Flyers

You Know, One of These Days, Ilya Bryzgalov’s Sense of Humor is Going to Get Him in Trouble…

By Kyle Scott

Published: Jun 21st, 2012 · 3:06 PM EDT

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Bryz’s sense of humor, it’s… unique.

This afternoon, Bryz, who is in Mother Russia for the summer, caused mild panic on the intertubes when tweeted his thoughts on the upcoming NHL draft. Like most, he too thinks the Flyers need a defenseman to help their $51 million goalie.

Or does he?

The series of Tweets, so as to not take them out of context:

A little off on the American spelling of defenseman, but that’s OK. We're moderately baffled.

 

Ah! The Canadian version– worse! Still baffled.

Obviously, some folks took that to mean Bryz thinks the Flyers should draft a defenseman. But he hadn't yet had time to deliver the punchline, which was a link to this:

Speechless.