Where the boards meet the ice, where Crosby landed, there is no give at all. And in some arenas, there is barely any give to the boards anywhere.

Ummm....it looks like his head does hit the ice. From the gif, it looks like Crosby’s head hits the corner of the ice and the boards while his left shoulder hits the boards. Not like it should matter though, a hard surface is a hard surface and if your head hits it, you can suffer a concussion.

How in the world did 87 stay on the ice after that nose dive into the boards?! I thought the NHL had “indenpendent” concussion spotters, in which case were they just scared to pull him out of the game? Hope he at least got evaluated after the game. Doesn’t matter how good you are or what the playoff picture is…

“Russian happiness” is an oxymoron.

He needs to go to Korea, Japan, or Taiwan now, DH, make energy drink commercials, and hit some long dongs. That would be the natural thing to do.

I’m a Flyers fan concussion researcher, but man does he worry me. He is too resilient for his own good. I’m not sure who could talk him out of playing but someone should try. That looked awful.

It’s hard for me to feel too bad for a man worth $125 million (more or less) who’s been forced into retirement at the age of 37.

If there’s a god, this means that the Mets’ Brief Ryan Howard Experiment is just starting...

That was my first thought as well. Did they fall asleep in the bathroom or something?

Where are the concussion spotter?

If this was the NFL allowing Tom Brady to play after multiple concussions, ESPN wouldn’t shut up about it for months.

I’d soon root for N. Korea than the Ducks. Fuck them. Also, Corey Perry can eat dicks.

Ryan, thank you for the great seasons you gave us Phillies fans. You will always have a special place in our memories.

Why the hate, Pudsy?

I dig em. They are usually super straight forward and simple. They just like putting “er” or “y” on the ends or just making the name even shorter. IE: Schenner, Simmer, G, Ghost. Also like that they are almost never flashy and look at me nicknames, like most of hockey. A team sport thats actually about the team.

It’s like that in baseball as well. Just take a piece of their first or last name and add ey/ie/y to the end.

“New York is almost certainly the better team to begin with in this series...”

Hockey players aren’t exactly known for their flamboyant creativity...

Meh.

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