FLYERS AT RED WINGS PRESENTED BY AMWAY: THIRD PERIOD THREAD
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Let’s Go Flyers!!!!!!!
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
NEW GOAL
GET SCHENN A HATTY.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
i wanna throw a hat! granted it would be at my computer screen and i could then pick it back up but you know what i mean!
"I'm not going to get into a he-said she-said with the refs....I'm the he" - Chris Pronger
I'll miss you Richie
Lady of the board
by tabby187 on Feb 12, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
My dad wears the same old ratty Flyers hat to every game he goes to (which I actually love) in hopes of a hatty so he can throw it and get a new one 1/2 off. He’s tried for 3 years, and still has it
/pointlessstory
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
fyi its only 30% off. i was at the game for brieres hatty and got a giroux hat
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
I was at that game, story goes with that as well, but I wasn’t aware its 30% off, though its kind of logical. Maybe I saw you there, I ventured into a store trying to get a hat but managed to get lost in the sea
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
you might have. i was a 6’1 kid with some hair, and seriously untrimmed beard, and in a black richards jersey. now if you happen to remember seeing me, well thats some good memory. however if you watch the replay of that game. i was up one row and 3 seats to the left of sign guy. best seats ever. i was too afraid to talk to him and shake his hand or get a picture with him #flyers living legend
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
yeah I don’t remember at all. You probably fared better in a store than I, haha
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
lol definitely. i was getting my giroux hat for 30% off and no one was stopping me. i used my 6’4 wingspan to reach over 4 people and snag a hat before they all got away….and got lucky enough that the first one i picked up was the perfect size…like a glove
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
I got sandwiched between a woman with a mullet and a very round bald man. There was a lot of unintentional unwanted touching that day
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
well when i go next year lets be sure to know we will be there and if there is another something like that i will let you exploit my size to your advantage to cease all unintentional unwanted touching. my shoulders are so wide its like im wearing football shoulder pads at all times. kind of annoying because sometimes walking between people i have to turn to the side of ill clip them
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha oddly sweet, thank you hahah. Who knows, maybe the both of us combined at the game make hattricks
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
if thats the case then we need to figure out some way for both of us to get season tickets. not to be weird, but even if we have to sit next to each other. if it equals hat trick and a flyers win i say lets do it.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Nows the time I tell you I’m a minor, haha
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
Increasingly so, like each year its less. Crazy mannn
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
i wasnt saying it in any way to creep on you. im only 22 anyways but if it meant the flyers winning i would get season tickets with my ex who was my first girlfriend who cheated on me a year ago and i still havent rebounded. if thats what will get the flyers to win then whatever ill do it
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
There is nothing you can do which will cause the Flyers to win or lose.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Can somebody please tell that to the hex that’s been following me to games for the past several years? It’d be nice to see them win once in a while
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
I used to be superstitious as hell. Then one of my professors told us that superstitions could sometimes be pathological, as seen in the case of schizophrenics or those with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. There are other, more important (and more personal) reasons I’m trying to get away from “magical thinking.”
Go on Thursday because I’m going and they usually win when I go. Having said that, they’ll lose and it will be my fault…
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
You mean you’ll lose because you invited me along? Haha
I always see the Phantoms win or the rookies win and stuff… I haven’t seen the Flyers win in years. It’s a big expense for me to go to a game at all, so we don’t go to many and it’s a small sample size, but it’s still bad. We were hoping going to an Islanders game would break it, but yeah that didn’t really work out.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
i have that a little with the flyers. i cant go to the bathroom unless its between periods. i feel like if i miss something good or bad its not good
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Nothing legal, at least.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
See, another man of vision
and daring resolve. I have had it planned for years. Got a crack team assembled.
I know you weren’t, but usually its better to clarify. And sorry to hear about that, tough break
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
well for clarity purposes i will keep all conversations with you to flyers hockey only on bsh. and maybe its best i dont know if we are at the same game. i certainly do not want to have creeper status. especially when it comes to being a flyers fan
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
and nolan announced it was 30% off at the end of the game. i wasnt going to get a hat until i heard that. college kid penny pinching
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
here to hoping
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Water is still wet. Milbury is still a douche
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
And Snider is still a moron.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
The American Army is NOT approaching Baghdad
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
One of my fellow Flyers buddies believes that Snider is looking at another goalie and thinking of getting rid of Bob. God help us if we start the playoff goalie carousel again.
Sarauj, Latvija!
shouldn’t the scouts/Homer be looking at another goalie and not Snider. Snider needs to go winter on his boat and leave the hockeying to hockey peeps
Bob > Bryz
And that’s why the Flyers have failed to win anymore cups. He needs to sit back and shut up.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
that was a horrible comparison between Richie, Simmonds and Schenn
and then you criticize the PK, where Richie helped
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:14 PM EST reply actions
Fifth
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Mike Milbury, calling out Bobs
lullllllzzzzz
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:14 PM EST reply actions
Bob wasn’t even remotely at fault for either of those first two. Probably could’ve got the third one but still not a bad goal or anything like that.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
it was such a subtle jab though, all i can do is laugh
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Wasn’t paying attention, so whatever. But he also called Bryz a poodle earlier today, so there’s that.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
i wasn’t confirming or denying the criticism
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
There’s a reason Milbury doesn’t coach or work for any teams anymore.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
the really crazy part is that he’s a better commentator than he was a general manager
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 12, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
Still want to beat him upside his head with a shoe.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 12, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
guy’s just too negative for my taste. seems like he’s always ranting about something, but then again i suppose that’s his schtick
Sarauj, Latvija!
At least he’s not Don Cherry
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
just once, JUST ONCE, Bob needs to come up with a big save….umm Mikey Mills needs to watch more than what he wants to see.
Bob > Bryz
who doesnt hate milbury…imagine how islanders fans feel
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
correct me if im wrong but i believe bob has come up with multiple big saves the last couple games.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
he said something about both bob and bryz being terrible in the pre game show. jones just looked at him with the “you have no idea what youre talking about face” but then went to commercial before the puck drop
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
LET'S GO FLYERS!!!
New game lets take this shit house.
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After moving to the US from PR the first hockey game I ever saw on tv was the Flyers stanley cup loss there……hated that damn building ever since.
GRAMMYS smh moment of the night (SPOILER WARNING)
David Grohl gives a beautiful acceptance speech which at the core said “fuck autotune.”
David Grohl gets played off the stage by Party Rock Anthem.
Sorry. I had to share that. #smh
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MOAR SPOILERS
Dave Grohl is the man.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions
That statement had nothing to do with the speech. Didn’t even see it. My point remains.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
the only music I deeply care about these days is Springsteen and Led Zeppelin
needless to say, i dont pay attention to much
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Springsteen has a new album coming out soon
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Nothing after Secret Garden
that’s my cut-off date
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Born inthe USA is my cut off and I have seen Bruce over 15 times starting in 1980
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Agenda!
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I like peoples reactions when I tell them my favorite bands. Its sad when people my age have no idea who they are
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by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
Epica, Abney Park, and Harry Chapin
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I thought the same thing. But Dave Grohl trying to act all counterculture is a bit, uh, hypocritical anyway.
