only game tonight...watch them do something stupid..like win in a blowout lol
Zero % they are banged up.
Tippy Poheling together, Torts 2 fav boos SUCK TOGETHER, yet you scratch other players.
We are 100% healthy and will roll out possibly the worst forward lineup in years tonight !
Get Jett, Frost, Brink out of the lineup and their youngest team in the NHL badge of honour is gone !
Neither does Frost.That's been a big concern for me too. He doesn't at all look like the player he was last year. It took some time for him to get started, so I'm hoping it's the same thing this year.
Dude what is your deal with Frost?Neither does Frost.
Last season, Frost was a solid 2C and held up despite being overmatched some nights against top lines.
This season he looks lost out there, starts plays that go nowhere.
Eventually it's going to be Frost, Couts, Cates and Poehling at center, similar to last season, swapping Cates for Laughton, who is clearly better at LW.
Foerster - Couts - Michkov
Tippett - Frost - TK
Farabee - Cates - Brink
Laughton - Poehling - Hathaway
Given that group, it's no wonder Torts wants a longer look at Luchanko!
But unless he starts playing a lot better, he's headed back to the CHL.
is Torts taking questions ?Dude what is your deal with Frost?
It is the easiest way to fool the authentics."Youngest team in the league" is the Reddit subs favorite response to someone who says the Flyers aren't really rebuilding.
He's been playing like crap to start the season.Dude what is your deal with Frost?
Luchanko has NHL size and speed, he has NHL defensive instincts, he just has to raise his offensive game. The median 2C scores around 35 ES points, so we're not talking a drastic improvement. No one is asking him to be elite at 19, anymore than anyone sane expects Michkov to be elite this season.Luchanko a top 6 center next season. Can’t make this stuff up.
Even if he goes back most likely won't make Team Canada , but top 6 in NHL LOLLuchanko a top 6 center next season. Can’t make this stuff up.
Luchanko has NHL size and speed, he has NHL defensive instincts, he just has to raise his offensive game. The median 2C scores around 35 ES points, so we're not talking a drastic improvement. No one is asking him to be elite at 19, anymore than anyone sane expects Michkov to be elite this season.
That's a lot easier to plug in than an offensive first CHL center who hasn't mastered NHL fundamentals - because when the inevitable struggles on offense come, he'll be a black hole on defense.
Worst pp running. 2 x shorties against.
My under on Torts getting fired in 15 is looking good
Totally agree, Frost needs to be better, and I think he will. I'm less concerned when it comes to Frost, because I still see decent visual plays here and there with Frost. He hasn't lost anything, I just don't think things are quite going his way. I know we see the game differently, so I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on the visual side of things.He's been playing like crap to start the season.
Much worse than last season.
Tippett has been even worse, but you can live with Tippett or TK having a slow start, but if Frost is struggling the impact is greater b/c they have more depth at wing.
He's our only potential top 6 center (Luchanko next season but not now) so if he's mediocre, center is a black hole.
Couts is solid, but it doesn't look like he can drive a scoring line anymore.
That is his shtick. Do yourself a favor and press that ignore button. He is not worth the time.Dude what is your deal with Frost?
Just has to raise his offensive game… like that’s an easy thing for a 19-year-old whose best season in juniors was 20 goals. 35 ES points is a pretty drastic improvement over the 0 points in 4 games he currently has.
Just read this on Facebook.
Going back to March 24 of last season the Flyers are 3-11-3 in their last 17 games. Out scored 70-37
I went to the game last night and really like Brink's game. He may be the 2/3 best passer on the team - pretty good IQ - but the mistakes does make tend to end up in our net.
I absolutely don't blame him, I blame management for not sending him back to the CHL despite the fact he clearly should be.I don’t think it’s even fair to judge Luchanko. An 18 year old drafted in the mid 1st shouldn’t be playing center in the NHL. Probably shouldn’t next season as well. Just ride out the season to a top 5 pick and how Michkov looks good
they would still choose Torts for FO and smear MM..I cannot help but hope you're right, but I came a hair's breadth away from putting Torts on my stone cold locks to not be fired prediction for DGB's survey (only the possibility that he resigns for a FO job at the end of the season kept him off my list). I think Michkov would have to publicly threaten to return to Russia in order to get Torts actually fired.