Game 78, Preview and Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers
by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 6:39 PM EDT
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#7 Montreal Canadiens (37-32-8, 82 pts) at #6 Philadelphia Flyers (38-33-6, 82 pts)
Wachovia Center - 7:00 PM ET - Philadelphia, PA
TV: CSN Philly HD, TSN HD, RDS HD
Radio: 610 WIP, XM 205
This is the open game thread.
Get the Montreal perspective at Habs Eyes On The Prize
This is the biggest game of the year to date. Tied with Montreal at 82 points and teetering on the brink of missing the playoffs, the Flyers absolutely need a win tonight against Montreal.
The orange and black are struggling mightily, as evidenced by last night's outcome and the necessity of signing Sebastien Caron, but if there's one thing to take solace in right now, it's that the other teams in the playoff race are struggling just as much. Montreal is one of those teams.
The bleu, blanc et rouge haven't played much over the last week or so, but they've lost each of their last two games, including one to the lowly Hurricanes. They have injuries, they lack confidence, and they have a minor goaltending controversy. Sound familiar?
Peter Laviolette will start Brian Boucher tonight, and he's going to sit Riley Cote. Things are tough for Riles these days -- not playing, can't win a fight when he does play. Now, he's lost his forward position to a stay at home defenseman. Oskars Bartulis will play on the fourth-line wing tonight. Ryan Parent is back on defense.
Atlanta and Boston are idle tonight, but the Flyers can put a much needed four-point gap between themselves and the 9th-place Thrashers with a win tonight. A loss, and well, things get really dicey.
After the jump, lineups, questions to answer and our in-game thread.
Flyers Line Combinations
van Riemsdyk – Richards – Giroux
Gagne – Briere – Leino
Hartnell – Powe – Asham
Bartulis – Laperriere – Betts
Pronger - Carle
Timonen - Krajicek
Parent - Coburn
Montreal Line Combinations
Cammalleri - Plekanec - A. Kostitsyn
Pouliot - Gomez - Gionta
Moen - Moore - S. Kostitsyn
Bergeron - Lapierre - Pyatt
Markov - O`Byrne
Hamrlik - Spacek
Gill - Gorges
Starting Goaltenders
Questions to Answer
- Are the Flyers in 6th place at the end of the night?
- Do we see Sebastien Caron in goal at all tonight?
- How does Bartulis look as a forward (lol)?
- Briere has been successful against Montreal all year, including a hat trick last time out. Does that continue tonight?
- There were some fireworks between these two teams back before the Olympics. Any remnants now that the stakes are higher?
Join us for the conversation here tonight. LET'S GO FLYERS!
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I honestly thought that was an April Fools joke at first.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions
The bright side: seven defensemen in the lineup.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
How is that a bright side? haha I don’t think its gonna matter for Boucher one way or another.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Sure it will, but I was speaking more to the fact that there’s depth in case someone gets hurt and/or sucks
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair enough. I vote they just double shift one defensemen every shift and hope they don’t get scored on 6 time!
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Ya, I actually laughed painfully when I read that.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey good call on the shutout. Wrong goalie though.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Boucher Starting
Really? reaally. wow. Not such a good idea.
I played hockey yesterday and my skates werent sharpened so I slid all over the ice like an idiot. People said I looked like Boucher. After I got my skates sharpened they said I played better tthan Boucher. Sad
Streams
Damn, its in French! :(
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I am prob just gonna grab the radio stream and listen to Tim Saunders and Bundy.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
You know what to expect from Boucher-crap. The team plays bad with him in the net. They played waaay better after he got pulled. I’d take a chance on the other guy. Boucher=bad team chemistry
I agree to an extent, but Caron is an unknown and Boucher is a better goalie.
There’s a reason Boucher has an NHL deal and there’s a reason Caron was playing in Switzerland.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions
What ever happened to that dude who compared the Flyers to nazi germany? Is he still writing for montreal?
http://habsinsideout.com/boone
Yep.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s Philadelphia.
