GDT: #24: Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015, Flyers at Rangers, 1:30 pm ET

[BernieParent]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (8-10-5, 3-6-2 away) vs. NEW YORK RANGERS (16-5-2, 10-2-1 home) ​

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BROADCAST INFORMATION​

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• Television: Check local listings, you lazy bum. [CSN-PH, MSG]
• Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlayer.htm?id=2015020342
• Streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJ7tIeotWw; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HXZLLE3shc; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruKcFI5ITyg
• Posting and soliciting links to illegal streams is prohibited. Do not post such streams.

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS​

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• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2015020342
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Rangers’ Stats: http://rangers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• CDC Stats on Most Common Causes of Death, By State, 2001-2010: http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2015/14_0395.htm
• Code of Hammurabi: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/ancient/hamframe.asp

Team Stats​

Team | GP | Record | Home | Away | L10 | G/G | GA/G | PP%| PK% | PIM/G | S/G | S/A | FO% | Horrid contracts
Flyers|23 |8-10-5 |5-4-3 |3-6-2 |4-4-2 |1.78 |2.78 |16.9 |80.2 |12.0| 30.3 |33.2| 50.5 |

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Rangers| 23| 16-5-2 |10-2-1 |6-3-1| 7-3-0 |3.00 |2.00| 20.3 |83.5| 9.6| 28.1| 31.5| 49.3 |

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TEAMS' WEBSITES​

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• Flyers' Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philadelphiaflyers
• Flyers' Twitter: https://twitter.com/NHLFlyers
• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/index.html
• Rangers' Website: http://rangers.nhl.com/
• Lone Ranger’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/loneranger
• RaNGeR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rangerfanclub/
• Walker, Texas Ranger IMDB Site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106168/
• Loan Arranger Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autoloanarranger

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS​

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L |6' 0"|198|Mar 6, 1985| 30| Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
52 |Nick Cousins | C |5' 10" |169 |Jul 20, 1993 |22| Belleville, ON, CAN
14 |Sean Couturier | C |6' 3" |197 |Dec 7, 1992 |22| Phoenix, AZ, USA
89 |Sam Gagner | C| 5' 11" |202| Aug 10, 1989| 26 |London, ON, CAN
28 | CLAUDE GIROUX "C"| C| 5' 11" |172 |Jan 12, 1988 |27| Hearst, ON, CAN
21 | Scott Laughton |C |6' 1"| 177| May 30, 1994| 21| Oakville, ON, CAN
40 | | C |6' 4"| 215 |Apr 21, 1980| 35| Ile Bizard, QC, CAN
36 | Colin McDonald | R |6' 2" |219| Sept 30, 1984 |31| Wethersfield, CT, USA
12 | Michael Raffl | L |6' 0" |195| Dec 1, 1988 |26| Villach, AUT
24 | Matt Read | R |5' 10" |185| Jun 14, 1986| 29 |Ilderton, ON, CAN
10| Beef’s boy | C |6' 1" |190| Aug 22, 1991| 24 |Saskatoon, SK, CAN
17 | Wayne Simmonds "A" | R| 6' 2" |183|Aug 26, 1988 |27|Scarborough, ON, CAN
20 | R.J. Umberger |C |6' 2"| 214 |May 3, 1982 |33| Pittsburgh, PA, USA
76 | Chris VandeVelde | C |6' 2" |190| Mar 15, 1987 |28| Moorhead, MN, USA
93 |Jakub Voracek | R |6' 2" |214 |Aug 15, 1989 |26| Kladno, CZE
25 |Ryan White |C |6' 0"| 201| Mar 17, 1988| 27 |Brandon, MB, CAN

