GDT: ECSF 1 | FLYERS (H) vs. Islanders (A) | Monday, Aug. 24, 2020 | 7:00 pm ET

[flyerslducks]

Oh...bear with me on the 2nd line. Laughton...just tell him to play good defense and find a winger when breaking out....and shoot when passed to in the OZ. And when coming back into our zone, you have Laughton and G switch off where the 1st guy back, becomes the C in the DZ.

It just doesn't make sense to have him there. Just have Giroux as the 2nd line center with voracek and another top 6 wing, or use laughton as the 3C with jvr/grinder. Telling laughton to play good defense as a top 6 center is a huuuuuuuge stretch given the way he is turning things over.

g-couts-tk
farabee-hayes-voracek
jvr-laughton-raffl

or

farabee-couts-tk
raffl-giroux-voracek
jvr-hayes-laughton

 

[Jtown]

They won't play JVR on the top line because they don't trust him defensively.

i don't blame them. He has to be attached at the hip with couts or hayes at this point. anyone else and it will be a disaster.

 

[Jtown]

hes definitely not a top 10 defensemen in the league what. He was great after that long break..

weber was an animal that series. Getting away from him will be huge.

 

[DancingPanther]

What have I missed

 

[flyerslducks]

weber was an animal that series. Getting away from him will be huge.

i think isles defense is better tbh. Weber was really great though but mete, oullette, kulak were bad. We didn't take advantage of them and those open nets.

 

[OzFlyers]

i think isles defense is better tbh. Weber was really great though but mete, oullette, kulak were bad. We didn't take advantage of them and those open nets.

But according to the Isles board Pulock is way better then Weber.

 

[flyerslducks]

this is a series we need niskanen for. He has to come up big. We also really need even more offense from our defense. They can really jump-start our offense big time.

 

[flyerslducks]

i doubt provorov is off pp1 but niskanen has to be off pp2. Ghost was just too good there. Hopefully ghost can get to pp1. It would be the first time all year he would be on that unit when it was set up corectly.

 

[flyerslducks]

New York has allowed 1.67 goals per game through its nine games so far. The Isles also block 18.62 shots per 60 minutes, most of any team remaining in the tournament.

for those thinking this is going to be easier than montreal...its going to be just as hard to score. If we can win the possession battle, it can help the offense though!

 

[TheKingPin]

I don’t bet, but I think the islanders are now favorites in this game after it started out as the flyers.

 

[BritainStix]

Coaches like Trotz absolutely destroy the entertainment value of the NHL. Same as the devils in the 90s. No one wants to watch two teams playing not to lose. This could be a dreadful series and a slow painful out for the flyers.

 

[AdamParrot]

Weber is still great. Easily still a top 10 defenseman in the league, imo.

He has 6 more years on his contract, but it wouldn't surprise me if he's still a top 4 defenseman at 40.

I respect your choice, but really? That's awful.

 

[AdamParrot]

I took a look earlier and looked at zone starts for our centers in the Mtl series. Believe it or not, it's Couts who pretty much was not taking DZ faceoffs while Thompson was the opposite. SO if that is to continue, here is the lines I would go with knowing they won't play Frost:

JVR - Couturier - Voracek
Giroux- Laughton - Konecny
Farabee - Hayes - NAK
Raffl - Grant - Pitlick

Provorov - Niskanen
Sanheim - Myers
Ghost - Braun

Couts can make JVR dangerous...and Jake is playing great. If they are starting Couts in the OZ all the time, great place for JVR to start.

Oh...bear with me on the 2nd line. Laughton...just tell him to play good defense and find a winger when breaking out....and shoot when passed to in the OZ. And when coming back into our zone, you have Laughton and G switch off where the 1st guy back, becomes the C in the DZ.

3rd line is the defensive line. Focus on that 1st while still chipping in some offense

4th line is the "grind" line that coaches want but can still add some offense.

Yeah and that's what I don't understand. Never. He is selke caliber center and don't put him on DZ faceoffs? Brutal.

 

[AdamParrot]

If anyone Habs' defeseneman was great against us, it was Petry. Not Weber who was on-ice for 2 goals for and 5 goals against (if you don't count G2 where Habs won 5-0 then he was 0-5) at EV.

 

[TheKingPin]

Coaches like Trotz absolutely destroy the entertainment value of the NHL. Same as the devils in the 90s. No one wants to watch two teams playing not to lose. This could be a dreadful series and a slow painful out for the flyers.

I wish there was a rule change there but not anything I can think of.

 

[Starat327]

What have I missed

....me?

 

[Chinatown88]

LFG

 

[AdamParrot]

Why I think that even their performances we will see a lot of goals, huh?

 

[Rebels57]

If tk had his stick on the ice and drove the net he would have had 3 goals off Hayes passes and I believe 2 others both from sanheim.

Yup..and if he stopped in the crease instead of doing drive bys.

To me hes playing like someone who is out of shape.

 

[Rebels57]

New York has allowed 1.67 goals per game through its nine games so far. The Isles also block 18.62 shots per 60 minutes, most of any team remaining in the tournament.

for those thinking this is going to be easier than montreal...its going to be just as hard to score. If we can win the possession battle, it can help the offense though!

I dont think anyone thought that

 

[flyersnorth]

Yup..and if he stopped in the crease instead of doing drive bys.

To me hes playing like someone who is out of shape.

Yeah, not sure what his deal is but he needs to step it up.

He started the season off like gangbusters - 7 points in the first 4 games; 13 points in the first 10.

Only 4 times this season did TK go more than 1 game without a point. Twice it was a 2-game drought; twice it was a 3-game drought.

So far in these playoffs, he has 3 points in 9 games, including just a single point in the Montreal series.

He needs to be better.

Let's see how he looks tonight!

 

[DancingPanther]

....me?

I have missed many, including you

 

[Starat327]

I have missed many, including you

THERE ARE OTHERS?!?

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

For the love of shit Flyers, show up and make this a good game. Wreck their faces! Get the blood pumping!

 

[DancingPanther]

THERE ARE OTHERS?!?

Wait