Game 77, Preview and Game Thread: Philadelphia Flyers at New York Islanders
by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 5:44 PM EDT
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#6 Philadelphia Flyers (38-32-6, 82 pts) at #13 New York Islanders (31-35-10, 72 pts)
Nassau Coliseum - 7:00 PM ET - Uniondale, NY
TV: CSN Philly HD, MSG Plus
Radio: 610 WIP
This is the open game thread.
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I'm going to keep this really, really succinct by simply posting a few visuals.
There is absolutely zero reason not to beat the Islanders into the ground tonight.
After the jump, lineups, questions and our in-game discussion thread.
Flyers Line Combinations
Hartnell – Richards – Giroux
Gagne – Briere – Leino
van Riemsdyk – Powe – Asham
Cote – Laperriere – Betts
Pronger - Carle
Timonen - Bartulis
Parent - Coburn
New York Line Combinations
Moulson - Bailey - Okposo
Tambellini - Tavares - Comeau
Sim - Neilsen - Hunter
Bergenheim - Park - Jackman
Streit - Reese
Hillen - Meyer
Flood - Klementyev
Starting Goaltenders
Questions to Answer
- The Flyers went three whole days without playing and still held their place. Back in action, are they in 6th at the end of the night?
- Can John Tavares go a game without scoring against the Flyers?
- Biron has been a sieve against us all year. Does that continue tonight?
- 16th straight?
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We were inactive for three days, and no one jumped us in points. We didn’t gain points, and we didn’t lose ground in GP, but they didn’t gain points, and DID lose ground in GP.
by orangeandblack20 on Apr 1, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
i think you meant to say “there” place not “third” place (or perhaps you meant to say “sixth” place since that is where we have been for the past 3 days)
by edesjardins37 on Apr 1, 2010 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Third in Atlantic probably.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Hartnell – Richards – Carcillo
Isn’t Carbomb suspended?
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Yes.
The actual lines are:
Hartnell-Richards-Giroux
Gagne-Briere-Leino
JVR-Powe-Asham
Cote-Betts-Laperierre
Thanks, Travis loves copying and pasting without actually, you know, remembering.
It’s fixed, BTW
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Beware the crappy team…
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by Bettman's Nightmare on Apr 1, 2010 6:44 PM EDT reply actions
Please don’t let Boosh suck tonight……… Crosses fingers.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Am I the only one that thinks the lighting in Nassau Coliseum is dark and dreary? I’ve always felt it to be that way.
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Morganti said that on Pre-Game Live. Says he hates traveling to Long Island
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently so do the fans. It’s empty in there.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:15 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It’s dump. I’ve seen games there a few times. Small, poorly lit and shabby. But they have the same nostalgia fetish the Flyers have. Can’t win now? Live in the past!
"In fact, it is probably safe to say, the statement "I am a hockey fan" is the same as "I hate gary bettman."- bfrank27
Yep, it’s a pretty terrible building. The seats don’t even come to the boards behind the nets. Big five-ten foot gap.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly! Preach it Geoff!
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Streams
Slow night for online streams, come on TV Tuner folks, get your game face on.
http://www.ndsportstalk.com/nd1.php (Web SOP)
Well we are off to a wonderful start.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah, so were all the ones the Flyers had waved off this year. I am not saying it was not a legit goal, but for once can’t we get a break? Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?
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Sorry but I just don’t understand when you have tough guys like laperriere and asham why cote is in the lineup he offers nothing but fists. Why not call up Legein or Matsumoto or Maroon.
The Flyers would be better bringing Colin Forbes back from Germany and re-signing him than inserting Cote into the lineup.
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New Rule: All Flyers opponents must now wear Devils Uniforms so the Flyers remember how to play hockey.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
We look like the fucking keystone cops out there.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:25 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Indeed. He turned the trick down 5-1 vs the Hurricanes in the 3rd. Plenty of time.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
And everyone wonders why Boucher’s numbers are terrible. He had one bad game against Minnesota, but every other time he plays, this is what happens.
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Amen brother, amen.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions
You see what happens Larry, when you put Boucher behind the pipes?
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by jello44 on Apr 1, 2010 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
It’s really still 1-0, APRIL FOOLS!
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Another fluke goal of Krajicek bar’s skate. A 2 on 1 where Pronger and Carle got beat, no chance for Boosh. And as you would guess a timeout by Laviolette.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
What would you do for a Krajicek bar?
