Monday Morning Fly By: Ice Girl Falls, Everybody Stares
by Travis Hughes on Feb 20, 2012 6:00 AM EST
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Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes...
- The Flyers will practice at Skate Zone in Voorhees at 11 a.m. today. It's a holiday, and if you're off, you should go.
- The Flyers Wives Carnival was yesterday at the Wells Fargo Center. It's the 35th edition of the annual charity event, but that doesn't mean it's getting old. [CSN Philly]
- Chris Pronger's wife Lauren is the chairwoman of the Carnival. She spoke to reporters yesterday about Chris' status these days, and ... it's not good. Get well soon, Chris. [CSN] [Inquirer] [CSN]
- If you missed it on Sunday, Tom Sestito was placed on LTIR and Marc-Andre Bourdon was assigned to the Adirondack Phantoms.
- Jaromir Jagr on newly acquired defenseman Pavel Kubina: "He's playing dirty. I think that's what we're missing a little bit." [Inquirer]
- All's quiet with the Flyers on the trade front after the Kubina and Nicklas Grossman trades, and the sense is that Paul Holmgren and Co. are comfortable with the team as currently assembled. [Daily News]
- The Phantoms beat Manchester on Friday night and Sunday, but fell to Bridgeport Saturday. [Post Star] And Jon Kalinski is gone. [Post Star]
- James Neal scored a goal against the Flyers on Saturday, then signed a six-year, $30 million contract on Sunday. [Pensburgh]
- A tribute to Sudden Death, the best (only?) Stanley Cup action movie of all-time. [SBNation.com]
- Get ready to hear Rangers fans whine about injustice and clock malfunctions again. [Puck Daddy]
- CBC's Elliotte Friedman mentioned offensive zone starts during HNIC on Saturday night. [CBC]
- FInally, Hockey Day In America was on NBC yesterday. Here's a blast from the past look at what Sunday hockey on NBC used to look like. [Habs Eyes On The Prize]
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Wait, its a holiday?
I'm kind of a dick.
by Vansteel on Feb 20, 2012 6:55 AM EST via Android app reply actions
Same here. I’m at work, as always.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
My work is slow this time of year, anyway, so I’m just sitting at home, waiting for more people to get on here….or at least until 12 when I can go to the bar….
I'm kind of a dick.
My work is slow right now too. It shouldn’t be, there’s two projects on the schedule for me. But on both I’m waiting for further clarification as to what exactly it is that I’m supposed to be doing, and when it’s due. It’s fairly annoying.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
My work is never slow. When the main projects slow down, I do all the administrative drek that accumulates during the busy times.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 20, 2012 10:24 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
How were the day drinking Lehigh girls last week?
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
They were mainly dressed like blue-collar guys who took off work early. Disappointed, to say the least.
I'm kind of a dick.
Just be happy you avoided genital warts for another weekend.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Nothing says “hockey blog” quite like
Just be happy you avoided genital warts for another weekend.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
That’s my problem with Columbus. There’s nothing to avoid.
- Jeff
by Lesion of Doom on Feb 20, 2012 10:45 AM EST up reply actions
I appreciate that you didn’t jump to the conclusion that I already have them. Thanks!
I'm kind of a dick.
I realize it’s a leap of faith considering your typical feeding ground, but I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Carnival
My 9 year old daughter beat Coburn in Wii boxing yesterday, trade him now!
I lurk on Twitter as @LusipherPE
Pronger
So sad to hear he isn’t improving. Can only hope he gets better for himself and his family. Get better Chris!
The Legion of Doom would still kick butt today!
All aboard the Wayne-train!
"These cows are small, those cows are far away."
As a Flyers fan, and as a fan of Pronger’s, I selfishly want him to get healthy and come back to the ice next season….but as a human being, I really don’t want him to at all. If he’s as bad as it seems like he is now, why would he or should he risk even further injury by coming back and playing? Either way, I just hope he can get back to a normal life soon.
Get well soon, Prongs!
Fighter of the Nightman.
Champion of the Sun.
just to be even more selfish, I want him to recover fully enough to pass a physical and not report so his contract is nullified. that way he gets to be himself again, which is most important and the worst thing about the comments by mrs. pronger, and we aren’t on the hook for the cap. not saying I want that other than the pronger gets better part, just taking the selfish part a step farther
by profoundnotions on Feb 20, 2012 10:49 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Worse, Lappy was just hurt. Prongs is incapacitated, he is much more like Primeau, who had major symptoms for months.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
i really hope prongs and primeau get together to share experiences. i know i’ve heard depression is part of some of the symptoms and i think it would be good to have someone else who is going or has gone through what youre going through right now. even if the prognosis is bad, its always good to talk to someone who has improved with same kind of injury. depression in itself can be a very nasty thing. get well soon prongs.
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:05 AM EST up reply actions
grrrrreat......
Just heard the Kubina interview on CSN. That man is NOT happy to be leaving Tampa.
Jagr shoots, Jagr scores!!!!!!
by Vinny A on Feb 20, 2012 7:44 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
There’s an awesome aquarium and some neat museums, but Tampa as a whole is not on my favorite cities list.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 20, 2012 10:26 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
So getting to the playoffs is not high on his list of priorities. Good to know.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
-Rick Nash
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions
fucker. I bought seasons 1-4 awhile ago for i think 50 dollars something like that? Son of a bitch
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
I'd provide one but....
It was on tv. Haven’t checked to see if it’s online. I did hear he requested a trade but I wouldn’t have believed it based on how he was talking.
Jagr shoots, Jagr scores!!!!!!
by Vinny A on Feb 20, 2012 8:35 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
try this link:
http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/video?PID=7nVM2-MM255CaUQqlt6RPSIF_CPoPcYHbFBf6W
The Legion of Doom would still kick butt today!
All aboard the Wayne-train!
"These cows are small, those cows are far away."
Wait.
Didn’t he demand the trade?
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by MJDII on Feb 20, 2012 8:23 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
From Raw Charge a couple of days ago
The Lightning requested Kubina, who has a limited No Trade Clause, submit a list of five teams he is willing to accept a trade to (a stipulation of his clause).
If Kubina does not submit a list of teams to the Lightning by next Thursday, the No Trade Clause becomes waived, and the Bolts will be able to trade him wherever they wish.
I'm kind of a dick.
Sounds like they wanted to trade him, not that he wanted to be traded.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
I live here in Tampa. Them have been talking about him not getting along with the new management on the radio here and how he wants to win.
