GDT: ECQF 4 | FLYERS (A) vs. Canadiens (H) | Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 | 3:00 pm ET | Flyers lead series 2-1

[Captain Dave Poulin]

He has had a great game

Hahahahaha

 

[DancingPanther]

Thompson has done well in the OZ and boards today. Liked his work there.

BUT he has got caught in NZ way too much. You cant look bad in the DZ when you are not there! (Bunnaman has done a great job covering)

Bunny has been freaking great today.

I'm seeing a lot less blatant f*** ups from Thompson today and his hustle on the forecheck has been effective at times.

Believe me, not saying he's been a revelation today, he's simply been acceptable. Which is just fine.

His xGF% ain't great, but his individual CF isn't horrible. It's an improvement

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

So, right now we scored 5 goals in series.

Couturier and Giroux were on-ice for four goals of them. Not bad.

4 each, but at least one has been on the ice for every goal.

 

[Philly Fanatik]

Giroux is visible today in the face off circles!

 

[BritainStix]

Nate Thompson has had two very good periods. I don't understand why people find it so hard to praise bad players when they do things right.

Bit like the coaching staff. AV does something right, not because he meant to, but all luck......some people just make up their own narratives.

 

[MayonnaiseOreo]

Also wtf does Chris Therrien always look like his hair is soaking wet?

He used literally every ounce of energy he will ever have in order to shut down Jagr in the 90s and he is still sweating profusely from it 20 years later.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

Ducks fan here. Rooting for you guys to win it all!

You are a very smart & handsome man/woman no doubt.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Bundy's hair is so greasy.

 

[landsbergfan]

Thompson has done well in the OZ and boards today. Liked his work there.

BUT he has got caught in NZ way too much. You cant look bad in the DZ when you are not there! (Bunnaman has done a great job covering)

totally agree. Bunnaman has had a really good game

 

[CapnZin]

Bunny has been freaking great today.

I'm seeing a lot less blatant f*** ups from Thompson today and his hustle on the forecheck has been effective at times.

Believe me, not saying he's been a revelation today, he's simply been acceptable. Which is just fine.

Idk if I’d call them f*** ups... I think that’s just how he plays.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I am Thompson's hardest critic. If he plays like he does today, you'll hear a lot less from me.

Take a look at Giroux- 2nd on the team in xGF% and CF% (behind Myers!!!!) despite dragging those 2 mannequins around

GIROUX IS VERY VERY VERY GOOD

 

[tictactoe]

I do not understand what is the hate on Thompson. He is 4th liner that plays limited min, win faceoffs, hit, blocks and PK. is he Draper? No but he is not horrible, not VV horrible.

 

[freakydallas13]

The Habs fans on the main boards are so salty. I'm living for it, flush these turds in the 3rd.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Giroux is visible today in the face off circles!

It's unfortunate he's playing with two stiffs

 

[Beef Invictus]

Also lol at Hart going full Hasek with the mask.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Just saw the Myers goal. Ooof Price
JJ and Coatsie are raving about the Flyers back check today.

 

[Striiker]

Poor Giroux...

with Grant
7:49
43.75 CF%
38.80 xGF%

without Grant
2:00
100.00 CF%
100.00 xGF%

Meanwhile Grant...

with Giroux
43.75 CF%
38.80 xGF%

without Giroux
28.57 CF%
13.85 xGF%

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

I’d love to see odd man rush stats for this series, I think maybe the Flyers have allowed fewer than two a game.

Overall team defense has been excellent, but there have been some truly awful individual breakdowns in every game, including this one.

 

[HunterDuck]

We are big fans of Ducks around here. Sco Ducks.

I hope Derek Grant and Nate Thompson aren’t too annoying for you. The amount of former Ducks out there since 2015 could make up three decent lines on any team. I hate our GM.

 

[Magua]

I actually can dig Raffl-Coots-Jake in the name of depth, and I would've said so before the game. That line has a long history of being quiet killers. Raffl gives a little up in talent, but he always has chemistry with those guys, and how does the other team even get the puck?

I like Farabee with the Hayes line again.

But it's a bit confusing. They were willing to die on the hill of Laughton with Hayes, sacrificing depth. That was the presumably single reason Grant-Thompson were 3C/4C. Now, Laughton has been awful and is swapped to 3LW. With Giroux as the sacrifice. Grant-Thompson seems to be the hill on top of the hill to die on. They look awful today, as usual. How are Giroux and Laughton both on the 3rd line and both at wing? Woof.

 

[BritainStix]

If Giroux makes that third line respectable and only scores points on the PP, thats a huge win for the flyers.

Providing of course that the PP actually scores at some point in the future.

 

[Striiker]

They are gonna shell the ever loving f*** out of that shell in the third

Let's see how much Thompson plays.

He's currently at 8:51 total TOI.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I actually have very little issue with the tactics Flyers employing overall at 5v5.

They have the better team D, and more talent overall, and an equal goalie.

It makes sense that they are outplaying Montreal at their own game. When Montreal dont get to the net... well.. only ~2-3 of their players can actually score. Low event hockey means the Flyers low events are probably better ones.




But yeh, not going to say the same for the line-up haha. That is hamstringing them.

It felt to me like they weren't attacking as vigorously in the 2nd as in the 1st, where they used the boards to just circumvent Montreal's NZ coverage. I liked that a lot.

 

[Hins77]

Thanks vigneault for the Trap. Its make a really exciting hockey

 

[Deadpool8812]

I hope Derek Grant and Nate Thompson aren’t too annoying for you. The amount of former Ducks out there since 2015 could make up three decent lines on any team. I hate our GM.

Grant looked fine before the break, but has been trash since the return