Wednesday Morning Fly By: The Phils blew leads early in the season, too, ya know
by Travis Hughes on Oct 28, 2009 6:00 AM EDT
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Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news...
- Last night's NHL scores... Capitals 4, Flyers 2 - COL 3, EDM 0 - DET 5, VAN 4
- We've got recaps of last night's loss from the AP, NHL.com, Panaccio, Chuck Gormley, Broad Street Bull, the Inquirer, Japers' Rink, the Washington Post's Caps Insider, and the Washington Times.
- Mike Richards doesn't believe anything major has to change, despite the Flyers' 5-4-1 start. [BSH]
- The big story that broke last night right before the game was that Simon Gagne will be out indefinitely with two hernias. Will he need surgery? There are still a ton of questions. [CSN Philly]
- Florida's David Booth has spoken to the media for the first time, but hasn't given his opinion on the brutal Mike Richards hit that hospitalized him on Saturday. He did say that Richards texted him to wish him well. [Miami Herald]
- You may remember back to February of 2008. The Flyers were playing the Rangers at the Wachovia Center when Steve Downie's skate flew up and caught linesman Pat Dapuzzo in the nose. After attempting to stitch him up, Flyers' doctors told him he couldn't go back on the ice because "he could die." The incident more than just ended his 24-year NHL career, it sent him into a harrowing journey that has gone publicly silent until now. He told his story to Chris Botta of NHL FanHouse. If you read any of these links today, make sure you click this one. [FanHouse]
- Colorado goaltender Peter Budaj has swine flu. You know how the flu spreads around NHL locker rooms? [Puck Daddy]
- Meet the NHL's leading scorer, Anze Kopitar. [Sporting News]
- Gary Bettman has visited Quebec City as the natives there are getting serious about getting the NHL back. But in local politics, a high-speed train line may take priority of a reincarnation of the Nordiques. [Canadian Press]
- The Flyers are out of the top ten in the SBN NHL Power Rankings, but they move up from seventh to sixth in the East. [SB Nation]
- World Series Game 1, tonight in the Bronx. GO PHILS! [Phillies Nation] - [The Good Phight] - [The Fightins']
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The difference is the Phillies are the World Champions of baseball, while the Flyers are a .500 club under Stevens and not likely to improve any time soon despite adding Pronger, van Reimsdyk, and Emery to the roster. It’s like the same team from last season all over again. Were all the Flyers fans and The Hockey News wrong to be excited about this season? I said it before, it’s nice to have a great team “on paper”, but the games are won on the ice. Homer better make a decision soon or it’s going to be another disappointing season.
by bd22 on Oct 28, 2009 6:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I clearly don’t mean that the Flyers are the Phillies. Neither team deserves that comparison right now.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 28, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
People also screamed about the Phillies slow starts every year until this one, when they not only had just won the Series but also were coming off two straight seasons of slow starts and torrid finishes to pass the Mets. They benefited from both the hangover and a sense of confidence that they could recover. However, people were calling for Charlie Manuel’s head in April 2008 for that slow start.
by MarioD on Oct 28, 2009 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe gagne’s injury occurred after he lifted the huge weight off his shoulders raising his hands in the air after his first goal.
by beatniche on Oct 28, 2009 6:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think our defense needs to stop trying to pass the puck around and try to make a play happen…I see too much time spent in our own zone trying to work the puck out when all it takes is getting the puck down ice…
Coburn has been cursed as of late and hasn’t been doing a good job on the defensive side, did anyone else realize he was way out of position and nearly gave up a goal to a Cap’s player during the game last night??? I thought for sure they had a goal since no one was in the position to even stop the guy from taking his time to aim and fire….
I am crying foul on all these so-called “goalie interference” penalties. I think the rules need to made clearer for refs to make a more appropriate judgment call on if it was or wasn’t….Powe wasn’t in the wrong either, Theodore played way out of the net, beyond his safety zone(his crease) and took Powe’s ice away from him…thus drawing the penalty which left us on a 5 on 3 for more then a 1:30+ …which in turn might have been the shot that rocked us a bit too much and giving the Caps momentum.
Sure first ten games in and we a .500 club at the moment, we should really be 8-2…I honestly believe…just too many chances blown and teams allowed to come back and take away something that was ours, a big fat W….
On the + side of things: Betts is coming back, Parent should be returning, JvR looks amazing on the ice for Philly….can’t wait for Gagne to come back and send Cote anywhere but here with the Flyers.
Anyone else been hearing those nasty things called rumors come up about Shanahan possibly coming to Philly to play???
Nash for 8 More, Baby!
by PhillyPhan85 on Oct 28, 2009 9:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
did anyone else realize he was way out of position and nearly gave up a goal to a Cap’s player during the game last night???
two things are wrong with that statement:
a) there was more then one of those occasions
b) he was on the ice for 3 goals against anyways for being out of position, would you be surprised if he let up another?
by JpH89 on Oct 28, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
braydon coburn must go
When will homer decide to pull coburn? He had went from a +15 two seasons ago,to a +7 last season,and now early in the season is already a -9.Timmonen is a quality player and Coburn is killing him.Time for Sean Curry. Also if Gagne is out Could it be time for Patrick Marroon to get some games in with the big club,or do the think that Oskar Bartulis is the answer since they have called him up and will wear number 38
by rasnap1 on Oct 28, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sean Curry? Of all the players on the Phantoms, you certainly chose an interesting one. I don’t think Oskars Bartulis is the answer if Stevens won’t even play Danny Syvret, but like I said in the game thread, I’d rather have Bartulis on the bench as the second door opener than have Cote there. At least then you have another defenseman in case someone gets hurt.
If Gagne is out, I’d rather the team called up Ward or Kolanos, since Betts is coming back soon. Maroon shouldn’t be called up just to sit in the press box.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 28, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, there are probably three players in the organization I’d rather have before Sean Curry.
May I ask why you picked him?
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 28, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’d like to see what Kolanos can do. He has some decent scoring ability.
by SanDiegoScraps on Oct 28, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moto?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 28, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah. I’d prefer Kolanos or Ward if one of them is going to sit. Then again, I’d rather Cote sit for anybody, really. But I don’t see calling up Matsumoto before Kalinski, Ross, Nodl, or Maroon.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 28, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please not Nodl. Please Ross.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Oct 28, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
So, it took me all day, but I finally read that story about the linesman. Wow. Seriously, that was one of the most amazing things I’ve read all year. And, on the “reputation” topic we’ve been discussing, how about this:
The big surprise was before the faceoff. The Flyers showed a five-minute video about my career. The Philadelphia fans gave me — a linesman! — a standing ovation.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Oct 28, 2009 10:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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