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 20, 2012 8:33 AM EST up reply actions
That seems contrary to his interview he gave to the Tampa press. Said he took less money to stay in TB….
I'm kind of a dick.
I have seen that but for about 2 weeks here they have been talking getting rid of him. That he isn;t happy will owner from inside sources they claim and he doesn’t have the desire to win in Tampa. I am just stating what there Local radio guy that whines about the bolts all the time thinks. He is also very unhappy he went to the Flyers.
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 20, 2012 8:49 AM EST up reply actions
The Radio guy. He hates everyone that goes to us but Loves guys they get from us. He used to have Gagne’s dick in his mouth all the time.
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 20, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
I like living in sunny florida I don’t like working here. I think he liked living here and the people just not where he worked like a lot of 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 20, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
Said he took less money to stay in TB….
Yes, but that could have been before his issues with the new management and getting impatient with the team sucking. Maybe he accepted a smaller contract so that he could stay in TB, thinking they had a shot at winning, and now regrets it because they’ve apparently thrown in the towel. I dunno, I haven’t gotten to reading any of the interviews yet, just speculation based on what I gather from the comments here.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Watch the video that mrberg19 posted above. It certainly doesn’t sound like he’s happy to be leaving.
I'm kind of a dick.
We’re missing additional comments before and after the clip, but I think my theory still holds. Sounds like he’s pissed that he didn’t leave earlier, on his own terms, when he had a chance to. He had better offers elsewhere, but decided to stay. Now TB sucks and they traded him. So he’s pissed about the trade, because he could have avoided it and all the hassles with TB if he had taken the better offers earlier instead of taking a discount to stay. He cared about TB and now he got burned by them.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
And he was given the option of listing 5 teams, so he has to be at least somewhat excited to play for the Flyers.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
Unless, as Van said above, he didn’t provide the list in time, then he had no say. I have no idea if he provided the list or not.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
That seems like a pretty worthless NTC if they can void the whole thing if he doesn’t provide a list of teams within a certain timeframe. I guess as worthless as Gagne’s.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
It’s a “limited NTC”, so I guess that means the player can just restrict what teams he is traded to, where a full NTC blocks trades completely. But that’s my guess, I defer to the experts on this one.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Yea, I’ve just been feeling bad for these guys who get their NTCs in one form or another and feel secure, but then get forced into a trade anyway.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 9:52 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, it does kinda suck for them.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Why didn’t he just give 5 seller teams trying to get younger? They wouldn’t trade 2nd rounder for a 35plus year old
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 4:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
According to Yzerman, he never actually submitted the 5 teams, but accepted the trade to Philly.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
Just seems like he was put in the same position as Richards and Carter. Took a team friendly contract and now the team traded him so he’s annoyed about it. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to be here. If he didn’t want to come to the Flyers he could have vetoed the trade.
The Flyers are 2011 Atlantic Division Champs, the Phillies just keep winning pennant after pennant. Great time to be a fan of those two teams on Broad Street.
I agree, that’s what I hear when I watch the video. Wishing he had taken a better offer elsewhere when he had the opportunity, instead of getting the shaft from TB like this. He’s not pissed about the Flyers, he’s pissed at TB for the way this played out after he took a hometown discount to stay.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Exactly, I just feel as a fan base we’re way too reactionary and defensive and think anytime a player is annoyed with a situation it has to do with us. It doesn’t. He could’ve put the Devils on that five team list instead of us if he hates Philadelphia. Relax people.
The Flyers are 2011 Atlantic Division Champs, the Phillies just keep winning pennant after pennant. Great time to be a fan of those two teams on Broad Street.
I don’t think anyone was really saying Philly was the problem. (at least I wasn’t) I was simply stating that it didn’t sound like he was happy to be leaving TB.
I'm kind of a dick.
well at least if he comes here he actually might have a chance of winning something. or his chances of winning something are better here than they were in tampa. at least i would assume/hope so
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:10 AM EST up reply actions
First she is day to day, then two weeks from now it’s LTIR.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Should we send someone to help speed her recovery?
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Yes. But bonus points to you for catching it before anyone else.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Not really, he called himself on being creepy.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Neal extension
With that the Pens have $51 mil wrapped into 10 players, not much left to another 14 players or so under for next year assuming the cap goes up $2 mil maybe 3
#1 Flyer fan in Iowa
Giving Neal $5 mil a year after just one season of these numbers seems like a risky move. Maybe I’m wrong, but James Neal getting $5 mil a year, generally, seems like a bad overpayment to me.
"Jagr doesn’t have moves. He has grizzled old man power. He bends reality to his will with a scowl alone." - BannedStreetBully
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by Mitchell Green on Feb 20, 2012 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
its either going to be a big gamble that pays off, or its going to be a ville leino type situation. i hope for the latter. and like crosby sucks mentioned, with the cap and everything, they could be in big trouble.
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:13 AM EST up reply actions
Phantoms Link
So the Phantoms played at home, in Bridgeport and in Manchester this weekend…and won 2 out of the 3. Kalinski travelled from GF to go to Norfolk. Phantoms snapped a ten game losing streak on the road. Just sayin.
er, yeah. I was clearly looking at the wrong weekend on the schedule. Thanks.
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by Travis Hughes on Feb 20, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
Actually, the guys in that picture (Bourdon and Carle? Hard to read the numbers that small.) seem more concerned with the fate of that shovel than the Ice Girl.
So anyway, is it time to start winning yet?
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
It is Bourdon. The other girl has a shit eating grin on though. Hahah.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 10:11 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Yes, that bright, white smile really stands out when surrounded by so much fake tan.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
hahaha
beat me to it
"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?"
by PraiseMartyMoose on Feb 20, 2012 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
Haha, those teeth are probably as real as that tan. But she is quite the looker.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 10:31 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
“What’s up Ben and Jerry’s? Chris Angel?”
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 10:13 AM EST reply actions
OT
I was at a bar last night where they were showing a WWE pay-per-view event. Wow. These people come into the bar with their fake WWE belts and all that. What a freak show. I told the bartender I’m coming in for the next Flyers game in all my gear, and I’m just going to start cross-checking people….
I'm kind of a dick.
Just be sure to start fights to get the bar energized when they get too apathetic.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Just be sure to start fightsto get the bar energized when they get too apatheticbecause you’re a drunk asshole.
Fixed that for you….
I'm kind of a dick.
I feel like we could be great friends.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
Some people take that shit seriously. I equate it to the teenagers and grown men who sit down by the area where the players come out of the tunnel, waiting to get a glimpse out of them, while they ignore their girlfriends.