If hockey gets me aroused, then I don't want to be right.
by Henry al-Sirat on Feb 12, 2012 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
Sarcasm here, but it would be hilarious to have a promotion/relegation system for the NHL, AHL, and various and sundry third-tier minor leagues
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Actually, not so much sarcasm. More of “I know it’ll never happen.”
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:21 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
would never want it to happen in real life, but it’s so fun to think about the concept.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 12, 2012 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it wouldn’t work with the waiver system and arena sizes and all, but the hypothetical possibilities are hilarious.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It might be fun if it was just the ECHL and CHL and third tier leagues, since they’re somewhat interchangeable according to the NHL CBA
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Since Orlando is getting an ECHL team thus year, I second the motion.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
It would never work or happen in America, but I am a huge fan of promotion/relegation systems in sports.
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It’s one of the many reasons why I prefer English soccer so much more than American soccer.
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aside from the whole talent difference lol
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions
That’s why I said many reasons. :)
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I think I’d actually watch MLS if they weren’t offering me the World’s B team of soccer players and calling them the best in the world
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
it just seems like the MLS is a lot slower of a game. the EPL seems like it goes back and forth a lot faster
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions
English soccer is second tier soccer if you ask me.
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
scoreboard is 0-0 boys. 20 minutes. 1 period. and we get a win and 2 points and they get 4 days off. i expect them to come out firing on all cylinders. but high expectations and the flyers are like oil and water
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:21 PM EST reply actions
request to those who know how to photoshop and stuff….can anyone make the easy button from staples be the trade button for homer? i think thatd be kind of funny. any time someone makes a mistake just post the trade button
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:24 PM EST reply actions
GAME ON!
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
Game over.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 12, 2012 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
Game on?
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That was ugly.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Trade
For a Goalie? hahahahahaa
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The Voice thought it was a goal. Heh.
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This defense is fucking woeful. Just fucking woeful.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
Don’t worry, Snider and Homer are gonna trade way more than needed to get a D-man by the trade deadline.
Sarauj, Latvija!
I know. It will also involve my favorite new Flyers, just for spite.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Can we just change the mantra in Philly from the goalie issue to we need a D Man?
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
One false narrative to another? Sure, why not.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
A D Man is so far from a false narrative.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:33 PM EST up reply actions
Keep yelling yourself that. Meanwhile, I’ll still be annoyed that nobody seems to remember that last year, we had three top-tier two-way centers, and now we have one.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Scoring is not the problem, the numbers speak for themselves.
The goals against do not.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Re-read that, LOD. He said two-way centers, meaning the problem is the forwards not playing defensively.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Two-way centers, meaning forwards who play both offense and defense.
Remember Richards and Carter? They were two of the best defensive forwards. Think losing two elite defensive minded forwards might have anything to do with a sudden drop in defense?
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I never really considered Carter a two way. Richards, Yes. Carter always struck me as lazy on the D.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
He wasn’t last year.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
Jeff Carter was great on defense last year.
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Hurts my feelings that you didn’t link to Jeff Carter, Two-way Forward.
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Sorry. Geoff’s article came to mind first. :(
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So we still have some luck on our side, at least that means it’s not over yet
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
No, no, sorry. That’s the first time somebody’s seen a name player that I can’t remember seeing.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Its the third
time to fold like all Philly teams this season
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The Flyers current D Men should never cross their own Blur Line, they are just not good enough to get back on a play.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
Fine blue lines. Still a valid point.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, Negadelphia. Never change.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
It’s beautiful, isn’t it?
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That way they can plan to blow it up, but in the end it doesn’t really happen?
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
That way it blows up in Ed Snider’s face.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think we can all agree that the defense is a big problem though, don’t you?
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
If you don’t think the D is a problem, your blind.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
like the refs from the past 5 games!
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
Lol, yep
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, I do think that — it’s something I’ve argued for a while, since before the off-season moves that weakened the team’s defense.
But this is what happens when you trade stars in their prime for prospects: the team just isn’t as good now. They can either trade those prospects for stars in their prime or accept that the team just won’t be as good as they were last year.
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In most games I would say we can come back but the Wings in Detroit, seems a little hard.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
no the front office hasnt broken the in case of emergency break glass for trade yet
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
When they do we get guys like Bryz.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
that was last years glass breaking. this year hasnt happened yet
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions
My point is made by this. That wasn’t the right move so I am sacred to see the next.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
trust me when i say i agree with you. i want us to just finish out the season, take a step back, see what happens with the CBA, and really evaluate what we need to do. not that they dont already im sure but it seems like things are a lot more knee jerk
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
I am with you on sitting back.I feel if there IS a good deal that doesn’t hurt the Flyers future then ok, but if it is going to hurt next year or more then no just finish with what we got and try again next year.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
I am sure if Flyers lose the Wings will win 21 home games.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
I am sure if Flyers lose the Wings willwingo unbeaten in 21 home games.
FTFY
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Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 12, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
TY.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
JVR, Brayden Schenn, Nick Cousins, Claude Giroux, Jaromir Jagr, and Scott Hartnell for Suter and Weber.
Come on, Homer.
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no no no…keep cousins
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
hahaha that made me laugh hysterically
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 12, 2012 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
if your defense is bad, play the trap, or switch to a style that masks your inefficiencies
or keep to a style that emphasizes your defensive mistakes
that works too
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
It worked in 2010…….
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he did
how do you think Leighton and Boucher looked so good?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
It did look good against the Chicago Blackhawks. But after his so called statement against the lightning. I wonder if he would do it again.
It started way before the Blackhawks, though.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 9:40 PM EST up reply actions
There is a difference between a trap and refusing to play hockey.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Lavi play anything other than his wear the players out with no Defense style……. Ha!
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by LegionofDoom on Feb 12, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
this…didnt someone say lavy played a trap style hockey his first year here in the playoffs or a hybrid trap last night. too naive at that time to know the different defenses and stuff
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
lol lavy actually use tact and logic pfffft “GO GO GO SCORE SCORE SCORE SCREW OUR GOALIES THEIR ARE PAID LIKE TIM THOMAS THEY WILL KEEP IT OUT I WANT BOTH D MEN DOWN LOW!!!!”
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MICHAEL!
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Penalty on Detroit woohoo!
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Extended delayed penalties are always fun.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:36 PM EST reply actions
They look better than the powerplay….that is completely unintuitive.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
they said history again
"I'm not going to get into a he-said she-said with the refs....I'm the he" - Chris Pronger
I'll miss you Richie
Lady of the board
Shot!
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by Henry al-Sirat on Feb 12, 2012 9:41 PM EST up reply actions
Mez…………
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
he Bourdon’d
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
sarcasm font needed
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Wings have one shot through 11 minutes this period and they’re winning. Yeesh.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:44 PM EST reply actions
Well when that shot is a goal, it is all you need.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions
no it was, but Simmer has two things going against him tonight.
