Mike Richards
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Showing posts with label mike richards. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Twitter Time #13 | Richie Luvs Carcillo | August 9th, 2011
Ha, just the one tweet this time. Didn't actually realise Richie was tight enough with CarBomb to warrant a tweet about him, but here it is:
Friday, 22 July 2011
Richie's Move | It Still Hurts!! | July 22nd, 2011
Just came across this headline in my FB news:
And no, I am not ready for this. It still hurts. Actually, the pain has grown since July 1st. Maybe I was just shellshocked at the time and the enormity of the news had not hit me in full force yet ...
Sorry for the lack of real news, just wanted to share the pain a bit ;)
*sulking in a corner*
And no, I am not ready for this. It still hurts. Actually, the pain has grown since July 1st. Maybe I was just shellshocked at the time and the enormity of the news had not hit me in full force yet ...
Sorry for the lack of real news, just wanted to share the pain a bit ;)
*sulking in a corner*
[edit July 26th] And I am glad he did not give in to the whole Dry Island fiasco ;)
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Twitter Time #10 | Flyers Fallout | June 25th, 2011
What a night Thursday night was. Still reeling from all the moves executed by Holmgren. Twitter was alight. Here an overview of what some of the players had to say about it all. Starting with a tweet by Richie himself:
Mike Richards
Thanks to everyone in Philly for a great 6 yrs. What a great city and an awesome place to play. #NHL #flyers
Bryzgalov
Proud to be a Philadelphia Flyer)))
Matt Carle
Speechless like everyone else about what happened today, but sometimes that's the nature of the beast...best of luck to both of those guys
James van Riemsdyk
Best of luck to carts and richie. Were great teammates on and off the ice and helped me a ton making the jump into the nhl
Joffrey Lupul
I am scratching my head w/ the rest of you guys... I guess anyones tradable. Good luck to 2 great guys!
RJ Umberger
Mike Richards
Thanks to everyone in Philly for a great 6 yrs. What a great city and an awesome place to play. #NHL #flyers
Bryzgalov
Proud to be a Philadelphia Flyer)))
Matt Carle
Speechless like everyone else about what happened today, but sometimes that's the nature of the beast...best of luck to both of those guys
James van Riemsdyk
Best of luck to carts and richie. Were great teammates on and off the ice and helped me a ton making the jump into the nhl
Joffrey Lupul
I am scratching my head w/ the rest of you guys... I guess anyones tradable. Good luck to 2 great guys!
RJ Umberger
Lost great teammate in Voracek, But excited to be teammates w/ my 1st ever NHL center #Jeff Carter #CBJ Fans be excited. #Crazy
RJ Umberger
Mike Richards traded also? Say What??? #WhatsIntheWaterInPhilly #Crazy
Matt Lashoff
Lot of action going on today! Did Philly just trade those two guys? #shocked
Bobby Ryan
Paul Holmgren must have woke up and just said let's giver hell today. Some big time trades. Western conference just got two great players
Derick Brassard
Lost a great friend/ teammates in voracek!! Philly fans should be excited !! Great future ahead of him
Derick Brassard
Wow Really excited about Carter!! #cbj fan I hope u guys are excited
Ryan Jones
I am curious to see what the next 48 hrs holds after the bombs Philly just dropped. Should be interesting.
Eric Tangradi
Wow Philly Wow
RJ Umberger
Mike Richards traded also? Say What??? #WhatsIntheWaterInPhilly #Crazy
Matt Lashoff
Lot of action going on today! Did Philly just trade those two guys? #shocked
Bobby Ryan
Paul Holmgren must have woke up and just said let's giver hell today. Some big time trades. Western conference just got two great players
Derick Brassard
Lost a great friend/ teammates in voracek!! Philly fans should be excited !! Great future ahead of him
Derick Brassard
Wow Really excited about Carter!! #cbj fan I hope u guys are excited
Ryan Jones
I am curious to see what the next 48 hrs holds after the bombs Philly just dropped. Should be interesting.
Eric Tangradi
Wow Philly Wow
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Flyers Flying Around | Trading Craziness | June 23rd, 2011
After a busy time writing articles during the Playoffs I thought I would give myself a bit of time off and write a new post or two next week. Was still considering the topics. Basically the idea was to have a quiet hockey week. Then I logged on to Twitter an hour or two ago and got engulfed in a maelstrom of Flyers trading tweets! A bit like an 'all hell broke loose' Twitter evening.
First point of discussion: Carter. He got traded to Columbus. Now some of you may know one of my faves is ♥ Rick Nash ♥ ... but I always envisioned him coming to the Flyers ;) ... I definitely did not think any of our guys would be traded to his team. I am fine with the trade. Never was a fan of Carts and just did not get him at all. Sure, there are the points, but something about his on ice and off ice persona did not sit well with me. Here the official Flyers tweet confirming the deal:
Second point of discussion: Richards. A few minutes after the Carter rumours, folks in the know started tweeting about a possible trade involving Richie. Now I was mad at him at times, but I never lost faith in him as our Captain. Just wanted him involved just a bit more, but when all was said and done I always saw him as a great Flyer. And now he is headed for L.A.? I am not liking this at all. In fact I feel a bit sick about the whole trade. But apparently Richie is happy. Here the official Flyers tweet:
I was hoping the locker room issues folks discussed were in fact not true. But that something was not quite the same shortly after the ASG was quite clear. I was forever coming up with reasons to explain the slow but sure disintegration of our great team, but sometimes things just cannot be salvaged. Carts & Richie moved out shortly one after another? There has got to be more to that than making cap room for ...........
