Game 56, Preview and Game Thread: Philadelphia Flyers at Minnesota Wild
by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:35 PM EST
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#7 Philadelphia Flyers (28-24-3, 59 pts) at #12 Minnesota Wild (28-25-4, 60 pts)
Xcel Energy Center - 8:00 PM ET - St. Paul, MN
TV: CSN Philly HD, KSTC HD
Radio: 610 WIP, XM 241
This is the open game thread.
Get the Minnesota perspective at Hockey Wilderness
With the Flyers having Danny Carcillo and a bunch of guys who love to "run around", including captain Mike Richards (see David Booth and flying elbow at Eric Belanger's head in the preseason), either John Scott or Derek Boogaard (one morning skate since reaggravating his hamstring injury) will play tonight.
"One of them will be in for sure," Richards said. "Being with the Pittsburgh Penguins' organization for two years and living in Wilkes-Barre, you see a lot of the Flyers and how they play. I’ve witnessed firsthand games in Philadelphia, and it’s an element to their game. The one thing we have to do is not necessarily have to match them with it, but if they want to run around and do certain things, power play can be your toughness, too. If they have guys who are running around and they’re putting themselves in the box, we have to make them pay. That’s the easiest way to get guys to stop doing what they’re doing."
Another game, another opponent, another tough guy inserted in the lineup just to face the orange and black. We know the deal: nothing will likely come of this and the game will go on without event. Boring.
Not boring, though, is the news that both Wild goaltenders -- Josh Harding and Niklas Backstrom -- are out of the lineup, meaning rookie Anton Khudobin will make his first NHL start tonight between the Minnesota pipes. He earned the win the other night against Edmonton, playing in relief of Harding who left in the middle of the game with an injury.
Khudobin is just the 10th goaltender to play a game in the history of the Wild. Must be nice. Hopefully the Flyers can actually beat a backup goalie tonight, which they usually have trouble doing. Khudobin isn't Brodeur, and the Flyers can't allow him to look like it.
Philadelphia have goalie woes of their own, as Ray Emery will sit again with soreness in his hip. Michael Leighton will start, hopefully picking up where he left off against Edmonton where he had a shutout running for 59:44.
Minnesota is a bad team in the West but they have more points than the Flyers, which says a lot about the mediocrity (or parity, depending on who you talk to) of the East. They haven't been helped by a terrible road record but they're a ridiculous 19-6-2 on home ice. Tonight won't be easy for the orange and black.
After the jump, expected lineups, goalie stats, questions to answer and our in-game open thread.
Flyers Line Combinations
Gagne - Richards - Hartnell
Powe - Carter - Briere
JVR - Giroux - Asham
Carcillo - Betts - Laperriere
Pronger - Carle
Timonen - Krajicek
Bartulis - Coburn
Minnesota Line Combinations
Brunette - Koivu - Miettinen
Nolan - Belanger - Clutterbuck
Latendresse - Brodziak - Havlat
Sheppard - Ebbett - Earl
Zanon - Zidlicky
Hnidy - Burns
Johnsson - Schultz
Starting Goaltenders
Questions To Answer
- Can the Flyers make Khudobin look like a rookie and not a Hall of Famer?
- Does the insertion of (insert name of goon here) make a difference in the hockey game?
- Are the Flyers opportunistic on the offensive end tonight?
- Defensively, do they play another sound road game?
- What terrible things does Mike Russo of the Star-Tribune say about the Flyers tonight?
Tonight's game is at 8 PM on CSN Philly and 610 WIP. Join us here for the conversation and, as always, LET'S GO FLYERS!
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Is it me or do the Wild play some of the most boring hockey in the NHL? And the uniforms, yuck. I almost wish this game was on TCN tonight so I couldn’t watch it.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Yes their style is kinda boring. It was worse when Lemaire was their coach. As for their jerseys, I love their home jerseys.
They look like friggin’ Christmas trees. Briere would look like a member of Santa’s Workshop if he played for the Wild.
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haha, you make this sound like a bad thing.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:31 PM EST up reply actions
I love their home and third jerseys. Their away, not so much. That thing (same with Columbus’ away) needs to be retired. Besides, home and road should have the same pattern.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
No jersey in the NHL right now is worse then Atlanta’s home jersey.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t mind the home jersey, but their alternate jersey blows. As does Tampa and and the Senators alternates.
I just can’t stand the weird non-matching sleeves. Just looks ugly to me. I don’t think I’ve seen their thirds yet.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
(or parity, depending on who you talk to) of the East.
Who’s the idiot who’s been arguing that the East is weaker due to parity?
