GDT: #66: FLYERS at Capitals, Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020, 7:00 pm ET

[flyersnorth]

Thank you for this information. My first thought was "Capreciously" and then I realized that's not how you spell "Capriciously."

Yeah, I scanned my brain for a while trying to guess the other words when I first came across the vowel quiz.

I don't know if you've ever played Spelling Bee in the NYT. It's so satisfying.

There are 7 letters, and you need to spell as many words as you can.

1. Words must be 4 letters minimum.
2. Each day, there is at least one panagram (using all letters).
3. You can re-use letters as often as you wish in a word.
4. You must use the center letter in each word.
5. No proper nouns.

So, yesterday, for example, the letters were -
(L) G R F O H U

L must be in every word.

Can you find the panagram?

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Giroux-Couturier-Voracek
Farabee-Hayes-Konecny
Van Reimsdyk-Laughton-Pitlick
Raffl—Grant—Aube Kubel

this makes most sense to me.
Still love Laughts with Hayes and Konecny, but think Farabee is also fine there.

A non-krazy lineup?

 

[Foggy14]

How has Niskanen looked this year? We really miss what he brought prior to his off year last year

He's having a bounce-back season and has been very good for us.

You'll be sad when he plays great in the Wash-Flyers playoff series and Gudas takes out Ovie in the practice before game 7.

 

[Kuznetsnow]

He's having a bounce-back season and has been very good for us.

You'll be sad when he plays great in the Wash-Flyers playoff series and Gudas takes out Ovie in the practice before game 7.

Gudas would have to be in the lineup for that to happen

 

[dragonoffrost]

Gudas would have to be in the lineup for that to happen

He'll do it in practice like he did Coots...

 

[Kuznetsnow]

He'll do it in practice like he did Coots...

Thankfully Ovechkin is unbreakable

 

[dragonoffrost]

Thankfully Ovechkin is unbreakable

Thanks for tempting the hockey gods....

 

[Kuznetsnow]

Thanks for tempting the hockey gods....

What can they do against one of their own

 

[Rebels57]

Gudas would have to be in the lineup for that to happen

Has he been relegated to healthy scratch?

 

[Kuznetsnow]

Has he been relegated to healthy scratch?

The bottom 4 rotates scratches since theyve been subpar to varying degrees and he's one of them. Hopefully in the playoffs he steps up and starts cracking heads without bleeding goals against

 

[dragonoffrost]

Has he been relegated to healthy scratch?

 

[flyerslducks]

I am not so sure I would want laughton on 3c anymore. The way he is playing (and the whole team quite frankly), I think he better suited for the wing role in the middle six. I definitely think he can handle 4c duties but we need him in the middle six right now. Going into next year, depending on whether or not we resign grant or pitlick, i would be down to have laughton as our 4c as patrick, frost, and farabee will be here. The best thing to do would be to just swap farabee in for thompson but someone else would need to play center. Laughts can do it, no doubt, but the lines are rolling right now. WHY couldn't we get a better center than freaking nate thompson or why didn't we try and get a 4c during the offseason.

 

[Rebels57]

I am not so sure I would want laughton on 3c anymore. The way he is playing (and the whole team quite frankly), I think he better suited for the wing role in the middle six. I definitely think he can handle 4c duties but we need him in the middle six right now. Going into next year, depending on whether or not we resign grant or pitlick, i would be down to have laughton as our 4c as patrick, frost, and farabee will be here. The best thing to do would be to just swap farabee in for thompson but someone else would need to play center. Laughts can do it, no doubt, but the lines are rolling right now. WHY couldn't we get a better center than freaking nate thompson or why didn't we try and get a 4c during the offseason.

It's not necessarily about what is best for Laughton..it's about what is best for the bottom 3 lines.

I think the team is better with Farabee at 2LW, Laughton at 3C, and Grant at 4C than it is with Laughton at 2LW, Grant at 3C, and Thompson at 4C.

 

[flyerslducks]

It's not necessarily about what is best for Laughton..it's about what is best for the bottom 3 lines.

I think the team is better with Farabee at 2LW, Laughton at 3C, and Grant at 4C than it is with Laughton at 2LW, Grant at 3C, and Thompson at 4C.

oh i agree with you...but what is best for the team RIGHT NOW might be to just roll what we have. Laughton on the wing is making the team better. I hate saying this lol because im 100% with you on those lines. I don't want thompson in and would want farabee in for him but i don't think putting Laughton there makes us that much better.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

WASHINGTON CAPITALS (40-19-6) vs. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (38-20-7)
Monday is an off-day for the Flyers. Practice on Tuesday.

