GDT: #33 | Flyers at Red Wings | December 22, 2023 (TONIGHT) | 7:00 PM Tonight Time | NBCSP

[Chicken N Raffls]

This game is bonkers. Turned it on at 5-1 a few minutes ago. 18 penalties later and it's 5-3 with people getting ejected left and right

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Is this an AI generated image? Did you ask meta to draw what flyers leadership thinks Risto is?

No that is an actual photo from the OT debacle against Calgary when the Flyers "won" but the ref called it a no-goal due to unsportsmanlike playing. Screening is immoral or somethin'.

Here is one review from a quick search:

pelti: The Pronger unsportsmanlike call has me pretty disgusted with the NHL. It really shows the abject lack of accountability in officiating. The call was egregiously wrong. All Pronger did was extend his arm for a moment, with his back to the goalie. It doesn't really matter whether he was calling for the puck or screening the goalie, because he was making a hockey play. There is no rule against screening the goalie. The so-called "Avery Rule" which does not appear in the NHL rulebook, doesn't even apply here, because Campbell's clarification of rule 75 specifically says that facing the goalie is what made Avery's stick-wave unsportsmanlike. The two plays are worlds apart. ...

I also find it ridiculous how many people have come out saying the call made sense. It really goes to show the perceptions and reputation the Flyers face in every game. They are guilty until proven innocent in NHL circles. How can pointing left for about a second be called "unsportsmanlike" in a league that repeatedly lets headshots go? Barely 24 hours later, Crosby scored his 200th goal on a play where his teammate, Kunitz, buffaloed Kiprusoff while the shot was being taken. Where's the outrage for that?

 

[Winston Wolf]

Bad look, @Striiker

Dumb question, but is that you in your avatar?

I literally have just always assumed it was Norm MacDonald for some reason, then looked a little closer.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Dumb question, but is that you in your avatar?

I literally have just always assumed it was Norm MacDonald for some reason, then looked a little closer.

Lol, nah. It’s Mark Hoppus from blink-182, haha.

 

[Striiker]

No shit was talked. He did in fact play worse than dog water in the two minutes I watched.

Bad look, @Striiker

Putting the historically bad Flyers PP on the ice is actually an extremely intelligent play to prevent scoring.

200 IQ defensemen right there

 

[FLYguy3911]

Did they punt the PP with 30 seconds left or are they really rotating defensemen on the PP now?

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Nice kill by the Flyers' PP.

 

[BigToe]

Did they punt the PP with 30 seconds left or are they really rotating defensemen on the PP now?

Let Rocky cook

 

[Beef Invictus]

No that is an actual photo from the OT debacle against Calgary when the Flyers "won" but the ref called it a no-goal due to unsportsmanlike playing. Screening is immoral or somethin'.

Here is one review from a quick search:

pelti: The Pronger unsportsmanlike call has me pretty disgusted with the NHL. It really shows the abject lack of accountability in officiating. The call was egregiously wrong. All Pronger did was extend his arm for a moment, with his back to the goalie. It doesn't really matter whether he was calling for the puck or screening the goalie, because he was making a hockey play. There is no rule against screening the goalie. The so-called "Avery Rule" which does not appear in the NHL rulebook, doesn't even apply here, because Campbell's clarification of rule 75 specifically says that facing the goalie is what made Avery's stick-wave unsportsmanlike. The two plays are worlds apart. ...

I also find it ridiculous how many people have come out saying the call made sense. It really goes to show the perceptions and reputation the Flyers face in every game. They are guilty until proven innocent in NHL circles. How can pointing left for about a second be called "unsportsmanlike" in a league that repeatedly lets headshots go? Barely 24 hours later, Crosby scored his 200th goal on a play where his teammate, Kunitz, buffaloed Kiprusoff while the shot was being taken. Where's the outrage for that?

He was directing his teammates' coverage. It was a ridiculous call.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

He was directing his teammates' coverage. It was a ridiculous call.

And yet I could name about 50 calls and non-calls that were more egregious go against the Flyers.

 

[Beef Invictus]

And yet I could name about 50 calls and non-calls that were more egregious go against the Flyers.

Simon Gagne's official stats should have a goal added.

 

[Winston Wolf]

We finally found something that Ristolainen is elite at.

 

[Striiker]

Let Rocky cook

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

It's pretty funny watching Deslauriers trying to play this dumb sport.

 

[Cody Webster]

f*** Frost, shoot that

 

[BigToe]

That was so ugly from Frost lol

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Simon Gagne's official stats should have a goal added.

If 1980 wasn't rigged Pat Quinn has his Stanley Cup.

"If" and "should have" can change the world.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Cam atkinson is really holding this team back, he can't keep up, can't shoot, constantly out of position, and doesn't play any defense, yet torts loves him

 

[Ironmanrulez]

What is wrong with Seeler today...

has made mistakes leading to two goals against.

Then just deprived the Flyers of extra 6v5 time on a delayed penalty by getting so heated. And also of the PP itself. That set-up was nice for Flyers when puck came over.

he dont want to be traded, so he plays bad till the intrest is dying ;D

 

[BiggE]

If 1980 wasn't rigged Pat Quinn has his Stanley Cup.

"If" and "should have" can change the world.

Just reading this brings back the rage.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Just reading this brings back the rage.

It should never have dissipated. 40+ years hasn't soothed that felonious action. We can debate and argue about maladies over time, but that is the one exception. Terming it "getting screwed" is akin to a "mild disservice."

 

[VladDrag]

Atkinson is soooo cooked

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Atkinson is soooo cooked

Management and torts thinks he's a key piece to the team for some reason

 

[BiggE]

Woo

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Atkinson is soooo cooked

I kind of figured it would get bad once his shooting heater from the start of the year normalized.