All you have to do is visit the Broad Street Hockey store and buy one.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Did we decide on which color to use?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Must we pick one?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Nope. Do you want me to send you guys the final art in both variations and let the public choose?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, but we can’t just leave it an option in the store? We must pick?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
You’d have to ask Travis that. I don’t see why not though.
(I think I meant what you meant, I’d send you the art that gets printed for both a black and orange shirt and then upload it as an option or do whatever it is you do on that site.)
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, yeah that’s definitely a question for Travis. And yeah, that’s what I meant: Have both able to be sold on demand.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure sure. Makes sense. You just wanted me to move the name up so the phantom hyphen isn’t there, right?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that hyphen (that I didn’t even see) needs to go, after that, the Krajicek bar should be finished.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Done and done. I’ll do that between periods. Did we decide on a boosh one? or OMGagne?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought we decided on the top OMGAGNE
Boosh, I don’t think we came to a consensus. But that’s mainly because Travis hasn’t voiced his opinion yet.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok good, I like that top OMGAGNE.
Boosh I could go either way on i like the top and bottom ones. Travis said he liked the bottom.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
did you get that from the idea comment section, because I know I posted that there. If ou use it I demand a free shirt.
jk
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
We’re definitely using it. The design is finalized, only needs a minor fix. It should be up soon.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
This early 3-0 deficit to the Islanders has to be because Laviolette got his haircut. No other possible explanation.
The black uniforms.
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by Justin F. on Apr 1, 2010 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
The black jerseys. Holy shit, why do we even play with them anymore? Just use the Winter Classic ones.
There has to be some deal between the Flyers and Islanders, this is like the third time we’ve worn them against NYI this year.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I think maybe we should go with those sweet powder blue and navy jerseys that Modell’s sold in the 90s. Nothing says flyers hockey like powder blue?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, oh man. Those things were hideous.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Confession time. I actually wanted one of those but my uncles berated me incessantly until i saw the error of my ways. Happy they did now. In retrospect they were, in fact, hideous.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, I had one of those Starter Pull-overs, and it had Blue instead of White. To this day, I still don’t know why it was blue. I think maybe my mom got it from Forman Mill’s, that’s the only explanation.
Oh, This is bound to be good
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Haha. It’s like those MLB caps that have like bright green on black for the Phillies P…ftw?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s a “fashion cap”. You’re just not cool enough to find them fashionable.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m also not wealthy enough to spend 45 bucks on caps that aren’t my teams colors. Have you seen the new Mitchell & Ness caps that are upside-down logos? That’s just ridiculous.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
heck just recall the whole phantoms team on emergency basis and scratch the whole flyers lineup cuz obviously they don’t belong in the nhl right now…
But the Phantoms can’t even make the AHL playoffs, so if the Phantoms don’t belong in the AHL, why would they belong in the NHL?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Now you’re talkin.
All this “young goalie” talk has largely avoided either of the Bears’ goalies, which is a damn shame. Gimme Neuvirth or Holtby.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate the Bears on principle. Nothing but Bears fans in at work.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions
still, there’s no denying they’re good. Gimme Carlson, Alzner, Holtby, and Neuvirth. I’ll trade Marshall, Bourdon, De Serres, and Backlund straight up.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:45 PM EDT up reply actions
So do I, but Carlson (I’m definitely not spelling that right) is probably better, although they do different things.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, agreed. I have become a default Bears fan b/c a) i have to be or face ridicule and 2) the phantoms were ripped away from me.
Also Beaker brought in the Calder Cup to our work and we all got our pictures taken with it. Pretty cool. Also, heavy.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I have worn the Calder Cup ring and drank out of the Calder Cup.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 8:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Here’s the ring on my tiny fingers.
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by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 8:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That would be fine with me. I wouldn’t have to drive as far for games. I am only 25 minutes from Hershey.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:41 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
That’s too funny. I live in Northern York County and work in Harrisburg.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:47 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I’m in Lebanon, work in Quentin. if you guys play, I just found out about a pretty cool rink in Cornwall, apparently there’s weekly pick-up games.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Cool.
I am one of those State Employees that’s constantly getting screwed by the current Gov.
