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Monday, 26 October 2009 07:30 am
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Every season, the Philadelphia Flyers start showing up in headlines so frequently that it's impossible to ignore them anymore. Not even 10 games into the season, their players have already had to face two instances where a possible suspension or fine was going to be handed out, one of which resulted from Scott Hartnell actually biting Kris Letang.
And now Mike Richards has decided to go on a personal crusade
against the media in Philadelphia -- because he is a leader.
Recently, Mike Richards has been all over the news. First, Richards has decided that the media is his enemy. Per Puck Daddy, Richards' vaj hurts because the media is speculating that his BFF, Joffrey Lupul, was traded this offseason to try to disband a "frat pack" that exists among Flyers players, a pack which includes Lupul, Richards, Jeff Carter, and even Scott Hartnell.
That PD article recounts what we remember all too well from last year's 4-2 series win against Flyers; something that we didn't touch on because the Pens were too busy advancing to the second round of the playoffs. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren wondered if some Flyers players were taking a professional approach to their respective careers;
"I think this all falls under the umbrella of discipline. It's on-ice discipline - not overstaying-your-shift discipline - it's off-ice discipline, it's night before a game taking better care of ourselves. That's a natural maturation process that a lot of our younger players are still going through. We've addressed that. So am I concerned about it? We'll see how it goes this year. All our players have been talked to about it. Is it an issue? The fact that we've talked about it, I guess it is an issue."
Joffrey Lupul was asked about this when he returned as a member of the Ducks early in the season.
Side-stepping the question, Lupul simply stated something along the lines of "I was traded for Pronger."
As far as we can tell, no one can discern when Richards' "freezing out" of the media officially began, but the situation's epicenter lands solely on the line of nightlife questioning that Richards isn't man enough to answer. As Broad Street Bull posted, this was how Richards' interaction with the media went after a recent shootout win against the Boston Bruins:
"In the grand scheme of things, Mike Richards refusing to answer reporters' questions means little. But, as the team's captain, he is the face of the Flyers and a direct conduit to the fans. The Flyers won a shoot-out Thursday and defeated Boston, 4-3. That made the Flyers just 13-25 in shootout history. But maybe, just maybe, it will turn the tide because it appears coach John Stevens has found a new weapon."
The writer alludes to Giroux scoring some big goal in the shootout, and then...
"Asked if he thought Giroux's goal was a momentum-builder and if the shoot-out problems were history, Richards said, 'It's big.' Asked about the many contributions of the fourth line Thursday, Richards smiled and said, 'Also big.' When Comcast's Tim Panaccio started to ask a long question, Richards interrupted: 'Why bother?' he said."
Really? After a loss, pent-up frustrations could come to the surface. No big deal. It's something every journalist is probably prepared for.
But after a win? That's pretty sad, even for proven crybaby Mike Richards, the captain of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Here's where we would usually defend allegations from Flyers fans that Sidney Crosby is a whiner, a diver, etc. It's not even necessary anymore. That's what a Stanley Cup ring does. Flyers fans are getting all too accustomed to seeing the Crosby-led Penguins dismiss their team in the playoffs. They have nothing else to do but accuse Crosby of erroneous things that are supposed to hurt our feelings or something. The best one they're recently coming up with is "Malkin is better, imo," like it affects us. Sad.
On Saturday night, in pure childish fashion, Mike Richards decided to take his media frustrations out on another player.
That player is John Wilkes Booth:
Nothing better than listening to Flyers fans taking time from making out to upload YouTubes.
The saddest part is Mike Richards is no stranger to the cheap shot:
The legality of the hit can be debated back and forth, but Richards has not and will not be suspended or fined for it. And as per the usual, Flyers fans are celebrating the hit (read the comments) more than the much-neeeded win they got over a Panthers team who depleted all their energy the night before against the Pens. You're welcome, Philadelphia.
Dan L. sent this YouTube along. Check out the 12-second mark.
We'd usually go after The 700 Level for something, but, being an all-Philly blog, they have a pending Phillies loss to the Yankees in the World Series to worry about.
But the writer of Flyers blog Broad Street Hockey is possibly one of the most bizarre human beings ever given a forum.
Here's a screenshot from a mature Twitter battle with him on Sunday:
For those of you who can't read the heiryoglyphs of a Twitter message, Broad Street initially said something about us being Rush Limbaugh. We RT'd it (ReTweeted) and responded to it, so that people following what we say can see what and who we're responding to. So there are three different messages being spoken in this one tweet. Fascinating. Basically, ignore the "RT" and just read what each person says after their respective name.
Go Pens.
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#1
2009-10-26 07:54
I was split on the Richards hit but the more replays I see the more I feel he should have been suspended for it. Just another instance of the NHL catering to the superstars and letting them act like petulant little boys. Ovenchicken gets away with whatever he does (slewfooting, knee on knee hits, the list goes on and on) just because he takes 10,000 shots and scores 0.005 % of the time. Oh well at least the Flyers will get used to seeing the golf course in April. Go Pens!!
#4
2009-10-26 08:17
Mikey Leadership is having a good week.
