Prospect Info: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc.

[nuclear reactor]

Philly needs to wipe out all it's hockey media and start fresh. Broadcasters, writers, TV hosts... all of them. Taryn can stay.

One approach is to lock them all in our basements but include Taryn.

 

[Striiker]

One approach is to lock them all in our basements but include Taryn.

 

[Chinatown88]

And then Taryn gets saved by Carter and Nolan from the evil clutches of the Flyers media personalities. How will she choose between her two heroes? Find out in the next exciting installment of Flyby: A Heartbreaking Romance co authored by Jake Voracek and Gritty.

 

[VladDrag]

Meltzer was hyping up a guy like Grossmann long before he worked for the Flyers. He was actually signing his praises as a defensive dman the very day that Hextall traded him as a throw-in.

Meltzer we loved Swedes, tho.

 

[Tripod]

Frost pointless in a 5-2 win. That's odd.

 

[Striiker]

Yellow flag

 

[Alex91]

Meltzer is like that guy at work, that everyone got along with and respected his work. Then he got a promotion and tried to become too chummy with the bosses and became the person we all hated to begin with and lost touch with what made him good to begin with.

During the Laughton-Morin-Sanheim draft years I literally would refresh hockeybuzz waiting for meltzers daily prospect right ups and pre/post game reports. Then around 2013/14ish he started to switch his style up slowly, and became less in touch with prospects, and gave less personal opinions and more generic write ups. I don’t think that it helped that HB and EK lost their magic at the same time. People shit on EK (me as well) but at a time I thought he was actually on to things. Plus I think Bill was a HS user just like me, and when that site went down following prospects personally got a lot harder.

Now he is just awful and not worth a follow unless your interested in random flyers birthdays and book signings.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

wonder if meltzer, still covers two teams on hb. i think he covered the stars, as well as the flyers.

 

[TB87]

Stumbled upon this by accident.

Lol

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

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Stumbled upon this by accident.

Lol

Going to take a guess & say he probably thinks “Hagg is solid” too.

 

[Audible Velvet]

Phil Myers is terrible. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhttt.

 

[Oskar Man]

All of our Dmen have been making bad decisions lately but that's because they're, for the most part, put into a position to fail. Gordo's system is built around zero puck support. Teams adjusted and it's being exposed.

 

[pit]

Went to look at that endless well of hot takes.

IQ lowered by three points.

I now have an IQ of four points.

Thanks Ted.

 

[TB87]

Went to look at that endless well of hot takes.

IQ lowered by three points.

I now have an IQ of four points.

Thanks Ted.

I do what I can. You’re welcome

 

[DancingPanther]

One approach is to lock them all in our basements but include Taryn.

And Dr. Dre said...

NOTHING YOU IDIOTS DR. DRE'S DEAD HE'S LOCKED IN MY BASEMENT!

 

[Doodootheclown]

Phantoms forward corps has some real potential next season, especially if Allison and/or Laczynski sign.

 

[BernieParent]

And then Taryn gets saved by Carter and Nolan from the evil clutches of the Flyers media personalities. How will she choose between her two heroes? Find out in the next exciting installment of Flyby: A Heartbreaking Romance co authored by Jake Voracek and Gritty.

Alternate title: Beauty and the Beats

 

[BernieParent]

Frost pointless in a 5-2 win. That's odd.

Dreaming of Farabee.

 

[Alex91]

And Dr. Dre said...

NOTHING YOU IDIOTS DR. DRE'S DEAD HE'S LOCKED IN MY BASEMENT!

I could be wrong, but I think Eminem said that not Dre.....

Oh wait Eminem said both lines my bad

 

[BiggE]

Meltzer we loved Swedes, tho.

Folks at Buzz treat Meltzer like some all knowing hockey/Flyers genius. It’s ridiculous. I may not be a “professional” hockey writer, but I’ll put my 20 or so years of playing/coaching the sport up against his years of watching others play any day of the week.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Going to take a guess & say he probably thinks “Hagg is solid” too.

Hits don't lie.

 

[VladDrag]

Folks at Buzz treat Meltzer like some all knowing hockey/Flyers genius. It’s ridiculous. I may not be a “professional” hockey writer, but I’ll put my 20 or so years of playing/coaching the sport up against his years of watching others play any day of the week.

He knows his stuff, and his when he says something, it usually has reasoning behind it. However that reasoning is based on the league 10 years ago. I still appreciate the hard work he put in, but i’m not sure how much of his opinions are because he now works for the team or if it’s what he truly believes.

 

[deadhead]

Hits do matter, just look at what the Islander 4th line and Oshie did to us over the weekend.
But how you hit people matters, Gudas was more effective when he was flattening entries at the blue line, Hagg has numbers but limited impact.
Our forwards don't hit enough - because on the forecheck, hits usually mean you're getting to the puck after you dump it in.
Hitting players after the puck is gone is just an exercise in futility.

 

[Tripod]

Hits do matter, just look at what the Islander 4th line and Oshie did to us over the weekend.
But how you hit people matters, Gudas was more effective when he was flattening entries at the blue line, Hagg has numbers but limited impact.
Our forwards don't hit enough - because on the forecheck, hits usually mean you're getting to the puck after you dump it in.
Hitting players after the puck is gone is just an exercise in futility.

Agreed....except for the last line. Finishing you checks can absolutely matter. It can wear down dmen. It can make them over react next time because they know that check is coming. So it can lead to a bad pass, or a bad decision.

It is 100% an element to the game that we lack. Some of it is coaching. Some of it is ability and personnel. Hopefully the next coach brings it back.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Hits do matter, just look at what the Islander 4th line and Oshie did to us over the weekend.
But how you hit people matters, Gudas was more effective when he was flattening entries at the blue line, Hagg has numbers but limited impact.
Our forwards don't hit enough - because on the forecheck, hits usually mean you're getting to the puck after you dump it in.
Hitting players after the puck is gone is just an exercise in futility.

Hagg's hits mostly come from times after a player has beaten him, usually wide, and made a pass to someone wide open for a scoring chance. So in essence, the hit is useless, but it still "counts" on the stat sheet