Hitting The Links: Spoiled Edition

More like welcome the band wagon d-bags who will buy tons of tickets and leave in the first period if the Bruins aren’t winning by 17 goals.

ooops reply button!!!! Before I get in trouble I’ll scold myself.

They looked good for those 10 mins in the 1st then well it showed the Ceremony caught up to them and they had no legs well most of them

Plus side Brad looked INSANE! and worth his contract which was good,

Recch’s Was one of my Favorite ALL TIME NHL Players ever to wear the Orange & Black with the FLYERS. He did help many teams win Stanley Cups from Boston, To Carolina to Pittsburgh. (Not with the FLYERS sadly). He had the heart of a Lion. They Generously listed him at either 5’ 10" or 5’9" but in reality he probably was 5’8" and I have seen him tough it out and grit it with 6’2" enforcers blow by blow. His best production year was as a FLYER with 53 goals and 70 assists for 123 points on a Crappy 1993 Russ Farwell (aaaaaaaggggghhhhhhh !!!!!!) GM’d Nightmare of an NHL Club. He pretty much had the bulk of the scoring for the team and pretty much carried the team on his back. ON March 5th 2004 in one of the most penalized NHL games in History. Mark Recchi was the Archduke Ferdinand of the game as Recchi hooked Havlat in a game a week earlier in Ottawa .. Havlat Crashed into the boards awkwardly and retaliated the link is below.. Comments from the link are here..

“The brawl (In Philly) was likely to have been initiated because of a previous incident between the teams. About a week before the brawl, the Flyers were in Ottawa for a game against the Senators. During the third period, Flyers winger Mark Recchi was following Martin Havlat of the Senators when he crossed into the Philadelphia defensive zone.3 As this happened, Recchi hooked Havlat, causing both of the players to collide and fall into the boards.3 When Havlat got up from the ice, angered by Recchi’s hook, he took his stick above him and slashed Recchi, hitting him in the face.3
Havlat was given a five-minute major penalty for attempting to injure Recchi, along with a game misconduct penalty. He was later given a two-game suspension by the NHL due to the incident.”

Whats the point to this ?? .. I am merely trying to say that pound for pound Mark Recchi was probably one of the Toughest, Grittiest Players to play the game. He is known for his Playmaking abilities and took pride in setting up goals with assists. He was fast on his skates but not many people knew that Mark Recchi used to fist fight guys that easily had 6 to 9 inches of height on him and 20 to 50 lbs of muscle more than him .. Yet he won a fair share of those scraps despite the size difference.

Simply Put… He had the hart of a LION.

At 42 and 43 yrs of age his Play slowed his goal production was lesser and his hair was much much thinner .. BUT he was an Integral Key Element to the BRUINS winning their first Stanley Cup Championship since 1972. A Locker Room leader and an Inspiration to the players. How can Seguin, Krejci or Lucic take a night off on an 82 game schedule and a deep playoff run when a 42 Year old man never did ?! In Fact .. Mark Recchi Broke into the League in 1988 when Krejci and Lucic were soiling their Pampers and Seguin was a glimmer in his pappy’s eye as he wasn’t even born yet till 1992. Simply Put .. Recch’s had old hockey skates and Hockey Scars older than Seguin.

He was a warrior and a True NHL Player.

Mark Recchi… We loved ya .. say it ain’t so.. sad to see you go .. YOU WILL TRULY BE SADLY MISSED ON THE ICE.