Pronger is smart. Why not get into your oppositions head whatever way you can. Something simple as that could. Yet they lost the series. That's another issue. He will be a hall of famer for certain
3 out of 5, he started in Hartford. But yeah, I hear you. And Edmonton and Philly weren't exactly elite teams. The only great teams Pronger played on were Anaheim of 2007 and late 90's/early 00's Blues (at least arguably, the Blues of that era had åpotential for greatness).
I love the fact that he's creating a distraction simply by taking the puck. Haha...too funny....gotta love the guy though. He's an awesome teammate and will do anything to win. You all hate him, but you would do anything to have him on your team. Hate all you want, we here in Philly love him. Hate us....you're just feeding into our entertainment. Go FLYERS!
Pronger is NOT an asshole. He's a fantastic player and a good guy. He just doesn't like getting harrassed by the stupid press. He wants to answer their questions ONCE and be done with it. He tells them that firmly but politely. He doesn't use bad language with them or anything. Who can blame him for being a bit annoyed with them? They're like vampires!
chris pronger is a great person! this is a very big game for us! and i can see why he wanted the puck! we made it to the cup just 3 or 4 years after we rebuilt our offense, then let that settle, then we rebuilt our deffense and at this ime, it was still growing! you got keith beat! every ranking i looked at has pronger in the top 5! keith only showed up in the top 10 once out of all of them! kieth shows up as about kimo timonen's skill! pronger is a true blue liner!
I'll tell you what. I'm a true blue sharks fan. Every time he gets the puck the shark fans boo. But the boy can play. He is the complete defensive player. He can pass,hit, and control the man in front of the net. He may be a brat but its better than all the mundane comments all the other players make during interviews. In Pronger is on any team. They always have a chance to win the cup.
People hate Pronger and though he has some incidents where he's lost his temper and done stuff like the stomp on Kesler or the head-high hit on Holmstrom, but overall Pronger is not really as dirty as people let on. He's a veteran who just knows the rules and pushes them, and he also knows how to get under people's skin, which may make him come off as an asshole but can actually be very useful in games.
My Favourite Chris Pronger moment is when he was trying to crush Yzerman against the boards and Yzerman turned/ducked and Pronger went A-over-T-Kettle .
I fucking hated his guts before he came to Philly. But god damn did I fall in love with him. Monster of a player, top locker room guy, probably the best with the media all time.
When he played for Anaheim and I had to see him six times a year, I couldn't stand Pronger. But now that it's only twice, and he does his antics in a whole other Conference I've got to say--This guy's pretty hilarious. I hesitate to think that I might actually cheer for him if he were signed by my hometeam.
It's the kind of guy, like Sean Avery and some others, that you love to hate and hate to love at the same time. I don't like him as a player and as a human being, and I know he doesn't have a good reputation within the league but it doesn't matter, he's something to watch ( and in this case something to listen ). :P
Eh, cut off the nagging ladies. Pronger is a great hockeyplayer. He must be a blessing to have on your own team and he is a master on getting under the skin of his opponents, players like him is essential for the game. Without players to "hate" you would not have any team-rivalry and a huge part of the game would be lost.
@TheBobsmithers First off, he's friends with most of the press, that's why he knows them by name. They're his buddies, so he messes with them! They welcome it and laugh! When he was younger, he used t get into a lot of fights, that's true, but now that he's a bit older, he RARELY fights anymore - and anyone who says he fights a lot and plays dirty is just some liar who doesn't like him. As for the pucks -
Man you either love Pronger or you hate him. That's just how it is. I love all the talk Chicago was doing when they were up 2-0. I hear the crickets chirpin now. And their fans are only there to support them when they're actually doing something. This series ain't over yet, sit back and watch the show!
You want to know why people love to hate Philadelphia fans. It's because you can take a player like Pronger, who made a career on not only cheap shots, but trying to injure players, and yet Philly fans still stand up for him and act like it's all people making stuff up about him. NEWS FLASH: he is one of the cheapest players in hockey history.