The top 9 seeds in the west, and 11/15 Western Conference teams, have winning records vs. the East. Only 4 East teams have a winning record against the West, all within the top 5 seeds.
As for mediocrity, there’s a .71ppg spread from first to last in the West, and .69ppg spread from first to last in the East. In the West, 6th-13th are separated by .17ppg, in the East 6th-13th are separated by .12ppg.
There’s no giant cluster of talent in the East bunching the mediocre teams together compared to the West. The West is just much better.
I think the NHL PR people would probably say it’s parity. That’s all I meant.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:32 PM EST up reply actions
Nope… I’d agree with you, too. The East sucks.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:40 PM EST up reply actions
My gut is telling me that a Western Conference team will win the Stanley Cup this year.
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The top teams in the East might be better than the top teams in the West, though. I’m not sure — it’s debatable.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
I bet the Leafs will be pretty good next year. Burke knows what he is doing…wow to have a competent GM…sad that only one of the four major sports franchises in Philly can make that claim.
No. He’s surely talking about the Eagles Front Office. They had the best roster in the NFL last year……….
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P-H-I-L-L-I-E-S PHILLIES!
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:50 PM EST up reply actions
Im just pissed that my Lee player tee was good for a whole two weeks. But I got a Hallady one for my birthday.
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I still wish we coulda kept Lee. They could’ve made it work, too. Lee’s agent basically lied to the Phillies about Cliff’s intentions for free agency next year.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
Well the Phillies offered Lee what Halladay signed with us. I think if Lee had signed it he would still be here. But I really think Lee’s agent f’ed it all up for everyone.
His agent basically said that Lee wanted to explore free agency. Lee never said that, he said he would’ve loved to sign in Philly.
Who knows, maybe he can come back as an FA. I’ll hold out hope, just because.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:05 PM EST up reply actions
Would be great, and that might be the only thing that saves them from losing Werth is having pitchers who are just lights out.
Well they have Brown ready to come up and take Werth’s spot. At least I think that’s their hope.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
I think Brown is more likely to replace Ibanez. My hope is that they trade Ibanez at the end of next year to an AL club, that free’s up money and then Brown replaces him and then we can resign Werth. Of course Ibanez has a no trade clause…there’s that word again, so who knows.
Stop trading away my player tee players haha. But Ibanez has been one of my fav players for years, so I would still wear it with pride.
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I’d be fine with that.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
It’s crazy to think that the Phillies are the model franchise in town. But I certainly enjoy it. And also, Philadelphia better never, ever hire another GM named Ed…no offense to anyone named Ed…such as myself. But clearly Ed’s make bad GM’s.
Yeah I’m not sure if anyone saw that coming 5 years ago.
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Agreed…and as much as I dislike Wade…he was at least good at drafting. And now he has assembled his own collection of former Phillies down in Houston. Maybe he can get it right the second time around.
It’s hilarious just how many of his former players he’s bringing back.
THat was a great post.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:08 PM EST up reply actions
Oh Ed Wade. Under him we drafted Burrell, Utley, Hamels, and Howard, and yet, it is an amazing consensus that he flat out sucks.
That’s what postseason failure and bringing in every possible Phillies reject into Houston will do for you.
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Agreed, they are close up top, but the middle-tier of the west is much better than the east. It’s just my gut feeling that a western team not from Detroit will take the trophy.
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See I think the Caps, Devils and even the Pens are better than the top 3 in the West. Chicago might be the best out of all of them, but the Blackhawks, Sharks and Vancouver, or the Kings if you want to go on points do not really scare me at all.
Kings are one good playmaker away from being scary though. Like a Danny or a Giroux type player to set up Kopy and Brown.
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a line of Crosby, Ovechken, and Jesus couldn’t win a cup in SJ.
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by JpH89 on Feb 6, 2010 7:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Kind of hoping that maybe this new guy we just picked up from Detroit ends up being surprisingly good like Leighton’s been.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
He’s not playing tonight though.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
I know. Hopefully he plays in the next game so we can get a look at him.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
That will be awesome.
We can get a look at the Flyers’ newest addition: Ville Leino!
And compare him to the divison rival’s newest addition: Ilya Kovalchuk!
When you put it that way, it’s not really all that exciting.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 7:42 PM EST up reply actions
Calgary just scored. 1-0 over the Bolts
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Serious audio problems on CSN.
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Travis remember we were discussing what channel TCNHD was? Well according to Comcast, it was 800 something. Apparently I have all of my regular HD channels but then a shit ton of them in the 800’s, most of which can also be found in the 200’s as well. The guy tried to explain it to me but once he showed me where TCN was I lost interest in what he had to say.
