Flyers vs. Panthers preview: Power play key to victory in South Florida
by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 1:50 PM EST
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7:30 p.m. tonight
BankAtlantic Center - Sunrise, Florida
TV: CSN Philly, FS Florida
RADIO: 94 WIP
The lineup is still depleted, and there will be eight rookies playing yet again tonight in Florida when the Flyers face off against the Panthers, but as we learned on Sunday against the Boston Bruins, this lineup can still put up a fight.
Danny Briere remains out with a concussion, as does James van Riemsdyk. Jaromir Jagr is still out with his nagging groin injury, Zac Rinaldo is out with a sore neck, and, well... yeah. It's rough going when it comes to the injuries these days. But if Tom Sestito plays a physical, yet not-over-the-edge (don't tell a Boston fan that) game like he did Sunday, and if Jody Shelley can be effective in limited ice time as he's been lately, the Flyers will still be in good shape.
On the plus side, the injuries have given opportunity to Brayden Schenn on the top line and Sean Couturier centering the second line. Those guys have taken advantage of those opportunities, and there's no reason to think they can't grow on Sunday's performances again tonight.
The power play must continue to be strong, too. The Flyers looked downright scary with the extra man over the weekend, and five of their nine goals came on the PP. Without that, they very well could have lost both games. They're not as potent a team at 5-on-5 without Briere and van Riemsdyk in the lineup, and the trickle-down effect on the rest of the roster hurts in that regard as well. It's more important than ever that the power play keep it up tonight.
Florida's 81 percent penalty kill is just 24th in the league, so it's not the greatest of challenges. If the Flyers keep getting their chances on the PP like they have the last few games, they should be able to pull out a win tonight. The defense will need to tighten up a bit, though, even against Florida's struggling offense.
The Cats are still in first place in the Southeast Division, which puts them in third place in the Eastern Conference. But if they were to lose tonight and the Capitals were to beat the Bruins, they'd fall to seventh place -- or potentially even eighth or ninth, depending on what New Jersey and Toronto do in other action.
From third place to out of the playoff picture in one night. That's quite the testament to how bad the Southeast is this season, isn't it? Florida's still dangerous, especially when Kris Versteeg is scoring goals. He scored two and had an assist on Saturday against Winnipeg. They're just 3-4-3 in their last 10, though, so hopefully they stay down and the Flyers can enter the All-Star Break on a high note.
We're expecting the Flyers to go with the same lineup we saw on Sunday, but there was no morning skate at BankAtlantic Center this morning, so we're a bit in the dark until game time.
Hartnell - Schenn - Orange Jesus
Read - Juicy - Simmonds
Sestito - Talbot - Voracek
Scrabble - Holmstrom - Shelley
Timonen - Coburn
Bourdon - Carle
Meszaros - Gustafsson
No word on who's starting in goal for the Flyers.
Game thread at 5:30 p.m. Game's on CSN and WIP, remember the 7:30 start.
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Hartnell – Schenn – Orange Jesus
Wait, G as a winger?
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
I feel like that was a mistake by Travis but at the same time, hasn’t Schenn been better on faceoffs?
BLASPHEMY!!!!!
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I was referring to Travis making a mistake.
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by MJDII on Jan 24, 2012 3:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
He played RW all the way through juniors and here until we finally let him play center all the time…. so either a) Lavi is trying to put him there for a game to try to break him out of his current funk, or b) it’s just a misprint and he’ll really be at center.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions
Some pretty good news for the flyguys… dimitry kulikov just had surgery today and will obv miss tonights game
by Clutterbuck4MVP on Jan 24, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions
…especially when Kris Versteeg is scoring goals. He scored two and had an assist on Saturday against Winnipeg.
Jerk.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Jan 24, 2012 2:14 PM EST reply actions
I just asked in the Fly-By, but I guess this answers the question:
Tostitos avoided a call from the league after that last game?
Ecstatic to be joing the Florida Panthers Organization!! Awesome day... Truly a dream come true.
- @ScottieUpshall (July 1, 2011 2:15pm EST)
Unless we hear something in the next couple of hours, it would appear so.
by everybodyhitswoohoo on Jan 24, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
He is free as the Flyers have made no call ups.
by Anders Jensen on Jan 24, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
For his hit on Horton?
I thought it was a clean hit.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
As did almost everyone outside of Bahstan
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 24, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions
I don’t think anyone thought it was clean. I just think everyone thought it didn’t hit his head, and therefore wasn’t suspendable.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
Well, a second or so late maybe, check was clean.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 24, 2012 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
No call, nope.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
My apologies, just saw the last line regarding not having any news on the starting goalie.
/shame
Tu ne cede malis
by _Skullduggery_ on Jan 24, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
NHL.com says BRYZ
"When the Flyers win a playoff series, as they did this past year, is when you yell at me for being wrong? Because I said the Flyers won’t win a round'?