And I agree. The Bears fans at work are annoying as hell. They are Bears fans and then as soon as the Caps started winning they are all of a sudden Caps fans and act like they have been for years.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:53 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I work for PennDOT
I would make a regular joke, but after seeing your hand, the joke is proven fact: You don’t work for PennDOT. PennDOT doesn’t work. Unless you’re the one guy out of 6 who have to actually do something at any given time.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I sit behind a computer at a desk. And if you value your drivers license be careful. ;)
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 9:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
oh, you work for the DMV?!?!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
But seriously, I need to get my license renewed. Don’t eff me over, okay?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I mean to say, only if you ask me nice. Lol
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 9:34 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yeah when a lot of them were Avs fans only a couple years ago cause they were decent.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here. But I hate the GIANT center…that place is a death trap if you think about it, god forbid anything ever happen in that arena.
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah i know just joking about it. but they definitely should have players in the lineup from adirondack. Cote in and yet we have Maroon, Matsumoto, and Legein all deserving of a call up and a shot it just doesn’t make sense to me is all.
Oh, that I agree. Situations like this, where you have forewarning that you need Cote to play two games is the perfect opportunity to call somebody up. Cote should only play in games where there isn’t time to call somebody up.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
So whats the deal with Popov? Is he coming over next year and if he is is he going to bhave a shot at the flyers lineup or more then likely the phantoms?
I admittedly don’t know much about Popov, except that he’s come on as of late. I believe euroflyers said he agreed in principle to a deal for next year, but I could be mistaken. If it’s true, it’s in a Fly By from the past two weeks.
If he comes over, he has a good chance to win a spot – meaning better than Testwuide, Rinaldo, Wellwood, etc. – but it’s unlikely. I expect him to start for the Phantoms first.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Some good news right now: Caps are beating Atlanta 1-0.
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better news….the Flyers found their balls during intermission and will come out playing in the 2nd period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWH0BHS0m04
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
yeah
some names are like that: how about Jussi Rynnas?
Where is Gordon Bombay when you need him. We are afterall the Mighty Sucks.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 7:58 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I thought the meme was that we were/are District 5
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
hey i just got in how’d the first period go?
……..
who the f$%k is blake comeau?
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Well I am going to go do something productive. Good night everybody.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 1, 2010 8:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Jesus I just got home.
Sorry about the mistakes in the game thread. Clearly the Flyers have been channeling my suckitude.
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Boucher blows… I’ll let him slide on the first two, maybe even the third, but this fourth one was just disgusting.
Ever try playing goalie for a team that just doesn’t play in front of you and all the bounces go against you? It’s really hard to stay in the game mentally when there’s just crap coming at you all the time.
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Did anyone else hear the 1st intermission interview w/ Boosh on the radio show?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
But he was very careful to try not to call anybody out even as they kept asking him about how “circumstances haven’t helped his record” and how they haven’t given him goal support….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Kimmo he is not.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
He is a nice guy. I met him back in 99/00 very cool guy. Him and Bundy were cracking jokes all the time. Very funny.
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you saying he’s the smelly kid in class?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Can we please try this novel concept of shooting the puck on the PP? Thanks!
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Worked late tonight. Just got home what did I miss?
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
good luck. Half the team has NTCs, the other half includes Giroux, JVR, Carter, and free agents.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, sorry. The team has 11 forwards and 4 defenseman signed for next year. The only “turnover” on the roster will come through trades. And nobody wants to give up Betts, Lappy, JVR, Giroux, or Carter. Pretty much everyone else is a FA (Powe, Carcillo, Asham) or has a NTC (Hartnell, Briere, Gagne, Richards).
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Richard’s NMC doesn’t start til 2012, I thought?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Not sure, I thought it started next year, but I’ve had a good amount of wine.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought it was Pronger who had one start next year? Oy
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Does he have one in the new contract? I know the new contract kicks in next year (with a lower cap hit), but I have no idea about a NTC.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought maybe he did, but now I’m not sure. Richie’s is 2012 though, just checked.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Its time to give Duchesne a chance. When nothings going right its time to throw a change. Putting a rookie in gives him a chance to play and tells your team that they need to step up for a young goalie because obviously they don’t want to play in front of Boucher which is to bad because he has done nothing to deserve it.
I’m curious, does anyone know who our “Emergency Backup” is, say that Boucher and Duchene both happen to get injured?
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
They have to put a roster player in. I think that’s what we found the other night.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Utterly embarrasing. Anyone who thinks this team has any qualities of being rough and tough haven’t watched this team in 20 years.
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:24 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Hey, the assholes scored.
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How many assholes do we have on this ship anyhow?
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Good question.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
You better tell the fiancé to get in the other room fast cause it ain’t pretty.