1) hes black (after the detroit preseason game ive confirmed that hockey in detroit are racists)
2)hes wearing orange
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
and the orange is associated with a flying P logo
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
That game didn’t take place in Detroit.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:46 PM EST up reply actions
im aware it took place in London i just needed justification
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, you needed false justification to prove hockey in detroit are racists. I understand.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
true and not arguing your point but curious how far away was that game from detroit
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
london is only about 2 hours away from detroit. i drive thru threre from toronto on my way to visit family in Detroit
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Your second sentence and your signature are contradictory.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
LOL.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
whats wrong with pointing out the obvious. i love the guy and hope he never leaves this team. just cause i mention hes black means i did something wrong? disagree sir, disagree
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
It’s not that you mentioned he was black, that’s just a fact, it’s that you think him being black has anything to do with him not drawing a penalty that I disagree with.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
ahhhhh.
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
hockey in detroit are racists
This makes no sense, for about one million different reasons.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
by mikefive on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
could it be because detroit is a majority african american
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
Name them all or I’m calling shens.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
Namely, that game was played in London, Ontario, Canada.
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lol
we have just as many crazy idiots (well maybe not as crazy :P) but we have less people so it isn’t as noticeable usually :P
Go Canucks Go!
i doubt you’ll here it as long as we’ve heard the throwing snowballs at santa thing
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
I think it is just because of the logo on his sweater.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
can anyone explain how that wasnt a penalty?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:44 PM EST reply actions
No. But I’m sure Milbury will try.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:48 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
On a scale of 1-10, how inebriated are all of you? History watch is killing livers tonight
Following Dan Carcillo where ever he may go
Read, Rinaldo and Sestito Flyercrushes until his return
by Cillo stache on Feb 12, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions
The only way to win is to not play the game.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 12, 2012 9:49 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Tic Tac Toe.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
dude, love the reference
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
6 shots
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Hmmm gotta see that replay looked like a clear penalty
by EaglesFanatic80 on Feb 12, 2012 9:44 PM EST reply actions
Can we please control the puck for longer than three seconds please? can someone get into position please?
Two problems; 1. they aren’t being given three seconds, and; 2. They are playing like they have 5 seconds to decide what to do with the puck.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 12, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
Oh thanks for reminding me to not change the channel.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
I Can’t stand her either. It’s like asking me if I want to be kicked or punched in the balls.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
plus, I am a child of the 80s and even though I have never been a huge fan of Madonna I still can’t stand hearing how ground-breaking, shocking and innovative Gaga is when it was all done 20-30yrs ago
she’s like Madonna v2.0 but every one loves to say she is pushing boundaries and ground-breaking – drives me crazy
Go Canucks Go!
Exactly.
And the funny thing about her is that she actually has talent, I’ve seen a video of her pre-Gaga, not my style of music, but she could surely sing.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
But she went into this ATTENTION WHORE mode, and it’s just annoying as shit.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
And she’s in a glass case of emotion.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 12, 2012 9:54 PM EST up reply actions
Jagr was held or impeded during that entire rush but no call…no. Don’t worry about it. It’s cool.
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
i was thinking that, but didnt want to say anything
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
NHL rule 3000 Detroit must be allowed a wide berth while in lead in 3rd period.
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by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
2 goals in a game gives the man a little lee way
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
OT
Katy Perry is goddamn hot as hell…even with blue hair!
by lava96 on Feb 12, 2012 9:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions
FUCK WEEKENDS
Flyers Fans: We've survived Lock-outs, Lindros and Cooperalls. If you want to get rid of us, you'll have to split an atom or two.
This team just doesn’t have any magic! They haven’t played horrible but just no magic.
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This Detroit team is pretty good.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
Yeah. Datsyuk for starters. Great shift there.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
You watch this third period and you get it when you hear about how Detroit is the best team in the league in possession metrics.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
i took a shot
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
Now I know the Flyer most likely aren’t lifting the CUP this year.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
But at least I’ve got the Flyer Eddie on my computer. Thank you.
goldomatic, who is King in the art of wishful thinking
Welcome, unfortunately he can not play for us.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Yes!!!!
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
Mets style meltdown.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Read that as Blue Jackets meltdown. haha, not too much to hope for.
by DrunkHockeyFan on Feb 12, 2012 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
Come on man why not us.
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Probably because of the porous defense, the plethora of rookies, and the inconsistent goaltending.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Why can’t us?!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2GGW1eyy6qJ11Or8N#from=embed
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
y do they put up a graphic of the Flyers being scored on even when praising the Flyers
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions
Yep, and THAT’S a holding.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
not wearing orange
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Bender said it best
“we’re boned”
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Detroit had a lot to do with that though.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck!
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HISTORY?
SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
I’ve come to the realization that we just aren’t that good this year.
goldomatic, who is King in the art of wishful thinking
or that we might be finally playing at the level we should have been all year, along with the injuries. i still hate we were so dependent on pronger. its like the peyton manning syndrome
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
derp… 11-15 since the middle of December. Unacceptable. Hindsight is 20/20, but they should have done something when Pronger went down.
goldomatic, who is King in the art of wishful thinking
How many of those were shootout losses? Three?
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eh… I’ll get it right. 10-11. Some of this may be blind luck (I should know a thing or two about this given what I’ve been spending waaaaaaaayyyyyyy too much time on of late), but there are glaring weaknesses that the FO doesn’t seem to take seriously.
goldomatic, who is King in the art of wishful thinking
just get me a new fucking coach
do something at least, these games progressively suck more and more
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:02 PM EST reply actions
i feel the same way you do. i cant help but get excited and hopeful and it sucks being disappointed.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
that was a gut reaction
i feel better switching the channel
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Baseball can’t come soon enough
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
im going to try and get into phillies baseball more this year. not a huge baseball fan but i need something for the summer. how is it at the good phight? would i be tolerated as a relatively unknowledgeable fan?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
baseball is pretty uh, slow. so either drink or talk on the good phight
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
well seeing as i cant drink because of meds then i mine as well talk. ill be asking a lot of questions though i just dont want to get annoying. i mean i know rules and all that and follow the team a little know the players a bit, but there will definitely be times where you guys will talk about stuff and ill be oblivious
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah… but the game threads are good/entertaining. It’s wicked sarcastic though, so just a heads up about that.
www.southpawcurve.blogspot.com - check out my baseball blog!!
thank you for the heads up. i assume they dont use the sarcasm font over there?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
If you are willing to learn, you will be fine. But they are more gung-ho stats than BSH is.
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yeah but i always felt like baseball is a more gung-ho stats. plus i play fantasy baseball pretty intensely. not quite the same stats but im sure i can pick them up. or ill do what i do here and just ask for other people to provide the stats i dont know
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
A Yankees reference?! But seriously.. I celebrated Truck Day and it’s one of my favorite days of the year. I can’t wait for baseball… not that I’m not already at a park everyday now :)
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And that’s the song you play when you win, Detroit?
Lolololol.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
positive: I do like me some Journey
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:03 PM EST reply actions
I feel like that song follows me though!
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it might, but it’s damned good
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 12, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Breathe in, breathe out
The Flyers lost to the 2nd best team in the NHL by one goal on the road on the back-end of a back-to-back at the end of what has been a ridiculous stretch of seven games in eleven days.
