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Your sporting history starts when you are old enough to understand what happened. If I cared about baseball I'm sure I'd love to pretend the Pirates have a hand full of World Series titles, but all I know of them is failure, which is something Philly can relate too.

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Ignoring history is stupid. The Steelers won two-thirds of their titles prior to 1980, but that still didn't stop fans born after that date from touting "one for the thumb" and all that when they won in 2005.

If someone is too feeble minded to learn and respect the history of their team, that's a shame.

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The last handful of pages of this thread makes it pretty clear that in the battle between Pens and Flyers fans, no one wins, and we all become much, much more stupid for having witnessed it.

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The more I think about it the more I think this thread is going to suck come playoff time with these awesome debates we have going on

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At least we're not talking about the Western Conference.

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Always a plus

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Lollercaps.

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at the end of the day i think these are things we can all agree on

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And it's not like we hate each other, right?

Right?!?!?

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Depends on who the we are? I hate Brohan that's for sure

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:thumbsup:thumbsup

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Yinzer Bias

You have done a complete 180 since '10

Who cares? I honestly don't think anyone cares about this. I bet those Red Wings fans are so rattled by the Pens superstars :rolleyes

Yinzer trash talk fail

I disagree with this. Are the NYI really a better franchise than the Flyers or the Pens? Are the Blackhawks a better franchise than the Pens?

Typical Yinzer logic

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Yinzer Logic >Thinking Rocky Matters

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Rocky > Mario + Jagr + Cindy + Horse Face Russian

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We're guaranteed one of this thread's largest fanbases is eliminated after the first round, and it will be a blood bath. I love it.

Meanwhile, go Oilers!

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In regards to what? Crosby? I have never denied his skill. Maybe in times when my emotion has been inflamed I may have said he sucks, but that's understandable. He is a fantastic player who deserves great respect. However, it is his on-ice attitude that makes very few Of his detractors actually come out and give him such praise.

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In '10 you said that he had matured and he wasn't Cindy Crybaby anymore

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This.

Also, I'm with Chris. Go Oil!

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I think we can all unanimously agree that we fucking hate that amateur, no-talent poser Brohan.

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where the hell can i get a custom NYR authentic home jersey? sure as fuck not their website.

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Blank one - take it to your local hockey shop and have them stitch on a name plate/numbers.

Done.

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That's how I did it with this beauty -

http://yfrog.com/kft24chj

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Man, I feel like the pens-flyers fans need some sort of grand Ozymandius plan and find a common enemy that we can rally against. I hate the Flyers and love the pens myself, but this is just getting tiring.

And to what Chad said earlier, if the Flyers win the cup this year, I would have no qualms saying they are the better team cause at that point it would be fact. while history of teams is great and all, I prefer to focus on the more current status of organizations.

For example, ND is one of the best CFB organizations in the world, but haven't done shit for almost 25 years. I would not consider them to be better than most teams at this point. BTW, speaking of self entitlement, ND has got to be the worst in all of sports IMO, but I digress...

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Notre Dame is horrible. They haven't been relevant since that hobbit kid played on their team.

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Yeah, haha, at least we're not talking about the -- HEY!!!!

Also, since the Avs are all but out, I'm taking nominations for which team I should root for to go all the way. I love the St. Louis Cinderella story and may go for them, but I've always had some Penguin love ever since I first watched Jim Paek. I might throw my hat in just so I can let loose in the crap fest that is the Pens/Flyers rivalry in here :lol
I hate every last one of you. Especially you.




;)
:thumbsup. The Derek Roy Hawks jersey Chris had made up will be a rare collectible one day.

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Well unless my Wings are able to just flip a switch, like they did in 09, I might need a team to cheer for soon. I always go for the underdog or teams that haven't won it ever or for a while. So will not be going for the Hawks, Bruins or Pens. Hate the Canucks so that would take them out. So guess that leaves the Blues in the West really cause I don't see LA going too far, although could cause trouble, and Nashville, man could that be a ratings killer for the NHL.

In the East...screw em.

Yeah that Derek Roy jersey with Bobby Hull's number he was gonna get would be a collectible for sure.

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After I posted I thought of Nashville as well. Definitely a ratings killer, but would cheer for them just because I respect the heck out of Trotz and have a continuing man crush on Shea Weber.

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If the Preds fall to 6th I'll root for them but that's it.

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Western teams suck to watch. Screw them.

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We love our bush league, amateur hockey out here. Screw you!






;)

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Yea if Nashville is in the cup against an Eastern conference team besides the Bruins I can't say I'd be clearing my schedule to watch it. Their style of play is pretty boring imo.

