LegionOfDoom91
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Leier deserves to stay but his last name isn't VandeVelde or Bellemare unfortunately. I'd imagine him & Cousins fall victim of losing spots when Couturier & Read get back.
Post-Game Talk: #33| Saturday, Dec 17, 2016| Flyers 1 at Stars 3
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Ryker
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Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
Damn, losing Streit finally caught up with us
If Streit was out the whole win streak they would've had more wins in those 10 games. Like at least 11 or 12.
He sucks.
I really wish it could be:
Raffl-Giroux- Voracek
Konecny-Couturier-Simmonds
Read-Cousins-Weise
Leier-Laughton-Lyubimov
But the chances of that are roughly the same as the chances of me dressing for a game.
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
Oh ****.
Ok re-do:
Raffl-Giroux-Voracek
Konecny-Couturier-Simmonds
Read-Schenn-Weise
Leier-Cousins-Lyubimov
I want to fit Laughton in but guess I can't at the moment.
CSKA1974
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Oh ****.
Ok re-do:
Raffl-Giroux-Voracek
Konecny-Couturier-Simmonds
Read-Schenn-Weise
Leier-Cousins-Lyubimov
I want to fit Laughton in but guess I can't at the moment.
It well maybe next years line-up.
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
Possibly, unless Read, Cousins, or Weise get taken by Vegas.
Then toss Laughton into that space.
Flyerfan4life
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so are we getting a new coach next year ?
cuz theres no way Haks stays if the wonderdummies are both gone...
those 3 are a package.
TheKingPin
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Given their record without Couturier prior to the streak, it's pretty shocking they managed to achieve it. I can't wait for him to be back in the lineup.
Juicy Pop
BONK
Striiker
Earthquake Survivor
See this is a problem with this board. Everything has to be blamed on someone. Gotta throw blame around at all times.
Sometimes you just lose and it's no one persons fault. Maybe the other team was just better. Maybe it was bad luck.
bennysflyers16
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Drago said Rocky was like a piece of iron ,, well the iron for the Russian again today.
Striiker
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Neither team was great but it's not like anyone was to blame. They just didn't win. Overall the team was pretty good but two posts and a few lucky saves later, Neimi won.
deadhead
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Well isn't the PK now ranked like 13th, and it was in the 20s a few weeks ago. Who are our chief PK guys? Just sayin . . .
I think Leier is getting the Luby treatment, for the same reason, bring in a kid due to injury, he's not going to have a lot of time to practice with the team and know the scheme (Yes, it should be installed at Lehigh, but it isn't right now as far as I've read).
We saw earlier this season what happens when this team isn't on the same page and it's not pretty.
This game points out what I posted after the last game, that the 10 win streak was a bit fluky, this game they were outplayed but not by a wide margin, and whereas they won a couple games in the streak where they were outplayed much worse, this afternoon they didn't get the breaks from the refs (a lot of tripping didn't get called) or on Provorov's shots or on pucks bouncing around the crease.
Point is they're a good team, better than last season, but not a great team that reels off long winning streaks on merit. But that day is coming (with Morin, Sanheim, Myers, Lindblom, et al).
I think Leier is getting the Luby treatment, for the same reason, bring in a kid due to injury, he's not going to have a lot of time to practice with the team and know the scheme (Yes, it should be installed at Lehigh, but it isn't right now as far as I've read).
We saw earlier this season what happens when this team isn't on the same page and it's not pretty.
This game points out what I posted after the last game, that the 10 win streak was a bit fluky, this game they were outplayed but not by a wide margin, and whereas they won a couple games in the streak where they were outplayed much worse, this afternoon they didn't get the breaks from the refs (a lot of tripping didn't get called) or on Provorov's shots or on pucks bouncing around the crease.
Point is they're a good team, better than last season, but not a great team that reels off long winning streaks on merit. But that day is coming (with Morin, Sanheim, Myers, Lindblom, et al).
Ghosts Beer
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I thought all the Flyers' defensemen had subpar games defensively except MacDonald, especially Gudas and MDZ, and I thought the 2nd line was ineffective.
Didn't get the PPs necessary to help bail them out.
They were due to fall back to Earth. Wish Hakstok would've yanked Mason for the 2nd half of the late PP.
Didn't get the PPs necessary to help bail them out.
They were due to fall back to Earth. Wish Hakstok would've yanked Mason for the 2nd half of the late PP.
Captain Dave Poulin
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I have seen it work at times, and I have seen it fail repeatedly. That's not to say that it's a bad option, because it's not, but it's risk born of desperation at the end of a game. It has always been part of the game, but fairly recently coaches have started gambling with it earlier than they used to. A few decades ago you would never see a coach do it with more than two minutes left - off the top of my head, I'm guessing the average pull was with between 1-1:30 left - but some coaches now are doing it earlier, and for longer. I think the idea is that with the man advantage you can sustain pressure in the O zone and have a higher chance of scoring (with a concurrent higher chance of conceding), because if you didn't have that man advantage it would be harder to retain or retrieve the puck and set up your offense. If you think of the way the game flows back and forth from one end of the ice to the other in the normal course of play, it devours time, and you don't have any time to spare at the end of the game needing to score - so you roll the dice.
Captain Dave Poulin
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I am at least 100 billion % sure that Lindy ****ing Ruff gave them an earful before the game. The next time that guy passes up a chance to whine about something will be the first. I agree with you that we had enough opportunities to win the game, and I don't really believe the refs are to blame for the loss at all, but they were extra bad tonight. And "extra bad" in the midst of a historically bad season is something.
Captain Dave Poulin
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I'm pretty sure no one on here minds at all answering these questions - it's nice to have a new fan around, and we are here to talk about hockey. Ask anytime
Fellow new fan from Europe here, and I've been doing a lot of learning and lurking, too, which already helps a lot with learning more about hockey.
But my experience with this board has been that whenever I did ask one of those basic questions I've been embarassed about not knowing, the people on the boards were always quick and helpful to step in and answer them, or referring me to a user who could give even more insight. Everyone was always willing to help and nobody made me feel stupid for not knowing, it's one of the things I really enjoy about being on these boards.
