2008-09 Flyers Season Thread

[Rome]

JVR's girlfriend?

[BigEd76]

game's on NHL Network outside the Philly area.  They're down 1-0 two minutes in

[Seabiscuit36]

JVR's girlfriend?

Si

[ice grillin you]

came ready to play tonight....what a bunch of bums

[The BIGSTUD]

Ha, they showed Roenick's goal against Toronto on CSN. One of my favorite Flyers goals ever. Loved JR.

[phillymic2000]

i had no idea that the flyers were only five points from being out of the playoffs...luckily they have a super easy schedule down the stretch here and should be able to keep the four seed

6th seed here we come 

[ice grillin you]

it actually might work out....the flyers and devils both suck so bad that its possible the flyers drop while the devils hold onto the division and they play each other which woulod be the best thing for philly...lets just hope the flyers dont drop out of the playoffs completely

[Seabiscuit36]

oddly enough i told my wife before the game started guaranteed loss tonight. 

[BigEd76]

for whatever reason they always suck in Toronto

Pittsburgh's blowout of the Devils ties them for 4th, but the Flyers have a game in hand....

[ice grillin you]

for whatever reason they always suck in Toronto

they actually have a better record this decade in toronto than in philly

[Seabiscuit36]

BRAINS

Flyer Files
Holmgren: Flyers need attitude adjustment
Interview: Primeau to donate brain to science
April 03, 2009 • 8:45 am
By Chuck Gormley

Just received this email from Rogers Sportsnet, which is airing an
interview tonight with former Flyers captain Keith Primeau,
who revealed he will be donating his brain to
the Sports Legacy Institute in Massachusetts.

Here's the release:
TORONTO (April 2, 2009) - After a career cut short by concussions,
former NHLer Keith Primeau speaks exclusively to Rogers Sportsnet
about
is decision to donate his brain to science after he dies.

Hockeycentral Leafs Edition will air the riveting interview between
Connected reporter Arash Madani and the 37-year-old Primeau Friday,
April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. (ET).  Primeau discusses his decision to
donate his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute in Massachusetts
and how he got to this point.

"I think the beginning of my demise goes back to the playoff situation
back in 2000," said Primeau, who was with the Philadelphia Flyers at the
time. "I got laid out at centre ice and got carried off on a stretcher.
I stayed overnight in a Pittsburgh hospital, only to return two nights
later against New Jersey. And that was ultimately the beginning of my
demise."

Primeau suffered his first official concussion and missed 21 games in
the 2003-04 season when he played with the Philadelphia Flyers. In the
2004 playoffs he suffered two more head injuries, but managed to play in
18 games that post-season. The final blow came two years later on Oct.
25 when Primeau, then 34, was concussed again after a hit from
Montreal's Alexander Perezhogin. He missed the rest of that season and
in September 2006 was finally forced to retire.

Madani says Primeau hopes his decision will aid in the research to help
others avoid the pain he suffered as a professional hockey player.  "It
really appeared in our time together that his sincere hope is to raise
awareness about head injuries and their consequences," said Madani.  "He
hopes that with the donation of his brain from science, future
generations can learn of the unknown from head trauma and live a better
life."

The Sports Legacy Institute is dedicated to studying the effects of
concussions and other sports related brain injuries in order to maximize
the safety and vitality of all athletes who participate in contact and
collision sports around the globe.

Sportsnet will also air Primeau's interview on the late editions of
Connected at 10 p.m. (ET)/10 p.m. (PT), in addition to airing it on
Hockeycentral Saturday on April 4 at 6 p.m. (ET)/3 p.m. (PT).

Primeau retired from the NHL in 2006 after a 15-year career.   He was
drafted by the Detroit Red-Wings third-overall in the 1990 NHL Entry
Draft.  Primeau played six seasons in Detroit where he participated in
his only Stanley Cup Finals appearance, a losing cause to the New Jersey
Devils in 1995.  Prior to the 1996-1997 season, Primeau was dealt to the
Hartford Whalers.  After the Whalers moved over to Carolina, the former
Red-Wing was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers in 2000.  During the
2000-2001 season, Primeau achieved a career best in goals (34) and tied
a career-high in points (73).

[QB Eagles]

It's not really the beginning of his "demise" unless he winds up dying from it (which the odds are against).

[BigEd76]

3-0 nine minutes into the game....Gerber pulled for CuJo already

[BigEd76]

Hartnell #30 and Carter breakaway....5-0 with 2 minutes left in the 1st

[The BIGSTUD]

Talk about a massacre. The team is coming out and playing with fire.