All we need is pics of him and Hartnell at a Michael Vick dog fight, and he'll get the key to the city, and a statue next to Rocky's.
All we need is pics of him and Hartnell at a Michael Vick dog fight, and he'll get the key to the city, and a statue next to Rocky's.
#5
2009-10-26 08:37
RE: "Frat Pack," last year I was in Pittsburgh for a game against the Flyers late in the season and ran into--you guessed it--Richards, Hartnell, Carter and Lupul at the bar at Six Penn. My buddy had to pull me out of the joint before telling Richards he was an embarrassment of the "C" on his jersey, and Hartnell that he was an embarrassment of a SuperCuts commercial. From the few minutes I saw them in there, it sure seemed like a tight circle-jerk group to me.
#6
2009-10-26 08:45
My nine year old nephew, who lives in Philthadelphia, got in a fight at school over wearing a 2009 Stanley Cup Champs T-shirt. He called me and told me the story as any proud Pens fan would do. Apparently, he made the kid cry last week by making fun of the Flyers and Eagles. In a meeting between the parents after the fight, the parents told the principal they told the kid, "if the Pittsburgh kid makes fun of you again, its ok to hit him." Apparently, he's watched too much Hartnell, as he bit my nephew and left visible teeth marks on his wrist. This story was the highlight of an incredible Sunday, slightly above the Steelers win. Go Guins.
#7
2009-10-26 08:47
Philly fans can bitch and moan all they want about Sid. They're just pissed because we have a real - Stanley Cup winning - captain and they have some drunk homo who, besides the ass-to-mouth action he gets from Pierre McGuire, gets no real accolades for his "leadership." Even the Philadelphia media is turning on him and exposing Mike Richards for the big ol' twat he is.
The NHL put together a video package of hits to the head that would/should be considered illegal and the Mike Richards hit on David Booth looked like every single one of those hits.
What gets me about it is that Colin Campbell had to recuse himself from the disciplinary hearings because his son is on the Panthers. Because of that, I assume the NHL did nothing to Richards because they were worried it'd look like they were carrying out a vendetta on behalf of Colin Campbell. Fucking pussies. The NHL isn't concerned about player safety - if they were, at the very least they'd force the Flyers to fire their medical staff before they try to force another player with a collapsed lung onto an airplane.
I didn't know you could become a doctor through a correspondence course.
The NHL put together a video package of hits to the head that would/should be considered illegal and the Mike Richards hit on David Booth looked like every single one of those hits.
What gets me about it is that Colin Campbell had to recuse himself from the disciplinary hearings because his son is on the Panthers. Because of that, I assume the NHL did nothing to Richards because they were worried it'd look like they were carrying out a vendetta on behalf of Colin Campbell. Fucking pussies. The NHL isn't concerned about player safety - if they were, at the very least they'd force the Flyers to fire their medical staff before they try to force another player with a collapsed lung onto an airplane.
I didn't know you could become a doctor through a correspondence course.
#8
2009-10-26 08:53
You guys are an overweight, pompous, hypocritical windbag with a prescription drug problem? Duh.
NSFW pics in cblog make me sad.
Philly still sucks.
NSFW pics in cblog make me sad.
Philly still sucks.
#9
2009-10-26 09:05
Quoting dying alive:
Dying Alive, it's better than seeing the picture and puking. :)
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That dude @ the .12 mark in the video will find a permanent home on the Pensblog.
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I think Flyer fans should put their Captain's motto on their orange shirts.
Why bother?
NSFW pics in cblog make me sad.
Dying Alive, it's better than seeing the picture and puking. :)
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That dude @ the .12 mark in the video will find a permanent home on the Pensblog.
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I think Flyer fans should put their Captain's motto on their orange shirts.
Why bother?
#11
2009-10-26 09:07
Is Broad Street Hockey's reaction typical for a fanbase that has essentially been given the middle finger by the captain of their team? Even the FLYERS don't like Philly fans, unreal.
Someone cue Dawson...
Someone cue Dawson...
#14
2009-10-26 09:24
Look as far as hits go there should be a rule about headshots one way or the other, I dont care, but lets make it black and white...
I think this is finally going to be the season where the douchebags in the NHL finally get exposed...
First Richards...this myth of him being a leader is quickly unraveling...he is putting his teammates in perilous positions by doling out cheapshots, and not reigning them in when they lose not only games with their stupidity but actual playoff series'...a true "leader" would have layed the smack down in the lockeroom after game 1 last year as opposed to whining about the penalties called against his team...now he is freezing out the media...what a stupid fucking thing to do in the "city of brotherly love"...remember the last flyers captain to blow off the media, yeah Eric Lindros was torn up and had so much heat on him after refusing to speak to the media that his time in philly was nearly done...its not just the headshots that Leadership dishes out its the cheap shit after the whistle blows, the punches to the back of the head, the whining to officials, the tantrums...he is a joke who is being exposed...
