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Horvat has really gone cold the last 10 games or so. We need to trade him while his value is still relatively high.

I still can’t believe they gave Awesome Nostrils the Hart last season. Criminal that McDavid didn’t get it.

Feeling bad for Bruce, but still kind of hoping we lose. Keep the eye on the prize.

I was expecting to lose tonight, but it sure sucks seeing so little character or pushback. Especially on Gino night. Did John just fart?

I have several friends and colleagues who are gay, and they did not choose that.

He boycotted a pregame practice, which I’m guessing players don’t generally have the option of doing. That is a demonstration. It’s a societal issue, not a religious one. It was an anti-gay demonstration from my perspective.

I agree, except I think the Flyers and NHL should not have allowed him to miss pregame over it, or face a penalty for doing so. Again, if you are playing for a team and a league that supports LGBQ, you should have to skate along with that. There are other leagues with different values. Nobody forced him to join this one.

Players shouldn’t have the opportunity to boycott a pregame warmup. If he’s uncomfortable playing for a league that supports LGBQ, perhaps he should go play in KHL?

I see a lot of themes with pregame skate these days. Special jerseys for Canadian / American troops / vets, etc. Are we really going to allow players to pick and choose when they want to do pregame skates? If you’re a player who signed with the league and the team, you suck it up and skate with a rainbow shirt for a few minutes. Otherwise we just allow the entitlement to grow. He’ll probably be kneeling at our national anthems when Russia suffers more losses from North American weaponry in its attempted Ukraine invasion.

Flyers D Ivan Provorov cites religion for boycott on Pride Night https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/flyers-provorov-declined-to-take-pre-game-skate-with-team-wearing-pride-night-jerseys/ PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov cited his Russian Orthodox religion as the reason he did not participate in pregame warmups when the team wore Pride-themed jerseys and used sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape. The 26-year-old Provorov boycotted the pregame skate with his teammates before Tuesday night's game against Anaheim as the Flyers celebrated their annual Pride night in celebration and support of the LGBTQ+ community. He played nearly 23 minutes in Philadelphia's 5-2 victory. “I respect everybody's choices,” Provorov said after the game. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That's all I'm going to say.” Provorov declined to answer follow-up questions about his decision. Flyers coach John Tortorella said Provorov “was true to himself and to his religion.” “It’s one thing I respect about Provy, he’s always true to himself,” Tortorella said. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, leader of Russia’s dominant religious group, sent a strong signal last March justifying his country’s invasion of Ukraine — describing the conflict as part of a struggle against sin and pressure from liberal foreigners to hold “gay parades” as the price of admission to their ranks. The jerseys and sticks were set to be auctioned off by the Flyers following the game, with proceeds going to the team's charity and its efforts to grow the game of hockey in diverse communities. The Flyers also hosted a pregame skate for local LGBTQ+ youth. Flyers players James van Riemsdyk and Scott Laughton have been staunch supporters of the community and launched a program in support of local LGBTQ+ youth in the greater Philadelphia area. Laughton and van Riemsdyk met after the game with about 50 people in the LGBTQ+ community. Laughton said overall the Flyers had a “great, great night that brings a lot of awareness.” Laughton said there would be more conversations ahead with Provorov, who moved from Russia to the United States as a teenager. He signed a six-year, $40.5 million contract before the 2019 season and won the Barry Ashbee Trophy as the Flyers’ outstanding defenseman in his rookie season, the youngest Philadelphia player to receive the honor. “I don't hold anything against anyone,” Laughton said. “It's nothing like that. It was an awesome night and I'm very happy we got a win on a night like this.” All-Star forward Kevin Hayes, who had a hat trick in the win over Anaheim, said “it's not for me to answer” when asked how he felt about Provorov's decision. The Wells Fargo Center was decorated Tuesday night in rainbow hues representing the LGBTQ+ community through special pride-themed arena LEDs, décor and rainbow-themed team merchandise. “The Philadelphia Flyers organization is committed to inclusivity and is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community," the team said in a statement after the game. "Many of our players are active in their support of local LGBTQ+ organizations, and we were proud to host our annual Pride Night again this year. The Flyers will continue to be strong advocates for inclusivity and the LGBTQ+ community.” The NHL also champions the You Can Play Project, which aims to ensure equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation. The NHL has never had an openly gay active player. And as reported later: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/nhl-on-provorovs-pride-night-boycott-players-are-free-to-decide-which-initiatives-to-support/ The NHL released a statement Wednesday in response to Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Ivan Provorov's decision to skip warmups on Pride Night Tuesday, stating that "players are free to decide which initiatives to support." To me, the Flyers and the NHL really messed this one up, with Tortorella acting as an enabler for this type of behaviour. Both the NHL and the Flyers say they are committed to inclusivity and is proud to support the LGBTQ+ community. Yet, they allow a Russian hockey player to miss the pregame warmup because of his anti-gay beliefs. I think Provorov should have been forced to participate in the pregame warmup, or have to miss the entire game, and possible face a suspension. If you sign a contract to a team and an organization that supports the LGBTQ+ community, and you're willing to take millions of dollars to do that, you are signing your willingness to participate in warm-ups, even if it means using a rainbow coloured stick. I have no tolerance for this entitled attitude from a player whose country is now known as a terrorist country. The NHL has never had an openly gay active player in its history, and its because of decisions like this, where the NHL allows players to demonstrate their anti-gay beliefs by missing warm-up that the league probably won't have any players coming out in the near future. It's pretty sad.

This management team blows chunks. No respect for the existing coach. No plan for the team. Bad judgement demonstrated. No real help on defence despite it being glaringly obvious to anyone that defence was the priority from the start. And very soon we’ll likely have an excon buddy boy Ricky Tocchet, who acts like a Torts-wanna-be, as a coach. His losing record will serve this management well, and he’ll probably rub Petey and Hughes right out of town. A monstrous fail from me, and I’ve lost the little faith I had left in ownership. In time, I feel we may look back on this era as truly being one of the worst, when there was so much potential and talent to have turned things around, had it been handled properly.

It sounds like Rick Tocchet is a guaranteed thing at this point as the next coach. I’m not feeling at all confident about this. The guy has a losing record in the NHL as head coach, and he has been criminally charged with conspiracy and promoting gambling. What exactly does he offer us?

We should try to get Pavel Bure back in the building when we recognize Gino. It would be fitting. If Sportsnet really cared, you’d think they do something with those stupid virtual ad placements on the boards too. Maybe even 5 minutes of a Gino appreciation on them instead of the stupid advertising.

Nice goal Petey. RIP Gino. You’ll live on in some of our favourite Canucks memories

I bet Burns stinks irl. Like really smells bad

We got ourselves a shootout boys and girls.

Canucks playing 3-on-3 in OT against Hurricane

Wait, Boeser is playing?

I don’t even remember when he used to shoot.

It was offside anyway