BearOnIce

Why Boston and Florida ahead of Philadelphia with less points in Eastern Conference? I believe Florida because they are atop Southeast? Boston?

A Welcome from Bear BOI

Sick, sick, sick...

Very clean hit. Very good hit. Textbook except that Kromwell got the head too. Probably a couple game suspension. Jake looked like he was praying or something after that hit. Objective lesson: Don't be looking down and admiring the puck on your stick. Ouch. Hope Jake is back in time for the playoffs.

It is always goofd to get the facts correct. It had to do with something a Wings player said. Per Bill Clement.

AndyS: I totally agree with you. 1.) I have always seen this year as a rebuilding year. I was most concerned about the D getting older, what to do there, and how the youth movement would respond. 2.) Leading NHL in goals. Quite a surprise. Very bright future indeed. 3.) Holmgren knows when to sit tight. I applaud him. No panic. 4.) You are right. You never know when the playoffs start. I do not old out a lot of promise but maybe the universe and white tigers will, as I like to say, become proportional again, and Bryz will cause us to drop our mouths as he catches form and earns his paycheck... 5.) The goalie has been a make or break proposition this year. Imagine what a .856 would get us? BOI

Howie: I am a spiritual person so I will remember him in my prayers. I wish you the best. Does he like hockey like you? You know there is a special place inside the special place for guys that like hockey.. As far as our team, well, what can we say? It kind of is what it is this year. Strange year in so many ways. I hope the white tigers and the universe become proportional again, JVR heals well, and CP20 can live a healthy life. BOI

Beware. It is always easier to fire the coach, than the team.

MD: All your points are correct, accurate, and laser focused right on. Let me add that as long as Bob Clark has an office in the Wells Fargo Center, there will be continued interference to add. Holmgren may have the GM position but I seriously question wheither any move of any significance gets agreed upon or done other than as a Homgren-Snider-Clark Triad. Philadelphia - City of Brotherly Love And Ultimate Sports Homerism. BOI

Howie: Bottom Line: 1.) Flyers are not an Elite Team. 2.) Flyers cannot play with the Elite Teams. 3.) Flyers have had a hugely dissappointing year, many factors. 4.) Flyers are not going anywhere. Time to look at 2012/2013 and.... BOI

"I don't know if we got better or worse, but we got different." Paul Holmgren 2011

I would like to see the players wear little padding and no helmets... Maybe then we would see not only more respect, but also sportsmanship.

I agree with your insighful and true thoughts. The world is a crazy place today. I look to hockey as entertainment. I have to tell myself many times though to keep it in perspective.

Howie: My sincere regards for your Dad. 91, wow, God bless. The Flyers? Bryz? Well, we will have to see if there is positive reinforcement to come out of the SO win. Maybe the Universe and White Tigers are not looming that large any more.. Don't trade anybody. Bear

Howie: I am sorry to here you Dad is sick. I hope not serious. I lost my Dad a couple years ago. Still miss him every day. I understand the work BS too... If you are Homer, just say no. Keep the young guys. Bryz may come around, stranger things have happened, like the Flyers going to the Cup. Take care Howie, Bear

Agreed, let this team play, keep things intact, maybe Bryz turns in around and Flyers et a couple of rounds deep in the payoffs.. Just enjoy the games while there are some to be played..

I completely missed that in what you were saying. I see.

But I do not understand, how are you going to move Bryz-aster? He has a NMC. While I would agree he might agree to waive the NMC and play for $51M in some smaller market with much less media attention, is there a GM in the league with a set big enough to do this deal? If so, who? Or maybe the question is there a GM desperate enough? Will Holmgren get hosed? How much does youth he piss away?

Good points. I am not in favor of trading much. Especially nothing involving young players. Bryz is not moveable so we had better hope that some of the good that we saw last night carries forward. I like Grossman and Kubina. Not perfect but better.

You sir are absolutely correct. If you look at the film, it is obvious. Where was Holmgren on this Bryz acquisition? The same place as Pronger. Throwing a lot of the fans money at big, questionable, long-term contracts that don't work. The model is Detroit. That is what works. As long as Snider owns this team, Clark is in a Comcast office, and Holmgren is the GM, I seriously have to reach for my wallet and stay with Center Ice to see some real hockey... No cup in 36 years. Game 6 loss. 2 Winter Classic losses. And now this team. The Flyer Fans deserve a lot more for the money they plunk down than this crap that the Flyers organization gives them.

When we can beat the Rangers and Detroit's then this team is as advertised. Until then, we should be sellers and rebuilders and Ed Snider should shut his 36-years-without-a-cup-but-very-rich-mouth and quit telling the Flyers Faithful that the Flyers are a contenter.. It gets a little old year after year with the same net result.

Nope.

Maybe last night was a breakthrough. I doubt it.

This is not a coaching issue.

This is it. Pay your money. Watch the games. Look for improvement 2012/13