Shayne Gostisbehere Tears ACL And That's All She Wrote

INJURY UPDATE: Shayne Gostisbehere has a torn ACL and will have surgery on 11/13. He will be out indefinitely. ? http://t.co/WHjgT82q3C

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 8, 2014

Just a really terrible turn of events for young Shayne Gostisbehere and you never want to see a guy go down like that. I know it sucks a shit ton for fans right now but for any injury that ever happens, regardless of what jersey the athlete is wearing, you first have to hope for the best for that athlete. These are guys who pour their heart and souls into the game they love and when the ability to play that game gets ripped away from them due to injury, you always gotta have their well-being in front of your own personal disappointment. With all that being said though, this sucks. It’s just the worst way this season could have possibly gone. First, Coburn and MacDonald each get hurt too soon in the season so while Ghost Bear did get the call up, it was only for two games. No way was Hexy gonna keep him up with the big dawgs when he only had a couple of AHL games under his belt. If he spends the first month in Lehigh Valley and then Coburn and MacDonald go down, then Ghost gets the call and stays with the Flyers throughout the rest of the season. But that wasn’t the case. He was here for a cocaine addict’s heartbeat and now his season is over after suffering an ACL tear. Looks like the Ghost experiment is gonna have to be put on hold until next year and that’s a tough pill to swallow. And sure, he may be able to come back for the end of the season but obviously he’ll be staying with the Phantoms and that doesn’t really help me see the first Stanley Cup parade in Philly of my life. So get well soon, Ghost Bear. ILYSM.

In other news, the Flyers almost blew a 4 goal lead last night but held off to beat the Avalanche 4-3. Giroux potted home 2, young Brayden Schenn played a hell of a game and ended up with a goal and a fight against Iginla (which I’d give the decision to Iginla but a solid tussle regardless), and Voracek is now on a 9-game multi-point streak after getting 3 assists. That son of a bitch Crosby had a 5 point performance against the Sabres (whoop-dee-freaking-doo) so Voracek is 2nd in the league with 22 points. Also, Nathan MacKinnon is a fucking plug and I hate his guts now.

Now I’ll give all the MacKinnon meat-guzzlers of the world a little benefit of the doubt and say that some of that was Luke Schenn being a kinda shaky on his feet. I’m sure it wasn’t necessarily as bad as it looked. But give me a gosh darn break, dude. Are you kidding me? You learn the very first day you start checking that you lay off the back when you’re heading into the boards like that. It’s as simple as that. There was absolutely no need for that shove and while Schenn didn’t return to the game afterwards, it could have been much much more serious. Didn’t even realize MacKinnon was out of pre-school yet, that little twerp. Luckily the hockey gods smited MacKinnon and the Flyers scored twice during his 5 minute major. But later in the game Rinaldo went after him as things started to get a little chippy. Of course MacKinnon is softer than baby shit and immediately rushed toward the bench to get off the ice. Didn’t even attempt to even shove back at all. Just raced toward the bench. So yeah, I hate MacKinnon, am super sad that Ghost Bear is hurt, was a little nervous about the Flyers blowing that lead but am ultimately happy with another 2 points and a more than solid first two periods of play. So let’s cue the music.