Never liked Philadelphia.
They probably put arugula on their cheesesteaks, too, the pansies.
*** Update ***
Arugula eating bastards just tied it up 1-1. Maybe I need to send Senator Kerry down to order some more swiss on his sammich.
PS- Invincible sucked.
*** Update ***
Take that, Filthadelphians. 2-1, you lovers of the French. Tunch coughs a hairball in your general direction. GO PENGUINS!
*** Update ***
The bastards refuse to fight fair, scoring another short-handed goal, 2-2. Sure, you can score when you have an extra man, you sissy French. Probably bottled water they are drinking on the bench.
*** Update ***
In undergrad, I had a bunch of Canadian roommates and I remember watching VHS tapes of great hockey games that were broadcast in Canada with, of course, Canadian announcers. During the breaks between periods, they would have in depth analysis on the finer points of line changes, etc. Tonight in between the 2nd and 3rd period, we are being treated to ‘The advent of the curved hockey stick.”
I think they hate us for more than our freedom.
*** Update ***
3-2. Suck it, Trebek.
*** Update ***
Empty net, good guys win 4-2.
Genine
No, we put sweet or hot peppers in our cheesesteaks!
I don’t live there anymore, but I have to stick up for the place. :P
Notorious P.A.T.
They probably never went hunting with their grandfathers either!
A Different Matt
Is this John +3 talking?
Krista
I would normally be drooling at the thought of a cheesesteak, but I just ate a steak that was half the size of my head.
How’s my fellow Bluenoser Sidney Crosby doing?
oracledba
this must be your dislike of atrios, and he’s not even from here – – you would have loved philly back in your lickspittle repub days – we bombed black people in rowhomes and if there was a more thuggish mayor anywhere then rizzo, i’ve yet to see him
plus, we have geno’s ( speak english when ordering)
John Cole
I wish, just got done grading and am cranky.
And I have to get a good night sleep so I can go volunteer tomorrow to help keep the margins down.
Krista
No more insomnia lately, I hope?
Rob
It should be 3 for the pens. The one on the goal line looked like a goal to me. Unfortunately the sound wasn’t working on VS. so I don’t know what they said.
It also didn’t look like Crosby touched it.
jake
Hockey in May?
So much for global warming!
/WingNut
dr. bloor
That much exposure to Don Cherry during your formative years goes a long way in explaining the foundations of your former political affiliations.
Notorious P.A.T.
LOL. Good old Grapes.
Krista
Hopefully the exposure had no effect on John’s fashion sense.
J. Michael Neal
The Pens need to be a lot tougher than they are tonight. I loathe the Flyers. You can’t let them bully you.
J. Michael Neal
Good grief, the clothes are the only thing about Cherry to like.
Third_Eye
With the advent of wide-screen HDTV, I am hoping that the hockey following in America will only grow.
Trying to explain the intricacies of defense-oriented line changes to a hockey neophyte is much less challenging when you can actually see what they are doing…Then again I’m one of those glass half-full people who thinks that people eventually make intelligent, informed and ultimately rational decisions.
BTW…FUCK THE WINGS!
J. Michael Neal
Why thank you. I’d say to fuck your team, but they really don’t matter.
Dennis - SGMM
I have to ask whether your crankiness comes from the necessity to grade or the results of the grading.
Third_Eye
J. MN,
Being an Avs fan entitles me to say such things.
With the exception of those Swedish fish and Mr. Forsberg, the Swedes are starting to get pretty high on my shit-list for producing a show-off like Franzen…will someone please break his fucking knee-cap; I mean I have some cousins in NJ named Guido…I’m just sayin’
Anyone wanna take a guess who will be the next guy behind the bench for the Avalanche? Who is on the market?
BTW…DOUBLE FUCK THE WINGS! with a crusty-arthropod.
The Commander Guy
If you wanna watch hockey you need 16:9 screen in high def.
It makes it alotta better on the TeeVee.
A.Political
hey f*&ker, I’m Canadian, we kick your as at most everything, minus war crimes, you kick a$$ in that ;)
Chuck Butcher
I played center intramural Michigan Technological University. I wasn’t big, but I was tough and fast and 90mph slapper, a lefty.
