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LET’s GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Giroux, JVR and Ville
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:49 PM EDT up reply actions
My prediction: Recchi – for US! He’s skating with a Flyers jersey underneath. No way he’s that fat otherwise.
I honestly don’t know. I’m thinkin Richards though.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Another Comcast Network shootout on Versus… are they not getting the ratings they were hoping for? I wouldn’t be surprised, given it’s on the Comcast Network + that it’s there means there’s a Phillies game on.
Great moments… are born from great opportunity. And that’s what you have here, tonight, boys. That’s what you’ve earned here tonight. One game. If we played ‘em ten times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight, WE are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done. It’s over. I’m sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw ’em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it.
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I might have to break out the wig to get the luck back.
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
This should be the last game in which Scott Hartnell ever wears a Flyers uniform
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Welcome to the party, Ben!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
The lack of my comments in live threads this series is what’s making the Flyers lose. I take full responsibility.
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by Ben Rothenberg on May 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
You get yourself an iPad then sir…we need you!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
But you truly believe that, so does it still count?
Can't think of something catchy to say here...I suck.
He believed it when he said it about Leino
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I believed the original Rothenboost as well, so sure.
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by Ben Rothenberg on May 5, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
We do sometimes have a tendency to get better rushes on the PK than we do on the PP
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Powe!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
that was a good call.
and we pushed there guy into bouch
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STFU, plenty of time
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
::head slumps down::
damn, I felt that one in the heart sack.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY_ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLYERS!
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
CLAP CLAP
CLAP CLAP CLAP
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
They better review that. Was close.
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Nevermind.
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Got stuck outside the net. I thought so at first too, before seeing the replay
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Beyond what just happened on the ice, we had another big problem there…..
You should never, ever, be able to hear the players yelling to each other on the ice during a a playoff home game in Philadelphia. That crowd being that quiet is just a travesty
yes
i thought i was crazy thinking the crowd being so tame.
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They feel the Flyers are toast. No confidence from the fans—no confidence from the players. I agree they shouldn’t be that way, but sometimes you just know things aren’t going your way.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
I feel like the building was louder during the 8-2 Caps disaster! At least when it was only a 2 or 3 goal lead, anyway.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Regular season isn’t as important. Fans are nervous and rightfully so.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
But I’m of the mindset that you let the team know when you like what they’re doing, and you let them know when you’re not happy too. That’s just me. I’m not a fan of the apathetic quietness,.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate to be a Debbie downer but I think our run is done.
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Flyers have held a lead in this series for a grand total of 99 seconds.
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Not ideal.
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by Ben Rothenberg on May 5, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
That number means something in hockey, I just can’t put my finger on it
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The current likelihood that the Bruins win the series?
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t win if you don’t lead, can’t lead if you don’t score. We need more than one goal.
by StarbladeMKIII on May 5, 2010 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody know someone at the game? Tell them to get the crowd into it. This is the season, right here.
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C'mon boys!
show some life!!!!
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Laviolette timeout.
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Who the Eff wears a Beatles t-shirt to a seat right behind the Bruins bench??
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POWER PLAY!
NEED. A. GOAL.
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PEECOOOOOOOOO POWER PLAAAAAAAAAAY
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This is the most serious PECO of your lives, boys.
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SHOW SOME BALLS!!!!
SHOOT THAT PUCK!!!!
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Dammit Briere.
A damned shot would be nice.
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He likes to shoot from behind the goal…he scores too much from the front
by EaglesFanatic80 on May 5, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I cannot stand that damn Boston accent. Is it so hard to pronounce the letter “R”.
by LegionofDoom on May 5, 2010 9:05 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I love Asham, but him as the focal point of our PP is iffy.
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How’s the PP look this game?
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PP TOI Tonight:
Hartnell 1:50
Leino 2:01
Asham 2:01
JVR 0:00
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Still JVR’s fault we didn’t score. MarioD will have screens later.
by StarbladeMKIII on May 5, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Nodl: 0:09
Really??
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
well I give it few more minutes then I’m done….I’ll have my fingers crossed in hopes of some luck tho.