The Flyers need a W.
There will be blood.
Puck drops at 7:05ish, gloves at 7:07ish.
Looks like he still doesn’t care so much for the flyers
He’s from Montreal, therefore better than us.
/jerk-off motion
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Just like how New Yorkers are better than us, right?
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:12 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s time to unleash the Luftwaffe!!!!!!!!
by LegionofDoom on Apr 2, 2010 7:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Seriously…. if I were a goalie I’d be going all out.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
At least we’re not wearing black…
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FIVE MORE GAMES! wooooo
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s happening next season.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I could see it. They’re bi-polar like that.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Carchidi’s new at this…
http://twitter.com/BroadStBull/status/11505282481
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I’m sure you’re right, but Brett Myers disagrees.
http://www.kyw1060.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=968148
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahaha, fair enough.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:23 PM EDT up reply actions
They better. You know the team can’t motivate itself.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
something wrong with the corner on bouch;s right
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Ya, I saw that puck ricochet as it was sent around. That could be really dangerous if it pops out right in front of Bouch
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Next time someone says Boosh doesn’t make timely saves, I’m linking to this comment.
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I don’t think Mario is of the opinion that Boosh is the reason we suck.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:22 PM EDT up reply actions
carle got caught looking
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retracted-giroux didn’t tie him up
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Good call, yeah.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Richards needs to get rid of that puck, Carle needs to cover his man.
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That is obviously meant to be sarcastic
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
So many shots miss the net and turn into rushes the other way. So frustrating.
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Because I took it in high school and did poorly and now listening to it on TSN brings back those bad memories.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Why, of all the players on the Flyers, is Asham the one that gets a breakaway?
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 7:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Jesus, Asham waited til he was on top of Halak for that shot.
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Hell of a save, though.
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Nah, Halak flashed the leather a bit.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Insight from our favorite Montreal Canadien columnist:
1P 6:15: Flyers hit late after every whistle. God, I hate them.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
He gets paid for that crap.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
I feel like Hartnell’s “energy” is a disadvantage. He just skates around and doesn’t really do that much. He needs to cycle the puck with more of a purpose, if that makes sense.
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I picked the photo for the story on sbnation.com and made it Briere celebrating in front of a pissed-off Hab.
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coburn needs to shoot more. nice heavy shot and usually on target
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Can’t wait to see what Boone-y has to say about Hamrlik’s little princess move there.
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i really hope the refs let them keep playing like this. entirely enjoyable and the game just flows better.
all in all, not a bad first period. just gotta find a crack in halak somewhere. we are killing them in the corners.
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Yes sir. The NHL would be such a better product if they let them play like this all the time.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Boone disagrees with our assessment of the refs
1P 1:00: Refs think it’s 1972
You really can’t make this stuff up.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Haha, that’s awesome.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
And then there is this beauty.
1P 00:00: Of course they’re trying to turn it into a street fightNot sure if “they” is the Flyers or the refs, but regardless, it’s funny.
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
It’s just flat out wrong now. Almost feel pity.
Almost.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Well at least we are only down by one after one period of play.
by LegionofDoom on Apr 2, 2010 7:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Halak
Hope the flyers management is watching he’s the type of young goalie to build around and should be someone they go after he is a RFA but hey they gave up two firsts and a 25 goal scorer for pronger this seems much mote reasonable.
by ryanitus on Apr 2, 2010 7:50 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
petitions to start:
1) flyers never wear the blacks again
2) jackson has to regrow the stache
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Just got home a couple of minutes ago. I read everything above, and I just want to make sure I’m clear on what y’all said up there…. is the consensus that Boosh isn’t on the hook for that first goal?
nah-giroux kind of scrwed up
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Not in the least.
Puck carrier behind the net to Boosh’s right, unmarked so Boosh had to hug the post on that side.
He passed the puck across the front of the net to to opposite goalpost where aother unmarked man tapped it in.
Two goalies couldn’t have stopped that puck.
