life figures like Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, Ed Van Impe, Bill Clement, Rick MacLeish, "Moose" Dupont, Bob Kelly, Joe Watson and Gary Dornhoefer, the team won many games, fought in just about all of them and made numerous enemies. The club's popularity soared as their physically imposing and sometimes bloody style generated headlines across North America.
Although the franchise did not exist until 1967, the team rose to national prominence in just a few short years, and some NHL teams would see their home attendance double when the Flyers came to town. The club became a favorite of other hardscrabble cities and towns where blue-collar communities were taking an economic beating.
In a bizarre twist, singer Kate Smith's rendition of "God Bless America" became the Flyers' good luck charm. Eventually, the team that showcased players with gap-toothed grins, funny hair and goofy nicknames evolved into one of the NHL's elite franchise. In 1976, the Flyers engaged the vaunted Soviet Central Red Army team in the finale of an exhibition series that would do little to ease the cold war tension between the two nations.
The executive producers of BROAD STREET BULLIES are Ross Greenburg and Rick Bernstein; produced by George Roy.
awesome
well this is great but hbo really needs to stop with the docs about stories that we already know.
You guys suck for not livening up this thread tonight.
Flyers have been playing broad street bullies hockey the last few games AND winning.
Lotta fighting tonight. Hartnell dropped Avery pretty good, but Avery got on Carcillo a little later.
I watched some of the game (I'm a chick, I was also watching Grey's)...exciting game. Saw a fight the second I first turned it on lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/b_gwAYYBScg
Tortella is a fleshpop to Brooks, and Carcillo didnt drop his gloves first, whats he supposed to do get punched and not punch back?
is that the "you shut yer yap" guy?
Avery made an ass of himself last night. It was fairly hilarious.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 22, 2010, 10:34:35 AM
is that the "you shut yer yap" guy?
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He sucks (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100123_Van_Riemsdyk_could_be_Flyers__first_top_rookie.html)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on January 22, 2010, 12:05:21 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on January 22, 2010, 10:34:35 AM
is that the "you shut yer yap" guy?
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i knew you'd still have it.
it never gets old.
I really, REALLY hope they can beat in the Pens and Cindy tomorrow.
And wtf with the Rangers STILL whining? Hoydas.
i don't really know about any of that stuff. i just wanted to see that pic again because it makes me laugh.
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=307260
Carcillo responds to all the crap, its funny. Gaborik is the one who dropped em first. Best part about it, Gaborik acknowledges he did, and no one is giving him any credit for fighting..lol
Back into the 6th spot.
CONSPIRACY...i hate the NHL
Aha that was so ridiculous.
is there a bigger homer than munson? even phreak and sb are not this bad. plus munson is just awful.
What in the hell are you talking about?
Quote from: KDS on January 24, 2010, 03:56:34 PM
is there a bigger homer than munson? even phreak and sb are not this bad. plus munson is just awful.
what did he say? lol
You're not allowed to support your favorite teams here, PG. You know that.
its about supporting its about being a douche homer fool
like youre with the phillies?
that contraction is totally inappropriate
considering i dont even know what a contraction is i disagree
i'm not buying that. last time i fell for that i ended up explaining itunes to you. farg off.
Quote from: KDS on January 24, 2010, 05:49:56 PM
its about supporting its about being a douche homer fool
No one said anything homertastic. But keep trying.
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 24, 2010, 05:51:47 PM
like youre with the phillies?
1. how dare you. this is munson we're talking about.
2. they are a great team, in fact they are the only truly great team we've ever seen in our lives in philly. embrace it.
munson is beyond help and is a travesty to the human race
you can still be saved
so i need to come off my phillies are awesome ledge and buy into the flyers and im good?
we'll see
You both need an 18 wheeler to the face.
f-
awful. just awful.
I didn't realize we were being graded. I was just going for the standard wishing of death to fellow CF posters.
help us rjs246, you're our only hope
Why would I save a world I no longer have any stake in?
you're blue...and naked
And dp'ing Malin Akerman.
i think i love you all, also, they made rape cool in that movie
Laviolette is pissed
Quote"For the last month and a half we've been preaching discipline. Preaching staying out of the box, and our players have bought into that. We kill the ones we have to take. But going back and looking at that game, there's just too many penalties that didn't happen.
"They didn't happen. On that play, in particular, Simon Gagne didn't high-stick anybody. So it turns around and goes back the other way. In my opinion, Scott Hartnell did not interfere with the goaltender.
"I don't know if it's a reputation from the past, we want to play tough and physical and we're still going to the box. But our players aren't taking penalties. I can't quite figure it out."
I love how Laviolette handles this stuff, he's not whiny like Bruce Boudreau, he just is pissed at this shtein. Also Asham called out Matt Cooke for being a flag after the game
Quote"There was a scrum, I grabbed him. There were two guys on Harts and my glove got tangled in his mouth and he bit me, so I lost it. He's a gutless guy. I have no respect for him at all. I lined up against him and asked him to fight and he didn't want to. He's a dirty player. At least a guy like Avery fights. This guy is just chicken shtein and I hate him
Its now on TSN http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=307612
Also, Dennis Bodrov a 2008 2nd round pick joined the Phantoms after his KHL team wasnt paying him, and he left the team in protest
flyers had 9 PP (including one in the last minute) penguins had 6 but somehow all the flyer penalties were phantom calls and all the pneguin penalties spot on
oh and brain dead timonen definitely didnt shoot the puck over the glass
if there were a conspiracy and obviously there isnt i wouldnt blame the league as the flyers and their fans incessant whining for the past 30 years deserves some sort of penalty
LOL, take off the cool guy glasses brah
Hartnell crosschecked into Goalie
Gagne phantom high stick, Richards scores, called a goal, then waived off for Gagne penalty that you will never find
Goglioski crosschecks down Pronger(pronger def dove to draw a call) and the refs evened up the Hartnell call
All together the refs sucked again, but to have 2 on the board and to take a goal away for no reason is just another one. IGY, i buy into the whole conspiracy theory with the pens because, there are so many farging instances of this shtein happening. shtein, look at this
Times the Flyers played the Penguins on the back end of back-to-back games since the lockout:
2009/2010: 3 of 6
2008/2009: 1 of 6
2007/2008: 2 of 8
2006/2007: 2 of 8
2005/2006: 3 of 8
Total: 11 times
Times the Penguins played the Flyers on the back end of back-to-back games since the lockout:
2009/2010: 1 of 6
2008/2009: 0 of 6
2007/2008: 1 of 8
2006/2007: 0 of 8
2005/2006: 1 of 8
Total: 3 times
you cant tell me Gary doesnt favor the shtein out of the pens, once Mario threatened to leave pittsburgh for KC, he gave them Crosby in the draft. I just cant stand this shtein, the flyers cost themselves the game with Kimmo's retarded play with the puck, but other calls prior to that were downright bullshtein.
yeah we all get it theres a league wide conspiracy against the flyers and there has been for decades
zzzzzzzzzzzz
when players who come here and are amazed by it, when the coach calls shtein out, maybe there is a bit there.
i mean whatever gets you thru
usually scotch and pills
ugh
yup, that was pathetic
notice how those homers munson and sb are absent when their stupid hockey team chokes
lol homers. Okay. No I post in this thread when they win and when they lose...not just when they lose like you and IGY.
It was sad to watch. They dominated Atlanta in pretty much every way but the score. Way too many breakaways.
what in the name of god happened last night? i went to sleep after the second period and find this crap?
ugh is right...
Quote from: KDS on January 28, 2010, 10:25:56 PM
notice how those homers munson and sb are absent when their stupid hockey team chokes
sorry, i went from that zesty game to playing xbox, to muff diving. I completely forgot to come on here and say that the flyers didnt show up, and that the Thrashers announcers may have brain damage.
john vanbiesbrook!
Beezer is an improvement over Darren Elliot, how the farg he's allowed on VS is exactly the reason this league is a joke. I long for the days of HD Net broadcasting games, when they would shut off the announcers mic's, and go "On the ICE". They would just have mic's setup on the ice, no one talking, and just watch the game with in game sounds. Hockey would be so much better if they shut up the talking heads
i actually just randomly thought of him and had no clue he was announcing. honestly i dont think ive ever turned on the vs channel.
Quote from: KDS on January 29, 2010, 11:41:03 AM
i actually just randomly thought of him and had no clue he was announcing. honestly i dont think ive ever turned on the vs channel.
its better that you dont. What i love is that they get way more people watching WEC fights weekly over hockey. And Bettman extended the exclusive contract with comcast during that. he's a shill
wow, these refs f'ing suck
Fraser had it right and asked martell to back up his call and instead he says penalty. Conspiracy
http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/landing_09?Flyers-Listening-on-Possible-Deal-for-Ko=1&blockID=173348&feedID=704
dominated in a shutout at Calgary
that sentence could not be more misleading easy
it confused me, and i watched the game
easy didnt
LOL...I did a double take there. I KNEW Richards had scored, I saw that much before falling asleep. But I still did a double take.
Damn you Ed. :-D
yea, I guess the word "win" would've been important in there somewhere huh...
18 shots on goal, only 2 power plays (one of which was 4 seconds) and Emery wasn't really threatened at all. That's what the Flyers should be doing to struggling teams. Tomorrow they'll get another shot against the worst team in the league...
Wow. Leighton plays a great game, only to give up the first and only goal of the game with 16 seconds left. Suckkkkkkks.
shut out by a team that didn't win a game in January
im close to but not quite there yet with trusting easy on these one-liner game recaps
Kovy to the Devils
good 24 hrs
flyers a team who badly needs offense coming off a shutout loss to the worst team in the nhl watch a division rival get the second best goal scorer in the league
they're done, and the devils didnt give up shtein for him
sb are you watrching this game on the package?
how bad is this picture
You can barely see the score up top its like watching TV with a paper towel soaked in Bacon grease in front. Flyers traded okt today and a 5th to Detroit for ville leino who was a potential Calder candidate going unto the year. He shtein the bed though so far this season
im getting dizzy trying to read the score its so blurry
im watching the sixer game which has a picture that leaves a lot to be desired but when you flip to it from the flyer game its like watching a basketball game in an imax theater
Carter actually has two decent hits tonight
so jeff carter has more hits than the flyers have goals
could hartnell have worse hands?...he is easily one of my most hated philly athletes in a long time
man does this team stink
A 3rd-string goalie making his NHL debut and they score 1 goal against him. 28-28 now...
it seems a lot of you, mainly easy, are angry and disappointed over a team no one things is any good.
discuss.
Everyone associated with hockey sees this team as underachieving...they should be better than this and they're not.
Interesting stat-After the top 4 teams in the conference (Washington, NJ, Buffalo, and Pit), the Flyers are the only other team in the eastern conference that have scored more goals than they've allowed. WTF.
After getting Pronger, they should've been competing with Washington, NJ and Pittsburgh, not Florida and the Islanders...
you do know its not 1998
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 07, 2010, 10:42:42 PM
After getting Pronger, they should've been competing with Washington, NJ and Pittsburgh, not Florida and the Islanders...
jesus stop it....NO
this is the problem with homers...they get all excited because of one player being acquired and cant see the teams other huge issues...like goaltending and especially scoring
and pronger while still very good is not the norris trophy league mvp team saving guy he was ten years ago
i said back in teh summer i didnt think he put them over the top, since Emery was an unknown. Emery has been good, but he's hurt again. The offense has been worse than expected, Hartnell/Briere/Gagne are albatrosses moneywise and arent producing. All 3 need to be moved. This team has no draft picks for this year, and very likely will continue to age and get worse over the next 5 years. Meanwhile, the devils/rangers/toronto/Pens all improve thru the draft(the Rags the least) and all have made significant moves recently. Flyers are the taterskins of Hockey
i guess in a way you might as well suck now because they whole conference should just bow down to the caps...they are simply unbeatable and will be for a long time with their talent both on the team and coming up
altho it would be nice to suck AND have draft picks...basically theres little to no hope
They are nowhere near as bad as you're constantly telling us.
the problem is they play with no heart or emotion. Look at the caps play, they have fun. The flyers are going thru motions, and that shtein doesnt sell.
Quote from: Rome on February 08, 2010, 03:04:15 PM
They are nowhere near as bad as you're constantly telling us.
they are a borderline playoff team....which isnt hideous except when you compare it what people like you were predicting before the season which was stanley cup contender
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 08, 2010, 03:19:21 PM
the problem is they play with no heart or emotion. Look at the caps play, they have fun. The flyers are going thru motions, and that shtein doesnt sell.
the fun part is the end result of winning which is a result of having the best talent in the nhl...the flyers will start having fun when they get some real players and not hardworking muckers from canada and north jersey who cant score unless they are standing still at the edge of the crease
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 08, 2010, 10:25:24 AM
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 07, 2010, 10:42:42 PM
After getting Pronger, they should've been competing with Washington, NJ and Pittsburgh, not Florida and the Islanders...
like goaltending and especially scoring
Even with Emery being hurt half the year they've still only allowed the 4th most goals in the conference.
The goaltending and defense has been overall solid, but after Richards and Carter they've got no one scoring. Giroux and JVR are young and have promise but as SB pointed out, they're getting nothing from the other "top" veteran forwards.
Carter killed samella. Dead
JVR beats Marty....then Carter buries a pass from Hartnell in a 2 on 1.
that was nice.
that was nicer.
Mother farger...I turned the game off for 30 seconds and missed it.
Wow, they make that call with less than 2 mins left?
It's hilarious. I called it sitting here with 230 left that they'd call something
Yeah why not. They completely ignored blatant trips of Carcillo and have called everything under the sun against Philly.
CONSPIRACY.
chances they suspend Carter on that hit?
it should be 0% as it was clean shoulder to shoulder. Samelaa got caught admiring his goal, and the hit was immediate and all shoulder. Saw this on PSF boards about the hit
QuoteJust tuned into the Leafs game intermission. Kypreos is on the panel and the other farg stick Darren Millard?? says, "Speaking of head shots, we had another one tonight. Take a look and tell me what you think."
Kypreos says, "That's a clean hit. Carter finished his check and hit him shoulder to shoulder. It's a big guy hitting a little guy. According to the rules, that's a clean hit."
Then Millard reponds, "He got a little head in there. Maybe a dangerous hit."
Kypreos responds, "Maybe in your men's league Darren. This is the NHL."
Quote"I'm not a dirty player, I've never been suspended and I barely hit," Carter said. "That's not my game. He's driving hard to the net, I'm coming back hard. Obviously you feel remorse when you see a guy laying motionless on the ice."
Carter has been a little more physical this year, it's been good to see.
I didn't realize Philly was trying for the all star game/NHL draft in a couple years.
lol, Carter knocks one guy out and he's being more physical, you really need lessons on how to watch sports, don't you. i've never seen anybody float and not be physical more than carter.
shtein, Carter said he barely ever hits. He has done more hitting over the past week, but the guy is the least physical player for his size outside of Jay Boumeester and Braydon Coburn
Carter's own words:
Quote"He was driving wide, I'm coming back," Carter said. "I saw the replay – I got him right in the shoulder. Apparently he's OK, which is a good thing, but, I mean, I'm not a dirty player. I've never been suspended. I rarely hit, so it's unfortunate that he got hurt, I'm glad he was all right. That's just not my game."
i feel like i read that before
Also, its now a guarantee that Carter never hits anyone again
So what are you guys saying? That Carter is or isn't physical? I'm confused. Has Carter himself ever said anything about it, I wonder...
Dallas traded for Lehtonen last night, so the Flyers are being linked to Turco again...
that carter comment sums up the flyers team in a nutshell
Quote from: SunMo on February 10, 2010, 09:11:07 AM
lol, Carter knocks one guy out and he's being more physical, you really need lessons on how to watch sports, don't you. i've never seen anybody float and not be physical more than carter.
Or I said it because i've been watching all year and have seen him actually hit people here and there. Which is nto a lot but still waaaaaaaaaaaay more than he has in the past.
stop posting
Stop following me.
That is definitely a goal, but it won't be called.
Um, really? No call there?
haha holy shtein what an overtime!
Gagne finally scores.
That play by Gagne was gorgeous. Deke here deke there...turn, laser wrist shot, top shelf behind Brodeur.
Eat shtein Marty.
first time in over 20 years they've beaten the Devils 4 times in the regular season
wow, i got all drunk and forgot the game was on, ha
Quote from: Munson on February 10, 2010, 07:35:39 PM
That is definitely a goal, but it won't be called.
ESPN made it the #1 Top Play
Quote from: BigEd76 on February 11, 2010, 10:05:36 AM
Quote from: Munson on February 10, 2010, 07:35:39 PM
That is definitely a goal, but it won't be called.
ESPN made it the #1 Top Play
Hahaha for what? the 'save'?
What a joke. The puck clearly crossed the line, but they didn't have the "without a doubt" evidence to overturn it.
Haha, there was a good 15 seconds where all 3 forwards from both teams were shoving each other in front of the bench and there was no whistle from the ref. Then a minute later Price was holding the puck for what definitely seemed long enough to get a whistle blown but Giroux came in and stole it and almost got a goal.
Flyers had a 3 goal lead, acted like it was an 8 goal lead, and just gave up 2 goals in under a minute.
OFFS!
Really? The fans are booing the penalty call, not the hurt player. Great. Here we go. National media will have a field day.
And an attempt to injure? Are you farging kidding me?
This game has the potential to be UGLY tomorrow.
Game ending brawl. Here comes a bench clear after the game is over.
LOLOLOL at Carcillo taking notes from the sidelines.
Tomorrow nights' game might be DVR worthy. hahaha
Just coming here to post that PG. He was begging for a reason to get involved lol
He took names and numbers...bank on that.
The game summarizes what i think the flyers are this year. Highly talented, able to put 3 on the board effortlessly, then completely inept for at least 10 minute stretches. They let up the 2 in under a minute, and after that they tightened up. The hit by Powe was "unfortunate" except the flag Hab rather than stay up to absorb a hit, he peeled into the board, and Powe was committed to the hit. It wasnt a huge hit, but the way Spacek turned, it just made it worse. They have to teach these players never turn into the board like that. I dont know if its just coaching or plain idiocy, but players who put themselves in that position will get hurt every time.
Loved the scrum after the game. Carcillo's face was hilarious, he wasnt on the ice when the game stopped so he wasnt allowed to scrap. (http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m267/jeepwrang1994/FriFeb12232847AmericaNew_York2010.jpg) Gomez suckered Timmonen, and Pronger did what i wanted to see, basically ragdolled two guys and then dropped the gloves and tried to go to work. Should make for a hell of a game tomorrow. One last amazing stat, Carter scored his goal on a slapshot, probably his first one of the year and first in a long time.
over under on fights tomorrow night is 1 and that might be high
Not a doubt in the world that Carcillo scraps with the guy that was tied up with either Kimmo or Leighton.
well theres your one
can they just end this charade and get to something interesting like olympic hockey or contracting teams
id be happy if they contracted scott hartnell...he as hatable as mcnabb except he stinks as a player
McNabb=hateable
This guy:
(http://www.stalkingstevephillips.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/6a0120a5ab108d970b012875b5ae09970c-500wi.jpg)
Real chill-like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWANgdppDTc "come at my throat one more time"
vs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQglitXn8nY
I give you that picture, once again. As likable.
Montreal was incensed? How can you tell with those Romes?
The habs get 10 PP's tonight is my guess. Its HNIC in Montreal against the Flyers
It'll be like the re-match with Ottawa a few years back after all of those fights. Didn't the game between the two get some high asses ratings but only had maybe one fight?
More people in Philly will watch tonight's game than the Olympics.
Gare-un-teed.
Marc Joanette is reffing the game. He grew up 10 minutes from the Belle Centre.
I wonder what Richards and Crosby talk about at the Olympics when around each other. Richards definitely doesn't hide his contempt for Crosby and his bitchmade style of play in the NHL, it's hard to see them being buddy-buddy in the name of Canada.
haha well IGY's over/under number is reached on the opening face off.
Haha go munson!
And I love sb's pre game made excuse. Typical flyers fans whining. You guys are the worst fans in this city.
The empty seats at the sixers game say otherwise.
Basketball. Town.
That's not what I meant by worst you farging dolt.
Either way, you're wrong.
Those Union fans are bitches.
Quote from: Munson on February 13, 2010, 07:17:05 PM
haha well IGY's over/under number is reached at the end of the first period.
it actually was a perfect number
only a dope like you thought the game would be some sort of brawl fest
I don't think I said anywhere that it would be a brawl fest.
RIF.
But if the game gets any uglier score wise, there will certainly be another couple scraps.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 13, 2010, 11:22:50 AM
The habs get 10 PP's tonight is my guess. Its HNIC in Montreal against the Flyers
pp tonight
flyers - 3
habs - 3
pp in the home and home
flyers - 9
habs - 5
Color me shocked. The past two games the refs have let them play
The beginning of the game last night especially. Hartnell/a couple Habs guys could have been whistled for roughing/instigating and they didn't even blow the play dead. They just let em scrap in front of the benches for a good 10-15 seconds while play carried on behind them.
Quote from: Rome on February 08, 2010, 03:04:15 PM
They are nowhere near as bad as you're constantly telling us.
Ahem...
they are a 6-10 spot team in the east....yippie!
o/u on fights 1
# of fights 1
and on the PP front dont forget the flyers were also given a penalty shot
CONSPIRACY!
I'm just happy to see you posting here while they're winning, instead of waiting til they lose a couple games in a row to come and tell us how horrible they are.
IGY i was surprised as anyone, but shtein, they won 6-2, way to toot your own horn there. How farging gay are Habs fans, PK PK. The kid is a god in 2 games with 2 points. Its funny all the shtein Montreal talked prior to the game, that the Flyers were Akin to Nazi's, and that the flyers would have to answer to Friday's game. Instead, Powe blows up Pletkanc, in a hit where a frog turned into the boards again. Laperriere drops O'byrne in one punch, and the Habs retreat like the farging Germans advancing on Paris. flag frenchies. That said, the wife and i decided last night that since Kids may not be on tap anytime soon, we're gonna go to Montreal and Toronto to see the flyers play. Hoping to get out to to Edmonton/vancouver/Calgary at some point also.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 14, 2010, 03:39:43 PM
they won 6-2
according to munson if the score got out of hand there would definitely be more fights
oh and the refs just called another penalty on montreal
that was a great fight by Lappy...and that inspired Richie, Carts, and the gang to play a great game. Leighty was awesome in goal too.
Quote from: SunMo on February 15, 2010, 09:47:10 AM
that was a great fight by Lappy...and that inspired Richie, Carts, and the gang to play a great game. Leighty was awesome in goal too.
haha.
IGY is just Salty
nope just showing you it goes both ways...next two games maybe the flyers have less PP
but i doubt it since only seven teams in the nhl have had more PP chances than the flyers...and carolina (hardly a team the league is looking out for) has the most....flyers would probably lead the league if they didnt have hartnell and carcillo
btw montreal is dead last
and thus the last two games played out the same way the rest of the season thus far has
just showing you that the conspiracy thing is bunk
Pens have 2nd most...oh shtein?
Kerry Fraser is retiring and his last game will be a NYR/Flyers game April 11th. He's being kicked out of the league by Campbell and Bettman for not calling games how they want them called
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 14, 2010, 03:39:43 PM
we're gonna go to Montreal...to see the flyers play.
I was up there for the Game 5 clincher in 08. It was definitley one of the cooler spots I've been at.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 15, 2010, 11:00:53 AM
Pens have 2nd most...oh shtein?
they also are #12 in PP chances against
that doesnt exactly tell me the league is looking out for them
you ever think they are up top in PP chances because they have multiple world class players on their team and dont employ multiple idiots/goons who go out draw lots of penalties
I dont disagree that having great players makes other teams have to take penalties, but they chances the Pens get, gifts, are still egregious. And having players like Hartnell and Briere doesnt help, Hartnell takes the dumbest penalties you'll ever see, and Briere is the high sticking champ. That said, they have played better as of late, and as a whole the team is certainly playing within Laviolette's system. It just sucks when they get rolling, the Olympic break happens, and they most likely will start off afterwards cold as farg as they normally do post olympics
doesnt really matter how hot or cold they get...they are an average easter conf. team whos best hope is a run similar to 2008
of course this didnt stop me from sending in my money today for playoff tickets...which by the way is obscenely early...and ive had the invoice for three weeks now
Those tix are worth every penny...few things beat the atmosphere of a Flyers home playoff game.
Quote from: ice grillin you on February 15, 2010, 09:45:42 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on February 14, 2010, 03:39:43 PM
they won 6-2
according to munson if the score got out of hand there would definitely be more fights
oh and the refs just called another penalty on montreal
That game never really got out of hand. It went 3-0, 3-1,4-1, then hit 5-1 right at the end of the 2nd. If it stayed that way all the way through the 3rd it could have gotten chippy, but the Habs made it 5-2 6 minutes into the 3rd. After Powe got the boarding penalty again, I think the only thing that prevented someone taking a run at him was the scoring of the PP goal 9 seconds into it.
all the shtein that happened in the previous game that you claimed would lead to fights in the second matchup happened in a one goal game....but now 5-1 5-2 is to close to fight
lolol
I still don't see where I claimed it would lead to so many fights. I definitely said there would be a fight, and I assumed it would have come from Carcillo. I never even disputed your o/u of 1. I just laughed when it happened 4 seconds into the game.
5-1 happened with 9 seconds left int he 2nd period.
Then 5 minutes into the 3rd, Powe boarded somebody AGAIN. If the Habs don't score on that PP, there's no doubt someone woulda thrown down, or at the very least took a run at Powe for his 2nd boarding in 2 games.
please refrain from ever talking about sports again
How does it feel to put words in someones mouth and be wrong so many times? Just curious.
Idiot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3atOIUzMb0&feature=grec
lol
Pronger #2.....by 44%
shut up homer
pronger is a fleshpop
WTF are you talking about?
Riley Cote waived
Emery is going to LTIR too, they are prepping to make a deal
Quote from: SunMo on March 01, 2010, 01:20:33 PM
Emery is going to LTIR too, they are prepping to make a deal
Any thoughts?
bacon
but seriously folks...
they have been talking to Nashville, apparently regarding their defenseman Dan Hamhuis. rumors are that Parent may be involved in the deal. Dan Ellis has also been rumored from Nashville, a young goalie.
johnnys got the scoop
so when does the nhl start back up? i need to know so i can get back to avoiding it.
It's not that hard to avoid it. Just turn on sportscenter, they'll talk about 45 different basketball games that no one cares about, with some spring training sprinkled in.
god forbid they should show highlights of things people actually like. weve already established your an buffoon racist who hates basketball because its not played in some corn field in indiana with good ol white boys who set picks and box out. we know this. but most other sports fans like hoops and like college ball and the nba.
i suggest you accept it while being one of the 25 people watching predators/sharks.
Predators/sharks, Rockets/Raptors...it's all the same. No one cares but those cities.
No one cares about random college in the mid-west playing random college in the south either. Until it's tourny time.
Quote from: Munson on March 01, 2010, 05:41:50 PM
It's not that hard to avoid it. Just turn on sportscenter, they'll talk about 45 different basketball games that no one cares about, with some spring training sprinkled in.
i also try to avoid sportscenter as much as possible too. espn2 with mike and mike while i'm getting ready for work. listen to cowherd on my way to work. maybe turn on pti while i'm at work. after work and on weekends, the only time i turn on espn is if they're broadcasting a game i want to watch. i'd honestly say that over the last year or so, i've probably watched no more than 2 total hours of sportscenter....and about 10min of that was a piece they did last week on the 80 olympic hockey team. overall, it's almost completely unwatchable for me.
Pretty much.
I only try to catch the Top 10 plays, which are almost always horribly arranged.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 01, 2010, 05:15:24 PM
so when does the nhl start back up? i need to know so i can get back to avoiding it.
Red Wings vs. Avs in an hour. Didn't give those guys a lot of downtime.
no trades imminent now, there are people who have said that Hamhuis likes the comfort of Nashville and wouldn't re-sign here even if traded. the flyers want him to commit to a long term deal before they trade for him.
Emery is officially out for the year and has the same hip injury that ended Bo Jackson's career.
Quote from: SunMo on March 02, 2010, 04:34:04 PM
no trades imminent now, there are people who have said that Hamhuis likes the comfort of Nashville and wouldn't re-sign here even if traded. the flyers want him to commit to a long term deal before they trade for him.
Emery is officially out for the year and has the same hip injury that ended Bo Jackson's career.
Sucks because he actually played well for being out of the league for the year, and if he continued to improve they might have finally had a long term solution at goalie.
100 year old Dwayne Roloson is a possibility for insurance to Leighton
So once again, the Flyers have no goalie for the long term.
hasnt that been the case since the early days of hextall? i remember shuffling between a washed up hextall and garth snow, john vanbeisbrouck, someone named brian boucher, roman checkmanek, and on and on and on.
pretty depressing. i suggest following temple hoops instead.
beezer had a decent little run with the flyers. i actually watched from time to time because for some reason, i actually liked watching him. same goes for hextall.
six unanswered in a 7-2 win and knocked Niittymaki out of the game
LOL, was watching The Hurt Locker and checked the score....3-2 in the 3rd.
Checked the score after the movie and it was 7-2 final. Nice.
does anyone in the world get more joy out of ex philly athletes failing than easy.......its pathological
wtf I didn't say anything. He started the game and didn't finish it. Done.
if their goalies name was willie crabcakes him getting pulled wouldnt have even been mentioned in your recap
I'm pretty sure that Niittymaki translates to 'delicious crabcakes' in Finn speak.
or delicious sushi
Quote from: PhillyGirl on March 02, 2010, 05:25:34 PM
So once again, the Flyers have no goalie for the long term.
well it's not like emery would've been a long term answer. well the flyers would try to make him that but he is what he is at this point, another band aid.
we should move this thread to the heavily moderated sub-forum.
i like submissives.
Florida wants Carter in exchange for Vokoun
lol
and the flyers want crosby in return for carter.
three way?
looks like the deadline ended and the Flyers did nothing
they will never go anywhere until people like carcillo hartnell and asham are off their top lines
and get a real goalie and stop living in the 70's.
i would've done Carter for Vokun in a heartbeat
shut your filthy slut mouth you.
How can you not love Wristshot McGoo?
i bought his jersey at the flea market a few months ago so i need him to last at least ten years.
Hah. 5 seconds into the game, 2 fights.
Quote from: SunMo on March 03, 2010, 04:51:53 PM
i would've done Carter for Vokun in a heartbeat
if they were the same age maybe....vokun is 34 i believe....by the time they are anywhere near being a cup contender he will have been out of the league
i think we need to be prepared for them to be a lot worse bad before they are ever really good again...they will tread water for the next couple seasons and be competitive but then pronger/timonen who are the players basically holding the ship together right now will be done or have regressed to the point where the team is going to be a mess...i just hope when they are bad they are really bad and get a high first rounder that is a legit first line scorer or a stud goalie
Why the farg is the Sixers game on CSN and the Flyers game not?
because Whites hate hockey
Flyers lose in OT in Buffalo, Dejarnette needs to die in an aids bath
im pretty sure the csn/cn8 split is down the middle even though the flyers destroy the sixers in the ratings and snider couldnt give two shteins about the sixers.
in fact its safe to assume more people care about allen iverson's alcoholism even though everyone knows that hes been a booze hound since he was 15.
The problem is, because its not farging cn8 anymore, its not on the TVs in the house that don't have digital boxes on them. We get 3 HBOs and a gazillion other channels on them, but not the farging Flyers game!
www.channelsurfing.net
thanks little man.
the Sixers got CSN Friday because they were home and the Flyers weren't
nice rebound win tonight over the Leafs
Tuesday's game vs the Islanders is on VERSUS
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That was the worst punch i've seen, yet that still photo makes it look like he actually connected. Instead it was like a slap with the bottom of hartnell's fist. Good game though, quite a few penalties called
Looked like carcillo got cut by a skate on his leg. No word yet
i still cant believe a guy who shouldnt even be in the nhl is the flyers STARTING goalie
will anything ever change with this team
f yea Giroux
igy - while i agree the flyers have failed on the goalie situation for years i will ride it out with leighton. we have no choice otherwise.
nice comeback win last night. if this team can keep it up we could have a chance to open the playoffs at home. won't be easy though.
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 09, 2010, 08:51:42 PM
i still cant believe a guy who shouldnt even be in the nhl is the flyers STARTING goalie
will anything ever change with this team
goalie isn't an important position in the scheme the Flyers play
that has to be sarcasm.
I'm not saying Leighton is the answer by any means, but really?
He's 15-3 since joining the Flyers
Has a GAA of 2.28
Save Percentage of .924
No the problem right now Igy
he blows and i would be mildly suprised if they make the playoffs with him and absolutely shocked if they won a round
you know how many awful goalies have come thru the nhl and had a mini streak of good stats...much less a fluke season
hes not their biggest problem in that he isnt really a problem at all because he wont be on the team next year and there is no hope to win anything of significance with him...therefore their biggest problem remains their offense which even with a legit goalie isnt good enough
LOL, 15-3 and he blows. He's ranked 5th in GAA and 6th in Save percentage since the pickup. Not to mention he was considered the top goalie prospect in the minors along with Halak for years. He's 28 and now has the chance, is he the answer, i dont think so, but i'm hopeful that he can be. He's a big goalie who makes the big save, and the small ones. His stop on Prongers turnover right in front of the net was easily the save of the game. But he stinks right.
Dook had 98 saves in one game in the AHL playoffs. Give him a chance, or would you rather have Dwane Roloson? You arent gettin Luongo, you're not getting anyone that good, so either develop a good young guy like Eriksson, or trade for a guy like Vokun who the asking price is astronomical. They need to develop a guy, but great goalies are tougher to come by than anything else.
roman cechmanek had a good 20 game stretch once....brian boucher had a five game scorless streak...robert esche was HOT one january february
and those are just ex flyer goalies
i can go on....
like u said igy, the offense is the real issue, so focus on that please.
The offense just doesn't have a superstar to drive it. It has great complementary pieces and that's it. That, plus three decades of turmoil at the goalie position and they aren't in a position to be taken seriously as contenders.
exactly - they have actually been run much like the eagles in that they have kept the team competitive but havent made the moves to put them over the top. since the 70's.
christ did the defense forget to dress tonight ?
how's that for a f'ing ending
easy today is one of the legendary hoops days and you are watching regular season hockey.
I caught the first two periods, then heard it ended 3-2 on a last second goal. nice. :yay
chicago gave up on the last 10 seconds of the game (the play ended up being a 4 on 2) and it cost them the game.
fairly awesome pass from giroux to pronger, though.
Quote from: KDS on March 13, 2010, 04:15:12 PM
easy today is one of the legendary hoops days and you are watching regular season hockey.
i was at the game son.....recognize
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 14, 2010, 09:13:41 AM
Quote from: KDS on March 13, 2010, 04:15:12 PM
easy today is one of the legendary hoops days and you are watching regular season hockey.
i was at the game son.....recognize
you left hanover? wow.
i have season tickets
btw yesterdays game was better than the entire olympic tournament
Chicago choked away a 3-0 lead to the Caps today and lost in OT. Meanwhile at MSG, Sean Avery had one of those games where you wanted to break the TV....
On one hand I want to give him credit for the goals, but on the other hand the dude once again showed how much of a fag he really is. Acted like he wanted to fight Hartnell then refused to drop the gloves. What a puss.
Didn't Hartnell handle him the last time they fought?
yeah, Hartnell dropped him last time they fought. Blah game today
not too surprised the flyers lost yesterday. back to back games with a nice 4hour delay sitting on train which turned a trip too new york into a 7hour adventure.
if you cant win a game because you sat on a train for a couple hours you dont deserve to even be a team
take away two flukey late goals against a gagging chicago team and the flyers have three goals in the last three games...one game vs. awful boston team whod just lost their best player for the year and another to the dog ass rangers
id say the flyers lost yesterday because they are a wildly inconsiostent just not very good team rather than a delayed train ride
So, wait, are you now removing goals that they scored from the record to try and prove some sort of point that doesn't make any sense?
(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i194/arabian_disco/crosbitchdownied.jpg) Downie slew footed that corksucker crosby, he should win an award for that acting job.
Quote from: rjs246 on March 15, 2010, 10:26:38 AM
So, wait, are you now removing goals that they scored from the record to try and prove some sort of point that doesn't make any sense?
hard to tell anything from the horrific grammar but yes i believe he is.
Quote from: rjs246 on March 15, 2010, 10:26:38 AM
So, wait, are you now removing goals that they scored from the record to try and prove some sort of point that doesn't make any sense?
yeah...no different than the eagles shteinting the bed for three straight games but winning one of them on a good late game drive...in sports many times you gotta look thru the trees to see the forest
You're quite a piece of work.
i try
then stop
i gotta kick ballistics even if the homers dont like it....i cant fake the funk...that wouldnt do anyone any good
If Carter stays hot he's got a shot at another 40 goal season.
Leighton got hurt, out for the game. Boosh sucks.
Defense this game has been terrible.
they've given up like 10 shots thru nearly 2 periods?
No one's been protecting around the net. I'm pretty sure 2 of the 3 goals have come from Predator players just bangin in rebounds. Partly the goalies fault for leaving so much out there, but the defense has gotta be around to pick up the trash.
The goal on Bouche was especially bad.
until the flyers get rid of the garbage this is what we have.
yup
it makes me physically ill everytime i watch a game and see danny carcillo on their FIRST farging line
why is hartnell still in the nhl ?
because he make 4.5. I think he'll get back on his game, 60pts last year was no fluke, but he needs to learn how to work out and not look like a cream puff
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Briere's contract is simply the worst thing ever
actually id say a fluke is exactly what it was...hes been in the league for how many years...10?
and that was easily his career high....come back with a few more 60 pt seasons and maybe this year is a fluke
whats sad is that the team somehow thought he could duplicate that and it was one of the main reasons they traded away so many goals and now they have harnell asham carcillo all in their top 9
when chris pronger is your third leading scorer its time for an influx of offensive talent on the squad
yeah, hartnell putting up 60pts was the definition of fluke IMO. as far as briere - i wanted drury. i also think not trading gagne a few years back was a big mistake.
QuoteYear Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Pct
2000-01 NSH 75 2 14 16 -8 48 0 0 0 0 0 92 .022
2001-02 NSH 75 14 27 41 5 111 3 6 0 0 4 162 .086
2002-03 NSH 82 12 22 34 -3 101 2 3 0 0 2 221 .054
2003-04 NSH 59 18 15 33 -5 87 5 8 0 0 3 154 .117
2005-06 NSH 81 25 23 48 8 101 10 7 2 2 8 211 .118
2006-07 NSH 64 22 17 39 19 96 10 1 0 1 2 150 .147
2007-08 PHI 80 24 19 43 2 159 10 2 1 1 6 176 .136
2008-09 PHI 82 30 30 60 14 143 6 7 1 0 5 210 .143
2009-10 PHI 68 13 27 40 -2 129 8 6 0 0 3 153 .085
Career 666 160 194 354 30 975 54 40 4 4 33 1529 .105
so he averages 44.3pts if you dont count this year from 2004. His goal scoring was definitely his best at 30 goals, and i think he has the ability to do that or pot at least 25. He's also the most out of shape farger i've seen, he was drinking Nestle Quik after a game a few days ago. He's still just 27 and entering the prime of a power forward's career. At 4.5, he's overpaid for the slob he is, but i still think he'll be serviceable. If they can trade him for some picks and youth, then do it, but he needs conditioning more than anything.
I wanted Gomez over Briere and Drury, all 3 have sucked balls, and arent worth the paper of their checks, but that offseason is what it was. Worst season the flyers have ever had, they predictably needed to make a splash, all 3 top players from that have sucked for the most part, Briere is going to decline quickly though, he's just too soft.
in drury's defense, he's playing for the rangers.
so he averages 44.3pts if you dont count this year from 2004
lol...you manipulated the numbers as much as you could and 44 pts a year is still the best you could come up with?
should have just said from the beginning of the 08-09 season to the end of the 08-09 season he averaged 60 pts a year
LOL at IGY talking about manipulating numbers
i analyze i dont manipulate....and at least i do it both ways...not just in favor of my teams
Quote
take away two flukey late goals against a gagging chicago team and the flyers have three goals in the last three games...one game vs. awful boston team whod just lost their best player for the year and another to the dog ass rangers
manipulate.
actually that was stating fact to prove a point about their weak ass offense
bottom line is that hartnell is the suk.
I want to rub my face in Hartnell's bird's nest.
Christ, manipulate? I'd do circles around you with #'s, remember, you= gubament inept... me = Tarp God
Quote from: rjs246 on March 17, 2010, 12:23:14 PM
I want to rub my face in Hartnell's bird's nest.
i want to see that.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 17, 2010, 12:26:03 PM
Christ, manipulate? I'd do circles around you with #'s, remember, you= gubament inept... me = Tarp God
maybe in something you dont have a diseased bias over....i mean the hartnell spin above is just desperate and sad
how is it spin? He sucks, is a joke on his skates, is in slightly better shape than you, and looks like a muppet? Have i disagreed with any of that? I still think he has upside to his worst year in his career, guess i'm a homer. He's gonna play this zesty forever, because he's a ginger, got it. Power forwards take time to develop, he has hands of stone but so did Knuble. shtein knuble was in the league forever before he started putting up 40 points. So in summation, Hartnell is an abomination on the ice this season, and is certainly overpaid for what he's doing, that said i think he's still a 50 pt a year guy. If they can trade him for anything of value, you do it.
its spin because to defend last season not being a fluke out of a ten year career you only included four seasons three of which were his top 3 scoring seasons of his career...and even at that you came up with 44 pts per...which is still 16 pts less than his best/fluke year
Hartnell is Knuble with way better hair and slightly less capacity abstract thought. Why does it have to be anything more or less than that?
QuoteYear Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GW SOG Pct
2000-01 NSH 75 2 14 16 -8 48 0 0 0 0 0 92 .022
2001-02 NSH 75 14 27 41 5 111 3 6 0 0 4 162 .086
2002-03 NSH 82 12 22 34 -3 101 2 3 0 0 2 221 .054
2003-04 NSH 59 18 15 33 -5 87 5 8 0 0 3 154 .117
2005-06 NSH 81 25 23 48 8 101 10 7 2 2 8 211 .118
2006-07 NSH 64 22 17 39 19 96 10 1 0 1 2 150 .147
2007-08 PHI 80 24 19 43 2 159 10 2 1 1 6 176 .136
2008-09 PHI 82 30 30 60 14 143 6 7 1 0 5 210 .143
2009-10 PHI 68 13 27 40 -2 129 8 6 0 0 3 153 .085
Career 666 160 194 354 30 975 54 40 4 4 33 1529 .105
Quote1996-97 DET 9 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .100
1997-98 DET 53 7 6 13 2 16 0 0 0 0 0 54 .130
1998-99 NYR 82 15 20 35 -7 26 3 6 0 0 1 113 .133
1999-00 NYR 59 9 5 14 -5 18 1 0 0 0 1 50 .180
1999-00 BOS 14 3 3 6 -2 8 1 1 0 0 1 28 .107
2000-01 BOS 82 7 13 20 0 37 0 1 1 0 1 92 .076
2001-02 BOS 54 8 6 14 9 42 0 1 0 0 2 77 .104
2002-03 BOS 75 30 29 59 18 45 9 8 0 0 4 185 .162
2003-04 BOS 82 21 25 46 19 32 4 7 0 0 3 192 .109
2005-06 PHI 82 34 31 65 25 80 13 10 2 0 6 217 .157
2006-07 PHI 64 24 30 54 2 56 10 8 0 0 1 160 .150
2007-08 PHI 82 29 26 55 -3 72 15 15 1 0 3 177 .164
2008-09 PHI 82 27 20 47 5 62 11 9 0 1 6 173 .156
2009-10 WAS 58 25 21 46 21 53 6 6 0 0 5 126 .198
Career 878 240 235 475 83 547 73 72 4 1 34 1654 .145
2nd #'s are Mike Knuble another Power forward who didnt immediately develop.
Hartnell for his career average is 39.33
Knuble over his career is averaging 33.93 or 36.46 if you discount his first year.
Money wise again, he's not worth 4.5, but he could be worse and thats the scary thing
Quote from: rjs246 on March 17, 2010, 01:09:07 PM
Hartnell is Knuble with way better hair and slightly less capacity abstract thought. Why does it have to be anything more or less than that?
thats a huge slap in the face to knuble
HUGE!
hartnell = weird al without the accordion talent.
Leighton is gone 8-10 weeks. Awesome.
So the Flyers have had two goalies playing at least semi-decent this year, and both are now hurt for forever. Awesome.
Quote from: BigEd76 on March 18, 2010, 03:05:04 PM
Leighton is gone 8-10 weeks. Awesome.
we may not make the playoffs with BB in net.
For as much shtein as we're giving them, they're still 3rd in the conference in both goals scored and goals allowed.
Quote from: Munson on March 18, 2010, 04:07:04 PM
For as much shtein as we're giving them, they're still 3rd in the conference in both goals scored and goals allowed.
be proud
yeah, 3rd in goals scored and against but hanging onto their playoff hopes.
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 18, 2010, 04:16:53 PM
Quote from: Munson on March 18, 2010, 04:07:04 PM
For as much shtein as we're giving them, they're still 3rd in the conference in both goals scored and goals allowed.
be proud
Considering the only two teams ahead of them in goals scored are the Pens and Caps, and as zesty as we all think their offense is, that's pretty amazing.
theres nothing amazing about that because if they were lucky they might win one game in a series against either of those teams...sometimes stats mean something and often they dont....this is a case where you look beyond the numbers and at the actual team
there isnt a single player on the flyers that scares anyone in the postseason and there is no one on the team that isnt easy to shut down if you want to take them out of the game
I'm not talking about them versus either of those teams. Everyone here knows they're not getting past them.
But for a team with Dan Carcillo on its first line to be the 3rd highest scoring team in the conference (and 7th highest in the NHL), it's kind of a "how in the hell?" stat.
it may be muns but i am not going to spend any time on those stats. fact is the fylers don't need to worry about the pens and caps in the playoffs right now. they need to worry about even getting to the post season.
they actually should miss them and get a higher pi...errrr
nice comeback in Dallas....first time they've won there in over 13 years....
playoff race as it looks after last night's games. flyers are in 5th and would play the devils in the opening round if the playoffs started today.
still scary as all it would take is a couple loses to have us outside looking in.
http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/standings/playoffrace?tag=pageRow;pageContainer (http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/standings/playoffrace?tag=pageRow;pageContainer)
what a pathetic weekend. you give up two games to a team like atlanta ? at this point the flyers don't deserve to make the post season.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm (http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm)
Atlanta made them their bitch this year.
Hey at least Boucher only looks slightly horrible!
yeah, only two of the goals yesterday rated above a 10 on the suk-o-meter.
Carter has a fracture in his foot, and is out 3-4 weeks. WORLD CUP
just bring up a mucker and grinder to replace him
As though there is some other option.
25 is the o/u on number of goals they score in the last 10 games
O/U on goals allowed by Boucher is 74.
can i tease those two ?
Leighton sucks
leighton > reese > boucher
Jeff Reese > Reggie Lemelin
all kidding aside about the dark ages hockey philosophy this organization can't seem to let go of i am looking forward to hbo's documentry on the board street bullies.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 23, 2010, 11:22:19 AM
Jeff Reese > Reggie Lemelin
reggie dunlop > _____________
so are we still not allowed to b*tch about the refs when a p*ssy like Gagne gets 17 minutes of penalties for defending himself after being shoved head first into a wall?
yeah, my Facebook feed was FULL of people going crazy about this game. And I don't think I've ever seen any complaints before (except for the goal that should have been a goal vs. the Penguins earlier this season).
kinda gotta score at least one goal before you complain about anything...btw how frigging hard is this team to watch
Their top scorer gone, two goalies that actually played as consistent as a Flyer goalie has in recent memory gone, and no top flight talent on the wings. Awesome!
Briere and Hartnell need to be shot
And LOL at Gagne getting boarded, no call, and Gagne droppin the mitts. farg this shtein
hartnell is disgusting
and lol at brieres deal which doesnt end till 2015
they need to to do everything possible to give away hartnell briere pronger and timonen in the next year...i know they couldnt do it and wouldnt have the guts anyway but i would have dealt timonen and/or pronger at this deadline...they still are good defenseman and could have really helped a contender
they need to hit rock bottom so when they have a number one again next summer they can try and get some real talent in the system
i don't like pulling the ref card but jesus farging christ, richards gets nailed with a penalty and i guess he deserved it according to the rules but whateverhisfargingnameisakov gets nothing for the hit on gagne which happened right in front of a ref ?
this isn't a flyer problem it's a league problem and it's nothing new. ovechkin gets nailed with suspension on a dirty hit but cooke didn't for his in another game ?
bah, it's no use, the nhl will continue to look like a rec league until they do something about the officiating.
all that said the flyers are painful to watch. migrane painful.
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 24, 2010, 07:20:22 AMkinda gotta score at least one goal before you complain about anything
They did, but that went against them too...
http://flyers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=1001&id=63806
LOL, Seravelli and Pannacio have to be the worst reporters i've ever seen. Laviolette wanted to stab someone
Seravelli probably wont be back, he's made far too many enemies. Todd would be a huge upgrade
Quote from: BigEd76 on March 24, 2010, 10:27:11 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 24, 2010, 07:20:22 AMkinda gotta score at least one goal before you complain about anything
They did, but that went against them too...
pretty sure the score was flyers zero
flyer fans need to man up like a pronger...
Quote"It's got nothing to do with the referees," defenseman Chris Pronger said of the loss. "We had a five-on-three we could have scored on. We had a number of power plays in the third we could have scored on. It's certainly not the referees' fault."
the gawd said "Lack of Motivation" time to strip him of the C, he cant handle the pressure
i really could care less if they traded him...theres like two players on the whole team who care about losing and take real accountability...pronger...and ill try and think of another one before the days over
the team needs a douching..a big farging massengill
pronger is dead on here. while the game did show how pathetic the league's officiating is it had nothing to do with the outcome.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 24, 2010, 10:33:55 AM
http://flyers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=1001&id=63806
LOL, Seravelli and Pannacio have to be the worst reporters i've ever seen. Laviolette wanted to stab someone
Seravelli probably wont be back, he's made far too many enemies. Todd would be a huge upgrade
no i wouldnt
by the time i learn what cross checking is all the flyer fans will already call me "jew" and ed snider will have me shipped to zamibia for trying to uncover his secret funneling of cash to the republicans
brutal
farging Boosh
i think this is actually a good thing
i know its not worth the effort of even making the playoffs, but its not like they'll get a getter 1st round pick?
it's not about a better draft pick, It's about a possible wake up call. snider is not going to like seeing his players go home early and just as important to him no playoff revenue.
