What The Hell, Giroux?

[Rich Nixon]

Well it's just that, it's been known for a long time that goalies in philly are a revolving door. In 2015-16 they allowed 14 goals and lost in round 1, 2013-2014 allowed 19 goals and lost in round 1, this year allowed 28 goals , lost in round 1. You're not going to win giving up 28 goals in 6 games.

I don't know what allowing 14 goals in 6 games (2.33 GAA) or 19 in 7 (2.71 GAA) have to do with 28 in 6 (4.67 GAA).

 

[Human]

Simmonds showed some life today.

Claude had his moments.

Voracek let me down the most.

your potato predictions should keep you silent for a year.

 

[harmonica]

2nd in regular season points over the past eight seasons!!!

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Everyone is focusing on his lack of production, but the bigger surprise to me was how poor defensively Giroux played this series.

 

[maxmn]

Flyers fans have been living off that shift for the past 6 years. I still see that posted in their gdt to this day.

Right? Famous?? A hit on a guy is their big moment? And what has little G done since?? Compared to Crosby? Lol.

 

[maxmn]

So he's had health issues since the start of the 2012 2nd round?

The flyers are always wicked fast with the injury excuse!! Lol. Being the only team in the history of the NHL to have a player injured. No other player has ever played injured. Ever.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

He factually is.... for the 3rd time. And he's clearly the best player of this years finalist

Ok, I used a bit of hyperbole in that post...He of course is a good regular season performer, I've just never been impressed with his compete level and big game performance come playoff time.

Now...you really think he's a better player, 1 for 1, than MacKinnon? I don't think it's even close....

 

[SotasicA]

He factually is.... for the 3rd time. And he's clearly the best player of this years finalist

They haven't even announced the finalists. I think it'll be Hall, MacKinnon & Kopitar.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Couturier was probably the biggest reason for Giroux's resurgence this season in the regular season, but the moment the playoffs started he turned into Gir-who? and Couturier showed everyone who the boss was for that line.

I hate the Flyers, but I have nothing but respect for that talented player with a face only his own mother could ever love, Sean Couturier. My hats off to that kid, dude put it all out there.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

your potato predictions should keep you silent for a year.

I think he's waiting for the next few games, best of 9. Doop doop 2012 something something or another.

Really glad this series is over, just to avoid more interactions with that poster and the like. Now I await the insanity that will come with a Jackets or Caps series with the Pens.

Yay?

 

[Rodgerwilco]

can I help you?

 

[Grandma Bingo]

To be fair.... it had to be hard for Giroux to perform in the playoffs while carrying around that "torch" that Crosby handed to him in the 2012 playoffs.

I mean... 1 goal, 1 assist and a -10 in 6 games is downright heroic when you have to carry your stick in one hand and a torch in the other.

 

[Gold Diamond]

He's Fraude Giroux. Best player in the world? His team hasn't won a series since beating Dan Abysmal's 2012 Pens.

Pens have won 9 straight.

 

[Shockmaster]

The flyers are always wicked fast with the injury excuse!! Lol. Being the only team in the history of the NHL to have a player injured. No other player has ever played injured. Ever.

The HF hivemind also loves to scramble to make excuses whenever one of the Penguins' rivals falter in the playoffs.

 

[Reds4Life]

Giroux wasn't that bad. Not scoring points, but he was decent defensively.

 

[Shockmaster]

Giroux wasn't that bad. Not scoring points, but he was decent defensively.

He was -10.....

 

[StoneHands]

He's Fraude Giroux. Best player in the world? His team hasn't won a series since beating Dan Abysmal's 2012 Pens.

Pens have won 9 straight.

To be fair.... it had to be hard for Giroux to perform in the playoffs while carrying around that "torch" that Crosby handed to him in the 2012 playoffs.

I mean... 1 goal, 1 assist and a -10 in 6 games is downright heroic when you have to carry your stick in one hand and a torch in the other.

I think he's waiting for the next few games, best of 9. Doop doop 2012 something something or another.

Right? Famous?? A hit on a guy is their big moment? And what has little G done since?? Compared to Crosby? Lol.

Best in the World

My god, this is the trash posted in just the last page of this thread. The only people bringing up the "best player in the world" thing or 2012 here are Pens fans. Why are you guys so butt hurt about something Laviolette said 6 years ago? Flyers fans didn't agree with it then and still don't now. You have two Cups since then and it's still all you can talk about. Move on with your lives, people.

 

[Shockmaster]

My god, this is the trash posted in just the last page of this thread. The only people bringing up the "best player in the world" thing or 2012 here are Pens fans. Why are you guys so butt hurt about something Laviolette said 6 years ago? Flyers fans didn't agree with it then and still don't now. You have two Cups since then and it's still all you can talk about. Move on with your lives, people.

Don't be surprised when something that stupid is said that people mock it.

 

[StoneHands]

Don't be surprised when something that stupid is said that people mock it.

But who exactly is being mocked? A coach that hasn't been with Philly since 2013? A player who didn't even respond to the quote when asked about it? Philly fans who didn't agree with it? I guess I'm just not sure who this clever burn is even aimed at.

 

[Jray42]

To be fair.... it had to be hard for Giroux to perform in the playoffs while carrying around that "torch" that Crosby handed to him in the 2012 playoffs.

I mean... 1 goal, 1 assist and a -10 in 6 games is downright heroic when you have to carry your stick in one hand and a torch in the other.

The only person who said that was Laviolette, who hasn't been our coach in years. Any Flyers fan who knows anything about hockey knew it wasn't true back then and knows it isn't true now, as has been repeated multiple times.

But go ahead, keep beating that dead horse

 

[Kreator]

Very nice REGULAR season player. But is not a leader. Claude couldn't captain a rubber dinghy in his backyard pool.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

My god, this is the trash posted in just the last page of this thread. The only people bringing up the "best player in the world" thing or 2012 here are Pens fans. Why are you guys so butt hurt about something Laviolette said 6 years ago? Flyers fans didn't agree with it then and still don't now. You have two Cups since then and it's still all you can talk about. Move on with your lives, people.

I agree that the "Best Player in the World" thing is overplayed, but I disagree that it's only Pens fans who keep bringing up the 2012 series. A few Flyers fans bring that series up whenever threads on HF pop up about "who can stop the Pens in the playoffs?" as a reason why the Flyers have their number.

I hope that this series has put to rest this notion that anything that happened in 2012 has zero relevance to today.

 

[PhoenyX]

This is why he wasn't selected for Team Canada in 2014. He just isn't a big game player.

 

[YEM]

This is why he wasn't selected for Team Canada in 2014. He just isn't a big game player.

there were a lot of guys on that 2014 Canada team that never came close to sniffing a Cup...

 

[Shockmaster]

there were a lot of guys on that 2014 Canada team that never came close to sniffing a Cup...

Maybe so, but let's not act like it's outrageous that Giroux didn't make Team Canada in Sochi or that he was a healthy scratch for most of the 2016 World Cup. Canada has better players to choose from.