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Charlie O'Connor posted:In the short term, however, it's the non-essential players on the roster who should be most concerned. Alt apparently packed up his bag at the conclusion of the game and did not appear to be accompanying the team to Brooklyn for Wednesday's game, which implies that either MacDonald will be ready to go or that the Flyers will be making a call-up, possibly of Samuel Morin. Forwards like Mike Vecchione and Danick Martel — both of whom are excelling in the AHL this season — also are candidates for coming promotions. I've advocated for fresh faces on the Philadelphia roster for quite a while now, and I'll hold to that. The Flyers need to stop waiting for someone to get hurt in order to give these prospects a look, because they certainly appear ready for at least an audition, and the players at the bottom of the current Philadelphia roster are not making strong cases for playing time anyway. fukkn preach
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Martytoof posted:( How to eat a banana ) isbergevinfiredyet.com stab fucked around with this message at 14:52 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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Koopa Kid posted:Is this Alexander Radulov biting into an unpeeled banana? Maybe he's a big Griffin McElroy fan? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QVp55ehvs
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yellowcar posted:NHL N/V: How to eat a banana How to eat a bananna, starring Taylor Hall https://twitter.com/ryanwhitney6/status/120533430764191744?lang=en e: 
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Someone save that so we can laugh at it in 15 years when Eberle is some hapless team's GM
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Malkin is the first major Pen to fall this year. It looks like they're gonna try Guentzel as the 2c so at least we're not gonna be playing Sheahan 20+ minutes tonight. Get us a 3C, JR!
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Eric the Mauve posted:Any new coach is going to continue playing Orpik big minutes. No brand new coach is going to introduce himself to the team by demoting or scratching a super popular veteran. Obvious solution is to fire Trotz and promote Orpick to coach
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mentholmoose posted:How to eat a bananna, starring Taylor Hall Good thing Edmonton traded away these dumbos.
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Unless malkin is just sitting out a game or two because he's dog tired, why is Sprong not called up yet
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https://twitter.com/NHLbyMatty/status/933309358817103873corn on the cop posted:how does edmonton media have by far the worst writers
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Sure that surgeon killed a bunch of people because he's grossly unqualified for his job, but dammit he acts like he cares when it happens and that's good enough for me! Also: https://twitter.com/NHLbyMatty/status/933313494321123328
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You know for some reason I've been watching Canucks games lately and they're a pretty competent team. They're organized defensively and crisp as hell breaking out. Travis Green appears to be a good coach. It's too bad they didn't take Keller instead of Juolevi he'd be a menace with Boeser.
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Matt Read and Mark Alt go to the Phantoms. Sam Morin and Danick Martel have been called up to replace them.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Unless malkin is just sitting out a game or two because he's dog tired, why is Sprong not called up yet It's Josh Archibald time baby
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T-Bone posted:You know for some reason I've been watching Canucks games lately and they're a pretty competent team. They're organized defensively and crisp as hell breaking out. Travis Green appears to be a good coach. It's too bad they didn't take Keller instead of Juolevi he'd be a menace with Boeser. They're pretty mercurial. Games like last night they looked incredibly competent and like the playoffs weren't totally out of the question. Then again, they've had a lot of no show stinkers this year where they just waddle around hacking at pucks and taking weird penalties. They're your classic zero expectation team right now, and they're playing above their heads. The new top line of Baertsch-Horvat-Boeser is a treat (mostly because Boeser is as pure and clinical a goal scorer you'll see), but not one I'd hang my hat on being capable of carrying the team very far. The offence has been entirely non-existent beyond those three, and you have to imagine they'll slump at some point and then the wheels will come off. On the back end things have been surprisingly decent. Tanev has emerged as a true #1 in that he's essentially flawless defensively and has improved at moving the puck up ice. Hutton has been his perfect partner, and the two of them are a fantastic shutdown duo. Green has focused on skating defence and quick transitions, and Del Zotto and Pouliot have really excelled at that. Edler is struggling a bit, but that's not his game. Gudbranson has been straight hot garbage. Goaltending has been as good as you could ask for. Overall they're okay, but pretty drat mediocre. An injury to anyone on the top line and they're cooked. They've been counting on two of three players from it being on a hot streak to keep them afloat at any given time (currently Boeser and Baertschi) and that won't last. The Sedins have fallen a long way, and no one else on the team is really entering attacking the zone let alone scoring. It's kinda sad. They're just a hell of a lot more organized and entertaining that whatever it was that Willie called a system and that's helped a lot. Team Canada is gonna be dreadful to watch. And yeah Keller would've been great, but Tkachuk was the consensus choice at the time. Man I really wish we'd taken him. Just another example of why you don't draft for need. Too much changes in the 2-3 years before they're NHL regulars. It's such a simple concept but teams screw it up constantly.
