Game 14, Preview and Open Thread: Going for Four Straight, St. Louis Blues at Philadelphia Flyers
by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 6:33 PM EST
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St. Louis Blues at Philadelphia Flyers, Nov 7, 2009 7:00 PM EST
Note: Apologies for no game recap last night.
After a dominating win last night in Buffalo, the Flyers took the red-eye home to Philadelphia and are ready for faceoff against the St. Louis Blues tonight at Wachovia Center. The Blues come into the game as a shaky team with just five wins on the season. Might some of that be attributed to their trip to Europe a month ago to begin the season? It's a possibility, but whatever the reason, the Blues are not living up to expectations here early in the year.
Since beating Detroit twice in Europe, St. Louis has won just three times over Minnesota, Carolina, and Anaheim. Not exactly an impressive resume. Still, they have a ton of young talent while also possessing a strong veteran presence with Keith Tkachuk and Paul Kariya up front. In goal, the Blues are led by Chris Mason, a 12-year pro who slowly worked his way through the ranks before finally landing a steady job with St. Louis last season.
After some speculation that Brian Boucher could get his second start of the season tonight, the Flyers will go with Ray Emery yet again. The entire lineup will be exactly the same as last night, meaning Danny Briere and Ryan Parent are both still out.
Last time these two teams met last season, the Flyers were also ravaged by a flu bug. Two defensemen missed that contest, which the Flyers inexplicably lost 4-0, but tonight, while still tarnished by sickness, the orange and black will have everybody in the lineup. The question is how they will handle the flu after playing just 24 hours ago.
The Flyers are a better team than St. Louis and should beat them on home ice tonight. Hopefully the flu doesn't help the Blues out.
After the jump, a few questions to answer this evening.
Questions to Answer
- How do the Flyers react to sickness after a busy 24 hours?
- What does the Carcillo/Betts/Laperriere line do for an encore after playing a key role in three of the Flyers five Friday night goals?
- Can the young, speedy Blues dictate the tempo against the Flyers?
- Mason made 37 saves on the Flyers last time they met. Can he keep up that magic?
7 PM puck drop from South Philly. Watch on CSN Philly in HD, listen at 610 WIP, and as always, join us here for the conversation. LET'S GO FLYERS!
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Am I the only one who just heard someone whose mic obviously shouldn’t be on say “what a bum, come on — end this fucking game”?
At the end of the Nova football game?
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah. Just did a quick Twitter search and I’m not alone. That was a great end of the game, production crew cursing or not.
I turned the channel just after he missed the field goal, so I must’ve missed it.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
Here we go. Deadspin found a YouTube upload of it.
check atdhe.net
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
So at this rate, Boosh is going to get what, another 4 or 5 starts this entire season? Something’s not right.
Anthony SanFillippo said on Twitter that he thinks Boosh “isn’t a happy camper” and “isn’t getting along with Stevens.” I asked if he has proof of that or if he’s just speculating.. he hasnt answered me yet. I think that’s kinda irresponsible if he’s speculating.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions
Power play 30 seconds in. Sweet
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He’s got a much better handle on his role this season and it’s clearly paying off so far
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:10 PM EST up reply actions
That PP seemed so fast.
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Tapped him on the back of the leg it looked like. Should’ve been a penalty.
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Seriously, after some of the goalie interference calls we saw earlier in the year….
The NHL loves to set precedents and then pretend they don’t exist.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:18 PM EST up reply actions
Same goes with the “calling the instigator” stuff they touting before the season and in the first week or so.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
Former teammates fight… Asham and Janssen.
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They fought last time these teams played, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J57K_qK7bQA
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Agreed…. same goes for Pyorala, too. Guy gets a ton of chances it seems.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 7:33 PM EST up reply actions
I own a hammer signed by Dave Schultz. Coolest memorabilia item ever.
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The Phantoms didn’t get their first shot until there were six minutes left in the first period but are somehow winning 1-0 after the first.
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I wanna go to dollar pretzel night so badly.
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Wow, look at this image from The 700 Level. Hilarious….
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Same reason he was on a top line for a few games. Why not try early in the season and see what happens, I guess?
I can see later in the period, but with fresh bodies on the bench i can’t see why he’s out there. I guess it’s worth a shot. Their PP sucks right now
by SkookFlyerfan on Nov 7, 2009 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
Fine by me.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Game’s been pretty boring so far until now, eh?
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I was thinking the exact same thing.
That’s also a Claude Giroux pass right there.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
I almost went to this game tonight… kinda glad I didn’t. Boring, crowd seems lifeless.
But hey, we’re winning.
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How the hell is he getting one too?
What utter bullshit.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 8:28 PM EST up reply actions
Amazing how far a reputation goes, isn’t it?
