Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits:

i recall him as a player and he was truly a fine hockey player, once again Great writing Bill

I was stung by a wasp last night...stable condition and I'm expected to make a full recovery

Great write-up Bill.

I had the pleasure of seeing Yannick play with the Phantoms and he was very noticeable for his speed. He earned the shot with the Flyers and it is sad how leukemia took that shot away.

I love every year seeing who gets the award that honors him. He had a love for the game that exuded every time you saw him on the ice. And the stories of how he was with the press seem to be just as joyful.

One of the good guys on this planet taken too soon.

I was stung by a wasp last night...stable condition and I'm expected to make a full recovery
- YuenglingJagr

Did you know once a wasp stings you it attracts more wasps? You're lucky to be alive.

Did you know once a wasp stings you it attracts more wasps? You're lucky to be alive.
- Streit2ThePoint

The doctor told me the statistics...she told me if I was more attractive we wouldnt be having a conversation. I do feel lucky

Did you know once a wasp stings you it attracts more wasps? You're lucky to be alive.


- Streit2ThePoint

now you know and knowing is half the battle.

now you know and knowing is half the battle.
- dragonoffrost

recovery is most of the battle at this point though...certainly more than half

also congrats on becoming a well respected season ticket holder and thank you for keeping the lights on

now you know and knowing is half the battle.
- dragonoffrost

#waspawareness

#waspawareness
- Streit2ThePoint

How are the trade winds?

for the cure

Happy birthday to Jimmy Watson, a great guy and a great Dman. And, sadly, RIP Yannick Dupre, gone way too young.

Happy birthday to Jimmy Watson, a great guy and a great Dman. And, sadly, RIP Yannick Dupre, gone way too young.
- BiggE

both true, especially the latter

I know that the Flyers will turn 50 this year and that their franchise is not in its infancy, but has there been any other team (in any sport) that has suffered as much tragedy as the Flyers franchise has?

Pelle
Ashbee
Dupre
Tertyshny

I know that the Flyers will turn 50 this year and that their franchise is not in its infancy, but has there been any other team (in any sport) that has suffered as much tragedy as the Flyers franchise has?

Pelle
Ashbee
Dupre
Tertyshny
- hockeylover

Probably not as many instances, but some franchises have certainly had some terrible tragedies, mainly Lokomitiv Yaroslavl

Probably not as many instances, but some franchises have certainly had some terrible tragedies, mainly Lokomitiv Yaroslavl
- YuenglingJagr

I forgot about them. I was also thinking that college football team in the '70's? Marshall was it?

Bill Meltzer: Quick Hits:
- bmeltzer

Bill any thoughts on Thomas DiPauli the other college free agent the pens apparently signed?

is he a legit nhl prospect?

I forgot about them. I was also thinking that college football team in the '70's? Marshall was it?
- hockeylover

t'Was...I left them out because they arent considered a franchise, but I doubt that made the tragedy any less painful

I forgot about them. I was also thinking that college football team in the '70's? Marshall was it?
- hockeylover

Yes Marshall and a couple other college teams that have had those accidents be it plane or bus.

Wow - I was at that Flyers game against the Blues back in 1996... it was right after the blizzard, if I recall correctly. And in the game, the Flyers had a 1-goal lead in the last minute... St. Louis (coached by Mike Keenan) pulled their goalie, and at one point it looked like the Flyers had scored into the empty net, but the goal was (at least to us at the game) mysteriously disallowed... idk, maybe it hit the linesman or something before going in... anyway, soon after that, the Blues scored to tie the game, and that's how it ended. I had no idea that Yanick Dupre had scored his only Spectrum goal at that game.

Did you know once a wasp stings you it attracts more wasps? You're lucky to be alive.


- Streit2ThePoint

The less you know

Wow - I was at that Flyers game against the Blues back in 1996... it was right after the blizzard, if I recall correctly. And in the game, the Flyers had a 1-goal lead in the last minute... St. Louis (coached by Mike Keenan) pulled their goalie, and at one point it looked like the Flyers had scored into the empty net, but the goal was (at least to us at the game) mysteriously disallowed... idk, maybe it hit the linesman or something before going in... anyway, soon after that, the Blues scored to tie the game, and that's how it ended. I had no idea that Yanick Dupre had scored his only Spectrum goal at that game.
- copelal

- KGBflyers10

I tried to block those hideous Blues jerseys out of my mind... why the red at the bottom?

I tried to block those hideous Blues jerseys out of my mind... why the red at the bottom?
- dragonoffrost

They were an abomination against God and the dark lord Cthulu.

I tried to block those hideous Blues jerseys out of my mind... why the red at the bottom?
- dragonoffrost

Because the '90's.