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DJExile posted:To Vancouver's credit they were fantastic in stifling Philadelphia through the neutral zone all night. They play wide open until they take a lead and then trap harder than I've seen any team since the 03 Wild. It's great to watch for the first period or so, then dull as hell after that. Every breakout against them last year started with the Flyers trying to stick handle through 5 defenders standing within 6 feet of their blueline. It must've been infuriating as hell to play against. e: It is nice to see them play the same style every night rather than playing "let's guess what the opposition is going to do and then crappily match that" roulette. They beat the Kings by doing what they were good at rather than trying to PLAY TOUGH because apparently there's no other way to stop LA. ThinkTank fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Nov 22, 2017 |
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ThinkTank posted:stuff Yeah it's shocking how good Pouliot looks. Between him, Del Zotto, and Baertschi, Benning is having a good little run. Run of play wise I thought they looked better than the Devils tbh (who are admittedly getting lucky as hell and riding Schneider a lot of the time). They gave St. Louis a hell of a game, actually I thought they were the better team for most of it. They're probably still a few players away from being a consistent playoff contender but man they're way better than expected. They kind of have the same issue as the Devils actually -- your Virtanen/Juolevi being our Zacha/McLeod. We'll see how much those picks end up dooming them.
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T-Bone posted:Yeah it's shocking how good Pouliot looks. He's on a hot streak but he was completely invisible bordering on poor until ten days ago.
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Shot blockers, wear 'em you dorks. Unless he was wearing them, in which case, 
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ElwoodCuse posted:The Sabres, Capitals, and Flames all have blatantly obvious better jersey options that remain unused for god knows what reasons Here's why:  (Or, break them out for special engagements and sell at a premium)
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I heard that the Flyers were a garbage poo poo dumpster fire last night and Hakstol should be fired? I haven't been watching that closely the last half dozen games because frankly the Sixers have been way more entertaining and a comparatively better team.
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WHO'S GOING TO GET FIRED FIRST, PLACE YOUR BETS
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ThinkTank posted:The new top line of Baertsch-Horvat-Boeser is a treat (mostly because Boeser is as pure and clinical a goal scorer you'll see), but not one I'd hang my hat on being capable of carrying the team very far. The offence has been entirely non-existent beyond those three, and you have to imagine they'll slump at some point and then the wheels will come off. Boeser is such a joy to watch. Brings some serious hope for the future. If both Lind and Pettersson turn out we'll be looking a lot better on offense in a couple years I've wanted to see more from Horvat, but it's early days so maybe he'll turn it up While I really didn't like the Juolevi pick, if he turns out too in a year or so it'll be a good thing to have a top-level d-man coming into the system
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Hak won't be a midseason firing. The system is a lot better this year, and the blue line is a mess of injuries, rookie mistakes, and suspensions right now. Firing Hak wouldn't solve any of the current issues.
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iospace posted:WHO'S GOING TO GET FIRED FIRST, PLACE YOUR BETS IMO Chiarelli gets a coach first, so not him. Not hakstol either, although I don't really follow the Flyers, so maybe there's a lot of negative sentiment among the fanbase (and not just FAS) towards him? My money is on Bergevin (warranted) or AV (gonna be funny when he's replaced by a worse coach)
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iospace posted:Somehow I forgot Benning but CAS has been quiet about his head this season. he somehow had a really good trade deadline last season, picked well at the draft, and hasn't done anything extremely boneheaded yet this season - if he trades Gudbranson I'll be somewhat mollified. If he somehow gets something for the Sedins I'll get a "Jim Benning Was Right" avatar 
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Ginette Reno posted:AV isn't going anywhere unless the Rangers go back into the toilet. They're like 7-3 in their last 10 and close to a playoff spot again. Trotz isn't going anywhere unless Washington falls out of the race. He might get fired after yet another playoff first or second round exit though. I'd call Hakstol a maybe but the Flyers just aren't that good so I'm not sure there's expectations with their management for them to do that much better yet. Holland is about as untouchable as Rutherford which is to say the job is his until he no longer wants it. Chiarelli isn't going anywhere yet. Roy returns, pulls a Holland by giving mediocre players full-NTCs, then ollies out with both middle fingers in the air.
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If Carey is smart he's just kind of milking his injury and sitting home playing nintendo or something. Who wants to come back to this? edit: Also, fire this dumb GM bumblefuck: http://www.tsn.ca/radulov-i-wanted-to-stay-with-canadiens-1.922677
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iospace posted:Here's why: They are leaving money on the table by barely using or even outright abandoning popular retro looks, even aside from the second temporary hold on alternate jerseys.
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