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 8:31 PM EST up reply actions
I just realized we’re off until Thursday again after this one. I’m so sick of this crap.
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ouch, syvret gets laid out and then looks like he’s trying to give the guy a kiss or bite his neck or something in the pile
one year for that hit if that the Dman didn’t turn his back on the checker he would have been fine take a hit like a man
I think it was a clean hit. It’s unfortunate that he turned away from it when he did, but I don’t think you can blame him for turning away like that. I don’t even think he saw the hit coming. It looked like the goalie kinda screened his vision.
Unfortunate all around, but I don’t think it warranted that harsh of a suspension.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 8:51 PM EST up reply actions
Wow, Toronto is up on Detroit 3-0. What’s going on with the Wings?
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We might need a third baseman next year… wonder how his arm is?
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
This game has like, no tempo.
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did that just happen?
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Ugh, that freakin sucks.
And we’re down a dman. Hopefully that’s not too serious, but considering he’s had knee problems and he didn’t skate off on his own…
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He’s one of those low-risk high potential players holmgren took a chance on.
by SkookFlyerfan on Nov 7, 2009 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
OKT doesn’t look so good… on first glance it doesn’t look to me like he hit it head the way he went down, but he definitely had the glazed look on his face of a head injury. Either he was dazed by the pain, or he hit the boards weird…
It looked to me like he hit his knee but yeah, he held his head so it’s weird.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:12 PM EST up reply actions
Unfortunately, I’ve had 7 concussions and my teammates have had a lot, so the look on his face worried me.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
Is your name Erica?
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions
Unless that’s somebody you know, I don’t get the reference if there’s supposed to be one… but nope, my name is Jen.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
hahaha, I was hoping someone would get it. Yes, that’s what I was going for.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:16 PM EST up reply actions
Hehe, I understand now. I’m one of those people that never get references like that… I’m dense, I admit it.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah he did… wow.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:18 PM EST up reply actions
Big PP here
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JVR in the locker room with a “possible injury situation”
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Not sure what happened… JJ said it on the broadcast
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:21 PM EST up reply actions
Phantoms lose 3-1 to Albany.
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he’s still on the bench so far, let’s hope he’s alirght. He did play with a broken foot last year
by SkookFlyerfan on Nov 7, 2009 9:27 PM EST up reply actions
atdhe.net
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
Ah, okay
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Typical Scottie
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions
I just want this baby to go to OT.
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Blood on his finger, is all
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
At least he didn’t get stuck with Barbie, then
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
No Spongebob?!!? He’ll be out for a while
by SkookFlyerfan on Nov 7, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions
Not accurate. He had three. With the injury to JVR and Laliberte as his other linemate, it’s kinda understandable as to why.
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions
oh my god!
he kept that out
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Wow, right on the line.
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I don’t get the logic of selecting to shoot first.
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Richie misses.
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Perron misses.
0-0 after 1 round
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Giroux is incredible.
1-0
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Boyes makes sure it doesn’t matter. 1-1 after 1
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See… why do you shoot first? Now STL can win it…
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Pyorala! Too bad it doesn’t count as a real goal…
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Emery stones him!
We win!
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We’ll see on post game live, hopefully
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Hopefully we’ll get something during the postgame
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 9:57 PM EST up reply actions
Pyorala is such a champ. Hopefully that turns around his season.
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also watching richards’ and carter’s progress with shootouts, it becomes even more clear that john stevens is a bad coach. since day 1 carter has always come in way too fast every time, he needs to slow down and catch the goalie moving laterally (exactly like pyorala did).
Almost makes me wonder if the goalies in the league are more prepared for Carter because he uses the same moves too often, he’s gotta make some adjustments to get back the scoring touch he had the first half of last year.
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
i mean just look at giroux. two goals on two sick moves this year (i’m speaking about in the shootout, of course, but it’s more broadly applicable), one to the forehand, one to the back. you just don’t know where he’s going, and you can bet that whichever way he goes, he’s gonna put a nice shot on.
Well, Giroux is nothing if not unpredictable
by DragonGirl0583 on Nov 7, 2009 10:06 PM EST up reply actions
JVR has a broken finger. Day to day.
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yeah that pinky didn’t look to good from the bloody pic they showed, but i still think he can play with it.
It’s just one finger. Thats why the good lord gave him 9 others!
by SkookFlyerfan on Nov 7, 2009 10:19 PM EST up reply actions
They talked about the play that OKT went down on, but did they update on his injury? I didn’t hear anything
Nah, they didn’t. I guess they don’t know anything yet…?
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by Travis Hughes on Nov 7, 2009 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
Recap is up, comments are closed.
http://www.broadstreethockey.com/2009/11/7/1120989/pyorala-scores-first-kinda-as
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