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Ya its either 5 or 4 against the division, I assume that will rotate around. I know the league likes the balanced schedule for marketing so....it is what it is. The holiday road trip has been in place since at least the late 70's gotta keep the Disney on Ice folks happy. They always used to work in the trip to Calgary and Edmonton between Christmas and the New Year. The March slate is ridiculous, one game against the division?...don't play the Rags after 2/28??? C'mon man how does that make sense

Best post on this thread. Couple weeks and there'll be plenty of time for kvetching and overreacting and Jacuzzis.

Seems to me I've heard that song about 50 times....

Ha right again sir! My favorite hockey team is owned by my least favorite corporation, I should know better

Well yeah, except one route involves intentionally putting a lousy product out and giving your loyal consumers the finger in favor of appealing to bandwagoners. I'm not talking Mario here I'm talking about the philosophy in general. Business smart? I guess. But completely devoid of integrity.

@B21 Reported for factual inaccuracy. It's only been 39 years of failure. Ford was the President, not Nixon...sheesh....btw if you want to create that topic I'd be happy to chime in @AJgoal What the Sixers did this season was disgusting. Makes me glad I haven't followed the NBA since Barkley was in town. I do love me some Big 5, another topic. @Bakanekimiwa I don't think putting this in the Pens forum would have necessarily been trolling. You hate the Pens, I hate the Pens (but not nearly as much I loathe the Rangers). I started posting on that other site in 2007, and I think you were there before I was. I would seriously encourage you to hang out, if you're looking for a Flyers slant there's plenty of that here. And I personally have enjoyed reading folks from all over the NHL, it has made me a more knowledgeable fan (ya I know, that joke kinda writes itself)

Is that Doug Wilson or Christopher Walken?

@jammer2 Well, I do always joke about getting a blue dallas star painted on the bowl of my toilet, so there's at least something to that theory!

I remember how happy BRick was on that signing! We tried to warn him average player, only I don't think any of us could have imagined Leino falling this far!!!

Aside from the obvious stupidity.....if you're a Bruins fan, why would you want a BIGGER Habs logo on your body, ABOVE the Bruins logo????? I hope he got paid for this. Even then it's dumb beyond explanation but at least it's something

If by minimum you mean the PA minimum wage of $7.25/hour.....no, still no, I wouldn't waste one of our 50 contract spots if he played for free

I guess I'm thinking specific to Pittsburgh's situation, more along the lines of someone with experience coaching top 1% types i.e. Footsburg/Sakic/Roy in COL and his stint as HC of Team Canada, which granted didn't turn out all that well. I'm not sure you want to promote your AHL coach at this point in time with this team.

Exactly - he may have the the tools for a head coaching gig, that I really don't know, but would Crosby and Malkin buy in?

@Poulin20 @AJgoal I will sport #27 in honor of our esteemed new GM. I work not far over the Walt on the Jersey side, so I'll probably just bolt over from the office. I'm going to assume the "real" Cup will be on display, but I don't think that will be at Xfinity live (RIP Spectrum, I still haven't stepped foot on that ground since they tore down my church)....tix say NHL trophy display is in the WFC main concourse starting at 5

Preach brother Howie! This should have been the mantra when 17 and 18 were traded, it didn't last long

Flyers brass will never go for it unless you give away a 2nd rounder too....oh wait Homer's not the GM anymore, nevermind

Agreed out of that group.....I think Crawford is best choice, although I admittedly don't know much about your minor league coach. Would pass on Wilson, maybe I'm giving to much weight to watching him shclep that dreadfully lame Leafs team around. John Stevens, nice guy, likes cake, but IMO he's much better in a support role. Ulfie....I can't possibly have an objective opinion about a top-5 dirtiest SOB.

Exactly. Why on earth would Hexy be entertaining thoughts of trading Simmer? Keep the rumor mill flowin' to sell papers....er, keep up wewbsite visits. Non-story

Typical misdirection in a knowingly incorrect first line. I'm out.

Whether intended or not, by making statements like this (just one example of several in this thread), you are de facto putting words in my mouth: [quote name="Polaris922" The game didnt end with that call.

Now take your own words, and apply it to your crying, in this very thread I believe,about how the refs handed the series to the Rags against YOUR TEAM. Honestly man that's just foolish and devoid of even an attempt at objectivity. I went out of my way to say IT'S NOT WHY RAGS LOST THE SERIES. But somehow how you can't concede a point as obvious as what a horrible call it was and that it had an effect on the game. Fold like a pansy is hyperbole that doesn't describe what happened. EDIT: My bad, I reread the thread and the words "handed the series" were not used by you in this thread. Maybe another thread, maybe another poster, maybe I just remembered incorrectly. This is called admitting you were wrong, I highly recommend it. Doesn't change my point one iota though.

Ville Leino.....talk about parlaying one decent NHL season into a big $ contract and falling off the face of the earth. 3 seasons in Buffalo, 137 GP, 10G/46A minus 18.....last year 58GP 0G/15A minus 16. Benched down the stretch on worst team in the NHL I'm sure somebody will be interested, can't imagine who though

@Polaris922 Just bustin' your chops on the sour grapes comment, but the guy's question was about this series, not the ones against the Habs and Penguins so.....Anyway, it may not have changed the eventual outcome of the series, but that horrible call against them in game 5 led directly to the tying goal, I mean I think it was the same shift off the ensuing faceoff. And how do I stick my leg out and get a penalty called on the guy who runs into it? If they hang on and force game 6 back in NY....well I shudder at the possibilities. Did they lose the series because they got jobbed by the refs? No of course not. But Rangers fans looking at that call, then thinking back to two OT losses after blown two goal leads in the first two games.....I can understand the what ifs. The Flyers got swept by the most dominant dynasty of my lifetime in '76, but I still look back at having no Bernie in the series and losing the first three games in OT and wonder what if....

@Tunnleram Putting my well-documented and partially neurotic Ranger hate aside.....good to have another Ranger fan here, look forward to jousting with you! Agree on the Game 5 "trip", atrocious call and I said it the second it happened, at a crucial point in the game. I wasn't so offended by the liberties taken on Lundqvuist esp the game 2 call, but I guess it's all perspective. A work with an old-time Ranger fan and we've been discussing the series throughout, today he even kinda shrugged that stuff off, said they had plenty of chances, three OT losses shows the Kings had the horses and were at the right place at the right time. I tend to agree. Don't worry about @Polaris922 and his sour grapes, he's a good poster....even though we agree on absolutely nothing

Thanks times 5 @TropicalFruitGirl26 ! @blocker I'd be honored to call you Pa, hope all is well with you and yours