Are the Philadelphia Flyers naïve, willfully ignorant or completely stupid? Any of those explanations can be applied to the decision by the team to hand out plastic bracelets to every fan in attendance at Game 3 of their divisional semifinal series against the Washington Capitals. AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. Once more, with feeling: a hockey game, in Philadelphia, against a hated rival and superior opponent, in a series that undoubtedly has flashpoints of violence, on an emotional night, given the tribute to late owner Ed Snider at the top of the program. And you hand out plastic projectiles to every fan in every seat? Did anyone not see this coming? Wayne Simmonds saw...
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