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
15| Michael Del Zotto| 6' 0" |195 |Jun 24, 1990 |25 |Stouffville, ON, CAN
53| | 5' 11" |160 |Apr 20, 1993 |22| Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
3 |Radko Gudas |6' 0" |204 |Jun 5, 1990| 25| Prague, CZE
23| boxcar65 | 6' 1"| 195 |Jun 4, 1990| 25 |Prince George, BC, CAN
82| Evgeny Medvedev | 6' 3"| 198| Aug 27, 1982| 33 |Chelyabinsk, RUS
22| Luke Schenn | 6' 2"| 229 |Nov 2, 1989| 26| Saskatoon, SK, CAN
55| Nick Schultz | 6' 1" |203| Aug 25, 1982| 33 |Strasbourg, SK, CAN
32| Mark Streit "A" | 5' 11" |191 |Dec 11, 1977 |37| Bern, CHE

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
35 |Steve Mason | 6' 4" |217 |May 29, 1988 |27 |Oakville, ON, CAN
30 | Michal Neuvirth| 6' 1" |209 |Mar 23, 1988 |27| Ústí nad Labem, CZE

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux |10 - Brayden Schenn
24 - Matt Read|14 - Sean Couturier |17 - Wayne Simmonds
76 - Chris VandeVelde | 78 - Pierre-Édouard Bellemare |93 - Jakub Voracek
21 - Scott Laughton| 52 - Nick Cousins | 36 - Colin McDonald

Pairings

Name | Name
15 - Michael Del Zotto| 3 - Radko Gudas
55 - Nick Schultz |22 - Luke Schenn
82 – Evgeny Medvedev |53 -

Goalies

Name | Name
35 - Steve Mason (could start) |30 - Michal Neuvirth

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
| available | undisclosed upper ability injury
Boxcar65 | available| prayer works!
Mark Streit| LTIR; out six weeks from Nov. 14| surgery to repair a [TOO PAINFUL TO EVEN TYPE] (Nov. 17)
R.J. Umberger |IR; out 1-to-2 weeks from Nov. 12 | “Daniel Day Lewis” injury
Ryan White | IR; out 2-to-4 weeks from Nov. 15| “too much man” injury

FLYERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1|Brayden Schenn |Wayne Simmonds| Claude Giroux | Jakub Voracek |
No. 2|Matt Read | Colin McDonald | Sean Couturier| Evgeny Medvedev | Michael Del Zotto

NEW YORK RANGERS​

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RANGERS POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
61 Rick Nash | 16 Derick Brassard | 36 Mats Zuccarello
20 Chris Kreider | 21 Derek Stepan |13 Kevin Hayes
10 J.T. Miller | 24 Oscar Lindberg |19 Jesper Fast
28 Dominic Moore | 26 Jarret Stoll | 96 Emerson Etem

Pairings

Name | Name
27 Ryan McDonagh | 5 Dan Girardi
18 Marc Staal | 8 Kevin Klein
93 Keith Yandle |6 Dylan McIlrath

Goalies

Name | Name
30 Henrik Lundqvist |32 Antti Raanta (could start)

RANGERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player | Status | Description
Dan Boyle |healthy | available
Viktor Stalberg |healthy | could be inserted into lineup
Derek Stepan | out indefinitely | broken ribs

RANGERS' POWER PLAY UNITS

Unit | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name
No. 1| Rick Nash | Derek Stepan | Mats Zuccarello | Derick Brassard | Ryan McDonagh
No. 2:| Chris Kreider | Kevin Hayes | Oscar Lindberg | Keith Yandle |Kevin Klein