Snider is dead, he's a puppet
well moreso with roberts. especially on the money side of it, this is comcast afterall.
they wont care until they're losing seats, and from the look and sound of it they are now. The problem is they're wrapped up in a group of players that are virtually untradeable. Leighton had this team playing much better, but now without him, they've completely collapsed, and while i think missing the playoffs is a big deal this team has their built in excuse. Holmgren needs to go back to scouting, farg him in the GM's office because he has no idea how a cap works. Though i do home that there is a work stoppage in 2011 and they say farg the cap
agreed, major overhaul needed from front office to the last guy on the 4th line.
I would like to chime in here that the Flyers are freaking horrible.
Thanks.
This game is a f'ing joke.
i turned the game off after the second goalie interference.
like clockwork, flyers fans convene to the internet to blame the refs for their teams continued incompetence
you guys never stop
Did you watch, then Shut the farg Up and go write about spring football in Bville
why the farg would i watch a hockey game in march
Quote from: KDS on March 27, 2010, 06:06:22 PM
why the farg would i watch a hockey game in march
because women's golf isn't on?
Quote from: KDS on March 27, 2010, 04:56:42 PM
like clockwork, flyers fans convene to the internet to blame the refs for their teams continued incompetence
you guys never stop
pretty much...it actually embarrasses me that i root for the same team as people like sb and easy....philly fans are supposed to be the opposite of this but somehow the entire flyer nation has become douche nozzles
sorry, i'll go kill myself. I do know they suck, but the goal called back was beyond a joke. The Goalie interference before that was beyond that, but play the sport for once in your life and you might understand how it works. Thanks. Signed SB
lol....the ole i played and you didnt card...guess you are banned from the eagle board
played that as well. You meanwhile played Roots
and munson runs a 4.4 40
Munson ran a 4.49 40. Lets round up to 4.5.
chasing a pack of smokes for ma dooks doesnt count
What's it like to not have a shred of athleticism in your body?
whats it feel like to chain smoke with your mother
I don't know, I've never smoked.
Have you ever even been able to grab rim? I almost feel bad for your slob ass.
didnt say you did...you definitely are a runner for the old lady tho
The only place I run these days is into your lady's crab infested razor burned snatch. Surf n Turf FTW :yay
your banged out scared crater face isnt runnin in anything ever....cept maybe a tea party beer hall...
Not sure what face you're talking about. "overly bearded, jew hook nosed" would have been more accurate.
And we're both liberal. Ironically, you're radical extremism makes you closer to the tea parties then I ever will be. have fun with that.
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Carcillo got two games
i was enjoying igy and munson's banter there for a minute. but now that the conversation has made it's way back to actual hockey talk, you can all farg off.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 30, 2010, 01:49:41 PM
i was enjoying igy and munson's banter there for a minute.
You disappoint me.
it was better than hockey talk.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on March 30, 2010, 01:51:52 PM
it was better than hockey talk.
which makes one question why you even click this thread ?
it was the only thread with new posts at the time.
The NHL is a joke. Carcillo getting 2 games is a farging disgrace.
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=35&id=64399
definitely deserving of a match penalty..LOL
wow he really nailed him.
two games :-D wtf, didn't the greasy O get two games for almost killing one of the Blackhawks?
but the matt cooke hit was ok.
What about the hit on gagne? I mean, really.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on March 30, 2010, 09:58:43 PM
What about the hit on gagne? I mean, really.
I thought he'd be sipping food through a straw after that hit. He's been the mvp down the stretch.
i don't have as much an issue with the carcillo suspension if these other plays carried one as well. the gagne hit was dangerous but that cooke hit was by definition head hunting .
it looks like parents are reffing the games.
Quote from: smeags on March 31, 2010, 08:29:23 AM
i don't have as much an issue with the carcillo suspension if these other plays carried one as well. the gagne hit was dangerous but that cooke hit was by definition of head hunting .
it looks like parents are reffing the games.
My point too. It wouldn't have been laughable if they were consistent.
the officiating is the biggest reasons i can't watch much hockey outside of the flyers. the flyers are taking care any desire to watch them though.
CONSPIRACY
NO, not a conspiracy. Its just zesty across the board. Not just the Flyers.
i'm just joking smeags, but some people stick to their guns, then dont show up to explain how thats even anything more than incidental contact, and 4 mins for drawing blood.
the more and more i look at the video it does look like incidental contact but still, if they want to call it intentional and suspend him fine. you're trying to stop head hunting but call it even on everyone.
its not even that, he clearly hits him, but he hits clarksons glove which rides it up into his face. Immediately afterward, Carcillo hugs him rather than scrap, and is patting him on the back, Clarkson said Carcillo was apologizing. After the game, Carcillo says, well i know its gonna get looked at and its not gonna be a good one. This is all payback for Carcillo calling the league a joke last week, where he was greeted with a 30k fine for calling the Warroom a Joke, and the refs in general. Thats my conspiracy line. Because the stick isnt anywhere close to what a match penalty was created for. Just making shtein up as they go along.
i understand all that and you actually bring up a situation that further points out how much of a joke the nhl is.
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OMG TWO BURGERS
the RJ trade is where this team went downhill. Trading Umberger to Columbus, then trading that pick to the Caps for mike Eminger..lol Its been a comedy since that draft day
Then Eminger and Downie (how's he doing this year?) went to Tampa for Carle...
Downie is doing great 21 goals 24 Assists, but he sucks
He really is the worst. I mean, after Hartnell of course.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 31, 2010, 01:21:57 PM
OMG TWO BURGERS
the RJ trade is where this team went downhill. Trading Umberger to Columbus, then trading that pick to the Caps for mike Eminger..lol Its been a comedy since that draft day
How isn't Holmgren canned after this season? He inherited a team with tons of cap space and a high pick and has driven them into the ground. Hartnell is my least favorite Flyer ever, maybe top 5 most hated Philly athletes of all time.
He's gotta be gone, though Luuko just said he's fine. He's been horrible since the Coburn Raping. Luuko is just as bad as banner
Quote from: Dalton on March 31, 2010, 02:35:38 PM
Hartnell is my least favorite Flyer ever, maybe top 5 most hated Philly athletes of all time.
he is such a POS its amazing
not only is he a HOF look test fail but his game is just atrocious and on top of all that hes a complete dick
Hartnell left practice today, personal reasons. Hopefully he jumps off the bridge
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on March 31, 2010, 03:02:17 PM
Hartnell left practice today, personal reasons. Hopefully he jumps off the bridge
8)
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 31, 2010, 02:54:00 PM
not only is he a HOF look test fail
This 'sentence' makes me want to lobotomize myself. The fact that I understood what you were saying is even worse.
carrot top farged weird al yankovic and hartnell popped out
Quote from: rjs246 on March 31, 2010, 03:06:16 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on March 31, 2010, 02:54:00 PM
not only is he a HOF look test fail
This 'sentence' makes me want to lobotomize myself. The fact that I understood what you were saying is even worse.
its a love hate thing
one thing i'll give the flyers credit for, they've been signing young guys from europe, who are either previous draft picks or just free agents playing in the KHL, to retool the Phantoms. They're getting rid of the Boyd Kane players who take up roster spots, and getting college and euro players hoping one turns out.
good plan but we're way behind the curve but you hope they draft this way as well and maybe for once spend a 1st round pick on a goalie. who is available for the next year's draft goalie wise ?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 01, 2010, 11:40:12 AM
one thing i'll give the flyers credit for, they've been signing young guys from europe, who are either previous draft picks or just free agents playing in the KHL, to retool the Phantoms. They're getting rid of the Boyd Kane players who take up roster spots, and getting college and euro players hoping one turns out.
The sad part is they just figured this out. You don't need 4th liners that can be called up when Asham goes down, you need prospects even if they're raw as farg.
Quote from: Dalton on April 01, 2010, 01:24:21 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 01, 2010, 11:40:12 AM
one thing i'll give the flyers credit for, they've been signing young guys from europe, who are either previous draft picks or just free agents playing in the KHL, to retool the Phantoms. They're getting rid of the Boyd Kane players who take up roster spots, and getting college and euro players hoping one turns out.
The sad part is they just figured this out. You don't need 4th liners that can be called up when Asham goes down, you need prospects even if they're raw as farg.
Yeah, so late, but at least they're doing it finally. A lot of them are Leino like players, that have done well over in the other leagues. I'm actually surprised at the # of Russians they're picking up since historically they hate them. I think Dennis Bodrov, the 3rd round pick from 2007 has helped since he came over earlier this year. He's got his brother coming to play for the phantoms, and it doesnt hurt to give unknows a shot over old junk Manderville like guys.
smeags, they're without a first or second this year, they may not even have a 3rd rounder. They do have two guys in the system/drafted who are decent. Adam Morrison and Joachim Erikkson whos in the SEL. Erickkson in particular has some upside, but its gonna take years for him, since he's 18-19 now. There was talk of bringing him over for next season, but he supposedly wasnt going to be given a starting job for the phantoms(Backlund has done better than expected), and he's going to stay over in europe for another season.
They're best hope is to snag a goalie via trade at this point, since they have no decent picks until 2011
They need to go away from the ole boys network of Clarke/Holmgren/Snider etc. and bring in an outside source to run the team. Someone on the EMB a while back mentioned bringing in Yzerman as the GM. He's a VP in the wings organization and ran the hockey side of the winter olympics for Canada.
I'd be fine with that, they really need to get away from Holmgren, because he has zero understanding of how a cap works. He's a great scout, especially of NA players, but he's proven to be a horrible GM.
Here's a writeup of the season ticket holder meetings they held on monday
QuoteI just got home from the STH meeting, so I'll give you guys the report as best as I can remember. A lot of stuff said tonight and I'm gonna be honest, you're not really going to be all that enthused with the answers.
Lukko: Lukko stated that he is trying very hard to get the NHL draft and the All Star game in town within the next few years.
The group I was in got pretty testy with Lukko and he got pretty defensive. One guy asked if Homer's job honestly was safe for next year and Lukko said absolutely. The guy then said if the Flyers miss the playoffs and if Homer is still here, that he will no longer be a STH and Lukko sort of shrugged it off and said that it is his choice to renew or not.
I asked the question as to whether management had any idea as to why this team can't play consistently well and he basically said that if he knew, he would fix the problem. That was very discouraging.
Finally, I asked about the Winter Classic Jersey's and I was told that those will serve as the team's away jersey's next season.
Don Luce: He basically just went down a list of prospects and shows some video footage of each. They are very high on this D-man Marshall and they talked up Nodl, Kalinski, Maroon, and a few other guys. They are also very high on Backlund and they think he has come a long way from the start of the season. They called him the backbone of the Phantoms. Nothing to get all that excited about IMO.
Homer: Here is where things got very testy. One guy led off with a shot at Homer asking if he feels responsible for strapping the team for cash by being up against the cap and for his NTC contracts. Homer got pretty ticked and told the guy that many teams are right up against the cap and that the NTC means nothing with regards to moving any player he wants. He said if we wanted to trade Harts in the off-season , all he would do is go up to him and say things are not working out here and to give him 10 teams he would be willing to go to. He said players do not want to be on a team that does not want them because they will not get the playing time and it will not be a comfortable situation. He said the NTC are a ploy to get players to sign as UFA's so that if they are to be traded, they have more say over it.
When asked about what was holding the team back, he did not give a straight answer, rather just said that the team does have heart and he does not think it is a matter of chemistry. Problem is, he never said what he thinks it is!
When someone took a shot at Richie, Homer got a little upset and said" I'll say one thing about Richie, he is a gem of a player and a gem of a captain. He told a story about after the Pitt game, as the bus pulled up to the airport, the guys stood up to get off the bus and Richie yelled out..."players stay on the bus" So Homer and the coaches got off the bus and onto the plane and waited 30 minutes before the players got off the bus and boarded the plane.
Homer agreed that the fans have every reason to be frustrated with the team and that management is as hungry to win as the fans.
As far as goalies are concerned, Homer confirmed that Emery's injury is absolutely career threatening and that the only goalie under contract for next year is Boooosh! Homer said that someone would def be brought in next year, but he did not give any names. He said resigning Leighton is def an option that he is considering. He did not say whether he would sign him to be the starter though. So for you Leighton haters and lovers, I really have no solid info as to Leighton, just that he is an option.
A guy also ripped Homer for lack of a farm system and Homer asked the guy is he has been to any Phantoms games this year to which the guy replied no and Homer said, so you have no idea how good or bad the guys are, you are just throwing $h!t at the fan. Homer did not hold back with the bad language!
Homer thinks that Carcillo will be suspended for the Clarkson incident, even though he fully believes it would be ridiculous.
Lavi: Last stop was Lavi, and let me tell you, he was the best stop on the whole thing! Nicest guy and the most open and honest. Never got defensive.
I opened the questions by asking if he had said anything or done anything with Carcillo to make him into the impact player he has become. Lavi then raved about Carcillo and how much he loves him as a player. He said Carcillo deserves all the credit in that all he needed was a little push in the right direction and Carcillo ran with it. I brought up the 1st game that Lavi was coach where Carcillo got the 9 minute peanlty and Lavi started laughing and said it was probably the most memorable coaching debut of his life. He said that before each game,
Lavi and the players literally wind Carcillo up like a toy and say stuff like "The fans want to see you put on a great show, go out there and kick some butt" He said it gets Carcillo crazy like a caged animal and then just as he is heading out the tunnel, Lavi yells to him....but no dumb penalties! Lavi really thinks a lot of Carcillo and hates the thought of the line-up without him if he gets suspended.
Someone asked Lavi if he thinks the Flyers are over-penalized to which he said....absolutely! He said the refs accuse the coaches and the players of being whiners. He said a certain ref, who he would not name, HATES Berube and threatens to toss Berube from the game even if he doesn't say a word. I bet it is McCreary! He said that just wearing the O&B sweater makes you more likely to be penalized, so he tries to make sure the players are full aware of that he he holds them accountable for certain phantoms calls, because he said just making it look like you're doing something wrong will get you called because of the crest on your jersey.
Lavi thinks the refs were so ridiculous with waving off the goal in Pitt. He said that the 1 ref called it a goal, but the other ref and the 2 linesmen told him it was no goal. He said they "conveniently gathered over by the penalty box and looked skyward so they could see the replay. He said that is absolutely illegal in the NHL and he has no idea how they got away with it.
Lavi still believes that Coburn will turn things around and be a very good D-man for this team. Sounds like he is not giving up on him, though it could have been a PC answer.
Lavi loves the passion of the fans in this town and he does not mind the booing and criticism.
That is all I can remember. I hope I did not miss any of the main points, but so much was said tonight. Sorry that it is not very well organized and probably has typos and grammar errors, but I'm just trying to type it out as fast as I can so that I don't forget anything! My bro did that really good write up last year, but I don't think I can live up to that one!!
its first hand, but some good stuff about Laviolette, i really like the guy. Holmgren and Luuko really come off like idiots
im not doubting it cause i dont know anything about morrison other than what i heard when he was drafted last year but who says hes a good prospect
hes not a starter for his junior team
backs up a guy who wasnt even drafted
and didnt have great numbers this year
yeah, Morrison was a guy who i think got hurt early in the year, lost his starting job to his backup. I woudlnt even consider him anything more than a career backup, but you never know. Backlund was pretty bad to start the season, but he really did turn it around once he adjusted to the NA style of play. Too bad he got hurt, because i'd rather go with an unknown over Boosh any day. Short term this team is farged unless they shed salary, or there is a change in teh CBA and they get rid of the Cap, and only enforce a salary Floor. Long Term, this team has no bonifide stars in the pipeline, and wont unless they start valuing draft picks
Heres a breakdown of some of the official signings
D Erik Gustafsson
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What He Does: Gustafsson is an excellent skater and plays a very intelligent game, helping to make up for his lack of size. At just 5-foot-10 and 180 pounds, Gustafsson's stature might not strike fear in opponents, but his ability to move in the defensive zone and outskate opponents makes him an extremely reliable partner and provides him with the ability to jump in and contribute offensively without giving up opportunities coming the other way. The sophomore also eats up almost 30 minutes of ice time per game with partner T.J. Miller and will play as many minutes as coach Walt Kyle can give him.
The Bigger Picture: Because he's suck a slick passer and he stays out of the penalty box, Gustafsson will play an important role in both of Northern Michigan's special teams units. With strong scoring threats Mark Olver, Matt Butcher and Nick Sirota returning for this season in Marquette, the blueliner has the opportunity to regularly find his name in the scorebook as a playmaker, and will likely contribute a few goals of his own this time around.
F Michael Testwuide
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Despite being 6'3, 216 pounds, Testwuide does not seem to realize exactly how powerful he is, even though he regularly overpowers opponents. He drives the net hard and his 18 goals prove he can capitalize on some of his chances. Testwuide doesn't have elite skill or speed, but he's a hardworking player who is difficult to play against and can lay out heavy hits along the boards. His name is pronounced Test weed
F Luke Pither
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He is talented offensively, but he tends to shy away from physicality and is not particularly reliable defensively.
F Ben Holmstrom
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Holmstrom, 22, recently completed his senior year at UMass-Lowell of the Hockey East Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), where he recorded 23 points (9G,14A) and 69 penalty minutes in 39 games. His 23 points tied for fourth on the team and he led all River Hawks with four game-winning goals. He was recently honored by the Hockey East Association by being named Best Defensive Forward for the 2009-10 season, becoming the first UMass-Lowell player to receive the honor since 1998-99.
F Shane Harper
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2009-10: Harper's play this past season earned him a contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. Over the past three seasons, Harper has missed only one regular-season game. The 5'11, 195-pounder had his best offensive season this year, collecting 42 goals and 38 assists in 72 games. He also posted a rating plus-36. In the playoffs he has 10 points in seven games.
who is homer.
simpson?
It sucks I can't root for this team to lose since they don't have a 1st round pick. This team has one and done written all over them...and I'm not by any means assuming they get there.
lol.......... down 4-0 in the first. lose 6-4. thank god for the phils.
i cringe when i think about brian boucher vs alexander ovechkin in round one....holy shtein would that be ugly....just miss the playoffs please
Jesus, Boucher sucks. When you were ripping Leighton IGY, this is how good he was, and how bad it can be. Thank god i went out and got drunk as farg instead of watching this shtein
christ i forgot they don't have any top picks next year. well maybe we get a healthy emery and make do but they need to scout out a real goalie and develope him. i mean it's comical what they've had since hextal (1st round).
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 02, 2010, 07:54:24 AM
Jesus, Boucher sucks. When you were ripping Leighton IGY, this is how good he was, and how bad it can be. Thank god i went out and got drunk as farg instead of watching this shtein
It's gonna be funny as farg when they open next season with Leighton as the starter, but hey, we still got Pronger.
Bums
They're gonna miss the playoffs
Quote from: Dalton on April 02, 2010, 08:21:17 AM
It's gonna be funny as farg when they open next season with Leighton as the starter, but hey, we still got Pronger.
thank you...this is why i love sd...he worships his flyers but isnt a complete homer douche like 98% of the fanbase
They're just heartless.
They played completely listless during the first two periods. Strangely enough, though, they played with fire and heart in the 3rd. As much as it pains me to say it this team is done.
Go Phillies.
"game of the season" = shutout at home
Can we still blame this on Bob Clarke?
Stanley Cup here "we" come!
Comcast Network just showed up on FiOS channel 99, so I'm getting the game (no HD though). nice :yay
still 1-0 Flyers, and the Rangers are down 5-2
Flyers win 2-0 (Boucher's 100th career win)
Rangers and Thrashers lose in OT
magic number over the Rangers is 2 for a playoff spot, so they could clinch as early as tomorrow night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msfRqPhLzl0&feature=popt00us0d
lol
God, I hate him.
so who was the bigger disappointment....mcnabb or lindross?
A gazillion times Lindros.
worse parent pulling strings behind closed doors
carl or wilma
why would you hate lindros?
yeah, i dont get it, i was mad at him for holding out, but we all knew it was his screwy parents. Lindros was a god, with a brain full of jelly beans. Dude could not keep his head up, he never had to growing up because he was a giant among boys. Stevens woudl be suspended 25 games for that hit now
Quote from: SunMo on April 07, 2010, 01:50:53 PM
why would you hate lindros?
she's obviously racist and hates tall people.
lindros was incredibly similar to mcnabb but even worse in how he was brought up unbelievably spoiled
both were babied by their parents but lindros was given anything he wanted by the hoockey machine from the time he was a pee wee to the day he cried his way out of the flyers organization
i currently despise mcnabb with all my heart but i feel like after hes gone from the sports and i dont ever have to see him anymore i feel like ill come once again to liking him tho not to the level i did early in his career
lindros is despicable and always will be
and also has the single most embarassing moment ever for an athlete
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 07, 2010, 02:18:51 PM
lindros was incredibly similar to mcnabb but even worse in how he was brought up unbelievably spoiled
both were babied by their parents but lindros was given anything he wanted by the hoockey machine from the time he was a pee wee to the day he cried his way out of the flyers organization
i currently despise mcnabb with all my heart but i feel like after hes gone from the sports and i dont ever have to see him anymore i feel like ill come once again to liking him tho not to the level i did early in his career
lindros is despicable and always will be
and also has the single most embarassing moment ever for an athlete
other than the bolded, you are dead on for me.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 07, 2010, 01:44:52 PM
so who was the bigger disappointment....mcnabb or lindross?
are you kidding? not even close.
it's definitely iverson.
Not only all of what IGY said, especially the part that PG bolded, but the Flyers traded away a king's ransom to get him and got a whole lot of nothing in return. Now that's on the Flyers and not Lindros' fault, but farg that, I still hate his dumb ass.
You could make the same comparisons between them too, they never surrounded him with a full cast of players. The Legion of Doom was amazing, but they had way too many bums after that line. Not to mention they never had a goalie, and very likely never will
Quote from: Rome on April 07, 2010, 02:28:49 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 07, 2010, 01:44:52 PM
so who was the bigger disappointment....mcnabb or lindross?
are you kidding? not even close.
it's definitely iverson.
speaking of iverson, the next espn 30 for 30 is on his trial from when he was a kid.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 07, 2010, 02:32:08 PM
You could make the same comparisons between them too, they never surrounded him with a full cast of players. The Legion of Doom was amazing, but they had way too many bums after that line. Not to mention they never had a goalie, and very likely never will
haha
did you borrow a page from the mcnabb excuse-o-meter?
not at all, but its a valid comparison. If the flyers went into a tailspin like what Pittsburgh went into, and getting top 5 picks over a period of 5 years It'd be interesting. They gave up probably the most you'll ever see just to get a player coming out of juniors, and when healthy he was everything you woudl have expected. Last i heard he was a full blown alcoholic, and he was fired from his job with the NHL as an ombudsman for not showing up to work for 13 months.
sounds like a guy who definitely should have been the face of a franchise
Pat Kane is that for the Blackhawks. He hates cabbies
Meanwhile Crosby still lives in Mario's basement
Lindros was the greatest checker in league history, he never shied away from a fight, and he was a good hockey player. Yeah the Flyers got fleeced in the deal but that was Farwell's call not his. Like Mcnabb, people only remember the end when things went to shtein.
Quote from: SD on April 07, 2010, 08:47:13 PM
Like Mcnabb, people only remember that he never won a farging championship.
btw, Kerry Fraser's last game is gonna be against the Rangers April 11th. His daughter is smoking. Shes on the left
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Quote from: FastFreddie on April 07, 2010, 08:56:00 PM
Quote from: SD on April 07, 2010, 08:47:13 PM
Like Mcnabb, people only remember that he never won a farging championship.
the difference is lindros' ending was way way worse than mcnabbs...like by a million times...say what you want about mcnabb but hes basically a cornball...lindros was a farging dick
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 08, 2010, 08:39:15 PM
Quote from: FastFreddie on April 07, 2010, 08:56:00 PM
Quote from: SD on April 07, 2010, 08:47:13 PM
Like Mcnabb, people only remember that he never won a farging championship.
the difference is lindros' ending was way way worse than mcnabbs...like by a million times...say what you want about mcnabb but hes basically a cornball...lindros was a farging dick
ding.
And players felt that way too. They farging hated him.
its pretty sad whats happened to the flyers this year in that they have no chance to advance if they make the playoffs because otherwise this weekend would be just amazing
home and home with the rangers to end the season and two pts seperate the teams for the last spot....how good should that be
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 09, 2010, 10:19:23 AM
its pretty sad whats happened to the flyers this year in that they have no chance to advance if they make the playoffs because otherwise this weekend would be just amazing
home and home with the rangers to end the season and two pts seperate the teams for the last spot....how good should that be
I love the people that say "they can beat the Devils in round one because they beat them 5 outta 6 this season". Got news for everyone, no they can't. And even if they do somehow miraculously make it out of round 1 they have no shot of advancing any further than that.
if they have almost anyone but boucher in goal i give them a chance vs the devils...but boucher is not beating anyone in a seven game series....and lord save us all if they have to play the caps
i will take these last two games as they are. should be two nasty games against the scimbags from new york. these games should be better than anything in the 1st round.
Carter is back, not sure if he's playing but Leino should be playing over Asham/Hartnell. Not sure what its worth, but rumor is that Hartnell went to Snider and Holmgren and said the game is the only thing thats helping him thru his off the ice shtein. Thats why they keep putting him out there, despite being a total liability.
wow, so if either of those two talk about "the team" over the individual they are talking out of their asses.
lindros was treated differently just like every "superstar." the difference is hockey isn't a sport where being treated differently works. most of the players are straight off the canadian prairie and the prima donna thing doesn't flush with those farm kids.
sure, they make hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions of dollars, but hockey is still the lone professional sport with a hint of the working man's mentality remaining.
it's pretty rare that the star system that lindros played under in philly is tolerated for long, but management coddled him and his retarded father, and the result was disastrous.
lol. look what i started.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 07, 2010, 01:44:52 PM
so who was the bigger disappointment....mcnabb or lindross?
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 07, 2010, 01:48:55 PM
A gazillion times Lindros.
Quote from: SunMo on April 07, 2010, 01:50:53 PM
why would you hate lindros?
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 07, 2010, 02:18:51 PM
lindros was incredibly similar to mcnabb but even worse in how he was brought up unbelievably spoiled
both were babied by their parents but lindros was given anything he wanted by the hoockey machine from the time he was a pee wee to the day he cried his way out of the flyers organization
i currently despise mcnabb with all my heart but i feel like after hes gone from the sports and i dont ever have to see him anymore i feel like ill come once again to liking him tho not to the level i did early in his career
lindros is despicable and always will be
and also has the single most embarassing moment ever for an athlete
Quote from: rjs246 on April 07, 2010, 02:28:58 PM
Not only all of what IGY said, especially the part that PG bolded, but the Flyers traded away a king's ransom to get him and got a whole lot of nothing in return. Now that's on the Flyers and not Lindros' fault, but farg that, I still hate his dumb ass.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 07, 2010, 02:32:08 PM
You could make the same comparisons between them too, they never surrounded him with a full cast of players. The Legion of Doom was amazing, but they had way too many bums after that line. Not to mention they never had a goalie, and very likely never will
Quote from: KDS on April 07, 2010, 02:46:17 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 07, 2010, 02:32:08 PM
You could make the same comparisons between them too, they never surrounded him with a full cast of players. The Legion of Doom was amazing, but they had way too many bums after that line. Not to mention they never had a goalie, and very likely never will
haha
did you borrow a page from the mcnabb excuse-o-meter?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 07, 2010, 02:53:36 PM
not at all, but its a valid comparison. If the flyers went into a tailspin like what Pittsburgh went into, and getting top 5 picks over a period of 5 years It'd be interesting. They gave up probably the most you'll ever see just to get a player coming out of juniors, and when healthy he was everything you woudl have expected. Last i heard he was a full blown alcoholic, and he was fired from his job with the NHL as an ombudsman for not showing up to work for 13 months.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 08, 2010, 08:39:15 PM
Quote from: FastFreddie on April 07, 2010, 08:56:00 PM
Quote from: SD on April 07, 2010, 08:47:13 PM
Like Mcnabb, people only remember that he never won a farging championship.
the difference is lindros' ending was way way worse than mcnabbs...like by a million times...say what you want about mcnabb but hes basically a cornball...lindros was a farging dick
Quote from: Rome on April 09, 2010, 01:37:52 PM
lindros was treated differently just like every "superstar." the difference is hockey isn't a sport where being treated differently works. most of the players are straight off the canadian prairie and the prima donna thing doesn't flush with those farm kids.
sure, they make hundreds of thousands and in some cases millions of dollars, but hockey is still the lone professional sport with a hint of the working man's mentality remaining.
it's pretty rare that the star system that lindros played under in philly is tolerated for long, but management coddled him and his retarded father, and the result was disastrous.
It's good to have all of this information in one place.
i'm happy for him.
Who, John Harbaugh?
who else?
QuoteQuote from: PhillyGirl on April 07, 2010, 01:48:55 PM
A gazillion times Lindros.
:-D
Carter playing tonight per Timmy P
why is the flyer game on versus with the csn philly feed....cause they added the game this week with the way the playoff race has fallen?
yep, last minute change, thats why they only have some chick, Engblom, and John Stevens in the studio. And Comcast owns VS, easy to flip the signal
has boucher made a save yet
Over here on VS is WAS/ATL and the feed on CN8 is only showing the Flyers symbol and you can hear some very poor audio of Jackson calling the game.
Way to go, Comcast.
Not even joking when I say this, I'd take ANY GOALIE in the league -backup or starter - over Boucher. He is the worst goalie if Flyer history.
yeah its gotta be so dishearting to play in front of him...he is an abomination
holy shtein is he awful
lololol boucher....if thats anyone but jody shelley
could these announcers be anymore awful...all they do is make excuses for boucher
who would you throw in a volcano first...pickney or coatsy
hartnell needs to take dumb penalties to take his mind off his whore of a wife
They're the worst
Hartnell just got pummeled and it was great to see
i just got done listening to 3 games of bob carpenter and rob dibble dont you dare tell me anyone is awful
i cant believe there was actually a fight this late in a game thats this close and this big
boucher gets a weak wrister on him from the far boards and cant control the rebound
if this was any other team but the rangers i wouldnt even care ive been beaten down by this team so much...but because its ny im sick to my stomach
seasons over, no way these bums win sunday
is backlunds groin still tight
probably, groins are tricky. I'd be willing to limp Leighton out there on one leg.
lol brian boucher
he was washed up in 2002. hes more washed up right now than brian westbrook.
i emergency call up david sloane again and put him in goal before i ran boucher out there
I'd let Bernie lace em back up at this point
Hexy.
Backlund practiced the other day and said he felt fine.
Quote from: SD on April 09, 2010, 09:51:22 PM
I'd let Bernie lace em back up at this point
Pelle Lindberg!
joe!
Boosh is an abortion
So is Holmgren
there needs to be more flyer fans like sd
Boston scored 3 SH goals on one Carolina PP and won, so they're in. If Montreal gets a point tonight against the Leafs, the loser of tomorrow's Flyers/Rangers game is out. If Montreal loses in regulation, the Flyers just need a point to get in...
the flyer game is def the nbc game of the week at 3 right?
NO
Bruins/Caps @ 12:00
Flyers/Rangers is on NHL Network @ 3:00.
i thought they made the switch....i got a message from the flyers saying the game time was changed due to television
are you sure youre not just looking at your guide on the tv and its not updated?
NHLN only
why the farg would you switch a game time and then not have the game be on tv
and why is ovechkins chain smoking euro trashed ass on tv and not a playoff game
So wait, this game is NOT on any national TV network? Its on a farging paid cable channel?
Or is it on CSN too?
its on csn in philly
me and some friends wanted to go to a bar and watch it tho and now we cant....GARBAGE
NHL # 1
I'll be eating crabs watching the game. Yay me, go farg yourselves
lol wut?
ugggggh csn philly feed on nhln
not that i really care if i watch this game or not but i dont have nhl network and the game isnt on the nhl package which i have because of the free preview for baseball
lol @ this league. mls is more legit.
flyers look like they dont even wanna be out on the ice
Why should today be any different?
Quoteis watching the Flyers try to make the playoffs. And if they can't win this game, they truly don't deserve to be in the playoffs. But it would be nice to keep watching Flyers hockey for a few more weeks.
Quote81 games and a playoff spot is determined by today's 60 minutes of hockey. If the Flyers play all SIXTY MINUTES this shouldn't be an issue....LET'S DO IT FLYERS.
worst fans in the city
welcome to 15 years ago
wow you gotta love lappy
Flyers tied it up 1-1. 13 minutes left... in their season?
no matter which team lost it would be such a shame for a playoff spot to be determined by a shootout...if that happens hopefully it spurs the league on to make a rule change
this is crazy
haha brian boucher in a shootout
Quote from: KDS on April 11, 2010, 05:36:15 PM
haha brian boucher in a shootout
at least the flyers are guaranteed a point now
They'll lose
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 11, 2010, 05:31:19 PM
no matter which team lost it would be such a shame for a playoff spot to be determined by a shootout...if that happens hopefully it spurs the league on to make a rule change
Are you kidding? Bettman will absolutely jizz himself if the last playoff spot is decided by the shootout. Freaking parlor tricks not only deciding games, but actual playoff spots.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 11, 2010, 05:36:42 PM
Quote from: KDS on April 11, 2010, 05:36:15 PM
haha brian boucher in a shootout
at least the flyers are guaranteed a point now
is this sarcasm? you dont do sarcasm
I feel like throwing up.
Season comes down to a shootout. Lol
Bettman: SKEET SKEET SKEET!
Gaborik will score. Flyers wont score shtein
F******************* YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU NEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!
totally worth it
now igy can lose his mind as his booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii alex ovechkin sweeps the flyers out
just looking at shots on goal, i can't help but wonder how this game even ended in a tie in the first place. the flyers nearly doubled up the rangers 47 - 25. in the limited amount of hockey i watch, it's not very often you see that much disparity and still have the game end in a tie.
Quote from: KDS on April 11, 2010, 05:54:03 PM
totally worth it
now igy can lose his mind as his booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii alex ovechkin sweeps the flyers out
Flyers will play the winner of the Sabres/Devils game tonight
farg NY
ny losing > flyers winning
gotta give it up to boucher...dook has taken a lot of heat and he came up big today and not just in the shootout
Quote from: SD on April 11, 2010, 05:55:24 PM
Quote from: KDS on April 11, 2010, 05:54:03 PM
totally worth it
now igy can lose his mind as his booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii alex ovechkin sweeps the flyers out
Flyers will play the winner of the Sabres/Devils game tonight
farg NY
nj would be even worse, no?
nj isnt nj this year...they will still beat the flyers but its not like years past
The Flyers are actually 5-1 against the Devils this year. Of course, we can't expect that against Brodeur in the playoffs, but the Devils have not been dominating this year.
I'll post an early prediction of Devils/Sabres in 6
Quote from: Geowhizzer on April 11, 2010, 06:17:43 PM
The Flyers are actually 5-1 against the Devils this year. Of course, we can't expect that against Brodeur in the playoffs, but the Devils have not been dominating this year.
brodeur doesnt scare me
boucher does
QuoteWednesday, April 14 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Friday, April 16 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Sunday, April 18 at Philadelphia, 6:00 p.m. TICKETS TBA
Tuesday, April 20 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. TICKETS TBA
*Thursday, April 22 at New Jersey, 7:00 p.m. TBA
*Sunday, April 25 at Philadelphia, TBD TBA
*Tuesday, April 27 at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. TBA
What IGY said. I had zero confidence in them winning today, and dont like for the rangers season to come down to a farging shootout. farg NY, but its a zesty way to win, though the way the flyers played for the most part, they deserved the win. They played aggressive, smart, and disciplined.
Flyers in 7
Quotebrodeur doesnt scare me
boucher does
Da Truth
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Versus_NBC_shun_Flyers-Devils.html
Nice
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 11, 2010, 11:16:08 PM
What IGY said. I had zero confidence in them winning today, and dont like for the rangers season to come down to a farging shootout. farg NY, but its a zesty way to win, though the way the flyers played for the most part, they deserved the win. They played aggressive, smart, and disciplined.
i've heard a lot of people saying this since yesterday, even going so far as to say that the nhl should treat it like a playoff game and eliminate the shoot out and i completely disagree. it's 1 of 82
regular season games and i'm sure both teams probably have at least 6 or 7 losses/ties from the year that they could point to and say they let that game slip away. just because 2 teams can't seperate themselves and take care of business during the first 81 games of the year doesn't mean that the 82nd game should be treated any differently.
no, but it goes to show how ridiculous it is end any game with a farging skills competition.
Quote from: SunMo on April 12, 2010, 11:17:18 AM
no, but it goes to show how ridiculous it is end any game with a farging skills competition.
i agree, but at the same time i actually enjoy watching a shoot out.
it's gay, and so are you
Sunny got it right, you're gay for enjoying an all star competition determine who goes to the playoffs. Yesterday was just the perfect example, not to mention how you get the same amount of points for a shootout win, makes no farging sense
RIF dookies. i think the shoot out is fun to watch. i also said i agree that it's a horrible way to end the game. but that's the rule and i think it's silly to complain about the season coming down to a shoot out because both teams had plenty of opportunities during the regular season to get that extra point that they needed to lock up a playoff spot before the final game of the year.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 11:47:04 AM
RIF dookies. i think the shoot out is fun to watch. i also said i agree that it's a horrible way to end the game. but that's the rule and i think it's silly to complain about the season coming down to a shoot out because both teams had plenty of opportunities during the regular season to get that extra point that they needed to lock up a playoff spot before the final game of the year.
that makes no sense whatsover...its like saying the nfl overtime shouldnt have been changed since both teams had chances all game to win in regulation...one has nothing to do with the other...what happened in game 27 is not even closely related to determining a playoff spot in overtime of game 82
and the shootout isnt even fun to watch...its boring as farg
The good news is you get Jim Jackson and the fellas for the entire first round.no rich hoffman this is terrible news
Emrick is just as bad.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 12, 2010, 11:55:28 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 11:47:04 AM
RIF dookies. i think the shoot out is fun to watch. i also said i agree that it's a horrible way to end the game. but that's the rule and i think it's silly to complain about the season coming down to a shoot out because both teams had plenty of opportunities during the regular season to get that extra point that they needed to lock up a playoff spot before the final game of the year.
that makes no sense whatsover...its like saying the nfl overtime shouldnt have been changed since both teams had chances all game to win in regulation...one has nothing to do with the other...what happened in game 27 is not even closely related to determining a playoff spot in overtime of game 82
had the rangers or flyers won game 27 instead of losing it or finishing in a tie, game 82 (and it's shoot out to end it) becomes completely irrelevent. i've seen you argue in the phillies threads in years passed when the phils got off to a bad april start how it would bite them in the ass at the end of the season. and now you're making the exact opposite argument when it comes to hockey? come on dooks.
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and the shootout isnt even fun to watch...its boring as farg
for a person who has a hard time watching 1 period, let alone an entire game, the shoot out is fun for me to watch. but i can certainly see how an actual hockey fan would not find as much enjoyment in it, especially to determine the outcome of a game. it'd be kind of like having a fg kicking contest to determine the winner of a football game.
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Overtimes, shootouts reach record levels
Friday, 04.09.2010 / 10:40 AM / Inside the Numbers
By John Kreiser - NHL.com Columnist
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With 24 regular-season games still remaining, 2009-10 already is assured of having more hockey played than any season in NHL history.
The 2009-10 season has seen a record 289 games that needed to go past regulation to determine a winner. That includes 113 games that have been decided in overtime, and a record 176 that have gone to a shootout. The previous highs were 282 overtime games, set last season, and 164 shootouts in 2006-07.
It's been a good season for goaltenders in the shootout. Shooters have scored on just under 32 percent of their 1,345 attempts, the lowest figure since the post-overtime tie-breaker was instituted for the 2005-06 season. As a result, the average shootout this season has seen a record 7.6 attempts taken -- up from 6.7 last season.
A record seven shootouts have gone 10 rounds or more, including two (Detroit-Nashville, 11 rounds, March 27; Phoenix-Nashville, 10 rounds, Feb. 2) that decided games which were scoreless through 65 minutes.
Shootout brilliance can come from unexpected sources. Phoenix set an NHL record this season with 14 shootout wins; the Coyotes got a big boost from defenseman Adrian Aucoin, who had never taken a shootout attempt before this season but has earned the nickname "The Closer" by going 6-for-8 -- with all six goals deciding the outcome.
There's no advantage to being the home team in a shootout -- visiting teams lead 89-87 and have won just over 50 percent of the shootouts in each of the last four seasons.
Nor is going first an advantage. Home teams won 51.7 percent in 2005-06, when the League mandated that visiting teams must shoot first; since then, the vast majority of home teams have opted to shoot first -- but have won slightly less than half of those games. Home teams shooting first this season have won 71 of 145 shootouts, a winning percentage of .490; those who shoot second are 16-15, a .516 winning percentage.
There was one first in the shootout this season -- on April 1, the New Jersey Devils and Chicago Blackhawks went to a shootout at the Prudential Center and the Devils opted to shoot first, something they never had done since the home team was first given the option in 2006. It didn't work, as the Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews scored on the first shot and Chicago won, 1-0, giving the Hawks a 2-1 win.
so the Leagues team the Coyotes had 14 wins all from a shootout, makes sense
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 02:02:06 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 12, 2010, 11:55:28 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 11:47:04 AM
RIF dookies. i think the shoot out is fun to watch. i also said i agree that it's a horrible way to end the game. but that's the rule and i think it's silly to complain about the season coming down to a shoot out because both teams had plenty of opportunities during the regular season to get that extra point that they needed to lock up a playoff spot before the final game of the year.
that makes no sense whatsover...its like saying the nfl overtime shouldnt have been changed since both teams had chances all game to win in regulation...one has nothing to do with the other...what happened in game 27 is not even closely related to determining a playoff spot in overtime of game 82
had the rangers or flyers won game 27 instead of losing it or finishing in a tie, game 82 (and it's shoot out to end it) becomes completely irrelevent. i've seen you argue in the phillies threads in years passed when the phils got off to a bad april start how it would bite them in the ass at the end of the season. and now you're making the exact opposite argument when it comes to hockey? come on dooks.
i still dont get what winning game 27 has to do with deciding a playoff spot on a shootout
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 12, 2010, 03:12:27 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 02:02:06 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 12, 2010, 11:55:28 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 12, 2010, 11:47:04 AM
RIF dookies. i think the shoot out is fun to watch. i also said i agree that it's a horrible way to end the game. but that's the rule and i think it's silly to complain about the season coming down to a shoot out because both teams had plenty of opportunities during the regular season to get that extra point that they needed to lock up a playoff spot before the final game of the year.
that makes no sense whatsover...its like saying the nfl overtime shouldnt have been changed since both teams had chances all game to win in regulation...one has nothing to do with the other...what happened in game 27 is not even closely related to determining a playoff spot in overtime of game 82
had the rangers or flyers won game 27 instead of losing it or finishing in a tie, game 82 (and it's shoot out to end it) becomes completely irrelevent. i've seen you argue in the phillies threads in years passed when the phils got off to a bad april start how it would bite them in the ass at the end of the season. and now you're making the exact opposite argument when it comes to hockey? come on dooks.
i still dont get what winning game 27 has to do with deciding a playoff spot on a shootout
really? handle your business early on and the last game of the regular season will be practically insignificant.
i know what youre saying but what youre saying has nothing to do with the shootout argument to decide a playoff spot....they are two completely different arguments...actually yours isnt even an argument...youre stating fact by simply saying had the flyers or rangers won one more regular season game then yesterdays game wouldnt have mattered....we all know that already
then why are we arguing? lets just go to the legion and get zesty off of $2 cocktails and see where things go from there. mmkay, honey bunny?
im not that easy and the fact that you think i am kinda hurts
If it's any consolation, you're both retards.
Anyone goin up to Jersey for either of these games? Steve and I will be there on Friday..
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v284/Vram/download.jpg)
That was super-forwarded.
Quote from: Die-Hard on April 14, 2010, 03:28:01 PM
Anyone goin up to Jersey for either of these games? Steve and I will be there on Friday..
if it was sat and not fri id def been there.....ill be at sundays game in philly
boucher is playing out of his mind...best player on the ice for either team
to bad the flyers cant connect on a simple pass
and they're trying to do all fancy shtein, especially the GAWD, farger needs to go back and look at what works for him. Hustle and smart plays. Instead he threads impossible passes thru 3 defenders.
all we need is 1 goal and i can make a $20 bet with sb the homer. come on flyers. get him thinking like he knows how to think.
nah, maybe back in 2004 i would feel ok wiht a 1 goal lead. With this team im not comfortable until a 5 goal lead.
really?
alright it might take 1 game. if they win this game then you know youre gonna feel confident enough to make a bet with me. COME ON HOMER!
i hate to say, but i bet the IGY way.
rooting for your teams to lose so you can cake off them?
GAWD
Quote from: KDS on April 14, 2010, 08:47:16 PM
rooting for your teams to lose so you can cake off them?
its not about the money though for me, i do it out of superstition and that if they do lose as they have historically in my near 30 years, i can make money on heartbreak.
shtein. Double minor for high stick.
uh oh
Clarkson def got slapped, but he's such a funhole when he gets hit
Nice PK
Pronger is laying the wood, just putting all of his weight into his hits on the boards. Who needs boarding when you can smother muther fargers
Am I the only one that still thinks of this guy whenever hearing Neidermeyer's name?
(http://symonsez.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/neidermeyer.jpg)
Coburn you farging moron.
Delay of Game?
Clearly intentional.
he's half retarded
Devils fans booing
PK kill is nuts lately
ha, you made a funny...about as common as a Munson coherent thought
They're playing with fire here....the ice has been completely slanted towards Boucher all period.
They need to get a few shots in on Marty
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 14, 2010, 09:43:36 PM
They're playing with fire here....the ice has been completely slanted towards Boucher all period.
They need to get a few shots in on Marty
Six minutes out of eight (or so) on the PK will do that to a team. They need to get back the momentum somehow.
The Flyers are 5 for 8 in the playoffs at New Jersey? That surprises the hell out of me.
Another PP for the Devils. farg.
Stupid penalty by Zubrus for running Boucher may help.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 14, 2010, 09:45:10 PM
Another PP for the Devils. farg.
Whoops, maybe I saw that wrong on my Sopcast. I thought Zubrus got the penalty.
oh its on Zubrus?
You're right sorry
On Zubrus - Flyers PP.
Wow - 15 minutes without a shot.
shtein, thought that went in
Looked like a possible goal there, Richards almost laid someone out afterwards
They're still playing defensive. That's going to cost them.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on April 14, 2010, 09:49:00 PM
They're still playing defensive. That's going to cost them.
yup
shtein.
that wimpy power play from a couple minutes ago is looming large
The Phils need to give these guys a lesson on how to go for the kill.
Was Lamarillo just picking his nose?
wtf was that Richards?
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 14, 2010, 09:52:51 PM
wtf was that Richards?
Richards was trying to do his Cindy Crosby impression. Unfortunately, there is no standing order from Bettman for defensemen to fall over like bowling pins for him or get an interference penalty.
nice int pass by Coburn
Flyers doing their best to create an exciting playoff overtime!
I hate this "I'm going to vomit" feeling I have right now
why do i have a knot in my stomach.
GHOSTS!
Good gravy.
i peed a little on that one.
Boucher plays some 1-on-6 hockey!
:puke
Boucher has been crazy tonight.
No faith in him keeping it up for more than a game, but still..
Woot!
Survival!
nice
nice. one more shot (14) then their all time playoff low (13)..
on the bright side they can't get anymore lethargic offensively.. which they can't because boucher won't play like this throughout the whole playoffs.
shocked, but great job by the Goalie. I hate how this team doesnt step on throats when they're up. They get up 2, and turn the brakes on their offense
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 14, 2010, 10:08:12 PM
shocked, but great job by the Goalie. I hate how this team doesnt step on throats when they're up. They get up 2, and turn the brakes on their offense
That's something I thought would change with Laviolette as HC. Guess you can't change grit. You have it or you don't.
1 down, 15 to go. There, I said it. Lets go Flyers.
Quote from: Die-Hard on April 14, 2010, 10:31:36 PM
1 down, 15 to go. There, I said it. Lets go Flyers.
*
Faints *
Boucher robs Kovalchuk (http://flyers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=771&id=66154)
yeah lets post highlites of great brian boucher saves...that definitely wont jinx anything
You have to enjoy it while it lasts. Want to buy my Boucher jersey?
negative on that chief
round two.
I'm betting on a 5-1 drubbing tonight. If Boucher comes out with another year-2000 playoff gem and makes me start to believe that they can put up a fight I'm going to be very disappointed in myself.
dont give up......dont ever give up
Looking for a repeat of a couple nights ago: Flyers and Phillies victories combined with a Penguins loss.
I shelled $20 for a month of games on NHL.com and I've been pretty impressed with the presentation so far. I loathe Comcast and can't get a satellite signal from my place, so this option has worked out well.
Well that was pathetic.
why would pronger not take a penalty there...weak farging effort
what a look by giroux
NIce goal by Asham.
nice farging goall ! btw, what kind of a farging douchebag goes to a game wearing a refs shirt ? to two games now !
thats how you take a penalty pronger
richards nearly raped parise there and the devils did nothing about it
Carle follows up with the powerplay goal.
or mr april claude giroux
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 16, 2010, 08:15:42 PM
or mr april claude giroux
Sopcast+Nearly 40-year-old eyes = Whoops
what does sopcast mean?
and what a recovery by the team...if pronger just takes out his man its 2-0
farg
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 16, 2010, 08:22:07 PM
what does sopcast mean?
and what a recovery by the team...if pronger just takes out his man its 2-0
I'm getting the game from channelsurfing.net (not actually sopcast tonight, that was game 1). The quality of the video is mediocre, but it's the only feed I can get since I canceled Center Ice this year because of budget cuts.
boosh is back
how was that not a penalty ?
Kovalchuk is an idiot.
That pp was pathetic.
score three goals and let richards pumble kovacock.
The Devils stop them on the PP again and the calls will even up at some point....the 3rd could get ugly.
Flyers suck.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 16, 2010, 09:01:01 PM
The Devils stop them on the PP again and the calls will even up at some point....the 3rd could get ugly.
saw that coming a mile away
actually, the SECOND could get really ugly.
