Gutless Pukes Strike Again

PHILADELPHIA -- The Boston Bruins traveled to Philadelphia for their first game against the Flyers since October 27th, the game in which Bruins center Patrice Bergeron was leveled from behind by defenseman Randy Jones and has been out of the lineup ever since with a concussion and a broken nose.

To nobody's surprise, the Flyers continued to take cheap shots; this time the victim was defenseman Andrew Alberts. After dropping to his knees to settle a puck with his body, the prone Alberts was blind-sided by Scott Hartnell and crumpled to the ice. He did not return to the game, which the Bruins won, incidentally, 6-3.

Alberts was able to leave the ice on his feet, and there is no word yet as to whether he sustained any injuries. Regardless, Hartnell made no effort to pull up on hitting a defenseless player, and instead drove Alberts' head right into the dasher. Hartnell received a five-minute major and a game misconduct penalty for the hit.

I hope Hartnell gets a suspension, but I won't be shocked if he doesn't. But as I said before, it's time for the NHL to send a message to the Flyers. Suspend the coach. Fine Ed Snider $100,000. Do something to show the Flyers that indiscriminate shots to the head will not be tolerated.

And to the rest of the teams in the league, I say this: kill 'em. Run at the Flyers. Make 'em fight game in, game out, shift in, shift out. Make life miserable for their gutless midget, Daniel (now he is, inexplicably, known as "Danny") Briere. The Flyers don't know where to draw the line between tough hockey and dirty hockey, and I'm tired of players getting hurt as a result of their recklessness and disrespect.