Ovechkin...Now there are no more excuses NHL...no more saying that he "is a first time offender" when he clearly isnt, no more turning a blind eye to his knee on knees, no more ignoring running guys from behind...no more...if the league fails to police the game, let the players...let Mike Rupp tomahawk his wrist after he trips someone, let Malkin crosscheck his mouth when he takes a run...and the next terrel owens/keyshawn johnson/deion sanders goal celebration he makes, let some big canadian farm boy on a call up from Moose Jaw put his ass in the boards like Dale Hunter did to Pierre Turgeon...and the NHL can say nothing, maybe give out another $2500 dollar fine...the best part about when this happens is going to be reading craps fans whine and cry and call for a suspension, because "Ovie just plays with passion, yeah he crippled someone from behind, then acted like he did nothing with a stupid look on his face, but that passion is great for the game and someone took it away, wahhhhh"...
The Red Wings...this one is simple...your run has come to an end...it has, and you could come up with a hundred reasons why it hasnt, but the I bet the Romans felt the same way you did when the Goths were at the gates...your at the decline of an empire and you dont even realize it...injured stars, old stars, an overrated defense and not one, but two jokes pretending to be goaltenders...you had your run, and it was good, it was no dynasty, stop kidding yourselves, but it was a good run and now its over...the chiefs boat has sunk...
I think this is finally going to be the season where the douchebags in the NHL finally get exposed...
First Richards...this myth of him being a leader is quickly unraveling...he is putting his teammates in perilous positions by doling out cheapshots, and not reigning them in when they lose not only games with their stupidity but actual playoff series'...a true "leader" would have layed the smack down in the lockeroom after game 1 last year as opposed to whining about the penalties called against his team...now he is freezing out the media...what a stupid fucking thing to do in the "city of brotherly love"...remember the last flyers captain to blow off the media, yeah Eric Lindros was torn up and had so much heat on him after refusing to speak to the media that his time in philly was nearly done...its not just the headshots that Leadership dishes out its the cheap shit after the whistle blows, the punches to the back of the head, the whining to officials, the tantrums...he is a joke who is being exposed...
Ovechkin...Now there are no more excuses NHL...no more saying that he "is a first time offender" when he clearly isnt, no more turning a blind eye to his knee on knees, no more ignoring running guys from behind...no more...if the league fails to police the game, let the players...let Mike Rupp tomahawk his wrist after he trips someone, let Malkin crosscheck his mouth when he takes a run...and the next terrel owens/keyshawn johnson/deion sanders goal celebration he makes, let some big canadian farm boy on a call up from Moose Jaw put his ass in the boards like Dale Hunter did to Pierre Turgeon...and the NHL can say nothing, maybe give out another $2500 dollar fine...the best part about when this happens is going to be reading craps fans whine and cry and call for a suspension, because "Ovie just plays with passion, yeah he crippled someone from behind, then acted like he did nothing with a stupid look on his face, but that passion is great for the game and someone took it away, wahhhhh"...
The Red Wings...this one is simple...your run has come to an end...it has, and you could come up with a hundred reasons why it hasnt, but the I bet the Romans felt the same way you did when the Goths were at the gates...your at the decline of an empire and you dont even realize it...injured stars, old stars, an overrated defense and not one, but two jokes pretending to be goaltenders...you had your run, and it was good, it was no dynasty, stop kidding yourselves, but it was a good run and now its over...the chiefs boat has sunk...
#16
2009-10-26 10:23
Quoting PensFan2166:
woooooooooooooo ooooo
@Matt Eager - I figured both images could work.
woooooooooooooo ooooo
#17
2009-10-26 10:30
Quoting akus:
Nice.
I think Flyer fans should put their Captain's motto on their orange shirts.
Why bother?
Nice.
#18
2009-10-26 10:34
Quoting akus:
I thought it was Rough Riders in the Rear
I think Flyer fans should put their Captain's motto on their orange shirts.
Why bother?
I thought it was Rough Riders in the Rear
#19
2009-10-26 10:38
Quoting akus:
I think I dig Richards's philosophy...maybe I'll have to switch teams. Double entendre.
Whatever, Flyers can blow me. They don't matter. Mikey's hit on Booth might not be considered dirty, but his charging at goalies is pretty unacceptable. If that's leadership, I don't want that kool-aid.
Anyway, what really matters is Go Pens.
I think Flyer fans should put their Captain's motto on their orange shirts.
Why bother?
I think I dig Richards's philosophy...maybe I'll have to switch teams. Double entendre.
Whatever, Flyers can blow me. They don't matter. Mikey's hit on Booth might not be considered dirty, but his charging at goalies is pretty unacceptable. If that's leadership, I don't want that kool-aid.
Anyway, what really matters is Go Pens.
#20
2009-10-26 10:41
hmmmm....I'm still shaking my head at the Rush Limbagh tweet...He doesn't report for a team that wins.....If they are trying to accuse us of sensationalism, well it's a blog, a blog written about the pens, it's supposed to be sensational...whatever, hartnell bites people
go pens
go pens
#21
2009-10-26 10:41
I will repeat what I wrote on the last post:
"that hit" Leadership made was open ice on player that should know he has to keep his head up and on a swivel especially against the Flyers. It looks legal but it is definitely borderline. The injury, even short-lived, was avoidable. Leadership made no attempt to do anything but hit him in the head. Leadership is leading his team and protecting his wallet at the same time. If he is fined by the League, so what? Isn't that Flyers "hockey." Holmgren or Stevens cover it for him. We all know he is fined even more by his team management for not making that hit. That is Flyers "hockey." ...and so far it's working, right?