That’s weird. I don’t think I have any HD channels up there.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Any idea if NHL Network is one of them?
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
I have 241 in SD, not 848 (I’m assuming in HD) yet though.
Ben, every basic digital plan is supposed to have NHL, NBA, MLB, and NFL.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I have it in SD. It’s 739 for me. But I don’t have it in HD. I thought EREX21 and Michael4L were saying they have just got it in HD?
Oh, right I have it on 739 too. Maybe 241 for me is supposed to be HD but they screwed up.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Did JJ and Jonesey coordinate their ties or something? They look ridiculous next to each other.
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haha, didn’t notice that. Hilarious.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Must be an intern working the sound board tonight.
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No luck from what I can tell.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
Again…why is Gagne on the second line? Why does he seem to be the only guy immune from getting moved up or down due to poor performance?
I have a terrible feeling this goalie is going to stand on his head.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:11 PM EST reply actions
I love these jerseys.
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Yeah.
I hate ours.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:12 PM EST up reply actions
I love these too. The problem is that these would never translate to a road jersey. They have to take their home and copy it for the road.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:13 PM EST up reply actions
I just hate the design. The shoulders look stupid.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
Thank goodness they are not wearing those awful red and green ones.
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Derek Boogaard sucks.
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I love how Philly is also seen as the goon team, but there’s Minnesota taking a shot up high on Kimmo…
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Someone explain to me…why on NHLHD, the color behind the teams initials in the top are Red for Toronto and Blue for Ottawa?
I think they’re both blue. It should be red during a PP.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:16 PM EST up reply actions
There is a sharp division on the Wild third jerseys. Love it/Hate it. Very interesting.
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third home jerseys.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
Love it. Love their home more though. Even if their sleeves are a bit weird. I also love that the Wild have legit fans. Great fan base there.
I would love it if next year’s winter classic was at the Twin’s new stadium(outdoor) with the Wild facing the Starts and the Stars wore North Star’s jerseys as their winter classic.
That too
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
..and April.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, the league actually should intercede. the game isn’t meant to be played in that weather. it slows pitches down, causes the leather of the ball to shrink and affects the pitchers grip…the physics of the game change too much
That puts quite a burden on the schedule makers.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, and it would never happen, but if too many games are postponed because of crap weather they are gonna have to do something.
Exactly. They should definitely try to put as few April home games in Minnesota as possible.
Oh, and they should check the Farmer’s Almanac.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
Their schedule in April is a little road every this year.
http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=min&m=4&y=2010
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Wonder what it took to schedule St. Louis for those spring training games: PLEASE! We swear it won’t be that cold.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
That’ll no doubt happen eventually.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:23 PM EST up reply actions
Khudobin looks really tiny.
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The Flyers are going to outshoot the Wild by about 15 and probably be losing at the end of the period.
Seems like one of those games so far, yep.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Doing an awesome job getting to the loose pucks in the offensive zone
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Pretty much no doubt Kovalchuk is going to score his first Devils goal against us.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:33 PM EST up reply actions
“Can I just take this opportunity to tell my wife that I hope the driveway is done.” – Coatesy
Wow.
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by Justin F. on Feb 6, 2010 8:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Wow.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Russo has given Khudobin the nickname ‘Borat’ because of his broken English.
Is there something wrong with that?
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Define: Heart attack.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:28 PM EST reply actions
Get OUT!
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
by Ben Feldman on Feb 6, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
lets all pretend that the good defense by JVR right there didnt happen, because we’ll be proven wrong some how later.
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I’m sure he effed up somewhere earlier in the shift, thus creating the need to make such a desperate move that barely worked.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
these guys are incredibly sloppy in their own zone
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they both are. the flyers are getting into the opposing zone and making blind passes that, amazingly go no where except onto the stick of a Wild player.
i was referring to the wild.
but yeah, we get the turnover and try to make these impossible passes (like gagne just did)
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So the Penguins were in Montreal today. They have to be in DC tomorrow at noon for faceoff. All three DC area airports are shut down, so they’re flying in to Newark and bussing to DC.
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ooooh. that sucks. Why can’t we get them the day after something like this?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
How typical is that?
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Who is that on? Coburn for not screaming, Leighton for not knowing.
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Coburn’s gotta know that guy is there and not let him get to the puck.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:37 PM EST up reply actions
Well, the guy didn’t get to the puck…did he? I thought Leighton played it.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
I thought he did, or at least interrupted Leighton enough to force him to make a mistake.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, well that, yeah.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
haha, CARCILLO!