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it hurts too much to see us lose…
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LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY_ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
The Bruins are just too solid. They get into the passing lanes, they get in front of your shots, and the goalie is always in position. Not much you can really do.
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What so sad about that is that those exact words described us a week and a half ago.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Way too much time off in between rounds. Hot goalies and PPs cool down. Law of statistical averages, right. Or something like that.
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
excuses excuses…we’re still in this game
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Actually, no. That’s the gambler’s fallacy. There is regression to the mean, but that just means they’d play as they did, not play poorly enough to bring it down to the level that they would have. If that makes sense.
Whatever. Too many guys out and the best guys aren’t playing their best while the second tier guys aren’t stepping up.
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Just got home from work...
and this score saddens me. I hope they are able to come back! There’s still time, it could happen!
Keeping it real. Keeping it fresh. Keeping it real fresh.
You’re goddamned right there’s time!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
You’ll have that, it’s easier to throw in the towels sometimes
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
The Bruins got 2 goals in nearly the span of a minute.
There is currently 10:30 left. That’s a world of time.
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Fucking A!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Where the hell is the forecheck?!
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Back in New Jserey where they left it,
by StarbladeMKIII on May 5, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Flyers definitely need Richards to take one of his patented “Lead by example, truck somebody” shifts. Now.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:12 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
30 – 19 shots?! Does that mean we’re destroying them in Fenwick & Corsi?
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But they’re beating us in Scorewick and Goali.
by StarbladeMKIII on May 5, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
so what’s our goalie situation going to be like next year? who do we re-sign? or get off of FA?
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Very, very, very confusing. Only one goalie is signed for next year – Brian Boucher. That includes AHL and ECHL goalies.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
No shots in 13 minutes. In a game where we have 30 shots. Ridiculous quit in this team.
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We’re taking shots, they’re not getting through
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
13 minutes though. 13 minutes.
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by Ben Rothenberg on May 5, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
two of those minutes were on a powerplay…you can’t seriously expect us to get a shot off in that time!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it’s more of the Bruins eating up every opportunity to do anything.
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
If we can just get 1 goal SOON, we will be right back in this game.
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Hell yeah, the crowd’s back into it…this place could erupt!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I figure we’re going to have to get it started with a single handed effort kinda of goal ….. You hear me over there, Briere, G, Richie, or anybody else who thinks they’re going to show they have that in them now?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I do! Put me in there coach!!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I may not be able to stop but I’d be skatin’ my ass off there right now
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Just skate toward the post….. As long as you get to knock something loose in and it crosses the line before you do, all is well.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
They’re lucky they’re not advertising tomorrow as an open practice, they’ve be up against an angry mob
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
later everyone…hope for a big change…I’ll be here on friday…
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You’re going to miss something awesome
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, Coburn looked down at that puck on his stick like “huh, thats icing?”
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Yep. We keep coming down the wing and trying to feed it into the slot. The Bruins stop it every time. Need to set up in the zone with a body in front of Rask. Only way to beat him.
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
It’d be so sweet if he banged one home right now
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
a benching? OOOOOH
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Y'know at this point I think somebody needs to do something crazy to get the crowd into it,
Like breaking their stick in half and stabbing tuuka rask.
what about running on the ice and getting tased?
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by sports00fan00 on May 5, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Standing around, doing nothing?
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
+19,741
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I fucking hate booing from the crowd…get behind your team you jackass!
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I’m a big fan of booing. But not in the playoffs. Unless they just blew a 3-goal lead in Game 6.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Why are you a fan of booing? I understand being frusterated and all but I don’t get how that is going to boost team morale.
Keeping it real. Keeping it fresh. Keeping it real fresh.
It’s not supposed to boost team morale. It’s supposed to piss them off so they get mad.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Getting this team mad is a mistake…too fragile
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, but I’d rather Pronger and Richards get mad.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
In Philly, we boo out of love. It’s more of a loving smack in the back of the head “Get your shit together out there” gesture
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what works like that?
LET’S GO FLY-ERS!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Another delay of game!
THIS ONE might be the season, boys…
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Just watching Timo skate in and there are 4 Bruins between him and the net. 4!
