Bill just tweeted, “Bobby Brink's non-participation in Dev Camp is injury related. He is dealing with a hip issue that came about in off-season training.”
- Dkos

At that age how the hell do you manage to get a hip injury while training???

Seriously? The lack of logic that you have is monumental. How about the Flyers aren't close to being the best defensive team in the league so a defenseman who is putrid defensively is an issue for them.
- MJL

TonyD's defensive issues will become self-evident soon enough. Like Risto. Some people will just refuse to believe/admit it until it becomes utterly undeniable.

TonyD's defensive issues will become self-evident soon enough. Like Risto. Some people will just refuse to believe/admit it until it becomes utterly undeniable.
- Tomahawk

No problem. Didn’t you hear CF. They’re going to be in the o-zone all the time now. Not even going to have to play d and if the opposition does manage to get into the d-zone RR will hit them after they score and DeAngelo will call them mean names. They’ll be afraid to go over the blue line after that.

We’re not racist. We just say racist things.

Do we know if the things he said were racist against black people? All I’ve seen is that he used “homophobic, racist and sexist language” and that he abused officials. Maybe he’s just antisemitic and homophobic? We can all get behind that, right? And refs? Refs are Richards anyway.

*I’m being sarcastic.

Well, except the part about refs.
- Dkos

To the best of my ability for finding such stuff out, the evidence for bigotry seems weak. It rests on some incident in the juniors, most of which seems uncorroborated. Maybe I am not fully informed?

The evidence for being a moron however seems quite strong. I am rooting for this guy personally, but I would bet the boneheaded part will reemerge here.

To the best of my ability for finding such stuff out, the evidence for bigotry seems weak. It rests on some incident in the juniors, most of which seems uncorroborated. Maybe I am not fully informed?

The evidence for being a moron however seems quite strong. I am rooting for this guy personally, but I would bet the boneheaded part will reemerge here.
- PT21

To quote Bill:


Friday @ 9:14 PM ET
I know what happened in Sarnia regarding the ethnic slur to a teammate. The information isn't public

So you might not be able to find exactly what happened on the internet but people in the know understand exactly what happened and agree it’s reprehensible to say the least

To the best of my ability for finding such stuff out, the evidence for bigotry seems weak. It rests on some incident in the juniors, most of which seems uncorroborated. Maybe I am not fully informed?

The evidence for being a moron however seems quite strong. I am rooting for this guy personally, but I would bet the boneheaded part will reemerge here.
- PT21

I couldn’t find anything specific,either, in my brief search. Plenty of evidence that he’s a knucklehead though. No doubt he has skill. I liked his press conference and I’m a sucker for the whole tough south Philly guy who wears his heart on his sleeve thing. I hope he’s good and doesn’t do anything distracting and stupid. Funny that the company that erased all signs of Kate Smith because she sang a racist song in 1940 decided to take a chance on this guy.

Also getting punched by a teammate (a respectable one like Kreider especially) never happens so regardless of what he said - it’s just not baggage people want on their already floundering team.

Ya know, it’s ok to think someone’s a piece of sh!t even if they vote the same way as you

To quote Bill:


Friday @ 9:14 PM ET
I know what happened in Sarnia regarding the ethnic slur to a teammate. The information isn't public

So you might not be able to find exactly what happened on the internet but people in the know understand exactly what happened and agree it’s reprehensible to say the least
- anti-lame

Is there evidence for the bolded part?

And at the end of it all, it was one slur uttered by a young man?

Innocent query. Not condoning anything. Just trying to find out more

I couldn’t find anything specific,either, in my brief search. Plenty of evidence that he’s a knucklehead though. No doubt he has skill. I liked his press conference and I’m a sucker for the whole tough south Philly guy who wears his heart on his sleeve thing. I hope he’s good and doesn’t do anything distracting and stupid. Funny that the company that erased all signs of Kate Smith because she sang a racist song in 1940 decided to take a chance on this guy.
- Dkos

I don’t disagree it’s a bit of a head scratcher

But on the other side of the coin (and I’m someone who doesn’t agree with his politics or antics) it’s one thing to say something to push someone’s buttons in the moment and another thing to schedule, pay and drive to a recording studio to spend the afternoon perfecting a very racist tune

No problem. Didn’t you hear CF. They’re going to be in the o-zone all the time now. Not even going to have to play d and if the opposition does manage to get into the d-zone RR will hit them after they score and DeAngelo will call them mean names. They’ll be afraid to go over the blue line after that.
- Dkos

I couldn’t find anything specific,either, in my brief search. Plenty of evidence that he’s a knucklehead though. No doubt he has skill. I liked his press conference and I’m a sucker for the whole tough south Philly guy who wears his heart on his sleeve thing. I hope he’s good and doesn’t do anything distracting and stupid. Funny that the company that erased all signs of Kate Smith because she sang a racist song in 1940 decided to take a chance on this guy.
- Dkos

Nothing funny about it imo. Those songs were on Youtube and she was dead and so couldn't defend herself. TAD's offense is largely based on hearsay, this can be suppressed and he can do the South Philly thing you like.

