GDT: #1: FLYERS vs. Blackhawks, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, 2:00 pm ET [at Prague, Czech Republic]

[Rich Nixon]

Gudas played 14:29 last night.

 

[Curufinwe]

Raffl is on his what, 6th year with the flyers? They know what he brings. How are those examples comparable? Pitlick has one 80 game nhl season and was doing well last year before he got hurt but that's not my point. I have nothing against Pitlick on the 4th line. I just don't think because Fletcher traded for him he should be gifted a spot after being hurt all off-season and preseason. You can't tell me we wouldn't be better off with CT on the 4th line and Farabee on the 3rd.

Again, to make Farabee available to play you need to either put Patrick on LTIR or waive Morin.

 

[Curufinwe]

I gotta say that I think NAK would be a better option at 3RW than Twarynski. He's much more of a scorer and play driver at the AHL level. And the right side is his natural position.

Carson is bigger and a stronger forechecker, but that's more of a 4th line role. Which is where I expected him to start out for the Flyers.

 

[ybnvs]

It is possible for PP1 to sustain over a minute of zone time. Putting 9-15 on PP2 might be helpful at times for the transition back to ES.

 

[Curufinwe]

We could screw over our playoff chances pretty easily in those 10 games.

Part of me wants to see the bottom 6 just get skull ****ed to expose these bad decisions for what they are. But watching the good players having to suffer through that sort of thing is getting really hard.

Obviously you're not mad about Frost and Patrick not being in the bottom 6 since they aren't healthy enough to play, so this must mean you believe 19 year old Farabee on his own would prevent this skull f***ing?

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

It is possible for PP1 to sustain over a minute of zone time. Putting 9-15 on PP2 might be helpful at times for the transition back to ES.

At least Blackhawks are a weak team and shouldn't be hard to beat. So this might not hurt us right away.

 

[hatcher]

Great f***in lineup if the top of it plays with some attitude.

 

[Gert B Frobe]

Sucks that they don't play again until Wednesday. I'm hoping they don't need every minute of those 5 days to iron out the kinks that show up in Prague.

Putting 53 with Hagg is just a bad idea. He's not going to be as aggressive knowing that if he turns it over, he has that slug behind him flailing all over the ice. And when 53 isn't aggressive he isn't effective.

And even though the Blackhawks are probably a bad team, they have enough skill to make guys like Hagg look awful, and the energy guys to play the rest of the game close to even.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Obviously you're not mad about Frost and Patrick not being in the bottom 6 since they aren't healthy enough to play, so this must mean you believe 19 year old Farabee on his own would prevent this skull ****ing?

Probably not but slotting him and Ruby and Nak in over Bunny Twar and a scrub couldn't hurt.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

Obviously you're not mad about Frost and Patrick not being in the bottom 6 since they aren't healthy enough to play, so this must mean you believe 19 year old Farabee on his own would prevent this skull ****ing?

f*** at least I could have fun watching it.

 

[kudymen]

Damn Carchidi is in town too. I'm glad I can't recognize him in person lol

 

[Rebels57]

Sucks that they don't play again until Wednesday. I'm hoping they don't need every minute of those 5 days to iron out the kinks that show up in Prague.

Putting 53 with Hagg is just a bad idea. He's not going to be as aggressive knowing that if he turns it over, he has that slug behind him flailing all over the ice. And when 53 isn't aggressive he isn't effective.

And even though the Blackhawks are probably a bad team, they have enough skill to make guys like Hagg look awful, and the energy guys to play the rest of the game close to even.

DeBrincat or Kane on Hagg is gonna be hilarious.

 

[kudymen]

Oh god I didn't even see that

Yeah but can you imagine how creative and genius are the coaches going to look once they put Sanheim in the right spot? "No one saw that coming, because none of you ever coached an NHL game"

 

[BringBackHakstol]

It is possible for PP1 to sustain over a minute of zone time. Putting 9-15 on PP2 might be helpful at times for the transition back to ES.

Punting time during a major advantage like a power play is a good way to lose

 

[FLYguy3911]

Where’s Benny at to dress this one up?

Edit: nevermind. I saw he already had the knee pads on.

It is possible for PP1 to sustain over a minute of zone time. Putting 9-15 on PP2 might be helpful at times for the transition back to ES.

Yes because the main goal of a PP should be about transitions back to ES and not actually trying to score.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Matt Niskanen has two f***ing PP points in the last two years. He’s not too far behind our other PP ace now that I look at it.

Why is this shit so hard?

 

[BringBackHakstol]

It is truly bizarre that someone that is just so obviously adept at the Power Play like Sanheim doesn’t get a spot there. As much as i hate the other things they are doing and have done, at least you can see what they are thinking. This one is just really without explanation

 

[deadhead]

Gudas played 14:29 last night.

Carlson 27:06
Orlov 23:31
Jensen 20:04
Siegenthaler 18:27

 

[kudymen]

I just ran into some guy with tons (TONS) of the Global Series 2019 merch (Flyers jersey, Global series hat etc.) in local KFC. Any of you, guys?

 

[Striiker]

Same **** every year. I really wanted to be hype and enjoy the Flyers again. I should have known better. ****ing ****.

Yeah, it really sucks.

We have all the pieces to be in amazing shape... so much potential... but unfortunately it’s been left up to guys who simply don’t “get it” to put it together properly.

I doubted them for months but honestly I never dreamt the lineup would look like this... both as far as who is on the team and where everyone is playing. If someone suggested this current lineup over the summer even I would’ve laughed at them for being overly pessimistic about AV and Fletcher.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Carlson 27:06
Orlov 23:31
Jensen 20:04
Siegenthaler 18:27

He was def 3rd pair, but that Jensen wasnt very good imo

 

[bennysflyers16]

It is truly bizarre that someone that is just so obviously adept at the Power Play like Sanheim doesn’t get a spot there. As much as i hate the other things they are doing and have done, at least you can see what they are thinking. This one is just really without explanation

This. Problems in order

Hagg playing at all








Sanheim not on PP


Twar on 3rd line

Those are the glaring problems, but I am now so mad that everything is a tire fire.

 

[BernieParent]

At least Blackhawks are a weak team and shouldn't be hard to beat. So this might not hurt us right away.

May I sticky this post?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Matt Niskanen has two ****ing PP points in the last two years. He’s not too far behind our other PP ace now that I look at it.

Why is this **** so hard?

Seriously, imagine this. You see all this stuff that is happening and your first reaction is:

"Why is everybody whining? Melodramatic babies. Calm down!"

There are people on here, plenty of them, who see the news and that's their reaction And they say it covered in smugness, like of course that's an appropriate reaction

 

[bauer]

Seriously, imagine this. You see all this stuff that is happening and your first reaction is:

"Why is everybody whining? Melodramatic babies. Calm down!"

There are people on here, plenty of them, who see the news and that's their reaction And they say it covered in smugness, like of course that's an appropriate reaction

it was fine to tell people to calm down in August. it was the summer. no reason to complain. but it's October now. this is a bubble team so every game matters. so as far as i'm concerned, the switch is flipped. it's time to get serious. people shouldn't get mad at those critiquing roster moves. the season is on.