ECQF Game 6: Penguins at Flyers, Game Thread
by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 12:29 PM EDT
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PrintPittsburgh Penguins at Philadelphia Flyers, Apr 25, 2009 3:00 PM EDT
Today's goaltenders:
- The first period of the game thread will be here today.
- We'll spend the second at Pensburgh, and return home for the third.
LET'S GO FLYERS!
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Yes please.
I’m so nervous right now I can’t sit still.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Seriously man.
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I can’t wait to see the crowd.
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It will be load in philly tonight. Its what playoff hockey is all about.
Lifes rough, wear a helment
I really think they should hand out the Orange Crush shirts at every home playoff game, not just some of them.
Considering I didn’t get one on Tuesday, I agree.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Better than white…
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah it’s a dark orange. If it were bright orange it would be blinding.
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No sir. Can’t leave ya hanging out here on your own.
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I think the threads are going to be a little quiet today. It’s gorgeous outside.
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Where are you?
90 degrees in the Philly area.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions
We got 90s in NYC as well plus all the fun of the subways underground and all of the tall buildings keeping the heat in the concrete jungle
Steam coming up from the manhole covers yet?
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not yet
It takes another couple days of heat like this before they start opening up the underground
I know. Got some 10am basketball in. Just got home about an hr ago. Too nice out
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It’s almost too hot, honestly.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, same here. And town is over run with PA and NY license plates so you know summer is here.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, my dad called to say they got rear ended this afternoon, and it didn’t sound great. It’d be nice to have them home and get a pick me up with a fun hockey game. We just can’t catch many breaks seems like.
Here’s to a fun Game 6 guys and gals!
PensBurgh penalty - Lavender - 2 minutes for hijynxing.
Its supposed to be even hotter tomorrow so Ill enjoy the sun then, some things are more important then nice weather
Yeah, and tonight will be a gorgeous night to hit the boardwalk so I might wear my jersey and do that…
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
reason #1038264 why NBC Sucks at covering Hockey: the game always starts 15-20 minutes after it’s scheduled to. this anticipation is killing me
Oh. My. God.
Play hockey.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:16 PM EDT up reply actions
But the interviews are such an integral part to the experience … especially the behind the bench during gameplay interviews on VS
Hey...
This is all Panger gets to do with his full time job covering the Coyotes…and it was 100 degrees in Phoenix on Tuesday…thankfully it’s back in the 80s for the weekend…
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, so its hotter in Philadelphia then in Phoenix?
Love when that happens.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently...
but we’ll be back at 105 by the end of the month…
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
lucky you
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
it’s a dry heat…yeah, that’s it…dry….
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I don’t know what I’d do without the same old meaningless cliched responses.
That Lindsey Soto girl on Versus is nice to look at though.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Pang and Milbury...
are no Lindsay Soto, or Carrie Milbank…NBC needs some Carrie Milbank…
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats true but she could also just stand there and then do her interviews during intermission and Id feel I’m getting the same out of her
Or she could just stand there.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I know. Hence why I didn’t mind starting to make lunch at 3 just in time for the friggin 3:30 start
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Finally, here we go.
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And again, NBC 10 can’t scroll something on the bottom of the screen and stay in HD at the same time. Pathetic.
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Pang between the benches...
Hopefully there will not be another incident like in the Sharks-Ducks game…
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Interesting pairing of Gonchar/Orpik with the third line. Hmmm
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I don’t think Gonch looked back these past few. He’s getting the shots but no traffic up front. I kinda like seeing him on the third line because those guys can put bodies in front of the net.
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I was thinking more defensively, he is getting the shots though and the traffic should help immensely
Looks like we might have to weather an early storm here
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finish that!
this line has not finished all series..
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Nice action at both ends there.
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You guys are just as good at it.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
if i was that fan i would have asked torts for a signature. props up the selling price
Lifes rough, wear a helment
from the upper levels...
that would’ve looked like a hook…
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupid decisions with the puck by the Flyers in the defensive zone right there.
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Powe looked like Happy Gilmore with that shot.
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hahahaha
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If you’re going to do that, there’s gotta be more passing. Fleury is going to stop that every single time.
Move the puck more or get traffic in front… or, better yet, both.
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Traffic in front, or lack thereof, has been our major issue in the games lost.
by chillicothe20 on Apr 25, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Gonchar steps up and Carcillo ran him over!
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Yeah… same for Carcillo…
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
The what?
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m not big on the draft but maybe that’s because of the Jets’ history of sucking in it.
My friend Jason from Bleeding Green Nation is down there covering it for SBN, so that’s pretty cool
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My friend was telling me she saw a bunch of eagles and Steelers fans getting into it outside of Radio City, I’m going to pretend it was because of hockey
See i never got why people would just stand outside the draft. That’s just dumb
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Seriously. I don’t get the attraction to the draft at all. I’ll watch some of it on TV, but it’s so drawn out and it’s so hyped it’s ridiculous.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I never understood why people think there’s a Eagles/Steelers rivalry. They aren’t even in the same conference.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
They actually shared a team during WWII but that’s neither here nor there
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The first couple picks are the only exciting ones because people speculate on whether or not the teams that sucked last year will once again suck this year
eh...
