GDT: #31 | Flyers at Wild | Saturday, December 12, 2024 | 2:00 PM Middle West Time | NBCSP

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FLYERS: 14-12-4 (4th in Metro)
WILD: 19-6-4 (2nd in Centro)

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FLYERS LINEUP

Joel Farabee - Sean Couturier - Travis Konecny
Owen Tippett - Morgan Frost - Matvei Michkov
Tyson Foerster - Noah Cates - Bobby Brink
Scott "4" Laughton - Ryan Poehling - Garnet Hathaway

Cam York - Travis Sanheim
Egor Zamula - Rasmus Ristolainen
Nick Seeler - Jamie Drysdale

Ersson
Kolosov

Injuries

Ellis (No fame of them the world permits to be;/Misericord and Justice both disdain them./Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass.”)

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WILD LINEUP

Kirill Kaprizov - Marco Rossi - ????
Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Matt Boldy
Jakub Lauko - Frederick Gaudreau - Yakov Trenin
Devin Shore - Marat Khusnutdinov - Ben Jones

Jacob Middleton* - Brock Faber
Declan Chisholm - Jared Spurgeon
Jon Merrill - Zach Bogosian

Gustavsson
MAF

Injuries

Brodin (Out)
Ek (IR)
Zuccarello (IR)

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5v5, On-Ice, Score & Venue Adjusted, Rates

Last 3 Weeks

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[DancingPanther]

I smell another OT game

 

[usahockey22flyers]

very random but i was out to dinner w my friends last night and we were talking about video games… i have completely fallen out of love with video games

I have no interest in them, I guess i have limited time to play them now in my 30s since life is different but man, i realized i havent even touched any games the past year or two

 

[BiggE]

I’ll go with Army/Navy over this

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Looks like MAF for Minnesota and Ersson for the Flyers has been confirmed

 

[deadhead]

This will be a good test for the "new look" Flyers, putting up great metrics the last nine games against a relatively weak schedule.

See if the Frost and Cates lines can sustain their good play the last few weeks.

 

[Cody Webster]

Lol

 

[FLYguy3911]

Some say it’s the best 9 game run since Lake Tahoe.

 

[BiggE]

Some say it’s the best 9 game run since Lake Tahoe.

Well on their way to that coveted 16th OA pick

 

[renberg]

The schedule has favored the Flyers up until now. Even the West Coast trip isn't a back breaker. Then comes the rest of the year and trouble along with it. The Flyers terrible weakness at center ice should be exposed. Also in goal. Ersson is getting overused again. The Russians aren't ready for any full time NHL play.

 

[deadhead]

We'll see. That's why they play the games.
And a tougher schedule is good for better player evaluation.

 

[ellja3]

The schedule has favored the Flyers up until now. Even the West Coast trip isn't a back breaker. Then comes the rest of the year and trouble along with it. The Flyers terrible weakness at center ice should be exposed. Also in goal. Ersson is getting overused again. The Russians aren't ready for any full time NHL play.

I know most of the people here don't see the difference or care, but Kolosov is Belarussian. Also, he's been looking more solid lately, but yeah - still quite volatile.

Not sure about you guys, but I am getting a little tired of rooting for PHI win and the negativity here. I fully understand the rationale behind it / long term thinking etc. but it's possible to have some sort of dissonance, probably.

 

[deadhead]

I'd point out that the three best players, who'd be top players on any team, were drafted #7, #17, and #22. If they have three 1st rd picks between 15 and 25, and 2 2nd rd picks (CBJ and Anaheim are both fading) in the 30s, they can package their own 2nd to move up and still have five picks in the top 40. And if they trade Laughton and/or Risto, at least two more picks in the first two rounds in 2025 or 2026.

With that many darts, they should hit on one or two players who overachieve relative to their draft slot.

 

[FlyerNutter]

I know most of the people here don't see the difference or care, but Kolosov is Belarussian. Also, he's been looking more solid lately, but yeah - still quite volatile.

Not sure about you guys, but I am getting a little tired of rooting for PHI win and the negativity here. I fully understand the rationale behind it / long term thinking etc. but it's possible to have some sort of dissonance, probably.

Happy for Kolosov. Whatever the nonsense was about him leaving it’s good for his own career he decided to give it a go again.

The Flyers were ripe for some playing time, and he’s making the most of it, it seems.

 

[BiggE]

I know most of the people here don't see the difference or care, but Kolosov is Belarussian. Also, he's been looking more solid lately, but yeah - still quite volatile.

Not sure about you guys, but I am getting a little tired of rooting for PHI win and the negativity here. I fully understand the rationale behind it / long term thinking etc. but it's possible to have some sort of dissonance, probably.

It’s just frustration. The team has yo-yo’d between bad and average for over a decade and there seems to be no end in sight. We all want the same thing, a team that can challenge for the Cup for multiple seasons. You need quality top 6 centers and a top pair D or 2 to get to that level and the lower you pick in the first round, the harder it is to find them.

The Flyers aren’t one player away from a Cup, it’s more like four or five and the best way to find these guys is with high first round picks. It’s not the only way, but it’s the one with the most chance of succeeding.

 

[ellja3]

It’s just frustration. The team has yo-yo’d between bad and average for over a decade and there seems to be no end in sight. We all want the same thing, a team that can challenge for the Cup for multiple seasons. You need quality top 6 centers and a top pair D or 2 to get to that level and the lower you pick in the first round, the harder it is to find them.

The Flyers aren’t one player away from a Cup, it’s more like four or five and the best way to find these guys is with high first round picks. It’s not the only way, but it’s the one with the most chance of succeeding.

Brain understands all this, don't get me wrong. But - as you said - it's been endless mediocrity and seeing some decent point streak makes me happy and subconsciously unwilling to root against them. Again - it's nothing rational in terms of long-term thinking.

 

[bennysflyers16]

Way to start the plugs Torts

 

[mr4tno]

Why does shit-or-ella play the 4th line like a 2nd line?

 

[bennysflyers16]

So many hometown boys torts could have benched.

Why does shit-or-ella play the 4th line like a 2nd line?

Cause he is a dinosaur POS.

 

[ellja3]

Meanwhile, NYR is trailing 0:5 (!!)

 

[BiggE]

Tippett will get you some goals, but JFC he has the hockey sense of a turnip

 

[CerpinTaxt]

Nice puck movement on that sequence.

 

[BiggE]

Meanwhile, NYR is trailing 0:5 (!!)

At home too, guessing Lavy gets the axe after this one.

 

[bennysflyers16]

I wouldn’t do it. But lavy has to be fired no.

 

[CerpinTaxt]

Geez MAF