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Haha…. He is in the other room already, he watched the beginning while I was still at work and turned it off at 3-0.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
If you are going to stay with this dibacle(?) he better grab a blanket and a pillow because it gonna be a long night.
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Seriously, I don’t scream at the TV much anymore, I just type it all here (and it comes out in much nicer language, which is funny). I never turn the game off, unfortunately… I wouldn’t even let him drag me out of the Wach the night of the horrendous Capitals loss in December. I don’t know why I subject myself to it, but I’m just as bad with baseball too.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, I turned it off there too!
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
shit atlanta just scored
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
Me too!!
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t wanna know where that analegy came from, but I would say cats playing with food is far more exciting then this. This is more like, watching paint dry, only to see some asshole throw more paint on making you watch even longer.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Think Richie will have anything exciting to say in the post-game interview? Other than “it’s frustrating, and has to be addressed”? Maybe they’ll get it figured out over 18 holes in a couple of weeks..
Just a question, no anger in this at all: Did you read Sam Donnellon’s article that was in the Fly By a couple days ago? It sums up what I have been saying about him nicely.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
so its everyone’s fault but his that he hasn’t had a point in the last 6 games and can’t motivate his guys to play a full 60 minutes?
so its everyone’s fault but his that he hasn’t had a point in the last 6 games
No, that’s his fault. But if you read another Flyers blog, they would argue that fact.
and can’t motivate his guys to play a full 60 minutes?
Why is that his job? If you’re in the NHL, you should motivate yourself. But he called a meeting after Saturday’s loss, and got his team to play great on Sunday. What do you want out of him?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I wasn’t implying so much that it rests solely on his shoulders, but as the captain, he’s always interviewed, so I get angry at him almost every post-game. And, he never says anything different. And, he never shows any emotion.
When I hear him say that we just have to move on, I want to explode. I know you can’t dwell on a loss, but really, you could lose every game, and say that same thing….“well, we’ve lost 27 in a row, but we can’t dwell on this, we have to get ready for tomorrow.” Bullshit.
Which is exactly why it shouldn’t bother you. Who cares what he says to the media?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 2, 2010 10:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m not going to try to ass-fuck him just because one game they announced he motivated the team. Do it every fucking game. I need to hear, as a fan, that the guys are pissed off that they can’t get this shit together. When he’s talking to the media, he’s addressing the fans as well, in my mind, and it’s just shit coming out of his mouth….sorry for the language
No worries about the language. I just don’t understand why this town needs angry leaders. The last angry leader this town saw got run out of town (Larry Bowa). Who’s the leader of the Phillies now? Chase Utley, maybe? He’s a lot like Richards. Is it J-Roll? He’s busy running his mouth and crackin jokes. I have no idea why people need Mike Richards to be pissed when talking to the media.
Former Flyer Captains: Jason Smith (quiet, unassuming); Forsberg (quiet), Primeau (not exactly what you’re clamoring for now), and Eric Desjardins. The only guy in that list who fits the descriptions you listed was Derian Hatcher… 4 years before he came to Philly.
This town just goes after somebody they think deserves blame. Irrationally. Boucher, Richards, McNabb, Burrell, Rolen, etc.
You want someone to be pissed off cause you’re pissed off. Good. But you can’t judge whether they are pissed off or not just by how they talk to the media. You think Lappy and Betts aren’t pissed? You can tell Lavy is pissed just watching the bench during games. Pronger is pissed based on his in game tussles. People are pissed, why do you need one particular guy to show his anger to Panotch, SanFilippo, Carchidi, and Seravalli? I’d rather MANY guys show their anger to each other.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 2, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Who’s the leader of the Phillies now? Chase Utley, maybe? He’s a lot like Richards. Is it J-Roll? He’s busy running his mouth and crackin jokes. I have no idea why people need Mike Richards to be pissed when talking to the media.
