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FlyerGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.18.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:22 AM ET
As someone said earlier in the thread, the punching in the back of the head was the worst part. Just completely unnecessary.
- wolfhounds

agreed ... unnecessary, and freaking dangerous.

when word came out that a player was taken on a stretcher to the hospital I was actually nervous. I was sure that Emery had seriously hurt Holtby.

Everyone knows that Emery can fight ... but damn, don't hit someone in the back of the head to prove you're a tough guy.
Cheeseballin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 07.05.2011

Nov 2 @ 1:22 AM ET
Come on guys....seriously.

Quit trolling, to those that are trolling.

We're quite capable of rolling in our own poop. We've been doing it since the first week of October. We don't need trolls to supply us with more poop. We're quite content.

- Giroux_Is_God


Quit being so terrible. We are getting 1st overall.
flyer_nutter
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Unleash the Peanuts, MB
Joined: 10.16.2008

Nov 2 @ 1:22 AM ET
I thought you didn't want to argue with me just a bit ago.
- Emperor Filonius


If you think thats arguing?
fecondo
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Wading in the velvet sea, PA
Joined: 03.16.2008

Nov 2 @ 1:23 AM ET
Quit being so terrible. We are getting 1st overall.
- Cheeseballin

Not if we keep this up
flyer_nutter
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Unleash the Peanuts, MB
Joined: 10.16.2008

Nov 2 @ 1:23 AM ET
agreed ... unnecessary, and freaking dangerous.

when word came out that a player was taken on a stretcher to the hospital I was actually nervous. I was sure that Emery had seriously hurt Holtby.

Everyone knows that Emery can fight ... but damn, don't hit someone in the back of the head to prove you're a tough guy.

- FlyerGuy


Hey, I can say for sure that I am looking forward to the next Caps game.
Emperor Filonius
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Drinking the tears of the defeated from Lord Stanley's chalice.
Joined: 01.18.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:24 AM ET
agreed ... unnecessary, and freaking dangerous.

when word came out that a player was taken on a stretcher to the hospital I was actually nervous. I was sure that Emery had seriously hurt Holtby.

Everyone knows that Emery can fight ... but damn, don't hit someone in the back of the head to prove you're a tough guy.

- FlyerGuy

Amen. Have a better night folks. Regardless of how I feel about your team, I hope Downie isn't seriously hurt.
FlyerGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.18.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:24 AM ET
Emery should be suspended at least 3 games for what he did.

the Cap players on the ice should probably be suspended for a game as well, for not even attempting to help Holtby.
Cheeseballin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 07.05.2011

Nov 2 @ 1:24 AM ET
Not if we keep this up
- fecondo


Not if we trade you Miller muahaha
wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Nov 2 @ 1:24 AM ET
Quit being so terrible. We are getting 1st overall.
- Cheeseballin


Oh, it's on!
Meeqsb
Colorado Avalanche
Location: Denver
Joined: 10.13.2011

Nov 2 @ 1:24 AM ET
Quit being so terrible. We are getting 1st overall.
- Cheeseballin


At first I was going to say "No the Sabers Are....." then I looked at your team. So Carry on
flyerfan28
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CA
Joined: 02.06.2012

Nov 2 @ 1:25 AM ET
You are....

Emery is, and always had been, a piece of poop

- lumlums


Dude dont you have your own team to worry about?? How many first overall picks do you need to turn that thing around!?!
wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Nov 2 @ 1:26 AM ET
At first I was going to say "No the Sabers Are....." then I looked at your team. So Carry on
- Meeqsb


It's ok, we assume you're high right now so it takes you a little bit longer to piece things together.
Cheeseballin
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 07.05.2011

Nov 2 @ 1:26 AM ET
At first I was going to say "No the Sabers Are....." then I looked at your team. So Carry on
- Meeqsb



wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Nov 2 @ 1:28 AM ET
I didn't care for Emery's actions, but the brawl is really nothing earth shattering. Its happened before & will again.

I'm far more concerned about the the fact thay they got their asses handed to them on home ice and by and large the result was the team quitting.

- Jsaquella


Fighting a guy that wanted nothing to do with the fight, then punching him in the back of the head is pretty bad.

