Post-Game Talk: 58: Flyers at Maple Leafs, Saturday, February 20, 2016

[lancer247]

I am beginning my list:


Howe




I am ending my list

Duchene? I'm grasping just for conversation.

 

[JXC]

I think Delmore is arguable.

I don't think he is a better skater than Howe... he does not have the top end speed Howe did/still does going off alum game! And Howe also had absurdly good edge-work and was a fantastic skater backwards too.

Yeah Howe could do it all, in open ice and along the boards. And guys twenty pounds heavier than him used to bounce off him.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The first time I read this, I read "Randy Jones" and I was like "oh no he did not just say that"...

This was the way wayback machine instead of the wayback machine.

 

[JXC]

This was the way wayback machine instead of the wayback machine.

 

[JXC]

Shouldn't forget Desjardins.

 

[Phunhog]

Should play the original song. That version sucks ass.

I concur completely

 

[Winston Wolf]

Shouldn't forget Desjardins.

I'd put a young Pitkanen ahead of Desjardins, purely skating wise.

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

Ghost

 

[flyersjim73]

Seriously though did the leafs forget about ghost in OT? Who leaves him that open?

They didn't leave him open - he got open.

 

[cheesesteakarmor]

I'd put a young Pitkanen ahead of Desjardins, purely skating wise.

Kim Johnsson?

Also, Sami Kapanen played some defense...

 

[Alex91]

Was at the game. Great flyers presence which surprised me. Alot of people my age (mid 20s) wearing orange, even had a lets go flyers chant in the upper 300s

 

[Rebels57]

They didn't leave him open - he got open.

It was Kadri that Ghost blew past too.

 

[Alex91]

Mason's injury:

From Dave Isaac:

From Sam C.:

It was very strange watching Mason on the bench. He took two pills right when he got on the bench. I thought maybe a head ache or something. He didn't take his helmet off for a while too almost like he wanted to get back out there

 

[orangecrush8]

Great game to be at, I'm sure the coaches hated it.

Flyers nation was alive and well tonight. If any of you saw a tall guy barking at the officials all night wearing a white Mason jersey, that was me

 

[FLYguy3911]

all those guys ahead of him, Suter aside played in a era when scoring was higher than it was now. Not taking anything away from those legends, its just a fact.

That would be Gary Suter in 1987-88, not Ryan Suter.

I'd put a young Pitkanen ahead of Desjardins, purely skating wise.

I remember going to Pitkanen's 2nd ever NHL and watching him haul ass in an OT game against Pittsburgh quite similar to what Gostisbehere did tonight. It was a WOW moment for me. Unfortunately he didn't finish the chance like Shanye did.

 

[Alex91]

Great game to be at, I'm sure the coaches hated it.

Flyers nation was alive and well tonight. If any of you saw a tall guy barking at the officials all night wearing a white Mason jersey, that was me

I loved the ass hole chant after he Streit no goal lol. The season ticket holder beside me said he hasn't seen so many jersey for a away USA team ever. They even had a sign by one of the exits that said Flyers is Canada's Team and Canada flag in orange (maybe with flyers logo) during warm up.

 

[Stizzle]

Holy ****. We obviously have a new official theme song. This is perfect.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Schenn smoked Kadri at the faceoff dot tonight. He went 13/16 against him. Giroux usually takes Kadri to town on the dot every time we play the Leafs so Schenn filled the void tonight.

 

[Hurricane28]

Someone on the Leafs GDT said "Flyers suck, maybe they should start a long rebuild" Pretty sure our rebuild is going just as well if not better

 

[Phunhog]

Gotta go with the original if we're gonna do this

 

[kudymen]

I fell asleep and the Leafs started scoring. Sorry guys!

What I disliked about the game: Kadri.
What I liked about the game: Umberger's drunk dangling.
What I loved: Ghost.

Uncalled trip: https://streamable.com/syjx

I'm sorry, but are these refs seriously receiving a paycheck?

The high pitched voice "..whaaaat?"

 

[Larry44]

Just checked the TOI and it's interesting that without G, the lowest F was RJ at 13 min. The whole group looked good at times with more icetime. Thought Laughton played one of his better games, for example.

Also wondering how bad Medvedev's injury is. Anyone see what happened?

 

[SnS]

I think meddy got hurt blocking a shot.

 

[tade]

It feels so good to see Schenn playing like this. Really curious about his new contract.

Ghost is exceeding everything! Need to keep his streak alive.

 

[Larry44]

Howe and Delmore were both great skaters.

Gostisbehere is a better skater than both.

Not Howe, but it will be interesting when Sanheim and Provorov join the squad because their skating is comparable.