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Thursday Morning Fly By: "We've gotta bleeping do it tonight"

Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news...

  • Last night's NHL scores... BOS 4, TBL 1 - VAN 5, NJD 2 - FLA 6, COL 5 (SO) - MIN 5, NSH 4 (OT)
  • Previews of tonight's game with the Vancouver Canucks from the Inquirer, Daily News, 'Nucks Misconduct, CTV, and NHL.com.
  • Brian Boucher gets the start tonight over the struggling Ray Emery. No sign on who we could see in net for Vancouver. They played in New Jersey last night, with Roberto Luongo outdueling Martin Brodeur.
  • Busy day yesterday: JVR was named NHL rookie of the month, Oskars Bartulis signed a three-year contract extension, and Jim Jackson shaved his mustache.
  • Meet Chris Pronger, the NHL's best defensive defenseman. Shocker, eh? [From The Rink]
  • A lengthy Q&A with Ian Laperriere about the hole in his face. [Gormley]
  • Are the Flyers at a crossroads? [The Orange Army]
  • Breaking down a plethora of new statistics. [From The Rink]
  • Comcast has completed their purchase of NBC Universal, and the Philadelphia-based media company could use the NBC brand to overhaul Versus into a channel that could rival ESPN. [NY Times]

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I really hope the Comcast-NBC merger works out (and isn’t a disaster like AOL-Time Warner). A revamped Versus with additional programming as competition for ESPN would make me a very happy fan. ESPN’s quality has been waning for years and currently is dipping into TMZ territory. It’s brutal.

by doubleh on Dec 3, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions  

At this point, I love hating ESPN. The worse it gets, the happier I am. I NEVER watch it any more.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Dec 3, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions  

me too especially since than pretty much refuse to cover the NHL after they didn’t agree to terms on the TV contract.

by chrislanci on Dec 3, 2009 12:59 PM EST up reply actions  

I love hating it, too, but I also miss the quality programming that used to exist there. Remember when SportsCenter was awesome? Then all the guys left and did “I Love the 80’s” and various other stuff and now we have Stuart Scott and a bunch of other milquetoast or belligerent hacks.

by doubleh on Dec 3, 2009 1:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Seriously. I feel like we’ve bitched about this before, but the tipping point for me was “Who’s More Now”.

The one thing I will give them is that their commercials are still funny.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Dec 3, 2009 1:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Dipping into? During the whole Tiger Woods fiasco, they’ve actually been quoting TMZ.com AS A SOURCE.

Plus, their whole love affair with Brett Favre made me want to vomit in rage.

Maybe Versus will realize that playing more hockey games would probably be more exciting than Professional Bull Riding?

by Phalange on Dec 3, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Luongo going again tonight for Vancouver. Saving Raycroft for Carolina on I believe Saturday.

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 3, 2009 1:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

hello all.
should be a fun game tonight.

"If you ever lose your way in the dark, a good thing to find in your pocket would be Mathieu Schneider's teeth." Kurtenbloggers
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler." random commentor at yahoo
GO CANUCKS GO!

by missy on Dec 3, 2009 2:47 PM EST reply actions  

What’s this comment on your thread that you have a goalie prospect?

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by Geoff Detweiler on Dec 3, 2009 2:53 PM EST up reply actions  

well, we have cory schneider playing for the moose down in manitoba right now. he tried to make the team as back-up to luie this year, but raycroft got the job instead. when luie was injured, cory got called up to back up raycroft, and got to play a game against the kings. it was a loss, but he played amazingly (even made one of the nhl’s saves of the week). i remember hearing that he was the best goalie in the ahl last year. he’s almost nhl-ready, but with luie’s 12 year contract, we’re not sure how much he would ever get to play with the nucks, which is a shame.

why do you ask? you’re interested?

"If you ever lose your way in the dark, a good thing to find in your pocket would be Mathieu Schneider's teeth." Kurtenbloggers
"If Chuck Norris was up against 7 Rangers, he'd call Ryan Kesler." random commentor at yahoo
GO CANUCKS GO!

by missy on Dec 3, 2009 2:59 PM EST up reply actions  

Just to add to what missy said: Schneider was the best goalie in the AHL last year. He was the #1 reason his team the Manitoba Moose got to the AHL Finals. We are going to have to move him eventually. He’s too good to sit for 65 games backing up Luongo.

I’d take this Van Riemsdyk kid for Schneider straight across! heheh

by Sean Zandberg on Dec 3, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Well,

As much as we could use a stud goalie prospect in our system right now, Riemer isn’t going anywhere. Sorry.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Dec 3, 2009 4:06 PM EST up reply actions  

hence the “heheh” part. I don’t think Philly would do that either.It’s wishful thinking on my part.

by Sean Zandberg on Dec 3, 2009 4:24 PM EST up reply actions  

We’ll give you Carter for your stud goalie, straight up? lol

by flyrsfrk05 on Dec 3, 2009 5:07 PM EST up reply actions  


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