Krista
Dude. I know we Canucks have a reputation for being polite and all that, but not spelling “ass”? Really?
Third_Eye
A. Political,
Your beer sucks big-floppy moose-dick…
and BTW, hasn’t it been 15 years since a Canadia-team got to sip some Molson from Le Cup?
OriGuy
I’m still in mourning for the Sharks. How could they lose to a team from Texas!
Third_Eye
OriGuy,
More importantly, How does California have THREE hockey teams?
Contraction of six teams, three teams from each Conference.
Ben
Egad, an Avs fan. I miss the good old days when that was a worthwhile rivalry. Go Wings!
J. Michael Neal
As I said, your team doesn’t matter. Get back to me when your ready to win a game.
Rick Taylor
If we’d played by the rules football players use, Philadelphia would have won.
Belligerent Academic
Being an Avs fan entitles me to say such things.
You know, this is the first season in years that I actually felt sorry for the Avs. Even injury-free, they wouldn’t have lasted much longer against the Wings and, as it was, they weren’t even a speed bump.
I’d snicker, but what’s the point? Looking forward to that Wings-Pens matchup in the Finals.
Third_Eye
Nanny-Nanny Boo-Boo; You said “your” when it should have been “you’re”…this invalidates your entire argument, Hat trick for teh win!
On a slightly more serious note, the Avs played like crap in that second-round series, and if I didn’t work in a library, I would have been turning over tables after game four.
You guys also played better than Ramsey Nursing Home’s intramural team…which is a good thing, cuz they gots grinderz!
Third_Eye
Belligerent,
The team is looking pretty arthritic these days, which considering they don’t have a Roy or a younger version of Foote, Forsberg, Sakic, or Blake means real bad things in the near future. I can only hope that Santa brings us some scoring-D this ‘Happy Holiday’
On the other hand, at least we don’t have to bribe our players with promises of Visas and double-ply toilet paper.
Big E
Pens suck French Canadian moose ….
They might beat the Flyers but they still
reside in PISSBURGH… well at least
Pens/Wings should be a good series to watch
altho’ Wings are lookin’ way too Terminator.
re: “arugula on their cheesesteaks”
Yo.. homeslice.. stuff one of those
“schmitters’ sanguichs up whatever
jes havin’ fun ;-)
Belligerent Academic
Well, the Avs have a couple of good kids, but that’s it. You can probably get one more decent season out of Sakic.
Yeah, I don’t have much of use to suggest for you guys. A lot of good prospects got traded away over the past ten years, and it’ll take time to build that depth up again.
(And I’ll have you know it’s been years since we helped Russians defect in the middle of the night!)
Belligerent Academic
Oh, and Derian Hatcher is a dick. Didn’t like him before he came to Detroit, didn’t like him when he didn’t do a damn thing for us when he was here, and I like him even less now that he’s playing for Philly. At least they’re performing some kind of community service by getting all of the league’s slope-browed troglodytes in one place.
I now return you to your regularly-scheduled Philadelphia hatred already in progress.
b. hussein canuckistani
Yeah, well one day the Leafs are gonna rise from the dead and kick all of your asses.
*sob*
Third_Eye
One more season out of Sakic means little-to-nothing if he is expected to win scrums without enforcers on at least two of their lines. Who is setting him up these days?
*sigh* Rhetorical questions which have no good answer, I know.
I am hoping that the influx of new blood with whomever they get to fill the coaching shoes does some immediate good, but that’s prolly just wishful thinking.
At least my Dolphins have no where to go but up…unless they happen to lose ALL their games this year.
Third_Eye
Hey Canuk,
1967 called, they want their Hope back.
Canucks winning a Stanley Cup, how quaint.
Graeme
Wings v. Pens in the finals is going to be a hell of a series. That said, GO WINGS!
Third_Eye – it’s pretty easy to believe you’re an Avs fan, given you’re being such a douche…
I loved watching the Wings chase Roy into retirement with the 7 – 0 victory, and I love that the 8 – 2 showing is probably Sakic’s last stand. He was so useless during the sweep, he may as well have been on the bench with Forsberg. Hahahahahahahahaha!
As for the rebuilding effort, maybe they’re holding out for a younger version of Claude ‘The Turtle’ Lemieux?
