Like Boston not letting Steve Heinze have #57. Just silly.
- tangent_man

Original Six = Humorless.

Good thing there are expansion-era teams that don't give a (frank):

Original Six = Humorless.

Good thing there are expansion-era teams that don't give a (frank):

- Tomahawk

I loved that he finally got to wear it. That's a classic jersey (if it weren't the Sabres).

Who is Andy andreoff and why is he better than Half our lineup already?

Like Boston not letting Steve Heinze have #57. Just silly.

EDIT - and Rob DiMaio should have been wearing #5 his entire career.
- tangent_man

I never knew that. Thanks!

Now I covered my "really interesting trivia that I'll probably never use" requirement for the day

I agree! That would have been pretty funny actually.

I kind of understand AK-47 though. The league would frown upon anything that seemingly promotes violence.
- TheGreat28

THIS IS HOCKEY!

I never knew that. Thanks!

Now I covered my "really interesting trivia that I'll probably never use" requirement for the day
- TheGreat28

They didn't want numbers that high, if I recall. Crazy.

Those guys write for a very broad audience and write for a specific reading comprehension level.

If you're expecting whiz bang analysis from a beat writer, you're barking up the wrong tree.

That's the nice thing about blogs; they allow you to pick and choose how you want to consume sports if you've gone beyond the level provided through your daily newspaper.
- johndewar

I don't think anyone that goes there is looking for in depth hockey analysis, but the analysis provided isn't just simplified for casual fans, it is flat out wrong sometimes. The logic presented is flawed sometimes as well. Reporting the facts is fine, but creating narratives around them based on flawed thinking is another. That's the issue I have with them. They're feeding the masses with misinformation.

I don't think anyone that goes there is looking for in depth hockey analysis, but the analysis provided isn't just simplified for casual fans, it is flat out wrong sometimes. The logic presented is flawed sometimes as well. Reporting the facts is fine, but creating narratives around them based on flawed thinking is another. That's the issue I have with them. They're feeding the masses with misinformation.
- NickTheKid87

Exactly.

They didn't want numbers that high, if I recall. Crazy.
- tangent_man

Just googled it. According to wikipedia, it was because they didn't want something that seemed like a blatant product placement.

Probably just Hunts fans up there in Boston

I agree! That would have been pretty funny actually.

I kind of understand AK-47 though. The league would frown upon anything that seemingly promotes violence.
- TheGreat28

Andrei Kirilenko wore # 47 in the NBA. But then again, it's a league full of thugs.

Andrei Kirilenko wore # 47 in the NBA. But then again, it's a league full of thugs.
- PLindbergh31

Wow racist?

Wow racist?
- rangerdanger94

How is that racist? Because of all the white thugs? Racist against white people?

How is that racist? Because of all the white thugs? Racist against white people?
- jmatchett383

You know exactly why. You don't deserve Simmonds. Trade him over to us immediately.

Cups:
Voracek - 0
Carter - 2
Simmonds - 0
Richards - 2
BSchenn - 0
Couturier - 0
- Streit2ThePoint

Man I wish the Flyers never traded Carter to LA..

Oh wait..

You know exactly why. You don't deserve Simmonds. Trade him over to us immediately.
- rangerdanger94

Simmonds for McDonagh

Simmonds for McDonagh
- NickTheKid87

If by McDonagh you mean Klein, then sure.

You know exactly why. You don't deserve Simmonds. Trade him over to us immediately.
- rangerdanger94

Well, it is a league full of thugs. That's not racist, it's a broad generalization backed up by solid fact.

Why don't we deserve Simmonds? Because a London fan threw a banana at him?

Just googled it. According to wikipedia, it was because they didn't want something that seemed like a blatant product placement.

Probably just Hunts fans up there in Boston
- TheGreat28

Oh, well...if it's in Wikipedia...

If by McDonagh you mean Klein, then sure.
- rangerdanger94

Counteroffer: Rinaldo for McDonagh

If by McDonagh you mean Klein, then sure.
- rangerdanger94

If by Klein you mean Lundqvist, then sure

Counteroffer: Rinaldo for McDonagh
- BulliesPhan87

Only if they include Lundqvist for Rosehill.

If by Klein you mean Lundqvist, then sure
- aflyerpower8

TSN's Bob McKenzie reports that Lundqvist has refused to waive his NTC to come to Philadelphia.

Counteroffer: Rinaldo for McDonagh
- BulliesPhan87

I wonder if real trade-calls ever devolve into that kind of stuff.

Counteroffer: Rinaldo for McDonagh
- BulliesPhan87

We already have a better version of Rinaldo with Glass.

Wow racist?
- rangerdanger94

Ummm... Not really.

How long will that POS Moore's suspension be?

Is Kreider the biggest punk in the NHL? Questions to be pondered.