Post-Game Talk: #1: FLYERS 4 vs. Blackhawks 3, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, 2:00 pm ET [at Prague, Czech Republic]

[Stop the Madness]

So this is what it looks like to have a real coach.

 

[kudymen]

Jake says he's alright, not hurt after the being hit with the puck in the 2nd

 

[Beef Invictus]

Hagg was not an issue today. Not saying he was great, but he was used properly and positionally he played well for a 6D.

Not overextending bad players is good coaching.

 

[Chinatown88]

Jake says he's alright, not hurt after the being hit with the puck in the 2nd

Are you drunk yet?

 

[kudymen]

Wooooooo yay a win ! Gritty is a damn treasure. Great presence in the arena

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

The D was really only the noticeable blemish on an otherwise pretty good first game.

Maybe, don't try D pairs in Game 1 for the first time?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Therien looks like he's coming off a 9 week bender

 

[Expectations]

LOL Therrien's hair and collar

 

[landsbergfan]

quick obs:
loved:
- the skating they were doing and support without the puck
- the defense activation
- konecny
- taryn

hated:
- constant dump ins
- jake didnt score
- braun doing his best taryn impression and backing up into carter hart

 

[flyerslducks]

Jonesy said JVR had a strong game, what did I miss?

Pretty sure TK gonna score 164 goals this year.

jvr was solid, wasn't bad. Flyers definitely look a lot fast and bigger with hayes down the middle. The hayes line definitely needs more time together but I think they will be solid. Couts line was just flat out dominant and amazing. TK was everywhere, definitely the best game I have ever seen him play. I think provorov-niskanen, sanheim-braun needs to be a pair. Someone more stable and more used to the top minutes to be with provy although it could maybe work?

Not sure how I like hayes on the top pp instead of couts but the 2nd pp looks a lot better with the couts line out there. Hart is solid, can't wait to see this team gel together. Would also like twarynski on the 4th line, patrick hurry tf up please

 

[kudymen]

Are you drunk yet?

I am saving that for later

 

[baudib1]

Flyers actually look like a modern NHL team.

 

[tictactoe]

Let's send Braun down, bring myers up.

Send hagg away.

Coots needs more PT

#14 lead all forwards in ice time.

 

[eramosat]

Hawks are not good

But Flyers paper lineup are worse. so the win is awesome.

Why?

 

[PHILOUDELPHIA]

I'm just happy hart will play 55 60 games. The carousel is done

 

[blinds]

I thought Hart was pretty damn good. Not much he could do on any of the goals and made some huge saves.

Idk they were difficult but he had a chance on all of em. Would've liked him to get at least one of them. No soft goals at least which is rare for us.

 

[Jtown]

Good win, saw some great structural things . However i still have issues with the top 6 lines.

Having our two best playmakers , who struggle with shooting btw, with our worst shooting top 6 center seems like a pretty bad decision.

 

[TCTC]

Watching this team under AV is refreshing. Night and day compared to the Hakstol days.

 

[Jtown]

But Flyers paper lineup are worse. so the win is awesome.

Why?

OUr paper lineup is way better than theirs. AINEC

 

[Stizzle]

Sean Couturier owns Jonathan Toews' soul.

 

[Striiker]

Winning is obviously great and most of the top players looked great individually, but the excitement is somewhat dampened by the completely unnecessary (and expected) negatives that we saw along with it.

It's like your car gets stolen and the cops find it for you, but it turns out there was a homeless orgy in it (called a Soup Kitchen) led by a guy named Dirty Mike. You're glad you got your car back, but it's just a f***ing mess and it's hard to be too excited when you think of all the problems you're going to need to deal with.

We won on the backs of our players individual performances, but the lines and pairs were far from optimal, as expected. It didn't cost us today but it will. I hope AV isn't like Hakstol where he refuses to improve the roster after wins, because win or not, they're far from ideal.

On the bright side, he got his head out of his ass and fixed some of the icetimes after that ridiculous 1st period and he didn't bench the top guys to end the game. Unfortunately the idiot still wasted Ghost on the 3rd pair, as expected.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Flyers actually look like a modern NHL team.

Yep. Whatever failings AV has, he IS at least an NHL coach. We haven't had one of those since Lavi.

 

[tictactoe]

faceoffs
Couturier 75%
Giroux 64%
Hayes 60%
Laughton 50%
Raffl 50%

 

[kudymen]

I guess the chances are zero to nothing but I wish the Flyers came over sometime again

 

[TCTC]

Good win, saw some great structural things . However i still have issues with the top 6 lines.

Having our two best playmakers , who struggle with shooting btw, with our worst shooting top 6 center seems like a pretty bad decision.

JVR would be a great fit on that line, but then you have either Giroux or Voracek on the 3rd line.