Flyers are playing like a bunch of Marys.
you're such a visonary
WTF was that giveaway?
kovalcock really needs to have his intestines ripped out through his throat.
The Flyers have had their chances on the PP. They just need to pull their heads out of their asses.
SCORE!!
I was about ready to complain about Richards and Timmonen playing catch with the puck, and suddenly.. SCORE!
BOOOOOOOSH!
wheathered the storm and scored a goal. not bad.
flyers are absolutely awful 5 on 5
The Devils parade to the box continues.
That Devils fan won't be wearing a ref shirt after this game.
Did Gagne just do down from a left-handed shove? May as well shoot him.
colin white is our mvp right now.
I can't believe that puck didn't go in. argh!
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 16, 2010, 09:54:58 PM
I can't believe that puck didn't go in. argh!
That was their chance right there. Hopefully they can get another one.
anyone but lappy
i cant think of anything i hate more than OT playoff hockey when your team is involved
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 16, 2010, 09:59:37 PM
anyone but lappy
i cant think of anything i hate more than OT playoff hockey when your team is involved
Looks like you won't have to worry about it.
How about they don't make this a shooting gallery on Boosh? farging ridiculous. If I'm Boosh, I beat the piss out of everyone on the team after this game.
boosh and mcnabb.....good calls
uh what? You are going to blame Boucher for this game?
Really, IGY? I mean...really?
Giroux does some seriously unreal shtein sometimes. lol
Gotta agree with pg here Bouch has outplayed Broduer so far this series. The Devils applied more offensive pressure than the Flyers did tonight, the Flyers have just been better at taking advantage of scoring opportunities.
Series Tied 1-1 was a better outcome than i was expecting. This team hasnt put it all together for a stretch all year, and i dont see it happening now. Carter while injured, is an abomination out there because he cant skate. At this point, get back out of the lineup, get Leino out there, flip a wing to center. He's -4, and i love that he's trying to gut it out, but he's not the same guy, and he wasnt an all the time dominant player before that. They need to take advantage of home ice, and i think they do Sunday. Giroux is the playoff type of player i want every position to be, he's taking runs, making great defensive moves, and his offense is ridiculous. In Jr's he was a dominant playoff player, scoring like 51 pts in 17 games. JVR needs to get it in gear, he looked better tonight
carter really was a pathetic excuse for a forward tonight
Through 2 periods it's 7 PP to 2. I wouldn't have a problem with that if this wasn't a playoff game and the calls weren't so ticky tacky.
Quote from: SD on April 18, 2010, 07:47:24 PM
Through 2 periods it's 7 PP to 2. I wouldn't have a problem with that if this wasn't a playoff game and the calls weren't so ticky tacky.
As I said on another board, flagry abounds. I'm so glad I'm note paying for the center ice anymore. Gary Bettman doesn't deserve my money, paltry though it is.
He's at this game and Clement and Jackson are interviewing him right now.
i get center ice for free because its on the same channels as the mlb package.
hooray!
MDS, do you think that this shtein makes sense? Way too many tickey tackey shtein, its the playoffs, and the refs dont understand how this shtein works. That said, i'd imagine they let this 3rd just play playoff hockeyt
so i was wrong, these farging refs are calling this game like any other regular season game. farg these refs, all together, they farging suck and are ruining the pace of play. Swallow your whistles
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 18, 2010, 08:08:14 PM
MDS, do you think that this shtein makes sense?
comcast and time warner both have an nba set of channels, then an mlb/nhl one. so if you get the nhl package you get the first i guess month a half of mlb action. if you get the mlb package you get the end of the hockey season + the playoffs.
its been going on this way for years and clearly nobody cares enough to stop it. i cant complain, ill watch a flyers playoff game if im around, but wont pay for it. well here we go then, a present for todd.
Nine Flyer penalties and five for the Devils including one for too many men on the ice.
Laughable.
its not even that we've had more, its that any of them were called. ITs the playoffs, not a tea party.
do i need to say what you know im gonna say
F yea Carcillo wins it in OT
How the farg is this team up 2-1 in a playoff series right now?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 18, 2010, 08:46:29 PM
its not even that we've had more, its that any of them were called. ITs the playoffs, not a tea party.
Let's not get started on those in here!
They completely outplayed the Devils tonight, the only reason this game went to OT is because of Broduer. farg yeah Carcillo.
Cheesy mustaches farging rule.
Quote from: SD on April 18, 2010, 09:01:32 PM
They completely outplayed the Devils tonight, the only reason this game went to OT is because of Broduer. farg yeah Carcillo.
Absolutely. I even said that I thought Brodeur was going to steal the game.
I don't think I breathed during the entire OT. haha
Laviolettes postgame was great
QuotePHILADELPHIA — Flyers coach Peter Laviolette sees a trend in this first round playoff series against the New Jersey Devils and he wants it to end.
Although the Flyers hold a 2-1 edge in the series, they have skated on the wrong side of their coach's disciplinary tight rope and they will hear about it today.
"I'm very disappointed in the penalties we took," Laviolette said after the Flyers killed off six of eight penalties Sunday in their 3-2 overtime win. "They were lazy penalties. Too many hooks and hold ups. We need to let our legs do the work and keep our sticks on the ice. I'm also disappointed there weren't more infractions the other way."
Through three games, the Flyers have killed off 13 of the Devils' 16 power plays. The Devils have killed off 11 of the Flyers' 15 power plays. That, in essence, has been the difference in the series.
But if the Flyers continue to take the penalties they committed on Sunday, they believe they won't be playing a week from now. Nine different Flyers took penalties on Sunday. Six were stick infractions for hooking, tripping or slashing.
"There's too much skill on that team," Ian Laperriere said, "and if you give them five or six power plays they're going to burn you."
The GW OT goal that was scored on Clarkson's penalty was a Joke and a half. Again it comes down to playoff hockey, dont call anything unless its very obvious, and impedes the game. Let them Play. I think Laviolette did a great job just making the point that they took Lazy penalties, in his presser he said that They cant put themselves in position to get those penalties, but didnt dispute that they were just Lazy. I love that type of coaching, dont blame, and use that adversity to make you a better team.
flyer fans could take a lesson from the coach
last night was the best game they played all year...yeah they have had games where theyve scored more goals and blew some teams out but from the first line to the last and from defenseman 1 to defesneman 6 there wasnt one player who had a bad game...even hartnells normal bonehaded plays he cancelled out with some really good play as well
the play of the game tho that went kind of unoticed was gange knocking fraser off the puck on richards goal...just a fantastic hit...you know its the playoffs when the frog is knocking people around
btw the crowd gets an A+ as well...ive been to a lot of flyer playoff games in my life and that was the loudest first round crowd in the history of the wachovia center
HOly shtein what a shot!
Flyers winning (once again) despite the unbalanced penalty calling.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 20, 2010, 09:10:18 PM
HOly shtein what a shot!
Flyers winning (once again) despite the unbalanced penalty calling.
The officiating is laughable at this point.
Devils 7
Flyers 3
Last game
Devils 9
Flyers 5
Last two games it's 16-8
Fair and Balanced
And it's not even the crap calls the Devils are getting, just call it both ways.
pg has to be a charter member of the 5 excuse train and the flyers cry about the refs squad
god you people give philly sports fans a bad name
No way MDS, you're 100% wrong.
The calls against the Flyers? Yeah, they're penalties. No doubt about it.
Its the NON calls against the Devils that is just horrendous right now. They're getting away with EVERYTHING. Call it both ways or stick the whistle down your throat and stfu.
Gagne's out.
i dont know anything about what a hockey penalty is but its as predictable as a 5 big game letdown with you guys whining about the refs, justified or not.
literally every playoff game elicits some kind of whiny reaction from you guys about bla bla bla the refs are out to get us wha wha wha there is some kind of conspiracy.
You're an idiot. You know as much about hockey as you do proper grammar usage.
HOly shtein, Carcillo again!
So the Flyers are up by 2 in the 3rd and Kendrick is going into the 8th inning with a 4 hit shut out going.
WTF is going on??
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 20, 2010, 09:36:59 PM
You're an idiot. You know as much about hockey as you do proper grammar usage.
im not going to fight those 3 statements but you guys crying about the refs has nothing to do with hockey
Devils called for a gazillion guys on the ice right there :-D
Kendrick's been helped by some overeager young Braves hitters. He's done a good job keeping them off balance, though.
The Flyers have been flat-out better than the Devils. It's been the disparity in the penalties (warranted or not) that's kept it close.
Debbies just got nabbed for too many men.
Flubbed Timmonen pass leads to a penalty.
Giroux's moves just gave the Flyers a PP. He's INSANE
Wow, Hartnell with some great forechecking leads to another devils mistake and a 2 man advantage for the Flyers!
If I may IGY it up a bit: The Flyers may have the worst 2-man power play unit EVER.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on April 20, 2010, 09:50:32 PM
If I may IGY it up a bit: The Flyers may have the worst 2-man power play unit EVER.
And no sooner do I type this... >:D
you guys tell me:
is this good or bad for hockey that its this common/easy/evident for teams to pull upsets?
the flyers sucked in the regular season, especially down the stretch, and are dominating the devils, the 2 seed. how.
LOL
Carter got hurt scoring that goal?
What is the Gagne injury?
They only showed the one overhead replay but it looks like theres a chance that Pronger's blast hit Carter in the foot.
Didn't really get a good look at it though.
Quote from: KDS on April 20, 2010, 09:52:46 PM
you guys tell me:
is this good or bad for hockey that its this common/easy/evident for teams to pull upsets?
the flyers sucked in the regular season, especially down the stretch, and are dominating the devils, the 2 seed. how.
Flyers won the season series over the Devils 5-1. It's a good match-up for them.
Assuming they get the Caps next, the Flyers probably get blown out.
good old fashioned ass whoopin tonight
Quote from: KDS on April 20, 2010, 09:27:58 PM
pg has to be a charter member of the 5 excuse train and the flyers cry about the refs squad
god you people give philly sports fans a bad name
Do you ever shut up?
up 3-1 over the Devils with Boucher in net. they got this
Quote from: BigEd76 on April 20, 2010, 10:13:21 PM
up 3-1 over the Devils with Boucher in net. they got this
lol
at least there's no 88 to lay in the fetal position
Quote from: KDS on April 20, 2010, 09:52:46 PM
you guys tell me:
is this good or bad for hockey that its this common/easy/evident for teams to pull upsets?
the flyers sucked in the regular season, especially down the stretch, and are dominating the devils, the 2 seed. how.
flyers are a much better team they just needed boucher not to suck and he has not only not done that but hes been really good
if the flyers beat the caps that will be the real upset...but i suspect they wont win a game
as for the upset thing being good or bad
its both
in the early rounds its great but the problem with it always being so wide open is that you often have zesty teams making and winning stanley cup finals
apparently both carter and gagne broke feet last night
now they have more broken feet in the series than goals
I'm Happy Leino would be getting ice time, though he should be getting that icetime and Hartnell benched
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 21, 2010, 08:04:17 AM
apparently both carter and gagne broke feet last night
now they have more broken feet in the series than goals
Carter got hit in the shin, not the foot.
well then he has three feet and the one in his shin is broke
link?
he heard it from Horseface. Supposedly Gagne may only have a broken toe, so they can manage that pain. Carter is going to be out for a while it sounds like. Figures just when he gets his game back.
Not that they have a chance vs.the Caps as it is, but it would have been nice to see what they can do with a healthy Carter.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 21, 2010, 09:08:20 AM
he heard it from Horseface. Supposedly Gagne may only have a broken toe, so they can manage that pain. Carter is going to be out for a while it sounds like. Figures just when he gets his game back.
Carter's game never left. When all you do is wing wristers at the net you're going to go through scoring droughts, injury or no.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 21, 2010, 09:08:20 AM
he heard it from Horseface. Supposedly Gagne may only have a broken toe, so they can manage that pain. Carter is going to be out for a while it sounds like. Figures just when he gets his game back.
i dont know who horseface is but fox 29 is reporting it
and pannacio says he thinks carter will play tomorrow and gange is out
other than that incredibly accurate post
pretty sure horseface = rhea.
how you don't know that is fairly mystifying considering you supposedly listen to wip from sun-up to sundown.
yeah, Rhea said it. Its Gagne you lazy gubament farg.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/sports/nhl/flyers/042110_Two_Flyers_Stars_Injured_In_Game_4
610 sucks
both players out for tomorrows game with right foot injuries
listed officially as day to day
Carter out more than 6 weeks and Gagne out at least 3-6. Both having surgery.
so thats it
it was never not it
Whatever. Carcillo will pick up the scoring slack.
I don't think anyone thought the Flyers were going anywhere anyway. They are pretty much running on lightning in a bottle right now, I honestly believe the loss of Gagne and Carter won't matter that much. It's all about a hot Boucher and players playing aggressive as hell.
If they lose the next round they wouldn't have won anyway, but they are where they are right now not because of Gagne or Carter. Carter didn't even do much until game 4.
Knocking the Devils out was the absolute most we could have hoped for in these playoffs anyway because there's no way they were getting past Buffalo or Rapesburgh let alone the Caps.
Just beat the Devils and send those corksuckers home for the year and I'll be as satisfied as anyone could be without actually winning the Cup.
PS: They sent the Rangers golfing too so that's like winning an entire series in itself.
Kovalchuk guaranteeing a win for the Devils tomorrow night.
Giroux and JVR are going to get heavy minutes now. I'm excited because Giroux obvious gets the playoffs, JVR looked like a rookie game one, but since then he's really stepped up. shtein he got a penalty for wrecking shop when Richards got borderline boarded in the boards by "The Lithuanian Locomotive"
I didnt even see what he did to get the penalty, but for him to step up in that moment was a great thing for this team and his development. He's growing an edge to his game, and he's a big kid. Should be a fun few years really when you look at Giroux's everything and JVR's skills and size. They had better not get rid of these two.
Quote from: Rome on April 21, 2010, 06:08:47 PM
Knocking the Devils out was the absolute most we could have hoped for in these playoffs anyway because there's no way they were getting past Buffalo or Rapesburgh let alone the Caps.
Just beat the Devils and send those corksuckers home for the year and I'll be as satisfied as anyone could be without actually winning the Cup.
PS: They sent the Rangers golfing too so that's like winning an entire series in itself.
they play the caps who they were getting swept by anyway...whats sickening is that cap fans didnt know this and now are off the charts giddy about this injury news...thats if the flyers even win this series
The Caps will choke because Ovechkin will never win a cup.
Rock the ROIDS
Whole different series now, hopefully JVR gets more minutes, and Leino is fully capable. Laliberte is a good young guy who filled in well earlier this year, he netted goals immediately then, and i just want him to play the physical game
lol van wack has three goals in the last 36 games...hes farging garbage
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 21, 2010, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 21, 2010, 07:36:16 PM.thats if the flyers even win this series
:-D
look at their starting lineup for the rest of the series and tell me they cant lose three in row...im by no means predicting it but would anyone be even a little bit surpised if it happened
yes, anything can happen :o your wisdom is amazazing.
thats exactly what i said....excellent deduction
This is probably old and been around forever, but I lead a sheltered life and never saw it...so I laughed:
QuoteOur Father who art in the Wachovia, Hockey be thy name. Thy will be done, The Cup will be won. On ice as well as in the stands. Give us this day our hockey sticks and forgive us our penalties, as we forgive those who cross-check against us. Lead us not into elimination, but delivery us to victory. In the name of ...the fans, Lord Stanley, and in the name of the Flyers. Amen.
werent you a good little jewish girl at some point?
Have you ever met a Jewish girl from Philly who was?
That prayer shtein is farging AWFUL.
just that prayer or prayers in general
because yes to both
and damnit lets not get all god up in this
prayers in general but that one is especially awful
i know god doesn't exist because he would've given mds colon cancer by now
LOL, I laughed because it was awful.
only jesus saves more than bernie parent
LMAO... Marc Joanette Chris Lee sighting 5 seconds in
not much to bitch about with that call...carcillo is dumb as farg sometimes
lol Kovalchuck is such a selfish player
AI on skates
jeru is a god
leno and van wack on the PP unit
yay injuries
leno hasn't been awful
the defensive zone play by the flyers has been great
its still incredibly depressing seeing him on a PP unit in the playoffs
Leino is pretty good, he skates as bad as Hartnell, but he somehow stays on his skates unlike the ginger. Leino's puckhandling is something to watch, same with JVR.
Double minor to Jersey. Put this thing away.
rout is on
That Giroux kid is pretty good.
farg, Laperierre just took a puck to the eye
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 22, 2010, 09:07:06 PM
farg, Laperierre just took a puck to the eye
That was nasty looking, even on the crappy Sopcast picture.
first team to reach the 2nd round....amazing
lol @ this
sb just lost 10 bucks
homer chump
NJ on the pp with 1:30 left and Brodeur pulled. Boucher goal?
money well spent. 20 penalties again tonight
haha now PLEASE lets do a 10 dollar bet for caps/flyers
farg you kovalchuck
Quote from: Geowhizzer on April 22, 2010, 09:35:50 PM
NJ on the pp with 1:30 left and Brodeur pulled. Boucher goal?
Giroux went for the HT
Quote from: KDS on April 22, 2010, 09:38:42 PM
haha now PLEASE lets do a 10 dollar bet for caps/flyers
In
"Lappy" fine...broken nose.
ive never seen a nose have the faucet break off and just spew that much. He lost a ton for just a broken nose, first thought was oh shtein, its his eye, there was blood all over. Happy to hear he broke it a record 35th time.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 22, 2010, 11:29:40 PM
ive never seen a nose have the faucet break off and just spew that much. He lost a ton for just a broken nose, first thought was oh shtein, its his eye, there was blood all over. Happy to hear he broke it a record 35th time.
He was just giving an interview according to the ot intermission guys on VS. LOL. they said he looked terrible, but was acting fine and giving an interview. :-D
i didnt see the play but bill patrick just said that he was hit above the eye...way be all over the injury versus
VS didn't say it was a broken nose. I think it was on CSN
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 22, 2010, 11:37:18 PM
VS didn't say it was a broken nose.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 22, 2010, 11:33:56 PM
bill patrick just said that he was hit above the eye...way be all over the injury versus
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 22, 2010, 09:39:41 PM
Quote from: KDS on April 22, 2010, 09:38:42 PM
haha now PLEASE lets do a 10 dollar bet for caps/flyers
In
you serious?
haha its ON
i will be celebrating with igy when rip jean euro trash boy sweeps his way through philly
i think sb is saying he thinks the caps will win as well
if not hes more of a homer than i ever imagined and i want in
that said you cant give this team enough credit...they devils were huge dogs and their team was ripped apart by the langebrunner controvery and kovalchuk but the flyers played an absolutely perfect series...in fact they played so well that you could almost count on one hand the number of great saves boucher had to make in the five games
IGY are you seriously discrediting Boucher? He played out of his mind. There were times in the first few games that he had to stand on his head for stretches when it was like a shooting gallery. Including the gazillion PPs for the Devils.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 23, 2010, 08:55:29 AM
IGY are you seriously discrediting Boucher? He played out of his mind. There were times in the first few games that he had to stand on his head for stretches when it was like a shooting gallery. Including the gazillion PPs for the Devils.
Just let it go....
haha, i'm not even a Boucher fan, but even I can admit the guy was out of his mind.
IGY is right, i think DC wins, for betting purposes
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 23, 2010, 09:27:21 AM
haha, i'm not even a Boucher fan, but even I can admit the guy was out of his mind.
4-1
940. save %
Shutout to clinch the series
Who cares what igy thinks those numbers speak for themselves.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on April 23, 2010, 09:32:04 AM
IGY is right, i think DC wins, for betting purposes
I don't see a sweep like I did before, the Flyers are playing their best hockey right now and Boucher is the hottest goalie in the playoffs which accounts for something.
prediction: Caps in 6
I'm not going to allow myself to think for a second they have a shot against the Caps.
It would be nice to send two eurotrash motherfargers back to mother Russia, though.
This is no lose. There's no chance they win this series so any win or anything positive is just icing. And farg the Caps.
Melrose predicted Devils in 5 then Capitals in 6. See ya in the ECF...
I'd rather get bounced by the Caps then by the Pens again
Quote from: rjs246 on April 23, 2010, 10:48:13 AM
This is no lose. There's no chance they win this series so any win or anything positive is just icing. And farg the Caps.
agreed.
Quote from: SD on April 23, 2010, 10:49:53 AM
I'd rather get bounced by the Caps then by the Pens again
This. A thousand times.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 07:50:05 AM
in fact they played so well that you could almost count on one hand the number of great saves boucher had to make in the 1st five minutes of each game
agreed
Quote from: SD on April 23, 2010, 10:49:53 AM
I'd rather get bounced by the Caps then by the Pens again
I'd rather have the Penguins plane go down in a flaming heap.
Quote from: smeags on April 23, 2010, 11:05:31 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 07:50:05 AM
in fact they played so well that you could almost count on one hand the number of great saves boucher had to make in the 1st five minutes of each game
agreed
:-D
Quote from: Rome on April 23, 2010, 11:08:14 AM
Quote from: SD on April 23, 2010, 10:49:53 AM
I'd rather get bounced by the Caps then by the Pens again
I'd rather have the Penguins plane go down in a flaming heap.
This. A thousand times.
Quote from: Rome on April 23, 2010, 11:08:14 AM
Quote from: SD on April 23, 2010, 10:49:53 AM
I'd rather get bounced by the Caps then by the Pens again
I'd rather have the Penguins plane go down in a flaming heap.
8)
My nose spewed like a sunovabitch when I broke it.
how could anyone watch that series and think boucher made great saves...hes played perfect positional goaltending but didnt ever really stand on his head...the flyers defense protected him to a tee and he did what he should after that.,..which was not give up any softies
but in terms of "playing out of his mind"...thats laughable...brodeur made way more great saves...but he also let in a lot of soft shtein
post meaningless stats tho without watching the game like you should
his numbers are great because every defenseman and most every forward played to their utmost in the defensive zone
they were PERFECT...which is what they had to do when a guy like boucher is behind you
who said he played out of his mind ?
My favorite stupid sports cliche has got to be "that goalie stood on his head...."
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 23, 2010, 09:27:21 AM
haha, i'm not even a Boucher fan, but even I can admit the guy was out of his mind.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 23, 2010, 08:55:29 AM
IGY are you seriously discrediting Boucher? He played out of his mind. There were times in the first few games that he had to stand on his head for stretches when it was like a shooting gallery. Including the gazillion PPs for the Devils.
Quote from: smeags on April 23, 2010, 03:12:01 PM
who said he played out of his mind ?
The guy was arguably the worst starter in the league down the stretch and is now the hottest goaltender in the NHL. That's playing 'out of your mind' by his standards.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 02:57:53 PM
how could anyone watch that series and think boucher made great saves...hes played perfect positional goaltending but didnt ever really stand on his head...the flyers defense protected him to a tee and he did what he should after that.,..which was not give up any softies
You just said a mouthful. I'd rather have a guy (like a Broduer) who is a perfect positional goalie than one that's unorthodox and flops around but makes tremendous saves.
id rather have a guy that wins...but my point is boucher as good as he was didnt win any games himself...the team was phenominal and the devils were a joke
all he did was be in the right position for shots that were kept on the perimieter by the outstanding defense and bury them in his belly
he was terrific in not giving rebounds...which i put in the solid category not out of your mind category
who gives a farging shtein, jesus christ. we won the series. move on.
are you new here?
Quote from: SD on April 23, 2010, 04:16:12 PM
are you new here?
yes can you lead me around ?
just grab his gland
thats hawt
I didn't see any of the first two games because I was out of town, but the last 3 were pretty dull despite all the penalties being called on the Flyers. I agree with igs....Boucher stopped most of what was thrown at him, but it's not like he was doing this all series:
(http://photos.upi.com/topics-Brian-Boucher/6272b84d8b22ad2b2d6347956e4d092a/B_1.jpg)
Ryan Miller and Craig Anderson have arguably been more stellar and their teams have lost 3 times. It's been Pronger, Timonen and the rest of the defense that have stepped up big time....especially Coburn, who most people gave up on...
triple facepalm
that shot gives me sher-wood.
in your case it would be a splinter.
Seriously let it go IGY, u preach doom and gloom every year, every series. We get your shtick dook. The Flyers won and i know that pisses you off. Farg the Phillies won the Series and u bitched about us beating the Rays who should'nt have been there, blah blah blah. fargin a man it's old!!! we gte it none of the philly teams will live up to ur standards, but the Flyers just beat the Devils and we will play another series, so nut up and give em some props. geeeeezus
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
Seriously let it go IGY, u preach doom and gloom every year, every series. We get your shtick dook. The Flyers won and i know that pisses you off. Farg the Phillies won the Series and u bitched about us beating the Rays who should'nt have been there, blah blah blah. fargin a man it's old! we gte it none of the philly teams will live up to ur standards, but the Flyers just beat the Devils and we will play another series, so nut up and give em some props. geeeeezus
this response should be good.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
Seriously let it go Easy
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
we will play another series
nice
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
give em some props
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 04:12:33 PM
the team was phenominal
all he did was be in the right position for shots that were kept on the perimieter by the outstanding defense and bury them in his belly
he was terrific in not giving rebounds
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 02:57:53 PM
hes played perfect positional goaltending but didnt ever really stand on his head
the flyers defense protected him to a tee and he did what he should after that
every defenseman and most every forward played to their utmost in the defensive zone
they were PERFECT
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 07:50:05 AM
you cant give this team enough credit...they devils were huge dogs and their team was ripped apart by the langebrunner controvery and kovalchuk but the flyers played an absolutely perfect series...in fact they played so well that you could almost count on one hand the number of great saves boucher had to make in the five games
you can't just compliment the guy, he has to be STANDING ON HIS HEAD, PLAYING OUT OF HIS MIND, TERRY SAWCHUCK REINCARNATED, OMG!!
I hope you get Clint Malarchuk'd
And Laperierre may be out indefinitely, supposedly his orbital bone broke
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 05:04:58 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
Seriously let it go Easy
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
we will play another series
nice
Quote from: phillymic2000 on April 23, 2010, 04:46:27 PM
give em some props
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 04:12:33 PM
the team was phenominal
all he did was be in the right position for shots that were kept on the perimieter by the outstanding defense and bury them in his belly
he was terrific in not giving rebounds
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 02:57:53 PM
hes played perfect positional goaltending but didnt ever really stand on his head
the flyers defense protected him to a tee and he did what he should after that
every defenseman and most every forward played to their utmost in the defensive zone
they were PERFECT
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 23, 2010, 07:50:05 AM
you cant give this team enough credit...they devils were huge dogs and their team was ripped apart by the langebrunner controvery and kovalchuk but the flyers played an absolutely perfect series...in fact they played so well that you could almost count on one hand the number of great saves boucher had to make in the five games
Oh man, where's that cheesy "i didn't read it" thingy you post. That would be perfect for that post.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Lapyy_wont_need_surgery_will_play_in_Round_2.html
somehow i have a feeling if he needed surgery he was playing in round two
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 24, 2010, 03:01:54 PM
somehow i have a feeling if he needed surgery he was playing in round two
he certainly is that badass, I would not doubt it.
he needs a wheelbarrow to carry his balls around off the ice. He's the purist definition of a hockey player, tough as nails, and funny as hell. He said he's gonna wear a visor from now on, and when he fights he'll just take it off.
as in forever...because theres not gonna be any fights in the playoffs
Never is, and no way the refs let it happen
wow have another
drinking all day is fun, adding pills is funner
druggie
only when i grows up
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100426_Gagne_may_return_for_Game_3.html
so if montreal beats washington do we play boston in the next round ?
Wouldn't it be Pittsburgh?
we weren't the lowest seed though right ? thought montreal was which would mean they play pitt who is the hihest right now.
We would play Boston if the frogs upset the greasy russian.
we are super
Little-known fact:
"smeags" is actually LaPierre
Quote from: PhillyGirl on April 27, 2010, 12:59:16 PM
we are super
seriously what the hell is going on around here
Laperrierre done for 2nd round..Sinus pressure
espn said it was a brain contusion and done for the playoffs
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100428_Flyers__Laperriere_likely_done_for_season_with_brain_contusion.html
well BB is going to see more shots.
i think you beane munson reese and cole could get more shots on him than the devils
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 28, 2010, 10:42:15 AM
i think you beane munson reese and cole could get more shots on him than the devils
who the farg is beane ?
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 28, 2010, 10:42:15 AM
i think you beane munson reese and cole could get more shots on him than the devils
haha - freudian slip of all time.
game 1 = Saturday NBC before the horse race
game 2 = Monday
game 3 = Wednesday
game 4 = Friday
what an abortion of a saturday start time
new flyers tshirt coming out from reebok later this week, "Fear the Stache" I have pics that were leaked. They're great.
Quote from: SunMo on April 28, 2010, 09:46:47 PM
what an abortion of a saturday start time
its actually perfect if it doesnt go into overtime
they forced it in there, it should be Sunday or Friday. Saturday is a sacred event. Horseees running around, and the sacrifice at the tend of the race.
you complete me
i take it all back......it is an awful start time...i was thinking the phils game started at four...farg me...well i can guarantee unless its two goals or more in the third im not going into the game
you're gonna skip the beginning of the legendary Doc/BIG PELF matchup?
(http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/PhillyGirl1437/93036648.jpg)
you gotta be kidding me, he straightened his hair ? please kill him god.
Why couldn't he have taken a puck to the face or broke his foot.
He's dead to me.
seriously, who has access to that locker room ? someone put hemlock in his powerade dammit !
new reebok tshirts
(http://nhl.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/p7837974dt.jpg)
where is the one you said was great
Quote from: SD on April 29, 2010, 12:34:38 PM
Why couldn't he have taken a puck to the face or broke his foot.
or his neck.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 29, 2010, 01:16:51 PM
where is the one you said was great
on its way to your house. I get these for free from my boy, and its a shteinload better than the other ones out there. I'll get on making a Giroux one.
save em for munson
ill stick with my jeff keith 'ready to rock' free b they have been handing out before each playoff game
I still have my "Lighting only strikes once but Hextall strikes twice" T-shirt autographed by the man himself.
horns up baby
(http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!BrRbdLwCGk~$(KGrHqEH-DUEvErMGq1nBLy8GpePZg~~_12.JPG)
great, now can we get back to the hartnell must die discussion ?
both of those shirts are white trashtastic
Quote from: SD on April 29, 2010, 01:28:57 PM
I still have my "Lighting only strikes once but Hextall strikes twice" T-shirt autographed by the man himself.
haha! I have that one signed too. I was such a dork. When I babysat for him and Diane's kids one night, I brought it :paranoid
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 29, 2010, 01:31:00 PM
horns up baby
(http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!BrRbdLwCGk~$(KGrHqEH-DUEvErMGq1nBLy8GpePZg~~_12.JPG)
holy farging shtein. if anyone on earth was going to have that atrocious piece of shtein shirt, i thought for sure it would be munson.
and now you post it.
hahahahaha...
automatic 2 week ban from :CF for being lame and a month for being in any way munson-like.
Why would I ever own that shirt?
I've never owned any of those types of shirts for any philly team. I stick to jerseys and generic T's. I'd much rather have the Carcillo one.
That shirt would be better if it was a picture of Carcillo throwing up the horns after his fight during the winter classic.
you'd own it for obvious reasons, munson. no need to expand on that. just accept it and move on...
No.
to own it youd actually have to go to a game which eliminates munson
and i actually own two....but will never wear either one...unfortunately my girl absolutely loves it
Is she going to make you wear a Tebow jersey too?
if she wants her eye dotted
Quote from: Munson on April 29, 2010, 10:49:23 PM
Why would I ever own that shirt?
I've never owned any of those types of shirts for any philly team. I stick to T-shirts with cutoff sleeves and wife beaters.
purchased for 50 cents from the salvation army store, no doubt.
Well, they suck so far. At least I'm not listening to Jack Edwards.
Wow, Boston's D is atrocious. Is Rask really that good?
not a good start.
the rust is really evident today.
The Flyers are being outworked, plain and simple. It's like they think they're playing a lazy Devils team again.
And props to the refs for just letting them play. I've seen 3 or 4 ticky tack shtein on both sides that's gone uncalled. Amazing how different the games called when there are no superstars on the ice.
score motherfargers!
Did Carcillo just playfully grab that guys throat? What a f'n weirdo.
Quote from: NGM on May 01, 2010, 01:46:49 PM
Did Carcillo just playfully grab that guys throat? What a f'n weirdo.
I'm guessing that's what got him the extra penalty.
Pronger! Luca Sbisa sucked anyway.
tie it up on this power play before the intermission you Hoydas.
that was a listless power play. and i don't know if i've said this before but what is kimmo timmonen doing on the power play? that's like having a frenchman leading the charge at bastogne.
Kimmo is the least of their issues on the PP when one of your units consists of Asham, Hartnell, and Leino.
Briere is a worthless piece of trash. I can't stand him.
farg.
farging Briere.
They're sluggish.
Gawd.
farg yeah Briere...
Briere! Thats some tasty crow.
holy shtein.
fo fo
They're sucking a bit less right now.
Boucher just save their collective asses.
about 30 times.
you guys seem miserable
It's refreshing.
Farger.
Quote from: KDS on May 01, 2010, 03:33:53 PM
you guys seem miserable
We are now.
Unfortunately, the sucktastic Flyers came back in the overtime.
there is nothing worse than boston in this universe.
nothing.
Bums.
lol 16 shots for Boston 4 for the flyers in ot.. that's just terrible.
i need to let it marinate...but that might have been a top 3 hockey game ever for me
i dont care what happens this series and the flyers are probably gonna lose cause they are so out manned but their team has more heart than any philly team in quite a while...laviolette is a genius in getting these guys to play like they are
i mean at one point their PP forwards were reemsdyke asham and leino
Even if they make it past Boston, they'll be lucky to salvage a game vs. the Pens. Even without Staal the Pens are far and away the best team in the East. And as much as it pains me to say it they'll probably repeat.
I'm semi-optimistic regarding their future where before I thought it'd be bleak.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 01, 2010, 08:04:46 PM
i need to let it marinate...but that might have been a top 3 hockey game ever for me
i dont care what happens this series and the flyers are probably gonna lose cause they are so out manned but their team has more heart than any philly team in quite a while...laviolette is a genius in getting these guys to play like they are
i mean at one point their PP forwards were reemsdyke asham and leino
this
i dont know why people were getting their panties into a bunch today
this team blows. you know they blow. they went to overtime of game 1 and yet you whine.
seriously what do you expect.
Quote from: KDS on May 01, 2010, 08:55:40 PM
this team blows. you know they blow.
Jesus Christ, go away already. They do not blow. What is wrong with you?
im sorry
they are good enough to barely make the playoffs and win should the right matchup come up. they are not a cup contender. this much we know.
thus, getting all upset over a loss like this = silly susans
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 01, 2010, 09:34:48 PM
Quote from: KDS on May 01, 2010, 08:55:40 PM
this team blows. you know they blow.
Jesus Christ, go away already. They do not blow. What is wrong with you?
blow might be to strong but they arent good at all...and the fact that they are still playing and competing like they are is incredible
not to beat a dead horse and get pg screaming at me again (though lets admit it, she loves it/me), but flyer fans are massive homers and overrate their team with unparalleled consistency.
yea yea it sucks to lose to boston bla bla bla but theyre playing with house money
yeah they are incredible stepfords...sb is off the charts...but at the same time their fanbase is incredible and a flyer playoff game is an atmosphere that cant be matched in most of sports much less this city
2001 sixers
probably the best string of philly crowds ever
problem is they dont have a tenth of the loyal following the flyers have, so it takes a team like that to bring out the goods
i was at the bucks sixers game seven and it was absolute bedlam...one of my all time favorite sporting events in my life..but it was still a game seven to get to a finals....have the same scenario for the flyers and the scene is not even close...flyers win easily
Quote from: KDS on May 02, 2010, 02:03:28 AM
not to beat a dead horse and get pg screaming at me again (though lets admit it, she loves it/me), but flyer fans are massive homers and overrate their team with unparalleled consistency.
yea yea it sucks to lose to boston bla bla bla but theyre playing with house money
Flyers (and the fans) are the taterskins of the NHL
Quote from: SD on May 02, 2010, 06:30:32 AM
Quote from: KDS on May 02, 2010, 02:03:28 AM
not to beat a dead horse and get pg screaming at me again (though lets admit it, she loves it/me), but flyer fans are massive homers and overrate their team with unparalleled consistency.
yea yea it sucks to lose to boston bla bla bla but theyre playing with house money
Flyers (and the fans) are the taterskins of the NHL
wow thats strong...and never ever would have thought youd bring it like that...unless youre being facetious...which i dont think...
I just watched the game on delay and I want to strangle Briere, hug Pronger and dry hump Boucher.
Fighting back three time from 2-goal deficits shows a lot of heart but their lack of skill up front and bone-headed defensive lapses ultimately killed them. Whatever. Fun game.
Quote from: KDS on May 02, 2010, 02:43:36 AM
2001 sixers
probably the best string of philly crowds ever
problem is they dont have a tenth of the loyal following the flyers have, so it takes a team like that to bring out the goods
for someone who was about 12 during that time i find it hard to believe you have any recollection whatsoever.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 02, 2010, 06:37:09 AM
Quote from: SD on May 02, 2010, 06:30:32 AM
Quote from: KDS on May 02, 2010, 02:03:28 AM
not to beat a dead horse and get pg screaming at me again (though lets admit it, she loves it/me), but flyer fans are massive homers and overrate their team with unparalleled consistency.
yea yea it sucks to lose to boston bla bla bla but theyre playing with house money
Flyers (and the fans) are the taterskins of the NHL
wow thats strong...and never ever would have thought youd bring it like that...unless youre being facetious...which i dont think...
[Not that I expect you to remember] but this isn't the first time I've said it (see immediately after the Pronger trade). The organization likes to trade away draft picks for veterans who are past their prime and the fans clamor for the glory years and won't move on. The homerism and delusion of Flyers fans is just as bad as Skins fans. They both have a Sni(y)der running shtein.
Quote from: Rome on May 02, 2010, 10:21:40 AM
Quote from: KDS on May 02, 2010, 02:43:36 AM
2001 sixers
probably the best string of philly crowds ever
problem is they dont have a tenth of the loyal following the flyers have, so it takes a team like that to bring out the goods
for someone who was about 12 during that time i find it hard to believe you have any recollection whatsoever.
theres a really easy joke in there but im not gonna bother. lets just say that i was 14, there for a game each series, and its not that hard to remember things that happened 9 years ago. you senile old racist. damnit. i thought i wasnt gonna bother.
Sturm tore his ACL and MCL yesterday and is done for 6 months
I hate you hartnell
bouchers first goal probably should have been stopped but the last goal was simply horrid...he might be finally coming back down to earth
what a shot by briere
that was nice.. i still hate you hartnell.
Too many men on the ice in a 2-2 game in the 3rd period is inexcusable.
killed it off and then got another penalty. great.
lol at that last goal.. sloppy terrible. stick pronger in goal
All 3 goals Boucher gave up were horrendus, the 3rd being the worst. He's reverted back to his late regular season form. He's not seeing shtein and his position sucks.
I wonder how Brent Celek feels about Boucher?
Let's ask him!
I would ask Brent if he could beat Boucher in a 1v1 street fight but since Boucher obviously can't see anything we already know the answer.
The forwards all looked completely exhausted and useless in the third period (Giroux being the exception). If that is indicative of anything [IGY]I wouldn't be surprised if they end up getting swept.[/IGY]
Quote from: rjs246 on May 03, 2010, 09:48:06 PM
The forwards all looked completely exhausted and useless in the third period (Giroux being the exception). If that is indicative of anything [IGY]I wouldn't be surprised if they end up getting swept.[/IGY]
agreed. They're missing Carter and Gagne something fierce.
I think they're missing Laperriere just as much.
I think their missing a professional goalie.
I think they're missing a lead
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 03, 2010, 09:49:56 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on May 03, 2010, 09:48:06 PM
The forwards all looked completely exhausted and useless in the third period (Giroux being the exception). If that is indicative of anything [IGY]I wouldn't be surprised if they end up getting swept.[/IGY]
agreed. They're missing Carter and Gagne something fierce.
they are clearly outmanned but its not like boston hasnt gone without some of their best players
the difference is the flyers already had upwards of six 4th liners/minor leaguers in their lineup even when healthy...so when a gagne and carter go out its gets exacerbated to levels you cant over come
of course goalie is a whole other thing...boucher got lucky playing a team in the first round who didnt have a pulse and despised their coach...all you need to know about bb is that people were raving about him last game and he gave up FIVE goals
depressing part is boston isnt even that good and they dont have a goalie either...if the flyers even had one of their good not great teams from the past they could make the cup this year with all the doors that have opened (top 3 seends losing) and their not being even close to a great team in the east
Quote from: Rome on May 03, 2010, 09:55:30 PM
I think they're missing Laperriere just as much.
no they dont miss a 4th liner penalty killer...would i rather have him than jared ross of course...but the results dont come near changing...and with gagne and carter out id much rather have leino in the lineup than lappy
if you ever played the game like mpmcgraw played pro baseball you'd know how much they miss him.
they have lost two one goal games and in those games given up 1 ppg and outhit boston by a fairly wide margin
nothing he does would have made even a little bit of a difference...game one was a classic they just didnt come out on top...they needed a couple saves made last night and/or one or two more timely goals in the series and they are at worst tied one one...lappy is giving them neither of those things
again i would rather have him than not and i like the guy a lot...but they arent missing him to any great extent
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=5160508
wtf?
They talked about it during the game. You could see Carcillo pointing to the refs saying he bit me.
On a side note: The versus announcers were by far the worst announcers of any game I have ever listened to anywhere at anytime.
They were brutal.
it's been rumored that savard likes hard fleshy things in his mouth, i guess not during a game though.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 04, 2010, 09:19:41 AM
They were brutal.
I'd also like to reiterate the refs have called a good series. Penalties have been evenly called and they've cut down on the ticky tack shtein. Again, it's night and day when neither team has a superstar, it's like the NBA to a lesser degree...primarily because in hockey they take shifts.
That being said, the Versus announcers crying about Carcillo nailing Savard and not getting a penalty was ridiculously dumb. When a goalie has a puck in his glove and a forward wails his glove with his stick you punch the motherfarger in the face. These are unwritten rules in hockey and I'm glad the refs recognized this and assessed a penalty like they did.
they were brutal because the color guy was andy brickley who is the bruins color man with jack edwards...we all know about jack edwards...but brickley is his right hand man and a disgraceful homer in his own right
even allowing him to do the game is beyond me...basically imagine being a bruin fan and versus has coatsy do the color last night
joe b on the play by play is ok but he slowly morphing into another emerick
yeah, how the farg they put that crew together amazed me. They love doing it though with Benniati/Doc and now NESN guys giving them their own games. And IGY is right about Brickley, Edwards gets most of the NESN blame, but Brickley is worse. The color guys are normally idiots, Brickley makes JJ look impartial
50 minutes until BSB....cant wait...hollaration
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 04, 2010, 09:07:55 PM
50 minutes until BSB....cant wait...hollaration
Backstreet Boys? I knew there was something wrong with you.
Is that what BSB stands for? I mean, I went through a couple of things that it could be in my head and had a hard time believing that that was it...
It would explain a lot wouldn't it?
I don't have enough psychology degrees to answer that question.
CSN New England (http://www.csnne.com/05/04/10/Lucic-leads-Bs-in-a-heated-3-2-win-over-/v1_landing.html?blockID=228283&feedID=3352)
QuoteMike Richards -- who nearly ruined the season of Florida's David Booth early in the year with a borderline hit that caused a serious concussion - - had his own gentlemanly message as Savard entered the penalty box, a threat heard by more than one person within earshot on the ice at the time.
"You were out for six weeks?" yelled Richards toward the penalty box, referring to Savard's career-threatening concussion. "We'll put you out for another six weeks."
Savard of course was doing plenty of chirping on the ice himself to get things that heated, but that's the level the Flyers have stooped to after two games in which the B's found answers for every one of Philly's questions.
God.
Savard said that never happened.
QuoteAccording to one report, the Flyers' Mike Richards was overheard yelling to Savard while he was in the penalty box that Philadelphia planned on putting him out another six weeks, referring to Savard's six-week hiatus due to a Grade 2 concussion.
"He never said that to me," Savard said Tuesday. "I don't know where that came from."
Conspiracy?
CONSPIRACY!
Savard also says he didn't bite Carcillo. Athletes. Can't trust them.
god that was farging amazing
ah....Broad Street Bullies
forgot it was on....gotta check it out
That was farging good. I learned a lot from watching it. I never knew they played the Soviet Army team.
Um what?
Quote from: SunMo on May 05, 2010, 10:19:46 AM
Um what?
:-D Kind of what went through my head too.
I DVRed it....looking forward to watching it this weekend. :yay
even i knew that and i "hate" hockey
the old boosh is back, nice hit by Richards though. He had a zesty regular season, but he really stepped it up in the playoffs
Coburn and Hartnell are on my list. This team is just awful to watch right now.
People to get rid of immediately after they're swept:
Boucher
Hartnell
Coburn
Gagne
Briere
Holmgren
I'm sure there's more but these 6 are the first to come to mind
accentuate the positive:
rangers killed off
devils killed off
won't get eliminated by the pens again
Exactly right.
No Carter, no Gagne and no legit goalie = no chance against the Bruins.
Quote from: SD on May 05, 2010, 09:36:17 PM
People to get rid of immediately after they're swept:
Boucher
Hartnell
Coburn
Gagne
Briere
Holmgren
I'm sure there's more but these 6 are the first to come to mind
Unfortunately, most (if not all) of them will be back.
worse than that (except briere whos in the same class) is timonen and pronger both will be 36 next season and are still signed forever
holmgren has buried this franchise in a hole that they will not be out of for literally like ten years
might as well just ride everyones deals out for the next five years and then start from scratch
just at least get rid of hartnell so the team will just simply suck instead of being hatable and sucking
oh and theres still no goalie anywhere in sight
looks like the focus goes entirely to the phils in a couple of days.
btw, seeing hartnell and carcillo with richards last night on a line together was an awesome sight.
more or less awesome than a leino, powe, asham power play unit?
Quote from: SunMo on May 06, 2010, 09:12:57 AM
more or less awesome than a leino, powe, asham power play unit?
Nothing on the face of the Earth is less awesome than that abortion.
how about hartnell and reemsdyke having a combined two goals in their last 64 games played
hartnell is just an abortion.
i'll give reemer a pass because of being a rook, but they really did need him to step up
A 21 year old kid in his first full season and playoffs gets a pass. Hartnell on the other hand is my least favorite Flyer of all time. If you constructed a player that was everything wrong with the Flyers he'd be the prototype.
Quote from: SD on May 06, 2010, 09:34:35 AM
A 21 year old kid in his first full season and playoffs gets a pass. Hartnell on the other hand is my least favorite Flyer of all time. If you constructed a player that was everything wrong with the Flyers he'd be the prototype.
This... JVR is a kid still. Sure i wish they got Pat Kane but the flyers lost that Lotto and they couldnt control that. Hartnell is an aborotion of a human. He supposedly goes to the brass and tells them that hockey is all he has and please dont bench him because of the personal shtein he has going on. Yet he goes out and is the worst player on the ice night in night out. He's nowhere this bad, but he's worse than Cole Hamels was last year as far as bitching out. Stone hands, no balance, and retarded hair is no way to go thru life.
He has nothing except millions of dollars and is somewhat of a celebrity. Poor guy. I'd switch places with him (minus his looks) any day of the week. I could probably score as many goals as he does and I've never ice skated in my life.
yeah reemer being a rookie does get him some slack. the kids has skills though, may help having better people on the line with him. this team is riddled with utter horse shtein and as igy pointed out there is no relief in sight and it's a shame because the flyers do have some good young talent. especially giroux.
a 21 year old 3rd round pick maybe gets a pass...he was the number 2 overall pick in the draft three years ago
tyler ennis is younger was called up by buffalo with like a month left in the season and played way better than reemsdyke down the stretch and even had four pts in the boston series
blame the flyers because he shouldnt have been in the league...blame the flyers because he never should have been drafted that high....but you cant give him a pass because hes 21...hes was a disgrace the last three months and should have been in adirondack...or up in the press box....or in a volcano with hartnell
and there you have it
called up by buffalo with like a month left in the season
you just said it. The kid played College Hockey, he's not used to the grueling schedule. He farged up by not going to JR's and going to NH. But hey, lets trade him for a 4th round pick. I trust your hockey observations like i would trust Andy Reid guarding hot dog stand.
he's a power forward though, which are historically longer to develop. LeClair went to college for 4 years and still wasn't a stud when he got drafted, it took him a few years to develop and be the player he became.
You're wrong sun, he's 21 and should step right in and dominate since he was the 2nd overall pick.
no just have more than 1 goal in his last 1000 games
and while 21 is not old...its certainly not a reason a player should be as hideous as he was...its not like he was drafted last year...plus he was the number 2 pick for god sakes
shtein the best 14 year old in the world could get more than a couple pts the last half of an nhl season like reemer did
LMAO... Here's a good comparison i just saw on FP
While I'm not his biggest fan, here is what a super star player picked around where JVR was in a different year, did in his rookie year.
Gp-79
G-23
A-23
Pts-46
By the way JVR had
Gp-78
G-15
A-20
Pts-35
Anyone want to guess the player?
Scott Hartnell
(http://www.the-icebox.com/CaptainHyperbole!.jpg)
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 06, 2010, 10:06:11 AM
LMAO... Here's a good comparison i just saw on FP
While I'm not his biggest fan, here is what a super star player picked around where JVR was in a different year, did in his rookie year.
Gp-79
G-23
A-23
Pts-46
By the way JVR had
Gp-78
G-15
A-20
Pts-35
Anyone want to guess the player?
i dont even wanna know it will make me laugh and throw up all at the same time
but i will guess the author of the post...a flyer homer?
Stamkos. He was 18 but the principal is the same. First year rookie drafted in the same area except stamkos got more minutes since he was on a zesty team. Congrats on going back to your Homer schtick. I knew the second I go and say don't give up on a 21 year old rookie power forward I'd get smacked with a Homer label.
reemer is by far the least of this team's worries.
No. Its all him.
