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Written by Fran
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Monday, 08 February 2010 13:36 |
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Tonight the streaky Flyers being a home and home with the New Jersey Devils. If you count the two games between the division leading Devils, and the two games between the Canadiens (who are 3 points ahead of us in the East), this last week before the Olympics is quite possible the most important 4 game stretch of the season. After finishing off what looked to be a "lay-up" road trip with two embarrassing loses, the Flyers return home to host Ilya Kovulchuk and the Devils on a nationally televised game. (With Keith Jones doing play-by play)
The Battle for the Turnpike always brings out the best in these two clubs. Sure, the Devils-Rangers and Flyers-Penguins get top "rival" billing, but no other team in the East the type of history that the Flyers and Devils do. Sadly, most of that history is New Jersey schooling us through the 90s and 2000s, but hey...whose counting? I just need to say the name 'Scott Stevens' and I can hear everyone who ever bought an Eric Lindros jersey shudder. Throw in the best goalie of all time who always plays us, and there you have the roots of Philadelphia's New Jersey Devils complex. A team that more should be modeled off of. They are never bad. Even in recent years when they were supposed to drop off, supposed to get worse, they've maintained a great core, solid leadership, wingers who can score more than once in 10 games (I'm looking right at you, Scott Hartnell & Simon Gagne) and a solid defense. Its ashame they play in New Jersey, more specifically in Newark where their fan base is next to nothing. Mainly due to the crazy expensive seats at 'The Rock', even obtaining Ilya Kovulchuk last weekend didn't guarantee a sell out on a Friday night against an Original 6 opponent. Just sad that a great team can't fill their own barn unless its against the Ranges. So with Kovulchuk added to the list consisting of Patrick Elias, Zach Parise, Travis Zajac, Dainius Zubrus and Jamie Langenbrunner. Holy smokes. Right now, I don't think the Devils are as good as the Caps, but you do not want to give either team any chances on the powerplay. Playing catch up with New Jersey never works, so if you're going to the box for a stupid penalty(I'm looking right at you, Scott Hartnell) then for godsake, take someone with you. One area the Flyers can exploit is the Devils suspect defense. Sure Marty is in net, but their #1 blueliner, Paul Martin is on the shelf and they just shipped Johnny Oduya to the Thrash. The Flyers will have to beat Colin White and Bryce Salvador, something they should find some success in.
Eric Lindros was a fucking giant. Also, fuck Scott Stevens.
Speaking of success, there hasn't been much of that recently for Philly. They are shooting a lot, and playing solid defense, yet nothing is showing up on the scoreboard. A streaky team mired in an offensive slump does not translate to much. But all year, it's been a small change or a lucky bounce to break out of the slump. Maybe it happens tonight, against a familiar opponent. It's probably hard to get pumped to play Cal Clutterbuck and the Wild, but against those turds from upstate New Jersey, how can they not get your blood boiling. The Powerplay looks lifeless and alot of the offensive zone rushes look to be two guys waiting for the puck handler to do something, instead of contributing to the play. I can't say that they look lazy, and the back checking is there, but the transition game is too set in its ways. When you have a complacent hockey club, you have problems. Until everyone decides to awake from their slumbers, you're going to have a lot of head scratching when the Flyers are in the Devils zone. I think a big game from Powerhouse is in order. I'd say I'd like to see Scott Hartnell do something positive, but I just don't think the guy has it this year. Maybe Jeff Carter shoulda slept with his wife to get Birddog to show some passion out there. (And I'm not talking about "crosschecking a goalie" passion...I'm talking about Scott Hartnell from the last NY Rangers game passion) So my question to you, Flyers fans, is who do you think breaks out of the slump first? Is it a sighting of Danny Breeze? Richie, Carts, Gags? Our young kids can and should only do so much. Only one way to stop being streaky, and thats to give 100% every night.