J. Michael Neal
Some teams can find guys like Zetterberg and Datsyuk in the late rounds of the draft. There’s no excuse not to have good, young players.
Third_Eye
Graeme,
Ain’t that the sanitary napkin calling the douche, foul…
Roy vs. Osgood…that’s all I gotta say about that
You’re right about our depth and lack of good draft pick-ups. We had a few good prospects but they always end up as trading fodder for ex-marque players, which is not what I expect outta my Avs. I would say that there is gonna be hard times in Denvah in the coming few seasons, at least until we can get a solid goal-minder and a few decent scoring D-men. I would have never thought I would long for the days of Abischer.
kilo
b. hussein canuckistani Says:
Ah yes, you know how you can tell it’s Spring in Canada?
The Leafs are out… :p
Big E
RE: Kilo
“Ah yes, you know how you can tell it’s Spring in Canada?
The Leafs are out… :p
too funny..
he shoots… he scoooooooooooores !!
J. Michael Neal
Or sign Ville Leino as an undrafted free agent.
Breschau
Laugh it up, fuzzball.
Winning two games at home means NOTHING in the playoffs. The Flyers will win both of their next games in Philly, then ride that momentum into a win in game 5 in Pittsburgh, the enema of the United States.
I look forward to watching you all suck the c&ck of Crosby afterwards, in a TalkLeft-esque ring of denial.
Then, you’ll complain about the Seattle/Pittsburgh officating, and the fact that Mario & Jagr only got to win 2 championships in the 90’s, and how bad the Pirates are, etc.
Meanwhile, we here in Philly will remind you:
Steelers Super Bowls 5, Eagles Super Bowls 0.
Penguins Stanley Cups 2, Flyers Stanley Cups 2.
Steelers World Series 5, Phillies World Series 1.
So, take your whiny-ass shit about losing, and shove it straight up your fucking ass. Get back to me when your baseball team has won 1 championship in 106 years. Or, get back to me when it’s been 25 years since your last major championship.
And considering that you’re not even big enough to have 4 major league teams – that should be even more reason to be told: “Shut your mouth, and know your place.”
Craigo
According to Breschau, the Steelers are so awesome that they won championships in sports they don’t play.
Tom in Texas
I’d put Houston’s sorry sports history up against any city in the country. The only team this city ever truly loved was the Oilers, the most humiliating franchise in NFL history. The Astros managed to get swept in their only World Series ever. We are reduced to memorializing the Michael Jordan
banretirement era championships that no knowledgeable NBA fan takes seriously, MLS championships, and WNBA titles.On a hockey note, we did host Gordie Howe for a while in the ’70’s, and nearly stole the Penguins last year. So there’s two things to be proud of.
bago
I’ll take therapists for 200 Alex.
Kirby
Getting back to the finer points of the game. John, you sais that Philly scored another short-handed goal, and added this meant they had an extra man on the ice. Actually being short-handed meant Pittsburgh had the extra man.
ok, now that that’s done. Go Pens. My team got knocked out in the first round. And I hate Philly.
Punchy
About damn time you had a hockey post. Too bad I’m about 12 hours late.
Damn, a Pens/Red Wangs final will be all sorts of fat titties.
Bernie Hextall
Flyers are missing Gange and Timmonen – their offensive and defensive franchise players. Now with another defenseman (Coburn) out, I’m surprised it’s not a blowout. Hatcher can’t do it all. Pens in 4 … 5 at most … then they run into the Hockeytown Buzzsaw.
Kathy
Yikes! Having grown up in Detroit (while they were winning NOTHING) and currently living in Philly I am feeling especially cursed during this thread. I feel a need to make a few small points:
1) I used to hate the Avs but it is really hard to get worked up over them after the last series.
2)John, I love you and perhaps the Pengs will prevail, however, they have to come here for two games and it is possible Coburn might be able to play in game three.
3) however, it is a Philly team and they have a real talent for being just suprising enough to get our hopes up so the disappointment can be that much worse.
I must go, with all this talk of arugula I have an intense need to down a jar of Cheese Wiz.
