2024-25 Roster Thread #2: Midseasonnar

[JojoTheWhale]

Other than EH, that's a pretty tight grouping, you'd expect a significant SD, given that measuring and defining these terms isn't an exact science.

Is the guy running EH a Flyers' fan?

They still don’t have an xGF writeup. I’d love to read it for the exact reason you mentioned. I can’t say anything until they show their work.

 

[Lord Defect]

Won’t let me like a random post for some random reason. Or maybe not so random reason, I’m just not reading all this.

It also posts two pics for me.
As always F automerge. Why could t that have gotten broken?

 

[deadhead]

Getting that weird thread too.
Guess they have some bugs to work out.

 

[Nizzle]

Kimmo was asked about Richards and Carter on his podcast. He said they were all great friends on and off the ice and has only positive things to say about both of them. Called Richards quiet leader who always gave his all on the ice and was always reliable. Also called him quiet off the ice. He told how Carter was a player (mobile, good shot, good at faceoffs) but that was basically it.

I was happy about the question and had to pause what I was doing to hear his answer so this kind of vanilla answer was quite disappointing but understandable.

One time he told a story after the 2010 Olympics when Snider sent his private jet to pick up Pronger, Timonen and Richards as they had a game the next day. Timonen was just laughing how drunk both Pronger and Richards still were and and how short shifts they took the next game.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Flyers down to 27th overall! Keep going down!

One win by the Sabres and Kraken will put the Flyers at 29th place!

 

[Tripod]

Khabibulin
Lundqvist
Luongo
Bovrovsky

Has there ever been a coach that was propped up by having great goalie, more than Torts?

 

[Tripod]

Also

10 1st rd picks have played at F this year.
5 1st rd picks have played on D this year.

That might be the most in the league

 

[Curufinwe]

Drysdale vs Gauthier for the first time tomorrow.

 

[Audible Velvet]

Drysdale vs Gauthier for the first time tomorrow.

They should make them fight off the opening face off to settle this the right way, once and for all.

 

[Curufinwe]

Can't risk Drsydale getting injured when there's no dman on the Phantoms who could take his spot.

 

[Larry44]

Just had to post this. The Flyers are apparently one of the leagues pleasant surprises, LOL! Proteau is losing it. I wonder how much Jones slipped him for this write up?

https://thehockeynews.com/news/flam...ls-biggest-positive-surprises-at-halfway-mark

Philadelphia Flyers​

The Flyers wowed the hockey world in the early part of last season by flirting with a top spot in the Metropolitan Division before just missing the playoffs and finishing sixth in the division.

This season, Philadelphia is looking just as feisty, putting together a 17-19-5 record. That has them in seventh place in the wild-card race, but they’re only three points behind the Blue Jackets and five points behind Tampa for the two wild-card slots.

Philly’s biggest issue is its defense, which is currently third-worst in the NHL at a goals-against average of 3.54. There’s little chance the Flyers can overcome that problem and still earn a playoff berth, so Philadelphia coach John Tortorella’s challenge is obvious – tighten things up in their defensive zone or suffer the same fate as the Flyers suffered in 2023-24.

Flyers fans are well aware of the team’s place in their rebuilding program, but it would be an excellent treat for their supporters if they were able to mix in a playoff appearance for the first time in five years.

 

[MJL66]

Tortorella is

No. Why?

I think he's a first rate development HC, his problems has been with veteran laden teams that don't like his approach and are set in their ways. Turned around TB and CBJ, and will do the same here in a couple years.

I've listened to his pressers all season and what stands out is how patient and reasonable he is, but if you want cliches or someone who coddles players, you got the wrong guy. He doesn't get bent out of shape when they lose, just when they play badly - he knows they're a young team, they're going to make mistakes and be inconsistent. He sees these mistakes as teaching moments.

I'm seeing a bunch of young players making real progress, Cates, Brink, Foerster, Frost, York, Zamula, etc. Michkov's struggles aren't due to Torts, he's tried to protect the kid by lowering expectations - but the adjustment to the NHL, the NHL schedule and a new country is tough.


Other than sustaining, what could they do that would say "sustainable production?"

Tortorella is horrendous at player development. One of the worst coaches you can have to develop players.

Wait, Andrae is now "one of the better dmen in the franchise" over a 9 game stretch?

You have no issue cherry picking small sample sizes when it fits your narrative but now balk because someone else did the same?