Obvious difference: the Phillies win. People don’t care how the team operates if they’re winning. When they aren’t we’ll look for any reason why they aren’t, whether it’s Richards and Carter partying or bad leadership or whatever, regardless of how much it actually does or doesn’t effect the team.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, but that’s exactly my point. That doesn’t mean Carter is an alcoholic or Richards is a terrible captain, it means they’re losing and the fans are just looking “for any reason why they aren’t” winning.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 3, 2010 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions
Oh, and Rolen sucks.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, I get that all the time. I apologize.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 3, 2010 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
So, you know those jerks that park over two parking spaces at the mall? Alex Ovechkin is one of them.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/04/alex_ovechkins_ride_to_practic.html
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well in russia, car parks ahidontcareanymore
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Sweet Ride, though I’d prefer one of these:
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
That doesn’t look intentional though. That looks like a woman trying to park a car.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, no offense meant to any ladies in here who can drive. Most of you can’t. I apologize for this being fact. Just like your brains being a third the size of ours. It’s science.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
You got your reply up just before I hit post on a reply telling you I was offended there, Geoff….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, good. But I could go on and on about bad drivers. Just know an Asian woman behind the wheel is my worst nightmare, and I’m not apologizing for that one.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Was driving home today and turned a corner to find a car in the middle of the road. No lie it was 3 asian women of older age and the driver was putting on make-up. I just said “Really?! You have to be every stereotype at once?! Really!?”
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, that made me laugh out loud. Then I had to tell my gf the story, and she stared at me like I’m dumb. You made me laugh at least.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, you’re lucky in that we’ve already established that I’m Italian….
But seriously, I know a lot of terrible male drivers. it definitely goes both ways.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions
It certainly does. But I love stereotypes.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m getting real tempted to head over and bitch at them during the open practice Saturday morning
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Do it and tape it!
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, so that’s what’s wrong with the team! This is the first day the Flyers’ site has the cover page about playoff ticket presales before you can get to the main page…. our own PR department jinxed them.
If I was Travis or geoff I would get the post game done now. Maybe fill in the final score later. But there is no reason to stay up Amy later than you have to tonight.
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:48 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Unfortunately
We’ll still probably end the night in sixth.
Who the hell is Amy later? Damn I phone doesn’t spell check it just changes the words for you
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by MJDII on Apr 1, 2010 8:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I turned that feature off on my ipod touch after about 5 minutes
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I stopped watching after the first. This one is all Travis. Hahahahahaha
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
So you’re just reading the comments and laughing at our pain, without even having the game on in the background?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, yup. I got my gf addicted to Lost, but I’ve been drinking wine and I got distracted during the first season.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH FUCK YOU
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
:)
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
lol, I watched the miserable first period that you just happened to miss. Since I stopped watching, the game is 2-2. I’m bad luck, obviously.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
if we finish sixth who do play I haven’t kept close tabs on much other then the flyers and who they are trying to stay ahead of?
We’d play #3 which would be PItt or NJ, whoever would win division, or Buffalo
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
is it me or is richards just forcing the majority of his passes this year?
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Holy crap, Duchesne.
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Tell me this is not the same Jeremy Duchesne who gave up a center-ice goal yesterday?
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I’ll spare you from that knowledge.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel bad for the guys who show up every night and do their part only to be part of a team like this.
cripes it really does look like the generals were due
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Let me get this straight, you took all the money you made from the Clown College and bet AGAINST the Harlem Globetrotters?
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
I’m saying no b/c Boosh went to the locker room….presumably to booby trap JD’s locker.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Really Giroux? Backhand forehand? Where’s the dangles sir?! Where’s the GIROUXMYGOD moves?!
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unfoutintly, giroux suffers from what I like to call “richi-itas”. A condition for when a player only shows up when he wants to show up. It’s spreding like wild fire throughout the locker room. Please, lets all pitch in and find a cure.
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"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
I think Giroux learned Richie-itis over the course of the season, he didn’t start with it…. as I mentioned the other day, I think he was giving some of the best effort of the whole team on the west coast road trip from hell back in November.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions
JVR! moral victories!
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JVR is like France…shows up after the battle is over.
by EREX21 on Apr 1, 2010 9:07 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Nice. You get a rec for that.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Aww Biron and Briere… Reunited and it feels so goood! Reunited and its understoood!
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That was a weird sequence of events…. I kinda expected them to stop play with Briere caught in the middle of that tug-of-war there
Did it look to you like Danny B tried to kick the Isles D-man in the tenders?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Well call up a Phantom, he’ll get 2 games. Repeat offender.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
What do you get when Briere takes the falls?
You get to shove him and get kicked in the balls.
Oompa Loompa dopity dee, there is no respite when you root for Philly.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone else cringe and vomit a little bit when Coatsey mentions multiples in front of the net? Did anyone tell him that’s not a good choice of words?
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You say that like we don’t cringe several times a night at something Coatsey says
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Maybe Carter can smack one in on the faceoff here. Oh, wait.
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wow jonesy really knows how to shine a turd, eh?
