GDT: #46 | Flyers at Islanders | Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 7:30 PM | NBCSP, 97.5 FM

Beef Invictus

Revolutionary Positivity
Dec 21, 2009
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Armored Train
FLYERS: 19-20-6 (6th in WC hunt)
ISLANDERS: 17-19-7 (9th in WC)


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FLYERS LINEUP

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

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

Ersson
Fedotov

Injuries

Deslauriers (IR)
Ellis (He said: “By other ways, by other ports/Thou to the shore shalt come, not here, for passage;/A lighter vessel needs must carry thee.”)

ISLANDERS LINEUP

Anders Lee - Brock Nelson - Mathew Barzal
Maxim Tsyplakov - Bo Horvat - Kyle Palmieri
Pierre Engvall - Casey Cizikas - Anthony Duclair
Matt Martin - Marc Gatcomb - Kyle MacLean

Noah Dobson - Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech - Ryan Pulock
Isaiah George - Dennis Cholowski

Hogberg
Sorokin*

Injuries

Sorokin (Game Time Decision)
Pageau (Out)
Fasching (DTD)
Romanov (DTD)
Holmstrom (IR)
Varlamov (IR)
Reilly (IR)

GDT SONG



STATS

5v5, On-Ice, Rates, Score & Venue Adjusted
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Last 3 Weeks
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Goalies
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The model franchise game, the Isles are what we want to become, tonight is a MASSIVE test to see if we have completed the rebuild.

If we can beat the Isles, you have to add at the deadline and trade any pick or player necessary to get bigger and slower.
 
The Isles are a dead franchise.

4 core players, Barzal (27), Horvat (29), Dobson (25), Sorokin (29)

The high priced geriatric group:
Martin (35), Lee (34), Nelson (33), Palmieri (33), Cizikas (33), Pageau (32), Mayfield (32), Pulock (30), Pelech (30), Varlamov (36)
Nelson and Palmieri are pending UFAs, so moved at the TDL.
Lee has one season left at $7M, so he might be moved as well

25 and younger:
Romanov (25), Holmstrom (23), George (20)

Odds and Ends
DuClair (29), Engvall (28), Cholowski (27), Tysplakov (26),
 
Both these teams play the most boring, painful to watch style of hockey. Absolute slog fest.

Unless it's Anaheim or Minnesota - those were the two most exciting games of the year.

I guess there were a few others where Michkov score the OT winner.... those were pretty sweet.

But I do wish the Flyers had more deliberateness to their game. They score a lot off the rush and get goals of opportunity. Don't get me wrong - a goal is a goal. But I guess that just speaks to their lack of talent and/or offensive scheme? Not sure which is which.
 
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Unless it's Anaheim or Minnesota - those were the two most exciting games of the year.

I guess there were a few others where Michkov score the OT winner.... those were pretty sweet.

But I do wish the Flyers had more deliberateness to their game. They score a lot off the rush and get goals of opportunity. Don't get me wrong - a goal is a goal. But I guess that just speaks to their lack of talent and/or offensive scheme? Not sure which is which.
You’re right!
They’re not the 83-84 Edmonton Oilers…that’s for sure…
Goals have been at a premium for the Flyers for a while now… well decades even!
 
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Unless it's Anaheim or Minnesota - those were the two most exciting games of the year.

I guess there were a few others where Michkov score the OT winner.... those were pretty sweet.

But I do wish the Flyers had more deliberateness to their game. They score a lot off the rush and get goals of opportunity. Don't get me wrong - a goal is a goal. But I guess that just speaks to their lack of talent and/or offensive scheme? Not sure which is which.
Lack of talent at center.
And a lot of inexperience, they're a young team and play like a young team.

They're faster, pass and move the puck better. They're quicker than most of the teams they've faced this season, but as an undersized team can wear down against bigger opponents.

They're much better at forechecking and creating chances off the forecheck this season.
And dangerous in transition.

But they're still learning how to set up plays, not for lack of trying, plenty of cross ice passes this season but you can see the wheels turning, forcing passes, passing up good shots, not spacing correctly. They go to the net more, but have trouble setting up and getting good shots off in the high danger area.
 
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Lack of talent at center.
And a lot of inexperience, they're a young team and play like a young team.

They're faster, pass and move the puck better. They're quicker than most of the teams they've faced this season, but as an undersized team can wear down against bigger opponents.

They're much better at forechecking and creating chances off the forecheck this season.
And dangerous in transition.

But they're still learning how to set up plays, not for lack of trying, plenty of cross ice passes this season but you can see the wheels turning, forcing passes, passing up good shots, not spacing correctly. They go to the net more, but have trouble setting up and getting good shots off in the high danger area.
For decades…
Flyers scouting is awful…which in turn enables awfully drafted players…then the organization can’t develop these players…
Mismanagement at its finest!
Overall needed in their hockey personnel.
 

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