Those questions were easily answered at the end of Game 1, when goon squad leader John Stevens sent dickhead Daniel Carcillo over the boards to take a premeditated cheap shot at Max Talbot off the draw.
Why would Carcillo even be in the game? The Flyers were shorthanded, and Carcillo is not a penalty killer. Furthermore, his lack of skill does not enable him to take draws (he's taken THREE all year!). So the only reason he was in the game was to take a cowardly swipe at Talbot during the puck drop. It's the same typical Flyer crap that's been going on since forever. It's ingrained in the Flyer DNA, and the main reason they'll never win another Cup. Hence, Carcillo was the perfect player for GM Paul Holmgren to bring aboard from Phoenix at the trade deadline. He's a clown in the prototypical Flyer mold, much like...
Scott Hartnell's line from the Game 1 Box Score:
1st period - 5:04, 2 minutes for impersonating a hockey player
1st period - 17:27, 2 minutes for wearing a blouse
3rd period - 2:46, 2 minutes for taking a swing with his purse
3rd period - 19:46, 10 minute misconduct for simply being an ass
Take another penalty jagoff!!
Can't see this series being a long one. The Flyers are simply outmatched and out skilled. Even tough guy captain Mike Richards was seen whining after getting nailed to the boards by Chris Kunitz. Too bad Richards is a Flyer, because he could probably be a great player on a true "hockey" team. But until he leaves Philly, he'll have to settle for bowing before his master, Sir Sid.
Flyers fans can continue to stroke themselves while they watch the old Broad Street Bullies stuff, but they'll always be a punchline this time a year. Hilarious...
BTW...EC highly recommends the Pensblog this time of year, which has a new addy (no longer on Blogspot). These guys continue to churn out the Pens material and we're BIG BIG fans.
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Don't be cracking on our Kitchener boy Mike Richards.
And is it true that when he was seen whining, somebody on his team said "shut up, Sidney"?
LOL.
As long as he wears the pumpkin colored sweater, he's free game on here :)
the flyers' ryan parent played here.
one of the nicest guys you'd ever meet.
makes me wonder why he's playing hockey.
I'm sure he is. Most hockey players are good guys. But as I was saying to TB, as soon as you don that stupid flying Pee logo...you become part Neanderthal. And I can't hate them.
nah ... can't think of any sport whose athletes are bigger dinks -- for the most part -- than hockey.
orange, yellow -- both puke.
REALLY??? I'll give you two:
Football and basketball.
no way. not even close.
Let's go down the line. Douche bag vs. douche bag, football vs. hockey. I'll start:
Pac Man Jones, criminal
ya see, it's easy to pull out the "mainstream media" ones.
(before i proceed ... if a hockey player did same, would anyone outside canada care?)
i'm talking overallness.
from my experience (which is lots, high horse included), hockey types are the least articulate, most interested in violent thuggery, most fratboyish of all athletes.
at the end of the day, hockey is THEE only sport where players don't respect each other. might have something to do with it.
You're seriously joking right? Pac Man aside (who was widely known for carrying around an AK-47 at WVU), the # of football players who are complete garbage, seriously outnumbers hockey players. As far as respect goes, I don't think I've ever heard a post game football interview when the player didn't cite "No one gave us no respect!!"
I'm not a fan of frat boys either, but give me a frat boy over a felon every day of the week.
Least articulate?!? You do hear some of these NFL players talk, no? There's zero comparison, my friend.
I continue with Chris Henry, who's been cited for domestic abuse and throwing bottles at cars...
hockey is the only sport where they don't shake hands after a game. oh, after a playoff series they do. how charming.
hockey is the only sport where they talk about "physical revenge" (of the dirty kind) when teams meet two months after an "incident."
way to keep score, meatheads.
ever see a hockey player help a member of the opposition off the playing surface?
me neither. happens in all other sports.
no other sport believes it needs a no-skilled meathead in its lineup to dish out violence.
seriously. they're ok with grown men punching each other in the face in a sport where the object is to get the puck into the net. i think there is nothing else that can be said . . .
p.s. and baseball doesn't count on the shaking-hands front ... i meant sport with physical contact.
nhl guys may sound good to you but it's because 90 per cent of them are robots when it comes to media interviews. including sid. wait til you see the interviews with the next no. 1 pick, john tavares -- bloody painful.
i know what i "do" ain't the pros (even though many hockey guys make it up there), but hearing the "locker room" talk when the recorders aren't rolling, i'd say hands down hockey guys are the least articulate, most meatheaded etc.