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Haha I was just pointing out How ridiculous it is to say "east...screw em."

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We're pretty obnoxious around here, just the way it is. :D Tim is far from being serious... or is he?

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Not at all serious. Just giving some crap back to the all the East peeps. They forget they were the JV conference for a while there.

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I would watch a Nashville SC just to be hypnotized by Shea Weber's beard.

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We bush leaguers are in the minority, have to stand strong and pick our battles against the tyrannic rule of the EC fans.

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You mean Grizzly Adams?

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Now THAT is something Crosby probably cries about.

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LOL who was it in here that compared to someone who would have shown up on To Catch a Predator? It looks bad. If that was me I don't think I would grow a beard for the playoffs.

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The guy is 26 years old and he's putting men all over the world to shame. It was a monstrosity after the first round. He would have to start tucking it into his sweater if they made it to the SCF.

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I might do the beard a thon this year this year. I'm not quite to Weber's stature but I can grow a beard pretty fast. Now do I do a beard or just to goatee? Beard can get itchy.

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can't read the phrase "screw em" in a hockey thread without hearing it in Kurt Russel's "Herb Brooks" voice

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Do it. You can post picture updates from time to time and we'll compare to Weber's. Beard is preferable, but depending on Mrs. Moore's opinions of facial hair, goatee might keep the love life going a bit better. We both know what having kids already does to it.

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:lol:lol :thumbsup

"A bump on the leg is a hell of a long way from the heart, candy ass."

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You have to do a beard, are you kidding me? If your loved ones don't understand than screw 'em.

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She doesn't like the goatee so might as well go all out imo. Not like that will change much in the love life department. lol

The positive about the whole beard is that it's actually less shaving. When you do a goatee you have to shave more frequently otherwise it looks crappy.

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:lol So true. My buddy (who has a wife and child) just played a pretty bad April Fool's joke on his wife. I told him if he went through with it he wasn't going to get anything for a while. He just said, "meh, it's not like I get any anyway." :lol

But again, if you go through with this, pics must be posted so we can compare to Weber the Great.

OR, we could hold an Ants NHL thread beard-a-thon, all post pics, and appoint a winner at the end of the playoffs.

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What about those of us who have one already? Not allowed to groom anymore? :lol:freak

Speaking of not getting any...

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no groom for you!!!

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And hey, how about Stamkos' race for 60?! In today's NHL, getting to 50 is a feat... would be awesome to see him hit that mark.

I know the Lightning are a non-playoff team, but awfully tough to leave Stamkos out of Hart talks. They're already bad enough, to think where TBL would be without him...

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I wish NBC would be more about rotating these games at this time of year. Buffalo and TO has playoff implications. Pens/Bruins doesn't other than seeding.

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You don't want to watch Marty Turco on national TV?

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I just want to see a game that means something. Buffalo is desperate so could be a good game.

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Drinking game should consist of three things:

1. How many mentions of Sunday's game.

2. Mention of Flyers.

3. Shot of Crosby.

4. ???????

5. You're dead. Get someone to call the morgue.

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they don't even have the Home blues for sale in authentic. it's absurd.

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Looks like NBC made Milbury apologize for his comments

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-pu...163552336.html

I really wish he didn't even bother to be honest. Everybody knows the only reason he's sorry about the comments is because his boss got pissed off at him for it. I would rather see him just bask in his douchebaggary and keep making these nonsensical comments until he's thrown off the network.

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I don't get why he should have to apologize for the comments. He's doing what they pay him to do which is speak his mind.

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Yeah, but not at the expense of the credibility of the network. Don't think they were too pleased about remarks that could be taken as sexist and with no regard for the seriousness of concussions.

Then again, they still pay him knowing that he likes to beat up 12 year olds.

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If he says that about almost any other player in the game its not a big deal. He said shit like that about the Sedins every night of the finals last year and no one even batted an eye.

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I don't remember to be honest. I've seen him say a ton of dumb shit, but not something like making light of people with concussions. That's what struck me the most as being in poor taste.

What if he said something like that about Savard?

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Is Savard out there on the ice slashing players and stirring shit up? Last time I checked he's struggling with simple day to day tasks.

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And for the record I think the concussion comment was out of line. I didn't hear that part until I read the article. But I have no issue with anything else he said. I don't agree with it all but he gets paid to speak his mind.

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NBC should just get rid of him. In complete seriousness, what do they expect from a guy who has run an organization down to the ground, beat a man with a shoe, and threatens young boys?

Utterly ridiculous.

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I hope nbc does fire him. I'd love to have him back on nesn on a regular basis.

