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Vanbiesbrouck wrote:The Philly broadcasts are priceless when the Flyers lose.
Even the 11pm newscast, they showed the score, and then an interview of Brashear complaining about how the refs cater to the superstars and players can't touch eachother. There was no footage of how he got his 35 penalty minutes total tonight, by punching Kasparaitis in the head and jumping on top of him.
What a hockey team, what a city. Stay classy, Philadelphia.


FlyerNation wrote:
Kasparitis is a **** plain and simple. Always been a guy to go out and take runs at guys knees and dirty hits. Brash was giving that coward revenge for Gagne. Kapsaritis won't drop the gloves he's not man enough. How many times has he hurt someone and when retrobution comes he turtles? At least guys like Stevens and Hatcher drop the mits. Just like Forbes pounding on Kasparitis after his leveling of Lindros the following night in Philly he turtled.
I really don't expect Penguin fans to understand about retrobution or not wanting a player to turtle. The fans are reflection of years of a soft orginization. I bet most here wish the NHL were a no contact league.
Darius Kasparaitis, playing with a broken right big toe, was a marked man. Kasparaitis, who knocked Flyers center Simon Gagne out for two weeks with a hip check in the Russia-Canada game in Turin, was chased and taunted by Flyers tough guy Donald Brashear, whose roughing penalty led to Jagr's first power- play goal.
Finally, when Kasparaitis tried to avoid yet another Brashear foray with 1:53 left in the third period, Brashear chased down and socked Kasparaitis with his gloved left hand, drawing 19 minutes in penalties, a game misconduct and a probable suspension.
"I hit people and it's not my type of game to go fight," said Kasparaitis, who admitted he hoped to get under Brashear's skin. "He told me I'm not going to finish the game. If he thinks the next game I'm going to drop my gloves, it's not going to happen. It's OK. I have a big head; it doesn't hurt."

Ginger wrote:FlyerNation wrote:
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First of all, it's all in the way you see it. Do you dislike the Flyer announcers because they said the Cagne hit was clean? 'Cuz it was & so was the hit to (head down) Lindros years back. As for Kaspar being 'man enough' to fight...man enough or stupid enough? If I've got someone twice my size chasing me around trying to engage me in a fight, how stupid would I be to turn around & drop my gloves? Kaspar knew that Brash would be easily sucked in...that's what happens to players with an IQ in the single digits!
Of the incident...
[http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang034648357mar03,0,6564067.story?coll=ny-rangers-print
So who didn't finish the game? Brashear gets 19 minutes in penalties, a game misconduct & a probable suspension.
Peter wrote:Jagr is awesome.
Jagr now has 1,400 career points and passed Jari Kurri for 14th on the all-time scoring list. He's only 67 points behind former Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita (Czechoslovakia) for most among European players.

FlyerNation wrote:
I really don't expect Penguin fans to understand about retrobution or not wanting a player to turtle. The fans are reflection of years of a soft orginization. I bet most here wish the NHL were a no contact league.

Ginger wrote:FlyerNation wrote:
I really don't expect Penguin fans to understand about retrobution or not wanting a player to turtle. The fans are reflection of years of a soft orginization. I bet most here wish the NHL were a no contact league.
Retribution?
You mean when a whiney Hatcher will smash a new kid in the face & then go boo-hooing to the media about how 'fragile' his team is when they get routed? Aaah yes! We'll just leave him alone & the world will see what he's really made of eventually.
"Right now we are a fragile team, there is no question about it," Flyers captain Derian Hatcher said. "It's something we need to fix and the only way to fix it is to win games."
~*sniffle*~
FlyerNation wrote:WTF ? That made absolutely no sense whatsoever. What in the hell did those two incidents have in common? Man I guess the switch to the new board also meant the IQ went down.
Address my point above, don't go off on some whine fest about Cindy getting his lip busted, or better yet don't respond if this was the best you could do.

FlyerNation wrote:
WTF ? That made absolutely no sense whatsoever. What in the hell did those two incidents have in common? Man I guess the switch to the new board also meant the IQ went down.
Address my point above, don't go off on some whine fest about Cindy getting his lip busted, or better yet don't respond if this was the best you could do.