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nybody else want Carbomb to be a Flyer for life? We all know we aren’t winning a cup anytime soon, so why not be amused by Carcillo?
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:37 PM EST reply actions
I don’t know about life, but he should definitely get a 3-year extension after the season. Under $1 mil per season of course.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
lol, I figured that was implied.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll put it to you like this Geoff, if Homer is here Carcillo needs to be here. Because I need something to watch during our games, since Homer’s moves are going to drive me nuts.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions
The OKT + 5th for Leino is a solid trade.
Why he couldn’t pick up Boynton too is beyond me though.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
Negative.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
Ok… well that is the nail in the coffin as far as I am concerned with Homer. It was such a no brainer that it makes me sick that it didn’t happen.
Guaranteed he saw it as “we don’t need 10 defenseman” without thinking “we only have 6.5 healthy ones.”
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
Well, again… “we only have 2.5 healthy ones”
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah but we could just as easily let Backlund come up and open the door for the rest of the team as our other backups tend to do.
Agree completely.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Remember when Carcillo was playing with Richards? I think maybe try it again: Hartnell-Betts-Lappy
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That’d be nice.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
oh, we can only hope.
I’m officially off of his bandwagon by the way.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, me too. Which is sad.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:40 PM EST up reply actions
Everybody has a price.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:41 PM EST up reply actions
See, I think he’d be the most willing of any of them to. Remember the comments he made just prior to and just after the coaching change? Sounded like he considered himself being traded an inevitability and he felt as though he was responsible for that.
That’s a really good point. I never considered that.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
I think last year was a big more of an aberration than anything else. Not to say he sucks but this year is probably a little closer to what he is.
Last year was a career year, but not by much. His goals/game is the lowest since 02-03, and his points/game are equal to 07-08. The problem is that he has a career high in PIM/G. And his lowest shooting percentage since 02-03.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions
My jaw just hit the floor.
Dan Carcillo: “We had a penalty(referring to the upcoming PP) so I tried not to do anything dumb.”
This is possible with this team?
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:46 PM EST reply actions
haha, how ridiculous is it that he’s the only one I would expect to say that any more?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
I think the team has been a lot better on that front under Laviolette.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it’s pretty big. Every team has a video coach.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Can vs. Will are 2 very different things my friend. I wouldn’t hold my breathe.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
Damn, I just realized we lost an Olympian today.
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Norway
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
Yep
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:54 PM EST up reply actions
There are a ton. Why do you say that?
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Only because he’s from Norway, they don’t have much Olympic talent though.
I guess you meant to say Norway instead of Finland. There are only a handful of Norwegian players in the NHL, maybe just OKT.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:02 PM EST up reply actions
Morganti just highlighed JVR’s great defensive play.
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Just mentioned on the Hotstove on HNIC that the Flyers were basically #2 to get Kovalchuk, but did not want to give up JVR or Giroux.
REALLY like hearing that.
That is good to hear.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
That still doesn’t clear the cap room. They would’ve had to give away someone else big and everybody has a no-trade.
Still confused by it.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 8:59 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn’t being mean by this, btw! Just wanted to clarify. I’m always so sad when you always were bringing up the cap room for the Kovy stuff. I hate the salary cap!
haha, I figured. I hate it too.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
We only hate it because the Flyers were one of the few organizations who could have a $75 million payroll and still be more than profitable.
No doubt about it.
I do think it was important for the league, though. Just sucks for us… a lot.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
Hartnell and Carle + a Patrick Maroon-type. Panotch says in his NHL Notebook on CSNPhilly.com that a requirement from Atlanta was a first rounder, but, of course, Homer has zero, so that’s what knocked him out.
Yep, it’d be a nightmare.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Not if we picked up Boynton…
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
Funny
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
That was the whole problem. The Devils pretty much gave up spare parts for Kovi. The Flyers would have to give up other “top” players. That’s what happens when you have no cap space and a team full of NTC’s.
How did we end up with all of those NTCs, anyway? That seems a bit stupid to have so many.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
Because Paul Holmgren decided that every top-6 forward and top-2 or -3 d-man should be given an NTC. If Homer gave Carle his current contract, it would probably have some sort of NTC.
Someone check: Does Barty have one??
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:04 PM EST up reply actions
I am convinced Clarke would actually be a good GM now. Now that he has had the chance to step back and really view the game and realize what it is, and more importantly, what it no longer is.