The worst of WWE fans = Superfan
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions
Well, I can kind of understand it when you’re at the live event. But at a bar? Why are you bringing your belt in? And, by the way, this is a woman. Ever seen one?
I'm kind of a dick.
“You see with your eyes not with your hands”
Touching is different. Most have never.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
I won’t ever understand ignoring your hot girlfriend for a glimpse of a few seconds at a player. If you’re meeting them and having a conversation? Sure. but simply for a glimpse is pretty weird to me.
These people would be doing it in their own homes, but the pay per view is pretty expensive. They bring their belt in because this was the shit they enjoyed when they were kids.
I have seen Wrestling fans who were women. It’s interesting
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
The best wrestling is by far the amateur extreme backyard stuff.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
Huh… I just normally refer to that as foreplay
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
Well, if she’s my girlfriend, I figure I can see her any time I want. Flyers? Not so much. It’s not like you’re ignoring her for the whole night, just a minute or two….
I'm kind of a dick.
i think it depends on the situation. at some point i hope to live in philly and be a season ticket holder (a 22 year old can dream right?) but if it was how it is now, where i see one home game a season, and had a chance to see them come out of the tunnel, id ignore a girl for them coming out. if shes your girlfriend going to the game with you shes going to understand. after seeing them the first time though id be back to making sure shes having a good time.
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:17 AM EST up reply actions
Czech connection.
Once the game starts, it’s hockey. But outside the rink, it’s comforting if there is a common background with your teammates. Jagr and Voracek will quickly embrace Kubina, and it would be cool if he gets another jersey number that commemorates of Czech history. (#89 for the Velevet Revolution?)
I always believed our FO saw “common heritage” among our goalies as a big point in favor of Bryz, and a factor that would help Bob quickly assimilate.
by Lesion of Doom on Feb 20, 2012 10:33 AM EST reply actions
Weren’t there report’s last year to bring in Fedotenko for Zherdez last season? But he told Homer that he didn’t need a Russian buddy.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 10:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
He is wearing #13 per the Flyers facebook page.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
When you’re that big, why worry about superstitions?
by Lesion of Doom on Feb 20, 2012 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Over on ESPN In$ider they are saying that Rick Nash wouldn’t accept a trade here, that’s good news
The Legend
Even better news
All’s quiet with the Flyers on the trade front after the Kubina and Nicklas Grossman trades, and the sense is that Paul Holmgren and Co. are comfortable with the team as currently assembled.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
That is great news.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Just read awesome quote about Bryz:
Despite a Chernobyl-like meltdown last Saturday, Ilya Bryzgalov did just put together a solid string of games—more like what the Flyers expected when they signed him in the offseason.
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
Ilya Bryzgalov did just put together a solid string of games
1-1-0 in 2 games is a solid string?
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
No, since the All-Star Break his save percentage is .929. It was over .940 before Saturday.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Well it is Bleacher Report, but that Chernobyl reference gets props for being creative.
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
Chernobyl is actually in Ukraine, not Russia.
Bryzgalov is actually Russian, as he was born in Tolyatti / Togliatti.
Poor geography is poor.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
THey clearly need to get a better education.
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
Ilya Bryzgalov: the post-1989 Berlin Wall
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
Chernobyl is actually in Ukraine, not Russia.
Oh damn, you’re right. But still, even if incorrect, it would be the Family Feud number one answer to “name a Russian disaster.”
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
The #2 selection would be borscht.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 20, 2012 1:01 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Not to nit-pick, but the reference is correct. At the time of the meltdown, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. It did not become a sovereign nation until 1991.
by flyersfangiroux on Feb 20, 2012 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
It…depends. The USSR maintained a fiction that they were, in fact, a collection of nations, somewhat like the EU, or the United States in the Articles of Confederation era. It was a legal fiction, but Ukraine was still a province. It would be like joking that JVR’s legs were shaky because of all the earthquakes growing up – yes, there are earthquakes in the US, but nowhere near where he grew up.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 20, 2012 1:05 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Not sure he was still around, but there were two in Jersey over the last decade or so.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
The meltdown was being used as a metaphor, not as a cause-effect. With regards to Ukraine being a part of the USSR, either way the reader understands the context of the reference and thus understands the metaphor. 8)
by flyersfangiroux on Feb 20, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you Mike for pointing this out. I was going to say the same thing. Poor Nikolai Zherdev
"Jagr doesn’t have moves. He has grizzled old man power. He bends reality to his will with a scowl alone." - BannedStreetBully
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by Mitchell Green on Feb 20, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Brilliance
From the comments section of the Daily News article:
Flyers will fail to make the playoffs
— Dean1959
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
We just wanna win a game!!
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
“That was a disgraceful performance in my opinion, we threw that game – we gave it away by doing that. We gave them the friggin game.”
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
“they are who we thought they were…and we let them off the hook”
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:22 AM EST up reply actions
“you play to win the game…you dont play to just play. YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME”
by profoundnotions on Feb 21, 2012 3:21 AM EST up reply actions
DJ Steve Porter has one for that too, but I like the “Press Hop” better.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
640k ought to be enough for anybody. – Bill Gates, 1981
by Lesion of Doom on Feb 20, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
I’ll never fill this 20MB hard drive! – me, ~1988
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
When will my mom and dad bone to have me-me 1988
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Aka I wasn’t born yet
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 3:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I’ll never fill this 200MB hard drive! – me, ~1995
I’ll never fill this 2GB hard drive! – me, ~1998
I’ll never fill this 8GB hard drive! – me, ~2000
I’ll never fill this 80GB hard drive! – me, ~2003
I’ll never fill this 250GB hard drive! – me, ~2006
…
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
I am a little over 6 GB away from filling a 1 TB external.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
2TB external is almost full, 250G external IS full, 500 GB external is full, 500 GB internal needs to be cleaned out…
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, I don’t know what someone would do with that much…
And surprisingly it’s not porn. TV series in HD take up a LOT of room.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 1:10 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, working on one of my oldest access control systems last month, had to replace the main boards, so had to upgrade the software. The computer it was on had Win 95 and a whopping 16MB of memory.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
That quote is wrong, it was the director of IBM there said it.
by Anders Jensen on Feb 20, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
The whole internet is moving slowly for me this morning.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
me 2 google wont load sometimes every site is slow
Except on my phone
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 4:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
That’s absolutely genius.
