Moooooves like Jagr: Talbot sings, top line scores in Flyers 5-1 victory
by Travis Hughes on Oct 29, 2011 10:17 PM EDT
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PrintPHILADELPHIA -- Hey, the Flyers won tonight. And for the most part, the issues of the last several games were completely nonexistant. Maybe that had something to do with the fact that they were playing a tired Carolina team that played in Raleigh less than 24 hours ago, but the Flyers were certainly the better team from start to finish tonight.
I'll blame Jaromir Jagr and Claude Giroux for that. Jagr scored two goals and Giroux had four points in the win, and that top line with Scott Hartnell was the only line to score at even strength for the Flyers on the night. Max Talbot added a shortie in there during the third period, but it was mostly the Jagr, Giroux and Hartnell show all night.
Brian Boucher was Booooooooooshed in his return to the WFC, and he kept the Canes in the game throughout the first two periods. In the third, though, Boucher basically fell apart along with his team as the Flyers rolled to the win. The back breaker could very well have been Max Talbot's shorthanded goal, on an assist from Giroux, which made it 3-1 with about 14 minutes left.
As for the much maligned defense, the Flyers looked decent in their own end tonight, but there's still a severe lack of anything that can be called organization below the circles and around the crease. It's just ugly, and if Carolina was on their game a bit more tonight, some more pucks may have scooted by Ilya Bryzgalov.
The goalie, for the record, played well tonight. Glad to see that after his little therapy session with the media on Thursday night. If not for Hartnell falling into him (so cliche, isn't it?) and allowing the lone Carolina goal, he would've had a shutout tonight. So close.
All in all, a nice win for a team that really, really, reaaaaaaaaalllllly needed one. Questions with answers and the comment of the night after the jump. Oh, and video of Jaromir Jagr's post-game interview, complete with Max Talbot singing Mooooooves Like Jagr....
Fast forward to about the 2:30 mark here to see Max Talbot sing Moves Like Jagr.
Questions with Answers
- Brian Boucher is in goal for the Canes. How's that? And speaking of goalies, how does Ilya Bryzgalov bounce back from his little therapy session the other night? Boosh was very good through two periods, but it all fell apart, both for him and his teammates, in the third. Talbot's SH goal was a back-breaker, and one Boosh should've had. Sounds familiar.
- The defense has been absolutely atrocious lately. All over the place, out of position, slow. How do they look tonight? It was better, but still not great in their own zone. Progress, though.
- And as a team, how is the defense? Does Laviolette make any lineup changes in an attempt to improve the team D? And can it be like... even a little bit better? Nodl was in, but it's tough to say if he would've been had Danny Briere not been injured. Overall it seemed much better, but Carolina also didn't play all that well save for a few short spurts.
- Hartnell and Jagr have been carrying the offense -- we're kind of ignoring most of the Winnipeg game, for the record, since it was so nuts, although even there, those two still played well in the offensive zone. Can we get some other contributions tonight? The top line did all the even-strength scoring. All of it.
- The Flyers should win the special teams battle tonight, but will it actually happen? Didn't have to kill many penalties. Just three. Scored a shortie, too, so that'll work.
Comment of the Night
You could put a moist towelette on a line with Giroux and Jagr, and it would still put up a three point night.
>> Snevik
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That’s my song of the moment kudos to whoever thought of that…
by sophiejo on Oct 29, 2011 10:20 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Well, that was highly enjoyable. But some scoring from people other than the top line might be necessary at some point.
this combination of ballet and murder ♥
Twittars!
briere will get into gear soon enough, i’d think. we know simmonds is good. just takes some time. i hope.
It's a new season, and I'm damned excited! ecnewman on flyersfaithful.com
Schenn, Scooter, Read. Common, we got plenty they just need to be managed better
Following Dan Carcillo where ever he may go
Giving up isn't an option
by Cillo stache on Oct 29, 2011 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Like a box of chocolates
You never know what you are gonna get with the Flyers (certainly so far this year).
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 10:29 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
IT’S IN THE COTN. YOU CANNOT AVOID IT.
"Simba needs to sharpen his claws" - Ilya Bryzgalov, on Scott Hartnell
Assistant Masthead Power Person on Down Goes Spezza as ItsAFez66
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun
Definition: Bad-assery on skates
by Chemistry66 on Oct 29, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Brain bleach.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 10:32 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
She knows.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 10:40 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Rather incredible how “moisturizer” is an okay word, but “moist” really is not.