@ChicagoIrishman1 I'll "lay off the coffee" when you find something Pronger did that actually deserves criticism. I've seen a lot of players take the puck after their team has lost. So no, I don't find it to be odd at all. Pronger may be older, but he's smart. He used to be quite the fighter when he was younger, and he doesn't do that anymore because he KNOWS he's older. He's still out there kicking ass on the ice.
You know what, good for him! I never heard so many stupid questions as I've heard from the media, and not just sports media... He treated them the way they deserved to be treated... It's the STANLEY CUP FINALS and they're obsessed with Pronger snatching the damn puck @@ Niemi is a big boy, I'm sure he can handle it himself if he so chooses. Besides, Chicago got the real prize, right??? I bet nobody gives two shits about those pucks now. Amazing the perspective a few days brings @@
@availablename12 I take it you don't play hockey. Eager is an enforcer. His role is the playoffs isn't as large. But that doesn't dismiss the fact the all Pronger wanted to do is go after guys like towes and kane and take cheap shots on Buff. His tactics never worked...not once it just showed the low class he had and many of his supporting fans have. I'm talking after the play he pussied out and cried in game 2 and when Eager came to confront him the guy ran to hide in the locker room.
NHL NEEDS more people like Pronger. At least the guy gives some entertainment like some guys in NBA and NFL. Too many players in the NHL are so boring and have no entertainment value....
@gogetmeseashells You make some good points that I will agree on, like the fact that they are both good teams. The funny thing is, is that Pronger is a douchebag, that's a fact, but you still say that he fits in there. If that's true, we're not BUYING into the ESPN slant, it also becomes fact. I will also agree with you that they are relentless. They were down 3-0 to the Bruins, and fought back to take the series.
@shmokableh 1. The Flyers only beat one quality team in the playoffs, the Devils. 2. They were one OT away from getting swept by the lowly Bruins. 3. Boston did you a favor in the 1st round. Montreal did you a favor in the 1st 2 rounds. 4. They dominated an 8 seed in the conference finals. That's not very impressive. 5. Your goalies were shit in the Finals. 6. In the Finals, they often showed an inability to score without a power play. 7. Buff shut down Pronger. Not the other way around.
@ChicagoIrishman1 Oh no! He took the game puck! Someone call the cops! So he took the puck. Big freakin' deal. And what do you mean "he did nothing to help Philly"? How about, he's in a league of his own as one of the best defensemen the Flyers ever had? Look, I really don't want to argue with people about something as stupid as stealing hockey pucks. If you don't like Pronger, fine. To each his own.
I love Pronger, he's outrageously funny. And a dick. Also - I'm pretty sick of hearing Chelsea Dagger every time the Blackhawks score. It's gotten to the point that I can't stand watching their games at all, even when my team is playing against them.
@ChicagoIrishman1 Yes, I try and watch every game, unless I'm at work or in class at the time. And Pronger is not a "dirty" player, as you say, rather he is a very aggressive player. He plays off that, that's correct. Anyway...him taking the puck just isn't something to be losing your head over. There are far worse things someone could have done. Maybe it's time to move on from it.
I notice the "Madhouse on Madison Avenue" sign in the United Center..... I thought the Stadium was the "Madhouse"..doesn't that make the United Center a fraud?
@TheBobsmithers "oooh yeah and stealing the pucks was just because..." you want to finish your sentence, please? I don't think I get what you're trying to say. Sorry.