"that hit" Leadership made was open ice on player that should know he has to keep his head up and on a swivel especially against the Flyers. It looks legal but it is definitely borderline. The injury, even short-lived, was avoidable. Leadership made no attempt to do anything but hit him in the head. Leadership is leading his team and protecting his wallet at the same time. If he is fined by the League, so what? Isn't that Flyers "hockey." Holmgren or Stevens cover it for him. We all know he is fined even more by his team management for not making that hit. That is Flyers "hockey." ...and so far it's working, right?
#23
2009-10-26 10:54
I can't wait for Friday, it seems like there are going to be a plethora of Pens fans in attendance.
Great week for hockey...Habs at home on Wednesday, then road tripping to C-bus on Friday and back home on Saturday for a Halloween game vs. the Wild. Still trying to decide if I feel like digging through the crawl space for a costume to wear.
Great week for hockey...Habs at home on Wednesday, then road tripping to C-bus on Friday and back home on Saturday for a Halloween game vs. the Wild. Still trying to decide if I feel like digging through the crawl space for a costume to wear.
#24
2009-10-26 10:59
You could do worse than being the Limbaugh of the hockey blogosphere.
That makes tPB the 500lb Gorilla of the hockey blog world. Trouncing the competition and hopefully getting 15 million "listeners" per week, picking up righteous advertising cash and squashing bozos such as Broad Street Hockey like the bugs that they are.
And you probably get free "poppers" for Charlie....
That makes tPB the 500lb Gorilla of the hockey blog world. Trouncing the competition and hopefully getting 15 million "listeners" per week, picking up righteous advertising cash and squashing bozos such as Broad Street Hockey like the bugs that they are.
And you probably get free "poppers" for Charlie....
#25
2009-10-26 11:01
Quoting dying alive:
That's why I chose this week to come down from Montreal to see those 3 games! ROAD TRIP!
Great week for hockey...Habs at home on Wednesday, then road tripping to C-bus on Friday and back home on Saturday for a Halloween game vs. the Wild. Still trying to decide if I feel like digging through the crawl space for a costume to wear.
That's why I chose this week to come down from Montreal to see those 3 games! ROAD TRIP!
#27
2009-10-26 11:37
Quoting penzrox872971:
He needs to wear that with the red corduroy suit
found this pic on the pens website it is eric godard in practice today
He needs to wear that with the red corduroy suit
#29
2009-10-26 12:21
i think we need to lay off mike. maybe that hit on booth knocked some sense into him and he'll never again pick up a puck and throw it like he did friday. seeee? leadership at its finest.
would not be surprised if there will be a new reality show on vh1 after the TO show where the frat pack searches for a new doosh to take lupul's place. kind of like a mix of tool academy and tila tequila.
would not be surprised if there will be a new reality show on vh1 after the TO show where the frat pack searches for a new doosh to take lupul's place. kind of like a mix of tool academy and tila tequila.
#30
2009-10-26 12:23
who-cares????? the creeping Guidos from West Joisey will be watching baseball the next 10 days
GO PENS!!!!!
GO PENS!!!!!
#31
2009-10-26 12:31
Mike "why bother" Richards. A motto like that is just sure to bring about a championship.
Stay classy Philly.
Stay classy Philly.
#32
2009-10-26 12:33
Dancing Flyer homo must think he is at a Kriss Kross concert or something. I hope he never gets laid ever again ever just because of that. His hand shouldn't even want to touch him because of that dance.
#33
2009-10-26 12:41
Quoting Mario = God:
But M=G! Once Gary Bettman stops cheating for Rosby, the Flyers will win every year! They have Chris Pronger.
They HAVE. Chris PRONGER.
pronger.
Mike "why bother" Richards. A motto like that is just sure to bring about a championship.
Stay classy Philly.
But M=G! Once Gary Bettman stops cheating for Rosby, the Flyers will win every year! They have Chris Pronger.
They HAVE. Chris PRONGER.
pronger.
#34
2009-10-26 12:44
Maybe if the Stanley Cup was the Stanley Keg, Leadership could get his team to the Finals.
Oy, today's bad joke quota has been met.
Oy, today's bad joke quota has been met.
#36
2009-10-26 13:03
and I could really go without seeing manass in c-blog, especially with my supervisor over my shoulder. Thanks.
(and I'm not saying that as a joke either.)
(and I'm not saying that as a joke either.)
#37
2009-10-26 13:13
Gotta love the look the lady sitting down in Dancing Flyers Homo Clip gives the camera just before "STUNNED" pops up above her head.
#38
2009-10-26 13:14
Quoting J.S.:
Behold the glory of being the supervisor with his own office. Nobody looks over my shoulder to see manassblog.
and I could really go without seeing manass in c-blog, especially with my supervisor over my shoulder. Thanks.
