Flyers' overrated young blueliners

[Shockmaster]

Gohstisbehere has been straight ass this season. Seams he as 1 great season and one **** season and alternates

Up to this point in his career he's never been that good defensively.

 

[flyersfan018]

sooooo overrated!!

Flyers lose again? Time to bump my idiotic thread!!

 

[major major]

Remember when HFBoards tried saying Ghostisbere > Rielly?

LMAO

Yeah, they're still saying it. Because it's true. Rielly is guaranteed to have very high goals against. Even if he is as productive as Ghost (hasn't done it yet), he's a worse player overall.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Yeah, they're still saying it. Because it's true. Rielly is guaranteed to have very high goals against. Even if he is as productive as Ghost (hasn't done it yet), he's a worse player overall.

Reilly is overrated by Leafs fans, but Ghost is a horrible defensive player.

 

[Goldenhands]

Flyers lose again? Time to bump my idiotic thread!!

Even some of your own fans are facing the truth that your blueline struggles... reality hurts sometimes...

 

[Goldenhands]

When Flyers's blueline makes the Leafs's one look like a bunch of superstars...

 

[PKWeber]

Overrated team lmao @MSSLYNX

 

[Laveuglette]

Elite offense (at least the top 6), below average defense, horrible goaltending. Typical Flyers.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Andrew MacDonald’s fault for sure. I mean, he didn’t play, but it was definitely Andrew MacDonald’s fault.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Provorov is the most overrated player in the league. Looked horrible tonight and has so far this season.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

We get it. Our team sucks

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Flyers lose again? Time to bump my idiotic thread!!

Don't worry it's back again. Thank god they had this bookmarked all month

 

[TMLeafs17]

When Flyers's blueline makes the Leafs's one look like a bunch of superstars...

But... they are superstars...

 

[1972]

They are still super young

 

[The Burdened]

my feeling about our season

 

[FelixPotvin29]

Has any of the Flyers young D played over 300 games yet?

I think it’s way too early yet

 

[Panthaz89]

Think coaching is probably bringing them down Provorov looked great last year.

 

[FireGerardGallant]

When Flyers's blueline makes the Leafs's one look like a bunch of superstars...

You gonna bump this thread everytime the flyers defense has an off night?

 

[Stizzle]

The team quit on the coach tonight. The Flyers are in extreme crisis mode. The players have had enough of Hakstol.

Not exactly a great night to make sweeping judgements on players just because you saw them one game televised nationally during a team wide meltdown.

Flyers fans have been saying forever Hakstol is the main problem here.

 

[MarAlain MongYeo]

Sanheim has looked like our best young D man this year and he hasnt even scored a goal lmfao

 

[egelband]

I think any “modern” defenseman makes a lot of defensive blunders because they’ve got the puck more and take more risks. The best ones create way more chances than they give up though. I know I’m oversimplifying.

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

But... they are superstars...

Guys like @Sasso09 telling us Rielly would be their 4th best defenseman leads me to believe Provorov and Ghost are future norris winners.

 

[Chips]

I think any “modern” defenseman makes a lot of defensive blunders because they’ve got the puck more and take more risks. The best ones create way more chances than they give up though. I know I’m oversimplifying.

Not even by that much tho, it’s pretty close to the exact truth.

You still want guys who’ll block a lot of shots and all that good stuff for certain situations, but transition game is the big difference between “good” defensive teams who sit back and stifle opponents and just manage to win, and the mobile passing/offensive defensman who excel at the transition game.

That was behing the Caps “great” defense last year. They were awful at preventing high danger chances (2nd worst *IN THE PAST DECADE*) but they recovered after and move the puck out so well. Overall in the game you want those defensman, you shouldn’t be in a position often that you need Orpik (prime) type guys loading your roster.

Arguably Orlov, Carlson, Niskanen and on taking chances led to some of those high danger chances against... but it clearly paid off. Almost every Caps defensman was primarily a good puck mover. So having a decent goalie is a must, (tho when isn’t it?). Good luck flyers

Example: Orlov is not especially great at traditional defense, but he can skate the puck from his net all the way up the ice and make it look easy. He’s very much legit top 4 D, but his occasional mistake will cost his team... but he succeed more often than not.

 

[Bank Shot]

You'd think these guys were all going to be future superstars.

All blue chippers to the max.

Half are busting. The other half will be decent, but I'm not seeing elite there.

 

[ronduguayshair]

How about Eddie O saying Provarov should change his stick? I can imagine saying that to his face.

But yeah flyers fans overrated them again just like Richards.