GDT: #35 | Wednesday Dec. 21st 2016 | Rivalry Night | Caps at Flyers | 8:00PM Start

[PALE PWNR]

Ways to Watch​

Puck Drop at 8:00 EST on NBCSN
Listen on 97.5 The Fanatic
Stream at http://stream.nbcsports.com/rsn/csn-philly-flyers

Roster​

Goalies​

No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Age | P.O.B.
30 | Michael Neuvirth | G | 6’1†| 209 | 28 | Ústí nad Labem, CZE
35 | Steve Mason | G | 6’4†| 210 | 28 | Oakville, ON, CAN
41 | Anthony Stolarz | G | 6’6†| 210 | 22 | Edison, NJ, USA

Defense​

No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Age | P.O.B.
3 | Radko Gudas | D | 6’0†| 204 | 26 | Prague, CZE
9 | Ivan Provorov | D | 6’1†| 201 | 19 | Yaroslavl, RUS
15 | Michael Del Zotto | D | 6’0†| 195 | 26 | Stouffville, ON, CAN
23 | Brandon Manning | D | 6’1†| 205 | 26 | Prince George, BC, CAN
32 | Mark Streit | D | 5’11†| 191 | 38 | Bern, CHE
47 | Andrew MacDonald | D | 6’1†| 204 | 30 | Judique, NS, CAN
53 | Shayne Gostisbehere | D | 5’11†| 180 | 23 | Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
55 | Nick Schultz | D | 6’1†| 203 | 34 | Strasbourg, SK, CAN

Forwards​

No. | Player | Pos | Height | Weight | Age | P.O.B.
10 | Brayden Schenn | C | 6’1†| 195 | 25 | Saskatoon, SK, CAN
11 | Travis Konecny | L | 5’10†| 175 | 19 | London, ON, CAN
12 | Michael Raffl | L | 6’2†| 200 | 28 | Villach, AUT
13 | Roman Lyubimov | L | 6’2†| 207 | 24 | Tver, RUS
14 | Sean Couturier | C | 6’3†| 211 | 23 | Phoenix, AZ, USA
17 | Wayne Simmonds | R | 6’2†| 185 | 28 | Scarborough, ON, CAN
22 | Dale Weise | R | 6’2†| 206 | 28 | Winnipeg, MB, CAN
24 | Matt Read | L | 5’10†| 185 | 30 | Ilderton, ON, CAN
25 | Nick Cousins | C | 5’10†| 188 | 23 | Belleville, ON, CAN
27 | Boyd Gordon | C | 6’0†| 200 | 32 | Unity, SK, CAN
28 | Claude Giroux | C | 5’11†| 185 | 28 | Hearst, ON, CAN
58 | Taylor Leier | LW | 5’10†| 174 | 22 | Saskatoon, SK, CAN
76 | Chris Vandevelde | C | 6’2†| 190 | 29 | Moorhead, MN, USA
78 | Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | L | 6’0†| 198 | 31 | Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA
93 | Jakub Voracek | R | 6’2†| 214 | 27 | Kladno, CZE

Possible Lineups​

Flyers​

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
12 - Michael Raffl | 28 - Claude Giroux | 93 - Jakub Voracek
11 - Travis Konecny | 10 - Brayden Schenn | 17 - Wayne Simmonds
76 - Chris Vandevelde | 78 - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | 13 - Roman Lyubimov
58 - Taylor Leier | 25 - Nick Cousins | 22 - Dale Weise

Left Defense | Right Defense
9 - Ivan Provorov | 47 - Andrew MacDonald
23 – Brandon Manning | 53 - Shayne Gostisbehere
15 - Michael Del Zotto | 3 - Radko Gudas

Goalie
35 - Steve Mason
41 - Anthony Stolarz

Capitals​

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
8 - Alex Ovechkin | 92 - Evgeny Kuznetsov | 14 - Justin Williams
90 - Marcus Johansson | 19 - Nicklas Backstrom | 77 - TJ Oshie
65 - Andre Burakovsky | 20 - Lars Eller | 13 - Jakub Vrana
26 - Daniel Winnick | 83 - Jay Beagle | 43 - Tom Wilson

