GDT: #9 | Canadiens at Flyers | Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 7:00 PM | NBCSP, 93.3 FM

[renberg]

Meltzer from hockeybuzz. I wonder how much Torts spewing this crap led to passing on buium:

Today @ 9:11 AM ET
The Flyers were never going to repeat their 3 goals on 6 SOG from the other night. Andrae's play makes you wonder why he couldn't get out of the press box earlier in the season.
- Flyers_01


I was told by someone in hockey ops that Tortorella did not want "go too small on D" with three small/smallish D. York and Drysdale are in the lineup, so that squeezed out Andrae when he was called up. Right now with York out, though, there's an opportunity for Andrae. He was a bright spot last night.

BJM has told us that Tortorella has no power over who gets drafted. Hmmm

 

[deadhead]

Who is the head of Comcast Spectacor?

You know they own and operate the arena, right? It's nuts to think that is some forgotten and neglected asset. Pretending all these Comcast employees have nothing to do with Comcast is delusional.

Hilferty.

They're as much a real estate company as anything else.
Not only own the Fargo center, but are working on a $2.5 billion project around the stadiums.
"Phillies say they’re joining with Comcast Spectacor in $2.5 billion transformation of South Philadelphia Sports Complex."

Comcast Spectacor is the principal owner of Spectra (formerly Global Spectrum, Ovations and Paciolan). Globally, Spectra serves 300-plus clients at more than 400 properties.
Comcast Spectacor owns Ovations Food Services.
New Era Tickets is the full-service ticketing subsidiary of Comcast Spectacor,

So it's not like Hilferty is spending most of his time with the Flyers.
And he's not a "Comcast guy," cut his teeth as CEO of IBX. This is his retirement gig.

The Flyers are run by Jones and Briere. Hilferty is basically hands off, though he probably has to sign off on major expenditures like big money contracts.

 

[deadhead]

BJM has told us that Tortorella has no power over who gets drafted. Hmmm

That wasn't about drafting, it's not just that York and Drysdale are smaller, Zamula also plays small.

His concern was probably that if he has to pair two undersized D-men, opposing teams would crash the net, and they would struggle to win board battles to stop the cycle.