{"id":364617,"date":"2025-12-19T18:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/364617\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:22:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:22:22","slug":"safe-to-say-that-flyers-fans-do-not-agree-with-the-tim-saunders-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/364617\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe to Say that Flyers Fans Do Not Agree with the Tim Saunders Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/news\/flyers\/\" class=\"self-start link link-hover text-secondary uppercase text-sm font-body-bold font-bold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            Flyers<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crossingbroad.com\/author\/kevin-kinkead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"rounded-lg grayscale aspect-square\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766168541_431_43bbb22c59c46921d71fc0bb13b13b01dc27c4dc73bc3e3b54c8d1fec35b3694\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Kevin Kinkead\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"806\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Flyers_logo.jpg\" class=\"rounded-xl aspect-video object-cover wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The responses to this are pretty overwhelming. More than 1,000 replies and 500 quote tweets as of publication, and climbing:<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sampling:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand with the broadcasting crew, soft asses\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst time I\u2019ve cared about the flyers in years. It was a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthank you but too late. already cancelled my season tickets. you forgot what this team stood for and guys like Bob Clarke and Bob Boucher would be shaking their heads in shame. I know I am.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLol. A suspension??? World gone soft.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould have given Tim a raise for making us laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I guarantee you that no one at the Flyers, Comcast, or the Fanatic is truly worked up. They\u2019re probably sending each other text messages on the Friday before Christmas week and laughing about it. <\/p>\n<p>But from a corporate perspective, I guess you have to issue some kind of reprimand to keep up appearances for the pearl-clutching minority. Saunders didn\u2019t say anything offensive, but it was a lewd comment. Maybe there was some mom in a van with a kid and the kid asked her what \u201cblow me\u201d means. That\u2019s a hypothetical situation that may have angered somebody. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the audio if you missed it:<\/p>\n<p>Either way, two games feels like a bit much for a joke on a hot mic. There was no public outcry on Thursday night, right? Nobody is out here calling for Saunders\u2019 head. It\u2019s not like he did an antisemitic touchdown dance with Puca Nacua and Adin Ross. And I guess there\u2019s a silver lining because now he doesn\u2019t have to spend his weekend in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>We stand with Tim Saunders. I thought this was America! Huh? Isn\u2019t this America?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766168542_442_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full mx-auto sm:m-0 grayscale aspect-square\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766168541_431_43bbb22c59c46921d71fc0bb13b13b01dc27c4dc73bc3e3b54c8d1fec35b3694\" alt=\"Kevin Kinkead\" width=\"88\" height=\"88\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-sm mt-4\">Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team&#8217;s 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University.&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nemail &#8211; k.kinkead@sportradar.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-3xl font-display-bold font-bold\">\n        You might also like&#8230;\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flyers The responses to this are pretty overwhelming. 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