Just stay clear of Geno's.

Sure we need some legit hockey players. To get them they should draft them. Not give away draft picks for players like DeAngelo. By the way, DeAngelo and Gostisbehere are basically the same player. So if Gostisbehere sucks, so does DeAngelo.
- MJL

Ghost was not good his last few seasons here. Him having a solid season point wise on a terrible team doesn’t mean he’s as good as TDA. Stop this nonsense.

So another prospect goes down, has to be a record.

Haha, gotta love his dad coming to his defense and making it so much worse for him.


- Tomahawk

Riiiiight! It was the weirdest interview!

Ghost was not good his last few seasons here. Him having a solid season point wise on a terrible team doesn’t mean he’s as good as TDA. Stop this nonsense.
- ClaudeFather

The only nonsense is your repeated statements with no factual substance. We have a wide ranging and expansive set of metrics that tell us that they are very similar as players. Your lack of ability to understand that, does not change it.

The only nonsense is your repeated statements with no factual substance. We have a wide ranging and expansive set of metrics that tell us that they are very similar as players. Your lack of ability to understand that, does not change it.
- MJL

Please enlighten us how great ghost was his last few seasons with Philly and then compare them to TDAs. Pretty clear who’s the better player.

Riiiiight! It was the weirdest interview!
- SuperSchennBros

Ignorance is amazing.

Nothing funny about it imo. Those songs were on Youtube and she was dead and so couldn't defend herself. TAD's offense is largely based on hearsay, this can be suppressed and he can do the South Philly thing you like.

Just stay clear of Geno's.
- PT21

I lived through the bullies years and was ready to move on from the Kate Smith thing. Maybe if they didn’t suck it would still be fun, but it just seemed sad and embarrassing anymore. I agree it was pretty poopty the way they did it. I mean…what white person in America in the 40s wasn’t racist? People learn and change (atleast some of us do). The intention of her statue and song certainly weren’t to promote racism, but I guess if many of your patrons are offended by it you get rid of it. I didn’t see it as a big deal.

Ignorance is amazing.
- Tomahawk

What’s worse, after such a fishy interview, we got fans on these boards acting like none of us should be concerned. There was never a problem. It’s a false narrative. How naive is that?

Please enlighten us how great ghost was his last few seasons with Philly and then compare them to TDAs. Pretty clear who’s the better player.
- ClaudeFather

Let me get this straight. You want to completely dismiss Gositsbehere's season this year because he played on a bad team and want to compare Gostisbehere's past few seasons with the Flyers to DeAngelo's past seasons. How many seasons can we go back? Why just the last few? DeAngelo hasn't played on the Flyers yet. Your logic is slipping dangerously into JD250 territory.

What’s worse, after such a fishy interview, we got fans on these boards acting like none of us should be concerned. There was never a problem. It’s a false narrative. How naive is that?
- SuperSchennBros

It’s a guy on the hockey team we all watch. I don’t see how people are getting this uptight, none of us work with him, we watch him play hockey. Don’t buy tickets, do whatever you got to do.

His policies bro. Nobody argues that.
- jmdodgeser4

Please explain how the drug policies (?) of the last two years has the blame squarely on ONE administration.
You’re getting me wrong too, but that’s fine. Most of you do, but I’ll say it for real. (frank) Joe Biden

Oh wait, conservatives are scared to say the F word, and so is this website, so it still sounds lame. But I’m not a fan of ANY administration since I’ve been alive, so take that for what you will.

But nah I’m just a libtard upset about Tony D’S “politics”.

Moors were raping their way through Sicily and Italy in the 300s
If TAD actually knew how much African he has in his blood he would burn a cross at his own house.
It kinda goes for everyone no matter what race you happen to hate,
guaranteed one of your great great great great great great great ancestors were someone you hate or were boning someone you hate today.

Love in the year 2022 racism and hate of the other is still a thing.

Let the hate flow.

It’s a guy on the hockey team we all watch. I don’t see how people are getting this uptight, none of us work with him, we watch him play hockey. Don’t buy tickets, do whatever you got to do.
- ClaudeFather

Agreed. It's the past. By all reports, he was fine last year in Carolina. He deserves the opportunity to come in and show that he has matured. No reason not to give him that chance.

Please enlighten us how great ghost was his last few seasons with Philly and then compare them to TDAs. Pretty clear who’s the better player.
- ClaudeFather

TDA was deep into Quinn's doghouse by the end there for his lack of effort on defense. Had his minutes and role cut. It wasn't just the stuff in the news that got him waived and bought out you know. AV also didn't trust him either when he was young.

He had to go to a place like Carolina, that just accepted him for his warts, that he was able to flourish. Just like Ghost went to Arizona and finally broke free of the Flyers 200-foot obsession, turned in a good season when he was allowed to just do his thing without constant fear of punishment.

Problem is, the Flyers still have that 200-foot obsession, and they just hired an even bigger 200-ft hardass as coach. TDA may be in trouble again.