Flyers Open CONSOL Right, Beat Penguins Behind Bobrovsky

Any news on Giroux’s ankle?

Well it was an opening night rust shaker and playing the pens just amped up the tension. I wouldn’t look at this half as critically if that was the panthers or something but a win is a win. Really think leino/briere/hartnell and giroux/zherdev/jvr had chemistry and order. Carter and richards should not be playing together let alone with carcillo. They need to get another line combo together or nix this Carter out of position thing early in the season. I am giving the misc d parts a chance to gel under the system but I will not accept Carter and richie playing anonymously for to long.

how did i miss that comment of the night? thats golden!

Bob was pretty solid, but he could’ve had a couple more against him, the post definitely bailed him out.

That Giroux goal was pretty sexy.

1st off The Pens own us beat us 5 of 6 last year and swept the season series a year or two ago. This win was big especially on the road.

Bob look real good probably would have stopped the Kennedy shot if he did fall.

I thought the top 4 looked pretty good Kimmo in particular was a beast as usual. The new bigger D controlled the front of the net really well clearing lanes and bodies leaving little second chances.

The sloppy play in the own end came from the forwards with ugly second passes on the outlet while still inside the blueline. The Pens D was very aggressive attacking inside the blue which led to some rushes and a lot of icing calls.

The last change killed us Bartulis played too much against Crosby same for the fourth line that led to lots of pressure.

Not fair to justify Bob played well but that hit a lot of posts. Flyers caught a post or two in the game as well.

Fun game to watch a little too much scrambling but that was a big against a team that we rarely beat in a close game. The Pens always seem to comeback late or win in OT or a shootout. Not this time. Crosby is still a little bitch throwing his back to draw the call then pointing and yelling at ref afterwards until his arm was up. I hate Crosby and VS. For airring his and only his entrance.

I do agree that Bob did hit the post, but the overall count for posts were

Pens hit 5

Flyers hit 3

So yea the post helped him 2 more times, but if I can recall the post is part of the net and doesnt count as a goal if it hits it.

Overall I see him maybe not playing against the Blues, but most likely Mon against the Aves.

I cant help but ponder what MarioD would say about the victory?

I just got back from the game, standing outside the ugly new arena. They had the game on a big screen, but it was pretty hard to make out some of the details, like the time left on the clock or the jersey numbers. Some of the Flyers looked pretty impressive, some looked shaky, but I’m not sure which was which.

Man, watching the replay in HD makes me so jealous having to sit through the grainiest feeds you will ever see.

I would have loved to see another angle on the Michalek goal, just to see what Bob had to look through. To me it looked like a tame shot that just made its way through.

Also, where are the Corsi numbers?

and am outnumbered slightly by pens fans. This feels terrific. Im sick of their shit.

but F**K Cary Price. So happy that hes hated in Mont but they have to deal with his bum ass cause they traded their good goalie.

The last part of t hat highlight is hard to watch. Carter set up with practically an empty net by Giroux and he shoots it right into the goalie. Brought back memories of game 6 right away.

good way to start the year. lets go for the cup.

Carle is a STUD. Man I am happy they won. Bob looked good. d was acceptable. Shaky but dealable. Missing major cog, so admirable outing. Got some scoring in three different situations 1 down 1 up and even (that’s right(right)). Did I say BOB looked good. The LBH line was solid. G MAN is my man crush, and is gonna be a constant highlight reel this year dipsy doin his way into Flyers hockey lore makin Clarke kick himself for messin his name up.

Just watched the highlights…. and that Giroux goal was amazing!!

Also, my fun Penguins story from last week….. I was driving home from class (I go to school in Connecticut) and I was stuck behind a car with at least 4 Penguins bumper stickers. One was a huge logo, another one was about Crosby and then the usual “Stanley Cup Champions” one. At that moment, I was proud to be a Flyers fan and wished that I had a Flyers sticker on my car for when I passed him.

So what’s this news about Giroux? When did he get hurt?

It would appear that Briere’s fist pump is in mid-season form.

Giroux better not be injured. I’m really looking forward to him having a huge season. The LBH line looked good and against weaker competition will hopefully be prolific. The VXZ line did well too, and there’s no denying the talent they’ve got there: a #2 pick, a #4 pick in the greatest draft of all time, and one of the most talented young players in the league today.

Now for Carter to learn not to let the opposing goaltender make highlight reel saves.

Wow that was great. I didn’t get to see the game but I watched the highlights and MAN what a great goal by Giroux!! Just intercepted the pass and went around everybody. I would think if he wasn’t such a great playmaker he’d be able to score a ton of goals with all of his crazy moves.

Bob looked good as the video went on. One thing that kind of scared me seeing was a lot of loose pucks around the net and almosts. Bob is fast but I think needs more work with Jeff Reese and he should be getting better.

Anyone else not thrilled about this? I know it’s obviously just the first game of the season, but they did this sometimes last year and I don’t like it. I dunno why they paid so much for Coburn and Mez and traded away Gagne. I’d much rather have had Gagne-Richards-Carter and drop Carcillo to the fourth line even if that meant having Bartulis and O’Donnell as the third pair (with Mez/Coburn and Kimo as the second) instead of Mez and O’Donnell… I’m certainly not knocking Carcillo’s effort or hustle by any means, but Mike Richards is an immensely skilled player and he needs to have skilled wingers who can score a lotta goals. That simply is not- and shouldn’t be- Carcillo’s game.

Ohhhh, my first comment of the night on BSH ever! I feel complete now :D Happy the Flyers beat those lame fat birds. Unfortunately, I had to miss the third period (and most importantly the third period discussion thread!) because of my stupid internet. It f-d up, stopped working and didnt work until this morning :( Sigh… oh well. Yay for me and my comment. Lol.

While Bob had a number of great saves (upstaged only by the INCREDIBLE save MAF had at the other end), he did have a few gaffes. Giroux had that sick SH goal … but we’ve almost come to expect that from him. Carle played well, but then I figure that should just shut up everyone who claimed he’s overrated and just looked good from playing alongside Pronger.
My vote actually goes to JVR. He looked VERY solid on the puck, drove the net better than I’ve ever seen him do, and generally seemed to be in position more than last season. If he does continue this trend, he will definitely be a force on the wing.
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It obviously won’t be the case all year but, man, I thought the Penguins looked pretty bad offensively. It didn’t take much for the Flyers to cancel out Crosby and Malkin (who still had some dangerous moments). Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but, I am really hoping that the Penguins’ complete and utter lack of scoring depth turns into a HUGE problem for them this year.

I love how Crosby and Malkin are surrounded by guys like Crag Adams, Chris Kunitz, Max Talbot, Pascal Dupuis, Tyler Kennedy and Mike Comrie. That’s a pretty pathetic grouping of players to put around two of the most dangerous scorers in hockey. Most of them are low 2nd liners, high third liners.

Having Jordan Staal back after his injury will be helpful for them but it still only means that best wingers they can give Crosby are Kunitz and Comrie? Man, I sure am glad that the Flyers don’t have to settle for guys like that and depend of them for scoring.