So we have the most important week of Flyers hockey starting tonight. Against a great rival and great hockey team. So much talk about the Flyers playing down to opponents, well I expect them to play up tonight. 8 points to get this week, which will decide so much in the hunt for the Cup. Mondays suck, but the suck is a bit less when it's Flyers-Devils. Fuck David Puddy. Let's Go Flyers.
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Written by Fran
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 11:32 |
 Tonight the Flyers take on a rookie goaltender and the Minnesota Wild. If you have survived the snowpocolypse up until now and the raving lunatics are not trying to break your front door down for your stockpile of chilli and shotgun shells, then tonight at 8, you got yourself a date with Jim Jackson and company. With that 1-0 loss still stinging, the Flyers will look to end this short road trip on a positive note.
If the Edmonton game proved anything, its that this Flyers team loves playing down to opponents and that capitalizing on chances early in the game is extremely important. The Wild are a decent team and will be fighting for the playoffs all year. Unfortunatly for them, their #1 goalie Niklas Backstom has a bad back and will miss some time. This means the rookie Anton Khudobin gets the start tonight, his first ever. What that means is still up in the air. Does this Flyers team approach a rookie goalie the same way they approach the Oilers? Does the Wild grit their teeth and bear down the way the Flyers did for Leighton? Do the Flyers bring the pressure and dominate the first 30 minutes and get a comfortable lead on a suspect defense? How do special teams come into play. Flyers.com has some great stats about Philly's powerplay success and woes this year: When the Flyers score a power-play goal, they're 23-9-2; when they don't, they're 5-15-1. When they allow a power-play goal, they're 12-17-2. Yikes. So the first time that maniac Cal Clutterbuck tries to behead Simon Gagne, we better capitalize. Aside from the dynamic Clutterbuck (who would be a better Scottie Upshall in Philly) keeps your eyes peeled on ex-Blackhawk Martin Havlat. The twitter machine, along with Captain Mikko Koivu will be the bulk of the offense tonight. Guillaume Latendresse has a wicked clapper so watch for him to be a much better version of Scott Hartnell. Derek Boogaard is like a green and red shark in the Minnesota water, and probably won't have a dance partner since Rockin' Riles doesn't dress anymore. Is Carcillo crazy enough to drop 'em against the 6'8 boogieman? That being said, a Lappy-Clutterbuck fight could be epic.
For the Flyers, I bet Razor Ray will man the pipes tonight. Some home and homes loom and tonight's game will get Emery ready to battle the whole week before the Olympic break. Reports were out there that his groin was a bit sore, so keep your eyes on that. I don't mean 'stare at his dick', I just mean, watch his play....and get your mind out of the gutter. Flyers and Wild don't have much history or share a style of play. I think this will be a tight game with the opportunities coming on the power play. Simplify everything. I swear, this team sometimes seems stuck in the Peter Forsberg era. Shots from the point and then clean up the junk. That's what I want to see on the power play. (Let Giroux do his thing, obviously) If I'm Lavvy, I don't play Hartnell on any special teams tonight...I'd also kick him down to the third line, where this season, he belongs. On the blueline, the Flyers have been solid for 6 straight periods. Minnesota has a slightly better offensive punch than Wild of years before so they won't be comfortable with 2 goals. Shut down their top line and make a suspect 2nd & 3rd combo's beat you.
Shutout against the worst team in the league was pretty shitty. "But its not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get it, and keep coming back. That's how winnings' done." I want to see this Flyers team main the Wild. Destroy them. Sweep the leg. Fucking fuck their fucking fuck up. It'll be hard for them to get "up" against the Wild, but a good team, a playoff team should be able to prove to themselves and their fans that they can bounce back from embarrassing finishes. I'll be happy with a win, and nothing else. "The Call of the Wild" my ass. Jack London would get white fang'd by Carcillo. Let's Go Flyers.
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Written by Ryan
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 07:52 |
If you're sitting around like a wet turd and it's between noon and 2PM put on BBC America. England vs. Wales in rugby on the opening day of a pretty cool tournament that lasts about 6 weeks.