Hatcher was answering a question about the team. He stated thier fragile right now. What the hell does that have to do with my point that Kasparitis is a chump who doesn't back his actions up on the ice? What does Hatcher not answering the media after laying a hit on Teemau have to do with his ability to back himself up on the ice? Do you mean to tell me you can't answer the difference between Hatcher on the ice so you're resorting to comments made after the game about the status of the team? Do you even watch hockey? You do realize Hatcher will drop the mits with anyone and I have never never never seen him turtle from anybody. He might not win but he won't turtle and hide behind the ref.Ginger wrote:FlyerNation wrote:
WTF ? That made absolutely no sense whatsoever. What in the hell did those two incidents have in common? Man I guess the switch to the new board also meant the IQ went down.
Address my point above, don't go off on some whine fest about Cindy getting his lip busted, or better yet don't respond if this was the best you could do.
Lowering IQ? Aaah, you're way too hard on yourself. You couldn't make a comparison between a 'turtle' & a 'big tough bully' whining about his fragile team?
You say the Pens are victims of a soft organization. Yet the biggest whiner over a loss right now is Hatcher himself. The he-man who took out a young kid & then followed that up with another hit on Selanne in the Olympics. Were you aware that your he-man scampered off & wouldn't talk to the media in Italy about that incident? He ducked into a doorway & wouldn't come out until they left. I'm so impressed by his fortitude.![]()
We didn't seek retribution for that hit on Crosby because frankly, we had no one to do it...so in a sense, you're right. But don't get all puffed up about how stud-laden the Flyers are as opposed to other teams. I never saw Kaspar crying to the media after a loss in Pittsburgh or in NYC. And I'd love to have seen what Ulfie would have done to Hatchers body parts.


FlyerNation wrote:
FlyerNation wrote:
Are all hockey fans in Vegas as clueless as you? Were you even here before?
"A tough defenseman is one who comes to the rink and plays injured," says Dale Purinton of the New York Rangers. "He plays hard every night and plays long minutes. He is solid defensively and puts his body on the line in all situations. That's toughness in its rawest form. If he can fight, well, that's a bonus but not a necessity.."

Peter wrote:I wish we were as good as the Flyers.
FlyerNation wrote:Good responses especially from my good friend NIN.I wasn't meaning to classify "Pittsburghers" as soft, quite the opposite in fact. Tough city with a blue collar attitude. How can anyone classify a town with an unmatched passion for the toughest sports (football) soft is beyond me. My point was the way the Pens/Flyers fans view the game. Yes in the early 90's the Pens were a complete team and as tough as they came. I would never deny a team with in my opinion one of the toughest players I ever saw Tocchet that they weren't tough. I think over the years, though the Pens and thier fans have been spoiled by the finesse brand of hockey due in large part to the amount of unbelievably skilled players that have been here.
The Flyers and thier fans have never gotten over the days of the Bullies. It's no different that Steelers fans for that matter. You will never hear a Steeler fans saying they don't want a hard nose tough smash mouth football team because that's the style that brought them thier glory years. Flyers fans appreciate the fights at times as much as winning. Is that logical? Probably not but then again it's their trademark style of play.
As for Kapsar, some of you might be right, Flyers fans probably would love him. However there are other pests in this league that are diryt that will drop the mits when confronted like Tucker, Barnaby, Tuttuu (sp) and then the others like Rutuu, Kapsaritis, Niemenen and Varada. That's where I see the difference. If you're job is to hurt the opposition than be man enough to stand up for payback. Brash was wrong only because of when it happened. He had 3 calls already in the game before that trying to get at Kasparitis. The timing was bad and like mentioned the NHL is still trying to get past the Morre incident and Brash's actions could have been serious. Don't agree with the clasification as Brashear being a *****. Is he a spot picker yes, does he go after small players yeah, but he also will do the same with the tough guys. He's fought all the heavies for 13 years and along with Laraque has held the title as the toughest fighter in the league for at least 5.
Ginger sorry for not knowing you were here before. I don't remember you in the past.
The Flyers are not that good of a hockey team. Perhaps if they can get healthy and bring in that one missing piece for Primeau but other than that this team is as lost and passionless since Hitch has arrived. I'm disguisted watching them night in and out.
Forsberg is lifeless, Rathje is god awful, Esche can't save a screened shot to save his life, Carter has shown little improvement, Brash doesn't know his role, Therein is well Therien, Nedved is the laziest SOB I've ever seen play, Knuble only thrives when his centerman is on fire, Handzus I love but has to do to much to carry his line, .......... I could go on and on.
Richards and Hatcher are the only two that give it that effort every night. Hatcher though isn't as mean and nasty as I want him to be. He's the new turn the other cheek Hatcher.
But man do I love Mike Richards.


Peter wrote:Flyers=76 Points
Penguins=39 points
I wish we were as good as the Flyers

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