I’m a Lions fan, decided to pull my Jon Kitna jersey out to wear today….and even I don’t give a crap about the draft….
Sorry about the Lions thing
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Panger is like three feet tall
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe he is legally a midget in 5 states
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I want the Pascal Dupuis star cam. Can NBC provide that?
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My favorite was the star cam on Avery for two straight weeks. Special close up look at him being a jerk
People watch the star cams?
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KNUBLE PICKS UP THE TRASH!
1-0!
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Oh well. Almost got out of the first with a scoreless tie
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WOO-HOO!!!
nice play by Richie and a good follow!
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Richards > Talbot
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I mean, obviously… but just making a point.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I call that the “Chris Therien” list.
Randy Jones is on my Chris Therien list.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
LUPUL! perfect pass from GIROUX!
2-0!
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They’re more content watching the season slip away
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Seriously. His vision is unbelievable.
And what a perfect shot from Lups.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
What an end to the period!
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Wow, a open thread field trip during the playoffs?
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Apr 25, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions
We’ve been doing it all series. It’s been fun.
Especially right now…
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Second period over at Pensburgh
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs#comments
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs#comments
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs#comments
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs#comments
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I don’t think that’s enough links….where are we going?
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Here:
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs
:)
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Head on over to Pensburgh and continue the excitement guys..
http://www.pensburgh.com/2009/4/25/852903/pittsburgh-penguins-vs
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So far so good...
… Let’s keep it up. Great end to the period. Flyers looked a little hesitant / nervous at the beginning. Those two goals helped.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Did Lou Nolan just announce that there are more than 20,000 people attending? That’s gotta be close to a record.
I think the record in the building is the Phantoms 2005 Calder Cup game. 21,000-plus in there for that one.
I didn’t hear the announcement though.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
20,071. Not a Wachovia Center record, might be a Flyers record.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Well.
This sucks.
It would be a fitting end to the season, if we manage to lose this game.
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Think the whole “could be the last period of the year” thing is enough motivation?
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Oh, sweet.
Swine flu.
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I hope not.
Hopefully it’s like Game 4 between Calgary and Chicago. Calgary had a 3-goal lead, Chicago tied it by the end of the 2nd, and Calgary won it in the 3rd.
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Yea that was a crazy game. Hope that is exactly what happens!
I have a bad feeling though :(
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
We’ll see. This is where John Stevens needs to get these guys fired up.
I am just so frustrated because its not the we played badly and they got 3 pretty soft goals scored on us. Both those baseball goals were pretty lucky and I just feel like none of their goals should have happened – all avoidable :(
Color Commentators should keep their mouths shut.
Bob Salmi last night during the Sixers game, Dwight Howard at the FT line: “I can’t see him making both.” (He made both.)
Edzo today, after the fight: “That was a bad idea by Carcillo / momentum changer / etc.” Thanks a lot.
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Absolutly! I freaken hated those comments!
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Salmi also said in Game 1 that Turkoglu can’t defend Iguodala’s jumper…
And then, well, you know.
It works both ways.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Grrr....
need to step up big time in the 3rd…Richards needs to lead the way here…get everyone on the same page, just like the way they stepped up in Game 3…
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You’ve got to give credit… the Pens outworked the Flyers.
I still feel like we’re going to step it up in the third, though, and come out firing. They better leave everything out there.
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Yea absolutely. They had the exact period they needed!
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions
agreed…but two batted in goals is also a bit fluky. Flyers just need to get back to what they were doing…big pressure on the forecheck, good outlet passing…
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Yea I am with out. Both those goals were pretty freaken lucky!
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:03 PM EDT up reply actions
But on the other hand there’s nothing lucky about putting the puck on net. Good things tend to happen.
Yea, thats what Coatsey always says . . .
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
As J-Roll said last year...
… we don’t do things easily here. It’s not “The Philly way.”
Can’t it be though, just once?
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The Flyers sometimes have letdowns in the middle and end of games. Do they have a conditioning issue?
It doesn’t help that they cant manage to clear their zone and are getting out worked on the cycles . . .
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I think it goes to their youth, honestly.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright. Leave it all out there, boys.
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I hear full and partial game plans are now available
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Jay Sharrers…explaining nothing…throwing guys out of the face-off dot…worst. linesman. ever.
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions
I have the same nerves as I did at the start of the game.
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are you kidding me. Do we even want to keep playing? how the hell do you give up 4 unanswered goals at home!? inexcusable
hah – Pens thread over at Pensburgh, unless you’d like to stay here and harass the Broad Street folk.
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Still getting outworked. I’m in shock, honestly.
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Peco time.
NEED A GOAL
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Gagne tries to do too much with it… they’re over thinking things.
