GDT: #8 | Oilers at FLYERS | Sat. Oct. 21, 1:00 pm ET| NBCSP, SNW

[Foggy14]

Pretty ugly win. Only standout was Giroux. Elliot wasn't terrible either.

I thought Ghost was very good too.

And Peter Chiarelli should have been very impressed by that warrior defender, Andrew MacDonald.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Ghost was good also but lots of young guys who are going to have "learning experiences". They didn't play particularly well but gave up only one goal and won. I'm very happy at 5-3-0 after eight games against pretty good teams.

Yeah forgot about him. He played very well defensively this game.

 

[JXC]

That’s a game that the Flyers would have definitely lost last year, they seem to have a different attitude this year and actual smart fast players

Similar to Eagles last year versus this year.

 

[TheKingPin]

Did you see he was throwing teammates aside to be the first one to hug Elliott?

Haha I'll admit he has played a lot better than the first two games. He's MUCH better positionally. His first shot tonight was the first one there wasn't a rebound on. Very heavy.

 

[BillDineen]

Getting post game live on nhl center ice. This is rare.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

If Rob Ellis were announcing the beginning of World War III, he could not look more serious than he does now. ****ing relax, dude.

 

[Qyburn]

The ticker at the bottom just said "McDavid: 0 goals" hahaha

 

[hayen]

I'm still pissed about going to the water closet. This stuff isnt supposed to happen when I leave the room

 

[Tripod]

Big 2 pts,,, Elliot a messy 4-1 to start season !!!

Only 1 game worse than .913 so far...the debockle in Nashville. No issue at all so far,

 

[CSKA1974]

Lock this thread already before I start celebrate how good MacDonald played.

He did have a good game

 

[tictactoe]

Underappreciated Andrew MacDonald. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Billie.

 

[Magua]

I'm still pissed about going to the water closet. This stuff isnt supposed to happen when I leave the room

Striiker alt?

 

[Domino666]

Bill seriously there’s a reason why Amac is underrated because he sucks

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Bill was super impressed with Andrew MacDonald. In other news, water is wet.

 

[Alchemy]

Bill just trolling you with the AMAC love.

 

[TCTC]

And of course the Preds lost against the Rangers. I knew it.
Couldn't beat the Bruins, couldn't beat the Penguins, but of course, they beat us twice...

 

[hayen]

Id like to see the defensive ability of Ghost put to rest. Personally I like him on the ice in almost every situation at this point.

 

[Striiker]

Striiker alt?

I've been lucky so far this year.

I'm also too young to call it a water closet.

 

[Amorgus]

Let's all go to the game day thread on the Oilers board just to like this post.

 

[Domino666]

Bill you bumped your god damned head boy

 

[whitstifier]

Did MacDonald break a leg or is he okay?

 

[hayen]

I've been lucky so far this year.

I'm also too young to call it a water closet.

I just like the old time reference

 

[Amorgus]

Can you send farmers with broken legs to the glue factory?

 

[BillDineen]

Did MacDonald break a leg or is he okay?

For someone who blocks a lot of shots, he never seems to get hurt. We can still hope though.

 

[BernieParent]

That’s a game that the Flyers would have definitely lost last year, they seem to have a different attitude this year and actual smart fast players

Alternatively, that looked like one of the wins in the 10-game streak where they came out with 2 points despite being outplayed. Can we expect that the coaching staff will be diligent about pointing out their collective poor play today?

Elliott was very good spreading out down low and knocking away shots that snuck through traffic. He was horrible on the lone goal and really wasn't tested in the 2nd or 3rd (all that I saw of the game). I can't think of a difficult save he had to make.

The defense was solid but the forwards were shaky in their own zone. They just looked lost playing the puck out, leading to turnover after turnover. I thought Voracek (hi!) had a poor game, with many instances where misplaying the puck in the offensive zone set up fast breakouts by the Oilers. There were also lots of missed shots that the Oilers pounced on and drove up the ice.

Patrick had a bad game. Weise was a non-factor and there were at least two incidents where I saw him get away with smacking an Oiler glove with his stick. Laughton, Lehtera, and Read were mediocre and Simmonds seems to really be labouring with the face shield.