Yep, precisely.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Biggest problem: the unmarked man. There were about four Flyers within reach of him and he banged the puck home anyway.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Especially if lundqvist is on his game.
by ryanitus on Apr 2, 2010 8:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
They’re not really good at all, though.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions
But they play as a team, at least when they want to…. that’s enough to potentially take us down all by itself
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 8:12 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure the rangers fans are saying The sane thing about us after last night lol.
by ryanitus on Apr 2, 2010 8:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Well yeah, we’re not really a good team either.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
so what I miss?
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
boosh looking good.
halak just a smidge better
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So an otherwise boring game?
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Yep.
Kinda physical, that’s always fun.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Boucher hasn’t sucked at all. Neither had Bocher, for that matter.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Not even close.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
But hes a backup who has allowed one goal in half a game. I Hate how the fans blame Boosh for playig good, and I equally hate how the offense cant play in front of him
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
uh
did you even watch his performance last game
And the two that were both made the game a 4-goal game (4-0 and 5-1) at which point, who really gives a fuck.
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Yep. As Geoff said many, many times last night… you can’t blame him at that point.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I honestly feel bad for Boosh. He keeps getting the s**t end of the stick. Weather it be how horrendous the O plays in front of him, or that he gets hurt and Leighton gets monstrously hot.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
I agree. You can’t help but feel bad for him.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, you mean the game where everybody played like shit?
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
sooo
the next time i hear “HIGH AND WIDE!!!” when the flyers shoot the puck on an odd-man rush, im going to freak out.
I was actually thinking of making drinking game up fpr the remaining Flyers games….,,,every tinme we shoot at the goalies chest…shot. Evertime boucher makes a save…double shot!
I was going to make a drinking game for tonight….
Drink for every: goal against (twice if on the pp), odd man rush against, penalty against
Bartulis is going to break out with that golden scoring opportunity anytime now….
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
Well, it tells us how bad Cote really is when we decide to put a defender in his place on the wing.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Well, at least it is a defender who used to be a forward for a while… and Latvia did put him in as a forward on the PP, it’s not completely unheard of for him
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Anybody speak French?
http://25stanley.com/lang/fr/blogue-de-sport-a-philadelphie-the700level-broad-street-hockey.html
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Are you trying to figure out what it says, or just pointing out the link to us?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions
I was asking what it said but then I realized Google does everything.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
basically like if you wanna know what hes saying about your blog just that you’re 100% dedicated to the team and that you had a parady of the stanley cup commercial on there about lindros and wonder if he remembers it..
then says if you think montreal has a goalie controversy the flyers have a worse/different one like which goalie is worst basically.
thanks, haha
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
My French is fairly rudimentary, but the gist of it seemed favorable. Like “this is an interesting place to go”, not a nasty review of us. Someone with better French may correct me, but that’s what I got out of it.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 8:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, Halak just stoned us.
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I know Marrio will disagree, but that was a sweet shot by JVR, pretending to go high to shot it along the ice. Almost snuck by.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
“ALMOST” a word overused by Flyers fans and announcers as in "almost scored, “almost” got in, “almost” won, “almost” shot not at the goalies crest
Hey, irreverent negativity.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m hoping that goal the other night is giving JVR this boost.
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I jut think the mental/physical strain of a long season hit him. He’s playing more then double the amount then he ever played, plus he’s never traveled as much/as far. I feel he’ll be better next year, or at least, more consistent throughout the year.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
I totally agree. It’s a ridiculous season for someone his age.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Plus, the scheduling for the flyers this year was just awful.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Like all those times we had 5 days between games at the beginning?
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Man, we’ve owned the game for the last five minutes or so.
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Wow, what a dive on replay.
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He jumped. That one was clear as day. Didn’t see it the first time but you can tell from the alt. angle.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
rats. gotta go.
good luck tonight.
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later bud.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Phils on MLB.tv for free right now.
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And Chase just hit a bomb into the pen. Love it.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
20 minutes to score a goal or two? Can the Flyers do it? It’s fair to say that Boucher has done his job so far.