Here's a forward that was the #2 overall pick and was 20 years old in his rookie year:
Regular season = 78 games, 33 goals, 52 assists, 85 points
Playoffs = 5 games, 0 goals, 4 assists, team lost in the first round in 5 games
Malkin sucks.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 06, 2010, 10:42:42 AM
Stamkos. He was 18 but the principal is the same. First year rookie drafted in the same area except stamkos got more minutes since he was on a zesty team. Congrats on going back to your Homer schtick. I knew the second I go and say don't give up on a 21 year old rookie power forward I'd get smacked with a Homer label.
if you have seen both play comparing stamkos to reemer in even the most minute way (even in their rookie years) smacks of some of the greatest homerism ive ever seen in my life
some people dont belong in the same discussion...
lolololol and then easy tops it by bringing up malkin (if you are joking easy i apologize)
THIS is why normal people cant have discussions with flyer fans
Quote from: smeags on May 06, 2010, 10:45:54 AM
reemer is by far the least of this team's worries.
not even close...but either is hartnell...at the same time because hartnell is ten times worse doesnt mean reemer wasnt an abomination the last half of the year
he's nowhere near the same level as Malkin.....just pointing out that a #2 overall pick can struggle in the playoffs in his rookie year and it doesn't guarantee he's a bust. In fact, most of the #2 picks of the 2000s have done well in the playoffs. You're just mad that he's not Patrick Kane....
did malkin have like four points the last 40 games of his rookie season?
shtein im mad hes not ovechkin
kane isnt even that good
hes just light years better than reemer
at this point id take hartnells career out of him
why bother discussing this with you, you've made up your mind he's a bust at 21 when he hit that rookie wall where he had only played 32 games a year in college. Well Done. I'll bookmark this discussion
too little too late.. i guess its nice to see them not roll over at home. i guess.
You just knew the Bruins were going to tie it.
yep
They really should just lose it, no point in letting Boston get the win at home. Thats such a recchi like goal.
i can honestly say i'm not surprised at all.
haha, can they just end this already? :-D
they'd rather torture the fans
Gagne OT winner
Don't everyone get all excited at once
meh, now the Bruins can celebrate at home.
Hartnell showed up
1-0
now their shutting it down and playing sloppy again. yet another pp wasted.
the goal was switched from Hartnell to Leino
Boucher is hurting.
wasn't even aware leighton was back. yeah, he's done he's not putting any pressure at all on it.
@#& Parent fell on Boucher's leg and bent it backwards
oh, wow.. its his first game back since the injury in his first playoff game. and now a PP for boston to start him off. i reckon he gives up sixty eight or so goals.
end of world as we know it.
that'll count
Did Hartnell just figure out that the team was still in the playoffs? He is a stylishly dressed young man.
Quote from: FastFreddie on May 10, 2010, 08:33:46 PM
Did Hartnell just figure out that the team was still in the playoffs? He is a stylishly dressed young man.
I'm thinking his wife finally gave him some
Best player on the ice tonight is Leino
this is what they showed for Laperrier at the game the other night...it was just on TV as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHryOulPMaA
I actually have more confidence in a cold Leighton then I ever do Boucher.
Gagne = GAWD
Sorry IGY.
Giroux not on the bench and possibly hurt?
Nice to see Boston fans showing their class and throwing things on the ice at the Flyers.
If it was in Philly, it'd be one of the top stories on ESPN later tonight. Instead it'll get a passing mention.
It won't get a mention.
wow, that was just...I can't even put it into words. That was farging terrible.
Please tell me they're not only sending Richards to the box on that.
Unbelievable.
No, they have a PP.
Pens losing 4-2
why is there no fighting yet. they should slash the farging goalie in the neck for that shtein.
That was just an absolute mugging. I hope Richards gets out of the box and shoves his fist down Savards throat.
not sure why there was no response to that.. with a 4 goal lead in garbage time.
Risk of suspension for a game 6?
i meant something like carcillo just did. maybe a little more. richards just got mugged by two guys and they won't be suspended.
Richards didn't come back on the ice.
WTF is wrong with Giroux, he left the game too?
Boston Romes booing. farg them.
Giroux was shoved head first into the boards by Begin. It was around PP #5 or 6
first time the Flyers have forced a game 6 when down 3-0, and it's the first combined shutout in the NHL in 55 years :yay
Giroux was just shook up I think he's going to be fine. Richards too.
Best thing to happen in this game (besides the win) was Boucher getting hurt.
early rumors are a knee sprain for Boucher
lol what?
if boucher is so bad how are they at game 6 of the ec semis? and how could his backup be any better?
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 10, 2010, 09:41:49 PM
early rumors are a better goalie in net for the flyers for the rest of the series
leighton was obviously better during the regular season before his injury.. hard to say now what you'll get since this is his first playoffs and he's had a long layoff. i don't think he'll be any worst.. but perhaps has the ability to steal a game which they will need if they have any illusion of taking this.
Quote from: KDS on May 10, 2010, 09:42:19 PM
lol what?
if boucher is so bad how are they at game 6 of the ec semis? and how could his backup be any better?
Boucher has been awful this series, to put it in perspective he was 1-3 this series and his save pct. was .865 and his GAA is up a goal, last series he was 4-1 with a .940 save pct. Tonight was his first decent night in net. Boucher did well last series because he was in position and didn't give easy rebounds, that's Leighton's strength. Leighton's an all around better goalie.
just reported....sprained MCLs in both knees
oh well
couldn't have happened at a better time. kind of weird this was leightons first day suiting back up.
Quote from: KDS on May 10, 2010, 09:42:19 PM
lol what?
if boucher is so bad how are they at game 6 of the ec semis? and how could his backup be any better?
really? Leighton was the starter...today was his 1st game back from injury.
i have no idea who leighton is and only no booch because of 2001
who was backing up him before? vanbeisbrouck?
Emery was the starter and went down with Injury
Leighton came in and is one of the main reasons they even were in a position to make the playoffs but he went down with injury
Boucher came back and stepped in when Leighton went down.
Leighton came back from injury TODAY and got thrown in there after Boucher went down.
who was backing up boucher before
please say roman checkmanek or peter white
I'm 99% sure it was Cechmanek
Chechmanek, I believe.
They both thought they were starters so one got shipped away, the other one stayed and well, we know how that went.
wait roman checkmanek was on the flyers yesterday before being cut for leighton? no friggin way
Why are you idiots trying to explain this to toddrick?
if your talking about who was backing him up this season before leighton got back today it was a forfeit.
Get Hextall. He has great kids.
btw game 6 doesn't start until 8:00 and anyone outside Philly/Boston will get the 3rd period on VERSUS after Habs/Pens game 7
Quote from: SunMo on May 10, 2010, 10:43:45 PM
Why are you idiots trying to explain this to toddrick?
because i dont get how someone can go from the mvp of the nj series to everyone wanting them out two days later in favor of someone named michael leighton.
Because Leighton gave them a run much longer then the week and a half Boucher gave them, and everyone knows Boucher was bound to begin his losing ways again. Which he did.
Quote from: KDS on May 10, 2010, 10:56:13 PM
Quote from: SunMo on May 10, 2010, 10:43:45 PM
Why are you idiots trying to explain this to toddrick?
because i dont get how someone can go from the mvp of the nj series to everyone wanting them out two days later in favor of someone named michael leighton.
Because despite what you were told by your idol/big brother igy, Boucher did indeed play 'out of his mind' last series. This series he's back to being the crappy goalie that we all saw down the stretch this season.
Season's over.
Time to move on.
No way this happens
as far as JVR Goes
They mentioned during the TSN broadcast, this was his 88th game of the year. His previous high? 45games. Definitely a bust
Leino may be slow as mud but he controls the puck really well. He definitely should get a spot in the top 9 next year.
Quote from: SunMo on May 11, 2010, 08:44:34 AM
Leino may be slow as mud but he controls the puck really well. He definitely should get a spot in the top 9 next year.
He's garbage and its a travishamockery he's on the PP
If it does happen it would be the biggest sports story in Philly since the Soul won the AFL title.
Quote from: Rome on May 11, 2010, 09:30:46 AM
If it does happen it would be the biggest sports story in Philly since the Soul won the AFL title.
nothing will top that parade
Quote from: Rome on May 11, 2010, 09:30:46 AM
If it does happen it would be the biggest sports story in Philly since the Soul won the AFL title.
That was so big they just had to fold the league afterwards, because nothing they ever would do would top it.
Anyone interested in game 6 tickets? Buddy of mine has tickets but can't go.
Section 215, rows 12, 13, 14, 15, aisle seats. $180/pr. PM me if interested.
Edit - 3 pair left.
boucher is weak in the knees like swv
He can hardly speak?
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 11, 2010, 10:02:50 AM
Quote from: Rome on May 11, 2010, 09:30:46 AM
If it does happen it would be the biggest sports story in Philly since the Soul won the AFL title.
nothing will top that parade
the last devil's parade sure didn't.
so do the flyers force a game 7 ?
Quote from: smeags on May 12, 2010, 04:14:58 PM
so do the flyers force a game 7 ?
of course.
And then Lose in Boston.
don't get ahead of yourself.
Its just the Philly way of setting us up for disappointment.
i don't think they get back to boston.. leighton is still going to be rusty which will show more over the course of an entire game.
I find myself wanting the Penguins to lose tonight more than I want the Flyers to win.
Is there a site out there streaming the game for free? I hate not living in Philly.
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 12, 2010, 07:07:29 PM
Is there a site out there streaming the game for free? I hate not living in Philly.
I paid 20 bucks to stream the playoff games from the NHL and I'm happy with the product. You can probably find it for free on http://justin.tv though.
Not on until 8 tonight.
Give me your password? :)
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 06:52:31 PM
I find myself wanting the Penguins to lose tonight more than I want the Flyers to win.
haha, I was just thinking the same thing
You guys are retarded.
atdhe.net
Holy shtein. Really? I love you easy.
Droppin' Knowledge.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 12, 2010, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 06:52:31 PM
I find myself wanting the Penguins to lose tonight more than I want the Flyers to win.
haha, I was just thinking the same thing
3-0 canadiens under 4 minutes into the second period. pittsburgh's gonna take this game like a sucker punch to crosby's dick sucking mouth.
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 08:10:52 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 12, 2010, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 06:52:31 PM
I find myself wanting the Penguins to lose tonight more than I want the Flyers to win.
haha, I was just thinking the same thing
3-0 canadiens under 4 minutes into the second period. pittsburgh's gonna take this game like a sucker punch to crosby's dick sucking mouth.
4-0. Pittsburgh will probably be on the power play the rest of the game.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 12, 2010, 07:44:56 PM
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 06:52:31 PM
I find myself wanting the Penguins to lose tonight more than I want the Flyers to win.
haha, I was just thinking the same thing
The TSN announcer just said it too. :-D
RICHARDS
Richards!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 12, 2010, 08:13:13 PM
4-0. Pittsburgh will probably be on the power play the rest of the game.
4-2 :paranoid
What the farg was that whistle for???
What's with all the falling down?
Boston has pretty much dominated the last 20 minutes of this game.
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 09:17:38 PM
Boston has pretty much dominated the last 20 minutes of this game.
Yeah, they're winning just about every race to the puck. The Flyers are doing a pretty good job of keeping their shots to the perimeter, but they can't last much longer like this.
5-2 Habs.
BRIERE YOU LITTLE shtein
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 12, 2010, 09:20:22 PM
5-2 Habs.
Some friends of mine are down at Mellon Arena tonight. Sweet, sweet schadenfreude. Shutting that zesty arena down with a big ol' choke job.
LOL Pens.
WTF with these farging injuries?
Betts shoulder = worse condition than mine
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 12, 2010, 09:49:50 PM
Betts shoulder = worse condition than mine
Yeah, that shoulder was just hanging there. I would think he's done.
how did that even happen?
wow that was a HORRID call.
it was a glancing blindside blow on the boards.
great start to the period....
Betts back on the bench!
nothing a lil tape can't fix.
Game's on VS for those who are out of market right now (Die Hard)
It's nice to get away from the choppy feed on sopcast.
Ugh, PP Bruins.
Went to the bar for first 2 periods..back at home now and super glad to hear jacksons voice.
That icing was a crap call.
A penalty shot for that?
great save on the PS.
i liked the staredown rask gave leino afterwards. first bit of emotion boston has shown in three games.
Seriously, Chara is the biggest Hoyda ever.
oh boy
Quote from: Die-Hard on April 14, 2010, 10:31:36 PM
1 down, 15 to go. There, I said it. Lets go Flyers.
9 more..
Holy shtein, game 7 LOL
6th team in NHL history to be down 3-0 and force a 7th game
awesome
Leighton hasn't seemed too rusty.
Pens losing plus Bruins fans sweating = heaven.
Oh no doubt. I'm just trying not to get ahead of myself here.
But its the American way.
Jinxer.
Any update on Betts?
I said...
The Season Is Over And It's Time To Move On, You iceholes.
:boom
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 12, 2010, 11:13:44 PM
Any update on Betts?
Apparently Holmgren expects him to play game 7.
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 10:45:57 PM
Leighton hasn't seemed too rusty.
The best thing to happen in this series was Boucher getting injured, this series is probably over if Leighton's in net from game 1.
So it's the #1 and 2 seed in the West, and possibly the #7 and 8 seed in the East. Makes sense.
hockey doesnt matter but millions of bostonians are miserable so this is awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwesome
go flyers go
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 12, 2010, 10:36:49 PM
6th team in NHL history to be down 3-0 and force a 7th game
First 0-3 team to even force a Game 7 since 1975. Wow.
so, where's igy been ?
my bad...i go to games (not concerts)
I haven't been a big hockey fan over the last few years, but it is so hard not to like this team. They have no business being where they are at right now with all the injuries they have had and yet they still find a way to keep winning.
ha
Yeah I have a feeling that the Bruins will win tomorrow by some disgustingly lopsided amount. Like 6-1. But I'll still be watching.
flyers force game 7, penguins blow a 3-2 lead and get rolled in their last game ever at the old arena.
everything else is icing on the cake
Quote from: rjs246 on May 13, 2010, 01:59:42 PM
Yeah I have a feeling that the Bruins will win tomorrow by some disgustingly lopsided amount. Like 6-1. But I'll still be watching.
you know it.
I have the same feeling I had when the Mets blew their lead. Always skeptical but unreal if it happens.
flyers win 3-2
haha the defensive pessimism already begins
you guys have it so, so rough. i feel so sorry for you all.
the flyers will win this game. its the todd guarantee.
I will poop on your face. And it won't be a nice solid one, either.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 13, 2010, 02:41:58 PM
I will poop on your face. And it won't be a nice solid one, either.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xbOeDVAIcrA/Rlja5ndyUXI/AAAAAAAAAYI/BkD5a1BgQfE/s400/bird_poop.jpg)
Pffft. Like I need lessons.
you all sound worse than boston fans
anyway they will probably beat the frogs, too, so im guessing this means theyll make the cup finals. haha. roman checkmanek ftw
I'll go on record to say that I think there is no chance in hell they make the Cup Finals.
Not that that is a stretch or anything, and its not defensive pessimism. I honestly think they're just too hit by injury to win. Betts is a big loss...he's playing, but no way will he be his normal self. His shoulder is hanging on by a thread.
normally, yea
but a philly team is never losing to a bunch of frogs. sometimes it just comes down to that.
Quote from: KDS on May 13, 2010, 02:51:22 PM
normally, yea
but a philly team is never losing to a bunch of frogs. sometimes it just comes down to that.
1976 says hi.
now, here's a question....is Carter done? Or could he still come back if it were to go into next series?
He's done
Possibly ECF return.
Quote from: SD on May 13, 2010, 03:04:27 PM
He's done
Link? I saw 4-6 weeks. Gagne returned 2 weeks earlier than expected....
Rumor floating Gagne broke his foot again? this could just be someone baiting Eklund into making false reports like he has in the past.
Considering it was announced that he is playing (as is Betts) tomorrow night...I find that a little difficult to believe. He was also given the day off to rest, so it couldn't have happened in practice if it did.
Kate Smith gives me wood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xc-qEZ46Q)
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 13, 2010, 03:15:15 PM
Rumor floating Gagne broke his foot again? this could just be someone baiting Eklund into making false reports like he has in the past.
E 0
?
he was rested today, took a puck off the foot early, but played thru it. Let him sit, and shoot him up before the game, good to go
Quote from: SD on May 13, 2010, 02:22:51 PM
I have the same feeling I had when the Mets blew their lead.
So do I.
i have absolutely no feeling either way who will win tomorrow...im not sure how you could....the nhl playoffs are completely unpredictable....i do know i just put two bills on the boston moneyline tho
Last time you put 2 bills down on a Flyers game (that I know of) was game 7 vs. the Caps. Pack your bags for the conference finals boys.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 13, 2010, 05:31:48 PM
i have absolutely no feeling either way who will win tomorrow...im not sure how you could....the nhl playoffs are completely unpredictable....i do know i just put two bills on the boston moneyline tho
I would love to bet on you in a game of Russian roulette.
Quote from: SD on May 13, 2010, 06:04:25 PM
Last time you put 2 bills down on a Flyers game (that I know of) was game 7 vs. the Caps. Pack your bags for the conference finals boys.
uncanny memory
Quote from: Rome on May 13, 2010, 06:10:05 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 13, 2010, 05:31:48 PM
i have absolutely no feeling either way who will win tomorrow...im not sure how you could....the nhl playoffs are completely unpredictable....i do know i just put two bills on the boston moneyline tho
I would love to bet on you in a game of Russian roulette.
lol
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooouch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqUm54_yrGA)
They should have kept the camera on him a bit longer, he didn't look uncomfortable at all.
Quote from: SD on May 13, 2010, 03:27:54 PM
Kate Smith gives me wood (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8xc-qEZ46Q)
this would explain you drooling over the fat mom's that come along with the junior cheerleaders looking for money.
maybe I was drooling over the junior cheerleaders
no that was rome.
Tell me this doesn't get you fired up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxxmqfy4UI8&feature=related)
it would get me fired up if they didn't do it every other game
LETS GO!!
Quote from: SunMo on May 14, 2010, 09:05:03 AM
it would get me fired up if they didn't do it every other game
it does get old on tv...but god dammit if youre there its ridiculous everytime
(http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_155935e)
I don't want that clown rooting for the Flyers.
he said the same about you
Sheed and I are like oil and water, but we'll still hug if the Flyers win tonight.
doesn't look good.. they get down by more then 1 it's over.. and get the farg out of here hartnell you worthless piece of shtein
lol
so JVR and Hartnell making plays? wow.
Any comments on the no-goal call?
From what I read (missed that part of the 2nd) Comcast froze the replay with the puck over the line.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 14, 2010, 08:51:55 PM
Any comments on the no-goal call?
From what I read (missed that part of the 2nd) Comcast froze the replay with the puck over the line.
Unfortunately, I don't have Comcast, and VS (of course) didn't have that shot.
Les Bowen and some of the Philly.com guys are saying that if the Flyers lose, it goes down as the worst non-call since 1980 Leon Stickle.
Gagne!
Take that, you Puritan sons of bitches!
epic shtein goin down
holy shhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiii
Holy shtein!!!
haha YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Okay, back to being not excited and expecting nothing. Season's over, yada yada yada
Holy shtein, they did it!
That just happened.
Giroux is a monster. That 30 seconds he wasted off the clock might be the most insane 30 seconds of hockey I've ever seen.
PG, the VS announcers only made one reference to the non-goal after your original post on it, saying it was "absolutely" the right call.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 14, 2010, 09:41:16 PM
PG, the VS announcers only made one reference to the non-goal after your original post on it, saying it was "absolutely" the right call.
Aren't they Boston guys?
More importantly, we don't have to give a shtein if the call was right or not. My mind is utterly blown by this game and this series.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs638.snc3/31989_1410651782195_1109493202_31188022_1966806_n.jpg)
Holy shtein I'm out of breath after that game
Quote from: LBIggle on May 14, 2010, 07:20:39 PM
doesn't look good.. they get down by more then 1 it's over.. and get the farg out of here hartnell you worthless piece of shtein
crow. I motherfarging love it. pg on the comcast feed it looked like a goal on two of the angles. luckily it didn't matter for once. what's the chances on carter getting back now???
I have the comcast feed and I thought it was inconclusive
i cant even imagine how devastating that loss had to be for the B's.... team might have lost an entire generation of fans tonight :-D
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 14, 2010, 09:54:13 PM
i cant even imagine how devastating that loss had to be for the B's.... team might have lost an entire generation of fans tonight :-D
Its so sweet....can I post this again?
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs638.snc3/31989_1410651782195_1109493202_31188022_1966806_n.jpg)
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 13, 2010, 06:26:53 PM
Quote from: SD on May 13, 2010, 06:04:25 PM
Last time you put 2 bills down on a Flyers game (that I know of) was game 7 vs. the Caps. Pack your bags for the conference finals boys.
uncanny memory
Quote from: Rome on May 13, 2010, 06:10:05 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 13, 2010, 05:31:48 PM
i have absolutely no feeling either way who will win tomorrow...im not sure how you could....the nhl playoffs are completely unpredictable....i do know i just put two bills on the boston moneyline tho
I would love to bet on you in a game of Russian roulette.
lol
Just send me your money next time
I put $500 on this game on the Flyers.
In case you need help remembering why you hate the Canadiens. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxlTkbl5h4)
History was made commercial already done and on TV.
Will post it when someone gets it online.
Here's a still of the no-goal that someone posted on PSF:
(http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs305.snc3/28870_1430963263312_1509805433_1117910_485728_n.jpg)
Already in the infamous chokers gallery on FOX Sports. (http://msn.foxsports.com/nhl/lists/Infamous-chokers-gallery#sport=NHL&photo=11209306)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 14, 2010, 10:18:51 PM
Here's a still of the no-goal that someone posted on PSF:
That puck is still in the air, you never get a clear shot of it landing behind the line
Quote from: SD on May 14, 2010, 10:38:26 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 14, 2010, 10:18:51 PM
Here's a still of the no-goal that someone posted on PSF:
That puck is still in the air, you never get a clear shot of it landing behind the line
Yeah, I can't blame the officials for calling that a no goal. It's not conclusive enough to change the call to me.
My dislike of hockey aside, coming back from 0-3 to win a series is awesome. The fact that it's against Boston gives me wood.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 14, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
My dislike of hockey aside, coming back from 0-3 to win a series is awesome. The fact that it's against Boston gives me wood.
And coming back from 0-3 in the GAME too.
Hartnell looks like farging Hurley on Lost with that beard.
Here is the one that aired on CSN tonight....waiting to find an actual online version of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwrNBQdZtMg
and here is a pretty good one someone made up real fast:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3DhRcBCQD4
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 14, 2010, 10:54:50 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 14, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
My dislike of hockey aside, coming back from 0-3 to win a series is awesome. The fact that it's against Boston gives me wood.
And coming back from 0-3 in the GAME too.
Oh shtein, you serious? Didn't watch and I saw the final score on my phone but never looked to see how the game played out. That makes it about 1000000x more awesome. Almost wish I were a hockey fan so I could enjoy it more.
point blank.......i lost 200 bucks tonight
The todd guarantee wins again
Bow down to my awesome shrine
can you guarantee a win sunday night when im there?
Not until I get a read on the series
I'm feellin good tho, but this could easily be a letdown/they are out of gas
I really like them to win the series. Trust me on that. Hockey!
double ll's following a double e is always classic
Amazing win. Not much else to say here.
Let the bitching begin:
Quote"That's a terrible call," said Recchi. "In a 3-3 series in a Game 7, you don't make that call. It was a terrible call. Terrible judgment [on the linesman's] part."
Dude, you had SIX PLAYERS PLAYING THE PUCK. Not in the middle of a line change, you had 6 guys actively playing the puck. That doesn't get called and you get a goal, then what? All is okay? farg you Recchi.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs544.ash1/31789_1411035231781_1109493202_31189762_5666499_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs634.snc3/31789_1411033671742_1109493202_31189760_1187715_n.jpg)
are rjs and sunmo okay? LOL
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 15, 2010, 08:33:08 AM
Let the bitching begin:
Quote"That's a terrible call," said Recchi. "In a 3-3 series in a Game 7, you don't make that call. It was a terrible call. Terrible judgment [on the linesman's] part."
Dude, you had SIX PLAYERS PLAYING THE PUCK. Not in the middle of a line change, you had 6 guys actively playing the puck. That doesn't get called and you get a goal, then what? All is okay? farg you Recchi.
I have always liked Recchi but if he said that then he is a whiney little bitch. The great thing about this series was that the refs let them play, there were no superstars on either team that the refs favored. There were especially a ton of non-calls on both sides in the 3rd, the refs realized the importance of what was going on and respected the situation. The call they made had to be called, same way they would have called it if a defenseman in their own zone would have lofted a puck over the glass.
more on it:
Quote"A very gutsy call with seven minutes left, considering all the other stuff going on out there,'' said a diplomatic/annoyed Shawn Thornton.
"I'm not going to criticize linesmen for calling it,'' said Julien. "We had a player [Savard] come to the bench and had his stick up and changed his mind. They call those. They're calling them through the full playoff. We'll leave it at that.''
Translation: "I'm not taking the hit on this one, fellas. It was Marc Savard's fault.''
and a whole column devoted to the call
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view.bg?articleid=1254953
Crying Romes.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 15, 2010, 09:07:17 AM
and a whole column devoted to the call
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view.bg?articleid=1254953
wow, I always knew Boston was a bunch of whiners but complaining about that call is taking it to the next level.
So if the Bruins scored when they had 6 men on the ice I guess it would have been okay.
(http://i.imgur.com/CKOgf.png)
:-D
I was working at the bar last night, but I just wanted to say: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The reaction at the bar was better than anything I ever expected. We aren't even a "Philly" bar and people were going crazy.
Take that you elitist fargs.
Life is good.
I can't believe they actually got it done. Amazing..I'm still speechless.
And going back to an earlier post, that 30 or so seconds Giroux milked off the clocked w a minute left may have been my favorite part of the game. My next jersey will be his - w a Cup logo on it.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs310.snc3/29090_421881721003_130849296003_5246074_8095008_n.jpg)
What a farging game. I was obviously pissed about the 1st because it pretty much broke every rule for a team winning a game 7. However, this team has proven time and time again that they don't quit. Obviously, we have to see what they have left in the tank with only one day off. I am just so glad that this happened to a Boston team.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 15, 2010, 08:46:55 AM
are rjs and sunmo okay? LOL
Text conversation from last night.
rjs: Epic
SunMo: How much do you wish you lived in Boston tonight
rjs: There is no way to measure it. I'm already harassing my coworkers.
SunMo: Haha. Awesome. farg shtein up
rjs: They knew it was coming. They've been bracing for it since game 5.
SunMo: I know but up 3-0 in the game had to get their hopes up. Ultimate collapse
rjs: I know oh god its so good I need some alone time with a gagne jersey.
SunMo: Yes. Take pics.
rjs: Like you need to ask.
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 09:43:29 AMwow, I always knew Boston was a bunch of whiners but complaining about that call is taking it to the next level.
"My team blew a three goal lead, a three GAME lead, and was obviously guilty of the penalty but WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA that late in an important playoff game they should be allowed to play with 6 guys!"
The game itself was historic, not just the series:
Quote• The Flyers became the third team to overcome a three-goal deficit in a Game 7 and the first to do so in regulation.
Think I just scored tickets to Sundays game 1, 8 rows behind the Flyers bench.
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 15, 2010, 10:41:53 AM
I can't believe they actually got it done. Amazing..I'm still speechless.
And going back to an earlier post, that 30 or so seconds Giroux milked off the clocked w a minute left may have been my favorite part of the game. My next jersey will be his - w a Cup logo on it.
I ordered a Pronger and Giroux knock off butter joint off borntrade.com.
If I get a text photo of you holding a beer from there it's on like Flin Flon, motherfarger.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 15, 2010, 09:07:17 AM
and a whole column devoted to the call
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/bruins/view.bg?articleid=1254953
holy whining.. not only complaining about a legit penalty, but trying to throw the injury excuse in there is just all sorts of pathetic. maybe you should look at the fact that you can't defend a guy skating on one foot.. or the fact that you can't beat a backup of a backup who came back from major injury all of 3 days ago. and their right.. if carters playing, it doesn't go to game 7.
Quote from: Rome on May 15, 2010, 11:54:34 AM
If I get a text photo of you holding a beer from there it's on like Flin Flon, motherfarger.
It's on like Donkey Kong.
Hate
You can catch the videos of these remarks (and get some Flyers reactions as well) on the TSN (http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/) page, for the few that don't already know that...
The reaction to the GW at the Wachovia Center was unbelievable.
It reminded me of Daigneault's goal against the Oilers.
in fargING SHOCK still, and i'm still drunk i think. Boston acts like that penalty happend with under two minutes left in the game. IT was the 8 minute mark or whatever. Plus those boston Romes had to score in OT at the winter classic with 7 skaters on the ice.
(http://i41.tinypic.com/10zqre8.jpg)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 15, 2010, 10:53:41 AM
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a different angle of that pic (seen here on pic #3 (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/nhl/Flyers_Win_4-3.html)) is on the front page of the Inquirer's sports section today
LMAO at the History Wont Be Made sign behind the B's bench.
Panaccio says Flyers in 6 and they'll face San Jose in the Finals...
and this is why you need to live in philly
being in town when something like this goes down cant be described. it doesnt have the same effect perched from your comfortable mid florida klan house, your delaware trailer park or even your upper middle class maryland suburb. gotta be in philly. damnit texas.
Pretty awesome line from one of the ESPN articles on the game.
QuoteWhile the Flyers celebrated, the yellow towels that fans twirled to spur on their team floated to the ice, no longer needed until next season. Boston center Patrice Bergeron took a slap shot with one of them -- like the Bruins, it didn't go far.
http://flyers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=774&id=69693
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:10:20 PM
and this is why you need to live in philly
being in town when something like this goes down cant be described. it doesnt have the same effect perched from your comfortable mid florida klan house, your delaware trailer park or even your upper middle class maryland suburb. gotta be in philly. damnit texas.
I don't know why but this made me laugh
Giroux eats the puck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVZxD8l6cSY&feature=player_embedded)
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:10:20 PM
and this is why you need to live in philly
being in town when something like this goes down cant be described. it doesnt have the same effect perched from your comfortable mid florida klan house, your delaware trailer park or even your upper middle class maryland suburb. gotta be in philly. damnit texas.
I don't know why but this made me laugh
Cringe is the word you were looking for there.
last 2 minutes from behind the Flyers bench (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GswA9lDZH8Y)
reaction at Wachovia (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ALshDGBGAoA)
more reactions from a different area (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5WOJTB3lmxw)
more reactions on the concourse (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vuY2ZOavtTM)
Speaking of it's on like donkey kong...
Quote"It's easy to hate the Flyers," said Gill, a former Pittsburgh Penguin who lived through the intense cross-state rivalry in the playoffs the last two seasons. "They've been the Broad Street Bullies, their fans are loud and obnoxious.
"If you're from Philly that's great, if you're not you hate them. It's fun to hate the Flyers, just like it's fun for them to hate our fans and our team. It should be a good series as far as hate goes."
Haha... no chance that gets posted in the locker room.
Quote from: Rome on May 15, 2010, 04:14:18 PM
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 04:01:10 PM
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:10:20 PM
and this is why you need to live in philly
being in town when something like this goes down cant be described. it doesnt have the same effect perched from your comfortable mid florida klan house, your delaware trailer park or even your upper middle class maryland suburb. gotta be in philly. damnit texas.
I don't know why but this made me laugh
Cringe is the word you were looking for there.
coming from someone who maybe goes to philly once a decade
you just dont get it and never will. there is nothing more to say.
how does something like this not make you miss philly? wish you were there? wheres your identity at gramps
lol
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 04:11:11 PM
Giroux eats the puck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVZxD8l6cSY&feature=player_embedded)
THAT WAS AWESOME! Good shtein.
Quote from: Rome on May 15, 2010, 04:46:47 PM
lol
pathetic defeatist attitude
you are panhandle florida, not philly
And you're in browntown ordering kosher burritos without.
exactly
im insanely jealous of people in philly right now. i wish i was there. not here.
if any of you MA's where actually philly you would feel the same way...and i dont even care about friggin hockey
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 05:27:48 PM
im insanely jealous of people in philly right now. i wish i was there. not here.
Jealous that you aren't in Philly to celebrate the Flyers going to the ECF and you don't even like hockey. There really is something wrong with you. And the funniest part of the whole thing is that the Flyers still haven't won ish yet.
not about "celebrating," its about the feel and vibe of the city. the mood. only something like that unifies the entire city, like sports or barry winning in 08 can do that. you dont get that shtein a lot, so when it goes down, theres not like being in philly for it.
most of you older gentleman are so far removed from your philly days, or never really had them to begin with, so it doesnt sink in or hit you.
being away from philly (and more specifically sea isle where i grew up) only makes my visits back there more enjoyable. of course i miss living there and i miss my friends and family as well. i understood that part of your retarded rant and agreed with its sentiments.
what i was mocking was your continued ridiculous MA slams at the places we've all chosen to live. you chose to live in a shteinhole in texas to advance the laughable career path you've selected and that's great. many of us did the same thing. that doesn't make us miss the place we were born and raised any less.
one thing i don't miss about philly is arrogant know-it-all chest-thumping philly dickheads like you. whenever people say to me that philly guys are iceholes i can honestly say that i agree with them, because on the whole most philly people are just like you, mds. and not in a good way either.
haha you are again taking me wayyyyyy too seriously
Holy shtein, that post-game concourse crowd reaction was chill-inducing. Very similar to Game 6 vs. Tampa in 06...I still cant believe it.
I definitely would miss Philly if I moved away for big sports moments. There's nothing like a big playoff win and when you step outside everyone is going crazy. Car horns honking for miles, people running up and down the streets, sirens going off for jackasses getting arrested. You hear screams echoing in the distance.
Then the next day everyone is in a good mood during the work day.
Quote from: King Cole on May 15, 2010, 10:21:24 PMThere's nothing like a big playoff win and when you step outside everyone is going crazy. Car horns honking for miles, people running up and down the streets, sirens going off for jackasses getting arrested. You hear screams echoing in the distance.
Then the next day everyone is in a good mood during the work day.
You can still experience those things when your adopted city wins big. You just aren't a part of them, which turns them from being awesome into being horrible. I've been living in Pissburgh for 5 years and have had to endure three insufferable championships -- cars honking, fireworks, drunk people going nuts. farging sucks. Especially the Penguins. I also was living in the Detroit area when the Pistons won with Larry Brown.
I do try to get back to Philly when Philly teams make it to championships, because that atmosphere really is one of the things you miss the most when you move away. A board like this helps us out-of-towners reconnect with that a little. I couldn't get back in town for the Phillies WS win, so I still haven't been in the city for a victory. And I see I have a business trip I'm supposed to go on around the end of the Stanley Cup Finals... :boom
todd 1
rome 0
it feels good to finally win one
couple this with the todd guarantee ringing true, again, and im having a good week
I don't follow it or know enough about it - but I watched that shtein last night and it was awesome. I was in a sports bar in San Antonio sitting behind two Boston homers. Absolutely awesome watching those pecker heads get zesty.
Another Boston fan reaction pic:
(http://www.mocksession.com/30fps/%20/2010%20May%2014%2021%2023%2025.jpg)
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 15, 2010, 10:40:00 PM
Quote from: King Cole on May 15, 2010, 10:21:24 PMThere's nothing like a big playoff win and when you step outside everyone is going crazy. Car horns honking for miles, people running up and down the streets, sirens going off for jackasses getting arrested. You hear screams echoing in the distance.
Then the next day everyone is in a good mood during the work day.
You can still experience those things when your adopted city wins big. You just aren't a part of them, which turns them from being awesome into being horrible. I've been living in Pissburgh for 5 years and have had to endure three insufferable championships -- cars honking, fireworks, drunk people going nuts. farging sucks. Especially the Penguins. I also was living in the Detroit area when the Pistons won with Larry Brown.
I do try to get back to Philly when Philly teams make it to championships, because that atmosphere really is one of the things you miss the most when you move away. A board like this helps us out-of-towners reconnect with that a little. I couldn't get back in town for the Phillies WS win, so I still haven't been in the city for a victory. And I see I have a business trip I'm supposed to go on around the end of the Stanley Cup Finals... :boom
Cottman and Frankford... NE Philly.
Be there in a few weeks if the business trip gets moved or something. :)
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:10:20 PM
and this is why you need to live in philly
being in town when something like this goes down cant be described. it doesnt have the same effect perched from your comfortable mid florida klan house, your delaware trailer park or even your upper middle class maryland suburb. gotta be in philly. damnit texas.
I'm okay with being there when the teams actually win shtein, like the 08 series.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 16, 2010, 12:20:11 AM
I don't follow it or know enough about it - but I watched that shtein last night and it was awesome. I was in a sports bar in San Antonio sitting behind two Boston homers. Absolutely awesome watching those pecker heads get zesty.
If you had only been in Philly watching it the experience would have been like ten gazillion times betterz!
anyone.. any comments on Montreal?? I don't think I've seen much of them this year. is this the typical season over.. they have no chance.. hartnell is a piece of shtein and I hope his wife eats his face .. etc...
They're similar to the Flyers in that they found a formula that works defensively and have a couple guys (especially Cammalleri) that have stepped up offensively big time. Should be a great series. I just hope the Flyers aren't emotionally spent after the Bruins series.
The Canadiens might be the ones that are spent after beating the defending champs. I think it's the Flyers in six, personally, but who knows?
the difference in this series could be the fact that the flyers top two defensive pairings are on a different planet than caps or penguins...montreal is not going to have the space they had in either of those series...
i also like that montreal unlike boston is smaller and not as tough....i dont think montreal has a top nine forward over 6-0...there shouldnt be to many instances of the puck being in the flyers offensive zone for two minutes at a time like regularly happened in the boston series
should be low scoring thruout...only problem with that is in close low scoring games the team with the better goalie often wins....and big advantage montreal there
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 11:15:38 AM
The Canadiens might be the ones that are spent after beating the defending champs.
huh?
the flyers just played a much more physical series that ended 48 hrs ago
i personally dont think either team is spent but if you had to pick an advantage there it def goes to montreal
do you understand the difference between being emotionally spent and physically spent?
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 11:15:38 AM
The Canadiens might be the ones that are spent after beating the defending champs. I think it's the Flyers in six, personally, but who knows?
If they weren't spent after ousting the #1 seed then I doubt ousting the Pens did it. The Flyers were just on one of the ultimate Hockey highs in the history of the sport.
Keep your phone handy, you'll be getting some drunk texts later.
I heard Montreal is on the small side which benifits the flyers physical style. hopefully their not sluggish and come out and punch them in the mouth right off the bat. the one thing I'm worried about is if their smallish that probably means speed which brings back memories of the lightning series a few years back.
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 11:21:21 AM
do you understand the difference between being emotionally spent and physically spent?
yeah and i dont believe in being emotionally spent because you won a series..."emotionally spent" is a media created sports phenominon that really doesnt exist...red sox came back against the yankees down 0-3 and swept the world series
media conspiracies!
more like a sports radio talking point
granted there isnt a large amount of examples to draw from but of the three teams prior to the flyers that came back from 0-3 deficits two won championships and one lost in seven games the next round...its not like all teams get swept right after
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 11:47:41 AM
Think I just scored tickets to Sundays game 1, 8 rows behind the Flyers bench.
me and my mans will be in the vet lot if you wanna slam a couple beers before the game
hittin the road now
see, rome
PHILLY
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 16, 2010, 02:30:32 PM
Quote from: SD on May 15, 2010, 11:47:41 AM
Think I just scored tickets to Sundays game 1, 8 rows behind the Flyers bench.
me and my mans will be in the vet lot if you wanna slam a couple beers before the game
hittin the road now
No idea if you'll get this but we're grabbin a bite to eat at the Capital Grille then heading to the outside party thing at the Wachovia Center. Should be there around 5.
why would you go to capital grille with mcgillin's right around the corner?
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 16, 2010, 01:08:08 PM
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 11:21:21 AM
do you understand the difference between being emotionally spent and physically spent?
yeah and i dont believe in being emotionally spent because you won a series..."emotionally spent" is a media created sports phenominon that really doesnt exist...red sox came back against the yankees down 0-3 and swept the world series
Spoken like someone that's never played a team sport before. No surprise there.
That being said, I actually agree with you, I don't think either team will be emotionally spent. If anything, I think they both are going "you know what, we really do have a farging chance at this thing" and are probably going to be hyped up even more for the series.
you f'ing kidding me with this....delayed on VERSUS by cycling
WHAT THE farg?
Where the farg is the game?????????????
this cycling ceremony is much more important...duh
great job Gary
Almost had heart failure when I turned on VS and saw Jaque De Fuqu on his ten speed.
Playoff hockey in HD is unbelievable!
Leino is horrible on the PP
for real how does he even have a job
damn, close by gagne
JVRRRRRRRRRRR
JVR sucks.
BRIERRRE SUCKS!
USA chants :-D
farg you Canada
Gagne and Briere...same old same old
And there goes the vaunted Halak.
I'm liking this game. Liking it a lot!
I'm loving that they got to Halak and got to him early and often. Put a little fear in his heart.
Boruk is reporting there's an outside chance Carter plays in game 2 but more likely 3 or 4
um, what?
http://www.csnphilly.com/05/16/10/Sources-Flyers-Could-Get-Carter-Back-for/landing.html?blockID=235813&feedID=704
LOL, we posted that at the same time
QuoteGM Holmgren vehemently denies report that Carter will play in Game 3. Holmgren said it was "a stretch" that Carter plays in series.
LOL, is this real? :-D
I'm a little worried at these signs of emotional letdown by the Flyers tonight. This won't bode well for the rest of the series...
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 16, 2010, 09:31:14 PM
I'm a little worried at these signs of emotional letdown by the Flyers tonight. This won't bode well for the rest of the series...
:-D :-D :-D I was just thinking about that. They look spent from that long emotional series against the Bruins.
rape festival
6-0 woooo
what a farging game...
just from this game, it appears that montreal not big enough to compete down low, but also not skilled enough to make the flyers pay on their end.
the flyers are playing with a supreme confidence and you can see that on the ice. great farging effort.
That was a first-drop to last-horn domination.
i've been in shock since the 2nd period friday.
So my daughter had to go to the emergency room tonight so I missed the game entirely.
We just watched the highlights on Flyers.com and I told her that she'd have to go to the hospital for every game for the rest of the playoffs.
She took it amazingly well.
ha, i'm guessing she's ok Rome?
btw, the flyers song they were playing after game 7, and supposedly their theme of this post season
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/yURRmWtbTbo
and since flash doesnt work anymore here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo
She's fine. She has a blocked salivary gland that caused her to look like she had a plum crammed in her face. Antibiotics & liquid motrin will clear it up in a few days. She also had a mild headache and a fever at about 101 which had me panicked about meningitis but the doctor said she didn't have any of the other symptoms so she'll be fine.
Glad she's OK. Have the lucky seats in the ER blocked off.
Glad to hear she's okay!
Thanks, everyone.
Really.
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 03:08:08 PM
why would you go to capital grille with mcgillin's right around the corner?
Because I have $200 in gift cards. Surf and Turf was unreal.
So you had lobster & filet mignon then went to the Wach, tailgated before the game, then saw them beat Montreal 6-0?
Tell me, what time is Jessica Alba coming over to finish the night off for you?
:-D
You just get the feeling at Wachovia Center that something special is about to happen. I have no idea why they started chanting the ole' chant but it was god damn loud. I'm sure Caps and Pens fans thought the same thing but I'll be really surprised if the Flyers aren't playing in the Cup.
Pronger: Best player on the ice, like having an extra goalie. I absolutely hated the trade because of his age and what they gave up but always thought in the back of my mind that he'd be the man come playoff time. Best player on the ice and it's not even close. Richards wears the 'C' but Pronger is the General on the ice.
Leighton: Sign him to an extension, he's the answer to the goaltending carousel. Sees the puck well and is always in position. Can't really ask or expect much more from what else is going to be on the market.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/SamiB/Flyers1.jpg)
Favorite play of the game was when Pronger took a hard slapshot and broke his stick in half. On his way to the bench, Habs were rushing the ice and he LEVELED the dude (couldn't see who it was) with the puck.
Quote from: Rome on May 16, 2010, 11:03:20 PM
So you had lobster & filet mignon then went to the Wach, tailgated before the game, then saw them beat Montreal 6-0?
Tell me, what time is Jessica Alba coming over to finish the night off for you?
:-D
I'm sauced too
the refs! wahhhh!
10 unanswered goals...
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:38:58 AMI really like them to win the series. Trust me on that. Hockey!
just listen to me, ice people
Quote from: KDS on May 17, 2010, 01:50:49 AM
Quote from: KDS on May 15, 2010, 02:38:58 AMI really like them to win the series. Trust me on that. Hockey!
just listen to me, ice people
I'm starting to really like you :)
Quote from: SD on May 16, 2010, 11:03:55 PM
I have no idea why they started chanting the ole' chant but it was god damn loud.
wait till the series goes to montreal and youll know why....their fans do it about a thousand times a period
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 17, 2010, 07:26:34 AM
Quote from: SD on May 16, 2010, 11:03:55 PM
I have no idea why they started chanting the ole' chant but it was god damn loud.
wait till the series goes to montreal and youll know why....their fans do it about a thousand times a period
That was awesome, my wife asked the same question :-D Then again she got up after the 5th goal and went upstairs cause the horn "is so annoying" :-D
loved the OLE chants, thats a big farg you to their frogger fans. Pronger didnt play the final few minutes, here's his xray
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x306/vanya323/termiPronger1.jpg)
Let's not go all gooey over Leighton just yet. Remember, Boucher had a run in 2000 that made us all squishy in the pants for a stop to the goalie carousel too. Dude is playing well and making it look easy, but I'm not ready to hold his dick while he pisses just yet.
As for the Pronger trade, well, this is the time of year that the trade was made for and holy jesus is it working out. Mind you, they needed some luck just to get into the post season and if they don't win the cup and continue to be mediocre for the next few regular seasons it won't exactly look like a stroke of genius, but he is by far the best player on this team right now.
Leighton played well all season, rjs...not sure what you're getting at....
What I'm getting at is the fact that he's a 29 year old rookie who was third on the depth chart for most of the year and is only playing because Brian Boucher is hurt. SD suggested locking him up long term and I'm suggesting that it might be just a tad early to make that call. He had a nice W/L record this year but his save % was like .905. Not exactly hall of fame stuff. Everyone just settle down and enjoy the run. Let's not go smooching his beanbag just yet.
i'm not even sure he's a rookie, he's a guy that has been put on waivers numerous times. it would be typically flyers to think he's a long term solution
Quote from: SunMo on May 17, 2010, 09:17:00 AM
i'm not even sure he's a rookie
Ha, good call.
For reference, he has a 34-40 career record with a save % of .902.
Prior to re-joining (huh?) philly this year he was
18-35 for his career.
LONG TERM CONTRACT!
Now, if he wins a cup, they can sign him to a lifetime contract and I won't give a shtein. In fact, I'll hold his hand and whisper sweet nothings in his ear while he signs it. BUt short of that, I don't really think I'm ready to hand over the keys to the franchise.
yeah, i just don't want them to jump the gun like they always do (see: boucher, esche, nittymaki, etc...) i know that the new flyers goalie coach was worked with him and refined some of his previous issues, so maybe he can sustain this going forward, but he needs to prove it over a bigger sample size.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 17, 2010, 09:15:08 AM
What I'm getting at is the fact that he's a 29 year old rookie who was third on the depth chart for most of the year and is only playing because Brian Boucher is hurt. SD suggested locking him up long term and I'm suggesting that it might be just a tad early to make that call. He had a nice W/L record this year but his save % was like .905. Not exactly hall of fame stuff. Everyone just settle down and enjoy the run. Let's not go smooching his beanbag just yet.
his numbers were skewed from a few starts with a very zesty Carolina team, but i'm not sure he's the the Long term answer. At teh same time he was the top ranked goalie in the AHL for years, and never got his shot with Cam Ward getting his run going. I still would love to see if they could pry Price away from the Habs, but Leighton is about as good as there is coming off the market next season. Look at him like Colorado looked at Craig Anderson.
Going back to that Pronger trade, like we all said, they gave up a shtein ton, and he was brought here for one reason. Now you see why his value was so high, though Holmgren definitely overpaid, he eats 30 minutes a night, and allows them to roll him and Kimmo out there for more than 50% of the game. Coburn also found his game again finally after sucking ass all year.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 17, 2010, 09:15:08 AM
What I'm getting at is the fact that he's a 29 year old rookie who was third on the depth chart for most of the year and is only playing because Brian Boucher is hurt. SD suggested locking him up long term and I'm suggesting that it might be just a tad early to make that call. He had a nice W/L record this year but his save % was like .905. Not exactly hall of fame stuff. Everyone just settle down and enjoy the run. Let's not go smooching his beanbag just yet.
Lets look at the situation: There's nobody else out there and even if there were the Flyers don't have the cap space. For 34 year old Vokoun the Panthers wanted Carter, so the price for a decent goalie is ridiculous. Leighton has proven himself the entire season, then gets thrown into a playoff game and still plays well. Leighton isn't Boucher. Boucher is a streaky goalie who plays well in spurts. Sign Leighton long term, at worse he's a good backup and he's gonna come on the cheap.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 17, 2010, 07:26:34 AM
Quote from: SD on May 16, 2010, 11:03:55 PM
I have no idea why they started chanting the ole' chant but it was god damn loud.
wait till the series goes to montreal and youll know why....their fans do it about a thousand times a period
It's all coming back to me now, that and the corny U2 song they play when they score. And their fans cheering when one of their players gets knocked down then boo'ing when they don't get a penalty.
the flyers have to pounce this team tomorrow night. not suggestion they will be able to produce another thottle job like game 1 but if the team can take both at home you gotta like the flyers chances to get to the cup.
PS. giroux is badass.
Quote from: SD on May 17, 2010, 10:11:59 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 17, 2010, 07:26:34 AM
Quote from: SD on May 16, 2010, 11:03:55 PM
I have no idea why they started chanting the ole' chant but it was god damn loud.
wait till the series goes to montreal and youll know why....their fans do it about a thousand times a period
It's all coming back to me now, that and the corny U2 song they play when they score. And their fans cheering when one of their players gets knocked down then boo'ing when they don't get a penalty.
i will give them this tho...that places sounds bonkers....ive never been there but on tv by far the loudest sports crowd ive ever heard
they are just festive happy bunch
you probably didnt see them because you were so low but there were three montreal chicks in the corner by the goal the flyers shoot at twice who even when it was 5-0 were dancing up a storm and waivin their foam fingers
As great as Flyers fans are (when I say great I mean loyal and loud) they're no comparison to most of the teams in canada, especially Habs fans.
