Post-Game Talk: #81: FLYERS at Blues, Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:00 p.m. ET

[deadhead]

It'a all about Gordon, just compare with Hakstol the last few seasons, you may have hated Hakstol's offense, but they played solid, disciplined defense and didn't turn the puck over left and right.

The long stretch passes seem to be a deliberate strategy, how often do you see a controlled breakout under Gordon?

And it's not like we didn't see the exact same style of play on the Phantoms.
Which was weird, if you're going to have a Hakstol (Berube) type HC on the NHL team, why would you want Gordon coaching your AHL team to a totally different style of play?

 

[Curufinwe]

I don't usually post on these game threads but this i can't resist . Where every we end up drafting , 10 -14 we need to grab a flipping D man ,that was embarassing , again .

Yes, in two-three years time I'm sure this unnamed mid first round defenseman will fix the defense. It certainly won't be because Ghost, Morin, Sanheim, Provorov, Myers and even Hagg could be better NHL players in their mid/late 20s than they are right now.

 

[Curufinwe]

Anything to get that 9-6 pair split up.

Anything?

 

[Curufinwe]

I would never have selected Sam at #11 in 2013, but I'm optimistic about his role on this team.

His size, reach, skating, toughness and willingness to box out guys in the crease are all things that this D-corps can use. Third pairing minutes, with a lot of time on the PK, might work next season.

I said at the time that Domi would be a 70 point center, but no one listened.

 

[Rebels57]

Anything?

Lol, I should choose my words more wisely.

I don't like that pair though, that's for sure.

 

[Rebels57]

Disagree, McDavid walks out the door if Hexy was hired. He’s been vocal he doesn’t want to wait 5 more years

McDavid is under contract. He can't walk out of any door. He wouldn't hold out and demand a trade. He's a good ole' Canadian boy.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I'd love to get AMac back in for his final game as a Flyer.

 

[Rebels57]

I'd love to get AMac back in for his final game as a Flyer.

Not sure if serious.

 

[Curufinwe]

Umberger played in game 82 right before he was bought out...

 

[landsbergfan]

I'd rather have AMac as the 7th next year than Hagg

 

[Branko]

I'd rather have AMac as the 7th than Hagg

I'd rather have a traffic cone than either of them.

 

[Curufinwe]

I'd rather die than watch Hagg or MacDonald play another second in a Flyers uniform. So I'm jumping off a bridge right n

 

[Beef Invictus]

Anything?

Not like this.

 

[Beef Invictus]

It'a all about Gordon, just compare with Hakstol the last few seasons, you may have hated Hakstol's offense, but they played solid, disciplined defense and didn't turn the puck over left and right.

Th long stretch passes seem to be a deliberate strategy, how often do you see a controlled breakout under Gordon?

And it's not like we didn't see the exact same style of play on the Phantoms.
Which was weird, if you're going to have a Hakstol (Berube) type HC on the NHL team, why would you want Gordon coaching your AHL team to a totally different style of play?

You are so close to realizing how vital coaching has become. Let's see if you can realize Hakstol and his garbage offensive system were an anchor around their neck.

 

[FlyTimmo]

Not sure if serious.

I'm serious. It is the best most realistic option to make us lose. Gimme that 10th pick

 

[CapnZin]

These icetimes

Damn... I for sure though Morin and Myers played more than that. The only good thing is that main stay Robert Hagg got 13min TOI

 

[tucson83]

McDavid is under contract. He can't walk out of any door. He wouldn't hold out and demand a trade. He's a good ole' Canadian boy.

i could be wrong but im sensing that mcdavid is going to be on the block at the draft and i know if that happens fletch will be all over him. it's a pipe dream but it was awesome to have a young superstar since lindros on this team because giroux is getting older and we need someone to rebuild around mcdavid would be perfect.

 

[deadhead]

You are so close to realizing how vital coaching has become. Let's see if you can realize Hakstol and his garbage offensive system were an anchor around their neck.

I thought Berube's garbage offensive system was an anchor around their neck?
What happened in St Louis?

 

[Beef Invictus]

I thought Berube's garbage offensive system was an anchor around their neck?
What happened in St Louis?

How many years ago was he coach here? You know coaches can develop and change over time, right? Sort of like how Lavi learned, and Sullivan.

Obviously he has changed. He has actually changed this season, early in his stint he had them playing like the Flyers did under him, but he's since made the transition more rapid than it ever was here.


Remember how you used to claim the Flyers played on the perimeter under Hakstol because they didn't have the skill to do anything else? Have you noticed that under Gordon all four lines now attack the slot, hence why our offense has gone from 23rd in the league to ~12th? And that's with a system that gives away the puck all the time. Hakstol held them back. It is past time you admitted that.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

It's the end of a bad season, wouldn't read too much into these games.
Told you Gordon would be far worse than Hakstol, but did you believe me? Nah.
Imagine Gordon without Hart - now we'd really be in the running for.

Gordon is a poor coach, but it is hilarious that you could not wait 200 games to judge Gordon.
You call out others for double standards yet you are blind to what you are doing.
You are still wearing those blinders for Hakstol and all his flaws. We could be here all day mentioning them. But that dead horse has been beaten a few thousand times.
Hakstol sucked, Gordon does suck.
One is a bucket of diarrhea, and the other is a bucket of vomit.

 

[Flyrs21]

It's mind boggling how this Colby dunce found his way onto an NHL broadcast.

This crew is straight up embarassing

He probably pays them to be on the show

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

I would say Vancouver would be a much better fit for Hextall based on the roster/cap space/asset standpoint (there’s some bad contracts from Benning but they’re on the smaller scale).

But if he didn’t like Dave Scott questioning him he’s not going to like Aquilini who has a reputation there for meddling.

 

[Flyrs21]

I feel like all the hockey sense has been coached out of the d-men, even when they get the puck its one of 3 things, cycle it blindly behind the net expecting their partner is there, throwing it blindly around the boards and glass and flipping the puck out of the zone. All 3 usually result in loss of possession. Also never picking up players and puck watching


The perimeter offense needs to go, Kris Letang even said it after one of the games, told a reporter that the pens knew the flyers liked to send pucks to the net from the outside so they kept them on the perimeter and made it easy for Murray. One of the main reasons for them coming back in 3rd periods was probably because the system was thrown out the window and they had to attack on offense