Post-Game Talk: ECQF 3 (Flyers lead series 2-1): FLYERS 1 vs. Canadiens 0, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020

[Striiker]

Absolutely horrible.
AV = Hakstol
Therrien... I'll get banned if I describe him accurately.

We won that because of the Couturier, Giroux, Jake, Sanheim, Myers, and Hart. Everyone else was either mediocre at best or downright sucked.
That was the same game as the one previous, only difference being the six guys I listed above carried the entire roster on their backs.

 

[Rodu58]

Grant on the PP, they actually thought this was a goof idea

 

[Harold Bingo]

Just to reiterate, that was awful. I’m just relieved that didn’t go to OT.

 

[ajgoal]

Real Great Danes have a lifespan slightly longer than a house fly, but we’re stuck with that van of losers for decades. I’m appropriately bitter for the situation.

Real great danes are also significantly more awesome and majestic.

 

[Starat327]

Real Great Danes have a lifespan slightly longer than a house fly, but we’re stuck with that van of losers for decades. I’m appropriately bitter for the situation.

This is f***ing brutal.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Boring, but I'll take the W. The ugly ones count.

 

[Larry44]

They need to put Frost and Farabee in for Thompson and JVR. Put TK back with Couts.

28-14-11
21-13-93
49- 48-62
12-38-18

 

[1865]

14-2 in our last 16 games.

You’d never guess

 

[orangecrush8]

Grant on the PP, they actually thought this was a goof idea

Freudian slip?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Real Great Danes have a lifespan slightly longer than a house fly, but we’re stuck with that van of losers for decades. I’m appropriately bitter for the situation.

 

[ajgoal]

Grant on the PP, they actually thought this was a goof idea

To be fair, they were right.

 

[1865]

they were 5 posts away from being blown out

Post shots are never going in. At least for a SOG the goalie has to make a save.

 

[StarterHart]

Grant on the PP, they actually thought this was a goof idea

Yep, goof idea actually describes it pretty well.

 

[BigToe]

Set Michel on fire.

Eat Michel

 

[Starat327]

Absolute dogshit. Thompson out there with 1:40 left. Offensively inept. Horrendous zone entries. Embarrassing describes the powerplay on the surface tension level. I am only posting the nice win gif out of tradition. There was nothing nice about this win.

Except, of course Carter and Oskar

I need you to post dog shit 90,000 times to make this post the appropriate length. kthxbye

 

[Rodu58]

most of the team couldn't pass tonight, a lot of slow cross ice lobs

 

[Striiker]

OFFICIAL THREE STARS:

1. Hart
2. Provorov
3. Weber

PROVOROV???

Are they insane?

 

[landsbergfan]

Props to the 1st line. They rose to the occasion. Actually got better as the game went along. Hopefully they break out with a big game 4.

Dominated Danault line

 

[The Burdened]

this team is up 2-1 despite looking stale as f***
quit being stubborn and mix it up.

Was not happy with the overall effort. After getting your shit pushed in, I expect high energy the next game. Didn't really have that response. I get that the ultimate response is winning the next game, but I would've liked to have seen more fire.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Haaaaard disagree.

Unsure what you were seeing. But tragically, at this stage I keep HAgg over Niskanen

 

[tictactoe]

Grant on the PP, they actually thought this was a goof idea

Tactical move!

 

[Alchemy]

Props to the 1st line. They rose to the occasion. Actually got better as the game went along. Hopefully they break out with a big game 4.

They woke up in the middle of the third period.

 

[JXC]

7 freaking forwards with zero shots, just can’t happen.

Couts invisible
Giroux invisible
Voracek whatever
Hayes bad
Laughton bad
Konecny bad

 

[StarterHart]

Unsure what you were seeing.

the hitz, bro.

 

[Magua]

I want to be positive, and it's not about style points in elimination games. But the Flyers game plan was to basically make the game as low event as humanly possible -- although Scott Laughton didn't get the memo -- and grind their way from an early 1 goal lead. Rely on the Couturier line, one defense pair (Sanheim-Myers), and goaltending. Against the 12th place team in the East. That's a strategy a team does because they LACK the talent advantage, not because they're the 1st seed.

Canadiens were a hair and a post off today. The Flyers did everything in their power, at evens and special teams, to not run away with the game. They probably beat the Canadiens this series, as they should. But these just aren't inspiring wins for a team that wants to go deeper. There's enough in this tape to not take this win for granted, but I smell a whiff of confirmation bias coming from tomorrow's coaching meeting.