The Flyers 09/10 Stanley Cup Playoffs, expressed through the CotN

by Prometheus74 on Aug 18, 2010 4:53 PM EDT

The Stanley Cup Playoffs: The second season; the real season.

Call it whatever you want but it’s simply the greatest sports championship tournament in the world.

We just finished our first BSH street hockey gathering and were happy to have at least an extra 10 days of hockey. Who thought a shootout would be so important!

During the first playoff game we reached a record +1,300 comments and 56 fantastic hockey filled days later comments reached well above 3000.

Game after game, series after series, the improbable run made for a fantastic spring. As the quality of play improved on the ice, so did the insights, insults, witty remarks and in game breakdowns on line. Tons of new fans joined BSH and lots of people who would come to read the board became inspired to type a comment too. Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend, comments from other teams fans as well as friends from across the globe loged onto BSH to join the conversation. After the jump, enjoy the Flyers incredible 09/10 Stanley Cup Playoffs, expressed through the CotN

April 14th Game 1

W 2-1 vs Devils

1. Boosh

2. Richie

3. Devils fans (for not showing up)

-EREX21

April 16 Game 2

L 5-3 vs Devils

Did you hear all those Devils fans cheering sarcastically as if they were glad the Flyers scored?

-HuckNZ

April 18th Game 3

W 3-2 vs Devils

I love Carcillo’s surprised look!

"DID I JUST SCORE!"

- flysrfrk05

April 20th Game 4

W 4-1 vs Devils

CARCILLLLLLLLLLLLO… conn smythe?

- edbro

April 22nd Game 5

W 3-0 vs Devils

Jesus Powe, can you be any more of a BAMF

- JpH89

May 1st Game 1

L 4-5 vs Boston

Mike Richards just made a nice play in front of Pierre McGuire.

That must have been the greatest moment in Pierre’s life.

- JFein

May 3rd Game 2

L 3-2 vs Boston

For the record, I want to f*ck Kristen Bell.

- EREX21, responding to dreams of playing the Caps instead

May 5th Game 3

L 4-1 vs Boston

All those fans leaving is embarrassing.

-Ben Feldman

May 7th Game 4

W 5-4 vs Boston

I know, I’m scared too.

- jello44, responding to Hartnell's fine play

May 10th Game 5

W 4-0 vs Boston

Ok, either Hartnell just scored or God divided by zero…

- Boog609

May 12th Game 6

W 2-1 vs Boston

Is it Friday yet?

- EREX21

May 14th GAME 7!!!!

W 4-3 vs Boston

Everybody wins this one today. Every single comment was epic, timeless, and a part of history. Give yourself a pat on the back.

The Philadelphia Flyers are in the Eastern Conference Finals. They've already secured a place in immortality, but the playoffs are not even half way done. What a time to be alive.

Go Flyers.

- Ben Rothenberg

TIME CAPSULE

May 16th Game 1

W 6-0 vs Montreal

Harwood just calling Laviolette "Peter." Good call on his part.

- Ben Feldman

May 18th Game 2

W 3-0 vs Montreal

OLEEEE OLE OLE OLE OLEEEEEE OLEEEEEEE

- Fleet Fox, even though he's not a Flyer fan

May 20th Game 3

L 5-1 vs Montreal

Yeah, I don’t know either, I just loved yelling his name… try it sometime it’s fun…

- PatterPoet95, on missing R.J. Umberger

May 22nd Game 4

W 3-0 vs Montreal

"OMG OUR PLAYER GOT CHECKED! LE BOOOOOOOO, LE BOOOOOOOO"

- Boog609

May 24th Game 5

W 4-2 vs Montreal

I’m crying.

- JFein, feeling what a lot of us feel

May 29th SCF Game 1

L 6-5 vs Chicago

Did [Pierre] just advise Niemi NOT to go down on his knees? A little hypocritical, isn’t it Pierre?

- shafnutz05

May 31st SCF Game 2

L 2-1 vs Chicago

Latvian sea wolves are the very best kind of sea wolves.

- HuckNZ

June 2nd SCF Game 3

W 4-3 vs Chicago

Shit.

It’s 4:15 a.m. here.

I’m staying up to celebrate!

- Orange And Black Forever

Off to bed now with a smile on my face! 4.13am!

- Glasgow Flyer

June 4th SCF Game 4

W 5-3 vs Chicaco

Marriage? Geoff – you didn’t tell us you were heading to Massachusetts with Boosh!

- IcersGuy

June 6th SCF Game 5

L 4-7 vs Chicago

I will never drink Amstel Light again.

-The DTrain

June 9th SCF Game 6

L 4-3 Chicago

Fifty years from now, what the Flyers did this post-season will be still be marveled at. That can never be, and never will be, taken away from us. The 2010 Chicago Blackhawks will be on a lengthy list of Stanley Cup Champions. But for as long as professional sports are a big part of American culture and society, the 2010 Philadelphia Flyers will never be forgotten, and will eternally be remembered for what they have done over the last several weeks. For as long as I live, I will never forget what I have seen over the past two months.

-Ben Feldman

Poll

What is the Regular season comment of the Year

12/7/09 "Carter couldn’t make the Egyptian team right now."

19 votes

12/15/09 "The flyers are like the titanic... They look good until they hit the ice."

44 votes

3/18/10 "One thing I miss about Leighton: Not being able to smother shots resulted in much faster games."

12 votes

3/28/10 "There are good odd-man rushes now? Is that when the offense is bringing the goalie pizza or something?"

13 votes

4/11/10 "I STILL don’t fucking believe it."

36 votes

124 votes | Poll has closed

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I voted for myself.

saying "F**k Homer" since 7-19-10

by JpH89 on Aug 18, 2010 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

Shameless. I voted for Mario. I can’t decide which is worse!

Backing Backlund for 2010-2011
Mourning Gagne forever.

by ToddtheFox on Aug 19, 2010 1:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I voted for StarbladeMKIII.

That being said, if post-season quotes were involved in the poll, I think Ben Feldman’s comment after Game 6 of the Finals is the hands down winner of the entire season, including playoffs.

Chris Pronger stole my last signature.

by Justin F. on Aug 19, 2010 11:10 AM EDT reply actions

Shit.

It’s 4:15 a.m. here.

I’m staying up to celebrate!

- Orange And Black Forever

I just wanna say that at that exact moment it was 5:15 for me. And yeah… I stayed too and celebrated :P

I love the Lightning AND the Flyers... go ahead, preach me!
Dare to follow my childish, biased, petty and cheesy alter ego.
American Cheese, B!tch! ... #1 mission? Kill Holmgren.

by Katchis on Aug 19, 2010 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

I remember! :)

I also hoped you had posted that very thought then. :)

#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)

by Orange and Black Forever on Aug 19, 2010 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I voted for Pedro.

Seriously, I voted for Todd the Fox. As a former soccer goalie, that comment made me laugh. I wish odd-man rushes had been bringing me pizza.

Honor is no substitute for victory.

by The Dark on Aug 19, 2010 1:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

When do polls close?

I also voted for Mario…though it wasn’t the best comment per say, it was one of Mario’s rare if only funny comment, it was like a glimpse into MarioD, the softer side. You have to appreciate that.

Not to be totally disrespectful of the guy because 99% of the time he does have a lot of good information and knows the game.

Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
5-8-10...the day the Purdue Boilermakers basketball team won the 2011 NCAA Championship!!

by EREX21 on Aug 24, 2010 10:03 AM EDT reply actions