But yes, since Holtby appears ok, the Flyers complete destruction is definitely more worrisome. There's only one question: what is going to be done about it?
FlyerGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.18.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:28 AM ET
the Flyers just have too many slow-twitch fiber players.
wilsonecho91
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: A dream to some...a nightmare to others, AK
Joined: 11.13.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:31 AM ET
Fighting a guy that wanted nothing to do with the fight, then punching him in the back of the head is pretty bad.

But yes, since Holtby appears ok, the Flyers complete destruction is definitely more worrisome. There's only one question: what is going to be done about it?

- wolfhounds


Nothing - let them all suffer. Staple Giroux's ass to the bench. They need to wallow in this poop. There is no outside fix. Fix it themselves. or be embarrassed.
wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Nov 2 @ 1:34 AM ET
Nothing - let them all suffer. Staple Giroux's ass to the bench. They need to wallow in this poop. There is no outside fix. Fix it themselves. or be embarrassed.
- wilsonecho91


It's like taking medicine. I'm good with that, so long as lessons are learned, a plan is put in place, and positive changes start to occur.
flyer_nutter
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Unleash the Peanuts, MB
Joined: 10.16.2008

Nov 2 @ 1:35 AM ET
Nothing - let them all suffer. Staple Giroux's ass to the bench. They need to wallow in this poop. There is no outside fix. Fix it themselves. or be embarrassed.
- wilsonecho91


I'd be looking at getting some of the AHL kids up here permanently.

Akeson, McGinn, Oliver and Alt.
FlyerGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.18.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:37 AM ET
I'm not sure how Berube can allow Timo to play. As much as I love the guy, and think he has the heart of a lion, he is easily the worst D man on the team. Slow as hell, and he can't win a puck battle along the boards to save his life.

I'd also add that Grossmann needs to sit, as well. If the Flyers simply replace Timo and Grossmann with a couple of Phantoms they'd probably look twice as good as they do now.

They simply need to get faster/quicker ... especially on defense. It's just embarrassing how pitifully slow they are to react to loose pucks. It's almost laughably bad.
wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Nov 2 @ 1:38 AM ET
I'd be looking at getting some of the AHL kids up here permanently.

Akeson, McGinn, Oliver and Alt.

- flyer_nutter


Yes, please. There is nothing left to lose. Bring the kids up, let them play and see what they got.
SGTrader
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.06.2013

Nov 2 @ 1:40 AM ET
if I was a capitals player... I would have been skating over there ready to just beat emery to a pulp.

you just don't do that to a guy who clearly doesn't want to fight.

- SuperHenderson13

you would do nothing of a kind! you sitting there behind the monitor big men. Nothing else to expect from penguinos fan just a lot of yup. so are those suddenly bleeding hearts rangers, oilers, and that lonely fan from ohio. bunch of trolls
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Nov 2 @ 1:45 AM ET
I didn't care for Emery's actions, but the brawl is really nothing earth shattering. Its happened before & will again.

I'm far more concerned about the the fact thay they got their asses handed to them on home ice and by and large the result was the team quitting.

- Jsaquella


Exactly my point, JS.
Blackstrom2
Washington Capitals
Location: richmond, VA
Joined: 10.11.2010

Nov 2 @ 1:45 AM ET
(frank) Ray Emery.
Giroux_Is_God
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: CLASS DISMISSED
Joined: 12.15.2011

Nov 2 @ 1:46 AM ET
the Flyers just have too many slow-twitch fiber players.

- FlyerGuy

PHYSIO

GET OUT OF MY LIFE
bodiva88
Referee
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: There aren't any answers. Only choices.
Joined: 07.01.2007

Nov 2 @ 1:46 AM ET
The biggest joke of the night is that's whoever voted for the 3 stars gave Emery the 3rd star of the game. Apparently for beating down a guy who didn't want to fight him. It sure wasn't for keeping the puck out of the net. Shaking my head.
- Emperor Filonius

Frank Seravalli, a complete joke as a beat writer. No knowledge or understanding of the game. Determined to stir up off-ice drama to feed his own ego. Even claimed to be escorted from the building by the Flyers "kicking him out." Complete waste of newsprint and bytes.
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