They’ve blocked me from Blogger at work again, so my posting has become sporadic again. (I can't look at sites with “blogspot” in the URL because, the filter claims, of “streaming media” so I can’t even look at my own site, let alone post to it.) You’d think that it would be the opposite – since technically I should be more likely to be blogging at home rather than at work – but I find I’m too busy in the evenings doing other stuff like watching games or working on rehabilitating my stupid knee or hanging out with people. There wasn’t much to blog about for a while, and now that there have been games! games! games! I have been out of town! out of town! out of town! and unable to watch them, so my comments are brief and after the fact. A few questions: 1) Related to the weekend games: why did Emery play against the presumably weaker team (Panthers) and Boucher get the nod for the Sharks? If the answer is “Because Booooosh played for the Sharks” then maybe someone needs to look Stevens in the eye and say, “Think of the greater good of the team rather than of the dubious novelty / curiosity that is a goalie facing his former team” and make him see that putting the backup against the presumably weaker team in a back-to-back situation is probably going to be the better choice.

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Do it. Play the Wild Card.

Here's what I'm thinking: send Mika Pyorala up/down to the Phantoms and bring Jared Ross down/up to the Flyers? Eh…eh…what do you think? Fran and I were talking about this earlier, which you might gather from that tweet off to the right hand side.

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Jones Making a Comeback

Simon Gagne was placed on long-term injury today which means he will be out for at least 10 games and with that Randy Jones is moved back up to the Flyers if he clears re-entry waivers. This is a concern because Ryan Parent’s injury must be a bit more serious and it seems Holmgren

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Gagne needs surgery, seeks second opinion

Flyers left wing Simon Gagne will need surgery to repair two hernias in his right groin area but will seek second opinions from two doctors in Canada on Thursday, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgreen said today. Holmgren said Gagne has agreed that surgery is needed but would like to "cover all his bases" by visiting another specialist. Holmgren said the length of Gagne's recovery period can only be determined once his surgery is performed.

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What in the Heck?!?

I don't know about you but last night's game was one of the most frustrating things I've watched in a long time. The Flyers complete inability to hold onto a lead or maintain a full, 3-period effort is troubling. There are too many signs that point to the same sort of aimless competitiveness that plagued the team last year. People, including myself, are starting to wonder if this team has all the necessary parts to be a serious competitor...

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Randy Jones on Re-Entry

I reported this afternoon on CSNPhilly.com that Randy Jones is on re-entry waivers. I think this means: a) Simon Gagne will go on long-term injury and have hernia surgery; b) Ryan Parent's injury is lingering; c) Jones will go back in the lineup as the 6th defenseman Here's my story: Clck Here

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