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Still out of the playoffs. :)

I just don't think a non-play off player should win the Hart except in a very rare case, like outscoring the league by 30...40...points. 60 goals is a feat but it doesn't put him in the "rare case" category for me.

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I think Crosby dishes out as much as he gets. Does he start some of it himself? Sure, sometimes. But plenty of the stuff happens out of retaliation as well. I don't think it's any secret that he plays with a certain edge. But nowhere near a degree to vilify him IMO.

In regards to his other comments, I could care less really. He was shooting shit with an opposing fan base and pandering to what they wanted to hear and I get that. The points that he was trying to get across is nothing new or harmful. The way he went about them though was less than classy though. He just came off as jack ass, which he is, IMO.

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In today's NHL I certainly think it does. The Hart is to be awarded, as I'm sure you already know, to the player who is deemed most important to his team, playoffs or not. To think of where the Lightning would be without Stamkos is laughable.

For the record, my Hart vote goes to Malkin. But Stamkos certainly deserves consideration.

My Hart votes would go to Malkin, Stamkos, and Lundqvist. And Dan Carcillo.

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The playoff/non-playoff team is an endless debate that has no right answer.

Same with another debate that you bring up by saying Lundqvist on your Hart list. The goalies have the Vezina, should they be able to win the Hart too? I think they should. I'm guessing you think they should by stating him on that last. There's a lot of people that don't think the same though.

Nice Carcillo mention too. :lol

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You're right, there probably is no correct answer. Oh well.

I'm with you in that ANY player should be eligible to win the Hart, as the criteria for the award implies. I would even throw a d-man like Weber into my top 5.

Or just Weber's beard. Actually, that would get my vote for Conn Smythe

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You know what's crazy? only 2 of Stamkos' 58 goals have been into an empty net.

Unreal.

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While looking for ENG stats, I saw that he's only taken 4 shoot out attempts this year. And only scored on 1 of those. So, I looked on to find that TBL were in a league low (tied with Calgary) 6 shootouts. They were 3-3. Calgary was 0-6.

Ok, I'm done with useless stats....for now! :BANG

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I lied!

ENG goal stats for anyone that cares: http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.h...viewName=goals

M. Michalek leads the league with 5.

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1.) I can watch the Pens game tonight. So excited!

2.) Hoping the Flyers (can't believe I'm saying it) and Pens win tonight. I'd love to see this race for the #1 seed tighten up.

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The Pens should win this one fairly easily tonight. Turco is in net and the Bruins are also playing an undrafted college free agent on defense that they just signed the other day.

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lol flyboys

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I know I've already complained about this enough, but this year's "Because it's the Cup" is terrible. Maybe the past couple years set the bar too high, I don't know, but usually, I get chills from most of these commercials, ESPECIALLY Blackhawks ones...this year? Nothing. Not even this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onitfcdvxlQ

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Bryzgalolololololov

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really flyers? wow

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Crosby, great shot!

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Really Buffalo? The Caps lay an egg for you and the LEAFS put up a 3 spot in the first period? REALLY? They don't deserve the playoffs.

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Even w bryz in goal, flyers are pathetic in first!!

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comeback!!

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typical pens. blow your multigoal lead and have nothing in the 2nd period.

:lol. Stay classy philadelphia.

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Dallas and Phoenix wins would be nice for us. Don't want LA in the first round.

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You were saying?....

Is this February Bryz tonight, not March?

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Bryz is still hurt. None of the goals have been really his fault.

Refs have been completely inconsistent tonight.

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If bryz is still hurt why is he playing? You sure he's not just lost in the woods?

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The refs have missed calls on both sides though, I just hope they keep this game in contol... Neither team needs their players getting hurt before the playoffs.

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Damn chipped foot.... Ah see you don't see that online. Darn it, why do the reds have to be unfair at home?? Waaaa

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Why the hell is he in net then?

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The refs need to keep this game under control.

A phantom boarding call on Schenn and a high-sticking penalty on Talbot when he's double teamed. Nice.

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And staal deserved the holding? How about the interference call behind the net? C'mon man.

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when do playoff tickets go on sale?

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For the rangers, I believe it's Thursday.

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Phantom boarding call? He hit our defenseman when it was clearly icing, your not allowed to do that, they call that almost every single time that was just a dumb penalty. He made the call on Talbot because he got his stick up on Richards. Lets be honest the flyers always pull this shit when they are losing big time, they're frustrated they can't beat the Rangers so the refs need to keep it in control or its going to be cheap shot city.

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It's tomorrow

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Lollerletangdive

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Speaking of INCONSISTENT why does Bickel get a double minor and Simmons doesnt? No more complaining flyer fans....

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Yessssssssssssssssssss.