GDT: #11 | Flyers at Senators | November 5, 2022 | 7:00 PM | A Tire Shop on Palladium Drive | SN1, TVAS2, NBSCP, ESPN+, 97.5

[Hollywood Cannon]

Wrong again, Marge!

Looks like Risto is a healthy scratch tonight. Along with Bellows.

How is he wrong? You yourself said it's hard to tell how much is the groin injury and how much is rust.

Are you saying that Risto is 100% healthy then and it's just rust? Because if you're not then he's not wrong.

 

[04hockey]

Oh, you mean the guy who did nothing but lose without Parent carrying his team?

Without Parent, Clarke spends his whole retirement being mocked as a worse choker than Dionne. Leadership is a bullshit narrative.

search Bobby Orrs' or Scotty Bowmans opinion of Robert Earl Clarke

or are they overrated too

 

[Beef Invictus]

search Bobby Orrs' or Scotty Bowmans opinion of Robert Earl Clarke

or are they overrated too

Unsure how this proves he didn't win because of Clarke.

They wouldn't have these opinions if Clarke had never won. He'd have never won without Parent. That's the way the Country Club Fluff Machine works. And it's always in their own interest to boost their opponents.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

It would be the first hint of fair accountability in years. Only a hint.

I mean we are now in a really weird spot. Because frost and konecny have been benched. But we’ve also seen Risto get the press box now. Maybe torts just has really really really specific standards and is really really really really aggressive against those who don’t meet them.

I have no clue exactly what he’s looking for, but he apparently does and doesn’t give a rats ass who rides the pine to show them the way.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I mean we are now in a really weird spot. Because frost and konecny have been benched. But we’ve also seen Risto get the press box now. Maybe torts just has really really really specific standards and is really really really really aggressive against those who don’t meet them.

I have no clue exactly what he’s looking for, but he apparently does and doesn’t give a rats ass who rides the pine to show them the way.

There sure doesn't seem to be any consistent reasoning.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

There sure doesn't seem to be any consistent reasoning.

It’s really bizarre. He has this exact model he’s looking for and if anyone deviates they get bitch slapped into submission. Except Deslauriers.

 

[bennysflyers16]

How is he wrong? You yourself said it's hard to tell how much is the groin injury and how much is rust.

Are you saying that Risto is 100% healthy then and it's just rust? Because if you're not then he's not wrong.

GB better hope Risto is still hurt , otherwise his BFF Chuckles sure made a bad move trading and extending Fisto.

There sure doesn't seem to be any consistent reasoning.

Shit truck and little Mac have the opposite , their roles and TOI just keep increasing. We are also on a losing streak now tho, can’t be related.

 

[ybnvs]

sometimes your posts are not clear to me. Did you meant it in a sarcastic way? Or do you really value our community?

I'm on here a lot, I just don't post. Of course I value this community that's what keeps me coming back for more.

 

[swami24]

Still no update on lines and who dresses

Posted on Flyers site this afternoon. Hart starting.

GB better hope Risto is still hurt .

Risto out, Zamula playing

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Wearing my Giroux jersey for this one

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

This organization loves catering to the same shit game after game, year after year despite evidence that it does not work. They choose to run back the same type of skaters all the time. More evidence that this organization needs a thorough cleansing.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Alright, I edited the OP lineup to reflect post practice skates.

I am assuming Frost is coming in for Bellows. I don't know if that is gonna push Sedlak back to LW with Frost as 4C, or what the plan is. As ever, please never consider my lineups as authoritative.

 

[Rebels57]

This organization loves catering to the same shit game after game, year after year despite evidence that it does not work. They choose to run back the same type of skaters all the time. More evidence that this organization needs a thorough cleansing.

Nothing changes until Clarke dies.

 

[Flyer lurker]

I mean we are now in a really weird spot. Because frost and konecny have been benched. But we’ve also seen Risto get the press box now. Maybe torts just has really really really specific standards and is really really really really aggressive against those who don’t meet them.