There were 3 girls with Canadiens jersey's on walking through the concourse, getting harassed bigtime, and loving every moment of it. Probably the same girls.
Because that's all they have up there. Hockey. Oh, and booing the US National Anthem.
Which will make it even more satisfying if they win.
strip clubs, hockey and looting after winning a confernece semi-final series.
I was there for Game 5 in 08' when they clinched the series. The place is awesome and the fans are as loud as any place I've been to. The siren that goes off when the score is cool too..
And the booing of the anthem thing is just ridiculous. When they did it, my buddy and I started singing it at the top of our lungs so they booed us. farging frogs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WihtXM9v8-s&feature=player_embedded
Habs fans on HF Boards are suggesting they do E-A-G-L-E-S chants to piss off flyer fans..lmao
ha
"AH....EE....ZHEE....ELL....UH....ESS......DES AIGLES"
oh (@*# we got served
haha...wtf?...
easy is losing it
QuoteMonday, May 17
12:01 p.m. - Voorhees, NJ
Flyers center Jeff Carter made his first appearance on the ice since breaking his right foot today at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone. Carter was on the ice for about 15 minutes by himself, skating laps around the rink and shooting a few pucks at the net before he left for the locker room. He did not take part in the team's practice immediately afterwards.
Carter was hurt in Game 4 of the first round series with the New Jersey Devils on April 20, when he was hit with a slap shot by Chris Pronger while stationed in front of the net on a power play. Carter scored on the rebound, his second of the game in a 4-1 Flyers win.
He had surgery on the foot three days later.
The 6-3, 200-pound London, Ontario native led the Flyers in goals in the regular season with 33. He fractured his left foot on March 21 against Atlanta, causing him to miss eight games down the stretch.
We will get more on this story as it develops.
They're saying best case for a return is late in the series...and Holmgren will update later.
Flyers skated today, Montreal did not.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 17, 2010, 12:25:04 PM
They're saying best case for a return is late in the series...and Holmgren will update later.
Flyers skated today, Montreal did not.
Ed? Is that you?
who would they scratch in carter's place ? kodol ? hopefully not villie.
Quote from: smeags on May 17, 2010, 01:02:16 PM
who would they scratch in carter's place ? kodol ? hopefully not villie.
Nodl most likely, though that kodol guy has been playing great
From the Canadiens' beat writer:
QuoteCertainly no fun for Patrick V. Hickey, who had a worse night than the Canadiens.
The Gazette's intrepid beat man parked his Honda Civic – 564,000 km and purring like a kitten – at the Wachovia Center.
Because the car has Quebec plates, Flyers' fans slashed the tires – and stole the plate!
Two Canadian TV trucks were vandalized as well.
And Marc-Antoine Godin of La Presse Tweets: "2 PHI fans yelled at TV guy 'go back home, you f@#$#& French-Canadian!' One had Briere jersey, the other a Gagné"
awesome
You have to give it to Philly fans. We're nothing if not consistent in our brazenness. I seriously doubt that either of those two would even understand the irony in what they were doing and that's what makes us awesome.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 17, 2010, 11:58:22 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WihtXM9v8-s&feature=player_embedded
You can see the back of my head in the video for a split second
Quote from: SD on May 17, 2010, 01:45:40 PM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 17, 2010, 11:58:22 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WihtXM9v8-s&feature=player_embedded
You can see the back of my head in the video for a split second
I'd donkey punch it.
just noticed game 5 is on victoria day
Honestly I hate that shtein - people slashing tires or destroying property just because the other guy supports (or presumably does) the other team....
But these fargers booed my national anthem, so farg em all. USA USA USA.
Quote from: smeags on May 17, 2010, 01:02:16 PM
who would they scratch in carter's place ? kodol ? hopefully not villie.
he has been playing great. if he keeps it up i don't see how he doesn't have a roster spot next year.
the real quandry will be when/if carter and lappie come back
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 17, 2010, 02:36:05 PM
the real quandry will be when/if carter and lappie come back
Agreed, the lines they have going right now have great chemistry. If I were the coach I'd throw Carter on the 4th line and give him limited minutes to ease him back.
i think they hold out Lappy for at least game two, some talk Carcillo would sit if he came back. Carter i still think isnt coming back until the latter part of this series. Nodl would come out i would think, but asham is another option.
No effing way I want Lappy back. Guy's got a spot on his brain. Sit back, watch and come back strong next season.
Asham hasn't made my eyes bleed when he's been on the ice for the past few games. Which is a nice change.
He'll be wearing a Colin White like shield, and if they start losing you bring him back for leadership. Meanwhile, he's working with Jack Bauer (http://cdn.cloudfiles.mosso.com/c54102/x2_15c643d)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 17, 2010, 02:42:52 PM
No effing way I want Lappy back. Guy's got a spot on his brain. Sit back, watch and come back strong next season.
Your brain has a spot on it.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 17, 2010, 02:42:52 PM
No effing way I want Lappy back. Guy's got a spot on his brain. Sit back, watch and come back strong next season.
mri showed the spot is gone....he went thru a full practice today and will play soon
plus hes 47 years old...next year should be the last thing on his mind
He's got a cup on his brain, and the thought that he's so close now.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 17, 2010, 02:44:19 PM
He'll be wearing a Colin White like shield, and if they start losing you bring him back for leadership. Meanwhile, he's working with Jack Bauer
ha, they showed a clip of Pronger's trade PC when he referred to 24, then panned to Kiefer in the crowd. It was pretty awesome and I haven't watched 24 in two seasons.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 17, 2010, 02:44:13 PM
Asham hasn't made my eyes bleed when he's been on the ice for the past few games. Which is a nice change.
The JVR, Giroux and Asham line is insane right now.
Quote from: SD on May 17, 2010, 02:48:29 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on May 17, 2010, 02:44:13 PM
Asham hasn't made my eyes bleed when he's been on the ice for the past few games. Which is a nice change.
The JVR, Giroux and Asham line is insane right now.
yeah, and thats why i'm heistant changing it. They worked well leading up to the playoffs. Ride it while its hot, then worry about adding/subtracting. If you need a boost bring him back, but Carter shouldnt be skating 20 mins a game. They need him for some key faceoffs, but i dont think an injured carter is a huge huge boost
Stop saying boost.
whatever minutes he skates if he comes back, they need to keep him and his foot away from pronger and his supersonic slap shot.
QuoteLappy close to returning; Carter doubtful for series
The news keeps getting better in Flyersland.
Gritty right winger Ian Laperriere, who has been sidelined with a brain bruise and concussion, passed an MRI this morning and participated in the Flyers' practice. He will not play Tuesday, but could return later in the conference finals against Montreal, GM Paul Holmgren said.
Returning for Game 3 or 4 does not seem out of the question.
Jeff Carter skated on his own today for the first time since he broke his foot. Holmgren said it was "encouraging" but that it was "a stretch" that he would return in this series.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Lappy_close_to_returning_Carter_doubtful_for_series.html#ixzz0oDbFZ6AG
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Shaq beard for the lose?
looks like a short Vlade Divac, oh wait he just flopped!!
Quote from: phillymic2000 on May 17, 2010, 04:31:23 PM
looks like a short Vlade Divac, oh wait he just flopped!!
??
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/homepage/20100517_Reporter_had_tough_time_in_Philly.html
QuoteThere were several incidents at Game 1 of the Flyers-Canadiens series here Sunday night. I saw fans in Canadiens jerseys heckled, which is fair game. I also saw several of them being bumped around, which isn't acceptable.
Some vandals pulled the plug on a pregame telecast by Radio-Canada and another Canadian TV crew was harassed.
I found myself the unwanted centre of attraction when I went to my car after the game. One tire was flat, the bug deflector had been ripped from the hood, a hubcap had been snapped in two and the trunk and roof of the car were littered with beer cans. The windows were covered with beer and soda.
These were minor inconveniences. I bought a new tire and took a run through a car wash. And when you have 565,000 kilometres on a 1999 Honda Accord, you don't worry about a bug deflector.
But my biggest concern was that some yahoo tore off my license plate. I spent three hours Monday, shuttling between police stations before I was able to fill out a report on the theft. I'm hoping that the report will help me clear customs Wednesday.
The attitude of some Philly fans - I have a lot of friends in the city and made some new ones on this trip - was in stark contrast to the fans in Washington and Pittsburgh, who were gracious throughout the first two rounds of the series and far more civil than the Montreal fans who booed the U.S. anthem.
Prior to Game 1, the Flyers passed out T-shirts with the legend: Relentless in the pursuit of history.
Relentless in the pursuit of idiocy would be a better slogan for a city whose history includes abusing Santa Claus.
that's what you get for counting in your fancy kilometers.
it sounds like he was the center of attention.
deadspin was saying it was the guy who claimed the Flyers were akin to the Nazi's earlier this season, but apparently it wasnt him.
Either way, that article in the Daily News was written by Hickey, and his car deserved to get farged up for being such a bitch
And for IGY, Carcillo/Hartnell interviews http://watch.tsn.ca/off-the-record/off-the-record---may-17/#clip302857
Pretty funny, the Laperrierre interview was good too
QuoteRelentless in the pursuit of idiocy would be a better slogan for a city whose history includes abusing Santa Claus.
huh ? what did we do to santa ? :o
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Quote from: ice grillin you on May 18, 2010, 11:33:23 AM
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MA
LETS GO!
Outplayed big time in the first but I guess it doesn't matter when Leighton is playing as well as he is and they're capitalizing on scoring chances.
Yeah, Montreal definitely had the best of the play. Leighton stood tall, and the defense is still going pretty well at keeping the shots from the perimeter.
Montreal is answering the physical challenge tonight - perhaps more than the Flyers.
yeah, Halak who?
this is fun
worst team ever
I very much prefer not feeling that "I'm about to vomit from the intensity" feeling as it gets towards the end of the game. haha
OLE OLE OLE OLE!
No nitpick:
1. Richards needs to do better on the faceoffs.
2. Carcillo was a diving bitch on that penalty (of course, since the refs missed the stick to JVR's jaw, it evens out)
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 18, 2010, 09:21:39 PM
No nitpick:
1. Richards needs to do better on the faceoffs.
2. Carcillo was a diving bitch on that penalty (of course, since the refs missed the stick to JVR's jaw, it evens out)
I think Carcillo knew that might happen so he took the chance on the dive thinking he'd get the makeup.
And you need to shut up....haha
Carcillo definitely dove, but they had 3 plays prior to that one that were clear penalties. MTL trying to get dirty in this one. Play it smart, and beat their face in.
Dumb penalty they really have the Canadians deflated.....need to keep their foot on the jugular.
Great glove save there.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 18, 2010, 09:23:31 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 18, 2010, 09:21:39 PM
No nitpick:
1. Richards needs to do better on the faceoffs.
2. Carcillo was a diving bitch on that penalty (of course, since the refs missed the stick to JVR's jaw, it evens out)
I think Carcillo knew that might happen so he took the chance on the dive thinking he'd get the makeup.
And you need to shut up....haha
I happened to see the graphic on Richards (3 for 14 or something).
And Carcillo's dive was so obvious, I'm actually surprised he didn't get 2 as well.
Was Halak hitting the bottle between periods? He looked a little tipsy in the third.
haha, SD that was hilarious.
I'm still in shock over this LOL
It looks like they have them on the ropes...keep it up!
Is this really happening?
only the second time in Flyers history they've had back-to-back shutouts in the playoffs, with Parent in '75 having the other...
LEIGHTSOUT muthafarger
Is this really happening? I think its because MDS moved away.
Quote from: QB Eagles on May 17, 2010, 12:28:36 AM
10 unanswered goals...
13.
>165 minutes of shutout hockey for Leighton
Phenomenal effort all around especially after the first period. Defense was nuts and Leighton is playing, well, I can't even describe it adequately.
Quote from: SD on May 18, 2010, 09:35:00 PM
Was Halak hitting the bottle between periods? He looked a little tipsy in the third.
yeah, what was up with him? Looked like he fell over for no apparent reason then had a hard time getting up. Ludes are one helluva drug.
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That save was farging insane.
I was lucky enough to have looked up at the TV from desk work to catch that save. Holy Christ! That was just incredible.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 18, 2010, 10:27:20 PM
That save was farging insane.
No doubt, was it definitely going in? From the angle from behind the net it looked to me it might go a little wide.
I really just wish everyone everywhere would shut up. You're all jinxing everything. Buttholes.
shut up, homo
who gave briere hgh? and how can I thank them. where did leino come from? why do I get a boner everytime they show a closeup of leighton raising his mask during a water break and that little bead of Gatorade slowly drips off his chin. wait, woah.
Leino was a trade with Detroit for OKT and a 5th. Detroit had money problems, and Leino was the odd guy out. He was runner up for the Calder last year,but was horrible to start the year. He's 22, and only started playing hockey at 17.
leino is going to prove to be a steal.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 19, 2010, 07:30:56 AM
Leino was a trade with Detroit for OKT and a 5th. Detroit had money problems, and Leino was the odd guy out. He was runner up for the Calder last year,but was horrible to start the year. He's 22, and only started playing hockey at 17.
Dude was born in '83. Which was 27 years ago...
No it wasn't.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 19, 2010, 10:07:56 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 19, 2010, 07:30:56 AM
Leino was a trade with Detroit for OKT and a 5th. Detroit had money problems, and Leino was the odd guy out. He was runner up for the Calder last year,but was horrible to start the year. He's 22, and only started playing hockey at 17.
Dude was born in '83. Which was 27 years ago...
i'll go start the fire.
Quote from: smeags on May 19, 2010, 09:57:41 AM
leino is going to prove to be a steal.
he already has
Leino is good at everything but not quite good enough at anything...his speed is suspect in the NHL...plus he lacks athleticism...he will be good at almost everything for a long time...but hes not anything special
I see what you did there.
nice
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/columnists/20100519_Better_late_than_never_for_Flyers__Leino.html#axzz0oOK9aMyo (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/columnists/20100519_Better_late_than_never_for_Flyers__Leino.html#axzz0oOK9aMyo)
laviolette on the real station right now.
......anything interesting get said?
Ha. They just showed a video of a fan heckling Hal Gill last night during warm ups.
the guy that got his car farged up is gonna be on wip next segment
gay bounce. hey iceholes win a faceoff.
fun. their getting dominated and overwhelmed.
their forecheck is off the charts tonight....that hideous turnover by pronger was actually his third of the game...parent has like ten in two shifts...whenever a flyer defensemen gets the puck someone is on them quick
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 07:51:58 PM
their forecheck is off the charts tonight....that hideous turnover by pronger was actually his third of the game...parent has like ten in two shifts...whenever a flyer defensemen gets the puck someone is on them quick
Sounds like the Flyers in game 1.
the scary part of this game is that the penguin caps series version of halak is back
him finding his game = not good
Calm down please.
just letting you know we have a series boys
I thought they were going to win four straight without surrendering a goal!
BTW: It's front page news on ESPN.com. :-D
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Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 08:15:55 PM
the scary part of this game is that the penguin caps series version of halak is back
him finding his game = not good
Holy shtein, you have bounced from your basic annoying poster to all out icehole. Can you seriously just stop your Hoyda gush of negative juice for one God Damn day?
their hardly challenging halak this game. I'll wait until they have more then 12 weak dribbler shots on him before proclaiming he's "back"
ill bet anyone here 20 bucks montreal wins the series
Quote from: LBIggle on May 20, 2010, 08:37:17 PM
their hardly challenging halak this game. I'll wait until they have more then 12 weak dribbler shots on him before proclaiming he's "back"
this. Zero sustained pressure. Its been one shot and out all night. Game should be more like 8-0 but Leighton's kept them in it.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 08:37:51 PM
ill bet anyone here 20 bucks montreal wins the series
Make it $200 and use a bookie
And then use a box cutter to kill yourself.
PS: Doug Collins is a Sixer.
mike Richards your presence has been requested.
Let em get it out of their system tonight. Win game 4 Saturday, then win it back here on Monday...
i figured as much....im out of control negative and the flyers will win the series but no takers
basically im the one who says how everyone feels
and if thats the mantle im given its one i will take
checks and balances in fandom is a necessity
this isn't unexpected. I think their actually getting worst though.
I would have bet the house that they were going to lose tonight. I had a bad feeling all day especially after the Phillies pulled one out of their asses.
Whatever.
Win on Saturday afternoon and then come back to Philly where the Canadiens seriously have no chance.
IGY, no one is taking your bet, because you're so stupid it doesn't even deserve recognition.
You're pulling Munson levels of idiocy right now.
It's easier just to ignore igy
I wish they still had bench clearing brawls
Classy Montreal fans!! They came up with a really original comeback for the "ole ole" Flyers mocking.
"Flyers suck"?
Impressive. Wonder if they're going to riot tonight?
they even have gay accents when their chanting.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 08:37:51 PM
ill bet anyone here 20 bucks montreal wins the series
bet
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 20, 2010, 09:19:20 PM
IGY, no one is taking your bet, because you're so stupid it doesn't even deserve recognition.
You're pulling Munson levels of idiocy right now.
shtein i took it.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 09:01:34 PM
i figured as much....im out of control negative and the flyers will win the series but no takers
basically im the one who says how everyone feels
and if thats the mantle im given its one i will take
checks and balances in fandom is a necessity
Speak for yourself, you are the hyperbowl champ. you probably bought a ton Mre's cases of water and a generator when we hit Y2K.
ESPN is nothing if not predictable:
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:-D
if i knew anything about hockey id take that bet
but really im thinking we should collect havas' whiny bitchy negative the sky is falling posts and send them to philadelphia sports headquarters and get him barred for life from attending parades and games.
YOU DONT DESERVE NONE OF THIS YA HEARD
You still use Windows XP?
i thought they would lose this game, but it would've been nice to see them at least put some effort into it. the defense was terrible, Pronger/Carle to be specific. they didn't forecheck well at all and were totally dominated in their own zone. most of them came out and said they were over confident, which is hard to believe because they were mostly outplayed in game 2 but stole it. so, it's disappointing they would come out over confident. i actually think they might have psyched themselves out because all anybody talked about was how Montreal was gonna come out roaring in the first 10 minutes.
I agree that they played terribly, but everyone's saying game 2 they didn't look good either. I don't know...there was never any time in that game where I was like, "oh no...here comes Montreal".
I expected a game 3 loss and I expected it to be a big one.
Somehow, everyone seems to be in a state of "OMG OMG OMG!" I just don't see how anyone is even close to that point.
Quote from: SunMo on May 21, 2010, 08:38:38 AM
most of them came out and said they were over confident, which is hard to believe because they were mostly outplayed in game 2 but stole it.
its hard to believe because they just completed a 0-3 comeback less than a week ago...its almost unfathomable that anyone on the team would say that
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 21, 2010, 08:41:05 AM
Somehow, everyone seems to be in a state of "OMG OMG OMG!" I just don't see how anyone is even close to that point.
i dont think anyone is OMG but montreal beat two teams much better than the flyers to get to this point and came back down 3-1 in one of those series...
put it this way its a lot closer to OMG than it is to the flyers being in the stanley cup...
They played stifling defense in game 2 and scored 3 goals. Not sure where anyone thinks they played badly or were outplayed. Maybe for 10 minutes in the first period, but that was it. they played like the much better team in both games. They'd been playing at an insane level for 2 weeks. If no one expected a letdown game at some point and for them to just breeze through the series, they were wrong.
But becuase they lost a game, to start saying Montreal is going to win, is well, IGY to a T.
i think the flyers match up well against the canadiens which is why they had a shot at this series...and after game two i felt pretty good...at the same time i wanted to see how montreal would respond at home...like sun said if they flyers hadnt laid a compelte egg last night id feel ok..if they lost two one and leighton was great i wouldnt be concerned at all
but all in one game they made leighton look normal got halak back and figured out their system again...thats a horrible combo for the flyers
i dont think montreal is going to win the series because they won last night...i think montreal is going to win because they are back to being the team that beat wash and pitt not the team that was in philly this week
i'm actually ok with the blowout because it was over from the start and you could see that. 2-0 coming home is a huge game for montreal and everyone and their mother knew they were coming out roaring. would i have liked to see them be more competitive? sure. but montreal got their blowout and i think game 4 is the true indicator. if it happens again, then there is serious worry, we need to see the flyers come out and re-establish their physicality and size advantage.
Knew they would get beat, didnt see 4-0 being on the board coming, but MTL in the Belle Center, after spending half the first period on the PP, you had to see the Habs PP wouldnt stay at 0 for 3 games. I think the Habs may have farged up though in that last sequence of the game, Richards did his captains part, and was pissed about Spacek going after Briere. Cammaleri also needs to get the forearm shiver, Giroux may give it to him. So happy i get to miss the game saturday to go to a white trash wedding.
Quote from: King Cole on May 21, 2010, 12:19:08 AM
You still use Windows XP?
I had to wipe a notebook clean and re-install it with the original o/s.
Meh...
"Lappy" back for Saturday
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 21, 2010, 09:54:13 AM
Knew they would get beat, didnt see 4-0 being on the board coming, but MTL in the Belle Center, after spending half the first period on the PP, you had to see the Habs PP wouldnt stay at 0 for 3 games. I think the Habs may have farged up though in that last sequence of the game, Richards did his captains part, and was pissed about Spacek going after Briere. Cammaleri also needs to get the forearm shiver, Giroux may give it to him. So happy i get to miss the game saturday to go to a white trash wedding.
I was thinking the same thing. They had the Flyers crushed and possibly deflated for the next game, but pulling that dirty shtein at the end of the game might have the Flyers coming out pissed in game 4.
I actually missed that part of the game....quick rundown please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VJV62wuuYU&feature=player_embedded
So Lappy tomorrow, Carter most likely being held out until Game 5.
Three hours ten minutes and counting.
Jesus come on...
seven hours ten minutes and counting till the phillies.....jesus come on
ooops scratch that
all night games are blacked out this week...great tv contract selig....you farghead
what the hell are you talking about? the phillies are blacked out??
Holy shtein you were right.
Quote3) On a Saturday when the first MLB game to be telecast by Fox starts at 7:10pm ET games that start at 4:10pm ET or earlier and 10:05pm ET or later will be included in the package. No games that begin between 4:10pm ET and 10:05pm ET will be included. This will be the case on 2 Saturdays this season (May 22 and June 26).
What the hell?
That's brilliant on their parts.
FOX is thinking about going to 7PM on Saturdays full-time next year, which would suck big time. On the positive side, it could mean a lot more afternoon games for everyone...
carter and lapierre back in the lineup for nodl and carcillo
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 22, 2010, 12:46:32 PM
FOX is thinking about going to 7PM on Saturdays full-time next year, which would suck big time. On the positive side, it could mean a lot more afternoon games for everyone...
actually their idea is to have most of the games if not all at 7pm on fox, regional coverage and basically force and increase in ratings that way. selig has killed the national appeal of the game, so its come to this.
Quote from: SunMo on May 22, 2010, 01:27:10 PM
carter and lapierre back in the lineup for nodl and carcillo
Not Asham instead of Carcillo?
As long as it doesn't mess with the chemistry of the lines. Keep Breire at center.
Looks like Carter-Richards-Gagne is the top line
Edit-nevermind. Giroux has been put with richards and gagne
GIROUXXXXXXXXXXXX
flyers look so good.....game reminds me exactly of the first two games....next goal wins
Nice pass to Leino.....2-0
i loved the leigh-ton leigh-ton chant when he has a shutout going
I said the same thing...they look just like they did in games 1-2....completely stifling defensively.
I love it.
And Carter looks good.
They need to be careful. There WILL be some makeup penalties called in the 3rd period.
Lappy's comments after the first period:
Quote
"It feels great. You know what? It took a little miracle. They told me I had a chance to come back. I put a lot of effort to return to the line up. It is a great night. [Being out] was the worst time of my career, sitting out and watching the team doing so well.
The good news is that since they were playing so well, it gave me some time to get healthy. I am so proud of the boys, and being a part of history that we are riding right now."
They outshot Montreal 13-1 in the 2nd. :o
uggggggh Carle...
the defense has done a 180 tonight...in every lane in every right spot on every montreal offensive possesion...leighton has had an incredibly easy game
What a penalty kill. That was the series right there, and the Habs were just listless.
best defensive effort I've seen from these guys....and they get a 3rd shutout in this series
win it Monday
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 08:37:51 PM
ill bet anyone here 20 bucks montreal wins the series
Good call Nostradamus
CSN postgame is talking about sand being on the floor around the Flyers' locker room and that being the reason why the players kept slipping....?
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 22, 2010, 05:49:31 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 20, 2010, 08:37:51 PM
ill bet anyone here 20 bucks montreal wins the series
Good call Nostradamus
yeah its gonna suck when im in the house for the stanley cup
in fact i probably should stubhub game 1 to pay off my bet
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 22, 2010, 06:03:45 PM
CSN postgame is talking about sand being on the floor around the Flyers' locker room and that being the reason why the players kept slipping....?
Sandgate
Wouldn't surprise me with them scumbags.
This team is only going as far as Pronger takes them. Other players are stepping up but if he's not on his game they're not the same team
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 22, 2010, 05:30:30 PM
the defense has done a 180 tonight...in every lane in every right spot on every montreal offensive possesion...leighton has had an incredibly easy game
Fact.
the best part of the game was the absolute silence in the house from the 2nd period on
Quote from: SunMo on May 22, 2010, 07:36:51 PM
the best part of the game was the absolute silence in the house from the 2nd period on
That and the setup to that. In the beginning the announcers acted like the place would be rockin regardless of the score. Once the Flyers showed their defensive poise again you could see them yawning in the stands.
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/2045/ole.gif)
Pretty sure I'll hear more Oles on Monday in Game 5 than I heard today in Game 4.
I still can't believe this is really all happening.
shocked like a monkey
I have to admit that the way Boucher was playing near the end of the season, I didn't even really care if the Flyers made the playoffs. Seemed pointless. In recent years, I've sported a playoff beard; this year I didn't bother. And yet...
Rangers... dead (in a shootout!)
Devils... brutally massacred
Penguins... humiliated by the Habs
Bruins... Flyers destroyed the franchise
This is so far beyond anything I could have hoped for. And if everything goes smoothly (asking for too much I know), the frogs will soon be sent packing. I dare not look ahead any further.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 22, 2010, 10:24:55 PM
I still can't believe this is really all happening.
That was the first thing I said to SeaBiscuit after the game, "I can't believe this is happening". Simply amazing. I was ready to write hockey off back in April.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Who_spilled_the_sand.html#axzz0oiOjqJhI
lol
To the Flyers credit they're not pointing fingers and bitching about it
i love shtein like that
thats why sports is great
Quote from: Rome on October 02, 2009, 01:51:52 PM
QuoteThe Flyers' lines for toinight:
Hartnell-Carter-Briere; Gagne-Richards-Pyorala; JVR-Giroux-Powe; and Carcillo-Betts-Laperriere.
The D: Pronger-Carle; Timonen-Coburn; and Parent-Syvret. Ray Emery is in the nets.
Wood.
Flyers win the Stanley Cup this year, btw.
Book it.
:paranoid
whites
(http://media.philly.com/images/052210_FLYERS_FISTBUMP_400.jpg)
now I see why IGY hates this team and bet on them to lose.
Good story on Carcillo (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/Carcillo_is_what_playoffs_are_all_about.html#axzz0ol0tcegL)
haha at the 8 page thread on the Habs' HFBoard about how much Richards is the dirtiest player in all of hockey. I literally had tears in my eyes from laughing.
Quote from: SunMo on May 22, 2010, 07:36:51 PM
the best part of the game was the absolute silence in the house from the 2nd period on
Fact.
I replayed the first goal three times just to listen to the immediate silence from the crowd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jig4ZEqi8q0&feature=player_embedded
:-D
Sharks up 2-0 in this game. Would love to see the Blackhawks have to endure another cross country trip to play back in the Tank.
nevermind lol
4 minutes away from a sweep
Done.
Flyers win they get the Blackhawks.
(http://www.free-computer-wallpapers.com/pictures/albums/Sport_wallpaper/Chicago_Blackhawks.jpg) Best team symbol in sports
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?columnist=lebrun_pierre&id=5213309
QuoteIt seems hardly important whether it's the Philadelphia Flyers or Montreal Canadiens standing in the Hawks' way. The 2010 team of destiny appears to the Blackhawks, whose rapid rise from doormat to Cup favorites is breathtaking.
::)
what a final that would be...two of the five best sports cities in the country with great fanbases and arguably the best jerseys in the world going head to head
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 23, 2010, 08:55:07 PM
what a final that would be...two of the five best sports cities in the country with great fanbases and arguably the best jerseys in the world going head to head
This, both Crest's are top 10 in sports, top 3 in the NHL for me. This all happened because old man Wirtz died, and got out of the way. I had to deal with him a few years back, what an old dickbag he was.
any of you fools have a lifeline in to get 4 tickets for tomorrow nihts game? My buddy is flying back to AZ tuesday, wants to see if he can get in. My wife wont let anyone go unless she's there, and we figured the 4th because most people sell in twos. Anyway, 3 or 4 tickets to game 5 would be good, just dont want to pay an ishload from stubhub.
haha good luck with that ;)
why don't you get control of your wife and shut that shtein down
seriously
wtf kind of move is that to begin with and how the hell are you allowing it sb
i cant lie, she's a bigger Flyers fan than i even am. Stub Hub prices are farging ridiculous right now. 200 for upper decks, bandwagon is full now.
i sold my pair for tonight on stub hub last week for 375.....the entire eastern conference round cost me 320
my normal connects have sold theirs or are already going, so it's looking like we'll be watching here. We went out thursday to Buffalo Wild wings, what a shteinhole. Their screens dont have HD, and i nearly slugged two rags fans who were cheering for the Canadians.
Quote(Deadspin):
Something — be it sand, grit, or poisonous acid worms — was spilled in the hallway outside the visitor's locker room at the Bell Centre yesterday. The Flyers aren't crying sabotage; but we will!
Various sources, from an unnamed Flyer, to the excitable Pierre McGuire, to Philly's skate sharpener, said something was up early in the game yesterday afternoon. Some kind of granular substance was spilled in the only passageway from their dressing room to the ice. Now, I don't know if you've ever tried to play beach hockey on ice skates, but sand is not good for skate blades.
Sure enough, Mike Richards had to leave the ice three times with skate problems, and Kimmo Timonen twice. A handful of other Flyers also missed shifts to get their skates re-sharpened.
So, some kind of conspiracy reaching the highest levels of the Molson family, to give the Habs an edge (pun definitely intended)? Or simply P.K. Subban sneaking over to the Flyers' locker room, sprinkling his bag of pixie dust as he went? We'd love for this to be a full-blown controversy, but sadly, it won't be until the actual players make a big deal about it. And they're not.
Peter Laviolette says, "I'm not familiar with the rumors, but we certainly had some skate issues."
Mike Richards says. "I'm not sure [what happened]. I didn't check the carpet for [sand]."
No! That's not how you start SandGate! You make a big stink about it, and your fans all bring bags of sand to game 5, and one of two of them throw it on the ice after a hat trick, and somehow this whole non-story becomes about how unruly Philly fans are. That's how hockey works!
and from a Gargano article http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/05/23/flyers-hold-team-tradition-history-close-during-cup-run/
QuoteThe critics whined, there they go again. Everything with this team has to do with beating someone up.
"We're going to impose our will," said sniper Danny Briere. "We're going to crash and bang and create chances. That's how we play."
On the big screen during Game 2, the infamous pregame playoff brawl between the Flyers and Canadiens played to a thunderous applause.
The crowd then began to mock the Canadien chant of "Ole" -- and way up in the balcony, a Montreal player who had been scratched from the game shook his head.
"True a**holes," he said. "Just like their team." :-D
Somewhere in that balcony, a Bully grinned with pride.
QuoteCanadiens sharpen stories about Flyers' skate issues
By FRANK SERAVALLI
Philadelphia Daily News
seravaf@phillynews.com
Canadiens defenseman Jaroslav Spacek said he didn't do it.
In fact, when informed yesterday that sand might have been poured in the hallway that leads from the Flyers' locker room to the ice at the Bell Centre in Montreal before Game 4, Spacek said he was curious why so many Flyers needed to leave the ice.
"I was worried," Spacek said. "I thought they had diarrhea or something. Like they were going back and forth from the locker room. I steer away from the sand traps and the golf season. It wasn't me."
A full day after Game 4, no new light had been shed on the incident.
However, the Flyers made it clear after their 3-0 shutout win on Saturday afternoon that there was indeed something wreaking havoc on their skates.
"I think it was five times that I had to get my skates sharpened, which is obviously a bit much," Mike Richards said after the game. "I'm not sure [what happened]. I didn't check the carpet [for sand]."
Richards, Kimmo Timonen, Scott Hartnell, Darroll Powe and Claude Giroux all missed multiple chunks of Saturday's game to have their skates sharpened.
During the second period, NBC broadcaster Pierre McGuire reported that "sand or some other foreign substance" had been spilled in the hallway. Hard sand can grind away at the edges on hockey skates, causing players to slip and fall unexpectedly.
To eliminate further damage, the Flyers laid towels in the hallway during the game.
Richards said Flyers assistant equipment manager Harry Bricker, the man in charge of skate sharpening, told him the substance on the floor was "a little too big for being sand pellets."
It is clear some substance - bigger than sand but smaller than the Rock of Gibraltar - was on the floor. Taking the high road, no Flyers player or coach has been willing to scream sabotage or point the finger at anyone in Montreal.
Then again, no one was willing to deny that it happened.
"We'll be ready," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. "We've got one of the best skate sharpeners in the league, so we're good to go."
Canadiens forward Scott Gomez said yesterday he had hoped when the Flyers were leaving the ice that they doing so because they were injured.
"They had some big names going," Gomez said. "You're kind of hoping they don't come back. I saw Richards go over, and, yeah, you're kind of hoping in the back of your mind, hoping it's an injury."
Gomez said the Flyers were "stretching" and "searching for stories," but, if it was him that sprinkled the sand, he "wouldn't tell."
Always thinking, Spacek offered a solution for the Flyers' problem, too.
"If they have a problem, maybe they can wear those skate protectors like the figure skaters and they can go and jump on the ice and it will never happen again," Spacek said.
Off-ice gamesmanship is nothing new in the Stanley Cup playoffs for road teams. Players have long complained about having the hot water turned off for postgame showers or even about between-period stat sheets not being made available.
It's just rare that an off-ice issue has an on-ice impact.
That leaves just one more thing to watch for tonight in Game 5. Gomez said he will be ready for any possible retaliation.
"If there are [repercussions], good for them," Gomez said. "I mean, it's the playoffs, and, hey, do whatever you can."
Best part is the flyers arent even trying to give this story life, it happened, and they still won.
Quote"True a**holes," he said. "Just like their team."
Best quote ever.
I wonder if rocket launchering their locker room would be too much?
I'll be at either C&P's or McFaddens watching this thing if any of you clowns want to get crazy..
Pelle Lindbergh would have been 51 years old today.
:(
Win it for Pelle
farg that. Win it for rjs246.
Quote from: rjs246 on May 24, 2010, 12:48:58 PM
farg that. Win it for rjs246.
you have to die first sunshine.
In that case, win it for everyone!
Humanity can suck it.
Quote from: smeags on May 24, 2010, 12:50:40 PM
Quote from: rjs246 on May 24, 2010, 12:48:58 PM
farg that. Win it for rjs246.
you have to die first sunshine.
so two things to cheer for tonight!
calm down there gramps.
oh burn. :-D
I don't know why Rome thinks that we're all 60 yr old men. Poor guy is delusional as can be.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 24, 2010, 06:29:43 PM
I don't know why Rome thinks that we're all 60 yr old men. Poor guy is delusional as can be.
I always figured you were a fat middle-aged bitch who made her living doing gang-bang cum fiesta porn.
Yous is a feisty old sumbitch.
Sure hope they show some cycling from Sacramento for the pre-game.
whoops
slow your roles
farg ME! YES.
lol wut
now that was sweet
That was so close by Giroux.
farg! farg! farg! :boom
farg Asham...so close...
They's better stop coughing up the damn puck in the defensive zone.
ASHAM! :crazy
Nice Asham gets his goal
Asham! Sweet shtein!!!
Carter!
CARTERRRRRRRRRRRRRR
AYYRRRRIIGGGHHHHTTTTTT!
Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole
Found this on PSF:
(http://i48.tinypic.com/3boqq.gif)
Giroux needs to start making babies....and teaching them to skate quickly.
Bad puck control on that PP.
Laviolette's going to get on them a bit about the way the period ended. I expect some fire under their asses when they come out. They got lazy there.
they acted like they were up 6-0. Time to step on throats
lol sb did not go to the game i see
wifey got them balls dont she
Asham again alone in front of the net LOL
Montreal defense is out to lunch in this game.
ruh roh
rut roh
They need a time out.
They need to nut it up.
why does versus have the production value of a high school field hockey game?
also this announcer blows
All of a sudden the Flyers are giving up a lot of good chances. Get this shtein under control now please.
bad, real bad here.
farg.
4 minute PP for Montreal.
farg
2 down, 2 more to kill
Nice work, Lappy!
farg YOU HABS
and lappy is the man
Damn, that was too close.
Versus eats dick. I'm watching the rest of this shtein on the CBC feed.
3 minutes... :-X
haha frogs have a brotha
:crazy
carter swatted that in with authority
How can't you love Mike Richards!
:crazy :crazy :crazy :crazy
Time to dust off my Flyers jersey?
farg YESSSSSSSS
Still refusing to expect anything.
OLE OLE OLE OLE
i honestly cant believe no one told me the habs had a black dood. how was this not mentioned to me?
farg yeah!
farg you Montreal. farg your fans and your Hoyda players.
And Richards said farg You superstition.
SAT 5/29 at CHI
MON 5/31 at CHI
WED 6/2 at PHI
FRI 6/4 at PHI
SUN 6/6 at CHI
WED 6/9 at PHI
FRI 6/11 at CHI
f'ing don't go 7 games. I'll be on a plane coming back to Philly that night...
Refusing to touch the trophy shows fear. Mike Richards has no fear.
Game 1 Saturday at 8pm.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 24, 2010, 09:47:59 PM
Refusing to touch the trophy shows fear. Mike Richards has no fear.
Exactly.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs307.snc3/28939_1421328569108_1109493202_31215021_2964658_n.jpg)
One Cup filled, one still remains...
Associated Press:
QuoteFor all the knocks Philly takes as a title-starved sports town, all four major pro teams have made the championship round of their sport in the last 10 years.
Now a team in the finals in each of the last 3 years.
The post game live crew just told Coatsy to go close out his tab :-D
Richards is GAWD
As Bishop Don Magic Juan would say, "bitch better have my money" :deion
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 24, 2010, 09:43:52 PM
farg you Montreal. farg your fans and your Hoyda players.
:yay un real!!
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs595.snc3/31368_1372148740647_1139637681_31231739_1051124_n.jpg)
http://forms.comcast-spectacor.com/forms/FLY100524CYFlyersStanleyCupLotteryForm
If you want into the lotto. Website is down when you go to submit the form though, but they're sayign they're still accepting them.
QuoteWebsite Maintenance
Please note that the current website is offline for maintenance.
Your form submission has been received and will be processed once the system is restored.
No follow-up is required on your behalf.
Obviously a Canadian server.
hahaha at CSN
Barkann tells Coatesy to interview the woman behind his right shoulder. Coatesy asks her what she thought of the game and she drops a "F**KING AMAZING" on live TV. Everyone in the studio went white...
Richards taking the prince of wales cup was great, didnt do too much, took it, and took it right into the lockerroom. Didnt work out well when Big E refused to touch it in 96-97
I have no idea how I didn't notice this for the last month, but I didn't realize that Pronger wasn't doing the playoff beard :sly
Dear Scott,
How's our ass taste?
(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/728024121/burnside_scott_55_normal.jpg)
Hugs 'n kisses!
Philly
Burnside knows less than Sarge's taint about hockey.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/columns/story?columnist=burnside_scott&id=5217028
only 1 person here knows anything about hockey, and unfortunately that isnt sarges taint (though i do wish it was)
btw, 20 dollar exchange in phILLY? If they manage to beat a very very talented Hawks team it would be a beautiful thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/9YV5QNYp_4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YV5QNYp_4o&feature=player_embedded
:-D :-D :-D The reaction of this chick yelling farging Amazing is hilarous. No one knows how to respond, Coatsey is drunk, and they have nothing for an awkward 38 seconds. It's safe to say Coatsey's liver might not make it thru the night.
Coatsey looked like he could barely stand up. Bill Clement's reaction was hilarious.
What i'm thinking about in this series. The D play in this is a bigger story than the goalies imo(Niemi and Leighton both have had great runs, and good stories. The D on both teams is very very impressive. As whole units you gotta give it to CHI for their defensive depth. The flyers have a very impressive lines on the top 2 D pairs with Kimmo/Coburn play as consistently good as you would expect. Kimmo is Kimmo, and Coburn has become the Coburn of old. He's playing like he was expected all season, and throwing more hits than i've seen in a while this post season. Pronger has been a beast for all of 1 game this entire run. I can live wit that. And Carle has been spectacular at times, and average threw some periods. He steps it up when they need it. The offense is going to be fast, the D is going to be interesting to see how they handle some very gifted offensive players in Toews/Kane. Sharpe is who he was in philly, just getting more minutes than Hitchcock could understand. Goalies are going to come back to earth i think in this type of series.
The weird things about this entire meeting, the history of how long both teams have been in this drought, and how many players on CHI roster were former flyers. JVR could have been Kane had the lotto fallen into the correct order. For a fun SCF, this couldnt be any better for the NHL. Just dont screw it up with ridiculous penalties. Let them play the game and call the beyond obvious stuff. Old time hockey would be great to see.
BTW, Kentucky Vintage Bourbon is delicious
Quote from: SunMo on October 02, 2009, 03:42:54 PM
No SunMo for thread creation? No championship.
Reverse Jinx?
view from behind Halak's net on the empty netter, celebrations and handshakes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oNKWGa7dCg)
QuoteScottieUpshall CongraTs BOYS! Take er home to Broad St... I'll b back to watch this final!
Do it for the guy who cried leaving this town. Gonna be so big, for the NHL, two major towns, two histories, and one returning to Champ. Cant beat it.
part of me wanted some kind of calgary/montreal final just to stick to the nhl
fargin awesome
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Quote from: BigEd76 on May 25, 2010, 12:11:38 AM
view from behind Halak's net on the empty netter, celebrations and handshakes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oNKWGa7dCg)
That was awesome.
4 more to go.
did igy really just post what i think he did?
What's the pont of having season tickets if you're gonna sell off the SC games??
Perhaps I'm missing something but, paying for season tickets & going to playoff/cup games > having your regular season tix paid by selling your playoff/cup tickets
$450 a ticket for the last row in a corner section of the upper deck....crazy
He has to pay off his gambling debts from betting against the Flyers for the past 3 series.
im going to game four (if they arent down 3-0) and game 6 if there is one...in the meantime ive sold off one game per round so far and have paid off 90% of my season tickets next year
and thats before i have even sold any of next years tickets which will mostly all go for above face
cakin off son....
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 25, 2010, 10:18:32 AM
$450 a ticket for the last row in a corner section of the upper deck....crazy
its not really the corner...its in btwn the goal and the corner...but yeah the prices are insane...face value on the tickets are $80
(http://enrico.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451af4b69e20134819ab3ba970c-pi)
(http://enrico.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451af4b69e20133ee6993fc970b-pi)
I'm sure mr. grumpy will appreciate the Hawks fans you put next to him.
ive been lucky so far...no visiting team fans yet...the chick that bought these is from warminster...still possible she could be a chicago transplant but i doubt it
Chicago sports reporters saying the Hawks are HUGE HUGE favorites and should dispose of the Flyers fairly quickly.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 25, 2010, 11:05:33 AM
Chicago sports reporters saying the Hawks are HUGE HUGE favorites and should dispose of the Flyers fairly quickly.
Well, they are and they should. Doesn't mean that they will.
a double HUGE :o
I just went back and re-read a few pages of the 2009 Flyers season thread; most notably a page or 2 from the day Pronger was acquired. Gold baby, gold.
This is why they traded a ransome for him.
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/c2/fullj.f7bb4318d24f8a9cf8e34cd400d27e5a/f7bb4318d24f8a9cf8e34cd400d27e5a-getty-98873181mh068_montreal_cana.jpg)
thankfully nobody ripped the trade for pronger like it was the worst move ever.
its only a good trade if they win the cup....not that he hasnt been good but this year has been something much bigger than than pronger...and has little to do with any individual player
you just cant make all the shtein that has happened up...it cant even begin to be explained by a simple trade...its basically other worldly
i mean if pronger is that good they dont need a boucher save to make the playoffs and they dont go down in any series much less against a team as bad as boston...pronger didnt cause a team who the flyers match up perfectly against (montreal) beat two teams that are way better than them (wash and pitt)...nor did he orchestrate the perfect coaching change mid season...or make just another journeyman nhl'er (lapierre) a flyer legend in less than one season
in other words they make the cup this year with or without pronger or any other player on the team...its something that cant be explained and frankly is other worldly
My boy has tix available for the SC, every home game I believe. Sec 214 and 215. $850/pr. :-D
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Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 25, 2010, 11:05:33 AM
Chicago sports reporters saying the Hawks are HUGE HUGE favorites and should dispose of the Flyers fairly quickly.
Clement brought up a good point about this. He was saying a lot of people are basing this off the regular season and how up and down the Flyers were. He also said though part of it is due to how much better the Western Conference is.
they were undeafeated against chicago in the regular season
flyers in five
Git yo Tesla tickets ready!
HORNS UP!
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 25, 2010, 11:42:27 AM
I just went back and re-read a few pages of the 2009 Flyers season thread; most notably a page or 2 from the day Pronger was acquired. Gold baby, gold.
Pronger was my all time favorite player who never played for the Flyers, I've been saying that since I've been a member of this board. That being said, I'll admit I ripped the trade. I knew he would be gold in the playoffs, but you can't blame fans for being frustrated initially with the move: they had no goalie, were shipping 1st rounders out faster than the taterskins, Pronger is 35, and Sbisa was a promising player.
Most underrated player last series: Coburn. I've bashed him all season, but if you watched him close this past series he resembled a top pairing D-man.
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/23/fullj.10bf43b02f6c5640b57d3b5f5eb89130/10bf43b02f6c5640b57d3b5f5eb89130-getty-98873181mh067_montreal_cana.jpg) for Rusty
is that jim mora jr?
I slammed the deal also..we all did. Hard not to love it now though..and it'll be even harder once this happens..
(http://www.nhl4u.com/wp-content/gallery/chris-pronger/chris-pronger-holds-the-stanley-cup-after-defeating-the-ottawa-senators.jpg)
Quote from: SD on May 25, 2010, 12:11:17 PM
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 25, 2010, 11:42:27 AM
I just went back and re-read a few pages of the 2009 Flyers season thread; most notably a page or 2 from the day Pronger was acquired. Gold baby, gold.
Pronger was my all time favorite player who never played for the Flyers, I've been saying that since I've been a member of this board. That being said, I'll admit I ripped the trade. I knew he would be gold in the playoffs, but you can't blame fans for being frustrated initially with the move: they had no goalie, were shipping 1st rounders out faster than the taterskins, Pronger is 35, and Sbisa was a promising player.
Most underrated player last series: Coburn. I've bashed him all season, but if you watched him close this past series he resembled a top pairing D-man.
who didn't rip the trade at one point and deservingly so but you can't argue that to this point the move hasn't paid off.
but the list can go on & on as far as who has played a part in this run.
Quote from: smeags on May 25, 2010, 12:28:52 PM
but the list can go on & on as far as who has played a part in this run.
True, but this team isn't here without Pronger. In my eyes he's the best D-Man in the NHL. Hands down. Show me all the stats in the world, they mean shtein, he's like having an extra goalie out there, he's physical, plays more minutes than should be humanly possible, and to top it off is great offensively.
that pass he made to set up leino in game 4 was so pretty
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 25, 2010, 12:38:49 PM
that pass he made to set up leino in game 4 was so pretty
Yeah that was as good as it gets.
only the goalie logs more ice time then pronger.
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=70592&catid=-6
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 25, 2010, 11:42:27 AM
I just went back and re-read a few pages of the 2009 Flyers season thread; most notably a page or 2 from the day Pronger was acquired. Gold baby, gold.
for the lazy (http://www.concretefield.info/forum/index.php?topic=20519.75)
classic igs material
haaa, worst move ever in franchise history. :-D
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 25, 2010, 01:29:12 PM
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=70592&catid=-6
nice...goosebumps
I hate the way they used "Richie" and "Clarkie"...shoulda used something like "what if todays captain didnt play like the bullies captain"
or "what if richie was bitchy like lindy"
Quote from: Rome on June 26, 2009, 08:13:03 PM
When Pronger is skating around the Wachovia Center with the Stanley Cup raised over his head next year you guys are gonna look awfully silly.
:deion
you're much smarter and better looking than i originally thought
how are you doing?
http://blogs.phillymag.com/restaurant_club/2010/05/25/a-schmear-of-victory/
lmao I hope someone else here just saw what DNL did with the "farging awesome" comment on post game live last night :-D
its been all over the internet since like 2 minutes after it happened last night.
and posted on this thread
DNL took the video and turned it into an NHL "history will be made" commercial
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/SamiB/Eaglesflyers.png)
Quote from: Munson on May 25, 2010, 05:20:29 PM
DNL took the video and turned it into an NHL "history will be made" commercial
http://www.crossingbroad.com/2010/05/csn-makes-light-of-fbomb.html
lol
I still love Coatsy's reaction too.
Coatsey's reaction reminds me of Sarge when watchign the replay of the phillly fan knocking out the mets fan up at Citi last year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbleWAzHtOk
Holy shtein that's awesome.
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 25, 2010, 01:29:41 PM
Quote from: Die-Hard on May 25, 2010, 11:42:27 AM
I just went back and re-read a few pages of the 2009 Flyers season thread; most notably a page or 2 from the day Pronger was acquired. Gold baby, gold.
for the lazy (http://www.concretefield.info/forum/index.php?topic=20519.75)
classic igs material
Personally, I think that my reaction was balanced and nuanced. :paranoid
This was the post of the thread:
(http://justthetipoff.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/hayden-panettiere-stanley-cup-01.jpg)
(A close second was Phreak saying he wasn't a mega homer. I actually lol'd reading that.)