Relax. Everything will be all right. Trust me.
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your right. but a 69 is great ON Valentines Day
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Rationality? Fuck that I wanna scream and complain about stuff.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
I want to scream and complain about people not being rational. But I got papers to finish grading and grades to enter in a gradebook.
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They are also 4-8 in their last 12. And yes, 3 of those 12 came in the S.O but so what? They are loses as much as they are wins for teams on the other side of it. I try and be rational as much as possible but rationally this team is not very good right now and no amount of window dressing is going to change that.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
it will never happen because its detroit
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
Thank God....
I wasn’t disappointed….lost just as I figured.
Good job fucking bums!
I can almost guarantee losses vs Buffalo and Pittsburgh this week too.
This defense blows….bad!
The PP is worthless and the PK could be scored on by the Mites.
by lava96 on Feb 12, 2012 10:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
but bob owns pittsburgh. we just start bob and pens lose….
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Thank god that baseball is coming. Getting my first Phillies game of the season in in less then a month.
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
Good thing we got Brayden Schenn to replace Jeff Carter in the “padding his stats with meaningless goals that don’t help us win games” category.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:05 PM EST reply actions
bullshit. without Schenn we wouldnt have even been in the game tonight
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Weekend games suck.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
damn reading all these comments its like they havent won a game all year…even champions have slumps there still time in this season
You have been watching?
I wasn't even a year old but I stayed up to be outside the Vet with my Dad and Mom when the Phillies won the World Series 1980.
by Christopher A on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
Wow hide the fucking knives. Get a hold of yourselves people!
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I want trades, new jerseys, new logo, everything!
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
yes, the season isn’t over yet :) and your season isn’t over – you aren’t out of playoff contention :)
Go Canucks Go!
You’d think we already planned the parade route and lost the cup! :)
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you mean those parade tickets i bought werent real?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
March
history tells us its going to get even worse next month
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM EST reply actions
we always have a shitty march
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
Meh, I don’t put a lot of stock in those kinds of patterns.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
last year march was the start of the decline. the year before that as well. this team notoriously does not have a good March. there was an article about it last year in the Philly Inquirer i think last year
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’m going to go out on a limb and predict we barely escape the 1st round and then get dominated in the 2nd.
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
but but the logo is why I became a flyers fan…..i actually realized it was a flying P when I got to high school. its pretty subtle.
OMG U JUST BLEW MY FUCKING MINDDDDDD
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
Last March – end of season: 7-7-6
2010 March – end of season: 9-10-3
2009 March – end of season: 11-10-1
2008 March – end of season: 10-4-4
So we’re generally mediocre in March except for one year.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
sorry u gotta start counting shootout losses as a lossjust the same which would make it
7-13
9-13
11-11
10-8
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
So I guess what your saying is….we should trade for Lupul, Umberger, Carter, Upshall and Richards and bring back John Stevens? At least they were above 500.
fuck no. just my point was that this is probably not going to get any better
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’m missing something here…does anyone here have realistic expectations that THIS team is going to win the Cup THIS year? They can hang, but they don’t have the killer instinct and it shows. Especially defensively.
Head Writer, Phans With Batteries
I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:09 PM EST reply actions
I think their chance of winning a cup is not marginally worse than it has been in other years.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
Just gotta make it in and hope the goalie gets hot, and hey, who knows?
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
I felt like there were a lot of rational people here at the beginning of the year that talked about the youth of the team and how they couldn’t be expected to go out and win it all this year. Yet people complain and die with every loss this team has. They aren’t going to pay a premium to replace anyone mid-season in a year when they don’t think they’re getting to the Finals and that is why you haven’t seen a move yet. Otherwise they would’ve tried to acquire someone when they first heard Pronger was done.
What are you going to do when you lose a top-six forward and your best defensemen to concussions?
Head Writer, Phans With Batteries
I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:13 PM EST up reply actions
I think part of it was that some of the rookies showed a lot more at the beginning than what you’d expect, so maybe a bit of hopeful delusion that we could replace what we’d given away. And it was the defense that was supposed to carry us, so when we started scoring goals that got everybody excited and it’s taken a little while to see that team defense is weak. Bryzgalov’s struggles (both real and as portrayed) have also masked some of that weakness. We’ve just had a very tough run of games and the cracks are showing wider.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
I should have said Bryzgalov’s struggles have distracted from that weakness, not masked.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
They have zero chance of winning the cup.
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think zero means what you think it does.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
I’m pretty sure zero means whatever I want it to mean.
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 10:12 PM EST up reply actions
if lavy stops being stubborn, plays his hybrid trap from 2010, and the goalies find their groove i think we have a decent shot. i mean hell in 2010 we had no shit either as the 7 seed….a kid can dream right?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Most people don’t even watch hockey, let alone know what a trap is.
Head Writer, Phans With Batteries
I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
eh. like i said he played a hybrid style of it in 2010 from what people are saying around here. i think his version of the trap is still a forechecking type of trap. not a we will wait until you come at us trap.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
Here’s where I am thinking about this.
The Flyers are not the best team in the league this year. They never were, I never thought they were, and they were never going to be. They are almost definitely going to be in the playoffs. Once you get in the playoffs, anything can happen. Just look at the 2010 Playoffs. Who saw the Flyers being eliminated Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in the beginning of April?
So, while the Flyers are not the best team in the league. In pretty much all likelihood, they will be one of 16 teams playing more than 82 hockey games. And from that point on, they have a chance. Just like the other 15 teams do.
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I agree, but they haven’t proven they can close against the Rangers. Although I’m totally expecting the Rangers to win the President’s trophy and then lose in the 1st round.
/Capitals’d
Head Writer, Phans With Batteries
I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
If the Rangers and Bruins stay healthy, I don’t see other Eastern teams getting past either of them.
Sarauj, Latvija!
Is the best case scenario to fall to the 6th seed and draw the SE winner? They are better on the road…
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I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
why isnt it that the rangers and bruins arent hitting that wall like it seemed we did last year? different style from the coach? i know we talked about them both coming back to earth but they still seem to be flying high
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
We hit that wall around Valentine’s Day. Give it some time.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
ok just wondering. i hope they hit the walls. especially boston. i think new york will trip up in the playoffs like every year. one because the pressure of being in new york right after a giants super bowl win, two because of past years, and three because im a flyers fan and hate them and want them to lose
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
This Flyers team is built around offense — certainly not defense — and the magic of the first 1st has disappeared. Jags is old and probably still nursing his groin injury. He can’t ‘step it up’. Giroux has played significantly worse since his concussion. The fact that Jags is playing noticeably worse affects G’s game, and now G is pressing and not exactly being G out there.
We’ve yet to figure out a productive 2nd line. We’ve been trying to figure out who will mesh with Briere, but the problem now looks to be BRIERE.
Our defense is worse than ever, which is quite the statement. I’m actually not worried about the goalies — they’re both fine.
This team lacks the right attitude. You can’t sleep walk through as many periods as they do and think you’ll just turn it on in the playoffs.