(and I'm not saying that as a joke either.)
Behold the glory of being the supervisor with his own office. Nobody looks over my shoulder to see manassblog.
#39
2009-10-26 13:25
It took them too long to try and curb the off-ice behavior of their players, and most of their on-ice behavior is acceptable to their usual circus routine ... nothing really surprises me when it comes to that team.
It had been too long since there was supension talk in Philly involving a hit ... obviously, Richards stepped up because he's a leader
It had been too long since there was supension talk in Philly involving a hit ... obviously, Richards stepped up because he's a leader
#40
2009-10-26 13:43
Quoting Matt Eager:
How long did it take Richards and his frat pack to teach Pronger how to do a keg stand?
Or is Pronger heading up a nice game of asshole?
Maybe they're all playing quarters before games?
the possibility's are endless.
Quoting Mario = God:Mike "why bother" Richards. A motto like that is just sure to bring about a championship.
Stay classy Philly.
But M=G! Once Gary Bettman stops cheating for Rosby, the Flyers will win every year! They have Chris Pronger.
They HAVE. Chris PRONGER.
pronger.
How long did it take Richards and his frat pack to teach Pronger how to do a keg stand?
Or is Pronger heading up a nice game of asshole?
Maybe they're all playing quarters before games?
the possibility's are endless.
#41
2009-10-26 13:54
Quoting Mario = God:
possibilities vs probabilities.
Or is Pronger heading up a nice game of asshole?
possibilities vs probabilities.
#42
2009-10-26 13:58
Quoting Mario = God:
Your mistake is in assuming that Pronger's wife will let him out long enough to get into any gaybo mischief with the rest of the Flyers. If he has too much fun with the boys, his wife will demand he gets traded.
How long did it take Richards and his frat pack to teach Pronger how to do a keg stand?
Or is Pronger heading up a nice game of asshole?
Maybe they're all playing quarters before games?
the possibility's are endless.
Your mistake is in assuming that Pronger's wife will let him out long enough to get into any gaybo mischief with the rest of the Flyers. If he has too much fun with the boys, his wife will demand he gets traded.
#43
2009-10-26 14:20
Quote:
Only if said fun involves boning the local broadcast sports skank/ho...
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Nicely done, IHK
If he has too much fun with the boys, his wife will demand he gets traded.
Only if said fun involves boning the local broadcast sports skank/ho...
Quote:
It had been too long since there was supension talk in Philly involving a hit ... obviously, Richards stepped up because he's a leader
Nicely done, IHK
#44
2009-10-26 14:23
Quoting Rage:
He looks like a man hungry for a touch of gonorrhea.
Quote:If he has too much fun with the boys, his wife will demand he gets traded.
Only if said fun involves boning the local broadcast sports skank/ho...
He looks like a man hungry for a touch of gonorrhea.
#46
2009-10-26 14:35
Godard wasn't the only one up to chicanery at practice this morning. From the Pens twitter page via Seth:
We have the best team evar.
We have the best team evar.
#47
2009-10-26 14:38
It's all explained on the Pens team page:
Quote:
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After digging for some information, it turns out the players held their Halloween party Sunday night, hence all the masks and costumes at practice. Eric Godard got the ball rolling with his Care Bear mask but goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury managed to up the ante.
At the conclusion of practice, Fleury put on a Kermit the Frog face mask, wrapped around his goalie helmet. Fleury then took a few shots from teammates to the delight of the team. In one particularly funny moment, Fleury made a sprawling glove save and raised his arms in triumph.
"I was just trying to give a different look to the shooters and mess with their eyes a little bit," Fleury said after practice. "It didn't work out well. I couldn't see."
"I am not surprised he did that," Sidney Crosby said. "He talks about that a lot. I think he was pretty happy to be a frog.
"For some reason he is always wearing tights with his costumes," Crosby joked. "I don’t know why that is. He was Cat Woman before and now he was a frog with leggings so maybe it just means he likes to wear tights. I don’t know."
#48
2009-10-26 15:12
Quoting dying alive:
He's at home! Washing his tights!
It's all explained on the Pens team page:
Quote:After digging for some information, it turns out the players held their Halloween party Sunday night, hence all the masks and costumes at practice. Eric Godard got the ball rolling with his Care Bear mask but goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury managed to up the ante.
At the conclusion of practice, Fleury put on a Kermit the Frog face mask, wrapped around his goalie helmet. Fleury then took a few shots from teammates to the delight of the team. In one particularly funny moment, Fleury made a sprawling glove save and raised his arms in triumph.
"I was just trying to give a different look to the shooters and mess with their eyes a little bit," Fleury said after practice. "It didn't work out well. I couldn't see."
"I am not surprised he did that," Sidney Crosby said. "He talks about that a lot. I think he was pretty happy to be a frog.
"For some reason he is always wearing tights with his costumes," Crosby joked. "I don’t know why that is. He was Cat Woman before and now he was a frog with leggings so maybe it just means he likes to wear tights. I don’t know."