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 25, 2010, 11:05:33 AM
Chicago sports reporters saying the Hawks are HUGE HUGE favorites and should dispose of the Flyers fairly quickly.
yeah called into the score wscr 670am around 315ish after Terry Boers (host) went on a tirade about how philly sucked in every way. I asked him other then the booing of santa in the 1960's. What have philly fans done that is worse then #1 a father son combo jumping onto the field and beating the crap out of a 1st base coach, or dumping a beer on a center fielder during a play (last year) he countered with a fan being tased. I said did he beat up a coach? he then went into a tirade of calling me an asswipe like all the other philly fans. He stoped to ask me if i was from philly i responded yes, been out here since 91, his response, "so u have a soft spot in ur heart for that place?" I responded im philly to the bone. called me an asswipe again and told me to go back to my little town in Byron. Fargin bandwagon douchebags!
You should have also told him that santa was a 19 year old drunk kid that could barely stand up.
after i mentioned the antics of the chicago fans he went into his tirade. farg this ignorant bunch of people out here. farg these bandwagon bitches and their team!!go flyers :boom
Hopefully The flyers impose their will on the smaller less physical team again and goon the crap out of the hawks
Quote from: Munson on May 25, 2010, 09:24:09 PM
Hopefully The flyers impose their will on the smaller less physical team again and goon the crap out of the hawks
and we pray. I could live with that kind of whining from the bandwagon jumping douchebags around here.
Although my athletic director at my high school today started talking about theseries in a meeting and to his credit said, "we all relize Mick know what he's talking about he's all about his town and I just found out what a short handed goal is last night". :-D at least some of them know!!
I said what?!
Vegas was packed with Flyers and Blackhawks fans.
Great game watching atmosphere
dreampt last night flyers won game one 3-1...woke up this morning and for like five minutes i thought it was real
If they win any games in Chicago I'm going to poop in my pants.
the fact that they are in the stanley cup means my pants have been shatted
game one really is the key...which is why it was on my mind i think...chicago has been outscored 10-3 this year in game ones...laying huge eggs against nashville and vancouver and playing their worst game of the series against san jose...this is the game the flyers need to get
man, the chicago fans i come by are dismissing the flyers like nothing. pretty much feel this will be an easy four game sweep.
now i know the blackhawks are a very good team & the flyers got into the playoffs as the #7 on a shoot out but at this point can you as a blackhawks fan think you're just going to walk through the flyers like they did the sharks ?
i think they are correct in that if chicago wins it will be in four or five...if it goes six or seven flyers win
i say flyers in six
There's no way the Hick-Cog players are taking the Flyers for granted.
The bandwagon is strong with them. Who knows, i just think this flyers team is doing shtein that we all thought they were capable of coming into the year, but i thought Emery would be in net.
I think Pronger is going to be the difference in this series. He was epic in the last two series and between him and Richards, I really don't see them losing. It just feels like a destiny thing especially after the shootout against the Rags just to get in, the Bruins miracle, etc...
pronger and duncan keith (btw he def has one of those full names where its impossible to not say the entire thing when referring to him) cancel each other out
to me the key to the series is carter...if this week off has gotten him back to or close to 100% and he can have a four or five goal series then the flyers win...for one he can improve their slumping power play...two he will help cancel out the kane tose duo in terms of firepower...and three i just dont see the flyers having the scoring depth this series they have had against the crap they have played so far...your best players have to step up now...you cant count on a asham hartnell reemer or leino this series (briere needs to come out of hiding as well)
Quote from: Rome on May 28, 2010, 09:06:05 AM
I think Pronger is going to be the difference in this series. He was epic in the last two series and between him and Richards, I really don't see them losing. It just feels like a destiny thing especially after the shootout against the Rags just to get in, the Bruins miracle, etc...
I agree with this. Defense is what got them here and what they've built their identity on. He's the one player they can't lose. As for the series I don't have a feeling one way or the another who is going to win.
im pretty sure i just heard a joe banner promo on wip where he gives a shout out to the flyers and tells them to bring home the cup
you did, they are supporting the Flyers, guess they learned hating on the Phillies didnt make them look good last time around.
yeah you could totally tell thats why he did it not because he really cares...he tried so hard to get excited and still couldnt do it...
i woke up and started thinking of this bar. Iron Man be sippin rum, out of Stanley Cups, unflammable (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8_hc5Y8x6s)
i got lots of love for my crew that is....no love for them blackhawk crews and rival kids...all them chicago niggggggas know what time it is...and if they dont they need to buy a watch word up...caught up in the cross check get theyself hurt up...while we be sippin gin straight out a stanley cup
on a park bench on broad street my whole crews famous...you try to etch the cup but you nameless...first of all slow down you on the wrong route...let me put you on your skates and show you whats it all about...the ice life aint nuttin to play with...no jokes no games kid...this year is ours kid
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 28, 2010, 10:42:47 AM
yeah you could totally tell thats why he did it not because he really cares...he tried so hard to get excited and still couldnt do it...
This is actually incorrect. He's a big Flyers fan and goes to a lot of the games according to N-C.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 28, 2010, 09:01:33 AM
The bandwagon is strong with them. Who knows, i just think this flyers team is doing shtein that we all thought they were capable of coming into the year, but i thought Emery would be in net.
I'll be the first to admit I am one of them. I lost interest in hockey for a few years. Living in TX and being overseas there wasn't much NHL coverage or at least the Flyers. This team though is impossible not to watch they are just a tough bunch of dudes that don't give up. Hard not to respect that.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 28, 2010, 11:05:40 AM
i got lots of love for my crew that is....no love for them blackhawk crews and rival kids...all them chicago niggggggas know what time it is...and if they dont they need to buy a watch word up...caught up in the cross check get theyself hurt up...while we be sippin gin straight out a stanley cup
on a park bench on broad street my whole crews famous...you try to etch the cup but you nameless...first of all slow down you on the wrong route...let me put you on your skates and show you whats it all about...the ice life aint nuttin to play with...no jokes no games kid...this year is ours kid
Brain bleach please.
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on May 28, 2010, 11:26:26 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on May 28, 2010, 09:01:33 AM
The bandwagon is strong with them. Who knows, i just think this flyers team is doing shtein that we all thought they were capable of coming into the year, but i thought Emery would be in net.
I'll be the first to admit I am one of them. I lost interest in hockey for a few years. Living in TX and being overseas there wasn't much NHL coverage or at least the Flyers. This team though is impossible not to watch they are just a tough bunch of dudes that don't give up. Hard not to respect that.
I find the Blackhawk fans to be pretty obnoxious though, they dont know shtein about the sport. The Chicago Sun Times had to run an article about what Icing is, and other game related stuff. I'm so nervous right now, but so pumped its crazy
chill out
chicago fans are awesome
trying denegrate that citys sports in any way
just makes you look like a douchey flyer fan
from one of those flyer boards
this isnt carolina philly is playing
shut your face piggy
lol
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When developers released the first images of the project in January 2008, they showed a sprawling, neon-adorned entertainment mall that zigzagged its way across the stadium complex's vast asphalt domains, connecting Citizens Bank Park to the Wachovia Center with a diagonal indoor street. It wasn't exactly an urban, street-wall building, but its form was several notches better than the standard suburban shopping center and an improvement over that monoculture of parking.
Now, it appears that Philadelphia's memory-filled Spectrum - the original home of the Flyers and site of the Sixers' 1983 championship - is likely to be replaced by something far less ambitious. A new version of the project making the rounds at the Planning Commission offices shows a building about the size of a typical strip mall.
According to Spectrum owner Ed Snider, the one-story structure will house "the world's biggest sports bar."
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Snider, who is also involved with the troubled Foxwoods casino, said the partners intended to start by building a smaller, test version with their own money. The scaled-down Philly Live! will contain about 50,000 square feet of leasable space, enough for the main sports bar and four smaller bars and restaurants. Snider said he and his partners planned to operate the food venues themselves. He declined to put a price tag on the venture.
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Snider told me he expected to demolish the Spectrum within the next few months. Yet, city Planning Director Alan Greenberger said he still hadn't seen an actual design for the miniaturized Philly Live!
He doesn't know what materials the developers plan to use on the exterior. He doesn't know whether there will be windows to break up the outside walls. The developers have made it clear to him, however, that they intend to adorn the structure with plenty of signage.
This "bite-size" version of Philly Live! is so modest that Snider doesn't actually have to demolish the Spectrum to fit the project onto the sports complex parking lot (although the arena's days do appear numbered).
The current thinking calls for a square-shaped building immediately east of the Spectrum, located at the corner of 11th Street and Pattison Avenue, with street walls facing those two thoroughfares. Apparently, the internal diagonal street remains. There may also be outdoor terraces for cafe tables. Expect plenty of big-screen TVs.
The stadium complex wasn't exactly planned either, and its arrangement of isolated arenas exists by default. Unlike other cities, Philadelphia didn't have the courage to locate its new ballpark in the thick of the city. It's been too easy to pave over the South Philadelphia marshes.
Yet both the city, which owns the stadium complex land, and the venue operators have long dreamed of tying the sports oases together with nonsports activities.
Some of the advantages are purely financial. Why let all those sports fans disperse after the game when they might be lured into hanging around, and spending their money, on more entertainment in Philadelphia? If you add in concerts and other events, the area is busy 300 nights a year.
The Cordish Co. has made a specialty of building such postgame attractions in cities including Baltimore, Los Angeles , and Kansas City . Philly Live! might even become a destination for people without game tickets, Greenberger believes. Had Philly Live! existed this week when the Flyers clinched a place in the Stanley Cup Finals, it would certainly have been packed with people who wanted to be part of the vibe.
But the development's potential extends beyond the cash register. While the city never succeeded in building a sports arena downtown, Philly Live! offers a way to bring downtown, or something like it, to the stadium complex.
Greenberger said he looks enviously at San Francisco's Mission Bay development, a dense and vibrant urban neighborhood that grew up around Giants Stadium. It's a worthy model - though, sadly, one that may be out of Philadelphia's league, even though South Philadelphia continues to produce housing in the adjacent neighborhood. Still,a lifestyle center, like City Place in West Palm Beach, Fla., which mixes housing, retail, and entertainment in an urban-looking, but highly controlled, form, may be more realistic for the disconnected stadium complex.
Faux urbanism is better than no urbanism. But without a master plan to guide the embryonic Philly Live!, the only certainty is that Philadelphia's stadium complex will continue to grow by default.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20100528_Changing_Skyline__Haphazard_plans_plague_Philly_Live_.html#axzz0pEhxIBQz
pretty collassal fargup by Luuko/Snider and company.
yeah don't talk shtein about chicago fans, they do not play.
(http://images.usatoday.com/sports/_sphotos/2002-09-20-gamboa-inside.jpg)
Booing santa was worse
they also tried to burn down comiskey on disco night
according to the national media booing santa sits second only to the crucifixion of christ on the list of when fans go too far.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 28, 2010, 11:43:33 AM
chill out
chicago fans are awesome
trying denegrate that citys sports in any way
just makes you look like a douchey flyer fan
from one of those flyer boards
this isnt carolina philly is playing
I have never been to Chicago but most of the people I know from there didn't know shtein about their favorite teams. Like I said I have never been there though so it is hard to say.
Well, thanks for your input, then.
I was in Chicago for 6-8 months, it's a great sports city. The Blackhawks are far and away the last in the pecking order of popularity concerning their teams.
In terms of how passionate fans are compared to Philly teams I'd rate them like this:
Eagles > Bears
Phillies = Cubs
Sixers < Bulls
Flyers > Hawks
Over the last 20 years overall Cubs fans are better than Phillies fans, the Phillies get the equal sign because of this past decade.
^^^^^
spot on
boucher is cleared to play? they don't start him, right? RIGHT?
no he wont start
i know he won't start saturday, but i meant for the entire series. i don't know who they considered the new "starter" since emery went down the the injury merry-go-round started.
are you high?
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Go Flyers!
DO IT!
we can do block partys together next year
If I hit the Powerball tomorrow night it's a date.
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7574/s100525flyerscanadiens2.jpg)
I'm doing a ton of stuff today trying to pass time faster.
I was hoping we were a hell of a lot closer to 8pm at this point. Its just 2. :boom
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 29, 2010, 02:00:06 PM
I'm doing a ton of stuff today trying to pass time faster.
I was hoping we were a hell of a lot closer to 8pm at this point. Its just 2. :boom
Start drinking!
haha, can't do it. Not to mention, it only takes one glass of wine to put me down so I'd rather not sleep through the game
I've gardened (still have to plant flowers, but it looks like its about to storm), cleaned, did laundry and a gazillion other things. Its like time is moving backwards.
I'm sitting on the beach shjtfaced. Just got a email for game 3 tickets from the flyers but it put me in a holding queue. I probably missed out not seeing the email fml
I got the same e-mail.
350 per ticket for nosebleeds?
Uh, no.
I never got the chance to see what they were offerin. Cantwait till tonight hotting up a nice sportsbar up the street
CSN Pregame Live is going hard on Chicago
LETS GO
Can we get the game started already?
GAME GO
wow that place is sick
first goal of the 2010 Stanley Cup: VILLIEIEEIEIEIEIEIEI ELEIONOEENJFEFNEFNEFJEOFeFk
And shotty defense gives it right back. I know those guys gotta play a little bit but get 2 of your top 4 out there please
leighton needs to belly up...you cant give up a goal from above the circles with no screen
leighton is simply awful
lucky first goal then get dominated. good plan.
havent been dominated at all....their goalie simply sucks
both goals were on the defense.
Their goalie also just had to deal with two key turnovers.
He looks tight though.
yeah thats why quenville and mcguire are laughing at leighton on the bench
The point is, you moron, that turning it over in your own zone (Parent) and giving the short handed team a break a way (Cobourn) shouldn't be happening in the first place.
Hartnell comes through on the PP rebound!
Pronger is going to effing kill somebody with that one timer
nice. they need to stop getting content after goals. leighton is definitely not on the top of his game though whether it's being tight or whatever
Where's this Hartnell been? He's mixing it up nicely tonight.
The defense has to tighten up a lot. So does Leighton, for that matter.
tied into the first int....= win this game
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 09:01:52 PM
tied into the first int....= win this game
How about a 3-2 lead?
BRIERRRRRRRRRRRE
series over
You may want to check the Phils game during the intermission. :-X
I flip back over from a perfect game to see leighton get spanked.
Hot damn, BETTS????
Quote from: LBIggle on May 29, 2010, 09:28:19 PM
I flip back over from a perfect game to see leighton get spanked.
Betts says, "No problem."
just cancel the season...the goaltending is an absolute embarrassment for a cup final
this game is goign to end up 10-8 or some shtein like that.
Leighton is just bad tonight. That last goal was abysmal.
Neither goalie has been good.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 29, 2010, 09:45:05 PM
Leighton is just bad tonight. That last goal was abysmal.
does this surprise you that the flyers have a team than can win the cup but not a goalie?
Igy, go back away until the series is over. Really.
Last I checked, both teams have given up 4 goals.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 29, 2010, 09:49:44 PM
Igy, go back away until the series is over. Really.
Last I checked, both teams have given up 4 goals.
both teams?
pronger trade is definitely making a difference when it counts as well
Leighton out... Boosh in.
lol...your man just got yanked pg...now will you settle down
this game is just ridiculous...when does neimi get pulled
Flyers are resilient, that's for certain.
geo do you start leighton for the third
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:03:00 PM
geo do you start leighton for the third
I wouldn't. Not sure we can trust Boucher's knees (or talent, for that matter), though.
Leighton needs to be settled down, watch the rest, and be ready for game 2. Laviolette starts Boucher game 2, though, and this series might be over (see: Hextall and Snow, 1997)
im torn...i know what you are saying and it makes sense but i bring him back
he let up three awful goals in game seven vs boston and came back....lets do it again
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:11:04 PM
im torn...i know what you are saying and it makes sense but i bring him back
he let up three awful goals in game seven vs boston and came back....lets do it again
You're not the only one I've heard that from. Depending on Leighton's mental toughness, that could work well.
lol i just literally puked in my sink...now im back
i guess boosh jusy answered the question
Boucher in goal for the third period.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:15:39 PM
lol i just literally puked in my sink...now im back
Hell, I might, and I'm not even drinking.
im drunk dont me wrong but nerves are turning my stomach over
btw the hawks are dominating right now
does anyone feel confident the flyers can win this game
just a matter of time
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:29:49 PM
im drunk dont me wrong but nerves are turning my stomach over
btw the hawks are dominating right now
Yep.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:32:12 PM
does anyone feel confident the flyers can win this game
Not right now.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2010, 10:33:47 PM
just a matter of time
Yep.
And I don't think Leighton has to worry about not getting the start for game 2, either.
btw in an 11 goal game is it possible for richards to be more invisible
Someone needs to take charge soon. They're running out of time.
I feel an overtime coming on, though. We'll see.
he has been for a while except for game 5. he broke his stick after Boucher looked like dog shtein.. so that's something.
The worst part for me is that they're being outplayed physically.
And what does it say when Aron Asham is the most dynamic offensive player?
They may never get Boucher out of the freakin' net.
well it was fun. they needed game one. all you saw was another team that wanted it more.
we get It pronger your strong. try finding the goalie.
Quote from: LBIggle on May 29, 2010, 10:52:50 PM
well it was fun. they needed game one. all you saw was another team that wanted it more.
That was one the Flyers need to steal. Niemi was bad. Leighton/Boucher was worse.
yup. it was basically two teams going wide open fully rested and fully motivated and the flyers came up short because of goaltending. it's not an excuse because like you said neimi was equally as atrocious. their outskilled and need an x factor like a good goaltender which they don't have. they can't go down 2 games to them and now it looks inevitable. maybe Richards will like do something so they can steal game 2. I won't wait for that though.
and since they can't skate with them, maybe win a faceoff so you can control the puck a little more. and farg you coburn.
Leighton lost them this game but they need to go back to him in game 2. For the most part the Flyers outplayed the Hawks. I'm expecting a much tighter game on Monday.
Quote from: SD on May 29, 2010, 11:41:49 PM
Leighton lost them this game but they need to go back to him in game 2. For the most part the Flyers outplayed the Hawks. I'm expecting a much tighter game on Monday.
1st period I'd agree with you. The 2nd tilted towards the Hawks, and the third Chicago dominated.
oh well
halladay threw a perfect game, cheer up idiots
And like the Phils lately, the Flyers didn't hit enough.
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 28, 2010, 11:43:33 AM
chill out
chicago fans are awesome
trying denegrate that citys sports in any way
just makes you look like a douchey flyer fan
from one of those flyer boards
this isnt carolina philly is playing
What??????!
chicago fans are a bunch of front runners!
I've been out here since 1991 up until last year I could get a ticket at face or below. How the farg do you claim chicago fans are legit?
other then the MJ era what has chi town won? oh yeah a white sox championship that 85% of the town didn't care about cause they are north side bitches still waiting for a cubbie title! oh and a title in 1985 with Da Bears!
More goals for the Flyers last night than runs for the Phillies in their last 5 games. BUMS ALL.
Went into their house. Took a shtein on their lawn 5 times.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 30, 2010, 08:23:27 AM
Went into their house. Took a shtein on their lawn 5 times.
ill take six shteins in someones elses mouth if it means they shtein five times on my floor
missed the point entirely, but good. Its your way.
We see how it all works out....Phils suck, they win the WS. Flyers suck...they get to the Finals. Halladay is done...he throws a perfect game.
gotta win a title to not suck....second place might as well be last and if you are gonna do that then its better to just come in last and get a superstar in the draft
Quote from: SD on May 29, 2010, 11:41:49 PM
For the most part the Flyers outplayed the Hawks.
yup...melrose summed the game up perfectly....flyers played better...shut down the kane toes line...basically played as good as they could and still lost because of leighton...quite disheartening
Who's in net on Monday?
Highest-rated finals opener in 11 years (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5234558)
amazing that the game scored that much lower in philly than chicago and actually scored lower in philly than at least one of the montreal games....i wonder how much halladay had to do with that
Carcillo and Bartulis in
JVR and Parent out
Carcillo's response:
Quote"I have a lot of pent up energy that you'll probably see released tonight."
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 31, 2010, 10:22:28 AM
amazing that the game scored that much lower in philly than chicago and actually scored lower in philly than at least one of the montreal games....i wonder how much halladay had to do with that
no its not
its was a saturday night on memorial day weekend, people go away or go out and do things
also for the 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000th time hockey is a niche sport and they arent getting much better than a 20 rating
Quote from: KDS on May 31, 2010, 01:26:48 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 31, 2010, 10:22:28 AM
amazing that the game scored that much lower in philly than chicago and actually scored lower in philly than at least one of the montreal games....i wonder how much halladay had to do with that
no its not
its was a saturday night on memorial day weekend, people go away or go out and do things
also for the 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000th time hockey is a niche sport and they arent getting much better than a 20 rating
pretty sure you didnt read a word i wrote
i lightly skimmed it
Quote from: PhillyGirl on May 31, 2010, 01:22:48 PM
Carcillo and Bartulis in
JVR and Parent out
Carcillo's response:
Quote"I have a lot of pent up energy that you'll probably see released tonight."
they sat JVR instead of Powe? I like getting Carcillo back in the lineup as long as he keeps his temper in check, but scratching JVR in favor of a guy like Powe is mind boggling. Parent is useless and will be gone in the offseason.
leighton is in net tonght... but for how long?
reemer is out of his league in a series like this and if hes not scoring he shouldnt be playing as he does nothing else...he doesnt score either but you get the point...powe at least is solid will play physical can skate and kill penalties....reemer does nothing
Powe was the worst player on the ice game 1
not true but even if he was that has nothing to do with who the more valuable player is and hes much more so than reemer....reemer should have been out of the league since the all star break....much less being on the ice in a stanley cup final....if powe does nothing else and admittedly he usually doesnt do much hes at least a solid pk'er and can be used on faceoffs...he also will take the body and can skate....reemer is completely worthless and gives the team nothing...he was a -2 last game with ZERO shots on goal
I like getting carcillo back especially well rested and ready to crack some heads. don't really care much about jvr or powe. both are equally worthless. the move isn't going to amount to much if the big guns don't step up and steal one in chicago. Richards biggest highlight was smashing his stick right after boucher gave up the horrendous and game winning 6th goal.
yeah dont get me wrong...powe is negligible at best...but he adds something to the lineup where as reemer gives you nothing and the fact that hes 21 and like a deer in headlights on this stage can really hurt you
its sort of like having special teamer on your active roster in a football game and not dressing a fourth wr...even tho the wr is the more 'talented' player but they need to sit because they have had like three catches in the last 12 weeks and add nothing to the lineup
They were awful in faceoffs in game one. Powe can do better than he did and he offers at least that and solid PK.
This game is the series. Need to win tonight after letting Saturday go.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on May 31, 2010, 07:38:09 PM
This game is the series. Need to win tonight after letting Saturday go.
I'm sorry, I just don't get this comment. Yeah, its the Finals. Yeah, its a good team in Chicago...but to say they're done if they lose is ridiculous after the past 2 months.
chicago is so much better than any team the flyers have faced thus far in the playoffs that it probably is over if they lose this game...you can disagree with the thought but its certainly not out of bounds to think that
most picked chicago to win it quite easily when it was 0-0...if the flyers go down 0-2 of course most people will say its over
flyers gotta start thinking fake shot and move in on the net because thats like the fourth time in the two games a hawks dman has gone down on a rush
holy shtein was that a solid post
lol @ carcillo "im gonna be in your ass ALL fargING SERIES"
chicago imposing their will now...this is the team everyone expected in game one....flyers gotta get to the intermission unscathed and they will have done well for themselves
no way you can complain because the flyers havent had a call yet but that wasnt a penalty on betts
Carcillo taking the extra on that was sheer idiocy.
richards got the extra....carcillo and kopecky got matchings...and really it was kopecky who was stupid as he retaliated...but who knows if carcillo gets called for the first one if kopecky doesnt strike back
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 31, 2010, 09:00:23 PM
richards got the extra....carcillo and kopecky got matchings...and really it was kopecky who was stupid as he retaliated...but who knows if carcillo gets called for the first one if kopecky doesnt strike back
Yeah, just looked up the boxscore for the call on Richards. Elbowing? And I think that Kopecky got his at the time time Richards got the eblow - could be wrong, though.
Chicago roughing - 2 min 17:27, T. Kopecky
Philadelphia elbowing - 2 min 17:27, M. Richards
Philadelphia unsportsmanlike conduct - 2 min 17:27, D. Carcillo
And Milbury is going off on the Betts call.
It's hard to complain about calls especially since they've been lopsided in the Flyers favor, but the Betts call was a joke. He didn't hit him up high, if the guy isn't off balance it's a slight shove.
I'm hoping the Flyers first period woes they had the last couple of series are back and they become that shut down D team again. Leighton doesn't look shaky like he did game 1. Couple of nice saves there. Coburn had a solid first.
richards got his on the same shift about 10 seconds earlier...carcillo and kopecky got theirs after the whistle when the flyers touched the puck on the delayed call to richards
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/pearljam1003/okz.gif)
this is men vs boys tonight...flyers can barely get over center ice with the puck much less in the offensive zone
richards has just been awful
damn if richards could have just settled the puck...this is why you shouldnt be playing hockey in june
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 31, 2010, 09:26:58 PM
this is men vs boys tonight...flyers can barely get over center ice with the puck much less in the offensive zone
richards has just been awful
Getting two borderline calls against him hasn't helped.
Good shift there by the Carcillo line.
what an absoluetly sick touch pass by giroux
As bad as Leighton was in Game 1, he's been good when needed tonight.
That was a hell of a save by Niemi. Not sure how he got it.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 31, 2010, 09:45:40 PM
As bad as Leighton was in Game 1, he's been good when needed tonight.
ban
wow ben eager talking shtein all night long and then backs it up with a goal
at the start of the series i thought flyer MAGIC would prevail but its time to acknowledge chicago is much better
Quote from: LBIggle on May 31, 2010, 09:54:00 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 31, 2010, 09:45:40 PM
As bad as Leighton was in Game 1, he's been good when needed tonight.
ban
ha...not just that post but also the gif of pronger telling eager hes yapping
faster, more physical, more skilled then the flyers. they needed to steal one and their well on their way to failing at that.
Dammit, saw the first goal, had to put son to bed, came back out and it was 2-0.
They did everything except score the last 10 minutes. Oh well.
Niemi stole that game. Flyers needed the effort they had in the 3rd the entire game to have a chance.
so f'ing frustrating. Now they have to defy history again....
If you are gonna make history, might as well go all the way, right?
The Flyers played a heck of a game tonight, just came up a little short. The series really had a chance to go either way. Get some lucky bounces at home and we can tie this bitch up.
i watch this game at applebees because im in mexico and there are no good bars
were trying the island on wednesday. hockey!!
Mexico? Where in Mexico? Have a Tecate for me.
Quote from: SD on May 31, 2010, 10:57:26 PM
Niemi stole that game. Flyers needed the effort they had in the 3rd the entire game to have a chance.
thats what so impressive about chicago...you wanna shoot it out with them they will put a half dozen up on you...you wanna play low scoring niemi or the defense will shut you down...i mean the flyers played really well....as well as they can for two games on the road and they are down 0-2
the hawks are better but the flyers are staying with them. the better team has won the first two games though. i'm not happy we lost both games but can't really be too upset considering the difference in talent between these teams.
bottom line is the flyers need to take both home games to have any chance.
oh and ben eager ? really ? :boom
feels like the boston series as far as the Flyers are just a step behind, not getting blown out, just one play behind at the end. This team is done i think. Cant see them winning 4 in a row again, but Tuesday should be fun off the charts at the Wach
I loved Ben Eager up until one play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxcwqo6NizM
flyers are up 2-0 in the boston series if they played this way the first two games
"He was picking up the puck. I told him he could keep it," said Chicago forward Ben Eager, who along with Pronger, received a game misconduct with no time on the clock.
When asked what Eager said to him, Pronger retorted, "I don't speak whatever language Eager was speaking.
"Apparently, it got him upset. So I guess it worked, didn't it? It's too bad. I guess little things amuse little minds."
But it wasn't the first time Pronger was seen high-tailing a disc off the ice. According to CBC, Pronger also stole the puck in game 1, specifically to keep it away from the Hawks, and as rumor has it, unceremoniously tossed both in the garbage.
"It's in the garbage," Pronger told CSNphilly.com. "Where it belongs."
Quote from: SunMo on June 01, 2010, 10:12:19 AM
"He was picking up the puck. I told him he could keep it," said Chicago forward Ben Eager, who along with Pronger, received a game misconduct with no time on the clock.
When asked what Eager said to him, Pronger retorted, "I don't speak whatever language Eager was speaking.
"Apparently, it got him upset. So I guess it worked, didn't it? It's too bad. I guess little things amuse little minds."
But it wasn't the first time Pronger was seen high-tailing a disc off the ice. According to CBC, Pronger also stole the puck in game 1, specifically to keep it away from the Hawks, and as rumor has it, unceremoniously tossed both in the garbage.
"It's in the garbage," Pronger told CSNphilly.com. "Where it belongs."
:-D
Pronger was taunting the shtein out of those nimrods on the ice last night, too. It would be totally epic if the Flyers actually won, but it's still pretty damn funny.
it def wasnt funny after he mocked eager and then eager proceeded to score the game winning goal
The two events are only loosely correlated, but you're not exactly the premier judge of "funny" regardless.
loosely in that they happened ten minutes apart rather than at the exact same time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjzxP3utNM&feature=player_embedded
Nothing's changed. They still have to win a game in Chicago and hold at home. They should have won both of those games but came up just short. Big farging deal. They're still going to win the series.
this isnt the nba
road teams are 42-40 in the nhl playoffs
and this series is only the fourth out of 15 that the home team won the first two games
blackhawks are 7-1 on the road in the playoffs.
flyers are 7-1 at home.
something has to give.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 01, 2010, 03:18:51 PM
this isnt the nba
road teams are 42-40 in the nhl playoffs
and this series is only the fourth out of 15 that the home team won the first two games
This is why I haven't logged in here all day.
I can't stand reading this bullshtein from you today. Have some farging faith or get out.
i had faith before the series...even picked the flyers to win
however im afraid its just about over now
sorry but i gotta keep it real
"Yeah, you keepin' it real. Real dumb."
QuoteMonday's Flyers/Blackhawks Game 2 delivered one of the largest overnight ratings ever for the NHL on NBC.
The Blackhawks' win drew a 4.1 overnight rating on NBC, up 21% from Penguins/Red Wings Game 2 on a Sunday night last year (3.4), and the highest overnight for any of the first four games of the Stanley Cup Final on broadcast since Stars/Devils Game 4 in '00 (4.2).
This is only the fifth* time that an NHL telecast on NBC has drawn at least a 4.0 overnight, and only the third time that a non-series clinching game has hit that mark.
The 4.1 overnight is also the highest on record for a Game 2 in the Stanley Cup Final -- a stat that looks far less impressive when you consider that Game 2 has aired on broadcast just three times since 1975.
NBC again won the night in primetime, averaging a 2.4 rating among adults 18-49.
Chicago led all markets with a 25.1/39 for Game 2, up 49% from Game 1 (16.8/35). Philadelphia followed with an 18.5/28, up 40% from Game 1 (13.2/25).
Buffalo was the top neutral market (10.2/16), and Indianapolis -- where the game was mostly preempted for coverage of the Indianapolis 500 victory banquet -- was the top non-NHL market (6.3/10).
Through two games, the 2010 Stanley Cup Final is averaging a 3.5 overnight rating on NBC, up 17% from last year (3.0).
better numbers in philly in given that it wasnt a saturday night. they are probably gonna top out around the 20 or so area, which puts them about 1/2 lower than the 76ers and phillies averaged in their recent runs. i wonder if the mls team could ever got a 10 for the title game, which would put the flyers directly in between a major sport and....soccer. like i said all along they were.
forget the flyers out rating the sixers...they are getting crushed by the blackhawks...i just dont get why theres such a discrepency btwn the two cities...i mean christ buffalo who doesnt even have a team in it was as close to philly in the ratings as philly was to chicago
Bandwagon is strong
Ratings tawk!
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 01, 2010, 06:45:25 PM
forget the flyers out rating the sixers...they are getting crushed by the blackhawks...i just dont get why theres such a discrepency btwn the two cities...i mean christ buffalo who doesnt even have a team in it was as close to philly in the ratings as philly was to chicago
cause chicago is apparently a better hockey city
Tonight the series begins.
Flyers in 6. Book it.
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/1770129512.html
Leighton gets a shutout tonight, Flyers win 2-0.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 02, 2010, 10:07:23 AM
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/1770129512.html
Unless they were marked how in the hell can he say they're authentic?
Um, hello dummies...
E-mail to cpronger20@hotmail.com
Quote from: SD on June 02, 2010, 10:08:32 AM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 02, 2010, 10:07:23 AM
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/1770129512.html
Unless they were marked how in the hell can he say they're authentic?
ha
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 10:14:54 AM
Um, hello dummies...
E-mail to cpronger20@hotmail.com
You know you don't actually have to be Chris Pronger to make a hotmail address that's like his name don't you? I could make an account titled MJordan23@hotmail.com in under a minute and say I have game used balls from the NBA finals, doesn't mean I'm actually Michael Jordan.
What I was saying is I think, that is, I THINK it was a mock listing.
wow
oh
LMAO, i thought SD was joking.
Someone hasn't had their protein shake yet.
I have nothing to say for myself
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 10:23:44 AM
Someone hasn't had their protein shake yet.
breakfast of champions
just hit me with being swept in 97 the last time the flyers won even a stanley cup GAME was the jj daigneault goal
23 year and 2 day ago
i was lucky enough to be there in what was the loudest i have ever heard any sporting event crowd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0cKGcIaSU
Quote from: SD on June 02, 2010, 10:18:06 AM
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 10:14:54 AM
Um, hello dummies...
E-mail to cpronger20@hotmail.com
You know you don't actually have to be Chris Pronger to make a hotmail address that's like his name don't you? I could make an account titled MJordan23@hotmail.com in under a minute and say I have game used balls from the NBA finals, doesn't mean I'm actually Michael Jordan.
We all know that your email addy is GFocker69@hotmail.com anyway.
Pronger needs to eat someones face open and set the tone for the rest of the series.
why do i get the impression even among people who claim to like hockey that the phillies apparent collapse is a bigger deal
Kate Smith. we got this
Chicago is definity matching their intensity. scoring the first goal here could be the series.
chicago is so strong on the puck...and its not even about size...they all have great balance....its almost like they are harder to hit when they have the puck then when they dont which is unusual
flyers need to start getting pucks deep...they are making so many bad neutral zone turnovers...one of these times chicago is gonna turn one the other way on a odd man rush and score
holy shtein what a sequence. great pass by Hartnell
what an unbelievably awful penalty...considering the situation one of the worst ive ever seen..coming off a goal dominating play game three stanley cup down two games....that is the kind of thing that can cost you a series
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 08:44:51 PM
skips comment on the positive, waits for something bad to happen, comments on negative
Formula complete, go away now
Big black dude gets called for a penalty in that scrum. Racists.
Butt fugly faggggggot needs to die now.
Kane is a BITCH
slaughterrrrr
Well that was predictable.
carter with the tip in...on Lieghton
And now a power play for Chicago.
Too funny.
Richards has been disappointing. really that whole line has. way to let the momentum get taken away from you mr captain icehole. two real nice opportunities in one pp alone that he shteins the bed. and now another Chicago pp.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 09:13:55 PM
Richards has been disappointing. really that whole line has. way to let the momentum get taken away from you mr captain icehole. two real nice opportunities in one pp alone that he shteins the bed. and now another Chicago pp.
i was gonna ask why hes been scratched for the series
that pronger high stick was weak..refs were just looking to even it up after the terrible roughing call on bufflin
flyers have little to no chance of scoring unless they get a PP
For the love of God please stop posting.
have you watched the game...they get no scoring chances at even strength then get on the pp and they come in flurries
puck went partially across the line
Wait...really? really? They ring the buzzer and the refs don't even stop the play to look at the farging play????
At least there's going to be a video review now but jesus.....
THAT IS A GOAL
That was in.
Unfargingbelievable.
yep GOAL
more PP please
really Igy? partially? lol
You can clearly see white on the overhead view
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 09:29:04 PM
Wait...really? really? They ring the buzzer and the refs don't even stop the play to look at the farging play????
At least there's going to be a video review now but jesus.....
THAT IS A GOAL
The ref said it wasn't in - he's the ultimate judge during live play. Horn, lights don't mean anything until a stoppage of play.
But I thought it only went partially in??
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 02, 2010, 09:30:04 PM
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 09:29:04 PM
Wait...really? really? They ring the buzzer and the refs don't even stop the play to look at the farging play????
At least there's going to be a video review now but jesus.....
THAT IS A GOAL
The ref said it wasn't in - he's the ultimate judge during live play. Horn, lights don't mean anything until a stoppage of play.
I know that, but with all the whistles we've got around the net during this series, you figured they woulda stopped play right then and there to review.
They got it right in the end though.
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs354.snc3/29291_1475316240942_1174796304_1382676_6866252_n.jpg) if that wasnt a goal, Lavvy would be doing this
Motherfarging right.
yeah bitch.
I'm sitting here, 40 miles out of downtown Chicago. And the game isn't televised.
The Hawks don't deserve to win shtein.
I'm so happy we've seen 10909040 commercials for bald corksuckers.
in the last 112 minutes of play
flyer even strength goals 0
flyer PP goals 2
at least it's not limp dick bald corksuckers. extenze commercials make me want to practice mortal combat fatalities on old people.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:35:29 PM
in the last 112 minutes of play
flyer even strength goals 0
flyer PP goals 2
you'd be bitchin if it was the other way around.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 08:44:51 PM
skips comment on the positive, waits for something bad to happen, comments on negative
cue igy
That's just a horrible farging goal.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 09:40:15 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:35:29 PM
in the last 112 minutes of play
flyer even strength goals 0
flyer PP goals 2
you'd be bitchin if it was the other way around.
its not bitchin its fact
chicago completely dominates at full strength...flyers cannot penetrate their defense
and on que....goal
That goal was Charmin soft.
wow that's the series right there. they needed to keep the momentum into the 3rd
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 09:40:15 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:35:29 PM
in the last 112 minutes of play
flyer even strength goals 0
flyer PP goals 2
you'd be bitchin if it was the other way around.
its not bitchin its fact
chicago completely dominates at full strength...flyers cannot penetrate their defense
and on que....goal
:-D you wait till there's a goal to respond.
lol
It's a simple formula for his posts
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 09:49:37 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:47:25 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 09:40:15 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 09:35:29 PM
in the last 112 minutes of play
flyer even strength goals 0
flyer PP goals 2
you'd be bitchin if it was the other way around.
its not bitchin its fact
chicago completely dominates at full strength...flyers cannot penetrate their defense
and on que....goal
:-D you wait till there's a goal to respond.
check the thread....i said it BEFORE the flyers scored their last PP goal...you responded to ME
you people dont really watch the game...you look for the flyers to score or for a call to bitch abaout...but btwn those two things tons of shtein happens...try looking for it
really Don Cherry? it does :o you mean I should be looking for everything to bitch about the flyers and there horrible play, I really don't fargin think they should have won more then 2 and a half games this year.
how is saying the PP is really good and even strength is really bad bitching
answer: it isnt
you just find it impossible to criticize your own teams so you have homervision which focuses ONLY on the negative things people say about your squads
not exactly the best timing for a richards fluff piece
Chicago has a very tough Top 6 d units, and they block shots. Have to get shots on, and go for the greasy ones if you want this Cup
lol at IGY tunnel vision.
Look around dope...people are doing plenty of criticizing....they're also commenting on the good.
Your idea of pointing out that the power play has been good is "wow they suck at even strength"
Seriously....go away now.
Danekyo's shirt belongs on Jersey Shore
IGY reminds me of mrs. potato head in this commercial
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 02, 2010, 10:00:44 PM
Chicago has a very tough Top 6 d units, and they block shots. Have to get shots on, and go for the greasy ones if you want this Cup
yeah its crazy how deep they are...farging sopel is on their third unit
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 10:03:18 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 02, 2010, 10:00:44 PM
Chicago has a very tough Top 6 d units, and they block shots. Have to get shots on, and go for the greasy ones if you want this Cup
yeah its crazy how deep they are...farging sopel is on their third unit
Buff is playing forward because they didnt have room for him. Like i said from the start, their top 6 is better, the Flyers top 4 is better, but that last unit has been the flyers downfall
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 10:00:33 PM
not exactly the best timing for a richards fluff piece
i was thinking the same thing. wachovia center paging mike Richards to the Stanley cup finals please.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:05:41 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 10:00:33 PM
not exactly the best timing for a richards fluff piece
i was thinking the same thing. wachovia center paging mike Richards to the Stanley cup finals please.
Wachovia Center Paging Fans to be farging LOUD. They are WEAK tonight
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 02, 2010, 10:08:25 PM
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:05:41 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 02, 2010, 10:00:33 PM
not exactly the best timing for a richards fluff piece
i was thinking the same thing. wachovia center paging mike Richards to the Stanley cup finals please.
Wachovia Center Paging Fans to be farging LOUD. They are WEAK tonight
This may be the most crucial period of hockey for the Flyers in over 20 years. Time to nut it up, Hoydas.
yeah, really. my house is louder right now.
That's it boys
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:12:39 PM
yeah, really. my house is louder right now.
Well, there's some loud swearing in mine right now.
I'm gonna try and keep the reverse jinx going here
I don't even know what's going on.
wowsa
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:14:24 PM
I don't even know what's going on.
That makes you a lot like Carcillo and Hartnell.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 02, 2010, 10:15:10 PM
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:14:24 PM
I don't even know what's going on.
That makes you a lot like Carcillo and Hartnell.
hopefully hartnell knows he doesn't have a job with the flyers next year.
actually I don't care. leave his shtein outside if the locker room for him.
Hartnell hasnt been an issue in the past two series at all
yeah, he's actually been mixing it up quite well.
How in the farg did he miss that?
Carter is another story, he's hurt, but he's just making DUMB plays.
like I said earlier that whole line has been non existent and even a liability at times.
getting a bad feeling they just blew their load and are pretty much treading water right now.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 02, 2010, 10:41:37 PM
getting a bad feeling they just blew their load and are pretty much treading water right now.
Carter must have a broken leg again. He should be playing 5 mins not 15
Both teams look tired as shtein
my god the fans are bad. VS was all farged up audio wise the other night, but Chicago was way louder, and thats pathetic. But at least some people made good money on selling their tickets to douchebags
OT
Ugh
I'd feel a lot better about OT if Carter wasn't playing
Carter does look bad.. the crowd is farging terrible tonight. This is your spot Richards.
that SD, i just feel like he's sucking LIFE out of the game. His leg has to be killing him, and depraving his brain of oxygen because he's playing like a retard. I dont have a good feeling about this game at all. This should have been a blowout win if you want ot make a series of it, instead they go to OT and look dead tired
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs334.snc3/29325_765045665304_11309538_43737054_6721456_n.jpg) my buddy is sitting near Grapes
they just need the win. ugly or not. :puke
Cherry's a farging disgrace.
I wonder if Don Cherry and Craig Sager make sweet love at night?
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 10:51:58 PM
they just need the win. ugly or not. :puke
This. Frankly, if they can pull this out, it may be more meaningful as a tight game rather than winning a big one.
Leino and Hartnell the best players on the ice? Lord help us!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 02, 2010, 10:55:03 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 10:51:58 PM
they just need the win. ugly or not. :puke
This. Frankly, if they can pull this out, it may be more meaningful as a tight game rather than winning a big one.
Leino and Hartnell the best players on the ice? Lord help us!
Exactly. Hartnell has earned his paycheck in the past few weeks, he's a whole different player again like who he was a year ago. I wish JVR had the chance to play 3 years before this matchup, because he should be good by then, dude is burnt the farg out
well this the season right here.
Richards looks like he has AIDS out there.
It is amazing how many shots Chicago blocks.
bad night for all refs? ah, its no goal based on teh whistle, and i never heard a whistle
Richards and Carter got it from hartnells wife.
Wait wait wait....when does the whistle get blown there? becaus ethe last time there was a close callt hey let it play...this time the whistle gets blown and the puck eventually goes into the net?
WTF.
They were all celebrating instead of pounding into the back of the net.
iceholes.
why did they stop play on that horn and not the other one earlier?
you know Chicago scores in the next 3 minutes now.
Mcquerry is scared now, he know no one blew a whistle there
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:10:08 PM
They were all celebrating instead of pounding into the back of the net.
iceholes.
^that..if they kept hacking and wacking, no replay woulda been needed.
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:10:08 PM
They were all celebrating instead of pounding into the back of the net.
iceholes.
Carter put it in after the shot
ROUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUX
Haha yesssssssss.
Now they won't get swept.
GOAL!
farg YES!
Awesome.
or the flyers do...Yea baby!
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 11:10:03 PM
Wait wait wait....when does the whistle get blown there? becaus ethe last time there was a close callt hey let it play...this time the whistle gets blown and the puck eventually goes into the net?
WTF.
Goalie had control of the puck.
was that a full strength goal? ;)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 02, 2010, 11:14:18 PM
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 11:10:03 PM
Wait wait wait....when does the whistle get blown there? becaus ethe last time there was a close callt hey let it play...this time the whistle gets blown and the puck eventually goes into the net?
WTF.
Goalie had control of the puck.
Barely. Carter put it in literally seconds later.
there was no whistle though
who is ed sniders new trophy girl
EVEN STRENGTH GOAL!
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 11:15:06 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 02, 2010, 11:14:18 PM
Quote from: Munson on June 02, 2010, 11:10:03 PM
Wait wait wait....when does the whistle get blown there? becaus ethe last time there was a close callt hey let it play...this time the whistle gets blown and the puck eventually goes into the net?
WTF.
Goalie had control of the puck.
Barely. Carter put it in literally seconds later.
Puck was covered. If that's Leighton and the whistle is not blown, we're all pissed off then, too.
Different situations with the two horns. One, the goalie had the puck covered, the other the puck was still in play.
Who fargin cares?
Flyers win.
The end.
Leighton or Niemi, I think there's been a LOT of early whistles in this series, and in these playoffs in general. I've seen way too many pucks still loose when the play is blown dead.
In some cases however it has definitely worked in the Flyers favor
all those Romes in the wach should be shot in the face on their way out.
By and large, I can't complain about the refs. Sure, there have been some bad penalties, but for the most part they have been letting the teams play.
It's not like they blew a perfect game or anything.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 11:15:20 PM
there was no whistle though
Exactly
But thankfully that didn't come back to haunt us. farg yeah Giroux.
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:16:52 PM
Who fargin cares?
Flyers win.
The end.
I'm not bitchin about it, just wanted to know.
where my igy at?
I thought there was a whistle, but no one could hear it over the goal horn. Could be wrong, though.
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:20:35 PM
where my igy at?
He'll either say the Flyers got lucky, or he'll wait for chicago's first goal in the next game to comment.
And we pray for a shut out.
Holy shtein, amazing play by Carle, and G got that goal that he needed. Thats a momentum shifiting goal. All in all an amazing first 3 games of the cup. For the outsiders, this is what the game should be, not many calls, long periods of live game without interruption. As much as i hate the NHL, they've done exactly what they should do wiht a series like this between two of the major markets with great stories. Thank farging DIO
3
No way I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.
Charissa Thompson >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dickhead MacGuire
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:24:03 PM
No way I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.
ha, my room mate just went into his room and said the exact same thing. I'm gonna pop some sleeping pills here shortly
that pass on the first goal by Hartnell was just sick :o
Asham just blamed the horn guy on the non goal in ot :-D
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:20:35 PM
where my igy at?
found him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7coJ0mc09Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7coJ0mc09Q)
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 11:31:02 PM
Asham just blamed the horn guy on the non goal in ot :-D
And he's probably correct, because no one heard a whistle and I really doubt there was one. Doesn't matter at this point.
You have to give it up for Hartnell. He was basically the worst player on the team the 2nd half of the season but he's been unreal in the playoffs. Him and Leino carried the forwards tonight. Still waiting for Richards/Carter/Gagne to wake up.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 11:34:01 PM
Quote from: Rome on June 02, 2010, 11:20:35 PM
where my igy at?
found him...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7coJ0mc09Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7coJ0mc09Q)
not at all
There was a whistle. Just about every single reporter there said there was a whistle.
Quote from: SD on June 02, 2010, 11:36:40 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 02, 2010, 11:31:02 PM
Asham just blamed the horn guy on the non goal in ot :-D
And he's probably correct, because no one heard a whistle and I really doubt there was one. Doesn't matter at this point.
You have to give it up for Hartnell. He was basically the worst player on the team the 2nd half of the season but he's been unreal in the playoffs. Him and Leino carried the forwards tonight. Still waiting for Richards/Carter/Gagne to wake up.
and yeah SD, those two in the playoffs really have them where they are. Especially since Game 3 of the Bruins series. They both took control. Hartnell has the capability of being this type of player for long time, he clearly got some good Hoyda to forget about his wifey.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 02, 2010, 11:43:25 PM
There was a whistle. Just about every single reporter there said there was a whistle.
well there ya go, thanks :yay
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 02, 2010, 11:43:25 PM
There was a whistle. Just about every single reporter there said there was a whistle.
I didnt hear them, and VS never took the time to show 3 Refs and if they did or not. It happened, but i like the win against that extra adversity.
That's because VS and NBC suck balls.
I've been listening to these games on mute. Emrick is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 02, 2010, 11:46:34 PM
That's because VS and NBC suck balls.
I've been listening to these games on mute. Emrick is like nails on a chalkboard to me.
i turn my centerchannel speakers down to reduce the noise they talk. Edzo hasnt been horrible at all like he used to be. Emrick is just old and not what i want to hear at all.
That's a terrible thing to say about nails on a chalkboard.
That is why I go to the bar and watch it. You could have heard a pin drop when that goal was waived off. Everybody where I was at thought it was over after that.