RANGERS’ ROSTER
Forwards

No. | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
16 |Derick Brassard | C| 6' 1" |205 |Sep 22, 1987 |28 |Hull, QC, CAN
96 |Emerson Etem | R| 6' 1" |212 |Jun 16, 1992 |23 |Long Beach, CA, USA
19 |Jesper Fast | R| 6' 0" |188 |Dec 2, 1991 |23 |Nassjo, SWE
13 |Kevin Hayes | R| 6' 5" |227 |May 8, 1992 |23 |Dorchester, MA, USA
20 |Chris Kreider | L| 6' 3" |226 |Apr 30, 1991 |24 |Boxford, MA, USA
24 |Oscar Lindberg | C| 6' 1" |195 |Oct 29, 1991 |24 |Skellefteå, SWE
10 |J.T. Miller | C| 6' 1" |205 |Mar 14, 1993 |22 |East Palestine, OH, USA
28 |Dominic Moore | C| 6' 0" |192 |Aug 3, 1980 |35 |Thornhill, ON, CAN
61 |Rick Nash | L| 6' 4" |220 |Jun 16, 1984 |31 |Brampton, ON, CAN
25 |Viktor Stalberg | L| 6' 3" |209 |Jan 17, 1986 |29 |Gothenburg, SWE
21 |Derek Stepan "A" | C| 6' 0"| 196 |Jun 18, 1990 |25 |Hastings, MN, USA
26 |Jarret Stoll | C| 6' 1" |216 |Jun 24, 1982 |33 |Melville, SK, CAN
36 |Mats Zuccarello | R| 5' 7" |179 |Sep 1, 1987 |28 |Oslo, NOR

Defensemen

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
22 |Dan Boyle |5' 11" |194 |Jul 12, 1976 |39 |Ottawa, ON, CAN
5 |Dan Girardi "A" |6' 1"|208 |Apr 29, 1984 |31 |Welland, ON, CAN
8 |Kevin Klein |6' 1" |202 |Dec 13, 1984 |30 |Kitchener, ON, CAN
27 |Ryan McDonagh "C" |6' 1" |216 |Jun 13, 1989 |26 |St. Paul, MN, USA
6 |Dylan McIlrath |6' 5" |220 |Apr 20, 1992 |23 |Winnipeg, MB, CAN
18 |Marc Staal "A" |6' 4" |207 |Jan 13, 1987 |28 |Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
93 |Keith Yandle |6' 1" |196 |Sep 9, 1986 |29 |Boston, MA, USA

Goalies

No. | Player | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Age | Place of Birth
30 |Henrik Lundqvist |6' 1" |188 |Mar 2, 1982 |33 |Are, SWE
32 |Antti Raanta |6' 0" |193 |May 12, 1989 |26 |Rauma, FIN

FLYERS VERSUS RANGERS SERIES HISTORY​

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DAWN OF TIME: Thus, the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day, God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. That evening, a line brawl broke out between the Flyers and Rangers.

September 12, 480 BC: During the 3-day Battle of Thermophilly, 30 Flyers – led by King Sheronidas – heroically held off an advancing horde of New Yorkers. They held the strategic pass until successive off-setting penalties reduced their number to 3 fighters and a wounded mascot.

November 5, 1688: Prince William of Orange landed at Torbay, Devonshire, England, to establish the first official Flyers society. The group was founded on the defense of “the liberties of Englishmen, the Protestant Religion, and the full line brawl.” William and the rest of the Flyers defeated Rangers leader James II Patrick at the Battle of the Boyle. Orange lodges were established around the world, and to this day they continue the proud tradition of the Stanley Cup March.

November 16, 1967: In the first on-ice meeting between the two clubs, the Flyers defeated the Rangers 3-2 on goals by Ed Van Impe, Leon Rochefort and Ed Hoekstra. Doug Favell stopped 30 of 32 shots. No fights occurred in the game; must be a typo.

January 3, 1974: A hat trick by Dave Schultz – with the puck! really!! – propelled the Flyers to a 4-2 win over the Rangers. He didn’t even fight. Not once!

May 5, 1974: The Flyers beat the Rangers 4-3 in Game 7 of their semi-final series. Gary Dornhoefer led the Flyers to victory with 2 goals. The game also featured a fight between Dave Schultz and Dale Rolfe.

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September 26, 1978: In a pregame meeting, the Flyers and Rangers had a bench-clearing brawl in the first period that went on for more than 8 minutes. Jim Cunningham and Nick Fotiu were the main combatants.

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May 20, 1997: Half-human half-minotaur Eric Lindros led the Flyers to a 6-3 playoff win over the Rangers. Lindros’ dominance in the game not only included a hat trick, but he also bodychecked Esa Tikkanen’s skeleton out of his body and into the 11th row of seats, impregnated 200 women in the crowd during a TV time out, and ate Rangers goaltender Mike Richter’s liver at center ice after the game.