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But his shot was PERFECT. Exactly what he needs to do. Why two Flyers skated past the puck (Leino and Briere) while it sat there in the slot is beyond me.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
I have had enough of this for one night I am gonna go play with the wife.
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You little son of a bitch puck! Why you don’t you just go HOME? That’s your HOME! Are you too good for your HOME? ANSWER ME! SUCK MY WHITE ASS, PUCK!
Is that net REGULATION SIZE!?!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Nice.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering we were debating whether we should even make the playoffs just a few weeks ago? Nope, not embarrassed at all, actually.
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
Agreed.
We’ve been playing with house money since game 1 of the NJ series. We lost 2 of our top 4 forwards, our top PK, down to the 3rd goalie…. we’ve ran into the wall.
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Well, similar things could be said about the Bruins. They were no lock for the playoffs; and the fact that they beat the Sables 4 games to 2 after the season record being (effectively) 4-2 for Boston makes that no shocker either. It was a good matchup for them, so it’s a very similar first round story.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
True.
It’s just that we ran into a buzzsaw.
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I know what you mean, it’s just that we shouldn’t treat it like they “earned” their playoff spot and 2nd round trip more thoroughly than we did. They were no lock for it all season long or anything.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Lavi using a “time out” to pull Boucher.
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He already used his time out, so this was his way of calling another one.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Laviolette is pretty nifty.
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I give him credit for the creatively, I’m just not past the butterflies yet.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s ballsy, but what do we have to lose, really?
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I can still get nervous about decisions I agree with, can’t I?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Coburn just had a terrible shift.
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Coburn summed up this game nicely there.
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WHY Is JVR the only one on the puck right there?! there’s no reason not to double up on the puck!
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Cause he was out of position and gliding around aimlessly. Duh.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
My bad. You’re right!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
new rule next year about that? i’ve never seen that before in my life.
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They used to do it all the time
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hartnell breaks stick making a pass. That got intercepted.
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remember it’s down the stream not across the river
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
We sound like the people at ILWT we just made fun of. Can we please not sink to their level?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, cause I’m shaving my beard? Come on. :-P
by StarbladeMKIII on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Didn’t their moderator throw the exact same fit about his beard, though?
I admit I’m being touchy, I just don’t like this feeling of watching the room turn around me.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
i’m just making a joke
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Wait, does that mean I need to threaten bans if these people comment tomorrow?
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
JVR just cost us that game.
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Well, a terrible turnover by Krajicek, nobody backchecking on the second goal, a lucky bounce on the third, and a Coburn turnover on teh fourth…
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not a huge stats guy and I do not claim to be the smartest hockey fans out there, but at least JVR was creating chances.
I’d say that he was one of the better Flyers tonight.
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Yeah. He still had a few shifts where he looked lazy, but I think it’s safe to say he was one of the best players on the ice.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Season over.
I’m never watching another game of this damn team if Scott Hartnell is on the roster. Go to hell Homer.
Yeah, even I don’t like that. Disowning a team because of one player? That’s some PETA protest the Eagles shit there.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I’ll ignore all tact because I am frustrated with the Flyers and go as far and saying that not watching (or “boycotting”) a team because of one player is fucking bullshit.
I know people that still have not watched the Eagles over Vick (and just Vick). It is stupid, it is pointless, it is irrational, and it reeks of fake fandom.
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Thank you. I agree entirely.
It reminds me of those people who say “Well, I was going to buy you a new bike, but now that you didn’t take out the trash, I’m not going to.” Well, no you weren’t. And that’s a completely irrational explanation.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s mainly hyperbole. But the main point is:
Scott Hartnell = Paul Holmgren’s blindness and inability to get this team over the hump.
But come on, if I’m not entitled to hyperbole now, when am I?
Nobody could’ve known a 20 goal scorer would turn into a joke.
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by Travis Hughes on May 5, 2010 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Good point.
I’m all for trashing Hartnell, but I’ll limit my criticisms to this year. He was really good last year. This year, he was atrocious.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
And I agree with that entirely.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Clearly no one is paying attention any more, but JVR just had two great centering passes creating two scoring chances.
