GDT: ECSF Gm 5 | FLYERS (H) vs. Islanders (A) | Tue., Sep. 1, 2020 | 7:00 pm ET | NBCSN, CBC, TVAS

[BiggE]

I am nearly certain that they are going to win the next two games only to shit all over themselves in a game seven.

It’s the Flyers way. Drag you back in with hope and then just to finish off the inevitable.

Maximum pain has not come yet.

This is likely

 

[DancingPanther]

NYI in 6 is the lock of the century

 

[BiggE]

I believe in Hart.

I bolieve in Hart too. If he can also score a couple goals they’ll win tonight

 

[deadhead]

Hart has been a bit inconsistent, he hasn't allowed a Mr. Softee, but has had some games where he's allowed a few he'd tell you he should have stopped.
That's a problem with Hart, it's easy to allow expectations to quickly rise to "ridiculous," instead of appreciating a good young goalie with the potential to be special.

 

[BiggE]

Hart has been a bit inconsistent, he hasn't allowed a Mr. Softee, but has had some games where he's allowed a few he'd tell you he should have stopped.
That's a problem with Hart, it's easy to allow expectations to quickly rise to "ridiculous," instead of appreciating a good young goalie with the potential to be special.

Every goalie lets in the occasional “stoppable” goal, what exactly is your point?

The kid is technically sound and mentally tough, but I don’t think anyone is expecting him to post 3 consecutive shutouts. Fans feel that he gives them a chance to win, even when they get outplayed and it’s been a very long time since you could say that about a Flyers goalie.

But everyone with multiple brain cells knows that a better overall effort will be needed to have any chance of coming back to win this series.

 

[Starat327]

Every goalie lets in the occasional “stoppable” goal, what exactly is your point?

The kid is technically sound and mentally tough, but I don’t think anyone is expecting him to post 3 consecutive shutouts. Fans feel that he gives them a chance to win, even when they get outplayed and it’s been a very long time since you could say that about a Flyers goalie.

But everyone with multiple brain cells knows that a better overall effort will be needed to have any chance of coming back to win this series.

The curse of the goaltender - your mistake costs your team the game. Someone else's mistake is just 'a missed opportunity'.

 

[BiggE]

The curse of the goaltender - your mistake costs your team the game. Someone else's mistake is just 'a missed opportunity'.

Yup, it’s the most stressful position in sports.

 

[Starat327]

Yup, it’s the most stressful position in sports.

Can confirm.

 

[BiggE]

Can confirm.

I played goal a few times in practice when one of our goalies couldn’t make it. It’s not fun and that was just practice/scrimmage

 

[Rich Nixon]

I'll get excited if the score 4 or more goals. Otherwise, we're just delaying the inevitable here.

Either kill them or lose.

 

[Appleyard]

Hart has been the best goalie in the play-offs so far...

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Shadow Real Nate dog, Grant, Hagg, Niskanen.

Go out with some balls Alain.

Who the f*** am I kidding? He's going to be safe and go with veteran experience.

 

[bennysflyers16]

This should be quite telling about the character of the team. Do or die.

I am gonna boycott the GDT tonight, I have very little faith we have a good game.

Would be fitting to leave Hart out to dry and get shelled 5-1

 

[bennysflyers16]

I believe in Hart.

Hope he can score a few tonight then

 

[bennysflyers16]

I'll get excited if the score 4 or more goals. Otherwise, we're just delaying the inevitable here.

Either kill them or lose.

Flyers scoring 4 goals tonight should legit pay 50/1

 

[TCTC]

I'm not overly optimistic about this game. Game 4 was the game we had to win and we couldn't. Why would I expect us to win this game?
The Islanders are probably more confident than ever and we have too many players who look like they'd rather enjoy their off-season.

 

[Chinatown88]

Beautiful

 

[AdamParrot]

Hart has been a bit inconsistent, he hasn't allowed a Mr. Softee, but has had some games where he's allowed a few he'd tell you he should have stopped.
That's a problem with Hart, it's easy to allow expectations to quickly rise to "ridiculous," instead of appreciating a good young goalie with the potential to be special.

LOL.

He is THE BEST goalie in these playoffs.

But yeah, he is the problem. LOL.

 

[AdamParrot]

Imagine when you have player like Ghost as a HS...

 

[Beef Invictus]

Imagine when you have player like Ghost as a HS...

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Hockey just isn't as hard as AV has made it look in the playoffs.

 

[TB87]

People are dumping on Hart? He’s had a few iffy periods in 11 games. That’s great to see from a young goalie in his first playoffs. He’s been more than solid. Excellent is more like it.

 

[Appleyard]

People are dumping on Hart? He’s had a few iffy periods in 11 games. That’s great to see from a young goalie in his first playoffs. He’s been more than solid. Excellent is more like it.

Hart has masked half the Flyers D and fwds being comically poor on D.

"Tighter" hockey has been an illusion sans a few games in Habs series. Hart just bailed their asses out a lot.

 

[deadhead]

Reading comprehension is an art, I guess.

No one is "dumping" on Hart, my point was simply that he's been so good, so fast, it's easy to impose inflated expectations upon him.
He shouldn't be expected to carry the team.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Never would have guessed a certain someone would start going after Hart...

Always looking to the horizon as if things are always sunshine and rainbows. But lucky for you that you can never catch up to the horizon so the can keeps getting kicked down the road but eventually you can say you're right!

 

[ybnvs]

I think Lindblom could play. It is September.

Magic 8 Ball says: Outlook not so good.


Seriously though, put that sexy mother f***er in already. Sheesh! Even if he plays 8 minutes, which doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of a hockey game because it's only 8 minutes, I imagine him being in the lineup would be a big boost of motivation for the rest of the players to negate those meaningless 8 minutes of sub-par (but still better than anything Grompstewie has shown us) play.