Also, to be fair, Neal's fine this year for high-sticking happened as he was falling during a wonderful slew-foot from our favorite resident artist PK Subban.

Not quite sure how it warranted a fine.
- nhindian

Correct me if I'm wrong but he also put a Coyote on a stretcher in the past two years due to an elbow to the head, no?

That is the most ridiculously stupid and bush league thing I have seen since the Chicago rag put Pronger in a tutu. Worse than that, it's not even clever or funny. Re-affirms my decision to not buy that paper or visit their website
- Jsaquella

Yea it is however i guess NY, Chicago, Boston had there fun with us i guess they felt left out

It absolutely is. Anyone can run anyone now when they don't even have the franking puck! And all they have to do is use the Neal excuse. Sickening.
- hereticpride

Well you cant run a player unless your All-Star talent. Then you only get a game if your lucky.

Yep, the League doesn't want the Flyers, who are one of the big market teams in the League, to succeed. All the evidence is there. It's been going on for what, at least 20 years?
- MJL

and Ed snider, who's with Comcast, which owns NBC...yea the NHL is anti-Flyers

the funny thing to me is: crybaby is a leo (aug 7) and it would be the cowardly lion and the leo is the lion. sorry i have a weird obsession with astrology
- flyerscup2011

Another conspiracy!

I'm going to institute the Shanahan way of doing things into my job when I get back to work. If I see an attractive woman break the law, she now will not face any discipline, I will turn a cheek to whatever the crime is, while any guy, or unattractive woman will be prosecuted to the fullest.

Afterall, attractive women are much more important, than everyone else. (Actually they are, but we aren't allowed to admit it)

Also, to be fair, Neal's fine this year for high-sticking happened as he was falling during a wonderful slew-foot from our favorite resident artist PK Subban.

Not quite sure how it warranted a fine.
- nhindian

probably cuz he got away with trying to kill petr prucha

Neither the owners, BOG's, or the Players Association would sign on for that. It's a business. The League wouldn't want a marquee player out of the lineup for that long. Have to fill the seats.
- MJL

i don't see much of a correlation there. and what about all these star players that are having their seasons and in some cases careers ended early because of these illegal hits or even just regular injuries? crosby is the prime example. been out for a year+ yet the pens sell out every game and draw a huge crowd on the road even if he's not in their lineup.

i do think that, ask mjl. i don't care what cooke got, he was a goon. i give him credit for cleaning up his act though. i do think the league is out to screw the flyers over as much as possible. i also think they do everything they can to help sidney crosby and his team
- flyerscup2011

But.... didn't they constantly run a commercial about the Flyers going 82-0?

I'm going to institute the Shanahan way of doing things into my job when I get back to work. If I see an attractive woman break the law, she now will not face any discipline, I will turn a cheek to whatever the crime is, while any guy, or unattractive woman will be prosecuted to the fullest.

Afterall, attractive women are much more important, than everyone else. (Actually they are, but we aren't allowed to admit it)
- PLindbergh31

Wait what? That doesn't already happen?

Another conspiracy!
- nhindian

i would classify that as a coincidence. and classify myself as weird for having noticed it

i agree they need to penalize these hits in severe fashion, but my definition of severe is more like 20-30 games. taking away 25%+ of a season's salary will probably make them take notice, not to mention the internal disruption their absence might cause.
- hammarby31

know what, I'm cool with that. I'm sorry I'm just watching that game and my daughter comes to kiss me goodnight and is getting upset and asking me why that guy is on a stretcher. It made me think, what is Hossa's kids thinking? I mean these guys although they are multimillionaires, do have families and are entitled just as anyone to enjoy that aspect of their life. It be different if he skated with the puck through the neutral zone with his head down, and Torres cleaned his clock, but my god, that was a blatant intent to injure if I ever saw it.

I want Torres to either score the game winner, or bury Kane!

That is the most ridiculously stupid and bush league thing I have seen since the Chicago rag put Pronger in a tutu. Worse than that, it's not even clever or funny. Re-affirms my decision to not buy that paper or visit their website
- Jsaquella

agreed, but they do stuff like that all the time. i remember they put goat features on mcnabb a couple years back. you might as well read the supermarket "i went on a date with an alien" tabloids

That is the most ridiculously stupid and bush league thing I have seen since the Chicago rag put Pronger in a tutu. Worse than that, it's not even clever or funny. Re-affirms my decision to not buy that paper or visit their website
- Jsaquella

it's terrible, on every level, including the photoshop work, which is brutal.

http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=60&id=172993
- flyfan1212

so it was okay that he left his feet the first time?????????????????
?????????????????????????

i don't see much of a correlation there. and what about all these star players that are having there seasons and in some cases careers ended early because of these illegal hits or even just regular injuries? crosby is the prime example. been out for a year+ yet the pens sell out every game and draw a huge crowd on the road even if he's not in their lineup.
- hammarby31

That's a good counter point to that. The League is caught between a rock and a hard place. They want as good of a product on the ice as they can. What other explanation is there?

I want Torres to either score the game winner, or bury Kane!
- PLindbergh31

If torres scores the game winner there will be riots in Chicago

Classy paper. Way to take the high road.
- canadianpenfan

you have to admit, its pretty spot on.

Wait what? That doesn't already happen?
- eayost

Of course it does, I just don't have to explain it to the masses in a video.

But.... didn't they constantly run a commercial about the Flyers going 82-0?


- nhindian

so that makes up for all the bullpoop calls and suspensions against us and lack of disciplining other teams for taking runs at our player. i'm sorry nhl. i was sooooo wrong. how could i miss that??? stupid me

I would kill to have Mez dressing up for game 4 over Lilja or the injured Kubina
- Scottie Upshall

JVR should be ready to go early next series and Meszaros is still 2 weeks away best case scenario. Game 5 would be a possibility. We sure could use him, especially of they play the Rangers next round...

Correct me if I'm wrong but he also put a Coyote on a stretcher in the past two years due to an elbow to the head, no?
- hereticpride

That was Feb. 13, 2010 as a Star, so that wouldn't have been taken into account for a repeat offender.

I want Torres to either score the game winner, or bury Kane!
- PLindbergh31

why not both?

I'm going to institute the Shanahan way of doing things into my job when I get back to work. If I see an attractive woman break the law, she now will not face any discipline, I will turn a cheek to whatever the crime is, while any guy, or unattractive woman will be prosecuted to the fullest.

Afterall, attractive women are much more important, than everyone else. (Actually they are, but we aren't allowed to admit it)
- PLindbergh31

Bad example, hot women have been getting away with murder since the dinosaurs roamed the earth.