GDT: PO #4 | Penguins at FLYERS | Wed., April 18, 2018, 7:00 p.m. ET | NBCSN, CBC, TVAS, NBCSP, ATTSN-PT

[FlyerFaithful17]

That lineup is marginally better, but I personally still think it's not our optimal lineup.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Three days between games in the playoffs is the pits.

Well, it might be a blessing as a fan of this team, but y'know.

 

[BigToe]

..............

 

[Rebels57]

To make matters worse, Gudas apparently collided with Couturier..and it doesn't look good.

 

[Les Averman]

As far as Lindblom being scratched goes, I understand it. He really hasn't played too well, although my realistic approach would have been to bench Read and move Lindblom down to the 4th line to add some more skill there.

My worry with the 2nd line is that they'll lose PT with Jake moving up to the 1st line. Simmonds has virtually lost his entire game and with two young guys in TK and NP, Hakstol won't hesitate to throw out lines 3 and 4 over them at times that he shouldn't

 

[FlyTimmo]

Good to see Simmonds great play of late earn him that well-deserved promotion to the 2nd line.

 

[hatcher]

Coots hurt LOL

 

[FlyTimmo]

Coots hurt LOL

Better promote Filppula to the top line

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Hopefully Lindblom did the work to get his spot back, or else we’re going to get some Weisebiscuit action.

 

[WIP CALLER]

Vintage Hakstol move there. It really is hilarious how 9 times out of 10 any changes he makes always end up being the complete antithesis towards trying to get the most of your roster while also getting the young talent experience for the future. Then that 10th time where he actually makes the correct move, it takes him an eternity to finally get it like TK on the first line. It's like him doing a ten piece puzzle made for toddlers and taking 6 hours to finally solve it. He doesn't solve it because he looked at the pieces, and figured out which ones fit but he tried every other combination so it had to eventually work. Really at this point, if Hextall doesn't step in on week 1 of the off-season to announce haks departure then he too needs to start being held responsible for this franchises lack of direction. Because right now there is a major disconnect right now between what is being said('we are rebuilding and waiting for our young talent to mature') and what is being actually being done at the NHL level(young talent routinely benched, held in the minors, or given low playing time in favor of inferior veterans and "cap dumps").

 

[Striiker]

Voracek on the top line won’t solve anything. We don’t need more size, we need quickness and shooting.

Then TK still being at LW and with Simmonds is stupid as f***.

And Lindblom getting scratched is also idiotic. Weal sucks, Filppula sucks, Lehtera sucks, Simmonds sucks, and yet the young guy gets benched.



HAKSTOL HAS NO CHOICE GUYS

 

[Rich Nixon]

Beats also saying Patrick centering Giroux and Voracek in Couturier's absence. Because, y'know, Giroux couldn't possibly handle C anymore, and it's best to ice the lineup with the least depth possible.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

To make matters worse, Gudas apparently collided with Couturier..and it doesn't look good.

Just another reason to dislike useless Gudas.

 

[DaphneLion]

 

[FlyTimmo]

Well.. it isn't Filppula

 

[Rebels57]

If Couturier is out, this game is already over and probably not even worth watching. We will get embarassed.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Glad I sold my tickets after Friday’s game.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

coots hurt??

 

[hatcher]

He's fine

 

[bennysflyers16]

Heh at least Gudas threw a hit !!!

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Simmonds says he’s fine.

Giroux said it didn’t look good.

 

[Tripod]

Sullivan says Hornqvist is going to miss game 4.

I look forward to his replacement scoring against us.

 

[onlylordsvsmorebp]

Heh at least Gudas threw a hit !!!

wonder how many games hes gonna get??

 

[BernieParent]

I don't like moving Simmonds up in the lineup.

Not fixed, just recoloured.

 

[TheKingPin]

It’s not great but I look forward to seeing TK and Patrick together. Simmonds should be on the 4 line, but we aren’t winning this thing without him getting going so maybe it works. Lindblom has been weak on the boards and imo weak could be a better option. Weal has scored well against the pens struggle against speed. TK should be on the top line as that line will just pass it to each other forever with no shot. The new third line looks to be better than the old one.


If Couts is out G needs to be a center. He should prob be a center anyway in this series.