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BROADCAST INFORMATION

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• Online Streaming: nbcsportsphiladelphia.com and the MyTeams app by NBC Sports

TEAMS' WEBSITES

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• Flyers' Website: Official Philadelphia Flyers Website
• Capitals' Website: Official Washington Capitals Website

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview:
• NHL Stats: NHL.com - Stats
• Flyers' Stats: Philadelphia Flyers Stats | 2019-2020
• Capitals' Stats: Washington Capitals Stats | 2019-2020

TEAMS' STATISTICS (to be updated)

Team	GP	Record	Pts	Home	Away	GF	GA	PP%	PK%	FO%
Capitals	65	40-19-6	86	18-9-5	22-10-1	226	199	20.0	84.0	48.6
Flyers	65	38-20-7	83	23-5-4	15-15-3	220	190	21.6	81.2	54.5

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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

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Possible Lineup
Lines

28 Claude Giroux -- 14 Sean Couturier -- 93 Jake Voracek
21 Scott Laughton -- 13 Kevin Hayes -- 11 Travis Konecny
25 James van Riemsdyk -- 38 Derek Grant -- 18 Tyler Pitlick
12 Michael Raffl -- 44 Nate Thompson -- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel​

Pairings

9 Ivan Provorov -- 15 Matt Niskanen
6 Travis Sanheim -- 5 Phil Myers
8 Robert Hagg -- 61 Justin Braun​

Goalies

79 Carter Hart
37 Brian Elliott
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Power Plays

PP1: Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, Jake Voracek, Travis Konecny, Ivan Provorov
PP2: James van Riemsdyk, Kevin Hayes, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Travis Sanheim, Matt Niskanen​

Injuries and Scratches

19 Nolan Patrick (migraine disorder, Sep. 26) was transferred from injured/non-roster to LTIR Nov.22. He is progressing and has participated in no-contact practices as recently as Feb. 29. GM Chuck Fletcher hoped in the next couple weeks from Feb. 24 that Patrick would get to full contact in practices.
23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing’s sarcoma [bone cancer], Dec. 13) is on LTIR and will not return to play this season. He began treatments in early January. On Feb. 22, it was reported that his treatments are ongoing and indications are better than expected.
53 Shayne Gostisbehere (healthy) could be scratched. He had stiffness in the left knee and pain from scar tissue following a one-game return on Feb. 6. He had arthroscopic left knee surgery performed on Jan.14 after originally hurt on Jan. 7. He was sent to the AHL on Feb. 20 for two games of conditioning and recalled on Feb. 24.
55 Sam Morin (torn right ACL during AHL conditioning stint, Nov. 6) is on LTIR and expected out for the rest of the season.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers - News, Scores, Schedule, Roster - The Athletic
Alexander Appleyard's Twitter -- Alexander Appleyard (@avappleyard) | Twitter
Charlie O'Connor's Twitter -- Charlie O'Connor (@charlieo_conn) | Twitter​

Courier Post of South Jersey

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Dave Isaac's Twitter -- Dave Isaac (@davegisaac) | Twitter​

Hockey Buzz

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Bill Meltzer's Twitter -- Bill Meltzer (@billmeltzer) | Twitter​

NBC Sports Philadelphia

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NHL.com

Adam Kimelman's Twitter -- Adam Kimelman (@NHLAdamK) | Twitter​

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer

Web site -- Philadelphia Flyers
Sam Carchidi's Twitter -- Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) | Twitter​

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Possible Lineup
Lines

8 Alex Ovechkin -- 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov -- 43 Tom Wilson
13 Jakub Vrana --19 Nicklas Backstrom -- 77 T.J. Oshie
62 Carl Hagelin -- 20 Lars Eller -- 17 Ilya Kovalchuk
14 Richard Panik -- 26 Nic Dowd -- 21 Garnet Hathaway​

Pairings

4 Brenden Dillon - 74 John Carlson
6 Michal Kempny-- 9 Dmitry Orlov
34 Jonas Siegenthaler - 3 Nick Jensen ​

Goalies

30 Ilya Samsonov
70 Braden Holtby
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Power Plays

PP1: Nicklas Backstrom, Jakub Vrana, T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin, John Carlson
PP2: Ilya Kovalchuk, Evgeny Kuznetsov. Tom Wilson, Alex Ovechkin, Dmitri Orlov
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Injuries and Scratches

28 Brendan Leipsic (healthy) could be scratched.
33 Radko Gudas (healthy) could be scratched.
72 Travis Boyd (healthy) could be scratched.
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MEDIA CONTACTS
Athletic, The

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NBC Sports Washington

Web site -- Capitals
Joe Beninati's Twitter -- Joe Beninati (@JoeBpXp) | Twitter
Craig Laughlin's Twitter -- Craig Laughlin (@Laughlin18) | Twitter
Alan May's Twitter -- Alan May (@MayHockeyNBCS) | Twitter
JJ Regan's Twitter -- JJ Regan (@JJReganNBCS) | Twitter​