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well he does work for VS two nights a week.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
DOOOOOOSH
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“They can win this hockey game.” – Steve Coates
Hope springs eternal.
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I’m with coatsey
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh sure they can and monkeys will fill out of my butt.
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Hey what you do on your personal time is no one’s business but your own.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
The rhyming is of similar skill level to elementary school.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions
A LYRICAL GENIUS!
.. I hate Limp Bisquick.
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Shut the fuck up / And back the fuck up / Before we fuck this track upWhat rhymes with up? I got it! Up!
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haha, Jon Sim
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shame that other kid-goalie had a test tomorrow
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He still only got 1 game he got to play total. We’d have to pull up another one on a tryout contract.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, if that’s not a goal… I don’t even know anymore.
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Gagne’s telling Briere don’t hold your breath! – Jonesey, he gets my honorary comment of the night.
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2 points for Jonesy on that comment, but thank goodness they counted it
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, cool
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Wow… it was counted.
They probably figured “Well, we fucked them many times before and they don’t need it, let’s just give em this one.”
Oh, This is bound to be good
You can't, but you thought that You could
Either that or they hate the Islanders just as much as they hate us
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s face it. If you can’t put at least 7 in, you’re not winning very many hockey games. This one is on the offensive.
Yeah really, and even after the defense blocked that extra point for the Isles.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, tomorrow is huge.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, two goals in a minute?
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You know when they scored that third one I thought to myself, “There’s just enough time to get my hopes up again” Lo and behold.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Mhm. Game over.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah. I would be surprised if it was any other team at how I thought we played with less effort after we pulled the goalie than we did at 5 on 5, it seemed odd… but with this team surprised isn’t applicable.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup Darrol Powe with a weird goal to make the score…. respectable?
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, we lost by two fluke goals.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Unless it’s Gagne vs. Pittsburgh
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
and goals 3 and 6 were terrible defense
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions
guess what a fucking goalie has to make a save at some point did Boosh make any good saves not ridiculious saves but a good save on a breakdown NOPE
Biron made about 6 there are goals scored in hockey where yes you can’t blame the goalie but a NHL goalie can make a good save Boosh DID NOT
I won’t even get into the timing either and how bad goal 4 killed the momentum to start the 2nd period.
How much more fukcing depressing is this
that we’re in April and lose to the ISLES of all teams like this?? WTF???? This team is such a disgrace! I’m not abandoning my team but I’m so sick of this shit. This team is beyond bad…it’s pathetic. We don’t deserve to be in the playoffs- that’s for teams that actually give a shit.
So who starts tomorrow night against Montreal, Boucher or Duchesne or do we have another call up to tap on the shoulder?
Riopel doesn’t have a contract. Nobody but those three is playoff eligible at all (if we even get there)
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Not too sure about that, the way this team, this town and this site hate Boosh I could see Lavi riding Backlund if he comes back.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Even if that’s the case, we still need Backlund to come back. I haven’t heard anything making that any sort of guarantee…..
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Same could be said about Boosh, too, right? But the team doesn’t help him, it’s flat out ridiculous. If they gave him support, he might give up 1 bad goal instead of 3. I’m not saying the guy is perfect, because he’s not, but the team refusing to help him out is just appalling.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally agree when your top goalies are out your team has to make it as easy on the next guy as possible
we were playing catch up the whole game after those fluky goals not Boucher’s fault the Islanders are going to get a scoring chance here and there as we press and pinch to get back in the game you goalie has to give you and opportunity to come back not let in retarded soft goals that a pee-wee goalie could stop
You can’t count on that, and to bring up anybody at this point who isn’t playoff eligible is silly. Where does it get us, really?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
We don’t have another call up, our only options are like, one day amateur tryout contracts once we get deeper than Boucher, Duschene, and Backlund. There’s nobody left that’s eligible.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Any of those guys can come up for one game on a tryout contract, but that’s it. They dress one time, then whether they play or not they’re done.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 9:53 PM EDT up reply actions
How can you forget about Michael-Lee Teslak?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Is he playoff eligible? I didn’t think he was on the 50 man roster at the right time. I’m willing to be wrong, I thought he wasn’t there on the trade deadline.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Just checked capgeek and it looks like he’s good. My mistake Geoff, I really thought he wasn’t on there last time I checked.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s entry level. For some reason I thought it was an AHL deal but like I said, it was my mistake.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks…. I had to memorize the rulebook and the CBA, I guess I ran out of room for the 50 man roster :)
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Is Michael Leighton eligible to return to the team when he recovers from his injury (assuming the Flyers are magically still around at the time) or is he done no matter when he is 100% and we are stuck with Boosh, Doosh, Backlund, and Teslak?
