Post-Game Talk: #42 | Flyers at Wild | January 12, 2024 | Flyers win 4-3 (OT)

[MacDonald4MVP]

So poopstain went again with 10 forwards and Deslauries?

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

Our Champion

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Who's Hosting the post game show for this win?


Is the guy in the middle Hartman?

I don't know the other two.

Scott Hartnell and Al Morganti?

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

Scott Hartnell and Al Morganti?

just got my lazy fingers on the search engine... Flyers Postgame Live - Wikipedia

thx though

 

[Gregor Samsa]

It’s crazy the difference between this season and last. Maybe they run out of steam but nobody can say they haven’t played hard and well. I suppose I forgot what a difference Couts makes. He should get the Masterton trophy. I thought he’s be a shadow of his former self

 

[Gert B Frobe]

Very enjoyable win.

Tortorella has significant flaws, particularly lineup decisions and lack of action with the power play, but in sum I think he is a very good coach. The Flyers have to play hard to win because the lineup is just not great, and they definitely play hard.

Tortorella definitely knows how to motivate most players. There is merit to rewarding hard work and punishing laziness and stupid decisions. Atkinson has struggled, but he's playing hard, and he's a veteran that should be able to find his hands eventually - but is all that ice time really necessary to get there? And none of this explains 11 forwards and Staal though.

This lineup would be better of course. Maybe switch the wingers around I don't know.

Farabee-Couturier-Konecny
Tippett-Frost-Brink
Foerster-Cates-Atkinson
Poehling-Laughton-Hathaway

Sanheim-Drysdale
York-Walker
Seeler-Ristolainen

Their success this season certainly is surprising (Couturier) but the rest shouldn't be that shocking. Poehling, Hathaway, Walker and another year of maturity from Frost, Brink, Foerster, Cates, York, Zamula are huge. Guys like Hayes, JVR and Provorov wasted so much f***ing ice time last season.

Factor in Drysdale, and these are the reasons I get so annoyed with all the misery and bitching on this board. It would be interesting to see the difference in the Post Game Thread page counts after wins vs losses, if there is a difference.

 

[Canfly]

At least Atkinson was good for something tonight. Drawing that penalty in OT.

 

[Gert B Frobe]

It’s crazy the difference between this season and last. Maybe they run out of steam but nobody can say they haven’t played hard and well. I suppose I forgot what a difference Couts makes. He should get the Masterton trophy. I thought he’s be a shadow of his former self

I can't like posts for some reason so like. If he keeps it up Couturier for Masterton is obvious.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

The turning point of the game was when Van Halen's "Panama" was played mid-game. A real VH song!

Happy birthday Eddie Van Halen. And happy 80th birthday Jimmy Page. Both this month.

 

[Magua]

You can tell Rocko hasn't had a PP video session with Drysdale yet. He'll get there. Also, I'm pretty sure Konecny was the one who screamed, "JUST SKATE IT!," on that PP entry.

It's weird how that 4v3 looked nothing like every other PP I've seen this season. Zamula and Drysdale made a concerted effort to walk the puck, collapse the middle to force a decision, and hit Konecny at the face-off dot for one timers. Weird strategy, yeah?

I don’t think there has been a Flyer that I’ve just enjoyed watching him skate so much since Gags.

Would love to see this pair operate in non-7D minutes.

 

[Jack Straw]

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He’s up there but not quite.

 

[FromOyVey2Matvei]

I can't like posts for some reason so like. If he keeps it up Couturier for Masterton is obvious.

I don’t know who this Masterton guy is, but I’m not trading Coots.

 

[Metalwood]

Canucks fan here, gotta say I'm loving the Flyers game. Torts has the buy in and the team is playing great hockey, fun to watch. You got some underrated players, especially on defense. Good luck in the east

 

[dats81]

Some random observations:

Zamula must not come out of the lineup. His ability to calm down play and get pucks through onto net are something that this team has been missing.

Onetimers: those two MIN goals were unstoppable and not a single player on the Flyers does have the confidence to regularly try some in that regard.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I do not understand how you can watch NHL games and de-prioritize players who can skate the puck through the NZ. It changes everything.

Fletcher was passionate about doing so. I bet Flahr still is too.

It's good to have passions in life. They're the savory seasoning of being.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Some random observations:

Zamula must not come out of the lineup. His ability to calm down play and get pucks through onto net are something that this team has been missing.

Onetimers: those two MIN goals were unstoppable and not a single player on the Flyers does have the confidence to regularly try some in that regard.

Those plays are actively discouraged by Tortorella. He hates cross-ice passing.


And that's fine, they're risky. It is better to only go straight north-south. Becoming one dimensional reduces how much I have to think and that's a service, really.

 

[BillDineen]

Big Z with 7 pts in his last 10. Good for him. Boring game until the comeback

 

[FanForLife]

Some random observations:

Zamula must not come out of the lineup. His ability to calm down play and get pucks through onto net are something that this team has been missing.

Onetimers: those two MIN goals were unstoppable and not a single player on the Flyers does have the confidence to regularly try some in that regard.

Hartmans was indeed stoppable. He was there, just didn't seal correctly, he seems to have a problem with those.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

We live in a society.

 

[Cody Webster]

Good thing we dressed him. Seemed to be a real dirty game

 

[Curufinwe]

Nice revenge win for all the annoying Minnesota influence over the past 5 years.

 

[Alex K]

Those plays are actively discouraged by Tortorella. He hates cross-ice passing.


And that's fine, they're risky. It is better to only go straight north-south. Becoming one dimensional reduces how much I have to think and that's a service, really.

If a player has elite skills and can execute such plays, Tortorella won't punish him.


That's why I'm not worried about Michkov playing for Torts.

 

[mr4tno]

Glad we dressed Deslauriers for his 4:55 of ice time.

With back-to-back games no less. at least he was about even for the night -- 4:56 spent on the ice and 5 min in the box.

 

[Curufinwe]

TK and Couts are getting flogged.

 

[BillDineen]