I don’t see this team getting to the ECF, let alone winning it. And I can’t see them beating Vancouver or Detroit or San Jose.
by fiveredapples on Feb 12, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
oh come now
the flyers just need to turn on the switch like last year
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I guess if I have to be named after a drunk driver, being named Pelle isn't so bad.
by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:25 PM EST up reply actions
Clearly, the ten rookies they’ve had to play, the injuries, the inconsistent goaltending, and the lousy coaching system have nothing on the almighty ATTITUDE. If only the Flyers WANTED IT MORE, they’d be a better team!
I don’t mean to be a dick, but come on now.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Eh, I don’t know, I think attitude does come into play. That 2010 team started MICHAEL LEIGHTON in goal and went to the Cup. I didn’t think that team was super talented, but they were ruthless. It’s not everything, but they do seem to be la-tee-da-ing at times.
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by Pronger? I don't even know her! on Feb 12, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
They were ruthless in the playoffs. They shat the bed down the stretch, blowing several chances to seal up a spot before the season finale. There was no reason the season had to come down to that last game against the Rangers, but it did.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
The 2010 team also went 3-14 during a stretch early in that year.
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Were going to get booed by Geoff if they got swept by the Bruins in the second round.
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well he only needed to put the booing on hold for one year
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
Hey, I stand by that.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 12, 2012 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
Of course you do…you’re a Caps fan.
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by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 11:23 PM EST up reply actions
That team, picked to win the Stanley Cup before the season, went 7-10-3 entering Game 82. If they then went 4-5 in the postseason, you’re damn right I boo.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 12, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
i have a hard time imagining you booing. i imagine you looking at the guy next to you booing and saying “that’s illogical.” or, maybe, “you’re wrong.”
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
I booed Raul Ibanez just last summer :)
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 13, 2012 11:41 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, I know you do. I’m just saying that teams can come from nowhere.
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I always maintain that on any given day (series of games even) the worst team in any professional sports league can beat the best team. Because even if you are the worst player in the NHL, you are still one of the best players in the world
and even the worst team in the league has great players
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Bob has three RBSes in his last four starts. Which is more of a critique of the defense around him than him, but still. Ouch.
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(RBS = “Really Bad Start” = Sv% < .850)
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:11 PM EST up reply actions
I’m getting tired of the excuses everyone makes for bob. he sucks. never going to be a workhorse goalie in the nhl.
if thats the case, and bob has similar numbers to bryz this year, that means the same applies to bryz correct? according to your logic. not being a smartass. just saying
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
Nah. Toronto can’t afford the cap hit of that bridge.
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Canadas economy is better than ours, at least they can afford to pay the Fucking TOLL
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
i blame the fed
/ron paul’d
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last year i blamed the Unions new stadium but i was ok with this. now another dollar for what i dont know
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
bryz's contract?
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i snorted at this
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Trade a different bridge, so I can still take the train into Center City.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
Hmmmm, it might be less painful to just build a new one than to deal with all the maintenance being done on that one
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, deal.
They probably could have had the Walt too, I just don’t want to cut off my only way to take the train.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
#historywatch I think was at 11, Travis.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:13 PM EST reply actions
And you just fucking know that the Red Wings are going to win #21 on a fucking shootout.
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i was talking about the kind of ammo for the double barrel….
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
may stats and logic protect you well
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:16 PM EST up reply actions
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
This ought to cheer some people up. A photo of Katy Perry’s…..uh…….uh…….
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if we continue to free fall to the dead line..does ne 1 expect a drastic move?
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not want one
but expect one
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If this defense doesn’t snap out of it I’d expect and want one
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id want us just to finish out the season the way it is. no point in mortgaging the future for a rental replacement with a new cba coming up
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:24 PM EST up reply actions
Which is why JVR for L. Schenn is making a lot of sense to me right now. We’re great up front, thin on the blue line. Schenn is young with a reasonable cap hit- if anything more reasonable then JVR going forward. It’s zero-sum, sure, but it could potentially sure up a defenseman spot for many years.
That having been said, I wouldn’t be upset if this did not happen.
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right but we could also do a lot more if we wait until the new cba and maybe get an amnesty buy out with bryz and pronger or one of them. either way, its tough to say what would be the right move. id rather the team wait and see what happens with the cba. i think this year isnt going to be a cup year and there isnt a reason to get rid of jvr just yet. plus the kid is injured. no one is going to trade a healthy person for an injured person plus im pretty sure both players have to pass physicals to be traded. which i dont think jvr would pass with a concussion
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t see this as a potential cup year either, and with the moves they made in the offseason, it seems the FO was content on making this a rebuilding year.
But the rational behind a potential healthy JVR for Luke trade is that we’re trading some strength to strengthen a weakness long-term. I’d be very, very upset with the FO if they dealt JVR for a rental or even an older defenseman who’s under contract for a few more years. Given Schenn’s age; and the fact that his brother is one the team already; I wouldn’t mind seeing it happen. And we’d save about $600K in cap space.
We’ll wait and see about the new CBA- I’m under the impression it won’t be too different from the current one. Bear in mind that the current doesn’t expire until Sept 15, so all the cap adjustments and free agency will still happen with the current deal (unless they come a new one before then, right DG?).
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i dont necessarily disagree with you, and i think the trade is pretty equal, but like i said, im pretty sure both players need to pass physicals, which if jvr is still dealing with concussion symptoms, i dont think hed pass a physical and the trade would be voided by the nhl
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
You’re right, it is a moot point. I just see rational behind it if JVR was healthy. It’s OK to disagree with me, in fact more often then not when you do, you’re right. :)
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trust me when i say i wasnt 100% sure i was right, but i remember the betts trade being voided by the nhl because of his injury and thats why we got him back. so i just assumed it would apply to this one. however i also see the rationale behind it and wouldnt totally be against it if jvr were healthy
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
You can trade an injured player if everything is disclosed, and choose to make the transaction anyway. Trades aren’t really mentioned in the CBA, but in the Bylaws it states that the teams accept the risks of the transaction when they make a trade.
If something isn’t disclosed, you can try to void it, but it’s not an automatic void like a waiver claim. You can look up the whole King/Oilers battle over the trade this summer to see that it doesn’t actually have to get voided.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
This is what’s funny. They set the cap officially on June 30th, and will use that number for the offseason. Nothing stops it from coming back down during the compliance window of the new agreement, though. It’s a lot of variables.
And I’m not too confident in your impression that it won’t be too different, there are lots of huge issues that need to be tackled.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:00 PM EST up reply actions
eh… it was just a hunch based on the lack of venom I heard with the NBA and NHL lockouts. There are some big differences out there, but it seems like both sides want a deal done, which wasn’t the case in the other two sports.
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i think, and more so hope, that the NHL and NHLPA both remember how much damage was done to the league fan wise and financially that they will do everything and anything to avoid any lockout of any sort. that being said, isnt the head of the NHLPA the same guy who was head of the MLBPA when they had their lockout in the 90’s? i dont know too much background but just hearing that scares me. i was thinking the other day what would i do without flyers hockey. like a lockout isnt just not playing. its nothing going on. what would happen to this board. it would go on but what would we talk about? maybe take the latest version of an nhl game and play a season. we can set up polls for doing moves and what not. could be interesting
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:14 PM EST up reply actions
Yes, Fehr did send baseball to the brink of oblivion in ‘94-95. It does scare me little bit too, but there isn’t the sabre rattling you heard back then, either. They do remember the damage they did with the cancelled season, and it’s only been the last few years they’ve gotten back to where they were.