Quick and Dirty: Rugby is the exact same as North American football except you can only lateral and you can punt as often as you'd like, which comes in handy when you're pinned in your own end or if you think you can get to that punt before the other team. If you think the NFL is about field position you ain't seen nothing yet. Bbbbbaby you just ain't seen nothing yet. Turnovers in your own end lead to scores for the other team, so sometimes it's better to let the opposition muck around in their own 50.
Oh yeah, another difference - each player will play 80 minutes, or if they're taken out that's it for them - no "subs." A little different than the average NFL player's 88 minutes of actual play a season.
As far as hockey goes bar rugby at noon does not bode well for a Flyers sighting in a town where they're not the home team. Probably have to watch the Rangers get BFed by Ilya. That's if I'm still alive.
My one word of advice for you, and I'm sure Fran will cover this in the gameday (YOU BETTER FRAN YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!) - watch out for Monsieur Cal Clutterbuck tonight. (Excuse me, I'm working on my temper. I rented Anger Management staring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler and planned on watching it but my FUCKING DVD PLAYER WOULDN'T....sorry, again.) This is he:
This is God's day. God made me and God made beer. Enjoy it.
ps - of the top 4 sports in the US is this an accurate account of the game day alcoholics?
1. Football
2. Hockey
3. Baseball
4. Tennis
Baseball probably would have an edge but I consider having your games outdoors during the summer cheating. Of course everyone's going to be drinking Bud Light Limes. People who are operating on cancer patients drink Bud Light Limes all day in the summer- that's why it's called the summer." |
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Written by Ryan
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Friday, 05 February 2010 08:28 |
If you don't know by now and you're finding out here I guess you were pretty drunk last night and that makes me a news source. But in truth I have to credit Sam Rosen because he's the one who told me during a wild(ly entertaining) Capitals-Rangers game last night. Through the television in case you didn't pick up on that.
Ilya Kovalchuk is a Devil. He and some guy called Ben Walter are sharing #17 on the Devils roster currently. Something tells me Ben should look into a new number.
Chances are you've been having one of two responses to this news, or possibly both alternating:
1. Why couldn't he go to the Western Conference?
2. If you want to win you have to beat the best.
But seeing as I'm a blogger I have a more developed brain then you, and the only thing I've been thinking is 'Why not become a Devils fan?" Seriously. There's always plenty of seats at games, they're featured in one of the more famous Seinfeld episodes of all time, and I can't even name one of their defensemen off the top of my head except for Paul Martin and Scott Stevens.
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It feels like Kovalchuk just arrived in the Eastern Conference. He's obviously been here the whole time but now his presence is going to pose as a problem. In the East there's Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin, and Kovalchuk. In the West you have the two Sedins doing dirty things to each other. No comparison.
But I can't imagine that Kovy's going to stay in NJ. I might just be biased because I'm from there and now live in New York, but where is he even going to stay for the rest of the season? In Tony Soprano's basement? There's just nothing up here but Newark and the only thing that won't get you stabbed in Newark is staying the Prudential Center. So maybe he'll live there I guess.
With the type of money he turned down from the Thrashers (over $11M a year) he's going to need to get at least that much to save face and not make it look like he was just trying to escape Atlanta (which he was) come the offseason. But that kind of money means he has to go somewhere that's not currently up against the cap, or won't be next year, and therefore probably isn't a top contender for the Cup, which I wonder even interests him that much. But a growing team that will definitely have room for him in a decent hockey market is the Islanders. Time will tell.