I would do same thing, take couple of pucks, ahd then throw them through Kanes house window. But why this is higher than Ovechkin on the most stupidest icehockey fails, I think this should be under Ovechkin
@MassiveCombos it doesnt matter what happens 40 years before you win. if you played like you deserved it THE YEAR you won it, thats all that matters, so stop living in the past and deal with it. they lost fair and square
@littlebenzy69 hmm let's see..took 3 teams to the finals, won a cup with one. made the nhl all rookie team in '94 bud light +/- award '98 and '00, allstar in'99,'00,'01, voted in but injured in '02,'04,'08 norris trophey, and hart trophey and first nhl allstar team in '00 nhl 2nd allstar team in '98,'04,'07 cup in '07, and gold medals in '02, and '10. this doesn't include ohl and chl awards.. yea......he really sucks, who is the plug now? i was pround of my olympic team.
Pronger wanted ot heat the series up and he heated the series up. The flyers needed a guy like him agianst boston. when he ploays, you whine about his behaviour, when he doesn't you laugh how Boston physically odminated the flyers. That's why fans don't have a neutral view of the incidents and give right to kiprussoff even if Pronger didn't cross the avery rule because he didn't turn his body to him. Check it out, the rule was fixed AFTER that incident, so it was a clean goal.
@Kartracer6 LOL, he's great, he intentionally gets under people's skin (like you) to piss em off and make them lose sight of what they really should be doing... Its a mentality tactic he uses well and people like you are suckers for it. Calling him a douche-bag is just ignorant... He's a good player and you have to commend him for it whether you like him or not.. Giving up liking your team because of one player shows how much respect you actually have for your team...
@xxjash100xx It's one game. This is far from over. I'm disappointed we lost but I'm not gonna sit here and be a douche about it. I only made an observation that the Hawks blew a 2 game lead after everyone was so cocky about it.
@RobOnDaCob No one in philly cares so it doesnt matter. Everyone will talk shit behind our backs cause secretly all of them want to be like us. I personally take pride in everyones hatred. That means you consider us a threat.
@CatieCass Really; so cheating on your wife and getting another woman pregnant constitutes you as a good guy, plus once the series is over, it's over. WHy steal the puck after you lost the stanley cup?
Pronger is smart. Why not get into your oppositions head whatever way you can. Something simple as that could. Yet they lost the series. That's another issue. He will be a hall of famer for certain
I love how hes mad, but so relax at the same time.
Who here after chiclets interview
he took 3/4 of the teams he played for to the stanley cup finals.
3 out of 5, he started in Hartford. But yeah, I hear you. And Edmonton and Philly weren't exactly elite teams. The only great teams Pronger played on were Anaheim of 2007 and late 90's/early 00's Blues (at least arguably, the Blues of that era had åpotential for greatness).
actually 3 out of 6, you forgot Arizona XD
He really isn't dirty , just low-tempered . Overall he is a great veteran and knows how to intimidate the other team . Also , GO FLYERS !
He's hilarious! You gotta love his wit.
Jesus...how can u not love this guy!!.... a number one pick for any team!
I love this guy! Sure hope he can come back; we miss him in Philadelphia.
I love Pronger and he's a great interview.
Great sense of humour and well spoken.
People can say what they want. The league hasn't been the same since this beast of a defenseman retired.
I love the fact that he's creating a distraction simply by taking the puck. Haha...too funny....gotta love the guy though. He's an awesome teammate and will do anything to win. You all hate him, but you would do anything to have him on your team. Hate all you want, we here in Philly love him. Hate us....you're just feeding into our entertainment. Go FLYERS!
Pronger is NOT an asshole. He's a fantastic player and a good guy. He just doesn't like getting harrassed by the stupid press. He wants to answer their questions ONCE and be done with it. He tells them that firmly but politely. He doesn't use bad language with them or anything. Who can blame him for being a bit annoyed with them? They're like vampires!
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chris pronger is a great person! this is a very big game for us! and i can see why he wanted the puck! we made it to the cup just 3 or 4 years after we rebuilt our offense, then let that settle, then we rebuilt our deffense and at this ime, it was still growing!
you got keith beat! every ranking i looked at has pronger in the top 5! keith only showed up in the top 10 once out of all of them! kieth shows up as about kimo timonen's skill! pronger is a true blue liner!