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If he returns, he can play in the post season. At least that’s my understanding.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep, Leighton would be. But I don’t have the confidence that he’ll be back.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Boucher wasn’t good but the problems go way beyond that its just easier to lay the blame on him then on the whole roster.
by ryanitus on Apr 1, 2010 9:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Boucher did not help or improve matters, but this loss is not and should not be on him. He had to deal with some nasty bounces and deflections.
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Right, if you look back at the thread when that last goal he gave up happend I said “there’s no way i can defend you there, boosh” I’m not saying he’s playing perfectly but you just don’t blame him only.
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
how can you think about Defending him after that game he had a 0.790 SV PCT I don’t care about bad defensive plays you guys blasted Leighton for letting in bad goals in games we got shutout in and Boosh didn’t make one save where he had to actually move
This is what I mean your blaming it all on Boucher but the defense is as much at fault for allowing those chances to reach him.
what chances goals 4 and 5 we routine plays no defense is going to give up zero chances in a game especially when they are pressing trying to even the game up down 3 goals
then in the Minnesota game when we back off and try to go into a shell to protect our goalie who can’t make a save he still gets beat 3 times on the 6 shots we gave up in the 3rd period
But blaming him for goals 4 and 5 is exactly the problem. After 3 goals go in, who cares at that point?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I care because there is time to come back and a lot of hockey to play we did score 4 goals and it is the Islanders, Geoff he has to make a save a good save on a legitmate scoring chance especially late in a game when we are controlling the play I can’t believe you guys are defending Boosh here
wait? we were controlling play, was that after the isles made it a 3 goal or 4 goal lead? we were never controlling play. they had our nuts in a vice from the start in this game.
We’re even, because I can’t believe you’re attacking him and not everybody else too.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Not trying to attack him just stating my point when you are losing by 3 goals or more you aren’t controlling the play. The Isles were sitting just buying time knowing the win was pretty much in the bag unless they played stupid.
My comment was a direct response to chrislanci’s comment of " I can’t believe you guys are defending Boosh here", not to you. Sorry if that wasn’t clear enough.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Totally cool, these things get hard to follow… I definitely make serious use of the “up” button myself.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Ignoring what everybody else said, this:
he has to make a save a good save on a legitmate scoring chance
would be true if the team showed up. But when the team quits on you (AGAIN!) can you seriously fault him for not making a save on the Islanders 5th goal? He has absolutely no support. He’s down 3-0 again, and you’re blaming HIM for the Islanders converting on a scoring chance for their 5th goal? Seriously. This is like Mario blaming JVR for not being in position while the other team scores a 3-on-1 after Hartnell made a turnover and Coburn took himself out of the play.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
MarioD style here it is
you’re blaming HIM for the Islanders converting on a scoring chance for their 5th goal
I don’t think that weak wrist shot from Hunter from outside the dots qualifies as a scoring chance.
would be true if the team showed up. But when the team quits on you (AGAIN!)
down 3 goals after 7:42 minutes I don’t think the team had team to quit on the goalie
quits on you (AGAIN!)
that is like what came first the chicken or the egg did the team quit 1st then the goalie shit the bed or did the goalie shit the bed then the team quit it goes both ways
This is like Mario blaming JVR for not being in position while the other team scores a 3-on-1 after Hartnell made a turnover and Coburn took himself out of the play.
Leighton would have made that save.
Sorry dude, you’re not quite as skilled of a debater as Mario is. I don’t often agree with him, but he’s got plenty of practice at the arguing part.
My responses to what you said would just repeat everything said in other comments, so I’m not going to repost it all.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Id say the team quit those first two goals boucher had very little chance on, especially the second the first was tough thats the type of save that looks good if its made but horrible when missed
Annnnd continue the theme:
down 3 goals after 7:42 minutes I don’t think the team had [time] to quit on the goalie
The point is that they already did. They “quit” by not showing up in the first 7:42.
that is like what came first the chicken or the egg did the team quit 1st then the goalie shit the bed or did the goalie shit the bed then the team quit it goes both ways
Not tonight, it’s pretty obvious the team quit first.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Going into every game knowing that it’s you agains the entire other team is not easy, man. They just showed a replay of a 48 second shift where the flyers never even touched the puck in the defensive zone. 2 on 1s, losing the battles, not playing well at all, it’s really hard to be the backstop for all of that, let alone having bounces that are beyond all control ALWAYS going against you. It’s a shit situation and if you’ve never been there then you don’t know.