Warning: Arguing the NHL CBA with me could be hazardous to your mental health. Proceed at your own risk.
by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 20, 2012 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Now there’s a trip down memory lane; I actually remember watching that game against the Habs with my brother. Scotty Bowman (w/ hair) going ballistic, Frank Mahovlich, Henri Richard, Barry Ashbee and his horse collar, Art Skov as the referee. That was the year Ken Dryden sat out in a contract dispute which is why Wayne Thomas was the starter.
Good times.
THe picture today
this is the second time i saw this pic. the first was on the Skate girls Facebook wall. i go to school with the girl who is on the ice. Funny how small phiadelphia is at some times….
um just heard from nhlinsider
Jvr is off the team because he is about to be traded…idk how reliable it is but my college is talking about it
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
My elementary school prepared me for this sort of thing...
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
I love that…that’s where imagination was taught because those kids imagine those desks would protect them from a nuclear holocaust
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not imagine, that’s what we were told to do.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
“Hey kids a big fireball is coming, these wooden desks should protect you”
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
No worries.
“There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.”— Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
by Lesion of Doom on Feb 20, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
That was when nobel prizes were handed out for something that was accomplished
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:08 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Unrelated, but always a favorite of mine...
“Nobody will fly for a thousand years!”
- Wilbur Wright, 1901
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Something like 40 years between the first aviation to the first space travel
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 12:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Close; more like 54? 1903 (Wright brothers) to 1957 (Sputnik)? If you count only manned flight beyond the earth’s atmosphere, I believe Alan Shepard’s flight was 1961. A few months before Georgia_Flyer’s birth.
by Georgia_Flyer on Feb 20, 2012 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yuri Gagarin
On 12 April 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1), Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. His call sign was Kedr (Siberian Pine, Russian: Кедр).
This being Yuri:
I believe Yuri died in 1968 from a parachuting incident or something similar. I used to love all that stuff
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
by Philly37 on Feb 20, 2012 12:31 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base, he and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15UTI crash near the town of Kirzhach. The bodies of Gagarin and Seryogin were cremated and the ashes were buried in the walls of the Kremlin on Red Square.
In April 2011, documents from a 1968 commission set up by the Central Committee of the Communist Party to investigate the accident were declassified. Those documents revealed that the commission’s original conclusion was that Gagarin or Seryogin had maneuvered sharply either to avoid a weather balloon, leading the jet into a “super-critical flight regime and to its stalling in complex meteorological conditions,” or to avoid “entry into the upper limit of the first layer of cloud cover”
Per Wiki
Damn
Forgot Yuri. Forgot all about him. Indeed the first human in space.
by Georgia_Flyer on Feb 20, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe I’m thinking commercial flight…idk I got the information out of an animorphs book from one of the alien characters
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 1:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
We’ve had…24 total quotes so far, with 19 total posts that contain quotes in this thread.
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
We’ve had…24 total quotes so far, with 19 total posts that contain quotes in this thread.
I'm kind of a dick.
Trade idea
(assuming bryz could be swayed to waive)
Bryz/JVR to CO for Giguere/Stastny (stas has 2 years left)
Just a thought, and bored waiting for a tow truck.
"Women should have three breasts - two in front and one in the back for dancing." -Al Bundy
Ha, I’ve never noticed your tag-line before. What an awesome show. One of my favorite scenes ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka17gQzODrw
I'm kind of a dick.
ha yeah I grew up on it. we even had the boardgame (yay)
"Women should have three breasts - two in front and one in the back for dancing." -Al Bundy
Sunday nights were the best. Sitting with my Dad as a 10 year old watching that, then immediately being told to go to bed because it was 9:30 on a school night.
I'm kind of a dick.
Bob vs Giggy
Who (in your estimation) is backup?
I actually wouldn’t have too much issue with this trade. Giggy is now a 1.25 million cap hit and a capable, if not stellar, tender. Stastny I like too.
Not sure COL would bite on this though.
by Georgia_Flyer on Feb 20, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
I strongly believe that there is not a single team in the NHL that would consider taking Bryz and his contract right now. He’s about as trade-able as Rick DiPietro.
"Jagr doesn’t have moves. He has grizzled old man power. He bends reality to his will with a scowl alone." - BannedStreetBully
Opposing Ilya Bryzgalov as Philadelphia Flyers' goalie since June 23, 2011.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Feb 20, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
idk some teams would look at last years numbers and say…yeah with both goalies in the shit maybe it isnt all the goalies…getting around the nmc is what stops everything
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
By the way, Geoff doesn’t have Internet at home until Friday, so we only have to put up with him while he’s at work for the rest of the week.
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OT but since you’re head muckety kuck here does that mean you have to read through ever dumb post/comments us idiots put up to moderate or do you have a program that idk like catches buzzwords and notifies you?
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
by reaper1221 on Feb 20, 2012 1:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
lol no way..im just wondering whats involved with being a head of a site
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
We have moderation help from Chem and DG, but we me, Geoff and Eric all read the comments anyway, so it’s a team effort. No fancy programs or anything.
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Broad Street Hockey - Covering the Philadelphia Flyers. Have you accepted Ilya Bryzgalov as your savior?
by Travis Hughes on Feb 22, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
What?
I never got down to the dunk tank yesterday, but I missed a chance to try to dunk Mike Missanelli?!?!? Damnit!
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Apparently Randy Miller has found a solution to the Flyers “goaltending woes” and it involves trading Bobrovsky to the Islanders for Nabokov.
That’s why I would try to deal Bob to Isles for Nabokov RT @Phillyflu75: @randyjmiller Unless he’s bringing a goalie with him.
I don’t know what’s worse. A beat reporter championing such a vomit-inducing trade or that a fan quickly commented that we should throw in a pick or a prospect to sweeten the deal for the Islanders.
JVR?
Some brilliant trade suggestions on Twitter.
JVR, Bob, and Wellwood for Rick Nash.
Brilliant!
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Apparently, NYR fans were chanting “We don’t want you” to Nash: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/rangers-fans-chant-don-t-want-rick-nash-163011656.html
I agree with their sentiment.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
It’s not that I don’t want Rick Nash on the Flyers, it’s that I don’t want his cap hit.
"Jagr doesn’t have moves. He has grizzled old man power. He bends reality to his will with a scowl alone." - BannedStreetBully
Opposing Ilya Bryzgalov as Philadelphia Flyers' goalie since June 23, 2011.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Feb 20, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
I also don’t want to trade away half the roster to get him, which is what they will have to do in order to absorb his cap hit.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Yea that too. I mean, I would definitely trade away a few key pieces to get an elite player like him but having one player with a cap hit of $7.8 will really hurt our ability to sign Giroux, and others to contract promotions they are in line for in a few years. I’m a big fan of depth in hockey.
