Tag Archives: Evgeni Nabokov

The trouble with exes

One of the things exes tend to do is show up right when you’re having a nice time with your true love, tell you their troubles and bring you down, because even though it’s over you still feel sad that … Continue reading

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Sympathy with the Snilmgren

During the 2009-10 season, the Flyers started off in a funk, turned it around, scrambled their way into the playoffs and clawed their way to the Finals.  It coulda been a movie.  Despite injuries, despite not having The League’s best … Continue reading

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The Rule of 5

Why the Flyers did what they did I have no idea. They waited before the market was set last year and overpaid Michael Leighton on a 2-year, $3.1M contract. As it turned out, better goalies went for less as the … Continue reading

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Goalie Go Round, Summer 2011

While the Stanley Cup Finals carry on, those of us distracted by bitterness are warming up for the full blown off-season.  Of course at the top of the To Do list for the Flyers is the placation of the fan … Continue reading

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May Showers

This weather makes no sense.  Sunny day after rainy day followed by another sunny day…. at the end of May?  It is probably catastrophic for agriculture in California.  It couldn’t be much worse if the changes came by the hour … Continue reading

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A Barrel Full of Monkeys

As the NHL Playoff Semi-Finals drag on, already a little long for comfort in the West, it occurs to me that being a fan of two teams is not really better than being a fan of one team.  Sure, when … Continue reading

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WWNG? DRW? NYI? nm.

Where will Nabby go?  Looks like nowhere.  I mean, everyone seems to understand why he would not want to play for the Islanders, but if I figured out they would put in a claim for him before it happened, then … Continue reading

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