For now the Rangers went out and got SkullFace and the Devils just got Kovalchuk. No one is going to beat us single handedly but both teams are a little better than they were last week. Now all we need is for the Penguins to bring in Scott Neidermayer, the Isles to replace Brendan Witt with Sheldon Souray and Ray Whitney, and the Flyers to trade Scott Hartnell for Dominic Moore and the universe will be aligned. |
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Written by Ryan
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 12:02 |
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It had already been a rough year for Phantom sophomore Patrick Maroon. From October 16th through December 26th, 24 games, he didn't' score a single goal. Over two full months. After putting up a very impressive line his rookie season with the Phantoms in 2008-09 with 23 goals and 31 assist in 80 games it looked like only a matter of time until the 6'4 Maroon would be standing in front of the net on the Flyers 2nd powerplay unit, doing what Scott Hartnell should be doing and Mike Knuble used to. But he now found himself in the proverbial slump. For Maroon to see any time with the Flyers this season he would have most likely needed to be on a 40 goal pace with the Phantoms, if not 50.
But he kept working and playing hard and was actually still getting in on scoring chances, with assists filling the void where some of his goals should have been. But a guy like him needs goals, not Jared Ross numbers. And right when he scores goals in back to back games in late December he gets run from behind during the middle of a seemingly harmless everyday hockey scrum. Check it out:
The play actually doesn't look that malicious. The Rats player looks like he was jumping in to grab Maroon, and that's actually what he claims too. Just a little too hard. But regardless of the opposing player's intentions Maroon was unconscious for 10 minutes, and that hit probably caused Paul Holmgren shuffle his Maroon card even further back in his AHL call up deck - which incidentally serves as a prospect trading deck when you turn it upside down.
But you can only control what you can control, right? And maybe that's what Maroon's thinking these days, after having already seen how dark things can get for a young forward hoping to taste that NHL french roast. Maroon scored two goals in his return to the Phantoms on January 27th and netted his 7th of the year last night against the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins in a 4-3 loss. If you stretched his year to date performance out over 80 games he would stand to finish with 16 goals and 47 assists this season. Which would be a significant increase in points overall at the cost of actually scoring less himself. As it stands he's currently second in team scoring with a Phantoms team that is .500 and has a little over 30 games left to go in the season.
If he goes on a tear Maroon could possibly be in consideration for a spot, if only occasional, on the Flyers squad next year. Up front expiring contracts are hard to come by. Betts has to be resigned, Asham probably not. Powe's definitely going to be a Flyer next year, Carcillo maybe. But all Maroon can do about all of it is to keep scoring and pile those points on. Whether it's in a Flyers uniform or not he'll hit the NHL ice at some point in the not so distant future. There will always be teams that suck. If this were 2006-07 he'd be on the Flyers Saturday night in Minnesota.
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Written by Ryan
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 08:11 |
I'm seeing all these reports this morning that Ryan Potulny scored a truly back-breaking goal with 17 seconds left in the game last night, but no where am I seeing a report that says Ryan Potulny scored at 11:58 Eastern Standard Time and I wish I would have been in bed at 8:30 Eastern Standard Time. That must have been enjoyable for him.
If the NHL had decided to award points on successful offensive zone cycles in last night's game the Flyers would have won 37-4. But instead the league was afraid to break from tradition and stuck to their orthodox points-for-goals system. The Flyers just couldn't get any real scoring chances. Which is a shame because even just casting the puck at the net led to two posts and a number of open net misses. They weren't 'taking it to the house' as Trick Daddy would say.
Only time will tell if that at-least-one-point we (Chris Pronger) couldn't bear down and salvage will lead to us not making the playoffs. But I don't think it's something to get all worked up about. Sure it'd be nice to see our hopefully Cup contending team pound on the weakest team in the league but this is the Flyers we're talking about. If you're not used to this by now you're either a very advanced baby that can read or a new fan - in which case how the hell did you find this site? I searched us on Google last night and we came up as the 4,786th Flyers blog. But I digress.