"Jagr doesn’t have moves. He has grizzled old man power. He bends reality to his will with a scowl alone." - BannedStreetBully
Opposing Ilya Bryzgalov as Philadelphia Flyers' goalie since June 23, 2011.
@Mitchman88 on Twitter
by Mitchell Green on Feb 20, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
briere and bryz love columbus i hear
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
Who doesn't love Columbus?
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
It's better than Cleveland, I hear
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
But Cleveland Rocks!
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
That's what they all say
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
That’s what Tim Thomas err Drew Carey says.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 3:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Seven posts in a row in the sarcasm font. That’s got to be a new BSH record.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
It’s so much sarcasm I can’t even tell what anybody really means anymore.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Well, sarcasm is just insult with a smile, right?
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
There’s a your face joke in there….but I won’t say it.
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
“So’s your face.” – Dr. John ‘J.D.’ Dorian
/Philly37mademedoit
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Also, your mama.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Sudden Death?
Do people like this movie? Pens jerseys everywhere. Yuck.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
It’s a great movie! Plus JCVD kills the Pens Mascot!
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by KreiderDesigns on Feb 20, 2012 4:25 PM EST up reply actions
yeo. that movie is the jim-jam
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:28 PM EST up reply actions
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
ehh shut up, Bryz
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
That oges for you, too Homer
Awaiting the return of the G-stache
"There’s more to life than being really, really, really good at hockey."
-DannyMcG
Suck it, Phaneuf
wow…..dudes a douche..he wants place that they barely care about hockey, he is in the wrong city and should wave that nmc cause the fans are not gonna stop caring
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
FWIW, in general, in sports, fans do care way too much. People are way too invested and don’t understand how to process a loss that they ultimately had no say in.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I think that’s because people are still under the impression that everything that happens on the ice or field is also always completely within the teams’ control as well. Clutch, heart, wanting it enough, etc.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
And also some extension of them as a person.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Sort of how people think of their children.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Now see, THIS is what you would call narcissism from a clinical perspective.
We care about these players not because of who they are as people but because of what function they serve in our lives. We want them to do everything that we cannot, exactly like some parents do with their children.
That’s where narcissism comes from. You could look it up.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
And I’m not saying that sports fans on the whole are narcissistic, just to clarify. It becomes narcissistic if we genuinely hate our players for not doing what we want them to do. It becomes narcissistic if we genuinely wish ill will upon them for any reason.
I get upset when the Flyers lose. I don’t hope that any of them die in a fire or get ebola or anything like that just because they lost. When irrationality along those lines gets the better of me, I step away from sports for a minute.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Oh, I know. I think that’s what I meant when I was talking about narcissism in our society; children as extensions of themselves and therefore they yell at the teacher when little Joey fails a test, because they’re little angel Joey couldn’t possibly fail.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Well, yeah. But he doesn’t have to tell like it like it is, especially when his salary is entirely dependent on that irrationality.
by mantis toboggan on Feb 20, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
He wasn’t he was making a joke.
Guy: Fans criticize because they care
Bryz: Fans care (read criticize) too much
The proper response is a laugh.
That said, he needs to realize the situation he is in and why he is obligated to be there; he should have said thanks and left it at that.
FWIW his salary is mostly dependent on one man’s irrationality. The market place just didn’t set that kind of price this past offseason.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
That said, he needs to realize the situation he is in and why he is obligated to be there; he should have said thanks and left it at that.
That’s really what I’m saying.
FWIW his salary is mostly dependent on one man’s irrationality. The market place just didn’t set that kind of price this past offseason.
I meant in a more general sense. Pro athletes make tons of money because people care so much and such.
by mantis toboggan on Feb 20, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I agree. But that isn’t his point, he’s just making a joke, so I’m not going to harp on it.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Just so we’re all on a level playing field, when Kimmo said what he said about goaltending being the difference in that one game, everyone jumped down each other’s throat about it not being clear about whom he was talking about, so you can’t really say that Bryz was making a joke there. Especially given what he said the other day about trying to find peace in his soul to play in this city.
I'm kind of a dick.
I can, at the very least, say there was no reason to report the incident with Bleacher Report. IMO it clearly reads as a joke as I stated below and I think people are getting all upset about nothing. However, regardless of what it was, it didn’t require being brought to the public. Bryz said this to a random guy, not an interviewer, so I’m not going to draw the same parallels you are with the Timonen situation.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I actually think it’s worse that he said something like that to a fan. However, I was mainly being a dick, because people were saying, “SHOW ME EVIDENCE THAT KIMMO WAS TALKING ABOUT BRYZ!” Everything is about evidence these days. I’m a dick. Kind of.
I'm kind of a dick.
But it’s hardly news, and it’s hardly 100% trust worthy if you want to get in to the evidence thing. Whether you think it’s worse or not is not my concern or issue here, my issue is it shouldn’t have come out as some big thing because it’s all up to interpretation at that point. The fact that it’s out as some kind of story is ridiculous IMO.
This is simply something for people who want to pile on to use to pile on. I view this as fuel for the rage blinded and the simple minded, just my opinion.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Haha, I actually think that’s hilarious.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I’d agree if it were directed at a teen or adult, but to say to a 9-year old? I’m not sure.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
T.J. is 39 if I’m not mistaken, which is who bryz responded to.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Yeah, but the kid who loves Bryz, was there in earshot. IDK, I’m conflicted on this subject. One one hand, fans do care too much about this shit and go way overboard. OTOH, these guys are highly paid for being first and foremost entertainers (they ain’t curing cancer, folks). If a movie sucks, you’re gonna give it a bad review, right? With how much it costs to see a hockey game, I think it causes people to feel that times ten, which may or may not be fair.
It doesn’t give people license to treat them as “less than human,” however.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
As I say below, I have a problem with him saying it in a situation where he is paid to entertain the fans such as the Carnival, otherwise it kind of fits his MO. More over, i think we are reading in to this a little much.
Also, I think I read it different:
Fan : Hey if we didn’t care we wouldn’t trash you; good luck the rest of the way. (not in a negative way obviously)
Bryz: I think you care too much.
