A call for Hatcher? Fans "salute" Palin
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A call for Hatcher? Fans "salute" Palin
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Flyers opened their season with a hard-fought 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers tonight, then received more bad news after the game: Defenseman Randy Jones will be out much longer than expected.
General manager Paul Holmgren announced that tests on Jones' injured hip showed his injury is worse than feared and that he will miss 12 to 16 weeks. Originally, Jones was expected to miss six to eight weeks.
Jones will have surgery this week.
With Jones headed to the long-term injured list, where he will join Ryan Parent, the Flyers need to upgrade their defense. One wonders if veteran Derian Hatcher will try to test his injured knees. Hatcher is on the long-term injured list, meaning he must miss at least 14 days or six games.
When he returns _ and no one is sure he'll be ready in a few weeks or a few months _ his $3.5 million salary will be prorated and count against the cap. His salary and the salaries of Jones and Parent will almost cancel each other out.
In other words, the Flyers will have room to add the salary of Hatcher _ or someone else.
Look for Holmgren to act with urgency this week as he works the phones and looks for a veteran defenseman.
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VP candidate Sarah Palin recieved a 50/50 mix of cheers and boos as she dropped the first puck tonight. She later wrote an inspirational message to the Flyers in their locker room.
It seemed the fans in the expensive lower-deck seats (Republicans?) were standing and cheering Palin, while those upstairs in the cheaper seats (Democrats?) were sitting and booing.
50/50? Sure, whatever you say.— tightlines- I attended the game. There was a smattering of boos when Palin came out, which were quickly engulfed by a prolonged standing ovation by what seemed like about 85 to 90 percent of the fans. Knowing how the media is in the tank for Obama, I predicted to a friend standing next to me that we'll probably read in the media that she was booed. Her reception by Flyers fans was strong and passionate. As for the booing, I did notice there were a number of Ranger fans present.— gilbi
- you could hear the boos on television until they pumped up the music. Job well done Flyers fans as Morinic Ed had no right to force feed his political views on the paying fans of the team.— Daddio
- Yeah, I'm sure they cranked up the music to drown out that standing ovation. A campaigning political candidate doesn't make a single public appearance that's not "for a political reason." And if Philly fans booed Santa (and some of their best-loved athletes too!) how are they NOT going to boo an empty-headed neocon pinup girl who's using them for political gain? They'd have to be idiots NOT to boo. (No offense intended to anyone ignorant enough to have actually cheered for her.)— Holst16
- Gilbi I don't now where you were sitting but I was Row 12 in Section 13 behind the penalty box, and it was not a 'smattering' boos. Lying politicians have nothing on you dude. Perhaps your wishful thinking told you it was pro-Sarah but it was not. If the governor of Alaska/hockey mom was in town and dropped the puck, the crowd might have been warmer towards her, but when she comes to town representing the Republican Vice Presidential candidate then it is fair for the fans to react how they wish. It was Snider that pushed this in the fans face and perhaps the boos were more towards which party she represents, and towards the policies of Crazy Googenheim who has been in office for the last eight years.— rockinrob
Comment removed.- Ed sNider and the Flyers organization should be ashmaed of themseleves. Way to pump up the volume of the lame organ to drown out what the majority of your fan base feels about your political garbage Ed. You embarrassed your city— duffers
- who cares who got booed? This is a space to talk hockey, take your whiney liberal rhetoric elsewhere!— themike
- To accept Sarah Palin as a vice presidential candidate shows the ignorance of the conservative right. That's what you really meant, right ernie? Do you really want someone like her to run our country? Someone that believes in witchcraft, believes that the Earth is only 6000 years old, believes she is "keepin' an eye on Russia," supports the Alaska Independence Party and other secessionist groups, and whose habitual lies make other politicians seem like saints? It is laudable that she reads ALL the newspapers and magazines that there are, quite impressive really. She obviously doesn't comprehend them. George Bush really set the bar low for you guys, huh?— Bazalite
