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[moodnamars]

*cough* damn these were dusty

[wehaveagathering]

note to self about 41:00 of the phly broadcast july 3

[dovand]

a fruit fly......how accurate

[spiderwebd]

(was at school, checks Tumblr, goes to Phighting tag) what do you MEAN there's a new phestival event????

[crackthepomegranate]

need to make out to jeff buckley....

[without-ado]

Be Wild l PHLY

[swatid45]

[o-link]

Be Wild l PHLY

[cat-clawz]

I need to go to bed so bad but their new video is like crack cocaine to me I'm going to Dan and phly myself into the sun

[ronandhermy]

I have a vague memory of you mentioning a caps focused podcast that you listen to/recommend, but I can't seem to find it - if my memory isn't inventing things I'd love the rec again, (or any other hockey podcasts that come to mind!) thanks!

It's called You Can't Do That! and it is very fun and funny. I highly recommend it.

I also listen to Gluttons for Punishment which is a Leafs podcast. Am I a Leafs fan? No. Do I find their whole thing interesting/fascinating? I very much do. That is a team that very much makes me believe in curses. This podcast is pretty traditional in its approach in that it is all about the hockey but, unlike other Leaf podcasts, does not harp on about contracts and they are normal about Mitch Marner (a litmus test for me at this point).

And I also listen to PHLY Flyers who are pretty upfront about when they're slipping into their fan wants/wishes versus being moderately objective about their team, the front office, the coach, and the players. They have an actual reporter, Charlie O'Connor, and various guests like Kelly Hinkle who runs Broadstreet Hockey (a Flyers news site) who show up pretty regularly.

[antrea]

24.04.26 PHLY Flyers: F-Around Friday: Examining Flyers future of Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost, & Tyson Foerster

I was laughing my head off at some parts of the PHLY show today - I really enjoy listening to their Flyers content! Full show here. Charlie O'Connor: beat reporter covering the Flyers for PHLY Sports, formerly of The Athletic. Kelly Hinkle: reporter and podcast host for Broad Street Hockey. Bill Matz: podcast host for PHLY Sports and PHLY Flyers.

Excerpts of some of the Frosty discussion:

Charlie: I mean, he's best buds - he's best buds with Joel Farabee - have you seen those pictures when they do like the hands like -

Kelly: Yes. They're very cute. Charlie: It's extremely, like, bros for life.

Bill: How's he ever supposed to get a big raise if the coach doesn't like playing him? Like, this is bad for his career. Charlie: I think you underestimate, like, just how like, good of a dude Morgan Frost is - Kelly: He seems like a very nice dude. Charlie: He's a very nice boy. Bill: You can be nice but still go like 'I want to be a millionaire!' Charlie: But I think that was part the reason - like the fact that he is a very nice boy - now a very nice man - was one of the reasons why Tortorella tortured him as much as he did - Kelly: Oh yeah - Bill: *cracks up laughing* Charlie: - because he wanted him to yell at him. Bill: He's such an asshole. Everyone: *laughs*

[more about how Frost might be too nice to fight for more than what the Flyers org gives him 😔; his big step forward defensively this season - this season he ranked in the 80th percentile amongst forwards in terms of defensive impact; how there's still room for improvement especially with his play-making skillset on the power play and bring back Frost in the bumper!]

Charlie: Yes, Morgan Frost is naturally I think something of a people pleaser, and he does want to earn the respect and love of John Tortorella. However - Kelly: Debatable. Charlie: - I do think Morgan Frost - if you put him on a lie detector would he much rather be playing for a coach who, like, actively gave him positive reinforcement? Yeah, probably! I think he might like that a little bit more. Kelly: Yeah, if you're at the Phils game with him and Joel, he's probably not like, 'You know who I miss?' Kelly & Charlie: 'John Tortorella.' Charlie: *cracks up* Kelly: 'I wish he was here.'

[mattatouile]

If it seems for one second like I'll recover from this in the next 5-10 business days, please rest assured: I WILL NOT.

[wehaveagathering]

Just curious, what was the skate like irl? Who didn’t even finish/ who did better than the rest??

Oh, I love you for this question. Buckle up.

First of all, I think there are a bunch of misconceptions about what 👹Tort's Rope👹 actually is and how it works. I had not a clue how it worked until today, and literally a week ago I thought Torts was tying ropes to hockey players and having them drag each other around the ice... Not how it works.

