The Dark Ranger: All-You-Can-Eat Lip Service

Bio of TDR

TDR is a working professional in entertainment and is obsessed with the game of hockey. More fourteen years ago, this site emerged as a means (or an outlet) to tell some truth'isms about the game post-lockout, rather than the crud fed to us through knuckleheads like Jimmy Dolan and his lemmings universe. Today, there are a hundred Rangers sites and is thankful and grateful to all those that have come after him, but honorable thanks go to his fellow Dark-writers, Graying Mantis and J_Undisputed. And "Let's Go Rangers!"

Bio of General Ganz

General Ganz is a cynical yet well-informed student of the human spirit. He's a professional of sorts, with a post-graduate education, some experience working in real companies, and some limited athletic ability. The total small package. He got picked on a fair bit as a kid, and he experienced his first human-non-relation kiss in his teens. He also grew up on the other side of the tracks, thereby helping to cultivate a healthy contempt for dreamers and optimists whose rosy upbringing gave them something to smile about, even when "life produced lemons." Like it or not, his only mission is to point out the potholes you're lucky enough to miss on your drive to work. To find the blemish on your daughter's carefully-stitched (and not-yet-paid-for) wedding dress. To take that little smidgen of hope that your favorite hockey teams fill you with, and pour orange paint on it. Oh, and he is a Blueshirts fan, and takes most of his fashion direction from Ron Duguay (whose name he dropped as a way to close the deal on that first kiss).

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

All-You-Can-Eat Lip Service

So you're a Philadephia Flyers fan?

Last season you were in last place in all of the NHL. Bobby Clarke has been the problem for years, but halfway through the season he was removed (retired) and coach Ken Hitchcock was fired for a straight six or seven losses. They promise the return of the "Broad Street Bullies" and rebuild the Bionic Philly Flyers by acquiring free-agents Daniel Briere (Buffalo Sabres), Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell (Nashville Predators), Jason Smith (Edmonton) and a bunch of prospects.

The fans are still not optimistic. Tickets are available for the first time in years. So what do you do as a hockey franchise?

Hungry sports fans rejoice! The “All-You-Can-Eat” tickets for Philadelphia Flyers games, along with individual game Flyers tickets, will go on sale on Saturday, September 15 at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased exclusively through ComcastTIX by clicking here, calling 1-800-298-4200 or by visiting the Wachovia Complex Box Office.

This has to hurt on so many levels if you are a Flyers fan and sad to me that one of the most competitive hockey towns has to use "like minded Branson, Missouri packages" to get fans back in the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

Oh, and Bobby Clarke is involved in the general management again....so sorry Philly!

tdr

2 comments:

JibblescribbitsThursday, September 13, 2007 5:41:00 PM
You are not sorry... You could care less about the Flyers, and take delight in their misery. I know it

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The Dark RangerThursday, September 13, 2007 6:02:00 PM
So much for 'fair & balanced' Jibble. You called me out on it, so let me try again.

"SO GO F&%K YOURSELVES ORANGE BECAUSE THE ONLY FILL YOU'RE GETTING THIS SEASON IS THAT SEVENTH CHEESEMELT SANDWICH DRIPPING DOWN YOUR HOCKEY CHIN."

Better?
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