Post-Game Talk: #18 | Blue Jackets at Flyers | November 19, 2023 | Win 5-2

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• GDT: - #18 | Blue Jackets at Flyers | November 19, 2023 | 5:30 PM EST | NBCSP+

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[CanadianFlyer88]

I have no idea how Jarmo has a job. Columbus is a disaster.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

5 in a row! Is this a good team? I have no idea anymore

 

[Rodu58]

I enjoy watching this team again

 

[BillDineen]

Poehling 3pts, Brink goal. Frost will sit again

Liked Walker's game again outside of that one sequence

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

5 in a row! Is this a good team? I have no idea anymore

They are playing good hockey, for the most part.

On paper they're a better team than last year. They're also proving that on the ice. Not sure it's sustainable, but they've generally earned their wins.

 

[CerpinTaxt]

They are playing good hockey, for the most part.

On paper they're a better team than last year. They're also proving that on the ice. Not sure it's sustainable, but they've generally earned their wins.

Just waiting for tank commander Risto and 1st lieutankent Staal to take the ice. Would be surprised if the winning ways continue with them

 

[Canfly]

We will see once Staal and Risto are in the lineup that this is not sustainable

 

[Henry Miller]

After losing to the horri-bad Sharks, it seems the Flyers will never lose again

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

So to recap
The season after "aggressively retooling" = an unwatchable disaster
The season after accepting a rebuild = actually kinda fun

We will see once Staal and Risto are in the lineup that this is not sustainable

I am not convinced that replacing Belpedio with Risto wouldn't at least be a lateral move. But yes Staal is about as cooked as Yandle was and the on-ice product will objectively be worse once he gets playing time again.

 

[FLYguy3911]

What if they never lose again?

 

[bakedflyersfan]

TK snipe was nasty

 

[GKJ]

I have no idea how Jarmo has a job. Columbus is a disaster.

The only explanation is the owners are in it for the tank again, which I don’t get how that gets over in that market.

 

[Beef Invictus]

So to recap
The season after "aggressively retooling" = an unwatchable disaster
The season after accepting a rebuild = actually kinda fun


I am not convinced that replacing Belpedio with Risto wouldn't at least be a lateral move. But yes Staal is about as cooked as Yandle was and the on-ice product will objectively be worse once he gets playing time again.

It's hard to cover for something like Staal playing between 1/4 to 1/3 of a game.

 

[AndHeMissedTheNet]

It's hard to cover for something like Staal playing between 1/4 to 1/3 of a game.

I mean, if I have violent diarrhea for 1/4 to 1/3 of a day, then I'm still gonna be like "yeah today sucked" even if the rest of the day was somehow pretty good.

 

[FLYguy3911]

The only explanation is the owners are in it for the tank again, which I don’t get how that gets over in that market.

You don't trade for Provorov and sign and trade for Severson if you are tanking. They are just incompetent. And I think the new coach is in over his head.

 

[GKJ]

You don't trade for Provorov and sign and trade for Severson if you are tanking. They are just incompetent. And I think the new coach is in over his head.

Well they are, but they also should’ve been fired when the whole Babcock stuff happened. That was the moment they should’ve realized these guys are out of their depth. But they didn’t. What we see was the most likely scenario at least, and it has come to pass. To continue to accept this is a tacit admission that losing games this season very quickly became the priority. These two franchises are Freaky Friday’ed this year, we should be 4-11-1.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Poehling 3pts, Brink goal. Frost will sit again

Liked Walker's game again outside of that one sequence

Walker was an absolute stud except for that one play. It’s shocking how good he is.

 

[thedjpd]

TK snipe was nasty

Definitely. That was sick.

Walker was an absolute stud except for that one play. It’s shocking how good he is.

Unreal. People keep talking about getting rid of him but he’s anchoring a second pair no matter who plays with him. Dudes legit. Unless a first comes back, I keep him and drop Staal, Belpedio etc for next year.

Zemula was great today as well.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Is Sean Walker LA’s version of the Ghost trade?

 

[Devonator]

It is nice to see us playing beyond all expectations but for the life of me, I still do not really trust our coach when he benches people like Brink and Frost whom have been playing well....man oh man...if we end up giving up Frost for peanuts, I will be livid....

 

[Tripod]

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Is Sean Walker LA’s version of the Ghost trade?

Pretty much yeah, both were viewed as third pair defenseman and redundant by their respective organizations.

 

[eramosat]

go for it!

 

[Ghosts Beer]

Unreal. People keep talking about getting rid of him but he’s anchoring a second pair no matter who plays with him. Dudes legit. Unless a first comes back, I keep him and drop Staal, Belpedio etc for next year.

On Snow the Goalie's morning wrap-up following the Carolina win a few days ago, Russ Joy was talking about trading Sean Walker for a 3rd round pick at the trade deadline.

Are you f'ing kidding me? A 3rd round pick? For a RH defenseman playing this well? There can't be a more underrated defenseman in the league right now than Walker. And neither ASF nor Bundy offered any resistance.

If they don't get a 1st round pick, forget it. And they should be trying to extend Walker first and foremost.

The fact that he has an under-the-radar name shouldn't mean more than his play on the ice.