Bobrovsky, Flyers prevail in 4-3 shootout victory over Devils

Bob got it done tonight and so did the Phillies

It was good spending the game with you all again

Here are the videos for tonight’s fights: Matt Walker vs. Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond and Jody Shelley vs Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond.

man what a fantastic time. So worth the 10 or so bucks.

between studying…the phils…and andy reid’s “you think you know stupid Paul Holmgren? watch this!” move to start Vick, I missed this one. good to hear Bobs played well.

I know this question has been asked throughout the offseason, but are we really going to carry Walker’s salary?

that was a pretty exciting game to be at, but it had a pretty poor turn out (understandably). the building was really loud though even though it was half empty. i was pretty impressed with holmstrom, he laid out a huge body check and held his own out there, on the pk and everything. zherdev looks like a lot of fun too.

Zherdev – Mixed feelings. Flashes of brilliance at times, downright sluggishness at other times, but then again, so did everyone at times. Maybe it’s just preseason.

JVR – He’s fired up in a big time way. I think he feels with all the faces coming in, he has to make a mark and now. Thankfully, I think he can. I don’t think he’s going to have a fuck-off, crazy, breakout season… yet. I think this will be another year of growing and then with next offseason, he’ll come back a beast.

Guerin – Why isn’t he signed yet?

Giroux – Jesus crappin’ christ… this guy is sick. He’s all over the puck. If Zherdev proves to be whom he was before, what with the head not extricated from the ass, front line. Please.

Nodl – Did the Devil’s piss in his cheerios or something? He came out strong and pissed. I like that kind of fire.

Shelly – Meh, did not not really impress me for what we paid.

Coburn – See Nodl. It’s like Brodeur phoned Coburn before to let him know he just ate a double stack off Coburn’s mom, and he had to find someone to wreck. Somethings gotten into the man, and whatever demon’s possessed him? Leave it!

Bo…Bobov… Ohh what the hell ever his name is, showed some real promise.

lookin good

I wish I could have watched this game. Asinine NYC blackout for all NYC sports teams, even though the Devils aren’t even a NY team. Nor the Giants or Jets for that matter, but I digress. I understand in the regular season when they show the games on MSG or MSG+, but to blackout a preseason game that’s only being shown on NHL network? Grr. Thankfully I have you guys to keep me posted on what happened (and hopefully the 6 AM repeat I’m recording will not be blacked out as the midnight repeat is..)

So Zherdev looked good? All I get to see is his -3 in the box score but I imagine the goals weren’t all his fault. Good to hear about JVR looking strong, we have the depth to patiently let him grow up.

Alright, I haven’t turned into a Leighton apologist yet, but if his biggest problem is going to be rebound control, I might be able to deal. If the Flyers continue to field a strong defense, they should be able to swallow those rebounds up and limit scoring chances from them.

As far as Bob goes, obviously pretty strong, but I really want to see him in a full game of action where he has to deal with traffic in front and shots from different angles.

Bob on the job looked pretty good last night. And his quickness from post to post is just insane. I wonder what was going through his head as he went into the shoot out?

Leighton, looked pretty good as well.

It was nice to see Carter finding the net again and Giroux is just a beast on the ice.

Any news on when or if Boosh will be playing next game?

I’m torn. I know his development would be best in the AHL, but I also don’t want to see Nic and Backs stuck in the goalie jam without getting enough opportunity. The fact is that the only two guys I don’t really see much point in playing are the two guys who are probably going to be on the NHL roster (Leighton and Boucher). One of them has to go I believe, that way we can put Backlund/Bobrovsky in as the NHL backup and have the Bob/Backs-Nic tandem in the AHL.

Good first game. It was really good to see JVR in front of the net and not just getting pushed out of the way.

Game seemed to be pretty well officiated. You can tell they are working without a contract, those whistles were away for the most part.

Man, I wish I had been able to see it, but I was playing a concert last night. I’m psyched about Giroux, JVR, and Bob. If Bob makes the team, he’d be a great secret weapon pick in my fantasy draft this weekend…

Giroux looked like he was the only guy on the ice who knew about the speed burst button he looked extremely quick not fast but quick darting to the puck. Too bad he was playing the no hands team in Powe and Nodl as he wingers or that line could have put up big points.

Zherdev was a better passer than I expected and was noticeable he seems to have that ability to play without the puck more than I expected and get to dangerous spots with his stick on the ice. -3 for the game not good but still that line was threatening on much shifts.

O’Donnell was much faster and a much better puck handler than I expected. For whatever reason I expected a more pylon like Hatcher type D-Man and O’Donnell made lots nice subtle plays with the puck to stop the pressure and get out the zone.

Meszaros did not impress me in the D-Zone he seemed all over the place and made some turnovers that everyone pretty much said was his MO. He look a lot more comfortable on the attack and hopefully that translates well to the PP.

Powe played really well I usually bash the guy but he looked better.

Bartulis looked physically over-matched.

Danny B. looked like his chippy self and that was one hell of a shot to get the tying goal.

Leighton look so so rebounds and such like usual.

BOB looked really fast with a quick glove hand but he played a little too deep in his net for comfort.

If the officials got paid for that game someone call the cops because they were stealing money they didn’t call anything and they didn’t even bother breaking up fights.