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Not yet.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 25, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Refs missed a high stick on Girouz there when he hit the post…had to go back and re-watch on the DV-R…
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*Giroux
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by Jordan Ellel on Apr 25, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Biron is definitely keeping you guys in this.
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oh my god
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empty net.
sucks.
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It was fun Flyers fans. Thanks for a great series
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A 7th game would have been nicer....
… but it wasn’t meant to be.
The way this game played out, even if we won it somehow, there’s no way we win game 7 in your building. None.
Congratulations, and thanks for being great hosts.
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your welcome, but..
I tell you, there were some good games, but this was horrible today
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I was replying to Frank
I’m a Flyers fan. I was thanking him for the hosting.
Today was a great game too, until the fight.
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My pleasure. I was happy to see the cross banter go so well between blogs. We’ll see you next year.
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I’m in utter shock I can’t believe this team blew a 3 goal lead at home in an elimination game. An absolute disgrace.
Next Year
They need to get rid of Lupul, Briere and Jones. With that space cleared sign JBO. Defensive improvement is a must.
We can def. afford to lose some Forwards to fill the gaping defensive holes.
by Mitchell Green on Apr 25, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d definitely agree with losing Lupul and Jones, but we’re paying Briere so much, I don’t know what our options are with him. I think the big question is what we do with a goalie. Jones really hurt us on one of the Pens’ goals, but Biron completely screwed up Crosby’s first goal when he couldn’t control the puck in/around his glove. Even with a defensive upgrade, I’ll always feel uneasy with Biron in net.
Chokers, there's no other words
I would almost excuse this 5 unanswered(ok so 1 was an empty net)goals at pittsburgh, but to do that at home is inexcusible. Thank god I didn’t pay Comcast outrageous prices to see that junk. Theres no excuse. I think Stevens must go. Ken Hitchcock never would’ve let that happen.
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Really?
Ken Hitchcock’s team just got swept by the Red Wings. The last game Ken Hitchcock coached for us in the playoffs, we lost 8-1 to Buffalo at home.
I think Stevens gets one more shot. To me, this one’s more on the players than the coach. If things aren’t going well next year, make a coaching change then.
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Yes, but that was the blue jackets vs the red wings
The stanley cup champs are that for good reason, yes they got swept,the flyers wouldn’t have done much better.. but my point is he would’ve motivated them better than stevens. Yes, his playoff record was spotty, but lets be honest, last year was all Biron, if he wasn’t on, we’d have lost to the Caps or Habs. Whatever works, I want this team to win, if a new coach isn’t it, and players need to change, so be it
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I don't know about that.
Unless you’ve played for both coaches, it’s hard to say that for sure.
Some of the players need to change. Knuble, God bless him, was starting to show his age this series. Alberts was either great or lousy. Kukkonen is of no use to us. If we keep Biron, we should replace Nitty with Craig Anderson.
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After watching that game, I say Biron and Stevens have to go. First, starting with Biron: It’s not that he’s bad, because last year was definitely all him. But this series, he didn’t do anything. The team was bleeding in the second, and he just joined in. All those goals were stoppable. All of them. And he didn’t get them. I’m sorry, but at some point, your goalie has to make a save. It’s not that those goals were his fault, but he HAS to stop at least two of them. Take your pick of which two, any of them could have been. But more importantly, Fleury showed how important it is to have your goalie be your best player. He stole Game 4, robbed Carter in Game 2 (allowing the comeback win) and protected the only lead he had in Game 6. Biron is good, Fleury is just better. Simply put, Biron just isn’t good enough.
Next, Stevens: After Game 1, everyone blamed him. Rightfully so. That’s on the coach. And while I’ve never been huge on Stevens, I thought he was a good guy worthy of a shot. But this team underperformed all year, he holds grudges against players (Kukkonen, Downie, etc.), shows blind faith in others (Carcillo, Jones, etc.) and just got out-coached all playoffs (Having our fourth line out against the Penguins third line in Game 4, leading to the game winning goal.) And the last straw for me was with 42 seconds left in his team’s season, Craig Berube drew up the play with Stevens peeking over his players shoulder’s to watch his Assistant Coach do his job. If Jimmy Williams sat Geoff Jenkins in Game 5 last year, this town would have no trust in Charlie Manuel. If Andy Reid let Marty Mornhigweg (sp.) call the 2-minute drill in Arizona, this town would have his head. With the season on the line, our Head Coach sat back and let Craig Berube take control. I’m sorry, but if you want Craig Berube deciding how to save your season, why are you the head coach?
by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 26, 2009 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
LETS GO SIXERS!
Well its time for the other center tenant to step up! They’re up 2-1, and playing great.
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"Failure is always the best way to learn, retracing your steps 'til you know..."
Have no fear, our wounds will heal. Heh. Sucks for now, though.
The good news is that failure does not sit well with the Flyers organ-eye-zation. (See: 2006-07 trade deadline & offseason) The bad news is the salary cap. The good news is that we have a good number of free agents who are leaving. The bad news is that we need to replace all of them. We can’t put every dollar into a big-name defenseman and a quality goaltender.
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