Braydon Coburn has an ankle injury and is day-to-day. Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to play tomorrow night...

Braydon Coburn has an ankle injury and is day-to-day. Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to play tomorrow night in Boston.

Tim Panaccio says Tollefsen is working with Timonen.

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I think the league should seriously look into the intent of Niclas Bergfors on the first goal. He intentionally faked Coburn out so badly that he broke his ankles turning him inside out. UGH!

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 4:38 PM EST reply actions

Might explain his brilliant play of late.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Dec 13, 2009 4:40 PM EST reply actions

Surprised they wouldn’t reunite the Parent/Timonen pairing.

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 13, 2009 4:57 PM EST reply actions

Well...

… I have Timo and Tolly killing penalties in NHL 2010 and they’re doing a fine job.

Real life imitates art, doncha know.

If that were true for video games, the Flyers would be 23-0-0 at the moment.

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?

by mikefive on Dec 13, 2009 5:08 PM EST up reply actions

Post game last night touched on the effect Pronger has had on the defense and especially Timonen and Coburn who seem to be completely out of sorts ever since his arrival. I am surprised as well, seeing as they worked well together and it might get their games back on track for no other reason than familiarity. I have always thought Parent should be playing with Pronger as almost teacher student pairing.

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

Carle’s been getting that same effect from Pronger, though.

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 13, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

Hasn’t Carle been having one of his better seasons in the midst of this mess?? I don’t know but it seemed like it. Timonen is used to being the man and he is watching Pronger play his minutes. Never thought getting Pronger was going to shake the teams defense up so badly. Maybe Timonen is the one to move seeing his value and salary?

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 5:26 PM EST up reply actions

If the Flyers trade Kimmo Timonen and get back anything less than Alex Ovechkin, I don’t think I’d be watching many games from here on out.

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 13, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions

Your exaggeration is well taken but you have to give something to get something and Coburn isn’t getting you much. Plus maybe Timonen isn’t as good unless he gets the top minutes. Either way I wouldn’t want to lose him just saying he has to be a the top of the list for highest return option.

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 7:45 PM EST up reply actions

It’s barely an exaggeration, though. Kimmo Timonen is not a run-of-the-mill defenseman. He’s one of the best defensemen in the NHL, albeit also one of the most underrated. He’s the Eric Desjardins of this decade, and can you imagine where the Flyers of the 90s and early 00’s would’ve been without Desjardins?

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 13, 2009 7:47 PM EST up reply actions

Forget the Flyers where would Chris Therian be without Desjardin. Kidding aside nowhere. But he isn’t Ovechkin equatable.

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 7:54 PM EST up reply actions

Also, with the desperate straights this team is in he isn’t playing great either and if drastic measures are needed that would certainly be drastic.

by MJDII on Dec 13, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions

Drastic is one thing. Taking away one of the best defensemen in the league is another.

I’d trade Carter, Briere, Gagne, van Riemsdyk, or Giroux all before I’d trade Kimmo.

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 13, 2009 8:11 PM EST up reply actions

Oh. I agreed with you until you mentioned JVR or Giroux.

Sorry, but you named three players with huge cap hits then two young players we control. Kimmo shouldn’t go anywhere, but I’d slot him behind Gagne, ahead of JVR in your hypothetical “Who’s untouchable” ranking.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Dec 13, 2009 8:12 PM EST up reply actions

In reality, I wouldn’t trade any of them. =P

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by Travis Hughes on Dec 14, 2009 1:26 AM EST up reply actions

Kimmo

excellent comparison to Desjardin I have been saying that since we got him I think the injuries are slowing him down but he is getting up there in age and we are spending a lot on the blueline, trading Kimmo for a younger top 6 forward and a lesser top 4 D man is possible but I still think Homer has to sit up on his hands until trade deadline which sucks but any panic type move good really screw us over for years to come, this team total lack offense is so bad right now I don’t think one trade could make a difference I rather lose with Kimmo and Carter than lose without them and hope we can get back on track for the 7th or 8th seed and get another 1st round matchup with the Pens

by chrislanci on Dec 14, 2009 1:02 PM EST up reply actions