Even our friend thought there was some acting on the Gagne penalty.
2P 00:34: Way to sell it, Mike!
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Nothing friendly about this relationship, haha
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I think they look okay, just a question of getting one in the net.
Why couldn’t this be a game where we get to face the screen door on a submarine style of Carey Price?
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I’d go as far as saying they’ve controlled most of the game.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 8:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. This hasn’t been super painful.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 2, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
This is a totally yooge PP.
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gigantor!
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, that’s so frustrating.
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Man, that’s close.
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I jumped outta my seat and slowly lowered myself to the ground.
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Flyers wore themselves out with that long, awesome, fruitless possession.
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Who the hell wants to question the heart of the team right now? Seriously. Complete ownage for the last… 20 minutes?
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But why do they always need to hit rock bottom before they start playing with their full abilities.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Oh, no doubt. It’s not roses all the sudden, but I can’t stand when people say the team doesn’t care or they don’t have any heart. That’s just absolute bullshit.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Reimer’s a man on a mission tonight
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
JVR has been OMG tonight.
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Damn, Krajicek’s shot barely stayed in this time zone.
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Oh look – another shot missed the net
by SanDiegoScraps on Apr 2, 2010 9:12 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Now we’re imbeciles!
3P 15:38: Why are those imbeciles booing?
Proudly supporting a Flyers team with "no honor".
This from a fanbase that boos at our national anthem….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
krajicek
how many turnovers this game? 4? 5? leading directly to shots. boosh wasting a good game with this anemic offense. my head hurts.
Anemic offense? Are you watching? They’re all over the place. It’d be 9-1 if it weren’t for Halak.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Shots are 11-2 in the third, and yet I’m sure who is scoring next…
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Red Wings, calling it.
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
I see what you did there.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions
hahaha, oh man
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay, I go out for dinner and come back and the Flyers still suck. Consistency at its best!
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they’ve looked really good tonight actually
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
Seriously. This game could easily be 5-1 Flyers if not for Halak.
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Ya, I saw that rebound that popped up over Halak and almost into the net.
Of course, a game when the Flyers play well, Halack becomes Luongo!
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions
UGH.
That was the first real bad choke.
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This is a painful minute and half here
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
He saved us there, now we have to take advantage of it
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions
I wish they just played like shit tonight. It would be a lot easier to be mad about this loss.
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That was a great effort, but that last minute was pretty bad.
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The same thing kind of happened last night too…. We were moving really slowly after they pulled Duschesne at the end, there was no urgency with the empty net
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay, this is officially a “Poor Boosh” moment, and I seriously don’t think I’m being biased this time
He deserved better tonight.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Apr 2, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate getting shut out more than anything
by SanDiegoScraps on Apr 2, 2010 9:30 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Getting shut out at home against another team fighting for their playoff lives… Embarrasing.
by SanDiegoScraps on Apr 2, 2010 9:33 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
There was nothing embarrassing about that loss.
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Do tell….what was so embarrassing about that game?
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1-0 Montreal. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that we ran into a hot fucking goalie, I would buy the Flyers. I don’t fucking care. Put the fucking puck in the net.
Losing 1-0 to a good team with a good goalie is not embarrassing. Sometimes you can do everything you possibly can to put the puck in the net and the goalie just proves to be too much. Tonight was one of those nights.
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Sorry, I disagree. I’ve heard it too many times. Goalies steal games from us, blah, blah, blah….put the fucking puck in the net. If it was an anamoly, fine, I’d get over it, but it’s not. We make random goaliles look like Terry Sawchuk. We simply can’t score fucking goals.
But Jaroslav Halak is not a random goalie like Khudobin or Jeff Deslauriers. The guy can play the position. If the Flyers were anemic and not generating opportunities, then that’s one thing, but they were creating chances and taking shots this game, especially in the 3rd period, and Halak stoned all of them.
