we're real, alright. you just can't handle the realness. it's too scary.
- hammarby31

Your realness is so real on the realness scale that the realness can't really be real.

One of my son's friends is a goalie. When I mentioned he might play out his father told me it was too dangerous for him to be a hockey player, he's focused on being a goalie.


- mayorofangrytown

i actually agree with him. i think it's far more dangerous being a forward or dman, than it is a goalie. at least physically. mentally, no.

those 3 players. yeah. perfection.


oooooooh, you mean the jerseys?
- hammarby31

The second photo made me really sad.

I'd guess that Murray'd want the Schenns and a top pick. He's not going to move Myers cheaply. He might even not want the Schenns, maybe he'd demand Simmonds or Voracek.
- Jsaquella

I wouldn't trade either of them for Myers.

But the hat, right
- PhillySportsGuy

is that supposed to be a hat? a liberty bell with mercury wings? whatever it is, it's (frank)ing horrible.

When I was a kid, I liked the second year of Cooperalls better than the first, but they're still ugly.
- Jsaquella

it's amazing to me that sittler wore skates with that kind of frame and blade in 1982-83.

is that supposed to be a hat? a liberty bell with mercury wings? whatever it is, it's (frank)ing horrible.
- hammarby31

It's very festive

more peektures:

http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=726155&navid=DL|PHI|home

I can't get the url thing to work

Lithium, by Nirvana:

"I like it, I'm not gonna cry" becomes "A lak at am nat ganna cra

Edit: It's crack, not cry. You get the idea.
- jmatchett383

i was able to translate, i just couldn't remember the song. even those original pearl jam songs which i loved pretty much annoy the hell out of me now.

He's 16U. The kid would play out, the parents say no way. They don't want him to get hurt but shooting pucks at him and stomping/charging him in the crease is all good.
- mayorofangrytown

they're right.

I wouldn't trade either of them for Myers.
- Feanor

I don't think I would, either. Definitely not Voracek.

When I was a kid, I liked the second year of Cooperalls better than the first, but they're still ugly.
- Jsaquella

All-time Flyers players who wore Jofa helmets:

1.) Daryl Sittler
2.) Kjell Samuelson
3.) Miro Dvorak

??? I have to be missing some people.....

Terrible goaltending, trade em!
- coffee junkie

this is the only clip you could find of the flyers-whalers? lindbergh getting scorched for 6 goals? jfc.

i actually agree with him. i think it's far more dangerous being a forward or dman, than it is a goalie. at least physically. mentally, no.
- hammarby31

I thought it was funny that he didn't consider his goalie son a hockey player.

Your realness is so real on the realness scale that the realness can't really be real.
- jmatchett383

if you only knew....

The second photo made me really sad.
- Jsaquella

yeah, really. i'm surpised zezel and dvorak aren't in there, too.

I don't think I would, either. Definitely not Voracek.
- Jsaquella

Myers would be a risky acquisition. He can be anything from a #1 to an inconsistent #4

this is the only clip you could find of the flyers-whalers? lindbergh getting scorched for 6 goals? jfc.
- hammarby31

at least there's a clip of Ilkka scoring a goal that would never go in anymore.

All-time Flyers players who wore Jofa helmets:

1.) Daryl Sittler
2.) Kjell Samuelson
3.) Miro Dvorak

??? I have to be missing some people.....
- johndewar

tommy soderstrom

at least there's a clip of Ilkka scoring a goal that would never go in anymore.
- wilsonecho91

it's the only part i enjoyed. he's a (frank)ing marksman.

tommy soderstrom
- hammarby31

they're right.
- hammarby31

Thank Raptor Jesus that Bobby Clarke's parents didn't feel the same way.

All-time Flyers players who wore Jofa helmets:

1.) Daryl Sittler
2.) Kjell Samuelson
3.) Miro Dvorak

??? I have to be missing some people.....
- johndewar

Tommy Soderstrom

they're right.
- hammarby31

but, but hockey...

Realistically, the kid doesn't have a team right now. As you well know goalie spots close fast and he got caught over reaching his ability. If he wants to play he has to play out. You're his parent, let's say, do you let him sit and protect him or play out?

In yet another example as to why Hockey players are the best professional athletes...

Jaden Schwartz changes his number from #9 to 17. 17 became available when Vlad headed to the KHL

Schwartz will wear No. 17 next season in honor of his sister, Mandi, who was diagnosed with myeloid leukemia in 2008 and passed away in 2011 at the age of 23. Mandi wore the No. 17 with the Yale University women’s team.