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I’m still paying attention, Geoff.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, that wasn’t exactly to anyone on the site, more to the people at teh game.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
All 4.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
he played solid…kept skating the whole game…can’t say the same about the rest of the guys but he was good
by EaglesFanatic80 on May 5, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Neither of the Flyers playoff series ever really got started. Just feel like I haven’t been able to sink my teeth into this run at all.
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Go down swinging boys! Where that’s Goddamned emotion you guys said you were gonna bring tonight?
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Short of this team winning the next 4 in a row, I am honestly pretty curious as to what happens this off season. I really hope a good number of people currently on the roster are not here next year. I don’t care if we have to trade for pennies on the dollar. Some of these guys do not deserve to wear a Flyers uniform.
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Did you think about the three players you named? I don’t want to put a lot of thought into it if you didn’t, but I can’t match up the three players.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree with the Lappy=Ruiz comparison but to me J-Roll is like Giroux, the table setter who can seemingly do it all and I would say Carter is like Howard. The big bopper.
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Yeah, I agree with lappy = ruiz and carter = howard. Maybe Gagne = werth, but I could see Victorino too.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s what I was thinkin with Gagne. Solid contributor who plays defense.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Now that I read down farther, I’m leaning with Geoff on that one
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I just don’t like the Pronger = Howard thing cause Pronger is amazing at defense and Howard is… getting better.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Pronger is Chase
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haha…thanks, my first laugh since 3-1
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Richards is Chase, but I can see that too.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Chase is the only person that Pronger could really be, he doesn’t fit anyone else…not saying Richie doesn’t fit the build too
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s hard to compare the Flyers to the Phillies since the Phils have actually won something.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
I was thinking Lidge…
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, nice. I was at least giving Hartnell the “used to be good” tag.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
He has had 3 major arm surgeries, though. They’re being careful with him for a reason.
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2 ….at this point he’s either meant to do or not…if he reinjuried himself again then there’s somekind else going on. he has had plenty of time to heal and his load can still be monitired in the bigs.
There’s also questions about his mental makeup. Plus, you know Charlie would never use him. He likes established veterans.
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Not much anymore. I’m just saying what I’ve read and that Dubee has pretty much said they have to use what’s in their BP now, because they don’t have anyone down on the farm that can help (paraphrase, but that’s more or less what he said). Take that FWIW.
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I have read that too but I disagree with him. Clearly he knows more than I do but i think there are guys in the farm that can do better than some of the guys in our pen. Durbin and Contreras are the only guys who have done anything this year. I won’t judge Lidge yet but he looked great last night.
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JVR was a #2 pick. Herndon was Rule V and no one wanted him.
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But both had a good start and now blow and neither deserved or should have been on the team as long as they have been.
Plus both are rookies.
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I…just… really?
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t agree with that comparison at all. Herndon was never thought to amount to anything—there are high expectations on JVR. Herndon doesn’t exactly blow, but he’s a GB pitcher, which maybe isn’t the right fit for a RP.
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After spring training Hendron was expected to be a solid contributor in the pen.
There is nothing wrong with a ground ball pitcher in the pen, in fact, a ground ball pitcher is exactly what that team needs in that park. He may not be a strike out guy but if he could actually induce GB’s he would be fine.
Also Herndon’s era of 5.06 qualifies as blows.
Vic was a rule 5 pick too, doesn’t mean you can’t amount to something.
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Vic was Rule 5’d several times, wasn’t he?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s rare though—and the exception, not the rule.
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Yeah, but after one month, Herndon has an era of 5.06. After one month, JVR had 10 points in 9 games…
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Well I wasn’t saying one month per say but clearly, in both cases, Herndon should be sent down and he probably will once Madson comes back unless someone(likely) get’s hurt again.
JVR should have been sent down long ago, or better yet, never started the year here.
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I disagree that JVR should have ever been sent down. Starting the year in the AHL is one thing, sending him down is entirely different.
For the year, he had 1.72 points per 60 minutes of play. That’s more than Giroux, Richards, Carcillo, Betts, Powe, Gagne, Leino, and Laperriere.
He had a GAON/60 of 2.48, lower than Giroux, Powe, Hartnell, Briere, Carter, Asham, and Leino.