Oh certainly. Especially after reading his comments before the Winter Classic.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:05 PM EST up reply actions
If/when Holmgren is fired, it’s either Paddock or Clarke, but all Clarkie needs to do is subtly make his desire to be GM known, and Snider will put him in charge immediately.
Wow. I never thought I would hear the day people (myself included) would rather have Clarke back.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Too many intercepted passes, too few shots?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
**quality shots
We’re outshooting them 17-7
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
True, true.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
… basically.
They’ve been the better team tonight though.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Same story, different day Travis.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
Same thing we do every night.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:08 PM EST up reply actions
Brilliant, Geoff. That was comedic gold.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:09 PM EST up reply actions
Was that Hartnell yelling: “Yeah, well you’re a f—-ing pussy!”?
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damn, I missed that.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
Did the graphic just way the Wild goalie was from the USSR????
Oh my.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
OH I get the Borat joke now. He’s from Kazakhstan (or however it’s spelled)
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
I think you actually spelled it right… I can never do it.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
He’s from Kazakhstan, he claims he is Russian, and the CSN graphic says he is from the U.S.S.R.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Mirtle says the Avs are going to move Marek Svatos soon. Homer? Please?
Oh PLEASE! (Not usually a fan of this but:) I grabbed him in NHL 10 and it was a brilliant move.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
On NHL 10, the Flyers picked me in the draft and I became the starting goalie in my 1st 20 games. Homer make the move!
It was funny because of a) it was the third round, the only round we have picks, and b) the Flyers drafted a goalie!
You fell to the third round?
I’ve been picked first overall both times I went through a draft as a goalie. (No, I’m not trying to say I’m awesome, I’m saying I play on medium difficulty
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Really? I play on all star or I find it boring. Pretty happy with the result though. Bring on the Calder, Vezina and the Cup!
I probably should, but I really really hate losing.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
The Stars.
Know how they start you in the NHL to see if you suck before sending you back to the AHL? Yeah, Turco never saw an NHL game that year.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Haha nice. I screwed up my first game so I got sent down for about 20 odd games and tore it up. Somehow in NHL10 the Phantoms can score a lot of goals and limit chances so I moved up. Helped that Emery got injured…
I haven’t played in Adirondack with the updated rosters though. Only played before I downloaded them.
Who is it that can score? Legein, Moto, Kolanos? Or does the team have Powe, Pyorala, Cote, etc.?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
CARTER. SHOOT THE PUCK
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haha ughh
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
Saving it for us.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
This is a conspiracy, there is no way ton have this many chances and score 1 goal.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:14 PM EST reply actions
You’re obviously talking about the Wild, right?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
Nah, Flyers. Not just this period, but I can’t believe we have only scored 1 goal.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Oh. I think you’re mixing up “chances” with “shots”. I’m not surprised they only scored once at all.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Man. I hate Gus, the second most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania with such a burning passion.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:16 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Is being the 2nd most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania an accomplishment or something?
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
haha +1
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
keep on scratchin’
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
Ah jeebus
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Yep
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
does it matter if they are weak or not?
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
In other “our winter sports teams suck” news, the Sixers have blown another double-digit lead. And it’s only the second quarter!
Perfect! They can do it twice in one game now!
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
They need to decide whether they are going to blow up that team or add a piece so they can really contend. They don’t have the cap space for the latter, so I think they just need to sell and try to get some good draft picks. That’s the only way they are going to get any better.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Unfortunately, that’s how they’ve designed the game. You can’t win without a superstar and you can’t get a superstar unless you outbid every other team in FA or get a #1 draft pick. Bettman hangs out with Stern a lot, and I’m afraid they are shaping the NHL to turn into the exact same thing.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
FML, did Matt Carle just put that into our net
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:22 PM EST reply actions
From the internet-less Mr. Rothenberg:
Makes me yearn for Emery’s rebound control right there.
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No Internet for three weeks, he says. That’s brutal.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
He lives in DC.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
the minnesota announcers are acting like richards meant to do that
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Wild have quickly made up the deficit in shots. 22-18 now
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How many times have the Wild had a redirection shot at the edge of the crease? I count at least three now…
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That isn’t really Leighton’s crease tonight.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:29 PM EST up reply actions
Not at all.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Wow 14-5 second period shots in favor of MIN
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Why is everybody on that line drifting in the same direction? No one was there for all the lose pucks with empty nets because they were skating away from the play.
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To their credit, Minnesota is all over us defensively.
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In the new NHL, probably. But they used to let that go all the time in the pre-lockout days
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
Well, good job Kimmo bailing Bartulis out. And whoever should have been backchecking that wasn’t.