December 30, 2009: Back in the days when the Flyers could score goals at even strength, they beat the Rangers 6-0. Québécois heartthrob Simon Gagné led the attack with 3 goals and an assist. Scott Hartnell did humanity a favour by beating up Sean Avery.

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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE​

http://www.nhl.com/ice/schedulebyseason.htm?team=PHI

Date | Game | Time (ET) | Television (could change)
Tue Dec 1, 2015| Philadelphia at Ottawa |7:30 PM | TCN-PH, RDS2, TSN5
Fri Dec 4, 2015 | Philadelphia at New Jersey | 7:00 PM | CSN-PH, MSG+ 2
Sat Dec 5, 2015 | Columbus at Philadelphia | 7:30 PM | FS-O, CSN-PH
Tue Dec 8, 2015 | NY Islanders at Philadelphia | 7:00 PM | TVAS, MSG+, CSN-PH
Thu Dec 10, 2015 | Philadelphia at St. Louis |8:00 PM | CSN-PH, FS-MW
Fri Dec 11, 2015| Philadelphia at Dallas |8:30 PM |TCN-PH,FS-SW

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Blog​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/700-level/

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/sports/flyers

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Delaware County Times​

| http://www.delcotimes.com/topic/flyers

Rob Parent's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/reluctantSE

Fourth Period, The​

| http://www.thefourthperiod.com/Philadelphia/

David Strehle's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Newark Star-Ledger ​

| http://www.nj.com/flyers/

Randy Miller's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Philadelphia Daily News​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/

Jeff Neiburg's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/Jeff_Neiburg

Philadelphia Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Bergen Record​

| http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/rangerrants/

Andrew Gross' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AGrossRecord

BlueShirts United​

| http://blueshirtsunited.com/

Jim Cerny's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/JimCerny

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/rangers/

Pat Leonard's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/PLeonardNYDN

New York Post ​

| http://nypost.com/hockey/

Larry Brooks' Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/nyp_brooksie

New York Times ​

| http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/sports/hockey/nationalhockeyleague/newyorkrangers/index.html

Newsday ​

| http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/blue-notes-1.811976

Steve Zipay's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/stevezipay

SportsNet New York​

| http://snyrangersblog.com/

Adam Rotter's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/AdamRotter

MEDIA COVERAGE​

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Name | Link

Center Ice Philly​

| http://centericephilly.com/

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Generally inane and inaccurate ramblings​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Down Goes Brown​

| http://www.downgoesbrown.com/

Daily Bugle​

| http://marvel.com/universe/Daily_Bugle

The Pope​

| http://thepopeblog.blogspot.ca/

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Fourth Period, The​

| http://www.thefourthperiod.com/Philadelphia/

Who the heck is David Strehle?​

| https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP

Failblog Hockey​

| http://failblog.cheezburger.com/tag/hockey

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Buzz brass quintet ​

| http://www.buzzcuivres.com/home-standard.html

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Fake Science Blog​

| http://fakescience.tumblr.com/

The Onion​

| http://www.theonion.com/

More questionable blathering​

| http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller

Iraqi Information Minister – Sadam Hussein era​

| http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Blog​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/

ESPN New York ​

| http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/rangers

Hungover Owls Blog​

| http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com/

MSG Networks ​

| http://www.msg.com/teams/rangers.html

Cooking with MSG ​

| http://www.msginfo.com/in_the_kitchen_quick.asp

The Smurfs Blog​

| http://smurfsproductionblog.tumblr.com/

New York Daily News ​

| http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/index.html

New York Post ​

| http://www.nypost.com/sports/rangers

New York Times​

| http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/hockey/index.html

New York Dolls​

| http://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-york-dolls-mn0000866786/biography

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC​

"New York" by Some Comedian at Joker’s Wild Comedy Club
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[BernieParent]

"Today ... ay, ay, ay I consider myself ... elf, elf, elf the luckiest poster on HF boards ... oards, oards, oards."