I was gonna say...the style of play in the game is a total different argument than the character of the players.
Baseball doesn't have a revenge aspect? They throw baseballs at each other's heads when their opponent hits a HR. Then, instead of squaring off one-on-one, they wait until there's 30 people in between them before they start hurling slaps. Hoops is the same way...benches clear, and they slap each other. Very cowardice.
Hockey by nature is more physical obviously. But most of the higher-up goons have a code as well. It's always one-on-one, and most of them (Big GL, Godard) won't punch a defenseless opponent. If you don't like the physicality of the sport, that's understandable. I like the fact that it's the ultimate team sport, teammates stick up for each other, and there's an intimidation factor. Nothing in sport compares to the two month physical grind of an NHL playoff run.
As far as the character of the players, the two "goons" I mention are very well known for being good guys off the ice, and both do a ton of community service work.
Is it possible (I'm being serious), that because you've been around them so much, you witnessed a lot of the bad seeds and your opinions on the bad guys in the sport may be a little biased.
You're more intrigued by an interview from T.O., Randy Moss, Jeremy Shockey, Kellen Winslow, Michael Vick,or Chad Johnson!?!? C'mon. Ask a certain friend of ours about a certain player (very well known) from the Superbowl winning Steelers next time you talk to him.
I'm sure you've seen your share of tools in covering hockey players. But the ratio of wife-beaters, drug addicts, serial felons, chest bangers, and morons of the Terrell Owens category is WAY higher in the NFL than the NHL. And I think if you polled sports writers who've covered both in major cities @ the U.S., that would be an overwhelming confirmation.
Most of the NHL players I've heard, as well as stories from people who have covered them a bit closer...the majority of them are complete gentlemen off the ice. Sure there's the exceptions, i.e. Tom Barrasso. But comparing them unfavorably to NFL players is just crazy, man :)
i'm no sociology major, but i'd bet the "characters" and "behaviour" you speak of in football (most of your references are off the field, incidentally) have less to do with the game itself than they do the particular upbringings of said characters. generalizing, yes, but point being.
on the flip side, if you want to be a hockey player and play a game where fighting is pretty much cool, where sticks to the face will earn you a measly four or five minute penalty and where hitting someone from behind and into the boards is worthy of "deliberation" -- then i just believe it's a great likelihood you have that "meathead" element "in you."
chicken. egg. etc.
I don't believe it takes a sociology expert to know that beating your spouse, killing dogs for fun, or carrying an automatic weapon is simply the wrong thing to do. I love the blame it on your "upbringing" mentality. Excusing this type of behavior helps to recreate it.
I guess it's a matter of personal taste and opinion, but I like to root for players who I respect off the field. And from what I've witnessed, for the most part, hockey players are head-n-shoulders above NFL and NBA players in this regard.
I also like sports wear "team" is celebrated over "me." And I know you agree that hockey and soccer goals are celebrated as a team. Football and basketball players are the ultimate "celebrate ME!" sports. Different argument, I know...but just my personal taste.
(and dude...I haven't been in a fight since the 2nd grade :)
my point is these are off-field issues.
i'm saying THE GAME is one where there is a total lack of respect for each other.
there are all kinds, and i could start rhyming off hockey "bad boys" who get into trouble with the law too. maybe they don't make the press down there?
oh, and there are priests who get arrested.
and police officers.
i have trouble believing I'm A Football Player led these guys to do these things -- even in the slightest.
man, i never figured an indie rocker to be so macho . . . ha ha ha ha ha.
i guess at the end of the day that's why i'm a sammy man and you're a dlr guy . . .
Little Guitars, dude. Little frickin Guitars!
Btw, dude...
You do know that most of these type of players (sticks and elbows up) you're referring to play for the Flyers, right?
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