He's at home! Washing his tights!
#49
2009-10-26 15:14
It's nice to see that the pressures of being a defending Stanley Cup champion have this team so rattled.
#50
2009-10-26 15:25
Halloween costume practice is yet another glaring example of why Disco is the man. If they tried this shit with Ex-HCMT, I think he may have stabbed at least three players for being soff.
#51
2009-10-26 15:32
Quoting Sweet Trav 412:
..... did de players REALLY not-tink..... dat..... as a Coach..... I would not know 'who' was wearing dat mask?
Dey tink I would not know..... but I would know.....
..... If they tried this shit with Ex-HCMT.....
..... did de players REALLY not-tink..... dat..... as a Coach..... I would not know 'who' was wearing dat mask?
Dey tink I would not know..... but I would know.....
#52
2009-10-26 15:38
I should post on Mike Richards facebook wall asking about the hit. I knew adding him as a friend would pay off in the end.
#54
2009-10-26 16:03
The Skating Penguin,
If it's possible to do a dead-on print impression of former HC MT, you just did one. Hysterical.
If it's possible to do a dead-on print impression of former HC MT, you just did one. Hysterical.
#55
2009-10-26 16:21
Canaan posted this over at LGP.com, and I thought it was appropriate. This was apparently pulled from a Flyers message board after their game against the Sharks last night...
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Some really interesting comments there and a fairly honest assessment of the team.
I knew that fanbase was never really behind Stevens, so the remarks about the coach don't surprise me.
Really surprised to see Carter, Richards and Hartnell lumped together like that, but maybe this is what two straight years of seeing your team eliminated not just by your archrivals, but also your individual archnemesis does. Maybe this is also the burden of expectations.
Love the comments about Carcillo. I'm curious how much of that has to do with him being goaded into that infamous fight with Talbot and allowing the Pens a little bit of momentum in Game Six last year. That fight may have effectively broken Carcillo as an agitator.
Love the Emery comments as well, especially the reference to Russia as the USSR.
The Pronger deal and the Emery signing could be what ultimately gets Holmgren fired.
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Please tell me what has changed since last year, this entire team has regressed, holy crap:
Timonen and Coburn stink, a combined Minus 16. Gagne is flat-out washed up and scared to take a hit, scared to even play the puck, content on collecting his $5 million and change and riding off in his Lamborghini.
Carts, Richie, and Harts are all minus players, these clowns make me physically sick, all three no longer want to pay the price. These three should be the poster children for lazy, spoiled, professional athletes. All three are a disgrace. The picture of Richie chatting it up w/ the trainer and drinking water while his teammates brawled on the ice is a memory that will never leave.
Laperierre stinks. Carcillo stinks. Any value that these guys were perceived to have has been taken away by the idiot head coach. Carcillo is a shell of himself, he doesn't stir-up anything and has gone from a 300 PIM, exciting nut to a guy that should be on the Phantoms if he isn't going to be used right. Lappy is game, but he is old and it shows, it shows a lot.
Asham is a dime a dozen and he is playing on the first line, LOFL. Is anyone sold on the goaltending? I'm sure as heck not, there was a reason Emery was exiled to the USSR.
Syvret belongs in the ECHL. Tollefson stinks. Pyorala is another Manderville.
Pronger has been great, playing 30 minutes a night. But, you can bring in 3 Chris Prongers with this coach and this team and they still won't win crap. The Flyers mortgaged everything for Pronger, it boils down to 4 first rounders when it is all said and done.
JVR and Carle have been great. Giroux is bouncing around too much to make an impact because of the retard head coach.
And the Flyers prospect pool in the minors is so barren that it is scary. This team and this organization stink.
Unreal.
Some really interesting comments there and a fairly honest assessment of the team.
I knew that fanbase was never really behind Stevens, so the remarks about the coach don't surprise me.
Really surprised to see Carter, Richards and Hartnell lumped together like that, but maybe this is what two straight years of seeing your team eliminated not just by your archrivals, but also your individual archnemesis does. Maybe this is also the burden of expectations.
Love the comments about Carcillo. I'm curious how much of that has to do with him being goaded into that infamous fight with Talbot and allowing the Pens a little bit of momentum in Game Six last year. That fight may have effectively broken Carcillo as an agitator.
Love the Emery comments as well, especially the reference to Russia as the USSR.
The Pronger deal and the Emery signing could be what ultimately gets Holmgren fired.
#56
2009-10-26 16:25
Why are you guys even talking to flyer fans? its like playing tetherball with a monkey, and the ball is covered in the monkey's poo. Even if you win, you'll have just beaten a monkey, and you smell funny.
#58
2009-10-26 16:34
@docc8, apologies for my earlier comment. I'm not the type to edit what was said (unless serious typos or 3rd grade sentence structure is involved), but not seeing manass could have saved me some trouble - not to mention some eventual heckling - from those @ work.
Thankfully nobody has questioned the pic of Charlie that I'm using for our work fantasy league. Only a mugshot so they probably won't get it unless they start googling 'gay pheremones' or whatever the file name is.