I have no clue exactly what he’s looking for, but he apparently does and doesn’t give a rats ass who rides the pine to show them the way.

Other than hart there aren't exactly a ton of players who don't deserve to be benched.

No I wouldn't have benched TK.

Hayes? I get why he was benched but you tossed the game to teach Hayes and the team a lesson? They can't teach a lesson on how to get talent. But who needs a 7 goal 5 assiist in 11 games guy like Caufield?


Risto has suxed since coming back. period. Call it rehab. Call it a benching. I don't care. He has absolutely suxed. When your nhl rapper name is 10 cent, that ain't good.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

All of my picks require a Flyers loss tonight so you know they are going to win

 

[deadhead]

"let's tank and rebuild" BUT don't let setting a tone for the team interfere with winning meaningless games.
Cognitive dissonance much?

Torts has one focus this season, coach up his players, find out who has the "right stuff," and get rid of the players who don't.
He can't make this team more talented, he can get more out of the talent he has and create an environment in which young players learn what it takes to win.

 

[freakydallas13]

"let's tank and rebuild" BUT don't let setting a tone for the team interfere with winning meaningless games.
Cognitive dissonance much?

Torts has one focus this season, coach up his players, find out who has the "right stuff," and get rid of the players who don't.
He can't make this team more talented, he can get more out of the talent he has and create an environment in which young players learn what it takes to win.

"The team is rebuilding but HAD to sign a face puncher for 4 years the first day of free agency. Also HAD to trade a bunch of picks for TDA. Because that's what rebuilding teams do"

You tell me where the cognitive dissonance is.

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

You can tank/rebuild and not play meat grinders for 14:00 a night

 

[deadhead]

Deslauriers plays 8 minutes 5x5 and the PK, and so far he's been solid in that role.

MacEwen is getting a tryout, just like Allison, Laczynski, Frost, Tippett, Bellows.
He's fundamentally no different than NAK, a 26 year old 4RW who's been a marginal NHL player.

Right now, between injuries to top 6 starters and a group of forward prospects who aren't NHL ready, there's a window of opportunity to secure a starting berth - we'll see who responds.

 

[wasup]

Leadership is like coaching - it helps, and can push a team over the edge if they're good enough. But lack of leadership at the pro level doesn't make that much difference. In the NHL every guy on the team was at one point the best player / leader of a really good team in a very competitive league.

Except for Winnipeg where Wheeler and Scheifele are total dicks and they lose because nobody wants to play with them. And it's Winnipeg - no offence but it's a godforsaken frozen wasteland. If 3 of the top 10 things to do in your town are a river, a park and a museum - your city sucks. (see Pittsburgh)

I want to argue with the people who say Giroux was a disappointment / didn't show up in the playoffs but I already ignored them because they're idiots.

Yup talking about Winnipeg like you have any f ing clue . Live here and love it and Jets just about made it to the Finals a few years ago . They are 7-3-1 this year with no Ehlers , Wheeler and Scheifele are prick and nobody wants to play with them , give me a break .

 

[Beef Invictus]

Deslauriers plays 8 minutes 5x5 and the PK, and so far he's been solid in that role.

MacEwen is getting a tryout, just like Allison, Laczynski, Frost, Tippett, Bellows.
He's fundamentally no different than NAK, a 26 year old 4RW who's been a marginal NHL player.

Right now, between injuries to top 6 starters and a group of forward prospects who aren't NHL ready, there's a window of opportunity to secure a starting berth - we'll see who responds.

MacEwen so far is more than a tryout. He's a favorite.

Is it good coaching evaluation to decide an AHL player should be a favorite regular?

You are right that it's no different than NAK, as that was also a failed evaluation.

 

[Magua]

 

[flyerslducks]

Macewans tryout will lead to a 4 year nmc extension

 

[Hextallent63]

Am i a jackass for liking the flairwolf?

 

[Tripod]

Zack is 7th in forwards in ES toi/game.

AND gets 1 minutes in PP time