It’s Fargin War!

By Bob H
Posted on 09/16/2012 at 12:30 am

Neither the NHL’s Board of Governors, its Commissioner, nor the Players’ Association were able to come to an agreement on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement by the midnight deadline. And so, the third lockout in the last 18 years has commenced, all under Gary Bettman’s watch. The following is a message, in the emotion of the moment. Directed to Bettman, the 30 owners for whom he has been a perfect tool, the Fehr brothers and all the players, stolen from Roman Troy Moronie: “You lousy cork-soakers. You have violated our farging rights. Dis somanumbatching sport was founded so that the …

The one where I get angry, irrational, and devious

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 09/15/2012 at 10:40 am

This time tomorrow, the NHL lockout will be underway and there’s nothing we can do about it as fans. We can swear up and down that we’ll turn away and protest games but it does not matter what we say. Most of us will keep coming back and, now that the NHL has a longterm deal with NBC, the sport will reach a larger audience once it does return. Just think about all that pent up anxiousness and desire all coming to a head with the tease of two of the NHL’s most storied franchises, the Detroit Red Wings …

Quebec 1, NHLPA 0

By Bob H
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 9:30 pm

One of the last remaining options for hockey to be played on schedule as the clock ticks down to a lockout has apparently been exhausted. After hearing a combined five hours worth of argument in one of its regional bureaus in Montreal on Friday, the Quebec Labor Board ruled in favor of the National Hockey League and the Canadiens, saying that provincial law does not make it illegal to lock out players. The decision was originally reported by RDS of Canada to have been announced some time on Saturday. It was an unprecedented and rapid development that wiped out the …

Flyers and Penguins: A compendium of warfare

By Bob H
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 2:00 pm

From the home office in Kalispell, Montana… The upcoming season — whenever the NHL and NHLPA decide its starting date — will mark the 45th in competition between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Since this is the hottest rivalry going for the Orange and Black at the moment, it’s only fair that we reflect upon a lifetime’s worth of competition and come up with the best of the best and the worst of the worst between these bitter Keystone foes. Top 10 regular-season Flyers-Penguins games 1. March 22, 1984: Flyers 13, Penguins 4 – Of course it’s going to …

Inevitable

By ecnewman
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 12:00 pm

So, pretty much, we’re going to have a lockout. I don’t keep up with all the chatter about it, but I was half-praying for a miracle when the first inklings of that horrible word started getting tossed around. Lockout. It’ll be my first. Lucky me. It’s hard not to be pissed off about it and to whom exactly do you aim your ire? The players? The owners? Gary Bettman? (I always have ire for him). Not that it does any good. The fact that there have been two previous lockouts does nothing to ease the rage. I’m so glad there …

Sucker

By Kim Pollock
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 12:00 pm

We’re just about 37 hours away from having to face a bummer of a reality — no hockey, at least not anytime soon. It’s been a summer of waiting, hoping, praying that the NHLPA and the league would reach a new CBA and the season would start on time, but it’s not happening. There should be training camp going on now, preseason games that get the fans hyped up for the real deal. But, nope. The players are home, or they’re in NHLPA meetings, and when the fans turn on the TV to catch a game, they’ll only be met …

Hockey Hilarity: #lockedoutFlyers

By Nick D
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 9:00 am

Friday funnies brought to you straight from hockey’s own players and media personnel. We’ll be mucking it up every week right here, examining puck ups, puns, tweets, and more! Last week, two of our best here at Flyers Faithful (Kim Pollock and Steve J) put together an absolutely hysterical article titled “Lockedupations” ( that can AND SHOULD be read here: http://flyersfaithful.com/2012/09/06/lockout-occupations/ ) about what kinds of employment members of our favorite National Hockey League club might be best suited for in the event of a lockout. Welp, in typical trendsetting, cutting-edge journalistic fashion, their little blog has inspired the Twitter hashtag …

Dazzlers and Duds: Timonen v. Laperriere and Carle v. Rathje

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 09/14/2012 at 8:00 am

Several weeks back, we asked our beloved Twitter followers who were their most loved and hated Flyers of the past decade. It led to some great names and some great discussion. Well it got us thinking. In the doldrums that is August in the hockey world — not to mention the impending doom of a lockout — we decided to put together a tournament; poll style! We’ve compiled the responses for both the Loved and Hated categories, and seeded them according to our whims and wishes. What you see before you is the result of our efforts. While we may not necessarily …

CBA Chatter

By Dain S
Posted on 09/13/2012 at 1:00 pm

Everything you wanted to know about the CBA but were afraid to ask Here are your updates from the past week on the ongoing collective bargaining agreement talks from around the Web. Well, after both sides barely acknowledged each other’s existence, they were able to come to NYC for a meeting yesterday:[ESPN] [Hockeybuzz] [Puck Daddy] For the most part ,it seems like too little, too late as both sides try to position themselves as the “good: guys in this scenario. [Puck Daddy] [Scott Burnside][Sportsnet.ca][Philly.com] [Edmontonsun.com] There are two press conferences scheduled today, where both sides will most likely point fingers and the fans will be …

Crashing the Crease: Slim Bryz, slim stats?

By Kevin A
Posted on 09/13/2012 at 9:00 am

The 2012-2013 version of Ilya Bryzgalov could be a bit faster on the ice than he was last year. The Russian netminder is back to work in Voorhees, training for the upcoming NHL season, and has reportedly lost eight pounds over the Summer. At times last season, Bryz could be a little sluggish side to side. He wasn’t outright slow, nor was he heavy enough for weight to be a problem – at 6-foot-4 and 213 pounds, Bryzgalov was certainly not out of shape. In fact, his apparent lack of mobility was a combination of a stylistic approach to goaltending …

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