Washington Capitals

Mike Vogel's Twitter -- Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) | Twitter​

Washington Post

Web site -- Washington Capitals
Samantha Pell's Twitter -- Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) | Twitter​

Washington Times

Web site -- Capitals Stats - Capitals News - Scores - Washington Times
Adam Zielonka's Twitter -- Adam Zielonka (@Adam_Zielonka) | Twitter
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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)	Television
Thursday, March 5	vs. Carolina	7:00 pm	NBCSN, NBCSP
Saturday, March 7	vs. Buffalo	7:00 pm	NBCSP, MSG-B
Tuesday, March 10	vs. Boston	7:00 pm	NBCSN, SN, NBCSP, NESN
Thursday, March 12	at Tampa Bay	7:00 pm	ESPN+, SNE, SNO, SNP, TVAS, SUN, NBCSP
Saturday, March 14	vs. Minnesota	1:00 pm	NBCSP, FS-N
Sunday, March 15	vs. Edmonton	1:00 pm	NHLN, SN, TVAS, NBCSP

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I'm also throwing this in.

 

[deadhead]

It's not necessarily about what is best for Laughton..it's about what is best for the bottom 3 lines.

I think the team is better with Farabee at 2LW, Laughton at 3C, and Grant at 4C than it is with Laughton at 2LW, Grant at 3C, and Thompson at 4C.

Right now AV doesn't agree with you, and given the roll this team is on
"if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

Sometimes teams have good chemistry, and adding talent can reduce production.
Or was Toronto better off with JT or JVR and Bozak?

The current team has size and experience, two lines that can score with anyone, and a bottom six that might not excite you but is a nice balance of offense and defense.
Now in a week or two, if this group starts struggling, I'd expect AV to make changes,

They're 16-5-1 since the roadtrip from hell.
During that stretch, they're 6-2-1 on the road, including wins at St Louis, Wash, FLA, CBJ and NYR. Took the Pens to OT, came back against TB and weren't blown out by the Islanders.

 

[TCTC]

It's not necessarily about what is best for Laughton..it's about what is best for the bottom 3 lines.

I think the team is better with Farabee at 2LW, Laughton at 3C, and Grant at 4C than it is with Laughton at 2LW, Grant at 3C, and Thompson at 4C.

Grant has been pretty good as 3C so far. I think he's the better choice in that role for now.

4C could be an issue going forward, but there's always Raffl.

 

[Striiker]

It's not necessarily about what is best for Laughton..it's about what is best for the bottom 3 lines.

I think the team is better with Farabee at 2LW, Laughton at 3C, and Grant at 4C than it is with Laughton at 2LW, Grant at 3C, and Thompson at 4C.

All that, then sub this face in for Pitlick and our forward lines would really be cookin' with fire.

 

[flyerslducks]

has frost ever played wing? I don't think they want him there or they might've played him at wing to get used to it a little. I like patrick at wing more than frost but then I have not seen frost play in the league for a larger sample size

 

[deadhead]

Frost is going to be top 9 or bust.

Giroux, JVR, Laughton are the LWs, and it's probably Farabee's better side.
I doubt they'd try Frost at RW over Farabee, and they have Voracek, TK, NAK, and maybe Laczynski and Allison when college ends.

I think Frost finishes out the AHL season, maybe is the 14th forward, but gets his real shot next year.

 

[flyerslducks]

Frost is going to be top 9 or bust.

Giroux, JVR, Laughton are the LWs, and it's probably Farabee's better side.
I doubt they'd try Frost at RW over Farabee, and they have Voracek, TK, NAK, and maybe Laczynski and Allison when college ends.

I think Frost finishes out the AHL season, maybe is the 14th forward, but gets his real shot next year.

i would not be apposed to trading frost in a package for an elite fwd who can score. I think we still need that to really win a cup. We have a bunch of 20 goal scorers but we need that one guy who can do more. The package would need to be nice though.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

would not be apposed to trading frost in a package for an elite fwd who can score.

but isnt frost projected to be an elite fwd who can score?

 

[FLYguy3911]

No. We overrated him. Time to sell high.

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

Grant has been pretty good as 3C so far. I think he's the better choice in that role for now.

4C could be an issue going forward, but there's always Raffl.

the qquestion is can waffl stay healthy

 

[Rebels57]

i would not be apposed to trading frost in a package for an elite fwd who can score. I think we still need that to really win a cup. We have a bunch of 20 goal scorers but we need that one guy who can do more. The package would need to be nice though.

Elite forwards who can score are rarely traded and have big salaries and there are these things called the salary cap and the expansion draft.

Frost is expansion exempt, on his ELC, and will not be traded.