GDT: #44: Stars at FLYERS, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, 7:00 pm ET

[Dicky Dangles]

To continue the Airplane theme, it seems like the entire Flyers organ-i-zation is ironically asking if anyone can fly the plane this season.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

 

[gertbfrobe16]

did dr suese give them permission to use the grinch as their mascot?

 

[pit]

Just don't put on the Flyers game Moe. Don't make the end of your life any worse.

 

[04hockey]

any chance of suspending and rescheduling tmrw's game so the Flyers can practice a bit more......if only for MY MENTAL HEALTH ?

 

[Freddy The Fog]

Much as I want to....I just don't care about this game or the season any more. I hope we land Hughes.... but I have doubts.

I want to see the young AHL talent be given a chance to crack the lineup.

Morin should not play this year. Let everything that's healed have extra time to heal properly. No need to rush back and play on this mess of a team. Hopefully next year we have a coach that teaches the talent how to play defense and Provy is back to his old self.

 

[Curufinwe]

Sorry. There are no more skaters left on the Phantoms who are good enough to play in the NHL. Varone was it.

 

[BiggE]

Much as I want to....I just don't care about this game or the season any more. I hope we land Hughes.... but I have doubts.

I want to see the young AHL talent be given a chance to crack the lineup.

Morin should not play this year. Let everything that's healed have extra time to heal properly. No need to rush back and play on this mess of a team. Hopefully next year we have a coach that teaches the talent how to play defense and Provy is back to his old self.

Morin is expected to be 100% healed by early February, makes no sense for him to just sit out the last 2 months of the season. I’d much rather he work off the rust now in what is basically a no pressure environment and let him come into camp next year with 20-25 games of NHL experience under his belt.

 

[Curufinwe]

Since Morin is expected back by the end of February ( when the roster limits ends after the deadline), it makes it especially annoying that Fletcher isn't bringing Myers up now in the meantime.

 

[Freddy The Fog]

Morin is expected to be 100% healed by early February, makes no sense for him to just sit out the last 2 months of the season. I’d much rather he work off the rust now in what is basically a no pressure environment and let him come into camp next year with 20-25 games of NHL experience under his belt.

I hope the 100% assessment is right. We have players I suspect come back too soon or play hurt (Elliot, Neuvirth, AMac, and probably Provy all come to mind this year) and the team seems to allow it.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Man if we lose Saturday game, this can easily go to 14 games

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Stars have been hungry to score goals. While I think Hart will be good, the people in front of him won't be doing much.

 

[flyers0909]

Is this the worst season you've ever had as a fan? I'm only old enough to remember from about 2000 on but I don't ever remember missing out on this many games. At least 06-07 that team was trash, we actually have talent now we're just terrible.

 

[Tripod]

Since Morin is expected back by the end of February ( when the roster limits ends after the deadline), it makes it especially annoying that Fletcher isn't bringing Myers up now in the meantime.

Exactly. Give Myers 2 months of playing time before Morin gets his 6 weeks.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Just used the tankathon simulator and the Flyers got 1st overall twice out of 20 clicks...

 

[BernieParent]

Morin is expected to be 100% healed by early February, makes no sense for him to just sit out the last 2 months of the season. I’d much rather he work off the rust now in what is basically a no pressure environment and let him come into camp next year with 20-25 games of NHL experience under his belt.

I would expect that Morin would be sent to the Phantoms on conditioning assignment first before he would be in a position to play with the Flyers. So 14 days worth of AHL games and practices to test his health.

 

[BiggE]

Is this the worst season you've ever had as a fan? I'm only old enough to remember from about 2000 on but I don't ever remember missing out on this many games. At least 06-07 that team was trash, we actually have talent now we're just terrible.

Yup, this is as bad as it gets and I’m old enough to remember them getting eliminated on a late goal from 80 feet out on the last game in the season in 72.

 

[Stizzle]

Carchidi is a fan of Gordon's system.

 

[Magua]

Carchidi is a fan of Gordon's system.

“Adapting to interim coach Scott Gordon’s new system hasn’t been the main reason the Flyers entered Tuesday with just seven goals in the last six games, most players said. Gordon agreed.”



At no point does Carchidi describe the system, he probably couldn’t describe it, and I doubt he knows anything about the Phantoms under Gordon in the slightest. But Gordon says it’s not his system, so don’t worry.

 

[FlyersMania2]

Our team, thinking they're ready for this game:

 

[flyers0909]

Just used the tankathon simulator and the Flyers got 1st overall twice out of 20 clicks...

That makes sense, our odds of the #1 pick are 13.5% right now. No matter how bad we are chances are we don't get Hughes.

 

[FlyersMania2]

Carchidi is a fan of Gordon's system.

If this team can't learn an AHL system, there's a bigger problem.

How about the team tells us what they can do. Bunch of millenials

 

[Rebels57]

I can't even describe Gordon's system. Is it just pushing the puck up the wall as quickly as possible to get it deep into the offensive zone as quickly as possible? I see a lot of passing up the wall and forwards either receiving the pass and dumping it in or deflecting the pass in deep.

 

[Stizzle]

If this team can't learn an AHL system, there's a bigger problem.

As someone who has watched far too many Scott Gordon coached AHL games, let me break it down very quickly for you.

His system is trash. It's bad for even AHL standards. I've gone into detail on this quite a few times over the last few years.

The main reason the Phantoms were successful is because Hextall poured tons of money into the team. Our AHL payroll has been obscene the last few years.

 

[FlyersMania2]

As someone who has watched far too many Scott Gordon coached AHL games, let me break it down very quickly for you.

His system is trash. It's bad for even AHL standards. I've gone into detail on this quite a few times over the last few years.

The main reason the Phantoms were successful is because Hextall poured tons of money into the team. Our AHL payroll has been obscene the last few years.

Yes, it's an AHL system just as John Stevens' system was. They need to hold themselves accountable though. Their job is to win games; they need to find a way to do that.

He may be a lame coach just as Hakstol, Berube and Stevens were but, and this is the first time I'm saying this, maybe we have a different leadership problem as well. Maybe our C should be an A instead...