GDT: #36 | Flyers at Ducks | Saturday, December 28, 2024 | 4:00 PM | NBCSP, 97.5 FM

[Beef Invictus]

FLYERS: 15-16-4 (6th in Metro)
DUCKS: 13-16-4 (7th in Pacifo)

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FLYERS LINEUP

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

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

Ersson
Kolosov

Injuries

Ellis (These miscreants, who never were alive,/Were naked, and were stung exceedingly/By gadflies and by hornets that were there.)

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DUCKS LINEUP

Frank Vatrano - Ryan Strome - Troy Terry
Alex Killorn - Leo Carlsson - Brett Leason
Cutter Gauthier - Mason McTavish - Robby Fabbri
Ross Johnston - Isac Lundestrom - Jansen Harkins

Jackson Lacombe - Radko Gudas
Olen Zellweger - Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin - Drew Helleson

Dostal
Gibson*

Injuries

Gibson (Game Time Decision)
Zegras (DTD)

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[Beef Invictus]

Flyers roster is from the 23rd. Ducks is from the 27th.

I've seen people talking about benching Michkov for rest, but hopefully that does not happen after 5 day rest. That would be dumb.

 

[freakydallas13]

I'm sure I could Google it and find out, but I have always wondered what you are quoting/referencing for the blurbs you put next to Ellis in every GDT.

I like to imagine they are all Beef original creations.

 

[deadhead]

Anaheim is an awful team with a good young goalie playing over his head.
Flyers are playing great hockey at 5x5 since Thanksgiving when Torts set the lines.
They should avoid taking penalties and decline all power plays.

 

[Boocowski]

Post Christmas road trip. Build a winning culture or tank for Hagens? idfk.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Scott Laughton, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[Michanko]

Post Christmas road trip. Build a winning culture or tank for Hagens?

i’ll always root for wins but of course when you suck losses give you a bit of excitement as well… but the flyers have kept me just far enough from both all year to not know

 

[BillDineen]

Scott Laughton, ladies and gentlemen.

Farabee in the dog house keeps MM in!

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Scott Laughton, ladies and gentlemen.

Probably just showcasing him for a trade.

 

[VladDrag]

Anaheim is an awful team with a good young goalie playing over his head.
Flyers are playing great hockey at 5x5 since Thanksgiving when Torts set the lines.
They should avoid taking penalties and decline all power plays.

They have been playing safe hockey for the majority of that timeframe. Since December, they’ve had a positive xG +/-… but that’s predicated on a good xGA and a lousy xGF. For reference the 50th percentile for xGF/60 is about 2.5, depending on the model you’re using.

They have been bad in the offensive production aspect during that time. We’ll see how well that goes for them long term.

Scott Laughton, ladies and gentlemen.

I don’t know how you can look at the lack of offensive production on this team and think, Farabee is the one that needs to come out…


I mean I actually do know, but it’s dumb

 

[deadhead]

They made a huge jump since Torts settled on four lines.

Problem is while the Cates line has steadily improved, the other two top lines have been inconsistent.

Part is chemistry, not sure Couts is really a center anymore and Frost hasn't quite clicked with anyone.
TK, Tippett and Michkov (with fresh legs) are clearly the three best of the top six forwards.

But they have 50 or so games to work it out.

 

[freakydallas13]

They made a huge jump since Torts settled on four lines.

Problem is while the Cates line has steadily improved, the other two top lines have been inconsistent.

Part is chemistry, not sure Couts is really a center anymore and Frost hasn't quite clicked with anyone.
TK, Tippett and Michkov (with fresh legs) are clearly the three best of the top six forwards.

But they have 50 or so games to work it out.

Frost on pace for 40 points, Tippet on pace for 51. While Frost gets punished for mistakes and Tippet gets free reign to be awful for 20 games at a time.

 

[BringBackHakstol]

Laughton on the first line is a joke

 

[FLYguy3911]

Laughton on the first line is a joke

Chances he asks Cutter for a fight?

 

[Curufinwe]

It’s kind of funny to have Laughton stapled to Couturier in almost 2025.

2011 and 2012 first round draft picks still hanging in there.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I'm sure I could Google it and find out, but I have always wondered what you are quoting/referencing for the blurbs you put next to Ellis in every GDT.

I like to imagine they are all Beef original creations.

They definitely are not. The most clear giveaway so far was "All hope abandon, ye who enter in!"

I imagine it'll become clearer once the torments begin. I want to see if I can get through the whole thing, one triplet at a time, before his contract ends.

 

[Beef Invictus]

They made a huge jump since Torts settled on four lines.

Problem is while the Cates line has steadily improved, the other two top lines have been inconsistent.

Part is chemistry, not sure Couts is really a center anymore and Frost hasn't quite clicked with anyone.
TK, Tippett and Michkov (with fresh legs) are clearly the three best of the top six forwards.

But they have 50 or so games to work it out.

Have you ever checked out the line combo stats for games? You can end up scrolling forever. There are not four settled lines.

There were 11 or 12 line combos that played at least one shift together last game; 23 total unique tracked lines. Vs only 7 or 8 for the Penguins. Probably more like 6. 16 total permutations.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Chef’s kiss would be to see Gauthier score a hatty and Torts’ head exploding.

 

[deadhead]

Have you ever checked out the line combo stats for games? You can end up scrolling forever. There are not four settled lines.

There were 11 or 12 line combos that played at least one shift together last game; 23 total unique tracked lines. Vs only 7 or 8 for the Penguins. Probably more like 6. 16 total permutations.

Last 14 games (when the Cates line was put together) they've pretty much played 4 lines;
Farabee - Couts - TK
Tippett - Frost - Michkov
Foerster - Cates - Brink
Laughton - Poehling - Hathaway
During that period, they are 7th in xGF/60, and 1st in xGA/60.
11th in HDCF/60, 3rd in HDCA/60.
9th in Sh%, so they seemed to have learned how to finish plays.

Last couple game Torts has been shuffling the first two lines, especially with Michkov playing less due to dead legs. He's said he likes Couts at LW. But who plays center then?

The two lines aren't playing badly, but they don't quite add up.
The Cates line is playing out of their gourd.
The Couts line has been the worst of the four, though they tend to get the toughest matchups.

Eventually Briere will make changes, but no rush, Farabee has picked up his game, so you wouldn't want to sell low, get a better read with a bigger sample.

 

[Sombastate]

I'm going to the game tomorrow. Laughton on the first line is gonna be ... Laughton on the first line. But win, lose, draw or seppuku, there will be 4 paragraphs telling us why it was good

 

[FLYguy3911]

Every time this dude opens his mouth shit comes out. There’s no way he didn’t sound ridiculous in his pre draft interview.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Every time this dude opens his mouth shit comes out. There’s no way he didn’t sound ridiculous in his pre draft interview.

He's just an idiot. Torts response is perfect..

Cutter has it circled... better watch out.

 

[trostol]

i feel like i really do not care about Gauthier and playing against us..too man fans took that situation way to personally and are holding way too much of a grudge

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Every time this dude opens his mouth shit comes out. There’s no way he didn’t sound ridiculous in his pre draft interview.

Sure, Bill.

 

[BiggE]

It’s a shame that they can’t extend the break through New Years