Left Defense | Right Defense
27 - Karl Alzner | 74 - John Carlson
9 - Dmitri Orlov | 2 - Matt Niskanen
44 - Brooks Orpick | 88 - Nate Schmidt

Goalie
70 - Braden Holtby
31 - Philipp Grubauer

No. | Player | Position | Reason
14 | Sean Couturier | C | Left MCL Sprain
27 | Boyd Gordon | C | healthy
24 | Matt Read | W | Pulled Oblique
30 | Michal Neuvirth | G | Sprained Left Knee
32 | Mark Streit | D | Left Shoulder Sprain
55 | Nick Schultz | D | healthy

No. | Player | Position | Reason
4 | Taylor Chorney | D | healthy
10 | Brett Connolly | R | healthy
82 | Zach Sanford | L | healthy

MEDIA COVERAGE​

Name | Link

Bucks County Courier Times​

| http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/sports/flyers/

Wayne Fish's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/waynefish1

Center Ice Philly​

| http://centericephilly.com/

Anthony Mingioni's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/AnthonyMingioni

Comcast Sports Philadelphia​

| http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers

Tim Panaccio's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN

Courier-Post of South Jersey​

| http://www.courierpostonline.com/sports/flyers

Dave Isaac's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/davegisaac

Fourth Period, The​

| http://www.thefourthperiod.com/Philadelphia/

David Strehle's Twitter​

| https://twitter.com/DStrehleTFP

HockeyBuzz.com ​

| http://www.hockeybuzz.com/team/Philadelphia-Flyers

Bill Meltzer's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/billmeltzer

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer​

| http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/

Sam Carchidi's Twitter​

| http://twitter.com/broadstbull

Game Day Music​

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[Rebels57]

Massive game to say the least

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

DETHKLOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheKingPin]

When is coots back!?!

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

When is coots back!?!

Dec. 28 at the earliest, post-break.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Let's do it!

 

[dats81]

Two really tough games coming up before the XMas break.

 

[OzFlyers]

Two really tough games coming up before the XMas break.

Washington yes but the Devils suck but we need the wins. Stolarz against NJ on the back to back?

 

[yukumia]

Washington yes but the Devils suck but we need the wins. Stolarz against NJ on the back to back?

Yes - I like the idea of Stolarz playing v NJ. And I also like the idea of Gordon being waived next week. And MacDonald being sent down, or a D getting traded, so we can keep Cousins and Leier. In the meantime, put Weise back in for Gordon today. He had his game; that's enough. Maybe after sitting Weise will be motivated to show us why Hextall gave him such a long contract.

 

[dats81]

NJ always seem to play boring but stingy and efficient hockey against the Flyers.
I like their chances more against a more talented Caps team because the Flyers normally at least bring their A level game when playing against them.

I like the GDT btw! More of that please

 

[Rebels57]

Win both and I feel amazing heading into the break. Win one and I am content. Lose both and I will feel pretty ******.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

huge 2 points on the line!!!!

 

[TCTC]

Win both and I feel amazing heading into the break. Win one and I am content. Lose both and I will feel pretty ******.

Pretty much. Although this one is the game we need to win. I'd be ok with losing against NJ if we beat the Caps.
Of course, winning both would be even better...

 

[Danko]

Going to this, may have opportunity to sit in a box for a period or two.

 

[BillDineen]

Weise in, Gordon out per Sam C.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Weise in, Gordon out per Sam C.

MDZ is still in right ?

if not i have to go change my predictor

 

[BillDineen]

mdz is still in right ?