Thankfully nobody has questioned the pic of Charlie that I'm using for our work fantasy league. Only a mugshot so they probably won't get it unless they start googling 'gay pheremones' or whatever the file name is.
#59
2009-10-26 16:41
And I would take kent the manderville (a retired since 2007 Manderville even) over half of those fucking jokes in their bottom six. Manderville was rock solid in the faceoff circle and an asset on the PK.
#60
2009-10-26 18:52
not sure what wrong with being the Rush Limbaugh of the hockey blogosphere... put politics aside and Rush has a huge following with one sided, controversial views... he's very popular with his audience. it could be worse, you could be the Keith Olberjoke of the hockey blogosphere and be getting much less hits on the site yet still be convinced you're number 1 because nobody else is "right" but you.
#62
2009-10-26 23:08
It's funny when a blog goes from supporting a sports team to creating a whole post bashing another, using childish remarks about "vaginas" and such to a pretty good hockey team. You can call Richards a crybaby all you want, he has heart and if the NHL didn't suspend him, then he's not getting suspended and they didn't think he deserved it.
You guys have a good hockey team, us Flyers fans know that. Don't let a few knuckle heads cheering a big hit where a fan got hurt ruin it for the rest of us intelligent Philly fans. And if we're so "gay" and if we're such "crybabies", then stop crying about Kris Letang getting "bit". Show me some proof.
I'm not even going to get into specifics about our prospects and all that stuff because we have quite a good amount of defensive and goaltending prospects. Our forward prospects aren't that many in number but the core of our team are our young forwards so I'm not too worried. I hope you guys find a way to keep all your blockbuster lottery draft pick deals (Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Fleury) because that's the heart of your team right there. Good luck.
Regardless, we have 5 more games against you guys this year. Last year we split it 2-2-2, it's going to be tight again.
You guys have a good hockey team, us Flyers fans know that. Don't let a few knuckle heads cheering a big hit where a fan got hurt ruin it for the rest of us intelligent Philly fans. And if we're so "gay" and if we're such "crybabies", then stop crying about Kris Letang getting "bit". Show me some proof.
I'm not even going to get into specifics about our prospects and all that stuff because we have quite a good amount of defensive and goaltending prospects. Our forward prospects aren't that many in number but the core of our team are our young forwards so I'm not too worried. I hope you guys find a way to keep all your blockbuster lottery draft pick deals (Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Fleury) because that's the heart of your team right there. Good luck.
Regardless, we have 5 more games against you guys this year. Last year we split it 2-2-2, it's going to be tight again.
#64
2009-10-27 01:11
This got linked by one Flyers blog or another. Normally, I won't bother wading in, but fuck... that Halloween practice looked fun. And the tights comment made me legitimately laugh.
I hate you guys; I hate Crosby. But cot damn, I can see why you like them.
This is probably just excess love from the Phillies run. I'll have to go out stabbing after the next Flyers game to get the mean streak back...
I hate you guys; I hate Crosby. But cot damn, I can see why you like them.
This is probably just excess love from the Phillies run. I'll have to go out stabbing after the next Flyers game to get the mean streak back...
#65
2009-10-27 07:37
Quoting Broad Street Bully:
The record that mattered most last year was the one that hardly ended up being a split. Your Flyers went 2-4 before heading to the links with a first round exit.
Max sends his regards.
Regardless, we have 5 more games against you guys this year. Last year we split it 2-2-2, it's going to be tight again.
The record that mattered most last year was the one that hardly ended up being a split. Your Flyers went 2-4 before heading to the links with a first round exit.
Max sends his regards.
#66
2009-10-27 12:06
Quoting cmdane:
..... now, THIS post is full of win!!!!!
Your Flyers went 2-4 before heading to the links with a first round exit.
Max sends his regards.
..... now, THIS post is full of win!!!!!
#67
2009-10-27 13:22
I'm talking about this year and how it should be a good series. I'm not going to bring up the past because I've gone down that road too many times to shut some of you guys up.
#68
2009-10-27 17:09
Please "Broad Street Bully" .. shut us up.
I'm curious as to what you have to say that will keep us from reminding you that the past two seasons the Pens have eliminated the Flyers from the playoffs, not to mention, the year before that, we swept them in the regular season's 8 games.
Not only do we have those obvious facts in our favor, but you're team continuously gives us more ammo by acting like childish, undisciplined fools when they're down and out. It seems as though that has already begun to continue this year.
So Mr. Bully, please try to Shut me up.
I'm curious as to what you have to say that will keep us from reminding you that the past two seasons the Pens have eliminated the Flyers from the playoffs, not to mention, the year before that, we swept them in the regular season's 8 games.
Not only do we have those obvious facts in our favor, but you're team continuously gives us more ammo by acting like childish, undisciplined fools when they're down and out. It seems as though that has already begun to continue this year.
So Mr. Bully, please try to Shut me up.
#69
2009-10-27 19:18
Reading comment about 9 yr old pens fan that got beat up in school, all the flyers fan had to do was tell him how crappy, old, and what a dirty city pitts is. And talk about how their employment rate is the lowest in the country, and that they have no attractive women, thats all no violence needed! Unemployment is running out what are you pens fans going to do?
