Bryzgalov Tells the Muckraking Vultures How “Embarrassing” They Are

I have to give a lot of credit to Ilya Bryzgalov; through the past two days, to no one’s surprise, the Flyers media has manufactured and spread a rumor about Bryz falling asleep during a team meeting. Because he’s one of the easiest professional athletes to speculate on, the rest of North America’s hockey journalism ran with the story like it was OJ Simpson in his fucking white Bronco.

Of course, that’s not the worst of it all; what’s exacerbated the matter has been all the underling fans who’ve bought into these headlines. If the Flyers beat writers had any value at all, it is their uncanny ability to expose the weak-minded sheep in our fanbase. 

But once the media has converted a mass of imbecilic zombies, they’ll never let the subject die. So, to no one’s surprise, after last night’s 3 – 1 loss to Ottawa, one of the members of this half-ass journalist guild decided to bring up the “sleeping” rumor in an interview with Bryzgalov. 

Our franchise netminder dropped a dose of reality on these cretins –