I don’t get all the JVR hate at all. How many chances did he create tonight, even? Just because he isn’t scoring now doesn’t mean he should be sent down. If that logic held, so should Hartnell.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I know where you’re coming from, in a way I think it’s a relative thing, too. If during one of times JVR was in a slump (because that average glosses over that he has really hot periods and really cold periods with point production, didn’t he?), there had been a guy in the AHL who was nearly ready and basically demanding an opportunity at the NHL level; I’d be mad JVR didn’t get a break and the other guy didn’t get a chance. But that never seemed to be happening, so it made it harder to rationalize sending him down, if sending him down didn’t obviously make the team better. The relatively readiness of the other forwards in Adirondack has an effect on argument, regardless of whether you felt he should stay or be sent down.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously increasing a load from a 40 game college load to an 80 nhl load is very bad. the shearing forces from that much intense skating could irrevocably damage the tendons and ligaments of the pelvis and lower back because his muscles unconditioned for such a dramatic load and intensity increase can fatigue to quickly and the connective tissue must shoulder the load.
I totally understand your point about physical effects, but I don’t see the difference between the NHL and AHL for a player like JVR in there. If he stays in the AHL all season, he still going to see close to 80 games unless he gets hurt. They aren’t going to rest him there; everybody else out of the NCAA (Nodl, for example), went from 40ish to 80ish even if they only jumped from NCAA to the AHL did a mix of NHL and AHL their first year. They still push them to play the whole season. It may not be right, but the potential damage of going from 40 games to 80 games should exist in both places, right?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s interesting…I just assumed that it would be less load but that’s it’d be the same is not good either. The greater intensity at the nhl level could be an issue but just by degrees. I would think that any differential in damge wouldn’t be drastic enough if the the loads are the same it any damage were to occur.
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that’s interesting…I just assumed that it would be less load but that it has the potenial to be the same – either way it isn’t good.
The problem is if we send him down we have to work a deal with the Halos, and the word is the Angels would most likely want him back. He lacks a viable out pitch and unfortunately Dubee is not the guy to teach anything but a shitty cutter.
I have a feeling most are trying to learn their cutters from Doc. Dubee can’t teach shit.
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Well, they’ve gotta learn by committee if Dubee can’t teach effectively, right? They’re getting technique from Doc, a few years back they learned some poise from Moyer…..
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Dubee is the most over rated pitching coach in baseball. The Halos can have him back.
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Dubee is pretty overrated.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn’t even know he was rated. How can we pry the Cards pitching coach away from them? LOVE to have Duncan.
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I know, but a girl can dream, can’t she?
Hartnell for Duncan, straight up!
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unforunately, good pitching coaches are in short supply. I’d take anyone who works for the Twins or A’s though
Rays too. Have you seen their numbers? Team era of 3.01…in the AL East. That’s ridiculous.
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they look pretty fierce this year…they’re patience with David Price paid off. On thing we lacked over the years with young pitchers which is fine if we want to buy it and just keep bring up hitters like the Yankees model.
So maybe Pronger is closer to Ruiz? Solid dependable D with surprising burst of offense?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Don’t let Ruiz’s walk off last night fool you, there is no burst of offense. He is clutch for sure, but he doesn’t have a burst to speak of.
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No, but it’s more often than last night. It’s just never predictable!
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I know what you mean, it’s too hard to do one to one on this.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I can see that. I just think Timonen deserves better – he’s vastly underrated.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Catcher is a vastly underrated position in this discussion, apparently. I’m not Chooch’s biggest fan or anything, I’m serious, but there’s no credit to here for the fact that the catcher has to call the game the pitcher throws; or that without a pitcher who can block the plate incredibly well we can’t even have a guy like Lidge on the roster
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Ahhh!
Without a catcher that can block the plate incredibly well, we can’t even have a pitcher like Lidge on the roster.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions
that’s hysterical.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
What was hysterical, the statement, or the way i corrected myself when I couldnt articulate it?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The statement. I took it the wrong way at first, started cracking up, then realized what you meant.
I thought you were saying “Since Lidge can never hit the catcher in his mitt, we need a guy who can keep balls in the dirt in front of him.”