So, John Tortorella's bag skate. First, the rope is marked in large sections and tied between two goals, placed a little closer together than usual. The players are split up into 4 groups of approximately 4 players each and sent to the four corners of the rink. When Torts blows his whistle, one player from each group completes 4 laps of the goals and returns to their corner; the next player up is sent off on his own laps, and so on and so forth. Once each player in each group has completed his first four laps, the two goals are widened to a new length marked on the rope and the first player is back up. It's not a test of time or speed; it's a test of endurance.

(Those numbers are rough estimates based off of what I saw today — it could be three laps, and I don't know how many reps they did. The actual schedule says 3x8 Lap which is the technical term for 👹Tort's Rope👹 but I thought I saw four laps. Eight reps sounds about right, too. Whatever! The actual numbers don't matter too much.)

What matters is that the player completes his laps and returns to his origination point, no matter how tired he is. His teammates can give him a pat on the back, or some tips and pointers, or they can stare into the blank void of space and consider a new career path. Whatever it is, he has to finish. So "not finishing" isn't really an option unless someone throws up or passes out or dies. And no one did that — so technically, everyone finished.

Some people certainly had an easier time than others. I noticed that Michkov and Bonk struggled quite a bit, and Jamie didn't look too thrilled either.

Travis Ballinghoff.

Which kinda sucked, because I was really rooting for them. But holy shit, Michkov was struggling. Charlie O Connor actually said in the PHLY podcast today that he noticed Michkov kind of cut his final lap short at one point and that John Tortorella came over to him and was like yo. can't do that. And for the rest of the time he pulled through.

Egor Zamula kept getting yelled at. "Let's go, Z! Keep skating, Z!" He also kept getting lapped by Rasmus Ristolainen. Tyson Foerster had "kill me now" face (see Bonk above) but Foerster does tend to have a pretty expressive face. Sean Couturier kept getting help from TK, who skated right behind him for the most part and kept pushing him forward with his stick. He even admitted it.

It seemed to me that most of the guys from last year, the returning ones, were the ones that did the best. Farabee, Frost, Tippett, Hathaway, Poehling, Laughton — they all had a routine in between their laps that they used to help keep them going, whether it was motivatinal or physiological or psychological. Farabee and Hathaway skated up and down the rope, in the center of the lapping players. Tippett stretched on the boards. (He's flexible. 👀)

It was interesting to watch who was fast, though. Ronnie Attard looked like he was having the time of his fucking life, and he actually did very well! Carter Sotheran has resting happy face, but I can't imagine he was having any fun. Jett Luchanko was certainly winded, but pulled through with minimal painful expressions. (Erik Johnson went on the record to say Luchanko looked like he didn't even have to try.) Zayde Wisdom, Noah Cates and Cam York all paced themselves well. But everyone, no matter who it was, was slowing down by the second or third rep — very visibly. It looked awful.

And then — and then! — they had to do shuttles. This one was in groups of four — started at one end, raced to the other end, tight turn, back to the original spot. Then a group of four at the opposite end, who were waiting, would do the same, and the small groups would switch off. They must have done at least five reps. No one fared well on these. No one. They were all lagging by the second rep.

Anyway, to answer your question, it was loud, and it was cold, and hockey players are big. The tallest ones were like hovering a foot over me (looking at you, Matteo Mann, what the fuck are you so tall for??) and even Michkov at 5'11 looked fucking ginormous. And his group was right near me — him, Frost, Seeler, and Lycksell. Frost was tiring but I could see him grit his teeth and grind out his laps. I assume after the emotional pain of John Tortorella, Frosty can handle the physical pain too. After one of his laps was done he gave Michkov a lil side hug. It was really cute!

Travis Ballinghoff.

Off topic, but stick "taps" — that's bad nomenclature, right there. A stick "tap" at the Vorhees TC sounds like a car backfiring.

At the end of every group's torture, they settled down for a circle stretch. TK went around the first one talking to guys and grinning and laughing. He looked like a leader. The second one Joel was going around making every guy give him a little fistbump. Then the third one was actually led by Spencer Gill, who I thought had done reasonably well, especially for having only just been drafted. He held his own.

Thank you for the ask!

[jackerscracker]

Can’t imagine what the cleaning lady thought when she saw my army of phruit phlys all named Harold

[phlyapparelco]

PHLY pronounced FLY!

[sheshopelesse]

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