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Nolan just raped and pillaged Hartnell’s village.
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That “Great Check of the Game” should have been interference.
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Really excellent question.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Because a fighting penalty means that we go on the PP, and if you aren’t a Flyer instigating doesn’t exist.
by You don't have to be sweet, to be good on Feb 6, 2010 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Did I miss something and they not drop the gloves?
That’s my only possible explanation.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Completely random: Every wonder why the backup goalie wears his catching glove and blocker on the bench? If that was me, I would wear skater gloves if I was forced to cover my hands.
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That s a good question. I never really thought about it.
by Mitchell Green on Feb 6, 2010 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
I find wearing my gloves comforting. Its a nice feeling. Why would you bother wearing anything else?
I thought they would be too bulky on the bench. But I’m not a goalie, so idk.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
Travis, can you please retweet this: http://twitter.com/sbaicker/statuses/8742347563
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haha, but she’s hysterical. I’ll read her shitty tweets for solid gold like that one.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha that comes off as stalkerish though.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
Wait, me reading, or replying?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
Me retweeting.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
haha, two different answers from you two.
To EREX: I refuse to join Twitter, so I read the feeds through Google Reader.
To Travis: Maye I should have said reply. Either way, I just wanted to draw attention to it. It made me laugh.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
am i missing anything worth noting
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 9:42 PM EST reply actions
Flyers are still schizophrenic
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
yeah. The time is coming where losses will put us out of the playoff picture
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
i’d say bipolar.
got beat up for the first 17 minutes of last period, and then started playing better.
still trying to find a reason that wasn’t a fight.
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
Yeah, that’s probably a better disorder.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
I like scotch. scotchy scotchy scotch
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Tampa won
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Speaking of Twitter, I would like to say how awesome it is that the Blues’ radio play-by-play tweets during intermissions.
Tonight’s a slow night. Spent all day with someone, not getting out of bed, and have spent the last 2.5 hrs of my life being the most bored in awhile. Flipside: Got to see Halak play against the Pens. Them Canadiens are a good team when theyre playing well
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 9:51 PM EST reply actions
How much do you want to bet Halak will go onto become a top-top NHL goalie and years later, it’ll come out that Holmgren turned down an offer for Halak in exchange for a second round pick (much like the Kipper for a third offer Clarkie apparently turned down).
I like scotch. scotchy scotchy scotch
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Leino sighting!
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“they’re playing good right no—- or, they’re in a good spot”
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Well, power play. Cool I think.
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I honestly wish Homer would just try and trade Briere and Harntell for some draft picks, clear us some cap space and then see what mistakes fully equipped with NTC’s he can make.
What, exactly, would your lines look like in that situation?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
who cares? Let the team miss out on the playoffs, losing in the first round is just as bad if you ask me. This team will be lucky to win 2 games if they make it to the playoffs. This season is pretty much toast anyway. Focus on next year.
The organization won’t have that opinion though. Playoff revenue, even for one round, is hefty.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
Carcillo-Richards-Legein
JVR-Giroux-Carter
Leino-Powe-Asham
Carcillo-Betts-Laperriere
Yes, I used Carcillo twice.
You missed Gagne.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
How the hell did Hartnell miss that??? Team Latvia just made a great pass.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:03 PM EST reply actions
My favorite part was “I don’t think Hartnell was expecting that.” Well why the eff not?? He’s alone in front of the net. A defenseman has the puck. EXPECT a pass, because it’s coming.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
This Fig Newton sign is impairing my view, but man do I love fig newtons
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:04 PM EST reply actions
This team is just so offensively inept right now.
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I think it’s about time Asham replaces Hartnell in the top-6. Send Hartnell to the JVR/Giroux line.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:05 PM EST reply actions
Not to be snide, but I don’t think it matters.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
is it time to bring back the D-5 references
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:08 PM EST reply actions
If he gets you into the corner, I want you to drop to the ice, like you’re cut.
Some think too much, then come too soon
I just curse the sun, so I can howl at the moon
Jello, I enjoy your support
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Is it time to start watching Miracle again?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:10 PM EST reply actions
This team is a disgrace…3 on 1 and that’s the best Richards can manage….a shot right to the goalies chest?
What is so great about a puck shot right into your bread basket? Pee Wee goalies can manage to make that save.
Emery finds ways to cough it up
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
Krajicek with some good board work there.
He’s really impressed me.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:12 PM EST reply actions
how are we playing worse on the PP?
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Their PP always seems to do this, it looks great at one point, then it just tapers off.