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Chooch would likely be a goalie at this point. Boosh, maybe?
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Possible….
Or do we then start assigning pitchers to defensemen? Like Doc = Pronger, because he’s incredibly dominant at what he does, and then teaches the other guys on the side?
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I compared Lee to Pronger at the beginning of the season. A stud that was brought in to fill a need on a team with Championship aspirations.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Doc would probably equal the most important cog in the wheel or Team MVP—so Pronger is prob right.
Then I would say Chooch equals Boosh—and it’s even great for the chant: Choooooooch.
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But we have to give somebody for Kimmo. I love Kimmo, and he never gets any attention
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you! Agreed 100%
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimmo=Hamels? Key to the season.
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I have a hard time implying Kimmo is that inconsistent…. His bad games are usually complete anomalies to me
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimmo=Blanton
People don’t realize how important a pitcher like Kentucky Joe is to the rotation.
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Alright, I think that’s a bit better.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Kimmo and Blanton is perfect. Neither put up eye popping numbers but they both go out and do their jobs and do them consistently. They aren’t flashy. Just solid.
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I’m gonna agree with DG, but I like where you’re going with that.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m thinkin so.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I love Chooch, but he is no Pronger.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Pronger would likely have to be the Rollins-Utley pairing together in order to deem his importance to the Flyers.
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Carcillo would have been a great match for Brett Myers. Or even Scott Eyre.
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Well I would hope if you instigate then you will drop your gloves, unless you are Tie Domi or Matt Barnaby.
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i don’t know. that side of hockey i find quite uninteresting… I kickboxed so the fighting thing in hockey doesn’t do it for me
Is “instigator” the word we want to use, or should it be “agitator”? Because my brain keeps watnting to shift into rulebook mode.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I hope that my having it all memorized and ready to explain makes it easier for you guys when it’s necessary. I already have a headache all day every day, there’s no need for one of you guys to get one unnecessarily while you try to figure it out.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, do I miss Scott Eyre.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think he really had much left in the tank. I think the Phils were only going to bring him back on a ST trial basis so he just retired.
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Yeah, I have no problem with that. But after watching “The Pen”, I went from respecting and liking him to loving him.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
FUCK EVERYONE WHO IS BOOING!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:31 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know many. Normally I don’t agree with that but it seems like this team quit and so the fans have quit on them.
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They quit after it was 3-1. The game was over at that point.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
the game was not over at 3-1, not until they quit.
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That goal took the wind out of their sails. That goal did not clinch the game for them, but their deadpan play for the next 18 or however many minutes it was afterward did.
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FUCK THAT
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s taken them three games and they haven’t figured out that they have to play dump and chase.
All they’ve done is try to skate through 3-4 people at a time and have lousy power plays.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
We out played them for the most part tonight, we can do it again…get some bounces, this is still possible… you all can say whatever the fuck you want about me believing but it won’t stop me
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s not over til the fat lady sings.
Anyone see the fat lady around?
Keeping it real. Keeping it fresh. Keeping it real fresh.
psst…maybe not the best analgy as we play a video of a rather large lady singing before the next game
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions
But that only means this game isn’t over til she sings for the next one, right? I’m stretching, yeah, yeah, I know
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Right. We outplayed them until they got a 3-1 lead. Then the Flyers couldn’t find their asses with both hand.
The worst hangover from the regular season is rearing its ugly head now. Faced with adversity, the Flyers wilt.
And I’m not hating on them or boycotting them or anything. I’m going to the game on Friday and I’ll cheer as loud as everyone else. I wish I still believed like you did, but I cannot even see them winning a game at this point. The Bruins have the Flyers’ number.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
There’s a difference between criticizing the team, not having tremendous faith that something that has only happened 3 times in all of American professional sports will happen and actually boycotting the team until something happens.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
I will NEVER boycott the Flyers. However, since I’ve been a fan since age 5, and since I hand over a nice chunk of change every year to go see 10 + games, I reserve the right to be pissed off.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
I’ve been a fan since about the same age and you absolutely deserve to be pissed off. They wilted. AGAIN.
My point is if you are going to consciously avoid watching them because you do not like a player.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor."