I like Pronger. The sport needs more personalities like him.
Absolute Winner: Hart trophy, Norris and Cup! He's place in history is secure!
Pronger is a beauty, need more guys like him in the NHL.
I'll tell you what. I'm a true blue sharks fan. Every time he gets the puck the shark fans boo. But the boy can play. He is the complete defensive player. He can pass,hit, and control the man in front of the net. He may be a brat but its better than all the mundane comments all the other players make during interviews. In Pronger is on any team. They always have a chance to win the cup.
People hate Pronger and though he has some incidents where he's lost his temper and done stuff like the stomp on Kesler or the head-high hit on Holmstrom, but overall Pronger is not really as dirty as people let on. He's a veteran who just knows the rules and pushes them, and he also knows how to get under people's skin, which may make him come off as an asshole but can actually be very useful in games.
My Favourite Chris Pronger moment is when he was trying to crush Yzerman against the boards and Yzerman turned/ducked and Pronger went A-over-T-Kettle .
I fucking hated his guts before he came to Philly. But god damn did I fall in love with him. Monster of a player, top locker room guy, probably the best with the media all time.
Pronger is the best. hes the best with the press.
When he played for Anaheim and I had to see him six times a year, I couldn't stand Pronger. But now that it's only twice, and he does his antics in a whole other Conference I've got to say--This guy's pretty hilarious. I hesitate to think that I might actually cheer for him if he were signed by my hometeam.
It's the kind of guy, like Sean Avery and some others, that you love to hate and hate to love at the same time. I don't like him as a player and as a human being, and I know he doesn't have a good reputation within the league but it doesn't matter, he's something to watch ( and in this case something to listen ). :P
Lets face it IF he was a HAWK no one would be crying about him "stealing" the puck.
LOL!
Apparently he wants the pucks while Chicago wants the cup... Go Hawks!
pronger has the best canadian accent
I love this man mad respect
youve gotta love pronger................and the flyers
Eh, cut off the nagging ladies. Pronger is a great hockeyplayer. He must be a blessing to have on your own team and he is a master on getting under the skin of his opponents, players like him is essential for the game. Without players to "hate" you would not have any team-rivalry and a huge part of the game would be lost.
He can keep those pucks as a memory of what could of been. He's a giant DBAG
@CarcillosMustache Momentum means nothing in between games. It all depends on the first couple shifts of the next game.
@TheBobsmithers First off, he's friends with most of the press, that's why he knows them by name. They're his buddies, so he messes with them! They welcome it and laugh!
When he was younger, he used t get into a lot of fights, that's true, but now that he's a bit older, he RARELY fights anymore - and anyone who says he fights a lot and plays dirty is just some liar who doesn't like him. As for the pucks -
watch this with legends
Gotta Love Chris Pronger. I would play for this guy if he a Captain on my team.
Man you either love Pronger or you hate him. That's just how it is. I love all the talk Chicago was doing when they were up 2-0. I hear the crickets chirpin now. And their fans are only there to support them when they're actually doing something. This series ain't over yet, sit back and watch the show!
Lol.. Pronger's playing the mind games. Whatever it takes to win the cup. Wonder if he will give them to the Hawks after the series is over?
Pronger is amazing. Any1 would be lucky 2 have him, but luckily the Flyers have him!!!
I think the reporters we're laughing at him... not with him lol
You want to know why people love to hate Philadelphia fans. It's because you can take a player like Pronger, who made a career on not only cheap shots, but trying to injure players, and yet Philly fans still stand up for him and act like it's all people making stuff up about him. NEWS FLASH: he is one of the cheapest players in hockey history.
hes not a douche. hes just Canadian.
i love pronger. hopefully the wings get him one day
@ChicagoIrishman1 I'll "lay off the coffee" when you find something Pronger did that actually deserves criticism. I've seen a lot of players take the puck after their team has lost. So no, I don't find it to be odd at all.