As far as what to do without Flyers hockey…. well, uh… um…
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Lack of venom? One of the reasons the league and NHLPA haven’t started negotiations yet is the PA doesn’t think they have all the data on the Hockey Related Revenue calculation, because they need data when the league claims how many teams are actually not making money or barely breaking even. That’s just one thing, though, there are probably lots more.
Both sides want a deal done, this is true, but financially a lot of teams wouldn’t survive several more years under the current deal. There are some huge issues which are going to require concessions people aren’t going to want to make.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
In this context it’s an awkward time for the players to try to play a forceful hand, bring in Fehr, make sure they don’t get walked on, etc.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
the procrastination does strike me as odd. The lack of venom I’m referring to is the fact that I haven’t heard anyone explicitly say “the players/owners are greedy and we’re not going to move off our position” like we did with the NFL and NBA. There are issues, and both side acknowledge it, so I’m fairly confident something gets done.
That having been said, I’m submit to your opinion on this- you’re a lot closer to it then I am.
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I think the only reason there’s a perceived lack of venom is that at this point both sides have been quiet about establishing which issues they’re going to really fight over, so it’s been people like me and some media people in the know who are speculating over what the heavy hitting items will be.
To me, I think it’s sort of like they’re building up their walls under the cover of darkness so the defenses are already sturdy before they start shooting. When it starts, I don’t know how quickly it will get loud or how loud it will get, but I believe that it will be nasty. The question is how much of the nasty stuff the fans and media will actually be privy to, and how much they’ll manage to keep behind closed doors. This is all just my speculating though, because talks haven’t started even though they should have.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
They did say they’d start around the All-star game, now they’re saying after the playoffs. Cutting it a little too close for my comfort.
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Considering the number of issues, it’s a lot too close for mine.
It’s going to depend on how they go about it; if it’s ugly but they commit to sitting down all the time and hammering away at it, it’ll be okay. If they get all huffy and walk away from the table for stretches of time like the other leagues, then it could be trouble.
Personally, I don’t care how ugly it is, as long as I know they’re still talking and they act like they’re committed to getting it done on time. As long as they’re at the table, I’ll be able to handle it.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
i just hope the effect of the last lockout is still fresh in the minds of both sides, and somehow come to an agreement even if both sides need to make concessions, which most likely will need to happen
by profoundnotions on Feb 13, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
with concussions being such a big issue for current players, i wonder if there will be a big discussion about health care post nhl career due to symptoms from hits. kind of like in the nhl. not sure but would that be new ground for cba negotiations?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, that’s actually an issue that will need to be addressed during negotiations. Long term benefits and medical coverage for things that happened during your playing days is not new to the CBA, but the new information about concussions brings a new angle to those items and there will be an expectation that a much larger percentage of players are going to have persisting injuries when their careers end.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
just that idea alone scares me about a lockout possibly happening. but there are so many intangibles. plus, and im not trying to bring politics into it, but would a socialized health care system also play a part in an argument? im glad you do what you do and we just rely on you to be the expert, of which youre extremely good at
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:40 PM EST up reply actions
That brings up Canada and their health care system. Would the health care only pertain to those who elect to stay in the US?
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i would think about this with you, however i dont know much about both health care systems, theres also a big looming election this year for the US, and just so many other intangibles, and as awake as i am, it means my add is even worse and wouldnt be able to focus long enough to find the info. i could it would just take me a while. plus would it depend on current residency, or like a contract you sign saying youd stay a certain place to become a resident, or would it be based on citizenship. my heads spinning already
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
The agreement won’t really allow anything that’s only available to US players or vice versa, so I can say that much. There are too many variables in play to determine much else, honestly, because currently a lot of the disability benefits are listed in raw dollars rather than promises of PPO coverage.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:54 PM EST up reply actions
like for example, a player could say he will stay in the us so the nhl might have to pay for his health care. or he gets private. or obama care. or stays a canadian citizen, but stays in the us where he gets his health care paid for by the nhl, but his family are all canadian citizens as well, and he takes them there to have their health care covered for almost free(not sure what the residency requirements are for canada but if you own a house you might be considered) and takes his family there. who knows
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:55 PM EST up reply actions
time for some Karl Pilkington to forget about the Flyers losing and to escape all the negativity.
Bob > Bryz
Legitimate complaint
Sean Couturier played 7:08 tonight.
Eric Wellwood played 10:44 tonight.
…?
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:25 PM EST reply actions
Correction: that was at ES
In total, Couturier played 10:01, Wellwood 11:22. Still not really explicable.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
Its because Couturier had to play on the 4th line due to all the injuries. The Red Wings would have scored 10 goals if our 4th line was Wellwood, Sestito, and Rinaldo.
"Fuckin right G."
This. Giving Couturier more ES minutes means giving more minutes to Sestito and Rinaldo. Giving minutes to Wellwood was mostly time spent with Talbot and Read.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:31 PM EST up reply actions
hopefully with whatever moves we make in the offseason or…gulp trade deadline, couturier will get to move up and really get going developing all his skills, and not just his sick nasty defensive skills. some of his wrister goals top shelf have been so nasty
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
i wish briere would have his ntc a team like nashville could take his cap hit
and since he’s a playoff machine that might be a draw for them
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It’s not so much about moving Scooter up, for me, it’s about having somebody else carry that dead weight if they move him. Whoever gets stuck with that kind of line is going to suffer, but it still takes wasting someone with skill to make that sort of line palatable.
Even just Scrabble/Scooter/Rinaldo bothers me infinitely less than Sestito/Scooter/Rinaldo; but having both 36 and 32 on the same line will kill whoever is stuck in the middle.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
agreed. curious, whats the deal with betts? did we just ltir him for the sake of it or could he come back and play if we say, i dont know, finally waived jody shelley
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
Last report I heard, his knee isn’t really responding to rehab and he’s been hanging out with the coaches like Lappy. At least that’s what Homer said, so there are several grains of salt to go with that.
It doesn’t look like there’s any chance of him playing. In 24/7 Homer had a little list of who was injured and on IR/LTIR written on his whiteboard and Betts wasn’t even listed there; which made me think him coming back isn’t even on the radar. Which makes me sad, since I still like him a lot and think we could use him.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
damn. well there goes that plan. was just a thought
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Left a question for you up there- what if there’s an agreement between now and the next free agency period? Does the current CBA still hold for this upcoming offseason, or would the new one supersede it?
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The current CBA expires on September 15. I’m fairly positive it runs its course until then, no matter when they reach an agreement on a new one.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:52 PM EST up reply actions
even if thats the case, i still hope they dont make a trade at the dead line. i dont think there is any move we could make that would win us the cup
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
Pretty much.
