Flyers vs. Jets preview: Please, let's keep this low scoring
by Travis Hughes on Jan 31, 2012 2:33 PM EST
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7 p.m. tonight
Wells Fargo Center
TV: CSN Philly, TSN Jets
RADIO: 94 WIP
TICKETS: Starting at $26
The Winnipeg Jets have scored 15 goals in two games against the Philadelphia Flyers this season. Ilya Bryzgalov got lost in the woods after the first game, a 9-8 loss to the Jets at the WFC in October, and Sergei Bobrovsky looked a whole lot less than good in a 6-4 decision at MTS Centre in mid-November.
Antero Niittymaki and his undefeated career record against the Atlantapeg ThrashJets was on waivers last week. What the hell, Homer?
No, in all seriousness, the Jets aren't a good hockey team. They've been hanging around the Eastern Conference playoff picture, but that's just because the East is so bad. They're five points out of the playoffs entering tonight's game, and they're also five points out of the top spot in the Southeast Division. So, you know.
It's hard, then, to ascribe much logic to a game against the Jets. Like the Thrashers before them, they just seem to have the Flyers number of late, and that's a weird thing to combat. These two games against Winnipeg so far this season have featured virtually no defense, and you'll have to imagine the Flyers will try like hell to clamp down in their own end tonight. When teams have combined for 27 goals in two meetings, it's easy for head games to creep their way in, and the Flyers defensemen -- and Bryzgalov, who's starting -- will have to avoid falling into them.
Good news: Jaromir Jagr will play tonight. Danny Briere, James van Riemsdyk and Zac Rinaldo are still out, and Harry Zolnierczyk will be a healthy scratch, according to the beat writers at the morning skate today. That means both Tom Sestito and Jody Shelley will be in the lineup, and it's possible they could find themselves on the same fourth line, centered by Ben Holmstrom.
The lines are sort of up in the air. We'll assume that Jagr will be back on the top line with Orange Jesus and Scott Hartnell pushing Brayden Schenn back down somewhere. Where? Guessing here:
Hartnell - Orange Jesus - Jagr
Wayne Train - Juicy - Read
Schenn/Sestito - Talbot - Voracek
Shelley - Holmstrom/Schenn- Sestito/Holmstrom
Timonen - Coburn
Carle - Bourdon
Gustafsson - Meszaros
For the Jets? Honestly, I have no idea. Try Arctic Ice Hockey. Game thread at 5 p.m.
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For those in the DC area, the game will also be on CSN Washington, since tonight’s Caps game is on VS NBCSN.
Lightning strikes once, Hextall strikes twice!
"I think there is virtue in pissing off idiots." - Fehr and Balanced
I really like NBC getting in on the NHL
I think their presentation and production value is really well suited for it.
by RealSantaClaude on Jan 31, 2012 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
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Please, let’s keep this low-scoring
Jets, 1-0. In a shootout.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 31, 2012 3:25 PM EST reply actions
why the hell would you want a jets 1 0 win…id rather a flyers 9-8 win than a jets 1-0 win
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
The Monkey’s Paw is a horror short story that takes the cliche “be careful what you wish for” to an extreme. The person who owns the paw gets three wishes. But, in a sort of nightmare “Butterfly Effect,” the cost of getting the wishes is much greater than the reward.
Another example might be: “We need a big-name goalie.”
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 31, 2012 4:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
joke killed
sorry never seen it
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
You haven’t seen much have you…
being obnoxious and self righteous while ignoring the point since 9/29/11
Iknowright? I feel like telling him to stop watching hockey and watch some damn movies! /sarcasm, sort of
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
i have,kinda…just watched all the avenger movies(captain america, thor etc) last night…. im just not a big fan of critically acclaimed movies. im not very upper crusty when it comes to movies…for example the kings speech sounds exceedingly boring to me.about a guy with a stutter who over comes adversity yadda yadda yadda. my brother has a horrid stutter, i help finish his sentences he does fine.
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
I like the implication that The Princess Bride and Office Space are upper crusty movies like The King’s Speech.
Granted, they’re a step up the sophistication scale from Dumb and Dumber or There’s Something About Mary, but they’re not exactly The Seventh Seal.
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by Eric T. on Jan 31, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Thank you.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 31, 2012 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
We’re not in Kansas anymore still in Phoenix, Toto
Tomorrow is another day shootout
We’ll always have Paris Bryzgalov
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 31, 2012 5:52 PM EST up reply actions
Homer purchases a severed monkey’s hand that will grant four wishes, despite the vendor’s warning that the wisher will meet with grave misfortune. Back in Springfield, Maggie is granted that first wish: a new pacifier. Next, Bart wishes for the Simpsons to be rich and famous. His wish is granted, but the people quickly tire of the family’s annoying antics, cheesy merchandise and celebrity treatment. Horrified by these wasteful wishes, Lisa wishes for world peace, and all countries declare peace and destroy their weapons. The aliens Kang and Kodos realize the human race is “ripe for the plucking” and, armed only with a slingshot and a club, enslave the Earth. The people angrily blame the Simpsons. Determined to make a wish that cannot be twisted, Homer demands a turkey sandwich, but the turkey turns out to be a little too dry.
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I don't care if we win so much tonight.
Obviously I would prefer to win every game, but I’d be OK (not estatic) if we just lose 2-1 or 3-2 in overtime. Just want to see us return to some sound play on both ends. If we play with discipline for 60 minutes, I can be happy with the result. That being said, let’s get out there and MELT SOME FACESSSS!!!!!!
by RealSantaClaude on Jan 31, 2012 4:37 PM EST reply actions
They’ve been hanging around the Eastern Conference playoff picture, but that’s just because the East is so bad.
Psst, they’d be 5 points out of the Western Conference playoff picture too. The conferences really aren’t that different; the East has lost three games more than they’ve won so far this year.
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The only thing I’ve noticed is that the West has about 4 of the 6 best teams in the league, while the East has the next string (7th, 8th, 9th, 10th or so).
Overall, they’re quite similar.
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Broad Street Hockey - Makin' it look mean since 1967.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 31, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions
I think the bottom half of the East is stronger than it was last year.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 31, 2012 5:47 PM EST up reply actions
cock fucker..bout to buy tickets and when i hit buy some1 had bought them already
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
"I got a crosscheck to the face and lost a bunch of teeth. You battle through it. That’s the way hockey players are made." - Claude Giroux
I don’t want a low scoring overall game. I want the Flyers to have a lot of goals, and the Jets to have none….
goldomatic, who is King in the art of wishful thinking
yea but we don’t want what they have devolved into in recent games. I don’t want them playing out of control, wildly scoring a ton, and having no idea what happened while winning the game lol. You rarely win cups that way.
by RealSantaClaude on Jan 31, 2012 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
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