#70
2009-10-27 22:59
none of that is based on fact. Pittsburgh has one of the most stable economies in the country. Its been voted the "most livable city" and is not NEARLY as dirty as Philthydelphia, I've been there many times... You're the worst kind of Joke, the kind that's pathetic rather than funny.
#71
2009-10-28 01:42
fuck all you Pens fans. A ring makes a player worthy of the C? Gee I always figured maturity (which does NOT mean punching someone in the anus/ballsack while your teammate holds them in a wrestling maneuver), leadership (which does NOT mean whining to the refs about every single aspect of the game), and a willingness to stick up for your teammates (by dropping the gloves, and again, not whining to the refs). But hell, go ahead an keep singing the praises of your precious golden boy. I will continue to favor Richards over Crosbitch any day. And btw, sweet city Pittsburgh, maybe you should watch the celebration videos from Philly to see how police are supposed to handle large numbers of people assembled in one place (I'll give you a hint; it does not involve bashing in a bunch of harmless teens faces in).
#72
2009-10-28 11:29
Well, the Philadelphia police departments did have a loooonnnnnggggg gg time to prepare for a championship parade. WOOOO
#73
2009-10-28 11:56
Quoting DoIt66:
..... not in February, they won't
Well, the Philthadelphia police departments did have a loooonnnnnggggg gg time to prepare for a championship parade. WOOOO
..... not in February, they won't
#74
2009-10-29 12:00
You know how it is with the past. You've guys have had the past 3 seasons, I'll give you that. But you guys were rebuilding your team more than a few years ago because of almost being sold to the IHL, Kansas City, and attendance records were at an all-time low. Lemieux had to come out of cancer remission and retirement to try and fill the seats and even take a cut salary.
If you guys are the true fans and were this into the Pens back then, then kudos to you, you are one of the respectable Penguins fans. The rest of this bandwagon however can shut the hell up. I've been following the Flyers since I was born pretty much and even during our franchise worst season (2006-2007) we still did not have too much of a dropoff.
We're usually in the top 4 or 5 in attendance, but we were around the 7 or 8 mark during that bad season. Yeah you guys were the playoff exit the past two years because of our shaky defense, shaky goaltending, and missed opportunities along with lack of discipline. You guys were the better team. You heard me say it. Not let's see what happens this year, you guys already won a close one in our own building. The season series is going to be even more competitive and exciting as time goes on so grow up with all the homophobic comments and such.
If you guys are the true fans and were this into the Pens back then, then kudos to you, you are one of the respectable Penguins fans. The rest of this bandwagon however can shut the hell up. I've been following the Flyers since I was born pretty much and even during our franchise worst season (2006-2007) we still did not have too much of a dropoff.
We're usually in the top 4 or 5 in attendance, but we were around the 7 or 8 mark during that bad season. Yeah you guys were the playoff exit the past two years because of our shaky defense, shaky goaltending, and missed opportunities along with lack of discipline. You guys were the better team. You heard me say it. Not let's see what happens this year, you guys already won a close one in our own building. The season series is going to be even more competitive and exciting as time goes on so grow up with all the homophobic comments and such.
#75
2009-10-29 13:46
one thing i can agree with is that I hate the bandwagon fans here in pgh as much as the next guy... but if you wanna find some bandwagon fans, look no further than phillys fans.
#76
2009-10-29 13:47
Quoting Broad Street Bully:
..... you-mean, like the Phlyer sites last year, that prayed that 'Crosby falls face-first into a bucket of AIDS-infected razor-blades', and the Moderators of said sites agreed with the comment?
you mean, stupid, childish comments like that?
try cleaning-up the cess-pool in West Joisey first.
.... so grow up with all the homophobic comments and such.
..... you-mean, like the Phlyer sites last year, that prayed that 'Crosby falls face-first into a bucket of AIDS-infected razor-blades', and the Moderators of said sites agreed with the comment?
you mean, stupid, childish comments like that?
try cleaning-up the cess-pool in West Joisey first.
#77
2009-10-29 15:39
Philly is too busy watching the world series to worry about the sissy pens fans right now. See you in mid November after another parade. Please note philly parades have at least 2 to 3 million people at them, not a piddly 300,000 like pens parades. Even your parades suck.
#78
2009-10-30 13:27
Yes we are the biggest bandwagon fans. We are heralded as one of the premier hockey towns, and are known to some have some of the most educated and loyal fanbases (especially if we're talking Flyers here, there's been a Flyers fervor in this town for almost their whole existence). Phillies even in their worst years in the late 90s and early 2000s were selling tickets and had fans, and it only grew as we rebuilt our team.
Am I saying that every Phillies fan is a true fan? No, because no matter who you are, if you win a World Series, you're going to attract some fans. It pisses me off, but it's what happens.
Am I saying that every Phillies fan is a true fan? No, because no matter who you are, if you win a World Series, you're going to attract some fans. It pisses me off, but it's what happens.
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