He just makes a joke back; if caring equals waves of criticism I could deal with people caring less.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
if caring equals waves of criticism I could deal with people caring less
Couldn’t agree more. It seems symptomatic of society at large. Complaining about everything, all the time. It’s tiring.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
That’s how I read it, and why I find it hilarious that this has been shared as some big issue. I think TJ got a little too wrapped up in the literal without understanding the comment he made and the joke he got in return. That said Bryz needs to realize who he is talking to and the situation he is in and just say thank you.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
I think if there were more vocal fans who voiced the same sentiments as this kid, Bryz would have a different response. However, seeing how most things about Bryz are in a negative tone, it’s kind of hard to take a 9 year old’s wisdom and use it as a rallying cry.
For instance:
You suck
You suck you don’t even belong here
You suck. you should stop more of these breakaways
You suck. Bobrovsky should be the starter
You suck. I cheered when the Flyers pulled you out of the game
You suck. I’d trade you for a bag of hockey pucks
You’ll bounce back. The good goalies always do
You’re a bust
Yes, I know his goalie play has been rather poor. But when a whole arena cheers for your dismissal, and then the backup plays worse than you and you’re still viewed as a crap goaltender, well there’s something to be said at that
Now this is all under the belief that Bryz was criticizing the child, in which I don’t think is the case
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
It wasn’t. I had skimmed the article and at first, thought the kid had said it. It was the father; but the kid was still there. This really wasn’t the forum for Bryz’ comment, but I don’t really have that much of an issue with the sentiment behind what he said.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Take what I say with a grain of salt, too. I really like the guy. Philly probably isn’t his place to play, though
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
I really like him, too. I had a feeling this place wasn’t for him from the get go.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
I’m going to sit back and enjoy the social experiment as this city leads a revolt against him; the guy they all (by all you know who I mean) wanted as their savior in the offseason.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
But I really like him though. Seems like a cool guy. Waxes poetic about the universe, wins a championship somewhere else
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
yes to all three sentences.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
Wins a Cup with New Jersey
I remember that guy
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions
Until he retires and moves back to Russia, clearing us of the horrible contract that the good folks of BSH said never should have been signed in the first place. Then we can all blame Geoff and Travis and Eric. T for inciting the masses to revolt against him.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Clearly you don’t know who I mean by “all.” Those are literally not the people I’m referring to; “all” does not include the people that were well aware that this was not going to be the difference and there was no way to live up to that contract.
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
No, I know, I was trying to make a joke.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
absolutely. Le Humangous Guignol.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
He’s right. Fans choose to invest time and emotional energy in watching other people act. It’s one thing to simply be entertained by this, or if you gain knowledge or life lessons from it, or you appreciate it as you would a good play or piece of music. But to actually care, to be gutted when the team loses, is a little nuts (I’m guilty of this so the finger is pointing at me too).
But he’s stupid for saying it, especially in the context of how it’s gone so far for him here and the goofy things he’s said already. It was dumber to say it in earshot of a kid. It would be a little mean to say it to the kid, though it doesn’t sound as though he did.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
I’m surprised there haven’t been more psychological and sociological studies on fans and fanbases, to be quite honest. There’s just so much material: from BIRGing to frontrunning and pack mentality. You could write several volumes just on Philadelphia.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
If I had to play in Philadephia I’d probably be chugging Johnnie Walker Blue and hanging out with Temple undergrads, too
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t you do that anyway?
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
I’m glad you think I rock the blue. More like the red on rare occasions.
Also, I’m not nearly as cool as either of those guys. The quality of women who I hung out with in undergrad would attest to that
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
You’re right. I’m sure some work has been done but likely hidden away in academe.
Type “sex addiction” “alcohol addiction” “drug addiction” “food addiction” “love addiction” “cigarette addiction” in a google search and you get lots of links about the phenomenon.
Type “sports addiction” and you’ll find a few of those but about half of them are retail outlets for gear and memorabilia.
I’m not saying heroin and hockey are the same but there is an “opiate of the masses” quality to spectator sports, especially with the NFL replacing church on Sundays. I think it would be great if the NFL changed the “bye week” to “week of rest.”
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
I know I’m guilty of some of it at games. Whenever I’m surrounded by fans of the opposing team at a home game, I’m completely uncomfortable. When/if they turn around and act like idiots when their team is winning and give me that “in your face” stuff, it gets my goat. It’s that “my team is beating your team, so therefore by extension I am superior to you” mentality. Then my competitve nature kicks in and I want to wring their fricken necks.
I’m not a total sports addict, but fan is short for fanatic, yes? It used to be a bad thing to be called a fanatic. However, it’s never been a bad thing to be called a Phanatic. ;-)
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
But to actually care, to be gutted when the team loses, is a little nuts (I’m guilty of this so the finger is pointing at me too).
Really? I think sports are such a huge part of a lot of people’s lives, that it’s not screwy at all. Really, after family and work, what else is there to have a passion for? And most people have no passion in their work. I think the amount of time a lot of people spend on this site alone is a testament to that….
I'm kind of a dick.
Thank you! I was lining up another of my overwritten responses but this is much better. Be passionate about a hobby. Or take love of hockey and extend it by playing, or teaching kids, or coming up with statistical models that might influence the game and otherwise sharpen the mind. Even here, I feel like I’m thinking and writing and arguing. I win more arguments with my girlfriend after having been here for awhile. That’s a huge win for me.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
The Flyers and hockey are my hobby, though. I play as often as I can, and 72 days a year, plus playoffs (damn you TCN), that’s what I build my day around. And when they win, I’m ecstatic, and when they lose, I’m angry. Outside of hockey and wine and women, I have no interests…other than reading….
I'm kind of a dick.
but that’s four hobbies!!!! you should feel good about yourself. here take some soma.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Feb 20, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
theoretically?
Marijuana
Video Games
Whiskey
Hunting
Magic the Gathering
Exercise
Television Shows
80s movies
Dancing
I mean everyone has their own thing. I think the point here is that in someone’s hobbies (ie something they’re passionate about) is something they actively take part in. Watching and going to sporting events, is something we have no control over.
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
Are these personal hobbies or just random ones you came up with?
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
in theory good sir, in theory
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
Aww, I was going to try to take us on a tangent of whiskey and dancing
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 3:58 PM EST up reply actions
theoretically, I’m all ears
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:00 PM EST up reply actions
Haha, current hobbies are dance classes and drinking.
Tango, Viennese Waltz, Waltz, and then just did salsa classes (hate it with a passion). Anyone here actually dance competitively?