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
For me, it’s really the sound combo. The word is just reprehensible. I don’t care for joist, either.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 10:55 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Hoist him on his own petard
Don’t foist this upon him
Has the account been invoist?
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 29, 2011 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s gotta suck for those architects when what they’re building gets wet, what with the moist joists and all.
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
Know what I said earlier about goats? Yeah.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 11:03 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Don’t love them but it’s not as visceral as with the “st” ending.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 11:04 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Nope, doesn’t have the “oi” phoneme.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 11:06 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
We share everything here, m.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 30, 2011 12:03 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
“voiced” rhymes with “moist…”
Very sneaky, M.
I will always over-value prospects and over-hype rookies. I can't help it.
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by LeepinLizardz on Oct 30, 2011 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Waiting for the first gif of Hartnell sliding on a rink full of WetNaps.
by flyersfaninchicago on Oct 29, 2011 10:32 PM EDT reply actions
JVR jersey and red zin
Worked wonders. I shall have to remember this combo.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 10:33 PM EDT via iPhone app reply actions
Within the division tonight, Rangers lost in the shootout, Isles lost in OT, Devils and Penguins lost in regulation. Good times.
Boston and Buffalo lost in regulation, Washington trails Vancouver 2-1 early.
3-1 Vancouver after one. TAKE THAT VOKOUN YOU BIG MEANIE
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 29, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I hate that guy. He should have thrown himself at the Flyers before they got the Bryz Bug.
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
by Dr. Steve on Oct 29, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Neuvirth now in net in Washington.
Fun fact: Tomas Vokoun has been pulled from a game more times than Ilya Bryzgalov has this year.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 29, 2011 11:14 PM EDT reply actions
And now they’re tied. Of course.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 29, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
4-3 now
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 11:27 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Oh Wawa on Church near Elbo how I love you.
My God there was a hot chick in the soda aisle with the coolest Halloween costume on. I timed that perfectly.
Im from Lumbeton, but when I was younger I lived in Medford, too. I just remember driving down Elbo lane alot as a kid.
Now, I live in Iowa. Got stationed out here when I enlisted into the US Coast Guard.
Mr. Corsi Fenwick, you confuse the hell outta me.
Uh, you know Iowa is land locked, right?
by philiafan14364 on Oct 30, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
They need to play The Roots more at Flyers games.
Diehard Flyers fan living in the heart of Penguins country
by Legion of Bullies on Oct 29, 2011 11:32 PM EDT reply actions
They need to play the Roots at the WC.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 29, 2011 11:36 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
A good friend of mine met his mother in an airport once, said he loved the fact that she calls him Freddie. No more street cred.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Oct 29, 2011 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Something I posted in the game thread
Flyers are:
16-12 in 1st period
6-10 in 2nd period
19-13 in 3rd period
That’s a pretty massive difference. Only 6 other teams have fewer or equal 2nd period goals. We clearly dominate all other teams in 1st period and 3rd period goals.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 29, 2011 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
Sorry we’re actually second in 3rd period goals, Ottawa have 20.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 29, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
This seems like it should be less frustrating than last year, when for some stretches they couldn’t put together a third period to save their lives.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 29, 2011 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions
That said, the Flyers are 5-0-0 when leading after the second period and 0-4-0 when trailing after the second period.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 29, 2011 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Last season the Flyers were trailing at the end of the 2nd period a total of 22 times. They only came back to win 1 of those games. That was 27th in the league for winning % after trailing after second at a measly 0.045
For comparison, out of the 44 times the Flyers were leading at the end of the 2nd period, they dropped 6 games. That was a 0.864 winning %.
I guess the best way to look at the third period lead exchange factor for the 10-11 Flyers (yes I made that term up) would be comparing the 0.136 losing % after 2nd period lead to the 0.045 winning% after a 2nd period trail.
Last season the Flyers were:
76-59 in the 1st period
94-68 in the 2nd period
83-84 in the 3rd period
So I would say there’s reason to say that the Flyers had stretches where they struggled during the 3rd period. Why did that happen? Anyone’s guess…
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 29, 2011 11:52 PM EDT up reply actions
That pic is absolutely hilarious.