If they actually had the new one ratified and executed before that, they might be able to start implementing some of the compliance provisions before September 15th. But it doesn’t look like there will be any chance for an early agreement, so I say we should just expect this one to run it’s course.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:58 PM EST up reply actions
My problem isn’t with that thinking, my problem is with the fact that a guy who’s playing in his fifth career NHL game is on the third line while our top prospect who’s shown huge amounts of offensive potential this season is on the fourth line in the first place.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:36 PM EST up reply actions
They need someone to play center. Would you rather the guy with 4 NHL games play center?
I agree that something is off, but… if you’re going to play Rinaldo and Sestito, do you also want Wellwood in between them? I say no.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 12, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
then stop fucking playing rinaldo and sestito and play god damn harry z and wellwood on the fourth line wit cooter DAMN IT LAVY!!!!
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laviolette makes me physically angrey……
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I loved the lines that they were using around the time of the Winter Classic.
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by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Of course, that requires health from 93 and 21.
I think that Sestito going out and hitting everything that moved in that game a couple weeks back against the Bruins probably made him stick, and while that was awesome at the time, right now it’s a bit frustrating.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
Oh dear, sorry about that- I read Sestito as Rinaldo at first.
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All good. I didn’t even mean it like that, though. Sestito is even in penalties drawn/taken, and Rinaldo has taken barely more than he’s drawn.
I meant it like this: Sestito went flying around like a homing missile that entire game, hitting Chara a bunch of times, hitting Horton (a bit late, but shhh), hitting everyone, and people talked a lot after that game about how aggressive he and the rest of the team was and how great it was that an undermanned squad was able to be rough and physical with big bad Boston and take them to a shootout. His play in that game has basically helped him stay around for a while. However, this ignores the simple reality that he probably doesn’t bring as much to this team as a Zolnierczyk or a Wellwood does. Neither does Rinaldo. But fans like them both and he punched some guys on the Rangers a bunch of times, so they’re going to hang around at least until everyone else gets healthy, and we’ll see what happens then.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
There’s definitely room for one guy like that- but two seems to be a bit much to me. Given a choice, I’d go with Rinaldo (?)
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I probably would as well. Though if the twelve guys mentioned above are healthy, give me all of them over either one.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
i think its kind of a flip of the coin situation. either one would be sufficient. i might go sestito, just because of his size. in the playoffs, 11 minutes of him running around make big SMART checks, would not only get on the nerves of the other team and maybe draw penalties, but also wear them down
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:58 PM EST up reply actions
Rinaldo is listed as a center on the team’s roster. Let him try. (shrug)
You’re right that it’s not exactly ideal to have those three all in at the same time, but the way that things are setting up right now, you have four guys (14, 32, 36, 47) who basically aren’t getting much playing time at all. I would rather lower that number to three, give 32-36-47 five minutes a game, take my chances that the other team’s fourth line doesn’t go beast mode against them, and get Couturier up with legitimate offensive forwards and give him a chance.
Obviously, this situation would be significantly lessened if one if not both of Sestito or Rinaldo wasn’t here any more, and the end result is going to be far from ideal either way.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
If my options are:
1. have a Wellwood or Holmstrom or Zolnierczyk with the fourth line guys playing five minutes a game against Detroit’s fourth liners while having Couturier’s offensive (and defensive) skill up with the guys on the second or third line where they can actually be put to good use, OR:
2. have Couturier wasting time with the fourth line guys and getting no good chances offensively while having a guy playing in his second game of the season playing on the third line where he’ll actually have to face good players (which is exactly what happened tonight)…
Yeah, give me option #1 every day of the week.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
You’re treating it as if Wellwood and Scooter play the same role, though, and they don’t. Wellwood is not going to center a line and carry two lesser players by himself, he’s a winger. Holmstrom could be put in 4th line center role and move Scooter up, but I don’t feel Wellwood can.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:41 PM EST up reply actions
and this makes for a bigger problem when the other coach gets last change.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
The Sestito-Couturier-Rinaldo line faced off almost exclusively with Detroit’s fourth line of Holmstrom-Emmerton-Mursak, though. I think the importance of being able to “carry the fourth line” might be a bit overstated here when all they’re doing is facing off against the other team’s fourth line (even if Detroit’s fourth line is actually kinda decent by 4th line standards).
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions
I think you have to use personnel who can make your fourth line at least palatable or tolerable before you put it out there, even if it’s againste the worst fourth line in the NHL.
IMO, if you don’t put any importance on making your fourth line somewhat serviceable, you might as well only roll 3 lines because they shouldn’t even get that 7 minutes of ES ice time.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:55 PM EST up reply actions
thanks for the data
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
Scooter has played too well for Lavi’s liking, and his ice time is decreasing because of it. We only want sucky players like Briere out there
If I started playing ice hockey right now, I could be better than Jody Shelley in 2 weeks
scratch Briere, move Juicy to his place, Scrabble where Juicy plays?
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions
That just put a great idea in my head. I’d love it if Briere got moved down to the fourth line. Start showing some frickin effort/leadership out there. You’re a veteran, making the most money, and are housing two of our rookies. Play like you at least care
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so no playing Scrabble?
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by Matan Freedman on Feb 12, 2012 10:30 PM EST up reply actions
If the Flyers looked flat, maybe it’s in part due to the fact that they’ve played SEVEN GAMES IN TEN DAYS.
I doubt it’s because they DON’T CARE.
Please stop with this.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
I don’t think it’s that they don’t care, it’s I don’t think they are that good. Which, in my mind, is the lesser of two evils.
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maybe it might be more of a caring too much. trying to be perfect and not having fun anymore. i dont know what the reason is. there are many theories
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:34 PM EST up reply actions
i think this is giroux prob honestly…when the team was kciking ass he was on a tear since he wasnt unde rsuch pressure ..now we all expect it and he’s trying to do everything
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im not defending bryz, but that could be the same for him as well. like i said i dont know, im just throwing stuff out there to stimulate conversation
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
i dont disagree at all about bryz, however i also believe he was a product of a conservative system
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i agree with that as well. well agree to agree
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
THERE IS NO PLACE FOR LOGIC ON THE INTERNETS. HOW DARE YOU.
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by Chemistry66 on Feb 12, 2012 10:35 PM EST up reply actions
Sometimes the effort isn’t there from a player or a team but when there are other explanations you can find when you watch a game, including what the other team is doing, then to just go for no-effort seems, well, lazy.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
You are using logic and rationality. This is not permitted when the appropriate reaction is to clearly blow it up again because the blow up of the summer was the biggest failure in the history of failing.
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i love that the video shows the coyotes playing defense so well…good coaching good system
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It's called a slump!
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i like slumpy bears
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"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
That win against the Maple Leafs feels like it was more than a week ago, and it’s like we haven’t won three games since Christmas. Kvetching makes me feel like I’m part of the entitlement society.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 10:47 PM EST reply actions
there's an app for that.
use your hands to build things,
use your hands to break things
/ anti-music that uses rationality for toilet paper.
So I put this on and then went back to scrolling comments and about 45 seconds later am trying to figure out why I’m so irritated. Need to go find my Laibach.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
Man these people would have never survived the mid eighties or early 90s. Dark days.
