GDT: #20: Islanders at FLYERS, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 7:00 pm ET

[Ghosts Beer]

They kept their defenceman deeper in the zone and had a forward of theirs track our 1F forward into the zone. That way when our number 1 forechecking forward arrived at the puck they were almost always out numbered 2-1 while their weak side defenceman was already deep enough in the zone to be an easy passing option along the wall.

Having backed their defenceman in we should have taken advantage of them cheating by carrying more pucks into the zone and stopping up high in the zone while the late forwards drove the net hard. The Sens were giving away space but the Flyers didnt seem to adjust into those open areas.

And beyond just that game I prefer that the team was less reliant on the dump and chase even if it exposed us to dangerous turnover. Outside of Coots line I don't think we have the horses to successfully run a system based around the dump and chase. We don't have enough effective forecheckers on the other lines.

I can’t really comment in depth on the Senators’ alleged adjustments because I was watching the game at a bar, & a coworker walked in during the first period & proceeded to sit next to me & talk my ear off even though I said I was there to watch the Flyers. So I wasn’t able to focus as much as I typically am.

All I can say is that AV wants the players to make the right reads, it’s very early in his tenure, & it’s a work in progress. I tend to think if you outshoot a team 27-19, systems are probably not the main reason for the loss. I know for a fact that the Flyers failed to bury chances they needed to bury, & that their execution wasn’t sharp for much of the game.

I also disagree that the Flyers’ horses are better suited to play a skill game in the neutral zone against modern defenses than dump & chase.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

We were season ticket holders in the late 2000s when they were winning cups left and right and still go to several games a year. Always fun to see live hockey even if they're not the minor league powerhouse they used to be

We really need to get them back as an affiliate so we have a reason to buy one of those sweet brown sweaters.

 

[DaphneLion]

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

He "usually doesn't take requests" The thought of being bigtimed by Dave ****ing Isaac is kind of breathtaking in its ridiculousness.

 

[Juicy Pop]

Yesss. I don't even know some players anymore on rival teams which is no good because then how can I hate them??

I agree that spite deficiency is a HUGE problem in America, but all you need to do is see the sweater and it should be easy to hate them.

It's like when I stopped watching baseball for several years and thought that I knew some of these names only to have realized that it's actually that guy's son/nephew/etc.

 

[bennysflyers16]

WOnder who be hurt after an off day yesterday ?

 

[bennysflyers16]

McDavid and draisatl would be In Flyers top scorers from just this week lol.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Captain you order your Kuemper blouse yet ?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Captain you order your Kuemper blouse yet ?

I don't know why I would do that. Why would I do that?

 

[bennysflyers16]

I don't know why I would do that. Why would I do that?

He threw your fav fat f*** to the ice today.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

@Captain Dave Poulin

Cringe...

 

[HokieDude17]

We were season ticket holders in the late 2000s when they were winning cups left and right and still go to several games a year. Always fun to see live hockey even if they're not the minor league powerhouse they used to be

I used to love going to Bears games both at the old arena and the Giant Center when I was a kid. I have a picture somewhere of me holding the Calder Cup with Mike McHugh from the 1997 championship celebration. Also, game 7 of the 2006 ECF when Eric Fehr scored in OT to advance to the finals is to this day probably the best hockey game I've ever seen live.

 

[Bruckuss]

Those jerseys look badass

 

[bennysflyers16]

Stewie and Hogg taking warm ups. f*** sake

 

[Bruckuss]

^ yeah, just saw the #8 in the hallway - damn jerseys distracted me lol

 

[bennysflyers16]

^ yeah, just saw the #8 in the hallway - damn jerseys distracted me lol

Hopefully just cause they are raffling the jerseys off maybe

 

[Muddy Wilbury]

Those jerseys look badass

You took the words right out of my mouth. So badass!

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Isaac having none of your guff on his feed @bennysflyers16.

 

[Muddy Wilbury]

So the forwards on the PP unit mirror first two lines? If so, is that normal?

 

[Fight4yourRight]

@Captain Dave Poulin

Cringe...

Is it just me, or does Hayes strike you as someone who has the IQ of a peanut?

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Is it just be, or does Hayes strike you as someone who has the IQ of a peanut?

He's from Boston so... it's par for the course.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Voracek-Giroux-Farabee
Lindblom-Couturier-Konecny
Twarynski-Hayes-JvR
Andreoff-Raffl-Pitlick

Provorov-Niskanen
Sanheim-Myers
Gostisbehere-Braun

Elliott

 

[Fight4yourRight]

He threw your fav fat **** to the ice today.

f*** Chuckie. Was great to see.

 

[deadhead]

So the forwards on the PP unit mirror first two lines? If so, is that normal?

It does make for a seamless transition at the end of a PP.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Get Twarynski off the 3rd line please. It's clear that experiment failed.