Geoff Detweiler.
What the hell is this thread doing up. I really need to get some work done today. UGH!
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That sign is hilarious.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Too bad he spelled “mittons” wrong, like in the show.
Prepare your sleep apparatus.
On the twitterverse
Also, have we heard anything about Briere?
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Still out. On the trip with the dads, but still out indefinitely.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Well, he’s able to travel, so that’s a plus, I guess.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
But what’s with JVR not even skating yet? With depresssion part of the concussion symptoms, it must be doubly damning not to be around the team.
by Lesion of Doom on Jan 24, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
If his symptoms are really bad, pushing himself to go to the rink could make it worse instead of better
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
So I was interviewed last night on chat for someone doing a thesis on female Philly sports bloggers. I mentioned BSH. :D
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How did you manage to work us into the conversation?
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
She said she was on the masthead as the CBA authority.
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And you are relatively new to the game right?
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nearly two years a fan, so way new.
which means no authority or masthead power.
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What does that matter, none of those guys know shit about hockey either!
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you’re a female? and you blog? for where? sorry, even after all this time I still don’t have a total grasp on who is who and the circles.
i can at least take fake solace in the fact that I think besides Alex, nobody really knows me much. :(
lol. it’s in my signature. flyersfaithful.com
I’m still finding my footing in my writing, so try not to judge too harshly.
Yes, I’m a girl. lol.
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Not much different than normal, eh?
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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Would a BSH'er give an assist?
I’m flying down to Iowa to see some friends and we’ll be watching the Flyers, I’m sure. It would be awesome to have some Tastykake to knock down each time we score. If I Paypal you $20 (in advance) would you promptly throw some in the mail my way?
by alaskalovestheflyers on Jan 24, 2012 4:54 PM EST reply actions
You should search online I would not be surprised if this wasn’t already set up some where.
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You can buy Tastykakes on Amazon.com
"That was a lot of fun. We don't go to jail, we beat up their chicken forwards, we score ten goals, and we win. And now the Moose drinks beer." -Andre "Moose" Dupont
No shit. That is awesome! Personally I can walk to my local WAWA and pick up anyting I want, but I am lucky like that. And a little overweight because of it.
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You most certainly can!!
Thank you for the lead. I’d have never thought to look there. I buy books and computer cables from Amazon, but so far, not food.
I placed an order for butterscotch krimpets. Again, thanks!
by alaskalovestheflyers on Jan 24, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
just make sure you check the sell-by date.
/preservative joke
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
Could be worse – you can get Hostess products today that will be good in 2022. Eww.
Maxime Talbot - in the Orange and Black ... better than chocolate and peanut butter!
by MaximumTalbot on Jan 24, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
I think Peeps are the best for this. I still have some that an ancestor of mine got from St. Paul.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions
EWWW… these rank even below Twinkies.
Maxime Talbot - in the Orange and Black ... better than chocolate and peanut butter!
by MaximumTalbot on Jan 25, 2012 8:23 AM EST up reply actions
Twinkies are ridic.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
EWWW. I’d rather eat a homeless guy’s shoe.
Maxime Talbot - in the Orange and Black ... better than chocolate and peanut butter!
by MaximumTalbot on Jan 25, 2012 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
Per the official Flyers Twitter peeps
#Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette announced that Sergei Bobrovsky will get the start in net tonight at Florida.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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BOB!
This is a non dumb decision by a smart coach who makes dumb decisions when it comes to goaltending as I learned this morning.
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The lineup I saw on Sunday was dominating and awesome. This projected lineup looks really weak. What’s changed?
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
Uhh...
Nothing, really?
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
This one is in writing.
Might as well just hand them over.
by All ur Aces R Belong to Us on Jan 24, 2012 5:36 PM EST up reply actions
you’ve changed.
we’ve all changed.
life is change
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions
Seeing as this is a game vs. the Panthers...
And Richard Zednik had his well-known nearly-fatal skate-meets-neck injury while playing for the Panthers, this is sort of relevant. Travis just posted a video on the main SBN page that was filmed recently, showing Richard Zednik and some kids he was coaching in Slovakia escaping the rink while the roof of the building collapsed.
Guy has some crazy luck to survive that neck injury as well as this. And in another crazy maybe-luck moment, he also played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl a couple of seasons ago but ended up not staying…
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
Ian Laperriere (EE-an luh-PAIR-ee-YAIR), proper noun. Definition: Bad-assery on skates
This is sad, but there’s a pretty good chance I’ll fall asleep before the game.
ecnewman on flyersfaithful.com
Take a nap now. Give us your cell number, somebody will call to wake you up.
Commenter formerly known as M from Pdaddy, but still just Call Me "M"!
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On my way home, Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses” came on the radio. I lol’d at the line “(well there’s) people, an’ more people”. /neary’d
Anyway, GO FLYERS!
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
by hintzy64 on Jan 24, 2012 6:59 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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