Whiskey – Anything not Canadian. Prefer my bourbons.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
We can’t be friends
I enjoy Crown, a lot these days
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
I never got into Canadian whiskeys at all. I don’t know what it is, but I just never liked the taste.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
An exception has to be made for the Crown, though
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
It must be that the only times I’ve had it it’s been during the night of intense drinking. I feel like I need to try it again because everyone I know loves it.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions
I’m taking a salsa & merengue class with my wife right now. It’s fun, but I imagine that I probably look pretty awkward trying to dance. :-p
Whiskey – enjoyed a glass of 17yo Glengoyne on Friday night. Very nice.
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you’re 1 step closer to the finer things club
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
I just picked up a bottle. That must be a recent import, I don’t remember that being readily available in the states a couple years ago.
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It wasn’t. I picked up a couple bottles for a friend who requested them when I went to GB a few years ago. That was the first I’d heard of it. Now I see it in stores. But it was that same friend who offered me a glass of it on Friday.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
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I started with my friend (blonde Russian gymnast…). I enjoy them immensely except that we’re the youngest ones there by about 30 years (we’re 22) and I feel awkward being… how shall I say it… as ‘handsy’ as some of the dances require with other people’s wives…
I need to look more into scotches. I’m always hesitant to spend a lot on a single bottle unless it’s something I’ve had before.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
Go to a place that sells good whiskeys and try them first before you buy (Mahogany is good for this if you don’t mind the smoke; it’s a cigar bar). Or go to the Whiskey Festive in the fall—happens every year in Philly. I’ve been to it.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
*Festival
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Unfortunately… I live in Chicago. I’ve been looking at doing a tasting though. I have a couple of friends who would be interested.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:16 PM EST up reply actions
Oh. Sorry. I’m certain Chicago has good whiskey bars. Either way, a tasting is a good way to go with everyone bringing their own bottle. So long as some dude doesn’t bring Seagrams you’re gold.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
We actually did a Gin tasting final year in college.
Millers
Tanq Rangpur
Tanq 10
Citadelle
Hendricks
Sapphire
Regular Bombay
and then 2 people bring in Seagrams and New Amsterdam…
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:24 PM EST up reply actions
I hope they were shunned.
I prefer good old Tanq the original when it comes to gin. I’m boring like that.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
That’s my go to gin. I like rangpur as well because normally I forget to buy limes for my G&Ts. Preferred method though is just Miller’s. In a glass if I’m feeling refined that particular evening.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:27 PM EST up reply actions
Any of the Belvenie specialty aged casks are worth it as is Aberlour A’bunadh if you are in to the sweeter side of scotch.
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Glengoyne is pricey for what it is; I enjoy it thoroughly, but not worth it for what they charge in the States for it. And this is coming froma guy who just purchased a bottle haha.
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Salsa and merengue aren’t so “handsy”, but I know what you mean. Some of the women in our class seem shy about dancing with other guys, but the instructors have us rotate because dancing with more than one person helps you learn. I was nervous about dancing with other women the first time, but got over it. I know who I’m going home with, and so does my wife. No need to be awkward. :-p
As for Scotch, I rely on my friends who have tried a lot of it to give me recommendations, and there’s a bar nearby that has Whiskey Wednesdays where you can try a glass for a reasonable price. I need to take advantage of that more often.
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"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
Did you get around to trying the A’bunadh yet? I’m anxious to hear your thoughts.
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That’s why I liked tango a lot. It can be as intimate and close as you and your partner wanted it to be. So with the others it was fine and with my friend we were a lot more into it.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
I’d be more interested in hearing about the tangent with marijuana, 80s movies, and hunting. In theory.
Bob.
by The Dark on Feb 20, 2012 5:16 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Unfortunately I’ve only had brief experiences with 2 of the 3.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 5:49 PM EST up reply actions
Television Shows
But, CCB, I have no control over whether or not they kill Joffrey off on GOT. And I want that muthereffer dead!!!
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Funny you speak of such things:
I almost stopped watching Game of Thrones when shit got real. I was very angry, left the room.
Now, I’m actually re-watching the season and reading the book at the same time
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions
I almost dropped book 3 when shit hit the fan, but I kept going and now I’m like 100 pages into book 4.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 4:02 PM EST up reply actions
no spoilers. I’m still on Book 1
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Feb 20, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions
Spoilers are my biggest pet peeve, so I’ll just say that it was awesome.
by hebrew hammer on Feb 20, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
The shit got real starting with the hot gold over the dudes head or later?
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Trying not to give anything away but the dude getting the proverbial ax?
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
I mean literal ax, not proverbial.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Yeah pretty much for me; it’s was the first time I was mildly shocked.
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And disappointed. But it taught me a valuable lesson about the series; don’t get attached to any character.
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As angry as this guy?
I would assume you’ve seen this already, but it’s epic enough to watch again ;) My wife had a very similar reaction; she was still mad weeks later and wouldn’t watch the following episode til about a month later. I’m glad I read the books back when they came out!
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My two cents
You all are taking a Crossing Broad article much too seriously. To call what Kyle Scott does worthy of shit is to demean shit.
Kyle Scott is a person who devotes countless time and effort into saying what a great and superb fanbase Philadelphia is, only to spend more than two sentences on this. He caters to the Least Common Denominator fan, a la former Inquirer columnist John Gonzalez, he consistently plagiarizes content, and fuck, his reputation is so poor I would not be at all shocked if this were if he made this story up.
It is a single sentence uttered on a day where Bryz said hundreds, with who knows what other context that may have been fabricated or left out, and presented to one of Philadelphia’s least credible sports blogs by a guy who clearly has an agenda as evidenced by him taking his information and going to Kyle fuckin’ Scott in the first place.
This has no bearing on anything of actual important. Bryz has a .928 save percentage since the All-Star break, Saturday’s debacle included. In two years, regardless of how Bryz performs in that time, is anyone going to care about a single sentence uttered during a charity event with no direct evidence of said quote?
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Actually, I posted it because I thought it was amusing that it was “news.”
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
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That was not a reply directed to you, just to the article and people taking the article seriously.
You are right. It is not news. Nor is it something worthy of caring about.
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I think that if you’re going to a fan festival and decide to try and critique a player’s mindset, you deserve whatever he says in response.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
I have stopped reading articles about Bryz, because most of the time they have a very clear agenda. The same with alot of people on this blog, Bryz let in 0 goals, yet people still criticize him for “loosing” in the shootout.
by Anders Jensen on Feb 20, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
On Book 4… have yet to pick it up. Book 3 was insane
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
ugh.. reply fail
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
by PyropenguinX on Feb 20, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
no you have to change your profile pictur to him.
Suck it, Phaneuf
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that yours is stupid.
