Magua
Doer of Hoffific Things
AV will go, Fletcher won't unless all his moves come up empty.
If the 25 Million Dollar Man is fired next season……what are the chances Fletcher’s moves came up empty? Pretty good!
AV will go, Fletcher won't unless all his moves come up empty.
If the 25 Million Dollar Man is fired next season……what are the chances Fletcher’s moves came up empty? Pretty good!
I watched the Hurricane's losing round and the ultraboring finals. I don't remember anything egregious,especially in the finals.You watched different series then i did then . Hits from behind driving guys head first into the boards going un called all the time and punches to the head after every scrum were never called . If they called those penalties they would stop but they don't .
Montreal Vegas series was a train wreck . The ref that refed in Montreal was no longer allowed to ref in the playoffs after those two games . The league was getting called out for the department of player safety failers , Bettman was trying to defend him . It was a complete shit show .I watched the Hurricane's losing round and the ultraboring finals. I don't remember anything egregious,especially in the finals.
I definitely watched the wrong series then but I can't stay up long enough for west coast games on work nights.Montreal Vegas series was a train wreck . The ref that refed in Montreal was no longer allowed to ref in the playoffs after those two games . The league was getting called out for the department of player safety failers , Bettman was trying to defend him . It was a complete shit show .
And yes the finals were quite boring .
Speed too .Fletcher : "Big defencemen are how you win cups"
Also Fletcher : Trades Myers for Ellis
It's almost like size is over rated.
One reason they change in the playoffs is the fear of too many penalties turning the game into a slough and a PP contest.
HCs realize this and push the limits.
But there's not nearly the grabbing and clutching there was a decade ago, they call tripping pretty regularly, and interference on occasion. and slashing across the hands is an automatic call.
But in front of the net, as long as you don't try to decapitate someone, defensemen have carte blanche to cross check and do anything to clear the crease.
Fletcher did what he could with limited resources, Ghost and Hagg paid for Risto, we'll see how that works, but once they traded for Ellis, Ghost became superfluous (with two better offensive defensemen in Ellis and Sanheim), especially with York and Zamula in the wings. Yandle is an insurance policy if York doesn't show he's ready in camp, he can fill that sheltered role that Ghost occupied last year (11% QoC and PP1).
I suspect Thompson will fill the Andreoff role in the pressbox, and once reason they signed him was that he was amenable to that role.
They started Frost last year, if he's healthy, they'll start him this year.
The big concern is probably Laczynski's hip, if he's not ready for a couple months then Thompson becomes the 13th forward unless J Cates, Bunnaman, Willman or Rubtsov takes a big step up in TC.
G - Couts - TK
JVR - Hayes - Atkinson
Lindblom - Frost - Farabee
NAK - Laughton - Allison
Thompson (Laczynski on IR)
Alternatively, Lindblom at 4LW, Farabee at 3LW, Allison at 3RW, NAK at 4RW.
Thompson is not going to be sitting in the press box. I know he only averaged 9:41 a game in Winnipeg, but previous to that, he averaged 12:37 of ice time per game. He's a Vigneault favourite. He's going to play double digits per night. He's not going to the press box.
Thompson is not going to be sitting in the press box. I know he only averaged 9:41 a game in Winnipeg, but previous to that, he averaged 12:37 of ice time per game. He's a Vigneault favourite. He's going to play double digits per night. He's not going to the press box.
Thompson is not going to be sitting in the press box. I know he only averaged 9:41 a game in Winnipeg, but previous to that, he averaged 12:37 of ice time per game. He's a Vigneault favourite. He's going to play double digits per night. He's not going to the press box.
True. However teammates do bond with each other. If they see one of their own being mistreated, they’ll line up behind them. We’ve seen AV call out many players in the press for poor play. Therrien is known for possessing an acidic mouth. Rarely do things such as these work well with the guys. They hear it and then wonder when their time will come. There are better ways to motivate players without tearing apart the club’s unity.Voracek and ghost had friends on a team that hasn’t won a playoff series in about 10 years? Let them get upset. Maybe they should be upset at the results they’ve been posting this last decade
I can't remember the exact quote, but Couturier seemed to side with staff, and called out teammates for lack of consistent effort. It's rare for him to speak out like that, so it's obvious they had locker room and effort/focus problems. Gotta at least wonder if Voracek was one of the players to whom he was referring, considering he wasn't exactly playing great defense and allegedly was bitching about the staff.True. However teammates do bond with each other. If they see one of their own being mistreated, they’ll line up behind them. We’ve seen AV call out many players in the press for poor play. Therrien is known for possessing an acidic mouth. Rarely do things such as these work well with the guys. They hear it and then wonder when their time will come. There are better ways to motivate players without tearing apart the club’s unity.
True, but that doesn’t mean that Roman Cechmanek wasn’t bat poop crazy.The confidence in Hart is shocking to me. The guy had a historically awful season. People turned on Roman Cechmanek when he was the best goalie the team has had in 35 years.
We need more hitz!!! Find more Robert Haggs and less Patrick Kanes."assistant strength and conditioning coach Dan Warnke to the head role and lead developer in the analytics department"
From flyers internal changes. Ah, that sentence isn't encouraging in and of itself.
Edit: not part of analytics