Games like those make me wonder what it was like to cheer for a team with Lemieux or Gretzky on it back in the day, as Ahmad would say. One of those guys would have skated up to their own teammate and literally taken the puck from them, taken it to the net, and shot it through the goalie. They just would have made something happen. Was probably pretty cool. It makes me wish Mike Richards would be the captain he was on Monday night every night. Part of being captain is being clutch, like Shane Doan was against the Red Wings last week. And there's plenty of times he is, but Mike Richards hasn't developed that consistency yet.
ps - If you watched that game on the Edmonton feed man do they like their hockey up there. Hockey commercials, like 17 analysts working the game, Sports Centre cut in's to other action. And best of all you got to see who Canada's version of Morgan Freeman is.
I should have known it's be a Sutherland. |
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Written by Fran
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 12:41 |
 Tonight the Flyers continue their Western Canada swing when they take on the absolute worst team in the league, the Edmonton Oilers. I can't help but think that the Flyers are playing their 2006 selves tonight, and it might be this bizzaro time-warp flux capacitor type game tonight. (If you know what that means, please tell me...I'm so drunk on coffee right now the words are flying off my fingers)
There are quite a few story lines for tonight's game. The biggest one may be Chris Pronger's return to Edmonton, where he came within one game of winning the Cup. After that season, Pronger asked to be traded and ended up in Anaheim, where he won the Cup. Talk about some salty fans. Can you imagine that happened to Eric Lindros? People will still be burning his effigy. Pronger will be booed much like every other city he plays in. It'll be interesting to watch his ice time, as the past 3 games have seem him dip below his average. With Lukas Crackerjack and Oscar 'Huber' Bartulis playing well against Calgary, I'm all for that. Ryan already mentioned that it's Mike Comrie Day in the FGSB office. I hope your Mike Comrie parties are all set, but if you still need a place to celebrate, come to our office where the Mike Comrie piñata will be up and the Hilary Duff music blasting all day. Another thing to carefully watch are those tradeable assets that Edmonton has. One of them may wind up on the Flyers by the deadline. Sadly, no amount of Paul Holmgren magic will get Sam Gagner or Ales Hemsky in Philly.
The Oilers suck, like 2006 Flyers sucked. They didn't win a game in January and just snapped a 13-game losing streak by beating the second worst team in the league, the Carolina Hurricanes. Hard times for such a great hockey town. Long gone are the days of #99. We asked the always great Oilers blog, Low on Oil to answer a few questions about tonight's matchup. Here is Jay's response. ( You can check out Low on Oil's full gameday post here)
Q: Now a quicker question for you: Are fans still into it out there? Even with the Oilers sucking? Are the Flyers a big draw? And if you end up with the 3rd pick in the draft and Hall and Seguin are gone who would you bring in?
A: For the most part, Oilers fans with myself included have fully embraced the 'Fall 4 Hall' or the 'Don't win for Seguin' campaign this season. However, I don't think many including me anticipated quite how painful this would end up being. Let's put it this way, having your team get their ass handed to them on a platter on Hockey Day while on Hockey Night in Canada against the Calgary Flames of all teams (who also swept the season series against the Oilers) provided maximum humiliation as a fan. With the Oilers now in their fourth year of missing the playoffs, it's definitely had an impact on the fan base. Average fans have stopped watching games on TV especially pay-per-view games. Attendance at Rexall Place has dropped, but not as much as it probably would in other cities since the Oilers have a pretty robust fan base. Season ticket holders who were once able to sell their seats at a profit are having a difficult time now giving them away let alone selling them at a discount. Seeing the Oilers as a cap team that's last in the league while also not making any roster changes is killing most of us here. For the Oilers, I would guess that the biggest draws are either teams that have superstars like the Penguins and Capitals, or teams that the Oilers have a rivalry with like the Flames or Canucks. I would guess that the Flyers are probably somewhere in the middle-of-the road in terms of being a draw. It probably helps that fans here are still angry with Chris Pronger for publicly requesting a trade along with the fact that the Flyers are currently in a playoff position. Other than that, the Flyers are an Eastern Conference team for which there's not a huge amount of interest around here.