Some think too much, then come too soon
I just curse the sun, so I can howl at the moon
Can anyone tell me why Carcillo has only played 7 minutes?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:18 PM EST reply actions
Carcillo doesn’t feel pain. Has his mustache been tampered with?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
He only has two shifts in the third period, both 2 seconds long. He’s clearly injured.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
I’m going out on a limb to say this: If Carcillo is injured for a long amount of time, the PR secotr of the Flyers must start their campaign for 2010-2011 entitled: We’ll contend this year, we’re serious
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
Something tells me he saw this months ago.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
So, in all seriousness, how do you fix this mess? Trade the players with NTCs not named Richards and Pronger for draft picks and prospects?
I’d start with Hartnell and go from there.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:22 PM EST up reply actions
Buy more Carcillo, Laperierre, Betts, type players for 3rd-4th lines. Get legitimate goaltender, get rid of high priced talent. Blue collar team
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
at least we’d have cap room, to go and buy a scorer
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
We already did that: See Briere, Daniel.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Briere has one good season in Buffalo where we just had to get him. See Impulsive
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
I agree. But cap space saved for a scorer is spent recklessly. Not just Briere, but Drury, Gomez, etc.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
I always wanted Drury as a Flyer. His American-Ness is astounding
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
If we boo every time Hartnell has the puck, do you think after a while he’ll waive his NTC to get out?
"NO HONOR"
Wow. Watch what Hartnell just did on that last near miss from Minnesota.
If you have a DVR, rewind it.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:25 PM EST reply actions
He turned his head, saw Ebbett skate off the boards to the slot, didn’t follow him (his man) and instead stood still and just extended his arm for a half-ass poke check on the guy who passed it to Ebbett.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
am starting to hear “yakity sax” every time we get near their net
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You know, I’d have a lot more respect for JJ and Jonesy if they for once told it like it is: Khudobin has been solid. The Flyers have made him look fantastic. There’s a big difference. But no, it’s the goalie stifling the Flyers, not the Flyers.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:30 PM EST reply actions
Probably because he never had to fake it before.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:32 PM EST up reply actions
Khudobin is the story because the Flyers MADE him the story. Again.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:32 PM EST reply actions
I better wake up tomorrow to the news of some being asked to waive their no-trade/no-move clause. If I don’t, I will be upset, but do nothing and continue to go to Flyers games and buy Flyers merchandise.
Is that you practicing to call WIP?
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Oh, why is the “story of the game” not Flyers complete inability to score or Leighton making two huge mistakes which led to two goals?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:37 PM EST reply actions
it’s called “polishing a turd”
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by psudrozz on Feb 6, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions
Because Snider doesn’t allow harsh things to be said about his team on Comcast?
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Baseball season is right around the corner, people.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
What a fricken shitty day. Between this and Nova and all the snow, I’m ready to tear someone’s head off.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
the high point of my day was taking a vicodin and watching the pens get beat.
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Each loss gets Homer closer and closer to being fired, I hope.
He HAS to be held accountable. He did a great job his first season-and-a-half as GM and has sucked ever since. It’s his cap mismanagement and NTC-happiness which have really screwed this team over.
He’s not the one on the ice not scoring, but it is his job to solve the team’s problems by moving players around. And he has not done so because he cannot – mostly due to his terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad judgment.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
It would really be sweet if Richards and Pronger said “I cahn’t do my wwwwoork!” during post-loss interviews.
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To clarify:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D421N6xlisg
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Let’s start off with what we’re thankful for:
I’ll go first
Chris Pronger
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:49 PM EST reply actions
The Olympics, so I can go two weeks without having to watch a boring, frustrating game.
by StarbladeMKIII on Feb 6, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
i am NOT thankful for pronger
richards is still my guy. just the pucks he shoots have post magnets in them
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
Who is this Mike Richards you speak of?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
hes like Cotsey, he stands around and looks at the play, but he does very little talking.
"NO HONOR"
Yeah I thought Richards was injured for the longest time
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions
Claude Giroux
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by mikefive on Feb 6, 2010 10:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nice choice.
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
I’m looking to the future, because there ain’t shit happening this year.
As long as Homer doesn’t get rid of G we have a lot to look forward to with him.
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I’m excited for this Ville Leino chap.
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
He may have not done well with the Red Wings and they may be singing his goodbyes like we sung with OKT, but he can’t be worse than the product we have on the ice now.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Yeah, he already has one. If he’s going to be here for another ten years, you’ve gotta figure there’s more where that came from, unfortunately.
Maybe God really does hate the Flyers, like all of those Puck Daddy readers think.