JR is the shtein, he's drunk on The Daily Line, and he's calling out refs for stuff that went both ways, and how they were zesty. The Buff breaking prongers stick, and Carcillos "Charging" were game changing horrible calls
carcillo you cant complain about he two handed dood in the back the idiot ref just called the wrong penalty....plus the bufflin roughing call was horrible especially when you consider they didnt call hartnells roughing...in fact if you call bufflins at the end of the second you could have called hartnell for three or four roughins...personally i thought he played great and i wouldnt have called anything on him just saying if you call buffs how do let hartnell run around the ice all night and not call anything
i thought the refs were fine last night and have been all series
the flyers just need to stay close going into the third because they have been the better team late...which is suprising because chicago is the younger stronger team
wow, what farging series so far. i do have to give hartnell credit for showing up at the right time of the year.
one of these games Leighton has to be really good right? he's been average or below and they have still been in every game. his save on Hossa in the 3rd was the only really "great" save i can remember.
oh, and i want to have claude's babies
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 03, 2010, 07:10:27 AM
i thought the refs were fine last night and have been all series
Agreed, I just wish they'd ref like this all the time and not just in the finals.
(http://cdn.nhl.com/images/upload/2010/06/101572899_slide.jpg)
Quote from: SunMo on June 03, 2010, 08:47:58 AM
one of these games Leighton has to be really good right? he's been average or below and they have still been in every game. his save on Hossa in the 3rd was the only really "great" save i can remember.
oh, and i want to have claude's babies
The Carter goal wasn't his fault and the Kane goal I can hardly blame him for, the softy he let in from Sobel was a disgrace. He needs to play better in the sense that he has to stop letting in the easy ones. Chicago has had the benefit of luck and bounces in this series.
i know you can't "blame" him for the kane goal, but a stanley cup winning team needs its goalie to make stops like that now and then
Listening to 670 the score this morning out in Chicagoland, you would think the hawks were down 2-1 in this series. A ton of bitching about the reffing and Pronger. The one host was at least level headed in his thoughts: Pronger is really really good he logs trmendous minutes out there, he is in my head. He gets me angry just being on the ice, just seeing him skating around gets me. Good stuff.
Leighton has not been stanley cup caliber at all. Take away the soft goals by chicago and the Flyers are up 2-1 and game two goes into OT. He needs to step up. Immediately.
niemi to me is the reason it's 2-1 chicago and not the fylers up in the series going into firday's game.
id say leighton is the reason
chicago has laid game one eggs all post season that that was the one to get...and again chicago played a terrible game...it was right there for the taking...flyers had three different leads in the game and scored five goals...which was five more goals than leighton made saves
clearly if they lose the series that game and performace by leighton will haunt forever
flyers in 6.
book. it.
sign guy said the same thing before last nights game.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 03, 2010, 10:09:46 AM
id say leighton is the reason
chicago played a terrible game...it was right there for the taking...flyers had three different leads in the game and scored five goals...which was five more goals than leighton made saves
clearly if they lose the series that game and performace by leighton will haunt forever
Exactly.
niemi's better play vs leighton lack there of.
you can point to either as the difference.
I think the point is that the Flyers have scored enough goals to be winning right now. Niemi playing better than Leighton/Boucher thus far is no great feat.
No, THELMA and LOUISE.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 03, 2010, 10:49:33 AM
I think the point is that the Flyers have scored enough goals to be winning right now. Niemi playing better than Leighton/Boucher thus far is no great feat.
agree the flyers have score enough but the flyers could have scored quite a few more if it weren't for niemi. like i said either way you wanna lean it has come down to the goalie play and leighton has definitley let in some softies.
If anyone has or knows anyone with tickets for game 4 for $500/each or less, please let me know.
Thanks
IGY?
already sold mine...by accident....i put them on stub hub for 1500 thinking no way theyd sell..forgot about it planned to go and out of nowhere i get an email saying they are gone
Niemi has been awful in two of the three games. He stood on his farging head in game 2 but otherwise he's been putrid.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 03, 2010, 06:38:20 PM
already sold mine...by accident....i put them on stub hub for 1500 thinking no way theyd sell..forgot about it planned to go and out of nowhere i get an email saying they are gone
you going to see Tesla instead?
Quote from: Rome on June 03, 2010, 06:58:01 PM
Niemi has been awful in two of the three games. He stood on his farging head in game 2 but otherwise he's been putrid.
He was pretty good last night. Better than Leighton at least.
yeah how was he awful last night
Comparing warm buckets of piss FTL.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 03, 2010, 07:26:44 PM
yeah how was he awful last night
He gave up four goals in a Finals game.
You're right - that's not awful at all.
Pronger is so good, Leighton's daugther thinks he's god
Quote"Normally, she names all her stuffed animals after other players," Jennifer said. "She really loves Chris Pronger. Chris Pronger is her buddy. She has a big poster of him on her door in Philadelphia in the hotel, because she says he's going to watch over her while she sleeps.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Michael+Leighton+finally+gets+shot+with+Flyers/3044282/story.html#ixzz0pqSigoSu
"
:-D
pronger is great but hes on a level with mcnabb in terms of being an unfunny douche...and even worse he thinks hes funny...and he has a terrible feather
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7114/okz.gif)
Pronger is hilarious in his pressers, especially calling out Pannaccio for being retarded(5 was just douchy) Pronger can do what he wants he shows up in big games. Laviolette ripped Tim P again yesterday.
Pronger is the polar opposite of McNabb in every way. He's a badass, he's a winner, and like Seabiscuit said, he's actually funny in a nasty way.
Quote from: Rome on June 03, 2010, 06:58:01 PM
Niemi has been awful in two of the three games. He stood on his farging head in game 2 but otherwise he's been putrid.
he awful in game 3 ? :o
Quote from: Rome on June 03, 2010, 07:30:57 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 03, 2010, 07:26:44 PM
yeah how was he awful last night
He gave up four goals in a Finals game.
You're right - that's not awful at all.
only three in regulation and it could've easily have been 5 0r 6.
pronger is incredibly unfunny...and at that a fleshpophead...his intro presser last summer was painful...and media day last week he was a jerk off too..you are not witty or humorous in any way...just farging play your 30 minutes and shut the hell up
I don't know where you get a mcnabb comparison there. Donovan gives the politically correct and corny answers while Pronger just shteins all over everybody's dumb questions.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 09:26:15 AM
pronger is incredibly unfunny...and at that a fleshpophead...his intro presser last summer was painful...and media day last week he was a jerk off too..you are not witty or humorous in any way...just farging play your 30 minutes and shut the hell up
coming from somebody who loves Buddy Ryan when all he did was talk, this does not compute.
its hard to explain on a message board...you just have to watch his pressers and then youll wanna stick a sword in his cheek
watch this video and go to the question he answers @ 1:30 and then look at the end of the answer around 1:50 - 2:00
and see how he tries to be sly and overly cool and funny and thinks hes so cute...and not one other person in the room even gets it enough to giggle...its like just answer the question normal without the awful facial expressions...he says mostly all the right stuff (except when he tries to be really funny) but the way he says stuff makes him such a cock...and he does it ALL the time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndNqtCi6KWk
buddy was hilarious and knew how to talk shtein as good or better than anyone thats ever been involved in sports
you're trying way too hard, He's funny because he's a cocky son of a bitch, who's won at all levels, and he's the defacto captain off the ice.
buddy ryan was cocky...deion sanders was cocky...shaq is cocky
pronger is a feathered haired douche
worst thing ive ever seen
(http://media.philly.com/storage/dailynews/covers/back.jpg)
i know, tragic about wooden
reemer back in
presumably for carcillo
Good. Carcillo's been out of control in a bad way.
He got targeted for that BS penalty, but he just isnt playing smart defensive hockey. JVR with Asham/Giroux was a good mix i think.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/allan_muir/06/04/stanley.cup.game.four/index.html?eref=sihp
Allan Muir is a Eurotrash hockey lover
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-spt-0604-blackhawks-dan-mcneil--20100603,0,1249382.column
:-D
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/1773142424.html
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 03:09:14 PM
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/ct-spt-0604-blackhawks-dan-mcneil--20100603,0,1249382.column
what ? someone yelled at an opposing fan ? quick to the batphone, this can not go on !
seriously, stfu you whiny flag. go interview the 1st base coach that got bum rushed by two of chicago's finest citizens and then come back and cry like a bitch about being called an icehole at an opposing arena you farging twit.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 03:10:30 PM
:-D
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/1773142424.html
HAAAAAAA
Was it Chicago or LA where Victorino had the beer tossed on his head?
Wrigley Field
yeah l.a. is just where the crips, bloods and latin kings carry out their vendettas at games.
don't forget the newsies.
mikey miss had that dan mcneil dickhead on his show and ripped him.
so nobody says farg you in chicago ?
Wait, some fans in another city are complaining about the opposing fans in a sporting event? THIS IS NEWS! EVERYONE GET EXCITED!
stop the presses ! someone had a potty mouth.
The only disappointing thing about that column was the absence of Santa talk.
Got this stat off another site
Hawks are 4-0 in the post season coming off an L, outscoring opposition 14-3. Haven't loss back-to-back on the road since November
If they manage to take 2, this could be really really fun
Richards sighting.. ville just got raped.
they are absolutely getting dominated in the their zone
Villie in the dressing room, probably changing his undies
ville back with a snow spray to niemi's face hole.
zesty goal to let in. Leighton though it was out, and was caught offguard
LOL at this thread. If I didn't know the score, I'd have thought they were getting crushed.
it did change direction. I won't kill him over that one. nice to see them come right back with one. this has more of a game one feel.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 04, 2010, 09:00:19 PM
it did change direction. I won't kill him over that one. nice to see them come right back with one. this has more of a game one feel.
I don't think leighton will play like he did in game 1.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 04, 2010, 09:00:19 PM
it did change direction. I won't kill him over that one. nice to see them come right back with one. this has more of a game one feel.
yeah, the initial look was he got caught out of position, but hey, they responded immediately
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 09:01:20 PM
Quote from: LBIggle on June 04, 2010, 09:00:19 PM
it did change direction. I won't kill him over that one. nice to see them come right back with one. this has more of a game one feel.
I don't think leighton will play like he did in game 1.
nah leighton actually looks pretty sharp. I was more referring to the speed their getting through each others zones. it's faster and the defenses aren't as dominating. niemi looks like game 1. luckily leighton doesn't. the goal he let in wasn't incredibly difficult to stop but it was misdirected so it's whatever.
I was putting my son to bed and missed if Leino came back on the ice? Anyone update me please?
Quote from: LBIggle on June 04, 2010, 08:51:29 PM
ville back with a snow spray to niemi's face hole.
Leighton's like a good quarterback on a great team, he just needs to manage the game and try not to make too many big screw ups to give his team a chance to win.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 09:07:31 PM
I was putting my son to bed and missed if Leino came back on the ice? Anyone update me please?
They had to amputate his leg in the locker room
how sickening is the SUCKLING of Bettman and The GAME. Jones should be shot
Gary is a Leaner its weird, and i think he has Michael J Fox disease
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 09:09:08 PM
how sickening is the SUCKLING of Bettman and The GAME. Jones should be shot
Ugh really.
"we let smaller guys who maybe couldn't play 15 years ago play now"
"yeah and there's still hitting!"
you pussified the sport. just say so and stop being a bitch.
the flyers just played their worst period of the finals and are up 3-1...that has to be good
Patrick Sharp should be a Flyer again, farg you hitchcock.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 09:07:31 PM
I was putting my son to bed and missed if Leino came back on the ice? Anyone update me please?
would you sacrifice your first seedling for a cup win this year?
Holy farg Carter is useless. He may get 6 shots but he's not worth dick
at this point, Carter should not be on the ice. He's clearly hurt.
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 09:22:04 PM
at this point, Carter should not be on the ice. He's clearly hurt.
its not his skating thats an issue, its how rusty he is. He just doesnt look right. This PP is horrible so far, way too much time in the flyers zone
real sloppy pp. they should be putting the pedal to the metal right now.
Carter with another terrible turnover.
i swear to god if these calls were reversed this game this thread with the exception of me and lbi would be livid right now
where is everyone at?
Sharp got called because he used to wear the O&B. Racists
The PP is horrible, and the hawks have a better shot at a shorthanded goal than the flyers do a PP
Dont worry, the calls will be evened up in the 3rd.
JVR woke up by getting sat
that pp was more terrible then the last one.. mainly cuz they burned their TO for that garbage.
luckily they are up by two...so even if they give up the next one they have a cusion...otherwise these horrid pp's might come back to haunt
Someone needs to knock the shtein outta Campbell. He's physical taking guys who arent looking to get hit, but if you hit him he bitches out like his best buddy Joe Thornton
briere was so farging nonchalant on that...what the farg
Now I remember why I didn't read this thread for the first 3 games.
HUUUUGE ::)
they need one more goal. one of those rebounds off of leighton is going in next period, it's just a matter of when.
They have not played well. But they're winning. This has been a strange 3 and 2/3 games so far...
i think they have played fine...ill even go well...better in the first two periods this game than in any other game this series
if they own the third like they have most of the series this should turn into a rout
but god forbid you point out something they do wrong
Eddie O has shown his homer roots in this broadcast
^^^^
here we go....the flyers thread weve all come to know and love
pg will be pleased at least
Ok, you dont agree he's been bitching all night? Go farg yourself negative nancy
Philly VILLE
F yeaaaaaa
I farging love this team.
yeah baby
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 10:30:21 PM
I farging love this team.
I love that bounces have gone the way they have.
what question?
Bounces always go the way of winning teams.
The farging Giants won a Super Bowl on a ridiculous catch that never happens on a normal day.
shtein like that.
And stupid penalties by the team getting owned help too.
Dumb Play by Seabrook. And that play by Powe was a stick check plain and simple
Agreed, i was like WTF are you talking about Eddie?
And could Emrick say "ricochet" one more farging time?
Please?
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 09:46:07 PM
i swear to god if these calls were reversed this game this thread with the exception of me and lbi would be livid right now
where is everyone at?
I'm sure Chicago fans are, you should go on their board and tell them they're homers.
Whats up with the douchebag fans with Bells and the foghorn? Its not the olympics, and this isnt a Caps game
At least they've gotten pressure in this PP. No goals, but pressure nonetheless.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 10:35:11 PM
Whats up with the douchebag fans with Bells and the foghorn? Its not the olympics, and this isnt a Caps game
Flyers fans are douchebags. The idiot with the orange mohawk and tattoo's on his head goes to my gym, he works out in a Flyers jersey.
Niemi suddenly looks "nervous".
He just got "lucky" with that post.
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 10:36:37 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 10:35:11 PM
Whats up with the douchebag fans with Bells and the foghorn? Its not the olympics, and this isnt a Caps game
Flyers fans are douchebags. The idiot with the orange mohawk and tattoo's on his head goes to my gym, he works out in a Flyers jersey.
I met that douche with the Flyers Tat's on his head at the Flyers draft party where they got JVR. He's a douche. Hairman needs to get slit in the throat too.
wonder if we ever see a replay of the Hartnell penalty, VS never shows any of them
lol 5 on 3
Here come the make up calls.
thats a penalty, dumb play by Coburn. He grabbed jersey
that near goal by Hossa was so far offsides it was really bad
Gawd on his back with two dudes jumpin on top of him still poking away at the puck
unbelievable rebound by the flyers after that goal....they really have had their way in the third period of every game this series...and i cant figure out why
Conditioning i would think.
farg
farg.....2nd self goal in as many games.
Under review?
that's just farging great.
maybe leighton could worry more about he puck than the blackhawk in front...why the farg would you put your stick up off the ice there
that blackhawks chick should get get surprise secks
Uggggh
Leighton looking cool on that glove save at least.
So IGY with the reverse Jinx on 3rd period play. Well done
can't wait for the empty net.
THAT ISNT ICING...farg
I just shtein and peed
please make this end...i dont even care who scores
farg farg farg farg farg farg farg farg farg farg
please clear please clear please clear
haha yesssssssssssssss
So Carter is useful for something
igs, you aren't gonna sell the game 6 tix are ya?
I went to check on my crying son and come down to see 4-3 and almost threw up.
Thank farging God they won this game.
And there were some zesty ass icing calls all game.
Carter is MVP
Life sucked until that Carter goal.
Flyers suck series over!
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on June 04, 2010, 11:03:40 PM
Flyers suck series over!
this. this one hundred billion times.
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 04, 2010, 11:01:50 PM
igs, you aren't gonna sell the game 6 tix are ya?
to your mama
well, that diamond earring set i was eyeing up may be Game 6 Tickets now
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: Drunkmasterflex on June 04, 2010, 11:03:40 PM
Flyers suck series over!
:-D
I will by no means consider myself a hockey expert....but to rule this team out of anything is foolish. They have more heart than any sports team that I can remember in the recent past.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 11:08:41 PM
well, that diamond earring set i was eyeing up may be Game 6 Tickets now
theres not even a remote chance you will be at game six...ill be the first to admit im wrong if we have a pre game beer together...but you are the king of wanting to go to games and never actually going...and thats for face value eagle tickets....no chance you are paying 1500 for a pair of flyer tix
except his wife is involved here.
Totally different story. SHE'S the bigger hockey fan.
i repeat...if i buy him a pregame beer i will be the first one to admit im off...but its not going to happen...ive seen sb in action for years...hes a mancaver
I split season tickets on the glass (literally) on the flyers bench and I had to give game 6 away to customers. Wonderful.
illy leino said he almost had a heart attack on the bench...i love it....i was farging losing it
i swear to god if they somehow win in chbicago and i def think they are....i cant even express how insane i will be for game six to win a cup
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:22:31 PM
i cant even express how insane i will be for game six to win a cup
Will you rock your orange wig?
I have a slim shot of getting tickets to game 6
i will punch people with wigs
how awesome is lavy...not even remotely complaining about the unsportsmanlike...even saying they were warned and didnt listen...i undertand a lot of this is gamesmenship..but still...lessons kids...lessons....
Quote from: rjs246 on June 04, 2010, 10:09:13 PM
They did not play well. But they won. This has been a strange 4 games so far...
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:24:16 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:22:31 PM
i cant even express how insane i will be for game six to win a cup
Will you rock your orange wig?
I have a slim shot of getting tickets to game 6
how much are your earrings?
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:26:45 PM
i will punch people with wigs
how awesome is lavy...not even remotely complaining about the unsportsmanlike...even saying they were warned and didnt listen...i undertand a lot of this is gamesmenship..but still...lessons kids...lessons....
Great thing is he'd still tout the same line even after a loss.
It can't happen. They can't win the Cup. I've been waiting too long. This stuff just doesn't happen.
I still remember staying up to like 1am to watch them lose in Edmonton in 87.
Laviolette has been exactly what this team needs. Regardless of whether you think coaching has a significant impact, he has pretty much been perfect for the Flyers.
lol the nhl really put the 7th game of the cup finals at 1000 in 1987? good god this is worse than i thought with this league
anyway whatever
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:31:47 PM
lol the nhl really put the 7th game of the cup finals at 1000 in 1987? good god this is worse than i thought with this league
anyway whatever
They sure did and it was a weekday, if I recall? My whole house was sound asleep. I was screaming and yelling at the TV and my mom was super pissed.
Pronger got the game 4 puck too....ha
seriously this is f'ing awesome, and no matter what the trophy will be in Philadelphia on Wednesday
i never knew it was that bad. was it even on a national channel?
i mean i know they are 2 wins away from the cup which is awesome but with all of this stuff and the versus thing....how in the world can anyone consider this league to be major? wait, why am i bringing this up. ignore this. eyes on the prize.
Please stop talking about television you farging tool.
I want to say it was on PRISM. I don't think they did national games then?
I can't remember...someone help me out here. lol
I think it was ESPN and PRISM, then at the end of the 80s and early 90s it jumped to the regional SportsChannels that eventually became FOX Sports and CSN
Yup you're right. ESPN did do the games back then.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on June 04, 2010, 11:31:31 PM
Laviolette has been exactly what this team needs. Regardless of whether you think coaching has a significant impact, he has pretty much been perfect for the Flyers.
i dont know how you could say he hasnt had a major impact...the number one reason where they are i would say
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 11:33:27 PM
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:31:47 PM
lol the nhl really put the 7th game of the cup finals at 1000 in 1987? good god this is worse than i thought with this league
anyway whatever
They sure did and it was a weekday, if I recall? My whole house was sound asleep. I was screaming and yelling at the TV and my mom was super pissed.
it was a sunday nite on philly 57...no one else covered it in the states i dont think...i could be wrong tho
here's the 1985 opening on PRISM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUi0sY_gy1g)
so compared to that versus is farging heaven
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 04, 2010, 11:40:03 PM
here's the 1985 opening on PRISM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUi0sY_gy1g)
that's 85 Ed...we're talking 87. ;)
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:38:33 PM
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on June 04, 2010, 11:31:31 PM
Laviolette has been exactly what this team needs. Regardless of whether you think coaching has a significant impact, he has pretty much been perfect for the Flyers.
i dont know how you could say he hasnt had a major impact...the number one reason where they are i would say
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 11:33:27 PM
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:31:47 PM
lol the nhl really put the 7th game of the cup finals at 1000 in 1987? good god this is worse than i thought with this league
anyway whatever
They sure did and it was a weekday, if I recall? My whole house was sound asleep. I was screaming and yelling at the TV and my mom was super pissed.
it was a sunday nite on philly 57...no one else covered it in the states i dont think...i could be wrong tho
I think he has. Some people don't think coaching has a significant impact in hockey. I think Laviolette's role right now is proving them wrong.
I know, can't find 87
here's Emrick on PRISM in 1990 when he was less dooshy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0msHHIbdzg)
hahaha what a nerd
WHo is the dumb bitch who just asked Leighton if he kissed the post after the game?
Ed, that was when Hart went to the radio only for a few years until the fans complained so much they had to put him back on both.
Prism + Gene Hart + 80's Flyers = Heaven
Pretty sure game 7 of the 87' finals didn't start at 10, more lke 7. I watched it with my old man and uncle's and I remember it ending at a decent time.
youre all old
i was born in 1987
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:44:32 PM
Prism + Gene Hart + 80's Flyers = Heaven
Pretty sure game 7 of the 87' finals didn't start at 10, more lke 7. I watched it with my old man and uncle's and I remember it ending at a decent time.
You're wrong. My whole house was asleep. It was on may 31st and it ended on June 1st. I remember it being talked about how the season went too long into the summer. Funny in retrospect.
if any of you could spend a weekend at my crib where we just watched all my old flyer games and especially my flyer fight tapes and heard gene harts calls you would be blown away...he makes merril reese look like chris wheeler
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:45:23 PM
youre all old
i was born in 1987
Probably why you're not a big hockey fan like the rest of us
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:47:25 PM
if any of you could spend a weekend at my crib where we just watched all my old flyer games and especially my flyer fight tapes and heard gene harts calls you would be blown away...he makes merril reese look like chris wheeler
I know Hart's calls of every goal for game 6 from watching that VHS tape so much.
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:47:44 PM
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:45:23 PM
youre all old
i was born in 1987
Probably why you're not a big hockey fan like the rest of us
lost of youngins like the flyers...i would say probably why hes clueless in general about everything
i still love the lil guy tho
wiki knows all (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Stanley_Cup_Finals)
QuoteNetworks:
CBC (Canada-English, Game 1, 2, 6, 7)
Global/Can-West (Canada-English, Games 3, 4, 5)
SRC (Canada-French)
ESPN (United States)
PRISM (Philadelphia area, Games 3, 4, 6)
WGBS (Philadelphia area, Games 1, 2, 5, 7)
Game seven
Sunday, May 31
I never saw any of the 80s Flyers live. I wasn't a hockey fan until all the Lindros buzz in '92....
so game seven was on espn?
i didnt think it was
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:49:20 PM
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:47:44 PM
Quote from: KDS on June 04, 2010, 11:45:23 PM
youre all old
i was born in 1987
Probably why you're not a big hockey fan like the rest of us
lost of youngins like the flyers...i would say probably why hes clueless in general about everything
i still love the lil guy tho
i was well into the flyers 2001 run but somewhere after there i just stopped caring. i remember being minimally invested in the 2004 run, though. i have no recollection of what happened between 02 and 04 but i went from being a big time flyers fan to being an extremely casual fan to now, not seeing one second of this game and not caring one bit.
i have no reason why, it just happened. and i dont feel like ive missed anything...until apparently now.
blame tv. thats become my 4th sport.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 09:20:25 PM
Holy farg Carter is useless. He may get 6 shots but he's not worth dick
(http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carterandrichards1.jpg)
she disagrees
My earliest memories are actually from the video games....I remember playing as the Flyers in what I think was NHL 95 for...sega? That game was the shtein
I still vividly remember the 97 cup, and seeing the brooms out and all that shtein...farging sucked.
hahahaha at that picture. Carter's got his hands full with that chick.
Tom Mees interviewing naked Hextall live after game 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm0VDV5ymmk)
note the time at :26.....it wasn't 11:30 Eastern yet
QuoteFlyers set record for largest crowd to view NHL game in Pennsylvania with 20,304
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 05, 2010, 12:02:24 AM
Tom Mees interviewing naked Hextall live after game 7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm0VDV5ymmk)
note the time at :26.....it wasn't 11:30 Eastern yet
So I was right. (Great find)
Hexy almost had a Joselio Hansen moment there
Quote from: PhillyGirl on June 04, 2010, 11:47:05 PM
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:44:32 PM
Prism + Gene Hart + 80's Flyers = Heaven
Pretty sure game 7 of the 87' finals didn't start at 10, more lke 7. I watched it with my old man and uncle's and I remember it ending at a decent time.
You're wrong. My whole house was asleep. It was on may 31st and it ended on June 1st. I remember it being talked about how the season went too long into the summer. Funny in retrospect.
IN YOUR FACE!
top o' the pubes to ya hexy
Feva, get this ish cleaned up (http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks/post/_/id/4663515/game-4-instant-analysis)
QuoteChicago had a few solid opportunities to tie the game, but it wasn't to be; Michael Carter's empty-netter was the final nail in the coffin in the Hawks' 5-3 defeat.
he works in production i believe
bad writing + bad editing there. its one thing if that slips by on deadline, mistakes do happen. but on the internet where this no deadline....yea. not good and no excuse for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNn3k1KfOrs&feature=player_embedded#!
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 04, 2010, 11:19:40 PM
i repeat...if i buy him a pregame beer i will be the first one to admit im off...but its not going to happen...ive seen sb in action for years...hes a mancaver
lmao, its true. If i had season tickets i wouldnt be. Basically i told her tonight i have money put away for tickets/anniversary gift. She wants the game over jewels, but is scared of a loss costing that much. Anyway, i'm putting feelers out to see what i can do. You know im a better person in person than the interwebs i hope.
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 04, 2010, 11:50:29 PM
wiki knows all (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Stanley_Cup_Finals)
QuoteNetworks:
CBC (Canada-English, Game 1, 2, 6, 7)
Global/Can-West (Canada-English, Games 3, 4, 5)
SRC (Canada-French)
ESPN (United States)
PRISM (Philadelphia area, Games 3, 4, 6)
WGBS (Philadelphia area, Games 1, 2, 5, 7)
Game seven
Sunday, May 31
I never saw any of the 80s Flyers live. I wasn't a hockey fan until all the Lindros buzz in '92....
I'm with ED. We didnt get prism, so we missed a shtein load of games, when Lindross came to town, Prism was an option fora bit, and we got on board. We played street hockey, then got into organized, good shtein.
Quote from: SD on June 04, 2010, 11:59:47 PM
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 04, 2010, 09:20:25 PM
Holy farg Carter is useless. He may get 6 shots but he's not worth dick
(http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/carterandrichards1.jpg)
she disagrees
Gawd needs to get his game back
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I'd like to punch game 1 in the face right now.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 05, 2010, 08:02:20 AM
I'd like to punch game 1 in the face right now.
Potvin is game 1, rjs is Hextall (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaLO1m-08SI)
Goddammit I love that man.
So I watched the game last night in a sports bar here in Lima.
There were 6 Philly fans in there, including myself.
Great atmosphere and awesome food and beer. I got wasted.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5248681
QuoteGame 3 drew the largest TV audience for the Stanley Cup finals on cable in eight years.
The Flyers' 4-3 overtime victory over the Blackhawks on Versus on Wednesday night earned a 3.1 rating and averaged 3.6 million viewers. It was the highest-rated and most-watched telecast in network history.
3.1 rating is the highest in network history. Three. Point. One. That probably rivals a nationaly televised regular season baseball game.
That was phenomenal last night. I almost trickled a little poop when it got to 4-3, but still... WE are gonna win the Cup, fargers.
WE!
watched the VS replay this morning, how horrible is their broadcast. I just wish there was a way to get CBC easily. When i do move, i'm going to get a cband satellite dish just to get canadian tv. http://tsn.ca/nhl/ check out the video of the highlights on the right. VS never showed Duncan Keith giving a shot at Leighton going to the bench, never showed Pronger intentionally smashing his stick to give them a few extra seconds to clean up the ice and get them rest.
btw, tickets on stubhub are going for 887 per ticket at the cheapest
canadian tv is actually really well done, not just the hockey coverage
they simplify everything and still do the great musical montage intros leading into a killer theme song (like the nba on nbc used to). we try to be too hip or too commercial or just ignore it.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 05, 2010, 01:14:35 PM
watched the VS replay this morning, how horrible is their broadcast. I just wish there was a way to get CBC easily. When i do move, i'm going to get a cband satellite dish just to get canadian tv. http://tsn.ca/nhl/ check out the video of the highlights on the right. VS never showed Duncan Keith giving a shot at Leighton going to the bench, never showed Pronger intentionally smashing his stick to give them a few extra seconds to clean up the ice and get them rest.
lol at Asham returning Byfuglien's mouthpiece to him on the bench after a scrum
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Hit
I really like Canadian tv when we go up to Maine, the commercials are hilarious, they have titties on tv after 8pm, and you're right its all very simplistic. They don't over do it like tv down here.
I know there arent a ton of Briere fans here, but i gotta give the guy props for the Briere Bunch. A guy on a flyers board i go to has a son who has cancer, Briere called him up pre game 5 of the montreal series and talked to his son directly. Last night the guy gets a call, they are making arrangements to get him and his son from Minnesota over to Chicago for game 5. Class act
Briere the person isn't the problem. Briere the player who disappears for long stretches and has huge defensive lapses and is useless along the boards is the problem. He has skill that most of the roster lacks and to his credit he always shows up for the playoffs in terms of offense, but when he isn't scoring he is f'ing useless.
^^^^^
negative
Are you saying that Briere brings a lot of toughness and solid defense to the team?
Or are you just calling me negative?
Wait. Actually. I don't care. So never mind.
He's following posts like his boy munson looking for more than what's there
lolwut
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 05, 2010, 08:32:41 PM
He's following posts like his boy munson looking for more than what's there
actually i was trying to protect him from the homer brigade...you pg phillymic et al will come hard with the pitchforks and torches if anything in this thread even remotely resembles a criticism of the flyers...or a compliment of refs or non flyer announcers
as I was saying.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 05, 2010, 10:24:10 AM
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5248681
QuoteGame 3 drew the largest TV audience for the Stanley Cup finals on cable in eight years.
The Flyers' 4-3 overtime victory over the Blackhawks on Versus on Wednesday night earned a 3.1 rating and averaged 3.6 million viewers. It was the highest-rated and most-watched telecast in network history.
3.1 rating is the highest in network history. Three. Point. One. That probably rivals a nationaly televised regular season baseball game.
That's pretty good for it being on an obscure channel like versus i'd imagine. Maybe MDS can enlighten us, but I'm pretty sure if this game was on an actual channel ie one of the big three or ESPN this series probably would have gotten pretty farging good ratings.
yes, though chicago and philly both have significant versus penetration because of comcast. so that helped. espn 24/7 hype machine would also increase numbers.
3.6 mil isnt far off/might actually meet a division round playoff game, specifically between two smaller market teams.
yeah last year yankees twins averaged like 4.O i think...and most other series were in the low threes
One thing that ESPN has really pissed me off with is how they dont show the Playoff highlights until they get thru the Yankees highlights and Redsox. Its nothing new, but its the playoffs douchebags
It's not surprising at all considering ESPN has no incentive whatsoever to show NHL highlights. They tried to lowball the NHL into taking a zesty deal and the NHL said farg you and took their business elsewhere.
And good for them. ESPN is the Fox News of sports journalism.
the clinching game will lead sc...but otherwise they have no reason to put it at the top of the broadcast...not enough people care
nhl network - if an actual replay of the game isnt on it then highlites of the previous game are
Quote from: Rome on June 06, 2010, 11:11:08 AM
It's not surprising at all considering ESPN has no incentive whatsoever to show NHL highlights. They tried to lowball the NHL into taking a zesty deal and the NHL said farg you and took their business elsewhere.
And good for them. ESPN is the Fox News of sports journalism.
actually its really bad for them...the league is a laughing stock on versus...if you aint on espn you basically dont exist
ESPN offered the NHL an almost $200 million deal to be on their network, Bettman held out so ESPN started airing Poker, which got much better ratings. ESPN pulled their offer off the table and the NHL wound up signing with VS. for around $70 million. Major farg up on many levels by Bettman. ESPN has to promote their station and interests first so not showing the NHL highlights till later is no big deal. I rarely watch Sportscenter so it never bothered me but I've heard plenty of people gripe about it.
i used to be pissed about it...but its so 1997 to get mad about things like that because now the league has an entire farging channel dedicated to it...how could you still care or complain
so yeah back in the day when this wasnt the case id get pissed having to wait until the bottom of the hour to get hockey highlites...who cares now
The NHL should be on NHL Network. NHL Network is the shtein, i watch it all the time. On the Fly is good, they have good guests on NHL Live, and even PowerPlay is pretty good. Plus playing a ton of old school games is fun to watch
Flyers are 9-0 after game 3 in the playoffs, keep it going
Morganti and Clement think Chicago wins tonight
im on board with that, United Center will be rocking. They flyers need to score early to get the fans out of it.
chicago should win for no other reason than simple odds...what are the chances of a team as good as them losing three games in a row...not very high...then again since the shootout nothing having to do with the flyers has gone the way it should
Flyers have defied the odds more than i think i've ever seen a team have their run. You can get tickets off stub hub for this game in chicago for 360 bucks right now a piece.
ive figured it out
the blackhawks coach looks like a cross between the dad from "fargo" and the principal from "election."
tell me im wrong
he looks like the stereotypical high school football coach who beats the shtein out of his kids and makes them die of heat exhaustion
basically hes the love child of dave wandstat and howard schnellenberger
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 12:04:28 PM
chicago should win for no other reason than simple odds...what are the chances of a team as good as them losing three games in a row...not very high...then again since the shootout nothing having to do with the flyers has gone the way it should
False. The prior two games are past, so the only odds against them are tonight. It's not like they have to go back and win the last two games again.
The Hawks are home and are still the favorite, but not by much.
actually blackhawks havent lost more than two games in a row in almost two years...so the odds are very much against them doing it tonight
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 01:10:49 PM
basically hes the love child of dave wandstat and howard schnellenberger
That's pretty close. It's the stache of Mike Ditka though.
And as usual, you will say that you love to be proven wrong after the Philly team you're giving no shot of winning comes up large.
Your act is more worn out than Larry Craig's funhole.
timely.
Quote from: FastFreddie on June 06, 2010, 01:15:07 PM
And as usual, you will say that you love to be proven wrong after the Philly team you're giving no shot of winning comes up large.
Your act is more worn out than Larry Craig's funhole.
i wouldnt be wrong since i said i had no idea who was gonna win tonight...i was commenting on clement and morgantis predicition and the fact that the odds are in the blackhawks favor
the difference here is you are looking at it in terms of nerdian mathematics...and i am looking at it in terms of sports....yes we all know every game is 50/50 win or lose...and we are all listed as day to day...but chances are im going to wake up tomorrow and the blackhawks will have won the game
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rahshizzle
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even the corny kids are representing
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Antti Niemi on Playing in Philly:
"It's incredibly loud and they play a physical game, especially at home. It's a tough spot for the away team."
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IT'S ON!!
6 hours is bullshtein
Quote from: SD on June 06, 2010, 11:15:20 AM
ESPN offered the NHL an almost $200 million deal to be on their network, Bettman held out so ESPN started airing Poker, which got much better ratings. ESPN pulled their offer off the table and the NHL wound up signing with VS. for around $70 million. Major farg up on many levels by Bettman. ESPN has to promote their station and interests first so not showing the NHL highlights till later is no big deal. I rarely watch Sportscenter so it never bothered me but I've heard plenty of people gripe about it.
I'm not defending Bettman or the NHL's business practices which are both laughable. I'm saying that ESPN is a group of biased whores who care more about the bottom line than they do actually covering the sports that its viewers care about.
Their coverage of the NHL is awful when it isn't non-existent.
it's actually not awful when they care to do it. Melrose and Barnaby are really good
Of course ESPN favors their own interests, but they're also the worldwide leader in sports coverage, meaning if there were a bigger outcry for hockey coverage than they would provide it.
I'm baffled by the amount of press the NBA gets over the NHL. I mean, the NBA finals are a complete bore, have been for years. Can you imagine a 7th seed in the NBA making it to the finals? There are like 5 teams in the NBA that are good, the rest of the league is just sort of there.
The amount of play the NBA gets on sportscenter is sickening. I hear the words Lebron, Kobe, Paul Pierce, etc more than I ever ever ever should.
After the game Friday night, I was trying to get some Phillies highlights, but all they had on ESPNEWS was coverage of John Wooden's death. The man was a legend, but he was also 99. It's not like it was an amazing story that he died. Show me some farging highlights, fruityheads.
The nba more than doubles nhl ratings
More people care about hoops
Stop whining. This is the reality
Just because it gets double the ratings doesn't mean it has to get ten times the coverage. ESPN gives more coverage to the professional poker tour than it does to the NHL and that's ridiculous.
Quote from: Rome on June 06, 2010, 06:10:40 PM
Just because it gets double the ratings doesn't mean it has to get ten times the coverage.
actually thats exactly what it means....not to mention that they have a huge nba contract...espn is a corporation that is looking for bottom line over anything else like any other big business
but even for being that they do a great job of covering sports...do they have their faults...of course...but over all they are really good
and lets be honest here if the flyers arent in it none of us watch a second of the stanley cup....hockey when the flyers arent playing is brutal
TSNBobMcKenzie RT @tsnjamesduthie: Who's the coach? Laviolette was chatting with us before getting on bus. Pronger walks by, says: Pete, let's go! Now!
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Really, pharmaceutical companies develop drugs for diseases that millions have. If your disease is rare, chances are you're out of luck.
Same for every business.
just mentioned on CSN: teams that win games 1-2 and lose games 3-4 are 9-0 in game 5
Soo...3-2 Chicago up coming back to Philly for game 6
huge early pp kill !
They look lost right now.
Leighton standing on his head early.
wow have they been incredibly careless in their own end
if they can somehow survive this period even tied ill feel real good about this game
at least leighton looks strong
coburn sucks ass so far controling the puck!
nice little comeback after that huge chicago charge
you cant put into words how deflating a goal here would be to the blackhawks
another def end turnover leading to a lazy penalty...they need to buckle down in that end
man if gagne couldve gotten his stick in there
No way Chi doesnt score here
that was a guaranteed goal for them. Does Lavvy use a TO already? He needs to get them calmed down, and back to what works.
thats a brutal play by richards...trying to cheat at the oppoosite point and get a break the otherway left the rest of the unit out to cover for him leaving seabrook wide open
That's now 3 goals in 3 games tipped in by their own guy.
anytime the team wants to show up to help out Leighton would be nice
Ice seems really choppy, puck is bouncing all over.
Theyre playing like dogshtein now. Completely outplayed and outworked in all aspects..No time for a TO yet, but if they dont get their shtein together soon, this game'll be a blowout in no time.
yeah, I noticed that too. looks like it got carpet bombed before the game.
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 06, 2010, 08:48:29 PM
Ice seems really choppy, puck is bouncing all over.
shocker :o they cant blame humidity tonight, its 65 degrees out here.
Game 6 will be win or go home, not a clincher
haha game over. they have no chance in this one.
wow now leighton has joined the rest of the team in awfulness...only fitting i suppose
Leighton is shteinting the bed, but the D in front of him is horrible. Its looked like a pk the entire period.
whoooo Blowout
settle down and get a goal
guess it took four games for the real blackhawks to show up
after this abortion its obvious they have no chance to win in Chicago. even if they manage to squeeze the one out in Philly the series is over.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 08:56:23 PM
guess it took four games for the real blackhawks to show up
:-D we scored 3 in the 1st last game stfu it aint over
The Flyers look like they forgot how to hit. They're letting Chicago dictate the physical part of the game... :boo
just settle it down and chip away.
Down 3-0, got em right where we want em
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
they had a limited amount of chances and shots. even still a stick in the right place or a bounce and we have some goals. get nasty and put it on net.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
O:) O:) O:)
agree, but it aint over yet, if they can pull to within 1 going to the 3rd.... and we pray
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
Maybe it's the beer talking but the Flyers are making a comeback in this game. Final score 5-4 Flyers.
Quote from: SD on June 06, 2010, 09:10:19 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
Maybe it's the beer talking but the Flyers are making a comeback in this game. Final score 5-4 Flyers.
its not the beer its game seven of the bruin series
problem is chi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bos
plus shtein like that doesnt happen twice in one playoff year
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
i knew they'd come out like that, i didnt count on the ice having been firebombed, and the flyers forgettting how to respond. I wanted a Timeout after teh first goal, you could see this all coming from the drop of the puck. Hopefully Laviolette is calming them the farg down, telling Carter/Gagne to grow a set, and telling richards to obliterate somebody
well any hope of a comeback just ended with that sieve in the game
NBC just finally figured out leighton got benched
this could get really ugly now with boucher in net
over . go back to Philly with your tail between your legs you bitches.
only way to make this worse is to have toes score and get him off the schnide
what if Kimo scores? and we get closer? both these starting goalies are sub par.
the flyers have so much fight in them its ridiculous and just really sad that they have to play in front of these two pos goalies
theres no doubt in my mind they could score three more goals this game but theres no chance boucher shuts chicago out the rest of the way
wow pronger just got murdered
hopefully it unfeathered his hair
the difference is the flyers defense is non existant. on top of thr fact their getting utterly bitch smacked in the face hole
nice response to the monster hit. stand that punk up
This has 7-4 or 7-5 written all over it..and at some point flyers will be within a goal just so we fel all fuzzy for a few minutes
i hope this series is the last time i ever have to see hartnell play again in a flyer uniform
nice penalty if we can kill it, let them know you are fargin there.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:34:30 PM
i hope this series is the last time i ever have to see hartnell play again in a flyer uniform
What? Hartnell has been huge i n the playoffs
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 06, 2010, 09:35:12 PM
nice penalty if we can kill it, let them know you are fargin there.
since he doesnt like hockey is phreak paying you to be the over the top resident flyer homer
so big i have to seperate the i and the n in in!! ;D
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:36:37 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 06, 2010, 09:35:12 PM
nice penalty if we can kill it, let them know you are fargin there.
since he doesnt like hockey is phreak paying you to be the over the top resident flyer homer
nope, just keep telling us how bad we are again igy!! and again and again.
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 06, 2010, 09:38:40 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:36:37 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 06, 2010, 09:35:12 PM
nice penalty if we can kill it, let them know you are fargin there.
since he doesnt like hockey is phreak paying you to be the over the top resident flyer homer
nope, just keep telling us how bad we are again igy!! and again and again.
ill take that as a yes
how many open net goals does Richards intend to miss.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:36:37 PM
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 06, 2010, 09:35:12 PM
nice penalty if we can kill it, let them know you are fargin there.
since he doesnt like hockey is phreak paying you to be the over the top resident flyer homer
so sorry im not bagging on this piece of shtein flyer team. I mean come who are we kidding they suck so bad!!
Quote from: LBIggle on June 06, 2010, 09:39:46 PM
how many open net goals does Richards intend to miss.
leino too but it hasnt gotten enough attention because its still close but when this series is over richards needs to be exposed...hes been hideous
oh bull shtein!
gotta give boucher credit hes been pretty good
wait my bad, what an awesomeness call, Pronger sucks, what a waste.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:46:56 PM
gotta give boucher credit hes been pretty good
farging homer
5-2
yawn
oh gee lets get bufflin goin too
what a disgraceful performance...i didnt expect them to win but to not even show up is inexcusable
that's how you redirect Richards you over rated piece of shtein.
Pronger never needs to leave the ice again
Boucher never needs to touch it again
not liking the thought of Game 7 there.
LMAO what a DIVE. BITCH MADE
I'm not liking the thought of game 6 here.
Cole Hamels just called and said "you a bitch"
The most important thing is that igy was right. That's even better than a Flyers victory.
is he never wrong. He's like god if it existed, but fatter
even you guys could have predicted this game....not the performance but the winner
i did, i figured they'd drop this, just ddint see this shtein play.
only 5 more goals and they can win!
Everyone brace yourself, you're about to witness the greatest 3rd period comeback in Stanley Cup finals history.
Brian Boucher says 'hi hahahahaah yeah come back okay'
bufflin has been "monumental"...i hope emericks plane goes down on the way back to philly
YEAH BABY ITS SO ON NOW
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 10:19:20 PM
bufflin has been "monumental"...i hope emericks plane goes down on the way back to philly
thanks....homer
is bartulis hurt...i know he doesnt play much anyway but i cant remember him being on the ice at all since maybe a shift or two in the first period
well at least if the hawks win, I wont have to hear three fargin days of whining like i have about how bad the refs are. cause you know they only call penalties against chicago and never ever miss a call against chicago.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 10:33:20 PM
is bartulis hurt...i know he doesnt play much anyway but i cant remember him being on the ice at all since maybe a shift or two in the first period
he got crunched by two guys, but it didnt seem bad. Hawks clearly getting the benefit of calls this game. CBC is reporting they lobbied hard for penalties over the past two days. Flyers need to show where they really are as players, win this, and its over
maybe bufflin is that good this game...jesus he has been a monster
why is this team even in the finals? they suck so bad.
pronger is like a minus million tonight
Carter has a 21 genomes when it comes to hockey sense, he's as much responsible for the goal that was just scored as the d was there. farg him. Send in Carbomb
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 10:46:53 PM
pronger is like a minus million tonight
eh, he had that in game 3 of Montreal. I do want to go lynch someone, you want in?
Still don't think they should have taken out Leighton there.
If Leighton's still in my guess is that this was a 5-4 game after that Gagne goal.
amazing what gagne can do when he's not stuck on the ice with pieces of shtein like Carter and Richards. the big guns are showing up for Chicago and the ones for the flyers are recessing. on top of the fact the flyers have no goalie to lean on when they get burned by the excessive pressure they have to put on to compinsate for their lack of passing and speed skills. in short they may squeak out the win back here but are farged if they have to play on that holocaust ice again.
Can someone find Boucher's house and burn it to the ground? Thanks.
just looked at the box
pronger -5
giroux -4
Probably not so after this game, but coming in Giroux was the playoff leader in +/-
They looked slow and confused out there. It really was like a completely different team and yet they somehow still put away four goals. If these fargers had a farging goalie fargity farg farg farg.
Plus/minus is the most overrated stat in sports. Who gives a shtein about plus minus?
It's for people who don't know what they are watching so they think they can look at a stat and get a summary on how someone played.
agree about Plus Minus except when looking at a Game by Game review. Bad game overall from the coaching down to the goaltending and all inbetween. I saw a 1 or 2 goal loss coming, not this. They fought back, should have had a 4 minute pp for Briere's eye nearly getting gouged out, but that was a tough call to see. Do or Die Wednesday.
Pens lost game 5 in the finals last season 5-0.
Quote from: King Cole on June 06, 2010, 11:00:20 PM
Plus/minus is the most overrated stat in sports. Who gives a shtein about plus minus?
It's for people who don't know what they are watching so they think they can look at a stat and get a summary on how someone played.
Exactly right.
Pronger did have an awful game, though.
oh well, its not like the phillies lost or anything
Quote from: Seabiscuit36 on June 06, 2010, 11:03:03 PM
agree about Plus Minus except when looking at a Game by Game review. Bad game overall from the coaching down to the goaltending and all inbetween. I saw a 1 or 2 goal loss coming, not this. They fought back, should have had a 4 minute pp for Briere's eye nearly getting gouged out, but that was a tough call to see. Do or Die Wednesday.
It was a 3 goal loss with an empty net goal at the end. They fought back in the 2nd and 3rd period. wednesday night will be a win, then Boucher will have to step up in game 7.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 06, 2010, 10:58:50 PM
They looked slow and confused out there. It really was like a completely different team and yet they somehow still put away four goals. If these fargers had a farging goalie fargity farg farg farg.
usually i agree times infinity but tonight the d was as much to blame as either of the goalies
Goalie shmoalie(badass sounding, eh?)
You have supposed studs like Luongo coming up incredibly small and Niemi let up 4 goals all legit(unlike Leighton's). Leighton has played as good as anyone overall in the playoffs so you can't kill him. The supposed better goalies are all sitting at home right now, so that goalie thing doesn't really hold any water right now.
The defense was far more to blame and the overall quickness to the puck. shtein man, the Flyers had the puck in the Chicago zone for a total of like 20 seconds at the 10 minute mark of the 1st.
They looked so bad i wanted a timeout after the first goal. First time they've looked like that, but they got it under control.
Quote from: KDS on June 06, 2010, 11:25:45 PM
oh well, its not like the phillies lost or anything
Oh that'll cheer us up.
you can assassinate him. i'm ok with it.
Yeah Leighton's 3 goals were....IDK, hard to blame on him. The 3rd one was definitely his usual easy one, but he made some very sick saves and the puck took some very unfortunate bounces/deflections on the first two goals. Like I pointed out earlier, that first goal off of Pronger was the 3rd goal in the last 3 games that a Flyer has redirected in.
Hopefully they can pull it out in game 6, but i've been expecting them to lose all along so...
Quote from: SD on June 06, 2010, 09:10:19 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
Maybe it's the beer talking but the Flyers are making a comeback in this game. Final score 5-4 Flyers.
haha
i thought Laviolette panicked by pulling Leighton, he wasn't playing that bad, and Boucher sucks, especially coming in cold. i think he should have ridden him there and seen what happened. it couldn't have been worse than that really did happen.
yeah, i dont think Leighton was all that bad, i think he was pulled as a wakeup to the rest of the team again. Tickets are going much cheaper, i'm gonna wait it out now, they're down around 500 a piece for uppers.
