Bonding time!

The guys are taking a couple of days to bond at th

“excoriating”? cmon Schnookie, I’ve had a bottle of wine here and can barely keep up with your vocabulary when I am sober! Remember, I am a Flyers fan! All these big word are making me tired!!!

Hell Yeah, part 2

Yeah, we lost, but it was seriously a great game. Pardon the typos, as I have had an entire bottle of Malbec during tonight's tivo'd broadcast.

A few things:

1) Smith is so amazing that it brings tears to my eyes. Fer real.

2) Briere is seriously gifted, keep it up lil fella!

3) This team has a good D

4) Biron is freaking sick. Really!



That is all for now...more after I sober up!

Hell yeah!

First off, let me just say how weird it feels to watch a Flyers game where they have the lead for the entire game. Secondly, it is weird to feel that they deserved to win due to the way the played.

Last season was really so terrible that it has programmed me to not get comfortable with any sort of lead/positive play/good goaltending. I know this was just the first game, but it was truly a pleasure to watch the guys play. I would have been disappointed if they lost, because they played better and deserved to win, but even a loss would have been okay because of the potential they showed.

Way to go boys!

Told you so!

Not to be annoying or anything, but he was my prediction and also my choice for captain.

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Dear Everyone who thinks they are a psychologist over Steve Downie,

You aren't. And even if you are, he is not your patient. So please put a sock in it for now and pray none of your guys make any questionable hits this season.

Love,
Kristin

Okay okay....

I know I am not really allowed to say anything about the Downie hit, since I am a Flyers fan and can't be objective. But I just can't keep quiet any more. Jim over at South Florida Flyers has a well reasoned case over at his place. Here is an excerpt:

To put the hit into perspective, we first have to eliminate the personalities. Both Downie & McAmmond should not play into the discussion, the suspension, or the analysis of the hit. If you come up with a different conclusion based on the people involved then your conclusion is flawed. You have to arrive at the same answer no matter if:
Downie hit McAmmond or
Downie hit McGratten or
Neil hit Drury or
Neil hit McDonald or
McGratten hit Kapanen or
Kapanen hit McGratten

It is the ACT that should be judged not the participants.

Secondly, you have to forget about the outcome of the hit. It shouldn't matter that a player received a concussion, a broken wrist, etc.

It is the ACT that should be judged not the outcome. I see no difference between hit to the head that results in a concussion, and one where the player gets right up and skates down the ice. A hit to the head is a hit to the head.

Please note that I am not actually stating any opinions in this post, so feel free to not attack me in the comments!