Pronger may be older, but he's smart. He used to be quite the fighter when he was younger, and he doesn't do that anymore because he KNOWS he's older. He's still out there kicking ass on the ice.
wonderful player and great philly guy!!!!!!!!!
Who even thinks to do that but Prongs!
@music7299695 An american that loves hockey is rare enough but an american that likes Canadians? Your`re officially my favorite american.
@distiller56 Canadians have accents? I mean maybe french canadians do but Ive never noticed a non french Canadian having an accent.
PRONGER IS THE DUDE
Pronger is like the most immature man-child out there, but as much as I want to, I can't hate the guy. He's just too entertaining
Here in 2021
That's the point of the Dagger... hurts a little more every time doesn't it?
why is pronger so awesome?
ITS THE FUCKING BIG GUY!!!!!!!
Legend
i get why hes annoyed i hate when people keep asking the same question over and over....you didnt hear it the first time then you shit out of luck
You know what, good for him! I never heard so many stupid questions as I've heard from the media, and not just sports media... He treated them the way they deserved to be treated... It's the STANLEY CUP FINALS and they're obsessed with Pronger snatching the damn puck @@ Niemi is a big boy, I'm sure he can handle it himself if he so chooses. Besides, Chicago got the real prize, right??? I bet nobody gives two shits about those pucks now. Amazing the perspective a few days brings @@
keep the pucks...we have the stanley cup!!!
Never liked the flyers, but Pronger is funny guy.
He can have the 2 pucks.... Hawks got 2 WINS!!!!
CHRIS PROGNER IS GOD!
@coyotes3344 Thank you. =)
Lets hope that chrissy pronger never win another cup again.
One was bad enough while playing for the Ducks in 2007.
She should paint her self green
@availablename12 I take it you don't play hockey. Eager is an enforcer. His role is the playoffs isn't as large. But that doesn't dismiss the fact the all Pronger wanted to do is go after guys like towes and kane and take cheap shots on Buff. His tactics never worked...not once it just showed the low class he had and many of his supporting fans have. I'm talking after the play he pussied out and cried in game 2 and when Eager came to confront him the guy ran to hide in the locker room.
He looks like Eric from true blood. lol GO FLYERS
NHL NEEDS more people like Pronger. At least the guy gives some entertainment like some guys in NBA and NFL. Too many players in the NHL are so boring and have no entertainment value....
@NUProductions4Music he must be doing something right if he is still playing in the NHL. ecspecially a club that went to the stanley cup finals
@gogetmeseashells You make some good points that I will agree on, like the fact that they are both good teams. The funny thing is, is that Pronger is a douchebag, that's a fact, but you still say that he fits in there. If that's true, we're not BUYING into the ESPN slant, it also becomes fact. I will also agree with you that they are relentless. They were down 3-0 to the Bruins, and fought back to take the series.
@shmokableh 1. The Flyers only beat one quality team in the playoffs, the Devils. 2. They were one OT away from getting swept by the lowly Bruins. 3. Boston did you a favor in the 1st round. Montreal did you a favor in the 1st 2 rounds. 4. They dominated an 8 seed in the conference finals. That's not very impressive. 5. Your goalies were shit in the Finals. 6. In the Finals, they often showed an inability to score without a power play. 7. Buff shut down Pronger. Not the other way around.
@ChicagoIrishman1 Oh no! He took the game puck! Someone call the cops! So he took the puck. Big freakin' deal. And what do you mean "he did nothing to help Philly"? How about, he's in a league of his own as one of the best defensemen the Flyers ever had? Look, I really don't want to argue with people about something as stupid as stealing hockey pucks. If you don't like Pronger, fine. To each his own.
@NUProductions4Music So? Hockey isn't about feelings.
I love Pronger, he's outrageously funny. And a dick. Also - I'm pretty sick of hearing Chelsea Dagger every time the Blackhawks score. It's gotten to the point that I can't stand watching their games at all, even when my team is playing against them.
