Chadd

Let's not abuse it the first day.

I second this motion.

What the... does this even make sence? We traded our capitan, and (unfortunately) one of our better defensemen for a third or fourth line winger? And cleared about $1M ($2.15 full year) salary for this year and more than $600k for next year

A couple years back I was playing in a fairly mellow pickup game and a kid shows up going balls-out every second he's on the ice. Cross checking in front of the net, hacking at sticks and throwing his body in front of shots. After about 20 minutes he attempts to block a shot and end s up taking out the shooter, an older guy that wasn't a great skater and couldn't avoid his sprawled out body sliding across the ice. End result is a guy riding in the ambulance with a broken leg and not being able to work for more than a month, just because one guy wanted to play "all-out".

Tampa has won 3 of 11 games this month. While it was good that the Flyers won, it's not like they beat a playoff team. Hopefully they can enjoy the good vibes over the holiday break and get on a roll heading into the new year.

Nice goal tonight.

Landing a punch as you both fall down isn't enough to "win" a fight. Hartnell taking that penalty to end the powerplay killed whatever momentum they had. Carcillo has done a good job of playing with self control, Hartnell has not figured out how to play hard without being stupid.

McCabe lost his balance, didn't look like anyone landed a punch.

uh-oh

A buddy of mine has one that's sitting on the street around the corner, he left it here when he went to Orlando last weekend. When I tried to move it first thing this morning I couldn't get it up the alley behind the house or the street in front. That thing is terrible in the snow.

The smart thing for traffic flow would have been to put the arena next to the football stadium and ballpark. Then again, there wasn't much other interest in developing where they are/will be.

That crowd could find something to boo in a 10-1 victory.

Richards tried to drill Eaton in the head in the first period but mostly got body. So much for not being that kind of guy. Flyers look better overall tonight. They are winning some races to loose pucks and are moving their feet better overall. Hartnell has made some really bad passes and has been standing around in the offensive zone a lot waiting for someone to get him the puck.

While your critique of the press isn't necessarily off base for a lot of celebs, I think it is in this case. Chris had numerous run-ins with the law, including: marijuana possession, dui, weapons charges, assault... and all of those were SEPARATE incidents. I think in this case his reputation is 95% his own doing. Regardless though, he appeared to be making changes in his personal life and it's sad that he has passed. Unfortunately it looks like in his last act, he reverted to his old self, in that he didn't take a moment to think things through. I realize he created his reputation. My point is, guys like Jim Rome or Woody Paige hammerred this guy back when he was getting in trouble, and now they say things like how controversial about him, in a very vague way without ever saying that he personally was one of the guys who layed into him. You won't see a guy come out and say "I was a huge critic of Chris Henry, I ranted about him often saying he was a bad example and he was a detriment to the league." If you didn't like someone when he was alive, you should be willing to say the same when he's dead

Stevens is more of the same but less. Hard to explain other than "Andy Murray lite". Keenan probably would have been a good short term fit in Philly, not so much in St Louis.

The problem with that is every Flyer has done that this season and very few have been called for it.

If it was a closely played game with some weak goals I might buy into the Emery thing. Given the way they have played lately, I don't think that is/was the only problem.

I don't understand this rule. Do you mean spitting the gum or just spitting saliva? Why is there a need to scrape it if it's saliva? He's talking about chewing tobacco. Some guys are really obnoxious with that.

Put him in a locker room with strong leadership and he might get his act together. Either a strong coach or captain may be what he needs to get his head back together. I bet Burkie would love to have him. The VS guys did have an interesting point that the team may be "too young" especially in the forwards and team leadership. Losing Knuble appears to be even bigger now that it appeared over the summer. Given their talent, there is no excuse for playing as poorly as they do.

They moved their feet well and got to virtually every loose puck. That said, every time a puck went on net there was a Flyer laying on the ice and Brooks Orpik was looking around to make sure that nobody saw him. It was like the Devils a few years back where the other team never got a second shot.

It's amazing how many times the Flyers were standing around tonight. Coasting on the back check instead of skating or just watching and expecting others to do things without help. If they are able to move anyone, I'm starting to think it will be Hartnell.

JR and I both happened to be in Philly on the same night so we hit up Pats and Ginos. Just to compare the two. My favorite cheese steak is from a local joint, it's better than both of them.

The sad thing is they think that's an improvement. Actually, it might be an improvement, that's even worse.

Damn man, that really sucks.

Hopefully, it doesn't end your playing days but I think this story should serve as a valuable lesson to folks out there. A few lessons: *Don't play injured. *Find another outlet to release stress. I swear I'm going to go absolutely nuts if I don't find something to keep my mind off of things quick. *When it rains, it pours. *Always save your crutches/braces/pain meds. Tell me about it. I've spent a lot more time with my guitars over the last couple months.