Post-Game Talk: #28 | Capitals at Flyers | December 14, 2023 | Flyers win 4-3 (2-1 shootout)

[FlyerNutter]

Nothing guarantees long term success. So why not enjoy short term success? I mean there's more to being a hockey fan than Stanley Cup or bust.

Because I’d prefer to be in the realm of the contenders such as Chicago or Pittsburgh.

Not dicking around like the Wild for years praying to get out of round one.

It’s not that hard to do, the Flyers are just so against an actual rebuild. They lied. Shocking.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Bobby Brink.

You are leaving out the most important part of his name

 

[tnfrs]

Just wondering but where is deadhead? I have not heard from him in awhile?

i think he got brigaded and report and probably cant post for a while now. my message got deleted for some crazy reason

good win last night though huh?

 

[PDX Flyer]

i forgot how much people just whine through the entire game around here...

yawn

Just curious but what is the point of this post? You just added your account at the end of October. Do you have a short term memory loss issue or is there other factors at play?

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Brink did him dirty in the shootout god damn

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Nothing guarantees long term success. So why not enjoy short term success? I mean there's more to being a hockey fan than Stanley Cup or bust.

wait.. so winning the cup isnt your reason for watching ?

protip its the ONLY resson for watching.

thats why theres no second place trophy

 

[VladDrag]

I haven't watched much this year, but on O'Connor's podcast he said Farabee is not even on the PP? Really? If so, Thompson needs gone ASAP... actually needs gone anyways regardless if Farabee isn't on the PP.

Farabee is pacing for 50ish point, all but 1 is at ES. The fact he’s not even a thought is pretty crazy.

 

[Don Nachbaur 26]

Farabee is pacing for 50ish point, all but 1 is at ES. The fact he’s not even a thought is pretty crazy.

So stupid for him not to be.

 

[TCTC]

wait.. so winning the cup isnt your reason for watching ?

protip its the ONLY resson for watching.

thats why theres no second place trophy

So unless you win the ultimate prize hockey is pointless to you? What a cynical way of following a sports team. Couldn't be me.

And actually, there is a trophy for second place. It's called Clarence S. Campbell/Prince of Wales Trophy. But I guess those are also worthless to you.

 

[Curufinwe]

Brink brought his older, shorter brother to the game

Farabee is pacing for 50ish point, all but 1 is at ES. The fact he’s not even a thought is pretty crazy.

Laughton's lost his PP mojo from last season so Farabee should be replacing him, or Atkinson on PP2

PP2 having 4 righties looks weird, and is far from ideal

 

[Audible Velvet]

So unless you win the ultimate prize hockey is pointless to you? What a cynical way of following a sports team. Couldn't be me.

And actually, there is a trophy for second place. It's called Clarence S. Campbell/Prince of Wales Trophy. But I guess those are also worthless to you.

I think there’s a lot if room between “cup or bust” and not wanting the team in limbo of not quite competitive.

 

[sa cyred]

So unless you win the ultimate prize hockey is pointless to you? What a cynical way of following a sports team. Couldn't be me.

And actually, there is a trophy for second place. It's called Clarence S. Campbell/Prince of Wales Trophy. But I guess those are also worthless to you.

Yes. Unless you are competing to win it it is.

It is why the Flyers are considered one of those middle teams that you see in all sports.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Nothing guarantees long term success. So why not enjoy short term success? I mean there's more to being a hockey fan than Stanley Cup or bust.

I did this for years but after a time you begin to want the games to mean something. It's especially hard to do when the team is always flooded with enough crap that this short term success still involves watching a ton of brutality. Even wins usually involve a LOT of slog.

 

[hockeynormy]

Just curious but what is the point of this post? You just added your account at the end of October. Do you have a short term memory loss issue or is there other factors at play?

we won the game and we have been winning and everyone here is miserable lol

why? this place is like a support group for the sad

 

[pooch]

we won the game and we have been winning and everyone here is miserable lol

why? this place is like a support group for the sad

Because a lot of folks here want to see this team as a perennial contender and not a mediocre pretender.

 

[hockeynormy]

Because a lot of folks here want to see this team as a perennial contender and not a mediocre pretender.

we haven't added any big name free agents or spent any assets to go for it. the kids are playing and not getting used to losing. that's progress to be that perennial contender.

or we could be like edmonton or buffalo and have a culture of losing, get a bunch of high end talent and do nothing with them because they are used to losing.

i get you don't want them to do what they've done in the past but the fact is they haven't done that yet. the notion that winning is somehow hurting this team is ridiculous.

 

[pooch]

we haven't added any big name free agents or spent any assets to go for it. the kids are playing and not getting used to losing. that's progress to be that perennial contender.

or we could be like edmonton or buffalo and have a culture of losing, get a bunch of high end talent and do nothing with them because they are used to losing.

i get you don't want them to do what they've done in the past but the fact is they haven't done that yet. the notion that winning is somehow hurting this team is ridiculous.

I try not to be as whiny as some of the people here because I do think it is annoying. That said, I do not see them doing anything to make themselves real contenders year in and year out. This team has a lot of nice secondary pieces, but I dont see the elite talent (beyond MM obviously) in the pipeline to become contenders. Hope I'm wrong.

 

[FlyerNutter]

we haven't added any big name free agents or spent any assets to go for it. the kids are playing and not getting used to losing. that's progress to be that perennial contender.

or we could be like edmonton or buffalo and have a culture of losing, get a bunch of high end talent and do nothing with them because they are used to losing.

i get you don't want them to do what they've done in the past but the fact is they haven't done that yet. the notion that winning is somehow hurting this team is ridiculous.

A team built of a bunch of secondary talent hoping to win on effort, and culture.

Where have we seen this with the Flyers before

This organization can’t help itself

 

[Curufinwe]

One of them was definitely the world's first AI chatbot. Way ahead of its time, frankly.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

we haven't added any big name free agents or spent any assets to go for it. the kids are playing and not getting used to losing. that's progress to be that perennial contender.

or we could be like edmonton or buffalo and have a culture of losing, get a bunch of high end talent and do nothing with them because they are used to losing.

i get you don't want them to do what they've done in the past but the fact is they haven't done that yet. the notion that winning is somehow hurting this team is ridiculous.

yea... that 12th OA pick is gunna be so awesome..

oh wait..

 

[PDX Flyer]

we won the game and we have been winning and everyone here is miserable lol

why? this place is like a support group for the sad

I’m sorry but I don’t understand your thought process. Generalized opinion comes across as trolling. Let’s just agree to disagree

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Well, you can find someone’s online persona to be terrible but still wish them well/health.