Friday Morning Fly By: Thankfully It's Friday

by Geoff Detweiler on Jul 30, 2010 10:42 AM EDT in Morning Fly By

Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...

Free Shipping at the BSH store through Sunday: [BroadStHockey]
Other NHL player grievances: "No matter how many times it happens, it still really bothers Mike Richards first thing every morning when he plods down the stairs in his bathrobe, takes a sip of coffee, and then throws open his kitchen curtains to find Pierre McGuire smiling creepily into his window." [Down Goes Brown]
Where Chris Pronger shoots from: [Behind the Net ]
Barry Melrose doing a Halloween commercial for NHL 2Night: [Puck Daddy]
Jakub Kovar didn't allow any goals in 30 minutes: [euroflyers]
Some pictures of him during pre-game: [euroflyers]

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protect that 5-hole leights!

by McNabbSoup on Jul 30, 2010 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

beat me to it. I was about to say the same thing. he needs to keep the stick down and more towards the center.

by historywillbemade on Jul 30, 2010 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for letting Leighton know that. Maybe he’ll pass on your advice to Jeremy Duchesne, the goalie in the picture.

by Phalange on Jul 30, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions

the pic used to be the Flyers stretching pre-game. Travis switched it

by historywillbemade on Jul 30, 2010 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, he did. ERRRR.

j/k

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jul 30, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

or was that you Geoff?

by historywillbemade on Jul 30, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Nah, it was me. I wanted to include the free shipping banner but it looked stupid with a right aligned photo.

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 30, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, I thought that banner was a contextual ad for some other online store that was offering free shipping.

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by Ben Feldman on Jul 30, 2010 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions

“Doc and Edzo, I’m glad my wife has chestnut hair and likes to work out because that means she sweats and her hair gets darker when that happens and that leads me to think of a true leader, Mike Richards, who is the league-leader in leadership, and who is always my first choice for Monster of the Game or whatever it is, because he always gives me a monster hard-on whenever I think of his leadership.”

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

by mikefive on Jul 30, 2010 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

Sidney Crosby has chestnut hair? That surrogate that Pierre found to carry his half Crosby half Richie clone looks almost normal. Go figure. The things people will do for money.

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by KreiderDesigns on Jul 30, 2010 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

No matter how many times it happens, it still really bothers Mike Richards first thing every morning when he plods down the stairs in his bathrobe, takes a sip of coffee, and then throws open his kitchen curtains to find Pierre McGuire smiling creepily into his window.

I thought he did that to Crosby..

..but then again it says “his” window and not “Mario’s”.

You ain't a has-been, if you never was.

by jello44 on Jul 30, 2010 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

LOL +1

by chrislanci on Jul 30, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions

haha that’s hilarious.

I would think that Crosby would have his own place by now with his huge salary, not bumming off of Mario. There was a funny video I saw awhile ago that took the audio from The Landlord video with Will Ferrell and that girl and put Mario and Cindy in it, funny. I can’t find the link anywhere so if anybody has it post it, it’s a great laugh!

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by Lindbergh 31 on Jul 30, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he actually has his own place now.

You ain't a has-been, if you never was.

by jello44 on Jul 30, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah he probably does, I just don’t know it. I always used to laugh though when I would read he lived with Mario and knowing he can get his own place. Obviously as a rookie it’s one thing, but making big star bucks like him not any longer.

Still funny though what you said about Mario’s window though.

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Good bye #12, you will truly be missed.

by Lindbergh 31 on Jul 30, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought Chris Pronger shot from the hip….interesting.

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by KreiderDesigns on Jul 30, 2010 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

This just made my day +1

Is this the right room for an argument?

by DLJr on Jul 30, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions

It's all in the hips...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PbRZ5QMAs0

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by jello44 on Jul 30, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Dammit, I wanted to make this joke when I saw the bullet above, but I was out of town and you beat me to it. Well played, sir. :-p

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by hintzy64 on Aug 1, 2010 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions

welcome back!

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by Prometheus74 on Aug 2, 2010 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks! It was an awesome weekend over in Ocean City celebrating a friend’s 30th. Or, as they say around here (Baltimore), “Goin down the oshun, hon.”

Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!

by hintzy64 on Aug 2, 2010 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m actually upset that the “Where Pronger shoots from” article wasn’t a full rink view. I wanted to see all of the dots from infront of our own goal and from behind our own blue line!

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by Psy09 on Jul 30, 2010 11:05 AM EDT reply actions

I bet that a whole 15% of his shots were from behind the blue line. It takes serious skill to hit the net that often from that far.

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by JpH89 on Jul 30, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Someone should tell Coburn the trick – he couldn’t hit the back of the net from inside it.

Maybe it should read "reformedpenguinsfan" since I have retired my Lemeiux jersey ... and purchased an Orange and Black Pronger jersey.

by penguinsfan on Jul 30, 2010 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Slowly working on a post about the Flyers shooting. I should really just present what I’ve got, but I don’t like the way it looks.
Gabe’s presentation skills are excellent.

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Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Jul 30, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, you know what would be completely awesome? If we all stopped hitting each other in the groin with slapshots! (Grievance suggested by Sami Salo.)

I think Thoreson would co-sign this one.

We pretty much all agree that Glashow’s objection to string theory on the basis of not being sufficiently predictive is unconvincing given that the theory clearly satisfies the Popperian criterion of falsifiability, so shut up about it already, Boogard.

Figures that Boogard would be the dumbass backing Glashow. He probably thinks Popperian criteria is the line between the standard checkers and the big hitters.

Honor is no substitute for victory.

by The Dark on Jul 30, 2010 11:12 AM EDT reply actions

Free Shipping at the BSH store through Sunday

Finally, Todd the Fox from New Zealand can get his BSH T-Shirts that he desperately has been waiting to order. Happy Day!

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by MJDII on Jul 30, 2010 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

Only applies to US customers I think….Sorry, Todd.

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by KreiderDesigns on Jul 30, 2010 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Yes, but I got my PayPal sorted out (finally) so he and Katchis are going to be able to get shirts anyway!

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by Travis Hughes on Jul 30, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Yay!

I like to yay so I had to yay :D

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by Katchis on Jul 30, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

YAY!

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by ToddtheFox on Jul 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Shipping costs the equivalent of one t-shirt, so that would be sweet. But Travis sorted it anyway.

Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Jul 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I should read an entire thread before commenting.

Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Jul 30, 2010 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Man, I absolutely love that picture of everyone stretching. It’s just so funny.

by craigg747 on Jul 30, 2010 11:37 AM EDT reply actions

So White signed with the Flames for $2,999,995. Funny quote some guy said on Puck Daddy’s FB post:

White: I want $3.0 Million.
Flames: No way your getting that much.
White: Alright, how about $2,999,995?
Flames: Let’s get those papers signed!

"Chris Pronger sneaked in the back door...banged it home."

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by Psy09 on Jul 30, 2010 12:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

lol $5 short.

by historywillbemade on Jul 30, 2010 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder if that keeps him under a tax bracket?

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by Prometheus74 on Jul 30, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Nope. Top bracket for Canada’s Federal Income Tax is $126,264, and Alberta has a flat 10% tax. I believe he’ll end up paying $1,160,101.23 in income tax.

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by The Dark on Jul 30, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions