GDT: #74 - 03/26/14 | Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers | 8:00 - NBC SPORTS

[trilobyte]

I would be pretty unhappy if I was Voracek

Edit: Oh well, who said we deserve to be happy?

 

[The Gloaming]

Not a dive.

 

[pld459666]

I hate that bald headed idiot. With a passion.

If he vanished tomorrow I would not mind.

****

 

[GFiP*]

In b4 flyer fans cry

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

A call that went our way? This is a strange tingly feeling.

 

[Megustaelhockey]

I saw that. I like the post about how that's why star players don't thrive here.

Can't blame the lights anymore, I see.

 

[darko]

Also, is anyone else STOKED about a Girardi/McD pairing for the foreseeable future?

So glad that they re-signed G.

Hell yes.

The right move was to keep Girardi and trade Callahan.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Only Hagelin can manage to shoot it directly into another player's elevated stick.

Lol.

He's had a great game, though. Just thought that was funny.

 

[TGWL]

His decisionmaking is what it always was. He was learning how to deal with the completely new defensive system. All of the outlet passes were different, all of the positioning was different. It is a massive, massive change and your absolutely discounting the effect it had on him as a player.

Again it's obvious it was the system. You've seen a couple defenders make leaps and bounds improvements (Staal as well).

No, it's not obvious. You want to use that to defend your points, and that's fine, you could be right. But, no, it's not obvious that it was the system.

 

[ecemleafs]

wake up guys. that was one awful 4 on 4.

 

[trilobyte]

Pretty strange decisions with the puck there, Rangers.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

No, it's not obvious. You want to use that to defend your points, and that's fine, you could be right. But, no, it's not obvious that it was the system.

It's absolutely obvious. Again, he improved as the team improved. It took the team a quarter of the season or so to learn the new system. He was only bad when everyone else was bad. He improved when everyone else improved. His play was no worse than anyone else's at the time since everyone looked lost.

This happens in hockey when you completely change a system that a player has played in for a number of years.

 

[GFiP*]

Their tears are delicious

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Wow. That was a hell of a defensive effort. Zucc needs to just get the shot off, though.

 

[TGWL]

Did his stick break or was it whacked at?

 

[highandwide]

How many sticks Zucc break the last couple of games?

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Breaking sticks are so frustrating

 

[Doctyl]

Doc not every player with a 2 or a 6 on his back is St Louis! Jesus he's worse than Sam with names

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

No, it's not obvious. You want to use that to defend your points, and that's fine, you could be right. But, no, it's not obvious that it was the system.

Actually, it kind of is obvious.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

Zucc trying to make up for the absence of Callahan by breaking every stick he has ever owned lirl.

 

[Hunter Gathers]

Wait, nevermind. The stick broke when he took the shot LOL.

I thought McDonald had broken it when he hit him.

 

[trilobyte]

Nice move by Zucc to make the steal. Love that.

 

[Kakko]

nevermind

 

[ecemleafs]

Wow. That was a hell of a defensive effort. Zucc needs to just get the shot off, though.

stick snapped without any contact from macdonald.

 

[aufheben]

"Wades in". Is hockey Doc, not Bassmasters,

pls.