He actually is really funny. XD
I love him. He's an ass, but he's so funny how he comes back at the press and makes them sound stupid. I know I will be hated but Go Flyers.
pronger really suits being a broad street bully haha cause hes just like that, you hate him, unless hes playing for your team =P
@ChicagoIrishman1 Yes, I try and watch every game, unless I'm at work or in class at the time. And Pronger is not a "dirty" player, as you say, rather he is a very aggressive player. He plays off that, that's correct.
Anyway...him taking the puck just isn't something to be losing your head over. There are far worse things someone could have done. Maybe it's time to move on from it.
go flyers
I notice the "Madhouse on Madison Avenue" sign in the United Center..... I thought the Stadium was the "Madhouse"..doesn't that make the United Center a fraud?
@TheBobsmithers "oooh yeah and stealing the pucks was just because..." you want to finish your sentence, please? I don't think I get what you're trying to say. Sorry.
ultmate def. line : Byfulgien and Pronger :p
@CatieCass Well said.
I would do same thing, take couple of pucks, ahd then throw them through Kanes house window. But why this is higher than Ovechkin on the most stupidest icehockey fails, I think this should be under Ovechkin
Aha that's great Chris prongers the man lol
@MassiveCombos it doesnt matter what happens 40 years before you win. if you played like you deserved it THE YEAR you won it, thats all that matters, so stop living in the past and deal with it. they lost fair and square
i hate how they make him look like a freak in the game
@littlebenzy69 hmm let's see..took 3 teams to the finals, won a cup with one.
made the nhl all rookie team in '94
bud light +/- award '98 and '00, allstar in'99,'00,'01, voted in but injured in '02,'04,'08
norris trophey, and hart trophey and first nhl allstar team in '00
nhl 2nd allstar team in '98,'04,'07
cup in '07, and gold medals in '02, and '10. this doesn't include ohl and chl awards..
yea......he really sucks, who is the plug now? i was pround of my olympic team.
@muska114
Toews is from Winnipeg, Mb, Ca.
@Nvp247
1. thats my nickname cause my name is phil
2. when i made the account i didnt know the whole philly/philadelphia thing lol
Flyers succkkkk lets go hawks
Pronger wanted ot heat the series up and he heated the series up. The flyers needed a guy like him agianst boston. when he ploays, you whine about his behaviour, when he doesn't you laugh how Boston physically odminated the flyers. That's why fans don't have a neutral view of the incidents and give right to kiprussoff even if Pronger didn't cross the avery rule because he didn't turn his body to him. Check it out, the rule was fixed AFTER that incident, so it was a clean goal.
@USCfootballdude54 Hate is a strong word. I dislike him and the flyers. But I repect Chris' game and the flyers too.
@Kartracer6 LOL, he's great, he intentionally gets under people's skin (like you) to piss em off and make them lose sight of what they really should be doing... Its a mentality tactic he uses well and people like you are suckers for it. Calling him a douche-bag is just ignorant... He's a good player and you have to commend him for it whether you like him or not.. Giving up liking your team because of one player shows how much respect you actually have for your team...
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about the puck deal...
first come first serve lol :)
hes so cool lol
@xxjash100xx It's one game. This is far from over. I'm disappointed we lost but I'm not gonna sit here and be a douche about it. I only made an observation that the Hawks blew a 2 game lead after everyone was so cocky about it.
@RobOnDaCob No one in philly cares so it doesnt matter. Everyone will talk shit behind our backs cause secretly all of them want to be like us. I personally take pride in everyones hatred. That means you consider us a threat.
@CatieCass Really; so cheating on your wife and getting another woman pregnant constitutes you as a good guy, plus once the series is over, it's over. WHy steal the puck after you lost the stanley cup?
lol he is a funny dude
funny guy....i hear Leno needs a new sidekick...