"Good night. Good hockey."
by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, Leighton had help and Boosh didn’t. Leighton played on a six-man team out there and Boosh has maybe 1 or 2 guys actually trying on most nights. It’s apples and oranges when you look at the whole team. Neither goalie is perfect, but one has had much better circumstances.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t believe people are trying to pin blame. It’s on everybody.
Everybody.
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wheel of blame
I blame the offense when we score 1 or fewer
I blame the defense when the goalie has no chance and gives up 3
when the goalie lets in two horrendous goals and 5 goals to the Islanders I blame THE GOALIE
and when we play Pittsburg I blame the refs
it is an easy formula
and in the olympics we blame canada
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by KreiderDesigns on Apr 1, 2010 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
What’s so funny about that is that here in the regular season, some of us seem to be attacking our American players the most (JVR, Boucher). Only Carle seems to be escaping the stigma of being a US citizen on this team….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 1, 2010 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on, man. Comment of the night’s already been chosen…
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 1, 2010 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Ben hasn’t had comment of the night in a long time, IIRC.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I blame the defense when the goalie has no chance and gives up 3
when the goalie lets in two horrendous goals and 5 goals to the Islanders I blame THE GOALIE
Do you seriously not see that both of those happened? You can’t blame the goalie for giving up 5 while the defense left the goalie with no chance on 3.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah I do so I am smart not like everybody says but the bigger goals the back breaking goals that turned that game were goals 4 and 5 and they were on Boosh
Admittedly, I turned the game off after the third goal. So the “back breaking goals” for me were not on Boosh. Who’s to say what the “back breaking goals” are? For me, it was the team’s fault. For you, it was Boucher’s. For Boucher, it appears to have been the fact that he didn’t play bad for 20 minutes, and he was still down 3-0.
But here’s what I really don’t get: Boucher isn’t that good. Why are the expectations that he steal them games? I never understand that. It’s not his job to keep a 3-0 game a 3-0 game. It’s his job to make the routine saves. Just like it was Leighton’s. Boucher is a career NHL backup and people (not just you, Chris) are expecting him to play like effing MAF now that it’s “crunchtime”. Any other team – Picture Brent Johnson in PIT, Lalime in BUF, Dannis in NJ – would realize their backups are not their starters. Boucher is THIRD STRING. The team needs to realize that not count on him to stand on his head and keep them down only three goals. That’s not fair to him.
Broad Street Hockey - Makin' it look mean since 1967.
by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
I think people are putting a heavy load on Boucher because of how hot he got 10 years ago during crunchtime and the playoffs and how he was able to steal some games for them. But that was 10 years ago and you are right, he is not MAF or Marty Brodeur in better years. Boosh is a career back-up who every now and again hits a hot streak. He’s by no stretch of the imagination the worst goalie in the world, but people who expect him to step up and steal game after game are expecting too much. Did he give up a pair of soft goals in the latter stages of the game that should have been routine saves? Yeah, he did, but those goals made it 4-0 and 5-1, respectively and at which point, who really gives a shit? It is only getting notoriety now because the Flyers got a pair of garbage time goals to make the score more respectable.
If he can make the routine saves while not giving up soft goals when the games are close and/or the Flyers lead, he would have done a good job. But you really can’t fault him that much when his only 2 bad goals were both goals that made it a 4-goal Islanders lead. I mean really, at that point, who cares?
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Exactly. Blaming him after the Minnesota game is fine (I still gave a weak defense of him), but this one… really? And no one praises him after the 2-0 loss to Ottawa. He’s becoming the scapegoat, and I hope he requests a trade at the end of the season.
Broad Street Hockey - Makin' it look mean since 1967.
by Geoff Detweiler on Apr 1, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Caron is next
Well Sebastien Caron is number 7. But c’mon thats it? He can’t play in the playoffs so obviously Boucher and Backlund will be the playoff pair. Unless Leighton makes a miraculous comeback.
Next season
I love free agency and trades and I can’t wait to see what the flyers look to do this summer, heres the hoping they can trade for or tender a contract to a RFA like Halak or Pavelec, a young promising goalie who can be a future star. Halak has outplayed Price in Montreal all season not to mention playing well in one of the most demanding franchises in the league.
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