2008-09 Flyers Season Thread

[rjs246]

Please kill yourself for prolonging this idiotic conversation (and for dozens of other reasons that don't need to be laid out here).

[Munson]

I would like at least 2 dozen reasons laid out, right now.

[ice grillin you]

i dont know if its because their sport cant get on anything but versus or if its because half the league could go bankrupt at any time but hockey groupies inferiority complex is something to behold

[Munson]

You're retarded arguments from everything to this thread to the why rusty likes certain movies to make him feel good about himself are even more to behold.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

You're retarded arguments...

Irony.

[ice grillin you]

i didnt have the heart (im liberal like that)....but thank you for doing that

[Munson]

Someone needs to save IGY from time to time.
Usually that task falls on jew boy.

[Seabiscuit36]

Realistic Goalie Options this offseason:
Biron (wants a long term deal)
Emery(look test pass, 26yo, went to Finals, and can be dominant for extended periods of play)
Carey Price(MTL is done with him, Personally my favorite out there if the price is right, no way do they not ask for Giroux) 
Lehtonen(RFA, but a package of JVR/Lupul should get it done)

[ice grillin you]

Personally my favorite out there if the price is right

:romeybatsignal

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Even Todd is too good to use that headline.

[ice grillin you]

Former Flyer Peter Zezel dies at 44
By Don McKee

Inquirer Staff Writer

Paul Holmgren was in Toronto yesterday on a scouting trip when he heard the heartrending news that popular former Flyer Peter Zezel lay near death at a hospital in the city.

"The last time I talked to him, I knew something was really wrong," the Flyers' general manager said. "But still, the news today is really tragic. For a young man . . ."

About an hour after Holmgren spoke with The Inquirer, Mr. Zezel's death was announced. He was 44.

According to Toronto newspapers and the Associated Press, nearly 10 years ago, Mr. Zezel was found to have a rare blood disorder called hemolytic anemia. The disease destroys red blood cells faster than the body can replace them.

Last week, the Toronto Star reported, Mr. Zezel went into a Toronto hospital for chemotherapy and also had his spleen removed. After the surgery, he complained of severe headaches, which led to further surgery. His organs began to fail, he lapsed into a coma, and he was put on, then taken off, life support. He died about 6:30 last night.

"I'm personally very, very sad today with the news of Peter's passing," Flyers chairman Ed Snider said in a statement released by the team. "I spoke to him last week when I first learned he was having problems. He was hopeful, as was I and all of those who loved him. Peter was a good friend of mine, and this is a real tragedy. He was a wonderful young man and a great member of the Flyers' organization. We are all saddened by his passing, and we want to send our condolences to his loved ones."

Holmgren said members of the Flyers' family were aware that Mr. Zezel had been fighting a serious blood disease. But still, the news hit hard.

"He always had a smile on his face," Holmgren said. "He was a breath of fresh air as a player. Being here [in Toronto], this is really a dark cloud hanging over everything."

[PhillyGirl]

posted about it on the dead in 2009 thread, but here is a good article on it today:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20090527_Rich_Hofmann__Zezel_played_key_role_in_successful_Flyers_era.html

[ice grillin you]

you cant write a zezel obit without mentioning the ball shaving scene in youngblood

[PhillyGirl]

[ice grillin you]

tocchet (goat athlete) will be on wip @ 1:30 to talk about his dead butt buddie