GoMS
Well, as a person who actually played hockey for a long time and being a Montreal fan,the true test of a sports fan is whether or not you can appreciate true talent…the reality is that Detroit will win the Cup, but it is fun to watch kids like Sid mature. Whethe ryou are a Philly fan or not, honest hockey fans know that his team will hoist a few cups! I should also say that I am a Redskins fan, so my life in recent year has been filled with angst! But I always get a laugh out of people who only root for the team from their home town, silly and uneducated, the mark of a true armchair athlete! I am still watching the playoffs (on a shitty internet channel from Kyoto) because I love hockey. I don’t care who wins, I just enjoy the fun of it.
And for those who don’t like Grapes…kiss ass, you obviously don’t know hockey. There is no one on TV that is more knowledgable about what is going on than Don Cherry. His goofy outfits are abit annoying, but you can’t knock his comments as uneducated. Don Cherry is insightful and he has added a wonderful dimension to the televised game.
Tax Analyst
Go DUCKS!
Oh, wait…that was LAST year. This year they got dumped in what? The first round, I think. Well, it’s Southern California and we don’t give a fat rats ass about hockey anyway.
I only came over here because I thought “Pens v Flyers” was about whether handing out pens was a more effective campaign tool than sending out flyers. Honest.
J. Michael Neal
Blech. Sure, Don Cherry is knowledgeable. He’s also a troglodyte. He has all of that knowledge, and he’s still useless. There are only two good things about Grapes:
1) Those clothes;
2) The expression on Ron MacLean’s face when Cherry says something moronic.
bad dad
So, as a Michigan man let me apologize for stealing your basketball and football coaches. I also will apologize in advance for the thumping your Pens will receive in the Cup finals.
To compensate: You want RichRod back? Seriously, the guy’s a dick.
Kathy
Yeah, bad dad,as a Michigan girl I must agree I have serious buyer’s remorse about RichRod, John, take him back please! Or maybe he can con his way to Notre Dame or something.
p.s. Don Cherry rules! Americanized hockey announcers are so bland!
James
Something’s gotta be done generally speaking about American hockey announcers. When they’re not patronizingly describing the most mundane aspects of the game they’re simply disinterested. I’ve seen amazing hockey degraded to the point you’d swear the announcers were doing play by play of curling.
“Oh, by the way, a goal was scored. So what were you saying about Jennifer Anniston, Bob?”
Expecting your audience to not get it, and endlessly treating them like they’re simpletons, means they never will. Fan excitement begets fan excitement. My family was too poor and too distant for experiencing live NHL hockey; my limey father didn’t even like hockey. But I became a huge fan at least in part because of the excitement and respect Canadian announcers have for the game. Listen to Foster Hewitt and you’ll hear a FAN, and every announcer since wants to be put in the same league as him.
Graeme
Wings Pwned the Stars tonight. Dallas came out swinging, and they ended up looking like the Avs, or some other sub-par losers.
Modano? Has he scored? He’s looking like Sack Lick. Hmmm… He has an assist in the series. Is he going to retire as well?
Third_Eye, I’d hit you with Vernon v. Roy as a rebuttal, but maybe I’ll just wait and see Osgood beat Roy’s playoff wins record. He’s at 9, and I don’t see Dallas winning game 4 after this manhandling…
I’m sure you’ll have some smack to talk in 5 years or so when you have a team again. Been awhile since they breezed into town and won the cup in 1996. The bandwagon is clearing out, eh?
GoMS – I do watch when my team is out or losing. I can’t help it – the more hockey you watch, the more you like the game.
GoMS
DOn Cherry thumbs up to Graeme!
Troglodyte…as Grapes would say, “What a pussy, meaningless word!”
There are some pretty shitty Canadian announcers too, but the Amercian networks definitely don’t have fans braodcasting. There is no doubt that America has great fans, however…
DMD
The NHL needs to get off of Versus and on to a network more than 14 people get. I WANT HOCKEY!
Birdzilla
PENGUINS vs FLYERS,RAVENS vs EAGLES,FALCONS vs CARDENALS,OROLES vs BLUEJAYS,
Birdzilla
PENGUINS vs FLYERS,RAVENS vs EAGLES,FALCONS vs CARDENALS,OROLES vs BLUEJAYS,