Also, Sportsrise said that there were 7 skaters on the ice for the Versteeg goal in the 1st period. Good stuff
Quote from: SunMo on June 07, 2010, 09:02:53 AM
i thought Laviolette panicked by pulling Leighton, he wasn't playing that bad, and Boucher sucks, especially coming in cold. i think he should have ridden him there and seen what happened. it couldn't have been worse than that really did happen.
I couldn't agree more. Leighton hasn't exactly been stellar in this series but he is farging miles better than Boucher. There was no reason to pull him.
Quote from: SunMo on June 07, 2010, 08:33:23 AM
Quote from: SD on June 06, 2010, 09:10:19 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 06, 2010, 09:04:48 PM
chicago is playing at a completely different speed than the flyers...its like the flyers thought it was gonna be like it was in philly....you have to know the hawks are going to come out like maniacs at home and the flyers simply werent prepared for it
Maybe it's the beer talking but the Flyers are making a comeback in this game. Final score 5-4 Flyers.
haha
That was contigent on Leighton staying in goal to start the second
i think it was contingent on more beer
Or darvocet
Quote from: King Cole on June 06, 2010, 11:00:20 PM
Plus/minus is the most overrated stat in sports. Who gives a shtein about plus minus?
It's for people who don't know what they are watching so they think they can look at a stat and get a summary on how someone played.
no the cliche that plus minus is overrated is overrated....if everyone in the world says its the most overrated stat in sports then how is it overrated...the answer is its not...it also doesnt speak precisely on how someone played but when you are minus 5 in a game you def were horrible...stop being a simpleton and looking at everything black n white
Quote from: SunMo on June 07, 2010, 09:02:53 AM
i thought Laviolette panicked by pulling Leighton, he wasn't playing that bad, and Boucher sucks, especially coming in cold. i think he should have ridden him there and seen what happened. it couldn't have been worse than that really did happen.
i dont think he pulled him to provide a spark in hopes of a comeback...or punish him because he was playing hideous...quite the opposite...i think he did it to protect him and not have him be ravaged mentally for game 6 by giving up a gang of goals...laviolette knew the team was flat and that they were gonna get run so let boucher come in and give up a bunch of goals to show that it wasnt leighton...
leighton is good enough to get his body in the right position to stop pucks that he can see...but he is not a very good goalie and if the team in front of him isnt playing lights out (especially pronger) then leighton sucks..its just the way this team is...they play mistake free defensive hockey and keep the front of their net clear and they win...if they play loosey goosey in their own end they are done because they dont have a goalie that can win a game for them and last night within the first ten minutes they had at least five defensive zone turnovers...its one thing if they had survived that and only given up a goal in the first but down 3-0 after one and playing the way they were it was over and there was no reason to keep leighton out there...keep him in tact for wed.
I agree with the exact opposite of all of this^^^^
Seriously. This isn't game one of the second round. They need to give themselves the best chance to win EVERY GAME. Not save their goalie's mental state for the next game. It's way too late in the game for that kind of nonsense.
Exactly
Leighton weathered the storm of the first 10 minutes, to the point where you fully expected the Flyers to wake up and start playing. They didn't and there isn't a goalie alive that would have gone through that first with out giving up a few goals. While we all bash the Flyers, goalies, the coach etc., I'd hate to not give credit to the Blackhawks, they took it to the Flyers last night, and they owned Pronger who up to this point has been solid as a rock.
Pronger usually has one bad game per series, stop the bleeding, make them bleed
Quote from: SD on June 07, 2010, 10:27:26 AM
Exactly
Leighton weathered the storm of the first 10 minutes, to the point where you fully expected the Flyers to wake up and start playing. They didn't and there isn't a goalie alive that would have gone through that first with out giving up a few goals. While we all bash the Flyers, goalies, the coach etc., I'd hate to not give credit to the Blackhawks, they took it to the Flyers last night, and they owned Pronger who up to this point has been solid as a rock.
it was 3-0 not 1-0...flyers could have woken up and they still would have lost...everyone knew this...laviolette more than anyone...this wasnt game one or two where the blackhawks were off their game...they were on all cylinders and the flyers sucked...there was no chance of a comeback...same way he started limiting prongers time in the second period is the same reason leighton didnt come out after 3-0
We're not arguing the reasons. We're arguing the retarded logic behind the reasons.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 07, 2010, 11:08:18 AM
Quote from: SD on June 07, 2010, 10:27:26 AM
Exactly
Leighton weathered the storm of the first 10 minutes, to the point where you fully expected the Flyers to wake up and start playing. They didn't and there isn't a goalie alive that would have gone through that first with out giving up a few goals. While we all bash the Flyers, goalies, the coach etc., I'd hate to not give credit to the Blackhawks, they took it to the Flyers last night, and they owned Pronger who up to this point has been solid as a rock.
it was 3-0 not 1-0...flyers could have woken up and they still would have lost...everyone knew this...laviolette more than anyone...this wasnt game one or two where the blackhawks were off their game...they were on all cylinders and the flyers sucked...there was no chance of a comeback...same way he started limiting prongers time in the second period is the same reason leighton didnt come out after 3-0
then how do you explain this? (http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100607_Laviolette_faces_goalie_decision_for_Game_6.html#axzz0qBFmDNQe)
QuoteLeighton or Boucher?
After the game, Laviolette said, "I don't have an answer for that."
playoff gamesmenship
everyone knows leighton is the game six starter
If the Flyers win game 6 it's really important that you put $200 on the Blackhawks for game 7
f'ing Chelsea Dagger is stuck in my head....stupid 7 goals....
worst song ever
fwiw
nba more than doubled the ratings for the nhl
game got about a 19 in philly. for reference the phillies and sixers were getting 40s.
I felt like a salty son of a bish this morning. I hope the Flyers were every bit as disgusted by that pathetic performance as I was.
Quote from: Rome on June 07, 2010, 01:32:12 PM
I felt like a salty son of a bish this morning. I hope the Flyers were every bit as disgusted by that pathetic performance as I was.
:yay
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5260426 (http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5260426)
QuoteFlyers coach Peter Laviolette has decided which goalie will start Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals.
He just won't say if it's Michael Leighton or Brian Boucher.
Quote from: SD on June 07, 2010, 11:50:03 AM
If the Flyers win game 6 it's really important that you put $200 on the Blackhawks for game 7
if they win six ill put minimum 350 on it and probably 500...depending on how much guts i have
so itll probably be 50? Hoyda.
Quote from: Rome on June 07, 2010, 01:32:12 PM
I felt like a salty son of a bish this morning.
How is that different than any other morning?
(http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs310.snc3/29111_434425301124_729651124_6122038_1839836_n.jpg) Versteeg's goal. LOL
flyers fans after every loss ever
(http://ladiesdotdotdot.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dawson-crying.jpg)
Quote from: KDS on June 07, 2010, 03:58:24 PM
flyers fans after every loss ever
(http://ladiesdotdotdot.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dawson-crying.jpg)
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m267/jeepwrang1994/Interwebz/24mx91y.gif)
Leighton gets the start
Complain
leighton was never not getting the start nor should it have ever been a question
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 08, 2010, 04:26:38 PM
leighton was never not getting the start nor should it have ever been a question
Yep.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 08, 2010, 04:26:38 PM
leighton was never not getting the start nor should it have ever been a question
as you say it was never a question. it was laviolette farging with the black cocks.
(http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2010-06/54183319.jpg)
You should be so proud of your chosen profession.
i actually think its really funny and perfectly fine
i love trash talking bulletin board shtein like this.
Flyers win 4-2. I fargin hate the bandwagon hawk fans out here. What a bunch of douchebags.
Pronger has that shtein hung up in his locker i'd think. He has one bad game a series it seems over the years. The 100% chance they'd change their minds is absolutely correct.
Quote from: KDS on June 08, 2010, 07:09:11 PM
i actually think its really funny and perfectly fine
i love trash talking bulletin board shtein like this.
I could find more humor in it if it were published by some half assed rag like the NY Post or the Brownsville Gazette or if it was just a photochop job some idiot did in his mom's basement and posted on a message board that has since made it's way around the interweb. But for a major paper to print that, I think it's an insult to journalism.
lighten up there sassy
there wont be any papers in 10 years so they might as well go down swinging
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 09, 2010, 12:53:08 AM
Quote from: KDS on June 08, 2010, 07:09:11 PM
i actually think its really funny and perfectly fine
i love trash talking bulletin board shtein like this.
I could find more humor in it if it were published by some half assed rag like the NY Post or the Brownsville Gazette or if it was just a photochop job some idiot did in his mom's basement and posted on a message board that has since made it's way around the interweb. But for a major paper to print that, I think it's an insult to journalism.
Exactly. I was shocked when I saw it was the Chicago Tribune. fargtards.
since it went into bankruptcy a few years ago the tribune changed its format and became a tabloid...its now no different than the ny or philly daily news and a cover like that is perfectly fine
i dont see an issue with the pic. i mean if they want to play it like that cool, it just makes it even worse that their big tough guy was shut down for four straight games by chrissy.
(http://thesportshernia.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b84f69e20120a67c96ae970c-300wi)
It's lowest common denominator garbage.
No chance this backfires...
QuoteWednesday, June 9, 2010
Chicago sets parade plans
Chicago has planned a ticker tape parade for Friday or Monday, depending on when the Blackhawks clinch the Stanley Cup, according to WGN.
As WGN pointed out, "Notice there's no wiggle room here, Hawk fans expect the team to bring home the Stanley Cup, something they haven't done since 1961."
"If the Hawks win in Game 6 tonight, expect a Friday celebration. Should the Hawks lose tonight and win Friday, the city will have its celebration Monday."
There is, of course, the small matter of winning the thing first.
Time and place have not been released yet, but as any Eagles fan knows, leaking the parade details before the result is locked up is not a good thing. Plans for Philadelphia's parade for the Eagles leaked before the Super Bowl against the Patriots, and we know how that turned out.
meh
I hope someone informed the taliban
always nice when you can't muster even one shot on a pp. carters playing center though so there's that.
Another horseshtein call on Pronger. They bitched long enough and now it's twice he's been called in the first period for nothing.
14 shots to 3. Holy broke dick.
Make that 15. So far so bad.
LOL - awesome.
down 1 feels more like 10
Urgency smurgency.
score here or cash it in bitches.
Get it right back now.
Lethargic looking so far. Wake the farg up!
lol Richards presence is felt yet again by another terrible puck fumble.
HA! Crowd sounds like they're ready to snap - and not the good kind of snap.
3's a charm!
farg you emrick.
Holy shtein...they went from letting them play to calling every little nudge.
As long as it keeps getting called both ways.
hartnell is almost saving his job in the playoffs alone. he's blowing people up and scoring.
1 - 1 will work. i guess.
i counted at least thirty times cancerstick told us the shots on goal tally.
is it too much to ask to see him die in the booth tonight?
and farg olcheck too. dickhead.
lol at Emerick saying the refs are 'sending a message' tonight with the ticky tack calls. You do that game 1, not game 6.
Quote from: SD on June 09, 2010, 08:53:05 PM
lol at Emerick saying the refs are 'sending a message' tonight with the ticky tack calls. You do that game 1, not game 6.
They're clearly sending a message for next preseason.
DAMN
Did he just miss that?
Hartnell is beautiful.
sigh
No blood on his face but his brain is hemorrhaging.
Wasn't even a high stick. Hartnell hit him with his glove.
Holy shtein Richards just killed someone.
BRIERE!!!!
farg ME!!
YES!
of course
Holy shtein they just called a penalty on the Flyers.
:-D
Replay please on the crosscheck??????
"It will not be well received by the white team bench!"
They are very very upset about the call on Hossa
lmao time infinity at them whining about chicagos penalty
motherfarger.
Another shtein goal let in by Leighton.
another horrible goal by leighton
Let's get that farger back.
Possibly the worst PP we've seen in a long time.
amazing how quickly the life gets sucked out of the team when there's no confidence in your goalie
Both goals let in by Leighton were screaming awful. Keep us in the game you piece of shtein nobody icehole.
You really blame the first one on him?
Is that Victorino behind the Chicago bench?
the first one wasn't so bad. the second one might be the worst piece of shtein I've seen in quite a while.
farg, just put it on the net. 13 shots and 2 goals. fire it in!
Yeah they really need to just start throwin pucks on the net like Chicago has been. Niemi's giving up an unreal amount of rebounds, one of these times the puck'll have to bounce the right way.
Romes
Richards playing like ass again.
Richards strikes again.
They look like shtein right now.
throw in the towel.
over, this team has nothing left in the tank
I don't know what's deader, the team or the crowd. It's like a morgue. Give the Hawks the cup already.
They are fargin gassed, but they are only down 1 goal. just shoot shoot shoot!!! Lav needs to mix it up a little, do something drastic.
Right - nothing left. Just like they had nothing left down 3-0 against the Bruins.
Going to try and enjoy these last 20 minutes which is why I am turning off NBC until they begin P3.
I really hope we get lots and lots of shots of them polishing the Stanley Cup.
There is no reason for them to be gassed. All of a sudden in game 6 they get tired?
They had 2 days off.
I don't think they are tired, I just think Chicago took it up a notch. It looks bad, but so has the entire year for the Flyers. If anything is a microcosm of tonight's game it is their season. Gotta keep fighting.
shtein's over.
They certainly have that look of LOSER. Better come out for the 3rd with more energy.
Come on Flyers, dig deep and pound this shtein out. And stfu JR, your a homer bitch.
Roenick is farging sickening. Talk about "ME, ME, ME, ME!"
The entire first line is a farging disgrace.
Carter while hurt, is an atrocity, Refs have farged both teams, and i'd say the Hawks more so. Ugly ugly ugly.
simply put, i'm happy i'm going golfing tomorrow in a tournament where strippers will be on every other hole, and they have ice luges.
I turned the sound off it's so nauseating.
I can't understand how they're not playing with more intensity. I mean, helloooooo... 15 minutes left, fellas.
yeah if this is all they have left then were watching the last period of flyers hockey this year
yep, unless the Flyers team from 2 weeks ago shows up, its not good. Guess there is something to be said about sucking for many years, and stacking early draft picks.
maybe ville leino can teach these guys some actual puck handling and passing skills in the offseason.
another point blank miss by the "captain"
Sweet Jesus... that close.
Not gonna get many more opportunities like these.
Goal!
Leino Briere Hartnell line again!
Quote from: LBIggle on June 09, 2010, 10:27:26 PM
maybe ville leino can teach these guys some actual puck handling and passing skills in the offseason.
Dude seriously...this man is a god.
ok hartnell can stay. damn the torpedos and go for another one.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 09, 2010, 10:36:56 PM
ok hartnell can stay. damn the torpedos and go for another one.
yeah end this shtein while you're still hot
CARTER!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
Dammit Carter.
wide open High, go fargin high icehole
Carter's making my ass pucker.
keep his ass on the bench
farging score already Carter farger
I'm spent, guys.
Quote from: Rome on June 09, 2010, 10:46:16 PM
I'm spent, guys.
Same
And for the love of god keep Carter in the locker room
I have no voice. I don't like overtime with leightons penchant for horrible goals. I have a sinking feeling it ends on another squibbler through his legs.
Quote from: Rome on June 09, 2010, 10:46:16 PM
I'm spent, guys.
I hear ya, but just imagine living in the chicagoland area. Every mother farger that has my number has been texting me (only when the hawks are up). I am gonna get fired for beating the shtein out of someone. Mother fargin iceholes.
Quote from: LBIggle on June 09, 2010, 10:50:05 PM
I have no voice. I don't like overtime with leightons penchant for horrible goals. I have a sinking feeling it ends on another squibbler through his legs.
just keep putting goals on net. and why the farg does NBC have two iceholes pulling for the hawks. the dick head to the right just called them the blacks! what the farg farg you JR one more time. oh lets suck Hossa's sack a little more
Leighton scares the farg out of me for OT. Any shot from the blue line has a chance to go in.
If it's going to happen, it has to be from Briere/Leino/Hartnell obviously.
Most of my neighbors got brand new Hawks jerseys, bought like 2 weeks ago. Losers.
I need oxygen, heroin, crack, smack, shtein, model glue, spray paint whatever. Holy shtein.
NBC hard on for the Blackhawks. STFU already.
don't worry the hartnell hat trick is going to rock their world.
NBC is nauseating.
And farg Roenick too. Traitorous boy band hair having fag.
You think you guys would be used to this by now.
yeah being in overtime in game 6 of the Stanley cup finals is definitely something everyones used to
I meant taking shtein from the media, duh.
Quote from: MMH on June 09, 2010, 10:52:54 PM
Most of my neighbors got brand new Hawks jerseys, bought like 2 weeks ago. Losers.
It really is sickening, i mean they can blame the old Wirtz all they want. I'm tired of the bullshtein, they can all kiss my ass. If we can pull this out we could win gm 7. the "blacks" would be stunned!!
They literally just showed the DEVILS overtime winner.
I can't believe they had the balls to do it with Emrick behind the mike.
Jesus...
DAMMIT
WTF whistle@!!
Season over.
Motherfarg
Seriously?
What kind of dumb farging luck is that. Jesus christ.
LLOLL
That has nothing to do with luck. Just the worst goaltending in the history of the SCF. Worst GWG ever?
leighton shat the bed
[quote author=LBIggle link=topic=20643.msg752901#msg752901 date=1276138205 I don't like overtime with leightons penchant for horrible goals. I have a sinking feeling it ends on another squibbler through his legs.
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farging Hoyda bitch ass piece of shtein icehole. weakest farging Hoyda shtein I have ever seen in sports. after all that you let them win on that shtein? farg you.
I meant jsut overall how it ends. Throws a routine shot at the net, and it doesn't even go in clean, no one knows what happens.
Just so anti climatic.
Fans stepped the farg up tonight, way to represent. congrats Chicago!
Quote from: Munson on June 09, 2010, 11:10:12 PM
I meant jsut overall how it ends. Throws a routine shot at the net, and it doesn't even go in clean, no one knows what happens.
Just so anti climatic.
It was odd
God damnit Leighton.
Trade Carter for a real goalie
OT in a nutshell: flyers dominate, niemi plays on his head, leighton doesn't notice a junior hockey caliber shot passing by him
Why is there a single fan left in the stands?
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on June 09, 2010, 10:52:44 PM
Leighton scares the farg out of me for OT. Any shot from the blue line has a chance to go in.
If it's going to happen, it has to be from Briere/Leino/Hartnell obviously.
:yay What a bullshtein shot to let in. Horseshtein end to a great post season.
I knew it'd be a bad goal he let in but I thought it'd be a typical unscreened shot from the blue line. I didn't imagine it could be worse than that.
say what you will, the fans are fargin awesome hanging and booing.
See you guys in what, 13 years?
Seriously. How does that even farging go in? There's no way that puck should go in at that angle.
WTF.
I can't even....It doesn't seem like that was it.
I feel like I just watched the end of a great movie where the screen goes black before you find out what happens.
get. a. goalie.
Leighton was absolutely freaking phenomenal. Poor way to go out, not really his fault. They didn't clear and he had it cover it just trickled in.
Plus he made some huge saves down the stretch.
sorry?
yeah giving up two goals that "trickle" in through your legs in the Stanley cup finals is absolutely farging phenominal
hope Leighton Limburgh's himself on the way home tonight.
best part will be the 7 year extension he gets tomorrow from the retard of a GM
How about the game doesn't get into OT if it weren't for Leighton? He kept them in the game while the Blackhawks skated circles around the Flyers for 50 minutes.
how about they win 2-1 if the farging retard doesn't give up a 5-hole goal from 30 feet away
When you have a save percentage around 87% in the finals, that is hardly phenomenal.
How about he doesn't need to make a save if the defense wasn't skating on concrete?
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 09, 2010, 11:14:45 PM
say what you will, the fans are fargin awesome hanging and booing.
If I were at the game right now I would have held up a 'Bruins suck' sign at the end. If I could get that message through to just a single Boston fan still watching hockey, it would have been worth it.
Yeah I'm sorry but I can't throw it all on Leighton. He literally is half the reason why they were even there. And if he's not in net it's probably a 5 or 6 goal game for Chicago.
That being said, that seriously is one of the most horrible moments in philly sports history. To end like that. Just.......farg it.
He's Mitch Williams.
The.
End.
Quote from: King Cole on June 09, 2010, 11:21:17 PM
How about he doesn't need to make a save if the defense wasn't skating on concrete?
The Flyers were dominating OT and Niemi was coming up huge, Leighton let in the softest goal imaginable. He doesn't handle pressure well and you could tell early on in OT he was shaky.
I think he's fine as a backup but like I said last page part with some talent (Carter/JVR etc.) and get a REAL goalie in here.
Quote from: King Cole on June 09, 2010, 11:21:17 PM
How about he doesn't need to make a save if the defense wasn't skating on concrete?
How about you toss yourself into a jet engine?
oh, by the way, it doesn't help that Jeff Carter is a farging piece of shtein who shoots the puck either over the net or right into a diving goalie's face.
Quote from: SunMo on June 09, 2010, 11:25:26 PM
the entire first line and especially jeff carter blew ass
There are literally about six different ways Carter could have scored on that play.
Carter shouldn't have been on the ice at all, he was by far the worst player on either team.
yeah, the entire first line was awful, but at least Gagne scored once or twice and Richards hits...Carter literally does nothing except shoot. he can't pass, can't play physical.
and now farging Roenick is crying on national tv...this is embarrassing
roenick needs to die
and farg you Eddie O and JR, FARG you NBC. Oh boo fargin hoo. Bullshtein moment on national tv. farg you!
farg i just told off one of my principals pretty bad, he was texting me and icould handle it anymore.
Quote from: SunMo on June 09, 2010, 11:27:44 PM
and now farging Roenick is crying on national tv...this is embarrassing
I turned it off but what a fag
I never understood the Philly love for the guy, he only played here for a 3 or 4 seasons and they didn't win squat with him.
i didn't need a reminder that the guy the flyers should've had after their last place finish just ended their season, while the Flyers' draft pick from that year skated pretty circles behind the net
So what does this make Philly... 1/10 on our last ten title shots? Why is sealing the deal like pulling teeth for our teams?
because like this team, they are usually underdog stories who come out of nowhere. except for the 04 Eagles, 08 and 09 Phils, this is pretty much the case
Donomitch McLeighverson
Quote from: SunMo on June 09, 2010, 11:34:22 PM
i didn't need a reminder that the guy the flyers should've had after their last place finish just ended their season, while the Flyers' draft pick from that year skated pretty circles behind the net
Holmgren would have selected JVR anyway, he's stated that several times. Some people say "he's just saying that" but many people close to the team confirmed he would have been the pick regardless.
Might be time to revisit that Carter for Vokoun deal
lol, steve coates seriously just asked Coburn to reflect on all the good things they did this year
Quote from: SunMo on June 09, 2010, 11:37:24 PM
lol, steve coates seriously just asked Coburn to reflect on all the good things they did this year
real nice douche!
You could tell Cobourn really wanted to say "aha are you farging serious" but took a deep breath and said ask in a couple months
It is just amazing to me how awful Leighton was in this series. How many godawful goals he let in in the last 7-plus periods of hockey that were played. He let in two in the third period in Game 4, three or four in game 5 and now three tonight.
Absolutely hideous.
yeah, obviously they don't need Carter to get this far has was a liability anytime he was on the ice. trade bait.
just get a real fargin goalie!
Relax everybody, they'll be back next year. All they gotta do is get into the playoffs via a shootout, miraculously avoid playing the Caps or Pens, win a series or two after being down 0-3, and they'll be right back in the Finals.
:-D
:boom
:'(
Quote from: QB Eagles on June 09, 2010, 11:45:45 PM
Relax everybody, they'll be back next year. All they gotta do is get into the playoffs via a shootout, miraculously avoid playing the Caps or Pens, win a series or two after being down 0-3, and they'll be right back in the Finals.
All they need is a stud goalie.
yeah, this was lightning in a bottle...they aren't a team trending upwards with huge questions at goalie, aging defense, and maxed out with the salary cap
look on the bright side, its just the flyers
I haven't read any of the last few pages so excuse me if im repeating what im about to add..
farg. Really, farg. I'm tired of not winning. farg.
Quote from: SunMo on June 09, 2010, 11:50:08 PM
yeah, this was lightning in a bottle...they aren't a team trending upwards with huge questions at goalie, aging defense, and maxed out with the salary cap
whatever, they came back from an 0-3 deficit and an 0-3 lead in game 7. then they steam rolled a hot ass goalie. their defense failed them, they have some young talent that can learn from the vets. Get a fargin goalie that can handle pressure!
If there ever was proof that destiny doesn't exist, this is it. After all the team went through and they tie it with minutes to go? Then lose like that. Only Philly.
But in sports, you really need the better team to win and the Flyers got there with a little bit of luck, and a lot of grit and sheer will, with less talent than the Blackhawks for sure. I'm not sure about the other teams they beat.
But will and grit only carry you so far. You need the best team to win most of the time and I thought maybe this team was so gritty they could do it, but they got outplayed for the entire game until about 10 minutes left in the 3rd period.
I hope the hot ass goalie youre referring to was Halak and not Niemmi..even though that was still be ridiculous.
Quote from: King Cole on June 10, 2010, 12:00:33 AM
If there ever was proof that destiny doesn't exist, this is it. After all the team went through and they tie it with minutes to go? Then lose like that. Only Philly.
But in sports, you really need the better team to win and the Flyers got there with a little bit of luck, and a lot of grit and sheer will, with less talent than the Blackhawks for sure. I'm not sure about the other teams they beat.
But will and grit only carry you so far. You need the best team to win most of the time and I thought maybe this team was so gritty they could do it, but they got outplayed for the entire game until about 10 minutes left in the 3rd period.
Not saying the flyers were better, t he hawks won, what 15 more games then them? either way the flyers did what they could, made a hell of a run to win it and ran into a better team.
Quote from: QB Eagles on June 09, 2010, 11:45:45 PM
Relax everybody, they'll be back next year. All they gotta do is get into the playoffs via a shootout, miraculously avoid playing the Caps or Pens, win a series or two after being down 0-3, and they'll be right back in the Finals.
:-D That cheered me up!
Quote from: Die-Hard on June 10, 2010, 12:00:39 AM
I hope the hot ass goalie youre referring to was Halak and not Niemmi..even though that was still be ridiculous.
yep, I think Niemi is not that much better then #49 bottom line is they made changes and Lavi didnt in this series. ughhhh i cannot wait to get to work or deal with the public tomorrow. I will be rocking flyer gear just to fargin mess with the bullshtein hawk fans.
So what other teams in US pro sports history have lost 6 consecutive trips to the championship? I got the Cubs and the Lakers and I think maybe the Red Wings did it too. Anyone else?
i hope leighton catches aids six times in a row.
Quote from: QB Eagles on June 10, 2010, 12:18:05 AM
So what other teams in US pro sports history have lost 6 consecutive trips to the championship? I got the Cubs and the Lakers and I think maybe the Red Wings did it too. Anyone else?
Well we got the Phillies :paranoid
Yes I'm pissed. Real pissed. I hope to look back on this and realize how fortunate (won't say lucky but.....) they were to get this far. We weren't even thinking about the playoffs 6 weeks ago. I can't really call them losers. We never saw a game 6 in the Cup finals back in April. A game 7 in Chicago would have been something else but they probably would have been dead by Friday night. With that said it hurts because these chances are so rare and you have to seize them anyway and anyhow you can. I can't wait another 13 years.
Going to be a long summer. Not counting on the bums to be cheering us up anytime soon.
I'm watching Bikini All-Stars on MavTv right now.
I win.
watching jr play Skate 3. I lose.
I'm watching Tyson, the greatest heavyweight champ eva ;D
Fucjke yo Chicacago ! fargl all you bandwadgon jumopin piece of ashtein asshiooles@@@!
Quote from: phillymic2000 on June 10, 2010, 12:49:00 AM
I'm watching Tyson, the greatest heavyweight champ eva ;D
gus Damato ruined Tyson. He should have farging teache him discipline, WTF with discplune and dedication tyson couled have domeinated for yerds
haha, yerds.
holy MA phillymic is sloshed
fucjk them ll, ie been fealing with these aasshioles wfor the past two weeks. ?i cant handel thesey fucjkoing andwagon peices of shtein
Tyson was te youngest mother fargin heavy champ in the world. suck that cfhicagoQ!@Q
That's what people do when they can't deal with the pain. I've never had a drink after a painful loss. I love soaking it up and savoring the pain until that next championship comes. I honestly don't think the Phils WFC would have been as amazing if I didn't do it this way. All those years of painful defeats washed away.
Now the process starts over. 3 in the hole since.
Quote from: King Cole on June 10, 2010, 01:21:08 AM
That's what people do when they can't deal with the pain. I've never had a drink after a painful loss. I love soaking it up and savoring the pain until that next championship comes. I honestly don't think the Phils WFC would have been as amazing if I didn't do it this way. All those years of painful defeats washed away.
Now the process starts over. 3 in the hole since.
fuvck you Cole #is trhe mother faerrgjn magic nimber@@@@!!
i meant to saty # 3 is the majic number, like Dela sadi!!
Mic, you ok? Wow.
Went for a long walk this evening and listened to WIP on my blackberry which made me feel a little better. Just cracked open the first Bud Light.
bad goalie - 1
destiny - 0
the hideous soft goals leighton let in dont need much explaining...especially this backbreaking sequence:
richards destroys kopecky building ignites for the first time all evening
its still buzzing when leino and briere walk in a minute later
a minute after that leighton give up the incredibe softy
i mean the OT goal speaks for itself but i honestly feel like the sharp goal lost them the game and that if he doesnt give up a weak one there the flyers score again and go up by two or more
but forget the soft goals...where are leightons big saves...where was leightons version of neimmi on carter...the only time i can remember him standing even a little bit tall was that one sequence at the start of game 5 where he made a big save or two during chicagos blitzkrieg operation...but he even followed that up with getting pulled...basically what im saying is the soft goals get remembered as they should but not making the big saves hurt as well and neimmi proved that...he was by no means great this series...however when they needed a huge stop he was there for them and thats almost as important as not giving up the softies
as a whole what an unreal run...this suprassed the sixers in 01 and i dont say that lightly and cant believe i am saying it so soon as i thought that would stand on its own for a long time
as exciting as it was deep depression is starting to form tho....watching chicagos young talent skate around the flyers in circles for most of the series put a spotlight on just how bleak the flyers future is...no goalie in sight...other than giroux and carter no real young talent to speak of and that goes for the organization not just at the nhl level...i LOVE richards but lets realize what he is....a great second line grit type of centerman...with timonen just about done (man did he look like he was skating in mud this series) and pronger not to far off they are big trouble over the next couple seasons...and when the time comes to do it...and to be fair its probably two seasons away they need to completely purge....none of this finishing 6th 7th or 8th in the conference and being happy to win a round...just blow the shtein up and start stockpiling draft picks to try and rebuild
Quotei mean the OT goal speaks for itself but i honestly feel like the sharp goal lost them the game and that if he doesnt give up a weak one there the flyers score again and go up by two or more
absolutely, no screen about 20 feet away, let it go five hole, totally deflating goal and you felt the energy go out of the building
The neutral and defensive zone play was atrocious until the 3rd period. The refs and announcers all had hard-on's for Chicago. Leighton played like a journeyman backup. Blah.
My biggest comfort comes from believing they would have been dominated a la game 5 if it got pushed to 7. Also, the final goal seemed so anticlimactic, and I turned off the game as soon as I saw the replay... So, I'm convinced that they couldn't enjoy it much.
Also, Richards is gay for touching the Eastern Conference trophy. And Carter is gay for not being able to lift the puck over Niemi. Gay.
Quote from: FastFreddie on June 10, 2010, 08:03:29 AM
Carter is gay for not being able to lift the puck over Niemi. Gay.
^^^this.
great run but the reality is going to set in about this team. things need to change. do the flyers move carter ? go after a goalie ? would price be someone to think of ? so many questions.
Bikini All-Stars
Yes and yes, they have an abundance of forwards, Carter and JVR are their most movable of commodities, trade one and some picks and get a real goalie in here.
would they have to trade for carey price ?
The hate for Jeff Carter (not so much here but elsewhere) is completely laughable. The dude was playing on a broken foot, for God's sake, yet he still gutted it out.
He shouldn't have been on the ice because he clearly wasn't anything near his normal self but to blame him for the series loss approaches King Cole-level retardation.
Quote from: smeags on June 10, 2010, 09:02:30 AM
would they have to trade for carey price ?
I'm not a Price fan, I wouldn't mind revisiting that Carter for Vokoun deal.
Turco is a possibility and would just cost cap space the Flyers don't have.
Thoughts on Leino?
Flash in the pan player or a guy that's finally lived up to his potential?
He's an older rookie at 27 but he didn't start playing hockey until he was 17 and was very highly touted as a minor league prospect. The guy could teach the rest of the team about puck control.
I think it would be easy to say hes got RJ Umberger written all him but I'm gonna say he'll turn out to be a solid second liner for a long time. If nothing else, he's got the fan support which has to worth something. Or not.
Quote from: Rome on June 10, 2010, 09:02:34 AM
The hate for Jeff Carter (not so much here but elsewhere) is completely laughable. The dude was playing on a broken foot, for God's sake, yet he still gutted it out.
He shouldn't have been on the ice because he clearly wasn't anything near his normal self but to blame him for the series loss approaches King Cole-level retardation.
agreed....carter does annoy even when hes healthy...but hes the ONLY young goal scorer in the entire organization....
he should be moved permanently to wing
play on a line with giroux
and give them 40 goals a year for the next decade
Quote from: SD on June 10, 2010, 09:16:37 AM
Thoughts on Leino?
Flash in the pan player or a guy that's finally lived up to his potential?
He's an older rookie at 27 but he didn't start playing hockey until he was 17 and was very highly touted as a minor league prospect. The guy could teach the rest of the team about puck control.
i have no idea if hes a flash in the pan...but as you said he is very nifty with the puck and can do things on his skates that no one else on the team can do other than maybe giroux...hes strange in that hes not fast nor quick but he gets to places he wants to go and afterwards you are like how did he do that...his only real weakness is his shot and because of that i see him having a lot of trouble finishing
Quote from: Rome on June 10, 2010, 09:02:34 AM
The hate for Jeff Carter (not so much here but elsewhere) is completely laughable. The dude was playing on a broken foot, for God's sake, yet he still gutted it out.
He shouldn't have been on the ice because he clearly wasn't anything near his normal self but to blame him for the series loss approaches King Cole-level retardation.
it's obvious he wasn't 100% but his foot played no part in not lifting that shot last night. i like carter but i still say you move him, he has what, one more year, two on his current deal ? no way they can afford to re-sign him IMO so you might as well move him. preferably to get a top notch goalie. vokoun as SD mentioned ? would make sense cap wise to try it or something sooner rather than later.
Leino is like a poor mans Pavel Datsyuk, which is to say better than most of the forwards the Flyers have. People in Detroit were incredibly high on him this year and he just didn't do anything for them.
I just watched Carter's shot again. How did he miss that?
Quote from: SD on June 10, 2010, 09:16:37 AM
Thoughts on Leino?
Flash in the pan player or a guy that's finally lived up to his potential?
He's an older rookie at 27 but he didn't start playing hockey until he was 17 and was very highly touted as a minor league prospect. The guy could teach the rest of the team about puck control.
i think he is worth keeping. especially if you plan on moving a carter or JVR.
is there a list out there of contracts to know who is where in their deals ?
It's easy to say Carter didn't play well because of his foot, but when you look at his history of regular season vs. the playoffs he always comes up small when it matters the most. I like him as a player but he's in demand and a goalie is a greater need than another forward is.
The team needs scorers. Everyone chipped in the playoffs, but during the regular season goals weren't exactly being pumped into the back of the net. Carter for all of his bullshtein and wrist shots and uselessness in the playoffs is a young goal scorer on a team in desperate need of goals. They need a goalie but unless they get the reincarnation of Brodeur they're still going to need to score and I don't have a ton of faith in this lineup to do that regularly.
Carter is a one-dimensional player...great wrist shot. Except he's not accurate with it. He doesn't forecheck well, he doesn't pass well which is awful for a center. He's soft as shtein and gets knocked off the puck too much.
Quote from: SD on June 10, 2010, 10:41:53 AM
It's easy to say Carter didn't play well because of his foot, but when you look at his history of regular season vs. the playoffs he always comes up small when it matters the most. I like him as a player but he's in demand and a goalie is a greater need than another forward is.
exactly. he's the new leclair in a way.
have fun replacing 35-40 goals in the lineup...they wont be making the playoffs for carter to not show up
They traded Umberger and let Knuble walk, they were 25-30 goal scorers. They're not on the level of a Carter but they were replaceable. They basically made it to the finals without Carter the entire postseason, he's expendable.
if Carter can get you an upper tier goalie, i do it.
no doubt you're giving something up in carter but the reality is they are not going to be able to resign him and you need to give something up to get something in return.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 10, 2010, 11:11:15 AM
have fun replacing 35-40 goals in the lineup...they wont be making the playoffs for carter to not show up
that should work for you then as you want to blow this team up anyway.
umberger is not even close to the level goal scorer carter is...carter is a top ten type goal scorer in the league...umberger is a solid 20-25 goal guy....and knuble is a 1000 years old theres no comparison there
if you wanna get rid of a hartnell who is basically umberger on the wing or a briere because of his age and contract i can be on board....in fact i would try to take advantage of briere leading the playoffs in scoring and unload him with the quickness
but unless you can show me a deal where carter gets you a top flight young goalie i just dont understand the big rush to trade him simply to trade him
Quote from: smeags on June 10, 2010, 11:19:34 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 10, 2010, 11:11:15 AM
have fun replacing 35-40 goals in the lineup...they wont be making the playoffs for carter to not show up
that should work for you then as you want to blow this team up anyway.
you dont blow up a team by trading its good young players
You do when one of their young players doesn't show up in the finals and you were a goalie away from winning the cup. One of Carter, Briere, JVR, or Gagne has to be moved for a goalie. As much as Briere frustrates you in the regular season there's no denying the guy is a stud in the postseason when it matters most. Carter has a history of coming up small in the postseason.
of course you only trade him if the goalie in return is a young top tier player but keep in mind carter is a good young player they very well may not be able to re-sign after next season which is part of the reason the team may have to look at moving him.
if the team can move briere instead then yeah you solve a couple of issues one of which is the question of whether they can afford to keep carter. just wonder if they can do it.
bottom line is something has to be done. actually several things have to be done to improve this team.
i don't know what to do with Hartnell...i wanted him gone all year, but he turned into the kind of player i expected him to be in the playoffs. good fore checker, gets dirty, the guy in front of the net.
Briere they can't move because he has a NMC.
The Briere/Hartnell/Leino line was the best line in the playoffs. I mean, during the regular season Hartnell was my least favorite Flyer ever, he didn't score and made boneheaded after boneheaded play. But when the chips were down he came up big. IF he could be moved for a good goalie I'd move him in a heartbeat. He also has a NMC as does Gagne.
I still want to light Boucher on fire, by the way. Game one and game five will haunt my dreams for years.
overall, i'm not real confident with Holgren. he has no ability to manage the cap and gives everybody with a long contract a NMC.
and i read a story how Ken Holland called him up and basically told him he had to trade for Leino and he wouldn't regret it, so his one good move came because he was convinced by an opposing GM
My stance on Holmgren is the same, I hope he's canned.
I do credit him for the coachings change however, they FINALLY have a great coach in Lavy.
if you think the flyers can win the cup next year by trading carter straight up for a great young goalie then of course you wanna do that...i just dont see another miracle run like this year...that literally happens once a lifetime...nor do i see any one player on the flyers bringing a great young goalie back
i think they are better than missing the playoffs liek they almost did but they arent that close to winning the cup either...i see a team with its best players getting really old really fast and i dont know why you would trade a richards hartnell or giroux...unless you just wanna trade everyone and go in the shteinter asap
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 10, 2010, 11:55:11 AM
if you think the flyers can win the cup next year by trading carter straight up for a great young goalie then of course you wanna do that...i just dont see another miracle run like this year...that literally happens once a lifetime...nor do i see any one player on the flyers bringing a great young goalie back
i think they are better than missing the playoffs liek they almost did but they arent that close to winning the cup either...i see a team with its best players getting really old really fast and i dont know why you would trade a richards hartnell or giroux...unless you just wanna trade everyone and go in the shteinter asap
That is more or less exactly how I feel. I don't think this is a legit Cup contender for next season. A goalie would help but Gagne, Briere, Pronger and Timonen are old. That's a lot of talent, defense and leadership that you have to treat as a question mark. I don't think this team is a goalie away from a cup. I think they were a goalie away from a 2010 Cup, but I don't think it translates into a dominant team for next year.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 10, 2010, 12:03:09 PM
I think they were a goalie away from a 2010 Cup, but I don't think it translates into a dominant team for next year.
THIS is the key....i would have traded carter for vokun like maybe right after the boston series
and of course i meant carter in my previous post not hartnell
Quote from: SunMo on June 10, 2010, 11:45:32 AM
overall, i'm not real confident with Holgren. he has no ability to manage the cap and gives everybody with a long contract a NMC.
which is a big reason why i say you look into trading carter. where will they be cap wise after 2010-2011 when his contract is up ? does anyone have info on that ?
will carter's demands exceed what they can afford ? do the flyers get comp picks if they just let him walk ? not sure of the ngl structure when it comes to that.
its all okay! high ratings!
QuoteThe deciding game of the 2010 Stanley Cup Finals drew the largest NHL overnight in 36 years.
The Blackhawks' championship-clinching Game 6 win over the Flyers drew a 5.8/10 overnight rating on NBC Wednesday night, up 42% from Red Wings/Penguins Game 6 last year (4.1), up 32% from Red Wings/Penguins Game 6 in '08 (4.4), and up 164% from Hurricanes/Oilers Game 6 in '06 (2.2).
The overnight peaked at an 8.0/14 from 11-11:15 PM ET.
Last year's Game 6 aired on a Tuesday night opposite the NBA Finals, Game 6 in 2008 aired on a Wednesday night and was the clinching game of the series, and Game 6 in 2006 aired on a Saturday night.
The 5.8 overnight is the highest ever for an NHL game on NBC, and is tied with Mighty Ducks/Devils Game 7 in '03 as the highest for any NHL game since Bruins/Flyers Game 6 in '74 (7.6). For perspective, last year's Penguins/Red Wings Game 7 drew a 5.0 overnight.
Overall, three of the four Blackhawks/Flyers telecasts on NBC drew at least a 4.0 overnight rating. To put that in perspective, only five previous telecasts on the network hit that mark.
The Blackhawks' coronation drew a 32.8/50 in Chicago, the highest of the series. In Philadelphia, the game drew a 26.8/38.
Buffalo was the top neutral market (13.5/20), while Indianapolis (6.3/10) was the top non-NHL market.
Final ratings for the three Stanley Cup Final games on NBC this year have declined between 18% and 20% from the overnight, putting Wednesday's game on pace to finish in the 4.7-4.9 range.
Instead of trading Carter for a goalie, I would see if any team out there would be willing to swap a young goal scorer for one of the same in Carter. Simply because I agree Carter has no heart and if we could get close to what Carter gives you scoring-wise with someone who actually has heart, then I'm cool with it. Then I'd see if Hartnell or JVR could be dealt for a goalie. Just not a JVR fan and I don't ever see him becoming special.
But I agree that you don't just lose Carter's goal scoring in the move for a goalie that most likely wouldn't be some superstar goalie. If you could get one then fine, but you aren't going to.
One of the Flyers beat writers called WIP and thinks the Flyers will go after one of the Kings' young goalies. I'm not sure how I feel about them, but I do know that trading for Price would be a horrible move. He blows and lets up a ton of soft goals himself.
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Quote from: SunMo on June 10, 2010, 11:18:34 AM
if Carter can get you an upper tier goalie, i do it.
I agree completely. He's a good player and he's got exactly the sort of salary that would lend itself to getting a legit goalie in return.
Quote from: Rome on June 10, 2010, 06:17:57 PM
Quote from: SunMo on June 10, 2010, 11:18:34 AM
if Carter can get you an upper tier goalie, i do it.
I agree completely. He's a good player and he's got exactly the sort of salary that would lend itself to getting a legit goalie in return.
his salary is irrelevant as hes a free agent after next season...and in the nhl no one knows what a 'legit' goalie is...cam ward and annti neimmi are stanley cup goalies...a goalie can win a cup one year and be a back up a year later...you wanna give up carters gola scoring for that?
plus name me the elite goalies in the nhl...with brodeur finished there really arent that many...and i can guarntee you jeff carter is not getting you one of the elites
Ilya Bryzgalov, Ryan Miller, Roberto Luongo, Marc Andre Fleury off the top of my head are 'elite' guys. I'm talking regular season, of course. Like you said, great playoff goalies are a whole different breed.
Nabakov is a UFA, and the Flyers have a little flexibility with their cap. He's 33, but a huge upgrade over Leighton and anything else that's out there. Do you make the plunge if it means shipping Carter somewhere for picks?
right and carter alone doesnt come even close to getting any of those guys
no way i do that...a young top goal scorer for an old goalie who isnt going to make this team a cup winner...and then when he doesnt hes just about done and carter is lost for the next ten years...if nabakov is 26 then yeah i would maybe do it...plus no matter how much you hate him i think you vastly underestimate what taking carters goals off this team would do...they certainly dont make the playoffs this year without him...im not saying they would tank or anything if you traded him but you seem to think that carter for nabakov would be a completely one sided deal with the flyers gaining eveything and losing nothing
also what i dont get is you want holmgren fired for putting together an inferior team yet you you think hes put together a lineup that is cup worthy for two years in a row...or you want him fired simply for not having a goalie in place?
1. For not having a goalie in place
2. For trading away draft picks - I love Pronger and he's come as advertised but the mentality of trading away the future needs to end. Since he's been here he's traded something like 6 1st round picks in 3 years, that's absurd.
3. For mismanaging the cap. At a second glance they've actually got a bit of wiggle room but giving players NMC/NTC's was a stupid move on his part.
What's the difference if Nabakov is 33 or 26? They're in it to win it now, they'll always sacrifice the future for the present, so holding onto a mid 20's 40 goal scorer who shteins the bed come playoff time makes zero sense. Carter is going to command $6.5 million per once his deal is up so they should get what they can for him now. The seasons before this one when the Pens ousted us the biggest difference was MAF carried their team.
Quote from: SD on June 10, 2010, 08:28:56 PM
1. For not having a goalie in place
2. For trading away draft picks - I love Pronger and he's come as advertised but the mentality of trading away the future needs to end. Since he's been here he's traded something like 6 1st round picks in 3 years, that's absurd.
3. For mismanaging the cap. At a second glance they've actually got a bit of wiggle room but giving players NMC/NTC's was a stupid move on his part.
What's the difference if Nabakov is 33 or 26? They're in it to win it now, they'll always sacrifice the future for the present, so holding onto a mid 20's 40 goal scorer who shteins the bed come playoff time makes zero sense. Carter is going to command $6.5 million per once his deal is up so they should get what they can for him now. The seasons before this one when the Pens ousted us the biggest difference was MAF carried their team.
if you think they are simply a goalie away from winning the cup next year then you believe this year was no fluke...and thus theres no possible way you could want the gm would built this team from scratch when they had the worst record in franchise history should be fired for making his team a bonafied cup contender for multiple years
i dont think they are a cup contender next year...which is why i would deal any and all veterans and keep the carters girouxs richards ect...and build back up from there via picks and fa's once the cap is down
They're definitely one of the top 3 teams in the East, and they just came 2 games from winning the cup, and every loss was by 1 goal with the exception of game 5. To say they're at the very least not cup contenders is ridiculous. And Holmgren had 2 1st round picks (2nd overall) and like $25 million of cap space to work with. Lets not act like he took over a team that was terrible and had nothing to work with, then made some miraculous trades and draft picks to mold them into contenders.
im not saying you cant think they are cup contenders for the second year in a row im saying its utter craziness that you would want the guy that made them that way fired...what the hell more would you want than being one of the very best teams in the nhl
cap space
draft picks
a goalie who doesn't let in goals my daughter could stop
who gives a crap about cap space when youre contending for the cup every year....now if you are talking about the sixers its different but the flyers made it to the cup this year and you believe they are a contender next year...how could you wanna fire the gm for not having enough cap space
draft picks same thing....id have any of my teams in any sport trade a bunch of picks to make a couple finals
goalie a fair argument but i dont think its a fireable offense after all the other positive moves hes made in the last couple years
So you're onboard with keeping Holmgren? Honestly, after putting things in perspective I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. I mean, if they had missed the playoffs entirely I'd want him canned but the team showed some semblance of fortitude during their cup quest so I guess that earns him a pass.
One move I applaud him for that took balls was canning Stevens for Lavy. Initially my instincts told me he was just doing it to save his own ass but now that I reflect on it it was a bold and great move.
i believe this year is a fluke but im still on board with holmgren...i cant hate on a guy that got his team to the finals no matter how it happened...and while hes not perfect hes made a bunch of good moves as well...
now i reserve the right to change my opinion if they suck next year miss the playoffs and then are rock bottom for another three or four years and all they ended up getting out of these huge and more importantly long deals is one flukey cup run then he will have some serious questions to answer...but for right now how can you want him gone...especially if you think they will contend for another year or two
another thing to think about is that what if the nhl didnt have their retarded lottery (theres no reason whatsoever this league should have one) and the flyers had kane and the black hawks reimsdyke...maybe the finbals end up differently...but even if they dont the future definitely is changed
carter
richards
kane
giroux
what a foursome...honestly tho it wouldnt change much if carle and/or coburn prove to not be a first pairing defense duo....i have an awful feeling that they had big years because of pronger being there allowing each one to play with a very good veteran dman...and if thats the case their defense is going to be in big trouble once pronger and timonen start to really fall off because theres nothing in the system on defense...certainly no one that projects to be a top pair guy
If Richards and Carter score like they can, and Giroux takes the next step....then at that point you just gotta hope Briere and someone else like a Hartnell or even a Leino can do what they did in the playoffs, during the regular season. Otherwise, they just don't have the offensive power to say they're only a goalie away. Especially if you're trading a Carter way to get that goalie. They got hot during the playoffs but let's not forget how abysmal their scoring was at points this season.
I'm good as long as they keep Arron Asham.
I'm actually for trading away Carter at this point. The guy has disappeared every playoffs he's played in, and sure he was injured, but his wrist wasnt hurt. He had the game on his shot at Niemi, and he shot for the chest.
What sucks is no way do they get back in the least bit next season, as most of you said, this was the luckiest thing i've ever seen. And in the end, they still lost so its all a farging waste.