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Not to speak for sandiego but I think what he meant was tonight was a battle between two teams that are fighting for their lives and our team didn’t get it done. They weren’t embarassed on the ice as in the score but they didn’t get it done against what should be an inferior team. Should be?
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by MJDII on Apr 2, 2010 10:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
“Games like this are why you can’t say "its okay, its a long season" back in November.”
Or when the Flyers lose twice to the Thrashers in March
by Moonage Daydream on Apr 2, 2010 9:32 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
Great point!
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Travis!
I’m outing myself as the guy who suggested the Magic Number thing on the sidebar. For the love of God, man, take it down. I should have known better than to jinx us like that.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Will take it down ASAP!
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Forget star of the game, Halak was the star of the NHL tonight.
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In other news...
… the season is, in effect, over.
Hey Mario, you were right about a lot of things this year. Before next year, can you predict that we win the Stanley Cup please?
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dont feed the troll
TAKE THE FALL, ACT HURT, GET INDIGNANT
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Apr 2, 2010 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Are we still accepting moral victories at this point in the season
"Sugah n' rainbows"
"We will steal the show, jolly Rogers go, we are wolves of the sea."
They’re not going to help us now, but we need something to get us through the off season. Besides, the guys have to make their last impressions if Travis brings back the whole “Grading the Flyers” thing over the summer….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
haha, thats funny.
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by Mitchell Green on Apr 2, 2010 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
But… but…. your name! You ARE FLYERS!
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by Travis Hughes on Apr 2, 2010 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions
seriously….baseball is my primary sport….that’s 10,000 losses. Flyers faithful get some perspective…this team has been the gem of the city despite the Phillies success
as long as we see the organization jaslearned something about why not to mortgage the future of the organization by giving away draft picks, overpaying free agents and giving them NTCs/NMCs in their contracts, everyone should be back. it’s bad now, but not completely lost/over/done to the point of turning one’s back. (GULP…..i think, anyway.)
History repeating itself
For those of you who weren’t fans during the 1990-91 season, it was kind of like this. Second place at the trade deadline, out of the playoffs a month later.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Yeah, I remember the collapse, but not necessarily the numbers. That was the first year I was old enough for my parents to let me watch most of the games all the way through, so I was a little scarred by it.
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I know, my dad made sure I knew all about that stuff as a kid. Thankfully the Mets collapsed in a more epic fashion to take the stigma of the absolute worst collapse off their backs, now it’s just second worst….
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Much like this year’s team, they would have been one-and-done in the playoffs. But after the sting of 1989-90, I was counting on 1990-91 as a bounce-back year and they choked in the end. It sucked.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Coincidentally did it not come at the hands of the penguins?
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by MJDII on Apr 2, 2010 10:16 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
No wonder I couldn’t find Oskars out there tonight, he had less than 4 and a half minutes of ice time… I was looking for him to see how he was playing on the wing, but I never saw him
I remember him on the ice in the first period, but that’s about it.
"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."
I didn’t come in until a few minutes into the second, so I think I missed him completely. I half assumed that I was just looking down at the screen while he was out there for brief spurts, but he just wasn’t there
by DragonGirl0583 on Apr 2, 2010 9:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I am drained. I have not gotten up from my seat since that game ended.
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As much as they did play their hearts out tonight, they still lost and their playoff chances took a pretty big hit. It is just now starting to really hit me that we may really miss out on the playoffs this year. I think Clement is right; this race will come down to that home and home series between the Flyers and the Rangers to close out the year.
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I would like to make an extremely ridiculous comment. No to toot my own horn but halak and plechanek were offered around like day old bread. And yours truly was very interested.
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by MJDII on Apr 2, 2010 9:57 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
And yet, you never learned to spell one of their names right.
It’s “Plekanec.”
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Spelling ain’t my gig just evaluating talent. :-)
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by MJDII on Apr 2, 2010 10:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How cheap and self congratulatory was that. Not that this is any example of the true value of those players. But I had to throw it out there. Hahaha. I laugh at myself
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by MJDII on Apr 2, 2010 10:10 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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