Dreger:
Lots of time for things to change, but sources say the Flyers are out on Nash at the current asking price. Still think NYR is frontrunner.
I hear that, yo.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 4:45 PM EST reply actions
weren’t they chanting we don’t want you the other night when he scored
by profoundnotions on Feb 20, 2012 9:10 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yep.
I so hope the Rangers do get Nash. His price is so much more than he is worth. It will only hinder them longterm.
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Do the Rangers even need him? If I was their GM I wouldn’t touch the current team.
And all I've done for want of wit, To mem'ry now I can't recall.
So fill to me the parting glass, Good night and joy be with you all.
Ha, in reference to the Bryz issues above, the Crossing Broad guy is having a Twitter spat with Randy Miller.
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Never before has a single fight seen so much douchery on both sides.
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by Justin F. on Feb 20, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
It's only a matter of time
before that website gets sued. It’s the TMZ of Philadelphia sports. At least the 700 level tries to cover the teams objectively. Maybe it’s the fact they are owned by Comcast and they are held accountable for what is on their site. That other website is not and mostly throws stuff on the wall to see what stickets.
Can we get this guy in return?
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Does the dog know how to play defense?
Suck it, Phaneuf
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that yours is stupid.
We can train him. And he can also be a backup goalie in a pinch.
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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As long as the puppy comes with. Haha
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 9:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
What’s this, the ultimate titty twister competition?
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Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously, what is going on in this picture.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions
I’m not a hundred prevent sure but I think she is measuring body fat. I really wanted the flyers to move up and draft him.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 10:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
This would be correct, was just kidding.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Haha I knew you were kidding, I wasn’t sure if everybodyhits was. I wish context wasn’t so difficult over the Internet lol.
-bob
by Rrainone on Feb 20, 2012 10:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
LOLOLOLOL
If @tpanotch says it’s true, it’s true. RT @jeffgruarin: @RandyJMiller you know anything about jvr and avs? You da man
From Randy Miller
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Uh, okay?.
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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34 quotes used in today’s disscussion thread.
Suck it, Phaneuf
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, it's just that yours is stupid.
Still confused.
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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She’s counting red boxes.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
Sorry, my bad.
A tie may be like kissing your sister, but it's better than getting screwed by a skills competition.
It’s ok. The other day at Liberty Ballers I mistook TwistyWristy for a girl.
I still have not been allowed to forget that. :(
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Mike Milbury: more or less irrelevant than Shelly?
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
They should have drinks together.
During the next Flyers game on any NBC cast.
by Georgia_Flyer on Feb 20, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions
Hey guys! @hockeyyinsiderr broke the Kubina-to-Flyers trade!
Note the wording and the timestamp.
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Note: Does not open in new window...right click everyone
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
Oops. I usually make it a point to click that window…..
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No worries, just putting it out there.
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Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
E.K.L.U.N.D. system IS A SUCCESS!
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 10:17 PM EST up reply actions
You set one up?
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Oh, I was talking about that guy.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
Hahaha. Sorry. I thought you gathered yourself a following with your own “inside information.” :-)
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It’s tempting. The system makes it seem so easy.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I know.
When I have more time in the summer, I am thinking of creating one for baseball. The E.K.L.U.N.D. System is flawless!
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In case anyone has not figured it out……..
the timestamp is from before the GROSSMAN trade occurred.
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I don’t think that conclusively proves he didn’t lift it from another respectable source who published it first, though. I just don’t follow enough people from other teams to say it was original reporting or if it was published elsewhere before that timestamp.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 20, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
It is not that he did or did not lift it, it is just he made an obvious educated guess based on who the was available and who is in the market for a defenseman, declared them the front-runners before the Grossman trade happened, and bragged about that tweet declaring the Flyers’ front-runners as evidence that he was indeed right about Kubina coming to the Flyers days later. That tweet made his “sources” correct and constituted a “breaking” of the news.
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CBA HELP PLEASE
Just saw DG in the thread and had meant to ask this.
Someone (I think it was Geoff) said yesterday that Pronger wouldn’t be able to be on LTIR until Day 2 of the season next year and the Flyers would have to keep that money as part of the plan on the cap when doing things this offseason. Under the “Prior to Opening Day Illustrations” in Section 50.10d, though:
Illustration #4: The Upper Limit in a League Year is $40.0 million. A
Player who has an SPC with an Averaged Amount of $2.0 million
becomes unfit to play on the last day of Training Camp, and on the
same day, his Club exercises the Bona-Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness
Exception on such Player. On Opening Day, the Club has an
Averaged Club Salary of $41.5 million (excluding Earnable
Performance Bonuses up to the full amount of the Performance Bonus
Cushion). The Club is deemed to have already fully replaced the
unfit-to-play Player with any Player or Players on the Opening Day
Roster. If these replacements are maintained through the conclusion
of the season, the Club’s Averaged Club Salary is $41.5 million, as the
Club is permitted to exceed the Upper Limit by $1.5 million because
of the Bona-Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception.
The fact that the illustration says that (a) you can use the exemption “on the same day”, which is during training camp, and also that (b) the club is allowed to be over the upper limit on opening day leads me to believe that they can apply LTIR before the year starts. But maybe I’m missing something. Help please?
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Feb 20, 2012 11:37 PM EST reply actions
I think it’s being very specific as to when the injury happens—i.e. you have a guy in camp who has made the team and gets hurt “the last day”. I could be wrong, but I don’t think this gets you out of a guy who been injured for the better part of last season.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Feb 20, 2012 11:42 PM EST up reply actions
First, you have to account for the differences in the offseason cap calculation, between July 30th and the last day of Training Camp. During that period, all players on 1 way contracts count, including people who ended the year on LTIR (Pronger) and those who spent the year in the AHL (Bartulis, Walker). Players on two way contracts are pro-rated based on the number of days they spent on the NHL roster, but the fact that Pronger must count during the entire offseason is the important point here.
Secondly, Geoff based his statement off past precedent that shows this interpretation isn’t strictly accurate, despite what the official language might imply on the first reading. If the search feature happens to be working, or if you want to check the archives, I know we’ve discussed it at length in the past, I think Geoff may have written articles on the subject. Over the past three years I’ve found that clearly established precedent is the easiest way to decode some of the wonky parts of the document.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Feb 21, 2012 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
I love your memory, if only because I thought I got my “LTIR on day 2 of the season” knowledge from you.
Here you are saying I wrote articles on the subject. Pft, what do I know?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Feb 21, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Messing with Philly37...
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