Tough question about drafting third overall. Really, the Oilers at this point will need to sell hope for next season and anything short of Seguin or Hall will be a disaster. Of course, many have already argued that the Oilers screwed up the 2007 draft by winning their last game against Calgary. The end result being that they drafted Sam Gagner instead of Patrick Kane, so I could see something like this happening again. Really, the Oilers could use a center, but the only center ranked in most scouting reports in the top 10 is Mikael Granlund. Unfortunately, the Oilers don't need another midget in their system. The simple answer is obviously Cam Fowler who from what I've seen looks like a great pick. However, defensemen can take time to develop and the Oilers have a greater need for talent on their forward roster. Still, if you do get to draft 3rd overall, I think that you have to take the best player regardless of need, so I'll go with Fowler.
For the Flyers, the game against the Flames was an all around great effort. Defense was stifling and the offense was attacking all 60 minutes. I'd hope for the same type of game tonight against a weak opponent. I always worry about trap games, but I don't see how the Oil will have much fire tonight. What, are they pissed at Chris Pronger? Are they still upset at Hextall's slash on Kent Nilsson? Anyway, playing a team like Edmonton is always a great test to see the mental stability of a club and how hard they can focus and concentrate. Edmonton has a sniper in Gagner and a bruiser in Sortini. While I'd like to see them both do what they're good at, I also want to see them do something they've done a hellova lot already this year: lose.
I hope the young guys get a lot of ice tonight. I'd like to see Mikey Leighton back in goal as well. Two points are there, and execution will make them obtainable. What does Giroux have in store for us tonight? Another late start so put the kids to bed and have your favorite porn on standby for the intermissions. Let's Go Flyers. |
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Written by Ryan
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 08:55 |
It's Mike Comrie Day! Again!
The beauty of Mike Comrie Day is you never know when it's going to happen because you never know where he's going to be. You also don't know whether he'll be playing, due to his penchant for sucking on high school water fountains and the disdain his style of hockey seems to breed with coaches even when he is healthy. But Mike is slotted to play for the Oil tonight, and that means it's time to celebrate.
Let me start off by telling you something - no one on this Earf has any idea where I was from December 16, 2003 until February 9, 2004. That's because, if you remember correctly (which I don't), on December 16th the Flyers traded the equivalent of two 1st rounders and a 3rd for Comrie. I remember heading to the bar that day and that's about it for almost the next two months. You see, when Mike Comrie played for the Oilers (the first time around) Mike Comrie Days were few and far between - which was a healthier set up for me. But when he moved to Philadelphia and started dating Pink I reached the highest of highs, which was followed by the lowest of lows when Comrie was traded to Phoenix and I was found trying to buy X from a guy who kept them in a folded up napkin in Rittenhouse Square. I can say looking back, that maybe Mike Comrie being a Flyer was a little too much for me to handle at that point in my life. Luckily he took care of that for me by back checking 4 times in his 21 games in the Orange and Black.
But since then Mike Comrie Day has been like Christmas, except more like diarrhea because you never know when it's coming - a Christmasareha if you will. He was in Phoenix for a while, and then Ottawa for a while, and then the Islanders for a while before heading back to Ottawa again for some reason. And now he's in Edmonton on a one year deal and he's played a full 18 games because of a recent bout with the kissing disease. No, not pregnancy, mono. I was worried at first because it only took him one game back from the IR to earn a seat in the press box but he played in Edmonton's win over Carolina on Monday and I doubt Pat Quinn has the balls to change anything about a lineup that was able to somehow win.
So enjoy today. Stay up late and celebrate in your own way - with a cake, a beer, or even a massage from someone on Craigslist. And here you thought it was just going to be another normal Wednesday. But keep this in the back of your mind - Mike Comrie's on the Oilers right now but who knows where he'll be playing by the time March roles around?!? This might not be our only Mike Comrie Day of the year! Keep your fingers crossed and look closely tonight if you want to see one of the best (if not the best) players to ever put on an Oilers jersey dazzle you with his hard work and skilled play.
