Monday Morning Fly By: The Hammer's Call to the Hall
by Travis Hughes on Nov 16, 2009 9:52 AM EST
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Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news...
- Last night's NHL scores... CAR 5, MIN 4 (SO) - ATL 3, EDM 2 - CHI 4, SJS 3 (OT)
- Previews of this evening's matchup with the division-leading New Jersey Devils from the Canadian Press, NHL.com, Inquirer, Courier-Post, The Newark Star-Ledger, In Lou We Trust, and The Bergen Record.
- The Flyers will induct Dave Schultz into the Flyers Hall of Fame prior to the game this evening. He's the 20th member of the Hall and the first member of the Cup teams to be inducted since Joe Watson in 1996. [Flyers History] - [Inquirer]
- "It makes me feel unbelievable. I don't think I've grasped that I will be forever in the Flyers organization. My grandchildren, my great grandchildren will come here and see my name. That's incredible." - Dave Schultz. [Courier-Post] - [Transcript of Media Availabilty]
- The Devils will try to play spoiler. They will go for their 10th straight road victory tonight in Philadelphia, a mark that would tie the NHL record for road wins to start a season. [NHL.com]
- New Jersey is a scary team and they'll be a tough test for the Flyers tonight. Down 2-0 to the Capitals on Saturday, they reeled off five unanswered to beat Washington 5-2. [In Lou We Trust]
- Bob Clarke thinks Eric Lindros deserves to be in the Flyers' Hall. Does a certain Daily News beat writer read BSH...? [DN]
- James van Riemsdyk may play tonight, but still recovering from the flu, should he take a risk as the team prepares to head out west for a week? [CSN Philly]
- Wayne Fish reports that John Stevens is contemplating moving Claude Giroux to center. [Bucks Co. Times]
- The Devils' trap system is widely regarded as boring, but does it deserve some respect? [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
- In his Sunday notebook, Tim Panaccio talks about Ken Hitchcock's 1000th NHL game. "We didn't have very much success. I kind of forgot how to be a head coach," said Hitch of his days in Philly. [CSN]
- Team USA could play in front of the largest crowd in hockey history this May. In Germany. [Toronto Sun]
- Carolina finally wins a hockey game, although it took a shootout over the lowly Wild to do it. [Canes Country]
- Rick Nash scores on one leg. [YouTube]
- Welcome Sean and his blog Now Is The Time to the Flyers' blogosphere. [Now Is The Time]
- Just another reminder, BSH Radio goes live tomorrow night at 7 PM Eastern right here at broadstreethockey.com.
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Stevens won’t stop saying how he wants Giroux at center. It seems like every other post-game or practice he’s talking about how much better he’d be in the middle. So put him there, keep him there for more than a few shifts (I know how hard that is for him), and see what happens.
by Ben Feldman on Nov 16, 2009 10:01 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
If Stevens wants to change anything abut Giroux, he needs to encourage him to take some more shots on goal. The kid makes great pasess no matter where Stevens puts him, but logging 17 minutes or so of ice time and and having only 1 or worse, 0 shots on goal is ridiculous. It’s taking being a great passer too far, especially since he can shoot pretty well. He’s not going to get any goals on the score sheet if he isn’t trying.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 16, 2009 4:11 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Also, I wonder if another certain Flyers writer has been reading BSH.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Nov 16, 2009 10:37 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I always imagined that Meltzer handtyped his column at home, then sent it via courier to the wachovia center to be entered into a computer and published online.
I linked Servalli to BSH back in September when I was imploring him to find out what JVR’s bonus incentives were.
by MarioD on Nov 16, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“We didn’t have very much success. I kind of forgot how to coach,”
Wow. Not only is that an incredibly poignant way of Hitch putting what happened here into perspective, it’s the exact explanation for what I think is happening to Andy Reid right now. Nice bit of symmetry, there.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 16, 2009 6:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
1) Not a fair comparison. Andy Reid has never known how to coach.
2) I don’t know if Panaccio edited his article, but that’s not the correct quote:
"The situation in Philly, we had lost for three [playoff] years in a row," he said. "We didn’t have very much success. I kind of forgot how to be a head coach."
Quite a difference with all of the words included in the quote.
by MarioD on Nov 16, 2009 10:27 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m pretty sure I copied and pasted the quote right from the article, but doing these things in the morning, it all runs together in my mind. Could’ve very well been my mistake, so if it was, my apologies.
Regardless, I’ve gone ahead and changed it.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 16, 2009 11:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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59 | 35 | 22 | 2 | 72 |
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Philadelphia
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57 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 61 |
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New York Rangers
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59 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 59 |
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New York Islanders
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Tue 03/02 | 7:30 PM EST |
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Florida
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Wed 03/03 | 7:30 PM EST |
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