This GDT offered in unabashed adoration of our very own Deus ex Machina, MSE. Hopefully he will take this as a lighthearted wink at his long history of GDT oeuvres in an "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" way rather than a juvenile mockery and ejects me into deep space through the pod bay doors.

I had to post early to get this up before late this evening, so have at it after we celebrate the victory (as if!) of the Flyers in this afternoon's game.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

"Today ... ay, ay, ay I consider myself ... elf, elf, elf the luckiest poster on HF boards ... oards, oards, oards."

This GDT offered in unabashed adoration of our very own Deus ex Machina, MSE. Hopefully he will take this as a lighthearted wink at his long history of GDT oeuvres in an "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" way rather than a juvenile mockery and ejects me into deep space through the pod bay doors.

I had to post early to get this up before late this evening, so have at it after we celebrate the victory (as if!) of the Flyers in this afternoon's game.

Now you know how to play the role of Bobby Taylor.

I will complete the first post after the Friday game.

Thanks for pinch-hitting.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Hopefully we can keep it rolling with Ghost and Giroux.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Nice work, BP.

 

[Hurricane28]

This is a well done GDT, i was laughing so hard

 

[whitstifier]

I hope that screenshot came from one of your games. I also hope that you put Vinny at the first line C and sat Giroux.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

I hope that screenshot came from one of your games. I also hope that you put Vinny at the first line C and sat Giroux.

does Vinny suck just as bad in the video game as he does in a Flyers jersey ???

 

[Appleyard]

Good work on the thread!

Beautiful balance between being funny and actually providing the information we need! Most other teams GDT rarely contain one of these things, let alone either.

 

[Striiker]

What a GDT

As for the game, the plan is to simply make it to OT and wait for Giroux and Ghost to decide to score. Easy.

 

[whitstifier]

Yeah, I'll second that. A lot of GDTs are just awful. Helps that Bernie is a funny guy.

 

[Domino666]

Well done BP!!!! The Injuries and Scratches section had me dying, especially Boxcar instead of Manning's name

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Couldn't stop laughing at the GDT.

The gf got me tixs for tomorrow for our one year sitting lower level somewhere, if you see a dude with a Giroux jersey with a Rangers gf come say whats up

 

[bb12]

Awesome job. Love getting myself ready for a game with the gdt. You must have Shaq sized feet because MSE left big shoes to fill and you filled them!

 

[BernieParent]

Thanks to MSE, also, for cleaning up my coding "issues". Those were excellent templates.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

"boxcar65" sooooooo good. Also "upper abilities injury". Great job BP.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Thanks to MSE, also, for cleaning up my coding "issues". Those were excellent templates.

I added the Rangers' info, too. The [ / table] was missing from after each position; that was the cause of your agitation, BP. Now fixed.

 

[OzFlyers]

Great job Bernie. Lets hope that the Flyers live up to it!

 

[kudymen]

I skipped a line when reading the lineup and saw that boxcar65 was born in Prague. I mean, we gave the world a lot of stuff, but I am happy I just misread that

 

[chupanibre]

Go on Yandle! Kick that bums ass!!

Great GDT dude, hilarious

 

[boxcar65]

I guess I should say "nice GDT". Even though the Rags are fairly soft this year, this is still a rivalry game, so you never know what might happen. For this reason, Hak needs to have his "fighting Dman" in the game. Dylan McIlrath has been playing for them, and he is never afraid to drop the gloves.

The lineup today should definitely have Manning over Schultz. If not, I say we should at least dress 7 D. The 12th forward would not do much anyway, so having an extra D won't hurt.

 

[Tripod]

Great job on the GDT!

Is it wrong that I watched the Kong vs Godzilla fight? We have come a long way with tv/movie capabilities...lol.

 

[GKJ]

Game is at 1:30, by the way.

 

[BernieParent]

I also must say, having done a SINGLE solitary GDT, that I am that much more in awe of you putting these together game in and game out, MSE.

 

[bb12]

How does manning get get the description of a fighting dman? He has dropped the gloves the same amount of times as our captain and peb. I may be one off and manning has 2