I ran into Jason Smith at Chickie & Pete’s after the home opener in October.
He was getting some grub and my brother urged me to go talk with him. I’ve never been one of the guys that likes to talk to pro athletes and bother them so I told my bro that let’s leave him […]

I keep getting emails from Comcast-Spectacreep about getting in on the Flyers playoff ticket presale this weekend, before the tickets are offered to the “general public.”
Ooohhh, I best hurry and get my tickets now and avoid the stampede.
Here’s the problem: This is the weekend Bully predicts the Flyers come close to pissing away their playoff […]

I have read all the rhetoric from NHL brass which largely dismisses the talent level in the Russian Super League when comparing it to that of the NHL.
I have been watching these games from Russia. In many cases the player seem much more skilled than what we watch in the NHL.
So I no longer buy […]

Any other guy and any other team and Gretzky would be fired in a couple weeks.
His Coyotes sit 12th in the west and will end up either in 12th or 13th when the smoke clears.
2005-06: 81 points; no playoffs
2006-07: 67 points; no playoffs
2007-08: 78 points so far; no playoffs
Overall record thus far: Well below .500
Couple […]

Bully said in the preseason that I doubted the Canadiens would make any noise this season and make the post season.
I was wrong. I admit it and apologize to the Habs fans out there.
I was drinking whiskey tonight. Otherwise, i would have never remembered to say I’m sorry. That’s the on;y think i can remember […]

A New game of sorts Bully cooked up from headlines found online etc. from hockey related media coverage. This one from NHL.com:
Headline: Forsberg to Play Tonight Versus Flames - Swedish Forward Will Suit Up Against Calgary
Reality: Who Fuckin’ Cares

Philadelphia Daily News
AS A FLYERS season ticket-holder from their first game, it’s sad that they’re going corporate America.I’m told I have premium seats, and they’re raising the price from $73 to $175 a seat ($350 a game). That’s $15,500 a season, not counting playoff tickets.
How can a middle-class person afford to go to a sporting […]

If John Stevens keeps scratching Steve Downie from the line up … he is signing his own death warrant as head coach.
No other stiff on the Flyers plays like Downie or with his intensity or can do what Downie does. Like the Rangers and Avery, you need a spark to light a fire.
You made your […]

Whenever Life Gets You Down … Just remember that it could always be worse.
You could have one of the toughest jobs in the world: Gary Bettman’s call-screener on his XM satellite radio show.

Long before I was “blogging,” I was writing as a paid, professional daily journalist for a very large newspaper. I “got out” because I realized I was the smartest guy in the building.
I have received a few emails from sports reporters who cover the Flyers and state that I couldn’t earn a living doing what […]