Yeah, it's hard to believe, but they've only beat us twice in regulation this year in 7 games. Unfortunately, those two games are the most memorable ones for all the wrong reasons...hard to believe we lead the season series vs the NYR
Wow, it’s like they have a vendetta against Brandt Clarke.
Myers zone exit "strategy" is really dreadful and it's not something tied to the coaching, it's just what he does. If he doesn't get a lot better at it, then he could be so detrimental in that category alone that he becomes non-viable.
It's a shame that Laczynski, Frost, Hart or even Ustimenko are unfit to play right now. Would be a perfect no pressure fun stage for them right now.
Hopefully York, Zamula or Högberg are at least getting a couple of games.
Maybe it is puck luck, to me, he has just never been one who seems to give his winger opportunities but again it comes off as disinterested -- disinterested in playing hard in anywhere but the offensive zone.Hayes looks disinterested? He was one of the few Flyers who showed up the first period.
Farabee - Hayes - Allison were creating scoring chances left and right, Allison got stoned twice.
Right now Hayes is fighting puck luck, but he leads all Flyer forwards in HDCF this season
Hayes 105
Giroux 97
JVR 89
And xGF/60
Hayes 2.29
Giroux 2.24
Couts 2.21
JVR 2.17
Farabee 2.13
TK 2.11
Lindblom 2.08
Laughton 2.05
Voracek 2.00
Right now what's killing this team up front is Frost's injury and Patrick's struggles
G - Couts - Voracek
Farabee - Hayes - Allison
JVR - ??? - TK
Laughton isn't a good 3C, Patrick is looking for his mojo, Frost is on IR, Laczynski has a hip pointer
I watched Provorov just have a pretty darn good game. Am I crazy and seeing (or not seeing) things? Outside of his robotic blah-ness on the PP, I thought he played soundly without anything glaring standing out.
You said Ghost had a very good game and don't mention Provorov, but we all saw a couple of those turnovers from Ghost (the one on the PP in our own zone was especially awful) and I don't recall ever saying outloud "what a horrible turnover" from Provorov as I am used to saying about players like Hagg and what we saw from Ghost. Everyone has turnovers and I don't expect perfection by any means, but I do expect tape to tape passes and I don't ever want to see turnovers like we saw from him on the PP.
I'm not nitpicking Ghost. I think overall he had a good game but consider Provorov's to have been better (outside of the 2 points). No clue what the advanced stats say, so feel free to post them if you want.
Top line, Sanheim, Ghost were very good, as usual
Myers, Hagg, Hayes, and the 4th line were ass, as usual
Elliott wasn't as bad as usual
Therrien is the worst ever
hard to believe we lead the season series vs the NYR
It is the records against Washington and Boston that are more pronounced. Two teams that can be physical.
Buffalo 5-3-0
NY Rangers 4-2-1
Pittsburgh 4-2-0
NY Islanders 3-1-4
New Jersey 2-1-0
Boston 2-4-2
Washington 1-5-0
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Bos + Was 3-9-2
Others 18-9-5
It is the records against Washington and Boston that are more pronounced. Two teams that can be physical.
Buffalo 5-3-0
NY Rangers 4-2-1
Pittsburgh 4-2-0
NY Islanders 3-1-4
New Jersey 2-1-0
Boston 2-4-2
Washington 1-5-0
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Bos + Was 3-9-2
Others 18-9-5
Yep. This team is soft. Those who claim the days of physical play is over should look at who the Flyers beat and who beats them.
We're fast enough to play with finesse teams, it's the physical forecheck that causes the Flyers' defense to become undone, and the inability or unwillingness of forwards to go to the dirty areas and make plays leads to unscreened point shots.
Watching Allison is like a breath of fresh air, high energy, physical, goes to the net.
He's not a slug, he's just a skilled player with size who plays the game the "old fashioned" way.
I missed the whole bit JJ and Jonesy were mentioning yesterday about the league considering loosening up contact rules in front of the net? It was sometime in the 1st period I think.
What exactly is the league considering, do you know?
I missed the whole bit JJ and Jonesy were mentioning yesterday about the league considering loosening up contact rules in front of the net? It was sometime in the 1st period I think.
What exactly is the league considering, do you know?
I missed the whole bit JJ and Jonesy were mentioning yesterday about the league considering loosening up contact rules in front of the net? It was sometime in the 1st period I think.
What exactly is the league considering, do you know?
Pretty sure its the opposite. They want to crack down on cross-checking.
This is what I heard as well. Immense possibility that they were just talking out their asses though.Interesting. I'm almost 100% certain they thought it meant loosening the rules, because defensemen are not able to defend the front of the net as well as in the past, and they were saying it would be a welcome change.
I'll see if I can find a clip.
It's a shame that Laczynski, Frost, Hart or even Ustimenko are unfit to play right now. Would be a perfect no pressure fun stage for them right now.
Hopefully York, Zamula or Högberg are at least getting a couple of games.
Yeah, I don't buy that this teams problem is being too soft or that they can't handle "tough" teams.Boston isn't dominating the Flyers because of physicality. They have the best line in hockey and their PP has their way with the Flyers' PK.
Washington is more physical, sure, but they also have scoring the depth and have allowed the Flyers to beat themselves with turnovers. Their PP has also beaten the Flyers PK like a rented mule.
The roster has more than enough players that are willing to mix it up on an individual level, plenty of whom that have done it in the past. It's not new that passive play is a hallmark of AV coached teams.
Boston isn't dominating the Flyers because of physicality. They have the best line in hockey and their PP has their way with the Flyers' PK.
Washington is more physical, sure, but they also have scoring the depth and have allowed the Flyers to beat themselves with turnovers. Their PP has also beaten the Flyers PK like a rented mule.
The roster has more than enough players that are willing to mix it up on an individual level, plenty of whom that have done it in the past. It's not new that passive play is a hallmark of AV coached teams.
Boston isn't dominating the Flyers because of physicality. They have the best line in hockey and their PP has their way with the Flyers' PK.
Washington is more physical, sure, but they also have scoring the depth and have allowed the Flyers to beat themselves with turnovers. Their PP has also beaten the Flyers PK like a rented mule.
The roster has more than enough players that are willing to mix it up on an individual level, plenty of whom that have done it in the past. It's not new that passive play is a hallmark of AV coached teams.