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http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/10/crimson-don-new-hocke-helmets-in-fight-against-concussions/ so when Giroux comes back I hope he's wearing the M11 from cascade sports... endorsement deal or no. this helmet seems to be designed with hockey players in mind , the company and program has mark messier as its hockey adviser. the NHL would be wise to fund some serious research regarding head injuries and their prevention.

Aren't there helmets and mouthpieces designed to lessen the impact of a shot to the head ? I think I remember Lindros of all people using the mouth piece when his career was winding down here. i know there are football helmets with extra padding inside that nearly everyone wears, i would think at this point i wouldn't care what it looked like so long as it helped keep my brains from sloshing around in my skull like a martini. i think hockey helmets will be my lunchtime useless research project.

Jimmy "the Groin" McCrossin strikes again !

there's another coach notch on the richards belt of malcontent.

@Leach27 I thought i read that Hartnell was having some kind of nerve problem that was causing him to have numbness on his left side over the summer / beginnig of camp.so that alone may have prevented him from being dealt or asked to waive the ntc... he wouldn't have passed a physical. maybe that's what homer knew. @quigly46 Giroux was going to break out with carter and richards playing somewhere else regardless of who was on his line; unless you saddled him with shelley and nodl.

@Flyguys03 the AHL curve where he was averaging almost 2 pts a game. that curve.

great find HF101

you know i'm starting to feel a kinship to the average Leaf fan, I am a Baltimore Orioles baseball fan, why I remember the halcyon days of needing 95+ wins to finish ahead of the O's , always being in the hunt for the pennant, and world championship, of teams following the Oriole way for building an organization... none of the past glory can overcome the current stink on my beloved team. Leafs fans I can relate.

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/20111211_Inside_the_Flyers___Flyers_overcoming_adversity.html there's a link to noted, muckraker Sam Carchidi's latest blog or whatever he writes. about 3/4 of the way down he sings the praises of one Scott Hartnell. I have always been a fan of Hartnell's personality, i like that he's a good bloke in the room, and has fun with being a pro athlete. the fact that his twitter feed is #Hartnelldown is good insight as to why he's a good guy to have on your team even when he's not playing well. he scraps, works hard if not always smart; if he would take 1/3 less penalties (eliminate the stupid ones) we'd have nothing to complain about other than his haircut, which he would probably roll with. good to see him contributing at such a high level

so we won't see him until the playoffs then, provided we make it.

I've been sort of ragging on these guys calling them the pu-pu platter but it is not warranted. they've played well, i think bourdon has been quite good actually, i don't know if marshall with continue to be with the big club once some else gets healthy, (gustavsson or lilja,) but he hasn't been any worse than alberts was a couple of years ago, but he hasn't been the physical presence i thought he'd be...and what ever happened to bartulis ? i thought he would be competing for a spot with the big club out of camp, but he's no where, is he still a flyer ?

well i just voted for G so that guarantees he won't be a starter...

@doom88 he did what was needed to win in what was the arguably the biggest game of the season. every goalie lets in the occasional soft goal, and every goalie gets beat on great shots. in that pen's game he played against them the way MAF plays against us, he battled , he made the key save at the big moment. and that is something that the unholy trinity from last year didn't do down the stretch. canoli is right it won't kill us to throw the guy a friggin' bone when he deserves one and he deserved on thursday.

I must agree with those who want to wait and see with regard to Pronger. i hate his contract but there's no denying he's effective on the ice. I too am of the opinion that the Flyers saying he's "out indefinitely" is a signal to him to not try to rush back and cover for him from the press. as for passing the baseline concussion test, he may have a coup contrecoup type head injury from his head snapping back after the stick caught him in the eye, these type of injuries can be fatal and sometimes the symptoms are delayed, when did they administer the test for concussion ? could also be that he has some kind of staphylococcus infection that hasn't been resolved. i must say i like that the nhl is taking these head injuries seriously. and let's not trade schenn until we actually see what we've got; unless the offer is too good to refuse, lumping him in with a couple of guys to get weber (1 guy ) doesn't sound like a too good to be true deal.

they were whacking at each other off the face off that started the play, malkin caught G on the hand so G responded with a couple of hacks at malkin's skates and a little shoulder to shoulder hit skating down the ice, they were jawing the whole time too, if 71 is going to take a swing like that with his mitts he should be able to drop them and settle the dispute like a man. that was bs

i thought he played exacty the way we want him to tonight, he battled down low, he was moving very well side to side, he was very good tonight , i hate the pens but they do bring a lot of pressure and shots, he held up his end tonight. if he's rounding into form, then good.

holy smokes what a cheap shot, dirty douche nozzle. i cannot stand to look at that guy, i hate the way he plays , i would not want him on my team . i would love to see him actually drop the gloves with giroux instead of that crap he pulled on the way to the bench. doing pittsburgh fans everywhere proud... d!ck thanks for viewing.

good that's why we're paying him until 2030

@sekke85 Are you talking about Gerbe or Read ? I can see your point to a point with regard to bourdon's hit on gerbe, nate did turn away from the contact and left himself defenseless which wasn't smart, and bourdon answered for the hit. that was the by product of a physical hockey play. the shot on Read was not a by product of physical play, it was a cheap shot plain and simple I'm fine with playing the game physically, taking the body , even some of the nasty after the whistle face washes and other activities are okay by me if a punk has it coming... but in my view Leinio is the guy in need of the face wash cause that hit was the act of a punk.

@aziz well you're all "mr sunshine and puppies " today... thanks good thing there aren't any bridges near by to jump from.

@FlyersFan4Life Leino caught him with the bony part of his elbow as they were skating in opposite directions near the blue line they were going pretty fast and Leino gave him a Steckel right in the mush. it was a stupid play to make, far more stupid imo than bourdin's hit on gerbe. read was dazed i'm not sure where on his face he got hit but he returned to the game and played well.

@medeaglesfan like the comparison. if it works out that way i think we'll all be happy. i think G is a little slicker than Sakic was but does not have Joe's shot. G competes like pitbull the way forsberg did. my replica has #28 i think i'll be solid for a couple of years....

@wcflyer jagr is excited about this team, he's not "hey i'll collect my 3.3 and go home to my smoking hot girlfriend". that says to me we may be on to something here, these young guys play with speed and smarts . they act like they enjoy playing hockey and being around each other. it is a nice group to watch play. heck i think even pierre mcguire likes the make up of this team. "claude giroux is a super star in this league. " pierre mcguire he said that about 10 times last night, he's right he sees the ice so well, competes for the puck so hard, goes into the corner vs 3 guys and comes out with the puck , able to make a play, wow.

tough way to start in the league for sure, first 2 weeks and you get suspended for 2 games...he'll have to be careful. agreed that it was stupid to follow through on that hit, when you can read a guy's name you probably should try to let up ... that said the pu-pu platter of rookie d-men looked pretty good last night, they looked better than christian erhoff that's for sure, wow was he brutal.

Danny didn't play much tonight, whatever is bothering him must have been aggravated after the 1st period, plus the high stick in the mush probably didn't feel too nice either.