Post-Game Talk: #82 | Flyers at Blackhawks | April 13, 2023

[GKJ]

At the end of the day Torts through sheer willpower was able to make this team go from 4th worst to 7th worst. If that doesn't scream improvement, I don't know what does.

Long Live Torts!

With at least 3 teams actively trying to lose.

 

[Curufinwe]

Hopefully that Provophobe goal is his last as a Flyer

It will be fitting if this was his last season in Philly cause it was certainly his worst.

York (who should have won the Ashbee trophy) will be happy to see the back of him.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Serious question: Roughly how many games did you watch this season?

I’ve likely had 60-65 games on in the background. See how easy it is to answer questions when presented with them?

We get it, you’re the moral and intellectual superior being when it comes to the Flyers. You see things on a level that the rest of us can’t even dream of.

The team hasn’t improved in any meaningful way due to Torts. It’s a myth in order to make you and others feel better about the team. It’s a coping mechanism.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Serious question: Roughly how many games did you watch this season?

I watched almost all of them. His point is completely valid. This is shit hockey.

It's more cohesive, but it's shit.

 

[04hockey]

shit hockey is when players don't try, Torts had the team trying most games this season

shit is where the Scouts haven't drafted right and the GM's Fletch AND Hexy trading picks as if they didn't matter, trading/signing malcontents hayes, jvr and tda AND certain high pics, Patrick, out and out QUIT on their teams .

hoping Briere see's this and improves our Scouting dept. somehow ..... just a humble opinion

 

[FLYguy3911]

I’ve likely had 60-65 games on in the background. See how easy it is to answer questions when presented with them?

We get it, you’re the moral and intellectual superior being when it comes to the Flyers. You see things on a level that the rest of us can’t even dream of.

The team hasn’t improved in any meaningful way due to Torts. It’s a myth in order to make you and others feel better about the team. It’s a coping mechanism.

How many did you watch with a tinfoil hat on though?

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

No, shit hockey is when you absolutely suck, whether trying or not, and there's absolutely nothing exciting in the pipeline coming to help...no hope. The last time the Flyers sucked this bad was in the late 80's early 90's. Even before trading for Lindros, there was still hope. We drafted Ricci and Forsberg, we already had a young Brind'Amour and Recchi, more top picks coming, no cap...there was hope. The current roster is a shit show with no hope at all that we can see. Unless we get lucky and jump to #1 or #2 in the draft...hope is very thin.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Last thing Jonathan Toews saw as Blackhawk was losing to one of the shittiest rosters in the NHL? Good.

Could have been worse. The last thing Keith saw as a Blackhawk was a linesman's knee.

 

[Beef Invictus]

shit hockey is when players don't try, Torts had the team trying most games this season

shit is where the Scouts haven't drafted right and the GM's Fletch AND Hexy trading picks as if they didn't matter, trading/signing malcontents hayes, jvr and tda AND certain high pics, Patrick, out and out QUIT on their teams .

hoping Briere see's this and improves our Scouting dept. somehow ..... just a humble opinion

Shit is getting blown apart while your coach doesn't understand you win by scoring.

Effort wasn't the problem last year. The Hayes Group aside, the team was trying. But AV is an Eakins-style coach (or vice versa) so there was no cohesion. F and D were separate units.

No, shit hockey is when you absolutely suck, whether trying or not, and there's absolutely nothing exciting in the pipeline coming to help...no hope. The last time the Flyers sucked this bad was in the late 80's early 90's. Even before trading for Lindros, there was still hope. We drafted Ricci and Forsberg, we already had a young Brind'Amour and Recchi, more top picks coming, no cap...there was hope. The current roster is a shit show with no hope at all that we can see. Unless we get lucky and jump to #1 or #2 in the draft...hope is very thin.

And this says it even better

 

[dragonoffrost]

So we can't bash the God Emperor for not being behind the bench...

Can we bash him for hiding and the team winning percentage being better during the games he hid?

And yes I was against the God Emperor from day one because 2004 was a long time ago to win a cup. And with half the teams in the league making the playoffs a first round exit isn't really a successful season. It's a smoke and mirrors success.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

And oh by the way. Which one's pink?

 

[Beef Invictus]

So we can't bash the God Emperor for not being behind the bench...

Can we bash him for hiding and the team winning percentage being better during the games he hid?

And yes I was against the God Emperor from day one because 2004 was a long time ago to win a cup. And with half the teams in the league making the playoffs a first round exit isn't really a successful season. It's a smoke and mirrors success.

I spent years in a FB hockey group with friends. The bulk of them were Rangers and Caps fans. I watched a ton of their team's games to be on the same page as them for discussion. I've absorbed a huge amount of Tortorella. I know who he is. I didn't want him. That's how I knew AV would go badly too.

This team has spent a decade repeatedly hiring the coaches I want least. I think the only two coaches they haven't touched on my "Never Hire" list are Byslma and Eakins. AV and Tortorella back to back is a crushing duo. At least Hakstol had right ideas (no idea how to execute them, as it turned out) and theoretically the chance to develop and grow. Not so with them other two.

 

[pit]

GM's Fletch AND Hexy trading picks as if they didn't matter

Other than Mrazek when both our goalies were injured or packaging picks to move up in the draft, when did Hextall ever trade a pick? Hextall definitely had faults in his time here, but he was very good at accumulating picks, not bleeding them.

 

[04hockey]

Other than Mrazek when both our goalies were injured or packaging picks to move up in the draft, when did Hextall ever trade a pick? Hextall definitely had faults in his time here, but he was very good at accumulating picks, not bleeding them.

how did he help the Flyers ? .....picking Patrick over Makar was a beauty, EH ??

BTW - Pens fire front-office trio after playoff streak ends

 

[kudymen]

Some bots, errrr I mean people actually believe that Clarke Makar story? talk about gullible

 

[04hockey]

Some bots, errrr I mean people actually believe that Clarke Makar story? talk about gullible

believe what you will.....and you will

the Flyers Scouting staff has a LOT to answer for .....JMHO

 

[BernieParent]

Serious question: Roughly how many games did you watch this season?

I know that all the games I watched were rough.

 

[IronMarshal]

it was a lovely goal though.

Hopefully that Provophobe goal is his last as a Flyer

 

[kudymen]

believe what you will.....and you will

irony.

 

[dragonoffrost]

believe what you will.....and you will

the Flyers Scouting staff has a LOT to answer for .....JMHO

Some bots, errrr I mean people actually believe that Clarke Makar story? talk about gullible

Of course Sakic is a bad GM to them though....

 

[3mFlyers]

Did Hextall give a post firing press conference in Pittsburgh? What a tool.

 

[Beef Invictus]

how did he help the Flyers ? .....picking Patrick over Makar was a beauty, EH ??

BTW - Pens fire front-office trio after playoff streak ends

Truly the only pick he made.

No GM takes Makar in that spot btw

 

[BigToe]

Just realized Jones was the guy that got walked by Provy in OT

 

[deadhead]

Jones went straight downhill after Torts left CBJ.
Maybe Sanheim for Jones straight up?

 

[renberg]

Jones went straight downhill after Torts left CBJ.
Maybe Sanheim for Jones straight up?

No