I don't know what people expect, we're gonna play Farabee and Frost and outskate Montreal?
This was playoff hockey, it's ugly but a win is a win.
Maybe you didn't notice, but the Habs approach was they can't call everything a penalty, it was like a time warp, they were holding, tripping, hooking with disdain for the refs. Farabee and Frost would have been eaten alive.
Raffl had a heck of a game, his timing was off and he didn't have a lot of help, but he was constantly involved in the play.
Playing Raffl and Hagg changed the tone, the Flyers were more physical, they weren't the only reason, but they had an impact.
Yes, Thompson is bad, except he wins a key faceoff in his own zone protecting a 1-0 against a 6 on 5 at the end of the game, sometimes it's when you do something good, not how often.
Flyers were taking the body for the first time on a consistent basis, and yes, it does wear down an opponent.
Voracek can joke about scoring goals without his stick, but he'd better commit to a PF role, because his skills are eroding and if he doesn't use the body, fore-check and back-check, he should be benched. Blind passes over the middle are a gift to the Habs.
Sanheim and Myers must have watched their film from Friday, b/c they were possessed, especially Sanheim who showed some cojones.
Hayes can be frustrating, but he probably had more zone entries than the rest of the team combined. It would help if his forwards got off their asses and gave him someone to pass the puck to.
TK has regressed in the playoffs, though he is shooting more and not forcing passes in traffic, bad retaliation penalty and probably the worst Flyer on the PP. He really isn't a very instinctive player.
Yeah it was butt ugly, but that 's what Montreal wants, frustrate you into bad decisions then jump on your mistakes and let Price win the game - they're just not used to a team willing to get into the mud with them, and who have a goalie just as good. You have to grind them down over a 6/7 game series until they lose a step and the floodgates open.
Playoff hockey: "Just win baby."
PS: Would someone tell our forwards when you dump the puck in, that Price is probably the best puck handling goalie in the NHL? So don't try those plays where you send it around the back of the goal - b/c it never gets there!
