Tuesday Morning Fly By: Flyers prepare for Capitals in DC, Hernia surgery for Gagne?
by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news...
- Last night's NHL scores... CHI 3, MIN 1 - MTL 3, NYI 2 (OT) - NYR 5, PHX 2 - TOR 6, ANA 3
- Previews of tonight's game in the Nation's Capital between the Flyers and the... Capitals. We've got looks from the Bill Meltzer, Frank Seravalli, Sam Carchidi, Tim Panaccio, the Sporting News, NHL.com, the Capitals, the Washington Post, Washington Times, and the Washington Examiner. For the full DC perspective, check out Japers' Rink.
- Our own Ben Rothenberg is on the ground in DC and will be reporting from the game, so be sure to check out his coverage all night long from the Verizon Center right here at BSH.
- Simon Gagne may need hernia surgery, and the Flyers are contemplating putting him on injured reserve. [Bucks County Courier Times]
- Gagne's absence has John Stevens shaking up the lines yet again. [Frequent Flyers]
- A San Jose writer thinks he has discovered why us Flyers fans "can get worked up into a frenzy at times." Blame the scoreboard operator. Scroll down to the bottom of the post, the second starred point. [SJ Mercury News]
- Luca Sbisa has been officially sent back to juniors. [Long Beach, CA Press-Telegram]
- The 2010 NHL Draft will be held in Los Angeles, California. [LA Kings Insider]
- Besides the Richards/Booth hit on Saturday, there were several other controversial hits over the weekend. The debate still rages on, so cue opinions from every corner of the Internet. Get ready, this list is long: Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy, Adam Proteau at The Hockey News, Colin Campbell via NHL.com, Ryan Lambert at Puck Daddy, Bangin' Panger, Jim Cerny at Rink Rap, Scott Burnside at ESPN.com, Mick Kern at NHL Home Ice (not a permalink, may not be the first story on the page), Josh Yohe at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, George Malik of MLive.com, and Elliotte Friedman at CBC.ca. There's 11, and I probably missed a bunch. You can still get our take right here.
- Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes has agreed to sell the team, bringing us closer to the end of the road in this sad saga? [NHL FanHouse]
- Red, white, and green? Team Canada is wearing green uniforms for at least one game of the World Junior Championships, and some Canadians aren't happy. [FanHouse]
- Ilya Kovalchuk is out four weeks with a broken foot. How will the Thrashers respond? [Bird Watchers Anonymous]
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Mega-trade!
If Gagne goes on injured reserve, maybe the Flyers will deal Coburn and Jones for someone who can score and someone who can play defense.
Who those players would be, I have no idea.
(I hope Coburn rights his own ship here because he’s got all the tools to be a great d-man.)
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
by mikefive on Oct 27, 2009 8:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I never thought Sbisa was all that great, but I didn’t expect that at all, either.
The trade keeps looking better and better.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Oct 27, 2009 9:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully Gagne’s injury woes don’t linger like Briere’s did all of last year but I got a bad feeling about this. Doesn’t seem like we will ever seen a complete year with both Danny and Gagne in the lineup. Is there any FA out there we can try to add in the meantime?
by chrislanci on Oct 27, 2009 10:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The Sharks (and most teams), of course, don’t do anything that would embarrass the officials.
No, no, Philadelphia is only organization that does anything that might “embarrass” the poor, innocent referees.
Great idea: use Canada’s junior hockey team to honour a football team with 23 Americans on its active roster.
That’ll be sure to capture the spirit of Canadian hockey
Urgh, those green jerseys are hideous. They are wearing them honoring a CFL team? Why? So stupid…
by flyrsfrk05 on Oct 27, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s like the Flyers wearing green to honor the Eagles, or red to honor the Phillies. It’s weird.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could see wearing red…it might hide the blood ;)
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by The Dark on Oct 27, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it’s to honor the province more than the football team. Saskatchewan has a big ugly green flag:
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by Ben Rothenberg on Oct 27, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Beats the Libyan flag…
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Gagne goes in IR, Homer better call up someone from Adirondack. Maroon, Legein, Kolanos, Ward, somebody. (I left out Nodl and Ross since Tim McManus said they’re struggling lately). But when Betts returns, there’s no way the team can get by with only Cote in the press box for an extended period of time.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 27, 2009 11:15 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Any of those guys would do a better job on the the Giroux-Asham line than Carcillo.
by Ben Feldman on Oct 27, 2009 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sbisa
I wouldn’t count out Sbisa yet, he is all of 19 yrs old and playing defense, where your mistakes are much more glaring than that of forwards.
by Crosby sucks on Oct 27, 2009 11:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he’s not playing poorly. He just seems to not be making much of an impact. He’s a minus-1 through 8 games and only giving up 0.76 G/60. However, he’s giving up 3.5 more shots against per 60 minutes when he’s playing than when he’s on the bench. Anaheim probably just wants him to get more experience. He’s only averaging 12:37 TOI per game, and the Ducks have Steve Eminger, Sheldon Brookbank, Nick Boynton, and 22-year-old Brandon Mikkelson to fill out their bottom 3 D-men.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 27, 2009 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sbisa is one of only two Ducks with a two way contract, with the other being Bobby Ryan. I guess they wanted to bring someone up without the need of loosing someone to wivers.
by JpH89 on Oct 27, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes no difference. He was sent to Juniors, not minors. He’s gone until the junior season ends in March.
by MarioD on Oct 27, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well the ducks don’t have a minor league team so i don’t know how it works with them.
by JpH89 on Oct 27, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When teams don’t have a minor league affiliate, they usually scatter their players around the various teams. Dallas did that last year. The Ducks use the San Antonio Rampage as a home for most of their AHL players.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
At 19...
…I certainly wasn’t at my best when it came to my job. He’s still learning to play in the NHL. He’ll be alright. That he can play reasonably well at 19 in the NHL speaks volumes.
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Oct 27, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
With Kovalchuk out, I’m wondering what’s going to happen to his $100 million extension they were talking about. Speaking of that, does Atlanta plan on taking a “How to draft in the NHL” elective this semester, or do they hope they can win with one good player?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 27, 2009 1:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Without Kovy...
…the Thrash has only one good player in Bogosian. He’s going to be one of the top 10 defensemen in the NHL for many years. But then the Thrashers aren’t really to sharp on what constitutes a good defenseman (see Braydon Coburn…)
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Caps on Oct 27, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sbisa to Juniors
If I understand things correctly sending him to juniors with a pro contract is a major waste since he has a pro contract this move will be wasting a year of his free agent eligibility by playing in Juniors why not send him to the AHL so at least you can call him back. I am not sure you can be recalled from Juniors. Correct me if I am wrong.
by chrislanci on Oct 27, 2009 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He can’t play in the AHL because of his age, if I understand it correctly.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 2:39 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I read that somewhere too. Also, I’m not sure when Sbisa can be recalled, but the Flyers recalled him last year after his Hurricanes were eliminated from the playoffs.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 27, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I honestly thought I had all the rules surrounding entry-level players and juniors understood until Sbisa came along. Kids’ situation is so damn confusing.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 27, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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