If not i have to go change my predictor

idk.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Was listening to DC sports radio on the way in, and they asked (I think) Beninati why the Flyers allow so many goals. I was ready to cringe, but he immediately said "Well, they've got a lot of issues on the blueline. They have a few good players there, especially the 19 year old Ivan Provorov; but they have a lot of problems there. Steve Mason has done a lot to mitigate that lately."

Thank you Joe B. Thank you. I'm glad somebody is paying attention.

 

[Hiesenberg]

MDZ is still in right ?

if not i have to go change my predictor

MDZ is in, because the only other options in Schultz.

I feel like a doors blown off kind of game happening in the bad way.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Was listening to DC sports radio on the way in, and they asked (I think) Beninati why the Flyers allow so many goals. I was ready to cringe, but he immediately said "Well, they've got a lot of issues on the blueline. They have a few good players there, especially the 19 year old Ivan Provorov; but they have a lot of problems there. Steve Mason has done a lot to mitigate that lately."

Thank you Joe B. Thank you. I'm glad somebody is paying attention.

That's, in all honesty, a better answer than our own ****ing beat writers would give.

They still think Mason is struggling and AMAC is playing well.

 

[YEM]

caps have won 6 of their last 7 but those 6 were against: Buffalo (x2), Boston, Vancouver, Isle & Carolina
almost as if they were scheduled to play all the crap teams [minus boston] in the league in one stretch

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Yes - I like the idea of Stolarz playing v NJ. And I also like the idea of Gordon being waived next week. And MacDonald being sent down, or a D getting traded, so we can keep Cousins and Leier. In the meantime, put Weise back in for Gordon today. He had his game; that's enough. Maybe after sitting Weise will be motivated to show us why Hextall gave him such a long contract.

Flyers are keeping Cousins on the roster regardless of what happens with Gordon or Leier.

I can't see Hextall putting Cousins on waivers, just for him to get claimed by another team. Leier is waivers exempt so he can be send to the AHL without having to be put on waivers, Cousins and Gordon on the other hand are not waivers exempt so they would have to pass through waivers before being send down, and that would be a very dumb move on Hextall's part if he even tried to send Cousins down.
Gordon I don't really care for and Boyd doesn't have a place on the Flyers roster when all the regulars are healthy, so he'll most likely be the one that's send down, if he clears waivers.

In the beginning of the season Hextall said that if a young player (Leier) were to outplay a current player (Gordon) on the roster that he'd try to find a spot on the roster, if that said young player earned it, well in this case i believe Taylor Leier has earned himself a roster spot over the likes of players like Gordon, VandeVelde and even Weise, but VDV isn't going anywhere due to being the favored by the coach.

If Leier stays and Gordon is send down, a defensemen must be either send down through waivers (MacD or Schultz) or traded after the Christmas break (Schultz).

Problem for Hextall is that he may not get much value for Schultz as far a picks go right now, Schultz hasn't played any games since the beginning of the season so he may try to trade him at the TDL once he's played a few games, so Hextall may choose the option of sending A MacD through waivers to the A if he so chooses to keep 14F 7D 2G on the roster. If not Leier and Gordon may be in the A with 13F 8D 2G.

Hextall has a few decisions to make after the Christmas break.

 

[Rebels57]

MDZ is in, because the only other options in Schultz.

I feel like a doors blown off kind of game happening in the bad way.

You are the resident Scrooge of our forum lately lol

 

[Beef Invictus]

That's, in all honesty, a better answer than our own ****ing beat writers would give.

They still think Mason is struggling and AMAC is playing well.

DC hockey coverage is far, far better than ours.

Proof: How they handled Semin. None of them liked him. He was a jackass to journalists, blew them off, they knew he was staying out late drinking, he even treated fans like garbage. And they kept their mouths shut, didn't mention any of it, and only reported on his play.

The second he was gone they opened the floodgates for a day, because doing so at that point wouldn't be a distraction that could damage the team. Our media has zero concern about damaging the team.

 

[Hiesenberg]

You are the resident Scrooge of our forum lately lol

I am man.