You must be addressing someone else. The Flyers have had plenty of players I couldn’t stand and I’ve kept going.
Hartnell is seriously approaching Terry Carkner levels of hatred from me now, though.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
DT talked about not watching until they got rid of Hartnell.
You mentioned it and I just further elaborated on that point.
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Gotcha. We can just look away while he’s on the ice.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
You wanna know what the real sad thing about all of this is?
There was a very, very, very, very small, pessmistic part of me that was expecting this to happen(a.k.a. the stupid, history-laden part). And now, barring a Habs-like comeback for the ages(which is slightly possible), then well……you know. We are officially out of the butt and into the fuck at this point.
When was the last time the Flyers were swept in a series? 1997 finals? Darren McCarty… who’s now an analyst for Versus… who has exclusive TV rights to this series… it’s his fault for all of this, isn’t it?
I’m sorry did we lose 2 games tonight?
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Given how helpful moral support was for the last game of the season….
If anyone who lives within reasonable distance isn’t going to Game 4 and wants to considering watching Game 4 as a group somewhere, it could be worth talk about.
I kind of made plans with my gf and she gets really mad when i break them…but i’d love moral support
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Just throwing it out there, that’s all. I don’t think I was the only one who saw benefit in it last time.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I think I can handle the death blow much better in the comfort of my home.
by darkside3744 on May 6, 2010 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Anybody look at the time on ice report? I must say I don’t like how Lavi is using his bench at all this series.
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Betts: 8:24
Nodl: 6:29
Ross: 4:16
Is anybody curious why this team lacks energy?
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
8:25 for Betts? Really?
You hit the nail on the head, the team looks gassed because the ones who get to see the ice are gassed.
Can't think of something catchy to say here...I suck.
Yeah, that nearly knocked me over. Also, Parent: 8:03
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions
And gee I wonder, he bumps Asham up this time and Asham scored our only goal.
It’s weird, no doubt. He’s having a hard time with this, the gaps to fill are too wide. He’s missing guys that have range, and not ones that are easily replaceable… then he’s gotta replace 3 like that.
by DragonGirl0583 on May 5, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
But that’s the thing: In terms of ice time, Carter is being replaced by Briere, Gagne by Giroux, Lappy by Powe.
So how do you replace Briere, Giroux, and Powe? He isn’t. He’s not letting their replacements play. Nodl can easily fill in for Powe (or Ross for that matter), JVR could replace Giroux, but he’s only doing it every other game, and Leino is replacing Briere.
Yet all Lavi is doing is playing two lines overtime, and not using his fourth line.
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
hahahaha i hear that. this threat was hijacked by baseball talk. at this point it’s all we have.
Can't think of something catchy to say here...I suck.
lol, I’m only a part time Phils fan, but I can keep up some better than breaking down that Flyers game at this point
by JerseyDriver on May 5, 2010 10:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Fun Quotient = 0
It does not matter how much popcorn was eaten.
Take whatever fun was had and multiply by 0.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
That’s just sad
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by Geoff Detweiler on May 5, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
True, though.
The Flyers were due for a rare second-round loss. Assuming they lose the series, it will be their first second-round loss since 2003, and only their 5th ever.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
At least they’re not the Caps!
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
No but Boston is poised to be…and we’re on the brink of Habdom
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Islanders did that in 1975, and the Leafs did it in 1942 (come back from a 3-0 series deficit). Not bloody likely.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Never tell me the odds!
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by KreiderDesigns on May 5, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
I meant at least the Flyers don’t have the best record in the league and get killed in the first round. No one thought the Flyers would make it this far, so there is that. /polyanna’d
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
But again, you’re right. At least we won a round.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
I was trying to find a bright side…?
"Tortorella’s got it all wrong ... Gaborik shouldn’t be messing with our skilled player." -Peter Luuko
Was surprised they made the playoffs, doubly when they won in the first round. This would be more disappointing if they had played well all year, and weren’t dealing with the key loses they are now. Not an excuse, but still…
by JerseyDriver on May 5, 2010 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Even considering everything that went down this year, losing still sucks.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Agreed. Just not that surprising at this point.
by JerseyDriver on May 5, 2010 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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