News Article: The Flyers need to scratch Andrew MacDonald after another disastrous performance

[StandingCow]

Saw this posted over on reddit, couldn't agree more.

http://sonsofpenn.com/flyers/andrew-macdonald-breakdown-bad-turnovers-coyotes-loss/

It's a small sample size but this especially stood out: "To take a deeper look in the stats, Gostisbehere has played 99 minutes with MacDonald, and 27 minutes without him. Gostisbehere has a 46.24% corsi for with MacDonald, and a 61.22% corsi for without MacDonald so far this season."

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[Rebels57]

Saw this posted over on reddit, couldn't agree more.

http://sonsofpenn.com/flyers/andrew-macdonald-breakdown-bad-turnovers-coyotes-loss/

It's a small sample size but this especially stood out: "To take a deeper look in the stats, Gostisbehere has played 99 minutes with MacDonald, and 27 minutes without him. Gostisbehere has a 46.24% corsi for with MacDonald, and a 61.22% corsi for without MacDonald so far this season."

I'm continually impressed with Sons of Penn. They see what we see. Hopefully our coaching staff does too.

 

[Juicy Pop]

I'm continually impressed with Sons of Penn. They see what we see. Hopefully our coaching staff does too.

Just forward it to Boxcar, he'll see that it reaches them.

 

[1865]

What's happened to the SOP podcasts this year? Seems to be missing half their team.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

MacDonald doesn't need to be scratched, he needs to be Waived to the AHL permanently.

 

[smokey]

Do you really need to go as far as to analyze Ghosts CF% to see what a liability MacD is to the team? So far I haven't seen him do a single smart thing on the ice. I'm thinking, what are the expectations for MacD anyway? His best season was back in 2010-2011, is that the level they'd wish him to return to after many years of trying or is he just a roster filler because there's ABSOLUTELY no one else you could dress?

 

[whitstifier]

Do you really need to go as far as to analyze Ghosts CF% to see what a liability MacD is to the team? So far I haven't seen him do a single smart thing on the ice. I'm thinking, what are the expectations for MacD anyway? His best season was back in 2010-2011, is that the level they'd wish him to return to after many years of trying or is he just a roster filler because there's ABSOLUTELY no one else you could dress?

If he gets sent down to the AHL, maybe he should play on the bottom pair and focus on making simple plays and distributing the puck quickly. If he shows he's able to start handling the puck more efficiently maybe he can play on the bottom pair in Philadelphia. Not sure if this makes sense, so feel free to call me out if it doesn't.

AMac looks completely lost on the ice possibly due to extreme lack of confidence and pressure to show some above average ability on the ice. He does have a lot experience and he's not so far removed from being an average bottom pair D that he's unsalvageable. At least, that's what I'd like to think...

 

[Vikke]

Another Flyers writer got his press pass revoked after an Amac smash piece.
Read it here: http://www.crossingbroad.com/2016/10/****-andrew-macdonald-forever.html

 

[BritainStix]

Another Flyers writer got his press pass revoked after an Amac smash piece.
Read it here: http://www.crossingbroad.com/2016/10/****-andrew-macdonald-forever.html

It really got revoked?

This is one of the funniest blog posts I have ever read.It's so correct it's untrue.

 

[Vikke]

Yeah. It's not super surprising maybe, since it's a relatively unknown site and he used some hmmm unclean language.

 

[PALE PWNR]

That link says page not found when I click it

 

[FLYguy3911]

That link says page not found when I click it

Part of the title is censored.

Hint: 4 letter word. Rhymes with Duck.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Holy ****. He passed it right to Duclair then missed Simmonds? for a breakaway lmfao.

 

[backburner]

appleyard quoted on there lol

 

[sigma six]

and subsequently signed him to a six-year, $30 million contract extension through the 2020 season.

Ehh. Reading this still makes my stomach cramp up. The money tied up by him and Streit right now is a real albatross, but we knew it would look like that for another season or two.

 

[FLYguy3911]

At least Streit was good for half of his contract.

 

[Lindberg]

Say whatever about his language and other meaningless stuff but his article is on point. I don't even think Pronger/Lidstrom/Orr could make McDonald look like Ryan Suter. It is absolutely absurd how much this guy sucks. What the hell was that pass to Duclair, I mean he could have just slung the puck about anywhere else and it would have been a better decision. People can say whatever about Ghost in the defensive zone but McDonald continually allows the offense to walk into the zone and allows them to cycle the puck. At this point I think VV could be a better defender.

 

[He Is Knocking]

I haven't been able to watch as much hockey as I want to so far this season and have been a fence sitter on Amac in years past hoping for the best but every time I watch a game he is destroying the Flyers chance of productivity and winning. This guy is brutal to the highest degree. There is absolutely no facet of his game that you can point to and state "well, atleast he is okay at this"

 

[Rebels57]

MacDonald makes me miss Luke Schenn. Its like that.

 

[smokey]

Dunno how many here share this view, but with just about any D man being an improvement over Amac, I would've claimed McIlrath. Maybe it's just fondly remembering play-by-play James Gallo become a raging lunatic every time McIlrath had a fight in Moose Jaw, but I think he could develop into a reliable bottom pairing D. Ok, so he'll prolly never going to live up to his 10th overall draft pos but Amac and dead bird.

 

[RoDu]

MacDonald's seat in the press box needs to drop him down a pit and when he comes to he's in the AHL for ever

 

[Philadelphia Ducks]

Maybe LV will do us a solid and take McDonald for us if we send them a pick.