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Our last Stanley Cup experience had us swept in 4 games, then one of the players for the other team getting involved in a car accident, leaving him partially disabled. In other words, God sent an assassin, then handicapped him
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
My God, the commenters who frequent that site make WIP callers sound like Rhodes Scholars.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Precisely why I don’t go there anymore. When I do, I resist the temptation to read what the readers have to say. Even the “Wyshynski, you stink!” guy.
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I never read those comments, but the site is a gold mine of great hockey writing.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
It’s a shame because Wysh and Leahy are very good.
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That’s why I stop reading his posts at the start of the comments section.
Great hockey articles; commenters whose combined hockey IQ equals 2.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
So, about the same as Hartnell’s?
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
by doubleh on Feb 6, 2010 11:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Damn, comment of the night is already selected.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Of course, I can count on finger the amount of hockey sites I frequent were the discourse is civil and intelligent. ESPN, CSNPhilly and philly.com are all bad, too.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
It’s funny hearing Greg talk about his commenters.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
There were some morons who called into WIP saying we should have traded him for Kovalchuk.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Giroux
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
I’m thankful I’ll have to endure this suffering for 23 more games this year. In other words, I doubt we’re making the playoffs if we can’t score against the worst team in the entire league and only one goal against a third string rookie goalie.
Well, if we do miss the playoffs, I have to think Holmgren gets fired. It’s the logical next step.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Weren’t those 3 goals scored in one game too?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 6, 2010 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Amazing how Minnesota went out and found the next Russian Terry sawchuk and just in time to play the Flyers. Or maybe the Flyers made a legend out of one more nobody goaltender. Way to finish boys!
by MJDII on Feb 6, 2010 10:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The Phillies are the same way with bad/nobody pitchers.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
I mean, Tim Redding…really?
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Yeah, but Moyer has been around for centuries and actually has some skill. Redding just throws nothing but junk. Moyer, when he is on, can knock the wings off of a fly with his pinpoint accuracy. Sadly, I think he’s near toast, but I’ve been saying that about him for 3 years now.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
He only has one year left on his contract, right?
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and an umpire with a strike zone in the low and away 1990’s. That’s the problem there’s only a few umps left who call a wide plate..Otherwise he gets squeezed and ends up throwing to close to the wheelhouse of many hitters
CSN Philly poll question… which player is most likely to make their respective sports’ Hall of Fame?
Iverson, Utley, Pronger, or McNabb.
The answer is all four.
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Utley and Pronger yes. Iverson and McNabb, I’d say no
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
I ask myself one question when trying to figure that out.
Can you talk about the era in which that player played without mentioning said player?
The question is no for all four. They’re all critical to the eras in which they play.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
the answer***
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
I tend to do the generic championship logic, and if they don’t have a championship, I do the Dan Marino logic. McNabb fails both
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
why McNabb and Iverson again?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think McNabb makes it, unless he gets a ring.
Pronger, definitely. Utley, if he has a few more seasons like his last few, absolutely. Iverson will make it in on jersey sales alone.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Iverson was a great player in his prime who never had the tools around him to make it work. Very Lindros-y.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
Isn’t this cliche a little tired? […] Another game, another opponent, another tough guy inserted in the lineup just to face the orange and black. We know the deal: nothing will likely come of this and the game will go on without event. Boring.
Maybe, but obviously it works…
How to beat the Flyers in three easy steps:
1. Start a goon.
2. Start a rookie/unknown/backup goalie, especially if said goalie is not that good.
3. Score two goals.
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by mikefive on Feb 6, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
The comment of the night contenders keep rolling in after the fact..
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, I’ve already had one though. Thanks for the nod though.
Maybe we should keep a running file and have a “best of” to laugh about when the boys are golfing on April 12. You know, something along the lines of “ShitMyDadSays” on Facebook.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
…though
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
Well, it’s not student of the month. Not everybody gets one, lol.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
That’s a good idea, though.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, we’re going to need something to entertain ourselves other than rejoicing in Homer’s tears. If he, in fact, can emit them.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Lie to Me
have you ever seen the show Lie to Me staring Tim Roth? This looks like one of the go to break images of celebrity’s caught lying….
Great show.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 7, 2010 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, that sucks. But Tim Roth is incredible. Every time I watch that show I hear Samuel L. Jackson yelling “Tell that bitch to be cool! Vince shut the fuck UP!”
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 7, 2010 12:21 AM EST up reply actions
I will achieve this comment of the night one day. One day…
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 6, 2010 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
You’ve had it at least once, right?
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 6, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
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