Nodl, Carter, Weber, and a 1st.
- BulliesPhan87

Nodl... he's like the 15th forward on the Hurricanes

No way, he's obviously going to say Matt Carle.
- BulliesPhan87

My money is on Wides.

In that regard, yes but guys never test positive.
- NickTheKid87

Did you watch Shameless on show time last friday?

Okay, so don't shoot the messenger on this one, but you asked, so I'll tell you what I've heard.

A few years ago, a certain d-bag Toronto sports writer (not naming names, but you have all heard of him) wrote something in his column to the effect of "The Flyers would love to retire his number, but they don't feel right honouring a guy who died drinking and driving. But the team knows the real story."

I had no idea what he was writing about, but I had a friend who worked with this cetain d-bag writer, so I asked my friend to get clarification.

According to this d-bag writer (again, don't shoot the messenger) Lindberg used to drive home drunk a lot. But the Flyers (and remember: it was a different time) used to think it was hilarious, and never worried because Lindberg had such fantastic reflexes, being drunk behind the wheel wasn't a problem.

On the night of the accident, Pelle was at the wheel, and was driving at a fast rate. He had two passengers - a male and a female, and the female was terrified. So terrified that she grabbed the keys and turned off the engine, not knowing that it would lock the steering column.

So "the real story" is that "it wasn't really Pelle's fault - just a horrible accident."

I have no idea if it is true or not, but it does come from a pretty good (albeit dbag) source.
- Atomic Wedgie

seems ironic posting this in a Bill Meltzer thread

I had never heard the story of the woman grabbing the keys but did hear he was prone to drinking and driving.
- JoeRussomanno

That wouldn't surprise me. The accident happened around 5:15 am iirc, that is a long night of drinking. The team went from Bennigans when it closed at 2am to the Coliseum and stayed til 5am.

If you had his rookie card....... you wouldn't have to work another day in your life!
- Sheppy99

orrly?

I've actually heard that story, through non d-bags.
- Jsaquella

And now you've heard it from me, so you've got the d-bag thing covered, too.

i agree with this somewhat. crosby is many more times mentally ahead of malkin. but just due to his size, malkin should be able to do more things. imagine if he actually used his wingspan to play proper defense as opposed to just taking retaliating hooking penalties because someone stripped him of the puck. and he has a hell of a heavy shot that crosby doesnt. so while like all of these other arguments its all relative, i think malkin is more physically talented but not necessarily better
- stayinthefnnet

I see what you're saying. You can get Malkin off his game, which is virtually impossible to do with Crosby.

A conspiracy?
- NickTheKid87

Not really. The two passengers were seriously(or permanently) injured. If she had done it, then it would be her telling people that, and as far as I know, she didn't.

Pelle Obviously died, and the male passenger suffered brain damage.

I had never heard the story of the woman grabbing the keys but did hear he was prone to drinking and driving.
- JoeRussomanno

they all drank and drove in those days, hell we all drank and drove...but he loved to drive at high speeds

Did you watch Shameless on show time last friday?
- Philly1980

I don't have Showtime.

I'm just saying that you rarely see guys test positive for PEDs or HGH in the NHL.

Nodl... he's like the 15th forward on the Hurricanes
- PLindbergh31

Thought he was a decent spare part, sucks he couldn't become something more.

Sucks for him, that is. Hasn't affected my day.

they all drank and drove in those days, hell we all drank and drove...but he loved to drive at high speeds
- vejim

alot of the players would be drinking at Ovations after the game with the fans

Flyers have an amazing core that most fans envy but your back end is too weak and overall I think you need an upgrade in the toughness department too. Also Briere needs to go.

I'm on the fence with Bryz like most of you. I think if he was insulated a little better, his performance would reflect it. Also a better back up goalie would help too cause he doesn't seem like a guy that likes a lot of games in a row. Doesn't seem to be very solid mentally for long stretches. He looked like a burnt out goalie last night with some mental errors.
- Sheppy99

Nice eval. And good luck the rest of the way. I like how the leafs play. Ok. Is there anyone left that doesn't think Briere should be bought out or traded. I'd like to warm up the engine. Your either on the wagon or off!

Nice eval. And good luck the rest of the way. I like how the leafs play. Ok. Is there anyone left that doesn't think Briere should be bought out or traded. I'd like to warm up the engine. Your either on the wagon or off!
- Just5

I wish you'd given up talking about Briere for Lent.

Thought he was a decent spare part, sucks he couldn't become something more.

Sucks for him, that is. Hasn't affected my day.
- BulliesPhan87

Nodl didn't to anything well. He was average across the board.

That wouldn't surprise me. The accident happened around 5:15 am iirc, that is a long night of drinking. The team went from Bennigans when it closed at 2am to the Coliseum and stayed til 5am.
- PLindbergh31

I think I subconsciously forget about him on purpose. Got into a debate with someone not too long ago about how the FLyers haven't won a cup in forever because the front office cant blah blah blah. Anyway I had to bring up Pelle because I really believe he was lock to put us over the top. Hell we squeezed a vezina out of hextall in 87 imagine what would have been with pelle. Anyway it is painful on so many levels personal and a sports one because of how senseless and tragic that was. THat wound will never heal.

That wouldn't surprise me. The accident happened around 5:15 am iirc, that is a long night of drinking. The team went from Bennigans when it closed at 2am to the Coliseum and stayed til 5am.
- PLindbergh31

went to the eagles/falcons game that sunday and you could hear a pin drop

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Shelley is having hip surgery and his season/Flyers career is over.

went to the eagles/falcons game that sunday and you could hear a pin drop
- vejim

Jaworski vs. Bartkowski?

I wish you'd given up talking about Briere for Lent.
- BulliesPhan87

There's 6.5 million reasons not to

I think I subconsciously forget about him on purpose. Got into a debate with someone not too long ago about how the FLyers haven't won a cup in forever because the front office cant blah blah blah. Anyway I had to bring up Pelle because I really believe he was lock to put us over the top. Hell we squeezed a vezina out of hextall in 87 imagine what would have been with pelle. Anyway it is painful on so many levels personal and a sports one because of how senseless and tragic that was. THat wound will never heal.
- JoeRussomanno

Pelle won a Vezina the year prior to his death, didn't he?

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Shelley is having hip surgery and his season/Flyers career is over.
- PLindbergh31

I think it was over well before that.

Pelle won a Vezina the year prior to his death, didn't he?
- NickTheKid87

yup and they lost in 5 to edmonton in the finals.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned that Shelley is having hip surgery and his season/Flyers career is over.
- PLindbergh31

Meh. It was, at best, a questionable signing and a stint that had almost zero impact on the team.