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Written by Ryan
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 12:09 |
Earlier this late morning I got a chance to sit down and speak with Chris Pronger of the Philadelphia Flyers about Scott Patil being moved from cash register to sandwich counter at the Wawa on the corner of Cooper Road and 561. Really, Chris? Weren't you moved from the Hartford Whalers to the St. Louis Blues when you were 20?
"Yeah I was traded when I was 20. In the NHL. This Scott kid is 16 and moving spots in a store."
In some ways you could say that the Patil move and the Pronger trade after a couple embarrassing incidents in Hartford are the exact same move accomplished with a time machine, like Lost. In many ways people see Patil as a Pronger of the Wawa industry. Both are taller than some of the people around them. Both enjoy Rolos.
"I don't see it," Pronger said.
Eating Rolos all the time?
"I have maybe had 7 or 8 Rolos in my life. Not packs, individual ones. I literally have no idea what you're talking about."
And yet I must be talking about something because this is an article, is it not?
"Huh?"
Patil had the most Christmas Eve sales out of any of the regional branches this past holiday season. Some said that was because of the strategic placement of his store, some think that it was just because Patil embodied the exact same qualities of a young Pronger. Patil was employee of the month for December.
"I guess that's pretty good. For a kid that young. I guess. What is it you want me to say? I'll just say it if you'll end this interview."
Ha, likely. Anthony SanFilipo once said that the sandwich bar is where all the action is.
"I guess, what's this kid's name? Steve? Oh Scott. I guess he'll find that out."
Pronger was reluctant to compare himself to Patil at the same age. He was also reluctant to compare himself to a summer lifeguard at a water park, a member of Cirque de Soleil, and Garth Brooks.
Patil's manager was not hesitant at all.
"We needed another guy on the sandwich counter because Terry kept messing up everyone's sandwiches. Scott said he'd do it. I think he was a little bored with the main register. Expectations were high for Scott to take money and give change at the main register. They'll be even higher at the sandwich counter, especially with our new breakfast hoagies." |
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Written by Ryan
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 08:18 |
 Couldn't find a Krajicek picture before I had to run, but yes, I was impressed.
I'll consider the Flyers "back" when they return to 7 games above .500. When times were tougher all I ever heard about was "aster a 12-5-1 start…" and now the Flyers are as close as they've been in this dare I say Peguninian comeback, primed to return from this road trip at that mark exactly. Last night the Flyers held a desperate team with everything to play for and nothing to lose except their houses and their children's' spots in their elementary school classes to 18 shots - not of them exceedingly difficult of Razor to gobble up.
They played good hockey.
The player off the game on the Flyers end had to be Lucas Krajicek, who even though I ripped on him yesterday came in after not skating for three days and ate up over 18(!!) minutes on the blue line. Allowing Kimmo to keep it at under 20 and Pronger and Carle below 25. Someone who probably wasn't happy about that was Braydon Coburn, who played fewer minutes than I can remember in recent history. Krajicek just looked good playing in Laviolette's system. He may have been born to pinch and he's going to get that chance playing for the Flyers. When Danny Syvret and Ryan Parent come back off the IR they're going to be struggling to avoid conditioning assignments in Adirondack if #2 can keep up that type of play.
The Captain came through last night and stellar efforts from Darroll Powe, Arron Asham, and Daniel Carcillo helped keep the Flames at bay when we weren't able to find the back of the net. That team that played last night could make a playoff run.
And just like that I'm excited again. It might be due to the post-primetime start (which I love), or the lower camera angle at the Saddle Dome (which I love), or that the Flyers are actually Magellan (yeah I did that). Either way I'm excited for the "back on track" Oilers tomorrow. I'd write more and be wittier if I had more time, but the thing about work is…well….work. |
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