Nah, it’s just takes the NMC/NTC off of the table.

sign him up. Although, he’ll probably want $4mm per or something ridiculous like that.

Is it actually a hip pointer? Last I heard they were still trying to figure out what the MRI said.

Right, my gripe is more with the fact that once he returned he played 8 games straight. Now, I know that you are saying that this current injury is unrelated to the old one, but even so, was it wise to rush him into playing 8 games right after being on the shelf for over a month? Maybe I am wrong, but I would make an argument that riding him for 8 straight after getting back from injury may have contributed to the alleged torn labrum. Maybe I am wrong and it would have happened either way, but I feel like the Flyers don’t do a great job of monitoring their players after getting back from injury.

Not necesssarily…both are essentialy chronic overuse pelvic injuries. The pelvis esp. in hockey is subject to more stress than any other area of a body and often overuse injuries in those that area are interconnected. Unfortunately, medicine has yet to apply more Bayesian statistical analysis to deal more heuristically with multiple variable stituations. Most of their diagnostic methods work best with acute conditions like an torn ACL and it is a reason why lower back surgeries have such high failure rates…usually the underlying condition or weakness isn’t addressed. The surgery fixes the symptom. Also injuries like a sportsman hernia usually develop over time before muscle tearing and the subsquent weakening of the abdominal musculature is compensated for and protected by the adaptive shortening of other muscles which when over tensed long enough fatigue more quickly esp. when subjected to dynamic athletic loads. Once the muscle fatigues the strain on connective tissue (tendons and liagments) increases. Also the hip flexor or (psoas ) muscle is one of the largest and strongest and from its attachments on the femur travels up the thigh and under the abdominal muscles where it attaches to the lumbar spine.

Leighton is playing strong but can we really rely on him in crunch time. I am still not sold on him. I am really puzzled why everyone is being so hard on Emery is record is 16-11-1 with 3 shutouts 2.64 GAA and 0.905 SV PCT.

Biron was 59-39-14 in his two years here with average 2.69 GAA and 0.917 sv pct. 7 SO
Nitty was 27-17-8 over that same two year period with a 2.83 GAA and 0.909 sv pct 2 SO

At even strength I am guessing Emery’s number are better than both Biron and Nitty being that our PK was ranked in the top 10 both those years and this year we in the bottom 3rd of the league.

Looking at the numbers Emery has been good and was really good prior to injury I am not sure why everybody wants to go with the unproven guys. Leighton has been stellar to everyone’s surprise for sure but I am worried he won’t be able to keep it up for too long and he has let in some softies of the last few games. I am hoping he can keep it up I like his size and positioning but come playoff time I don’t fell comfortable resting hopes on an unproven performer, I didn’t feel good about Biron either going into the post season but that worked out so maybe Leighton will too.

isn’t hartnell a winger?

I think those numbers are off, and I’m pretty sure somebody else (Travis?) said so in the game thread last night. Gagne should have had two shots on goal in OT just on the shift he scored the GWG, one which went into the corner and he chased it to set up the wrister on which he scored. Those shouldn’t be the only shots from the whole OT period, and I refuse to believe we only had one shot in the third.

I’m not commenting either way on the case for the new winger, I’m just saying I refuse to believe the 15 SOG number.