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Agreed. It’s good BSH didn’t exist in the season-that-shall-not-be-discussed; because it probably would have imploded.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
i wasnt alive until 90….i guess consider spoiled as a flyers fan
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 10:57 PM EST up reply actions
Personally I’m in a fan slump. Just burnt out and tired of the sloppy play. Also I’m scared of the other skate dropping on this trade deadline.
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by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 11:01 PM EST up reply actions
I think that’s understandable, though, I’m worried about the same thing.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 12, 2012 11:03 PM EST up reply actions
It also doesn’t help that I had to wake up at 5:45 yesterday and today to work mites games in 40 degree weather.
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by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 11:05 PM EST up reply actions
i tore my meniscus at work at the end of july id switch with you to have two good knees for a while. im miserable not being to do anything physical work out wise not involving my legs
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
That blows.
Get well soon.
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by KreiderDesigns on Feb 12, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
thank you. third day of physical therapy tomorrow. although its been sore the past two days. they still technically dont know if it healed or if its torn. its a workers comp case thats been dragged in the mud, so the ortho said go to pt and see what happens. i have 3 appointments this week. see what happens. i neglected doing my strengthening exercises this weekend. lack of physical activity, plus winter, plus life events have put me in a serious depression so i have 0 motivation to do anything even though i have tones of energy from not doing anything for 6 months
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yikes, sorry to hear all this. Spring’s coming…
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i know my goal is to be ready by spring break in mid march. im certainly pushing it when it comes to pt. my 2 session was on friday and i almost forced the guy to let me do another exercise. hes definitely going to have to restrain me because of how bad i want to be able to do things again. 22 years old, i cant run, play basketball, football, barely ride my brand new quad, i got muffin tops worse than the pillsbury dough boy from the eating because of depression, yet somehow i lost 15 pounds in the last 3 months. probably muscle but i havent gotten any fatter so i guess there is a silver lining
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, too much too soon is a good way to get hurt. I’m learning that the hard way right now; I’m training for a marathon and have been adding too many miles too quickly and now my right knee is really starting to act up. Take it easy, you’ll get there…
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ugh. what i would give to be in your position. i cant even imagine how amazing that endorphine high would be. i mean hell i got one from doing 10 minutes on the exercise bike the other day haha
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
You’ll get there. Start low and build up. It is an incredible feeling when you’re finished pushing yourself. You’ll get there I’m sure.
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thanks and i know i will. its just physical activity plays a lot bigger role in my life than just being physical. my brain doesnt work quite like it should and being able to physically exhaust myself helps control it and make it work like it should without being on “crazy pills” which everyone my age seems to think means you are a monster
by profoundnotions on Feb 13, 2012 12:00 AM EST up reply actions
my three teams that i root for the most, one had a terrible season(rams at 2-14) the sooners(fell flat on their face) and now the flyers doing their what seems to be annual after the all star break slump. at least its been a mild winter with no snow. but a stupid trade will ruin that one bright spot for me
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
or a 60 inch snow storm
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lol well id get a couple snow days even for college if that happened. so i wouldnt necessarily hate that. plus, with the way this winter has gone, it would be 60 and melted within a week haha
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:07 PM EST up reply actions
you could get that 8 foot snowstorm they got by the great lakes last year, freak weather pattern kept circulating the same snow clouds over the lakes and on a town again and again each time the clouds kept grabbing moisture from the body of water
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wow i just debbie downer’d myself
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haha thats happened a couple times. buffalo had it bad i think 2 years ago. in 2 days they got 7 feet. then watertown got it bad which i think is the one youre talking about. then my dad works for state farm he had to go to maine when they got like 9 feet of snow because of all the roof collapses. but in upstate new york, even a 3 foot storm, depending on when it hits and where it comes from is only a 2 day mess at max. they usually seem to just let the storm roll through as is and once it starts winding down a snow plow goes by basically 20 minutes on the dot. and im on one of those roads that they rarely plow, but for some reason the ambulances use at all times
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:17 PM EST up reply actions
by the way, whats the opposite of debbie downer? ive always thought optimistic ophelia.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
i dont know what this is, but im assuming its an ophelia, maybe from a shakespeare play, and thats what made you laugh?
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:25 PM EST up reply actions
that’s great.
optimistic ophelia harried by hamlet.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:26 PM EST up reply actions
hahahaha you know what, i like the irony of it. so im going to stick with optimistic ophelia
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
In all honesty, we have a lot of young, talented forwards. If we were to get a young D-man—one that we know we’d have on our team for a number of years—for one of them, I’d probably do it depending on who it was and what else was involved. I’d be much more welcoming to that than I would be to trading one of them for a 31-year old UFA guy.
All of this said, the only guy who fits this bill that seems to be on the market is Luke Schenn, which isn’t surprising since teams don’t exactly like trading promising young defensemen.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 12, 2012 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
i think burke has expressed he is willing to trade schenn. however, the only player people seem to be willing to depart with to trade for schenn from our team is jvr who is injured and the trade would be voided. reaper mentioned something about what if burke accepted anyways but i dont know if he could do that
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:21 PM EST up reply actions
didnt he do it for a player already?
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i dont know. something youd need to look up
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
i dont know how i would survive as a fan for 20 years like that. i think fortunately for me, the way sports are now these days, there is a lot more parity with athletes, so i dont think a 20 year suck period is as possible. that being said, id stick by my three teams right now no matter what. i mean hell, the rams have won more than 2 games once since i think 2005…so im used to being a fan of a bad team. not as long as 20, but this year as a rams fan was certainly very disappointing.
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:24 PM EST up reply actions
hey at least you got to play spoiler this year. and i think showwalter will get you guys on the right track soon. i hope so at least. id love to see the al east ruled by the orioles and rays. suck it boston and new york
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:32 PM EST up reply actions
Agree with that 100%. Nothing was sweeter then that last day against Boston- watching their season get destroyed in a matter of minutes was worthy of celebration and song.
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i live around the albany area and was at work. they were broadcasting the rays yankees game so we listened to the whole game at work and they kept giving updates. when the rays tied it i went nuts because i hate boston. then driving home i heard boston loss which i celebrated then of course almost crashed on the highway when longo hit the winning homer. was almost as sweet as when we came back from down 3-0
by profoundnotions on Feb 12, 2012 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
Leon Stickle would be dead.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 12, 2012 11:09 PM EST up reply actions
You mean the early eighties? After going to the finals in 1980, they won one playoff series (preliminary round in 1981) until 1985. Then they went Cup Finals, 1st round exit, Cup Finals, 1st round exit, Conference Finals.
Then the dark days.
When we get into a slump here everyone reminds me of how I felt during 1989-90 and 1990-91. Trust me, these Flyers teams are MUCH better than those.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Folks, in a couple of weeks this stretch will be a distant memory. If everyone gets healthy, the team makes a reasonable deal for a defenseman, and Bryz keeps up his solid play since the all-star break (.947 save percentage before getting sick), everything will be fine.
That doesn’t mean we’re going to win any championships, but it will be miles better than it is right now.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Bryz is .921/2.04 since the new year. The more you know.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 13, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
2.29, not 2.04. Still, not bad.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 13, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
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