Third point of discussion: Bryzgalov. Signed for a nine-year deal worth $51m. Good goalie obviously, with sometimes debatable work ethic. Let me use a cliché: Time Will Tell. After the other two trades, this one was confirmed as well by the Flyers organisation:
If we do not get a few experienced players back, we might as well start considering our team as one that is in build-up phase. In which case I wonder why we need Bryzgy at all. Might as well keep going with Sergei, right? I hope Holmgren has something up his sleeve. Well, something that does not include giving up our other prized possessions. And now I am going to cry over the sudden disappearance of our Captain. Really? L.A.? *sighs*
And just as I am about to post this article, this pops up on Twitter:
First point of discussion: Carter. He got traded to Columbus. Now some of you may know one of my faves is ♥ Rick Nash ♥ ... but I always envisioned him coming to the Flyers ;) ... I definitely did not think any of our guys would be traded to his team. I am fine with the trade. Never was a fan of Carts and just did not get him at all. Sure, there are the points, but something about his on ice and off ice persona did not sit well with me. Here the official Flyers tweet confirming the deal:
NHLFlyers Philadelphia Flyers
#Flyers acquire from CBJ Jakub Voracek, a 2011 1st Round pick (8th overall) & 2011 3rd Round pick (68th overall) in exchange for Jeff Carter
#Flyers acquire from CBJ Jakub Voracek, a 2011 1st Round pick (8th overall) & 2011 3rd Round pick (68th overall) in exchange for Jeff Carter
Second point of discussion: Richards. A few minutes after the Carter rumours, folks in the know started tweeting about a possible trade involving Richie. Now I was mad at him at times, but I never lost faith in him as our Captain. Just wanted him involved just a bit more, but when all was said and done I always saw him as a great Flyer. And now he is headed for L.A.? I am not liking this at all. In fact I feel a bit sick about the whole trade. But apparently Richie is happy. Here the official Flyers tweet:
@NHLFlyers Philadelphia Flyers
#Flyers have acquired from LA C Brayden Schenn, RW Wayne Simmonds and the Kings 2012 2nd Round Draft choice in exchange for Mike Richards.
I was hoping the locker room issues folks discussed were in fact not true. But that something was not quite the same shortly after the ASG was quite clear. I was forever coming up with reasons to explain the slow but sure disintegration of our great team, but sometimes things just cannot be salvaged. Carts & Richie moved out shortly one after another? There has got to be more to that than making cap room for ...........
Third point of discussion: Bryzgalov. Signed for a nine-year deal worth $51m. Good goalie obviously, with sometimes debatable work ethic. Let me use a cliché: Time Will Tell. After the other two trades, this one was confirmed as well by the Flyers organisation:
If we do not get a few experienced players back, we might as well start considering our team as one that is in build-up phase. In which case I wonder why we need Bryzgy at all. Might as well keep going with Sergei, right? I hope Holmgren has something up his sleeve. Well, something that does not include giving up our other prized possessions. And now I am going to cry over the sudden disappearance of our Captain. Really? L.A.? *sighs*
And just as I am about to post this article, this pops up on Twitter:
Pat Gallen
A source close to @973ESPN saying Flyers discussing a deal for Lightning star Steven Stamkos. Hockey world could explode.
That one I am going to chalk down to idiocy, but shit, after a night like this, I am sort of not going to be surprised by anything lol. What I need is a good night's sleep and perhaps I will see things differently tomorrow. Perhaps I will be less shocked and I might see possibilities the new additions bring us ... *ponders*
PS Who is next? Versteeg? I hope so.
A source close to @973ESPN saying Flyers discussing a deal for Lightning star Steven Stamkos. Hockey world could explode.
That one I am going to chalk down to idiocy, but shit, after a night like this, I am sort of not going to be surprised by anything lol. What I need is a good night's sleep and perhaps I will see things differently tomorrow. Perhaps I will be less shocked and I might see possibilities the new additions bring us ... *ponders*
PS Who is next? Versteeg? I hope so.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Twitter Time #6 | Richie's Riot | May 17th, 2011
Mike Richards always has a bit of a strained relationship with reporters by the looks of it. Most of the time he sounds rather grumpy when answering reporters' questions and not just after lost games ;) ... but I get it, not everyone can keep smiling when yet another reporter asks yet another similar/annoying/stupid question!
And now our Richie is on Twitter. I am guessing he will never be the tweetmeister of the NHL, but the few tweets he did drop already produced a few memorable ones. Let me quote:
Michael Richards
One word for Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun.....NERD!!!!!!
And now our Richie is on Twitter. I am guessing he will never be the tweetmeister of the NHL, but the few tweets he did drop already produced a few memorable ones. Let me quote:
Michael Richards
One word for Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun.....NERD!!!!!!
Michael Richards
Tim Panaccio thinks I'm moody and withdrawn with him. Maybe because he writes articles that are no where close to being true
BOOM! There you have it guys. Go Richie!!
PS What amused me after the one about Steve Simmons is that he got some support from Leafs fans agreeing with him, although I also recall someone replying 'he should grow a pair'. Twitter is so amusing!
Tim Panaccio thinks I'm moody and withdrawn with him. Maybe because he writes articles that are no where close to being true
BOOM! There you have it guys. Go Richie!!
PS What amused me after the one about Steve Simmons is that he got some support from Leafs fans agreeing with him, although I also recall someone replying 'he should grow a pair'. Twitter is so amusing!
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