Might as well just hand them over.
by All ur Aces R Belong to Us on Oct 30, 2011 12:01 AM EDT reply actions
I am glad we won, though I saw none of the game. Homework, etc.
5-1 is a nice score. It reminds me of the lazy, hazy days of last season, when the Flyers went on this streak of winning games 5-2.
Honey, why don’t you marry 5-1? It’s such a nice score.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
You could marry for love and security.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 30, 2011 12:20 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Also
The song Talbot was referencing sucks.
But that’s okay. For tonight, all is well in Flyerdom.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
But don’t worry, I’ve got the cure right here.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Everybody’s dying just to get the disease.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Clever music. Loved the 3 second “solo”. Such a tragic life.
While on the subject of one man bands, I’m pretty sure your heard of him … the first time I heard you music I thought of (Bill Callahan) SMOG.
one of my favorite cuts
Ooh, I like Smog. Ex-con especially.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Oct 30, 2011 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
Saw him at Johnny Brenda’s this past summer. Great show.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Hey, I finally went there. It was the first show I had been to in ages and the first show since moving back to the Philly. Saw God is An Astronaut. Great show (except for the dry ice). Great place. They really maximized the the space, although upstairs, that passway with bar that leads to the balcony, is quite the fire trap. Cool area though it can get sketchy if you make a wrong turn which I did…and then another wrong turn and another wrong turn….
yeah maroon 5 needs to be erased from existence all Stailin-like, every trace removed from history. And 5’0 ft tall voice of a Valkyrie just needs to stop proving that she can sing.
My friend’s wife is from LA originally and knew Maroon 5 when they were just getting started. Apparently a couple of them were genuinely creative people who were in various indie bands out there. However, Maroon 5 got a new singer, sold their souls, and here you go.
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Songs About Jane was an all right album, but it’s been all downhill since then.
Editor at SB Nation's Philadelphia Union blog, The Brotherly Game. Follow me on Twitter.
Okay, I’m going to stop songs I like and go to bed. Good night, good hockey (I assume)!
Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps?
Washington losing 7-4 now.
So unless they get 3 in the next 8 minutes (which we all know painfully well that they can), then the Caps, Pens, Bruins, Rangers, Sabres, and Devils all lose today.
It’s a beautiful day in the Eastern Conference.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 30, 2011 12:28 AM EDT reply actions
and the Islanders lost too!!
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 30, 2011 12:38 AM EDT up reply actions
Well, that’s just another day for them.
What kind of plane is it? Oh, it's a big pretty white plane with red stripes, curtains in the windows and wheels and it looks like a big ol' Tylenol.
by doubleh on Oct 30, 2011 12:43 AM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
They lost in no small part due to a really, really terrible delay of game call in overtime.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Oct 30, 2011 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions
M@CarBombBoom13 I still don’t think anyone from ATL has realized the thrashers don’t play there anymore #jets
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 30, 2011 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
That was a tweet from Richie too haha
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Oct 30, 2011 12:52 AM EDT up reply actions
Take me by the tongue and I’ll know you. Kiss me ‘til you’re drunk and I’ll show you. All the moves like Jagr. I’ve got the moves like Jagr. I’ve got the mooooooooooooooooooooves like Jagr.
Editor at SB Nation's Philadelphia Union blog, The Brotherly Game. Follow me on Twitter.
Like some others have pointed out: someone other than our first line needs to score!
I thought a big issue we had in the first was gettin through the neutral ice. Let’s hope that doesn’t continue.
I didn’t like the taunting of Brian in goal. He played some great hockey for us (at times).
Good game though, but I can’t wait till Pronger gets back in the lineup.
by CSneer on Oct 30, 2011 8:24 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
So Edmonton is quietly tied for second in the West in pts.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
And this guy has Khabibulin as his third goalie in his fantasy league. WOOOOOOOOOOO
Diehard Flyers fan living in the heart of Penguins country
by Legion of Bullies on Oct 30, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
If they end up becoming another Chicago, I’m going to be…. not upset, but annoyed, I guess. Miffed, even.
What3v3r.
It is a different situation there though. Chicago intentionally sucked, Edmonton was just incompetent.
Formerly... "You don't have to be sweet, to be good"
by Ed Van Chimp on Oct 30, 2011 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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