While I typically take issue with those that swing down, as Penguins' fans undoubtedly did by verbally donkey punching a Flyers' organization that hasn't won a championship since attempted murder was both encouraged and celebrated on the ice, the rules are definitely different as they pertain to rivalries. Therefore, I can't help but credit Pittsburgh, as a collective, for speaking for their sizable portion of bandwagon fans in keeping an eye on 44 year's worth of calendars only to give Philadelphia a 5- figure reminder of their futility as a franchise. I honestly didn't know the Flyers' perennial failures could be made to seem even worse, but slapping a number on it really draws more negative attention to their accomplishment of going nearly four a half decades without an accomplishment. A dollar for every day that Broad Street has been left pumping the tires of bullies as opposed to winners and Flyers' fans wouldn't even need to hopelessly play the 50/50 in hopes of financing a few more years of season tickets on which the investment is otherwise unreturned. Pretty incredible when you think about. 16,000. Penguins' fans almost had to let them hear it loud enough for Doc Emrick to feel obligated to soften the blow of downright disrespect. After all, that milestone might actually be harder to reach than the promised land that Flyers' fans have been left somberly staring up at since the mid-70's. Certainly would be for the one particularly prodigious playoff performer rostered by their in-state rival for which nearly all of Philadelphia harbors an obsessive inferiority complex.
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