Hank Bascom

@ccaird29 @bkoo @ccarlsononSU They’ve advanced in 4 of the last 5 world cups they’ve qualified for

@bkoo @ccarlsononSU A puff piece on a team that will only advance because of an expanded field…I’m shocked

I interviewed a sports documentarian awhile back and was given this quote. Relevant here. "You are no longer going to get the unauthorized version of anything that is attached to a major brand. These properties, whether it’s the stars or the teams or the leagues, are too valuable to allow their content to make money without them keeping a share… and of course sanitizing the content for their own purposes."

@robert_0122 @ryanhammer09 USNNT was in R16 extra time in 2010 and 2014 with inferior talent. QF may not be realistic but anything less has to be considered a failure, no?

@ryanhammer09 I’d also argue a flop in the r16 is a failure too Like we need to be competitive in that round, if not win and make the quarters Can’t keep pushing the window 4 years

For all my people wanting to learn more about our USMNT squad for the World Cup⬇️ 1. The roster is solid, above average across the tournament field 2. Leaving off Aidan Morris, Tanner Tessmann & Julian Hall for Roldan is just sad & wrong Still… anything below R16 is failure

@JoshDenny @BobLamb65977913 There have been 5 offer sheets signed since Shea Weber (2/5 matched). None have won a cup. This is a more complicated equation than you seem to grasp

@BobLamb65977913 This is fucking gay, and not how you win championships.

This is why the Flyers sending Leo Carlsson a 20 million AAV contract is DIABOLICAL. Anaheim really couldn’t match. Flyers get a proven ELITE 1C. If Danny and Jonesy don’t do it because they want to be “friends” with Verbeek, they should be fired.

@broadburnt He’s available this offseason and younger than Charlie coyle!!

@SQuicksell @mike_giletto Oh. Shoulda realized you were a casual. Here, in case you didn’t know:

@HankBascom @mike_giletto

I hope Lindros really did fuck Brind’amour’s wife

@DrunkGritty00 Sure, but Simon Gagne, Jeff Carter, and countless other flyers became legends for getting it done in the playoffs while battling injuries

The amount of people that wanna pile on TK right now is kinda pathetic. There’s a team full of guys that need to step up, but you choose to pile on a guy that’s clearly battling an injury because you need that punching bag. Same shit happened with Coots. Couldn’t be me

@SQuicksell @mike_giletto Remember when Bryce Young’s GF broke up with him for Tyrese Maxey?

@mike_giletto Wow. So proud of you getting your feelings so hurt by your team sucking ass. Good luck in life and with your super successful Philly sports whatever the fuck you call your “business”. At least you have the eagles who are washed the fuck up too.

@SQuicksell @mike_giletto You’re clearly completely unbothered by what happened to Coach Brindacuck

@hurricanesmill @NCSU26 @dfuzecr_ @FlyersJohnny If any team should hate the flyers it’s the canes!! Rod Brindacuck never ends up in Carolina if Lindros doesn’t f**k his wife, but you’re just not interesting enough to hate

@NCSU26 @dfuzecr_ @FlyersJohnny I actually know someone who stood behind some of the players today getting coffee, and he overheard them saying how we were going to be shocked at how they come out tonight, because they figured us out. I guess we’ll see, but he laughed.

The hurricanes will never have a rivalry with anyone bc no one cares about them enough to inflict that much emotion. Good solid hockey team, good fundamentals but their overall existence doesn’t do much. Not a lot of excitement.

@CheringtonFan69 The penguins aren’t a hockey team, they’re a science experiment conducted to see how many generational superstars it takes for people in Pittsburgh to spend $4 on a ticket so they don’t move

Flyers fans being obsessed with the penguins moving to Kansas City because they actually had a sports franchise leave their city for Kansas City. But they love the hypothetical

@MarioLeGoat Malkin is going to look sick centering Michkov next year. jagr 2.0

@tdc129 @worldhockeyrpt

@worldhockeyrpt Biggest group of bandwagon fans in the country

Is Philly a top 3 barn in the NHL when the Flyers are good?!?!

@Dave12075548 @worldhockeyrpt I bet your hands are smaller than Kenny Picketts

@worldhockeyrpt Only when the refs let them get away with 173 cross checks each night

@Pensblog @MattGajtka How don’t you know this? Flyers fans know this. Do you even watch?

@MattGajtka Oh for sure. Has really been six straight? Damn. When’s the last time they won one?

Gotta make peace with playoff losses. Flyers are going to get obliterated in the next round. Crosby/ Malkin era produced nothing but wins in the playoffs. Flyer fans can’t change that, troll away we’ve taken way worse. Side note: Fun to watch Karlsson, what a player. Trade him for Letang at any point of 2010’s and Pens probably have two more cups.

@crosbyhistory87 Muse is millennial cringe

Pittsburgh Penguins Playlist for Game 3 First - Cold War Kids Song has reminded me of Bryan Rust scoring goals since 2016 for some reason What’s The Frequency Kenneth? - REM Reminds me of the 2017 Penguins Our Time is Running Out - Muse We gotta win tonight! #LetsGoPens 🙏🙏

@Pickettsburgh8 @PenguinsJesus Which team has 0 series wins this decade?

@PenguinsJesus To be fair, a flyers playoff run is hard to come by

The Flyers hand out t-shirts AND get to wear their normal home jerseys. We get no t-shirts and the piss jerseys. Great.

@Pensblog Say what you want about flyers fans, but they would never pass up what could be the last chance to see their franchise player in the playoffs

Something freeing about a Flyers fan trudging into their shithole arena (the one from ‘09 when Gonch ripped that slap shot and Crosby buried the empty net). Bro, beat the Pens now? Crosby’s damn near 40 on one leg. We already won years ago. Cope.

@RayPetkau I’m no analytics buff, but how was Hathaways tap in 25%

Viewers of the Pens/Flyers series have questions. This metric is a great idea but it's completely useless with the data currently available for it. In last nights game, this model assigned an expected goal value of .04% on the first Flyers goal and .19% for the second. Thats saying an average NHL goalie stops the first goal around 24 of 25 times and the 2nd goal around 4 of 5 times. Now go look at those goals with that in mind. For that matter, look at all the shots Skinner faced in the 2 games and compare with this chart. You will have questions, as he's been excellent. But this paints a very different and inaccurate picture This is junk but many people think it has value in assessing goalie play. It could have value but only with better data, so let's work towards getting that before we use incomplete data to improperly assess NHL talent

@truthbyland @PensML 0 shots on 4 power plays

@PensML Never give up. Law of averages. Philly got all the breaks in first 2. Pens get them in these 2 games. Boom all squared. This is going 7

I see lots of Penguins fans on here saying the series is over we’re done the odds are against us. We are 21-12-8 on the road this season. This team feeds off the opposing crowd. Teams blow series once we get that first win under our belt it will instill a confidence throughout that locker room. If we can take this series back to Pittsburgh tied I don’t think there is any doubt in my mind we win. We were up 3-1 on the Rangers in 2022 and lost. IT IS NOT OVER.

@Pensblog Pens fans will call Flyers fans low class scumbags and then cyberbully a 3 month old

Yet somehow is already a loser