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

[LegionOfDoom91]

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.

He’s pretty terrible even with the qualifier of expecting little to nothing.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

JVR deserves that healthy scratch

They both might be hurt. JVR was not on the ice for the warmup skate. Didn't hear about whether NAK took part.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Score looks good. Worth a watch tonight so far?

Besides the roster deployment Rangers fans warned me about, they also yelled about his shell hockey in the playoffs. Which I was lulled into believing no longer exists because we were vastly more aggressive with a lead in the regular season than we were in the prior reign of terror.

And yet here we are.

Other teams’ fans don’t count unless their comments are positive. You know this.

 

[FlyerFaithful17]

Unpopular opinion but its guys like Raffl you end up winning series with. Low event player but who can slide up/down line up and play a variety of players.

Definitely shouldn’t be an unpopular opinion.

 

[Stizzle]

We are so fortunate to be up 2-0. Gotta create possession.

totally agree. Bunnaman has had a really good game

Not many bright spots in this one so far, but Bunny has definitely played well.

 

[BiggE]

Let's see how much Thompson plays.

He's currently at 8:51 total TOI.

He’ll be doubleshifted

 

[TCTC]

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.

People made up their mind about him the moment that trade happened and now it doesn't matter what he does.

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Giroux is 7-for-7 on draws, team is +10. One reason why the icings perhaps works in their favor at times is the comfort level on draws.

 

[tictactoe]

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

lol.

 

[BiggE]

Drank Breckinridge Vanilla porter last game, they won. Drinking it today. Guess I better stock up.

 

[TB87]

 

[Striiker]

Score looks good. Worth a watch tonight so far?



Other teams’ fans don’t count unless their comments are positive. You know this.

They made the lines...
Raffl-Couturier-Voracek
Farabee-Hayes-TK
Giroux-Grant-Laughton
Bunnaman-Thompson-Pitlick

Also...

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%

 

[Beef Invictus]

Score looks good. Worth a watch tonight so far?



Other teams’ fans don’t count unless their comments are positive. You know this.

At minimum watch the 1st period. They do a great job beating Montreal in the NZ and they dump the puck away from Price well enough that he rarely touches it.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

They both might be hurt. JVR was not in the ice for the warmup skate. Didn't hear about whether NAK took part.

Radio crew were speculating that NAK is dinged up from the blocked shot. I just figured JVR was a healthy

 

[Rebels57]

People made up their mind about him the moment that trade happened and now it doesn't matter what he does.

That's because he was bad the day of the trade and has been worse since.

Today he hasn't done anything glaringly awful...yet. He's just letting the wingers do the work which is fine. If he can execute simple passes and stay in position I can live with him. He's always going to hurt the team offensively but if he doesn't hurt them defensively too, he won't get as much shit. If he can be a Blair Betts circa 2010 if you will.

 

[Beef Invictus]

"His parents are pretty tall"


lol what a master class in genetic heredity

 

[flyerslducks]

"He controls the pace of play"

It's like someone handed a microphone to his ass cheeks and they held it while his sphincter offered that analysis.

he does control the pace...then turns it over and allows montreal to control the pace. So either he controls or he lets montreal control lol. He has been a lot better in this game, much more aggressive. He just needs to play a little faster

 

[JojoTheWhale]

They made the lines...
Raffl-Couturier-Voracek
Farabee-Hayes-TK
Giroux-Grant-Laughton
Bunnaman-Thompson-Pitlick

Huh. Thanks. I don’t think I would mind that with someone better than Grant between Giroux and Laughton. Or really, you could put either of those two in the middle anyway and probably be better off.

 

[Jettany]

i really want to see price pulled damnit. Please give me that. Please










sanheim and myers are the best players by far followed by hart, provorov, and couts

This.

 

[HunterDuck]

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

hey, you’re still Cup contenders. My team’s playoff window effectively died after the Ryan Kesler trade.

 

[BiggE]

Radio crew were speculating that NAK is dinged up from the blocked shot. I just figured JVR was a healthy

JVR is fine. He’s at the buffet, sulking

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Score looks good. Worth a watch tonight so far?



Other teams’ fans don’t count unless their comments are positive. You know this.

Watch the first period, but skip the first 15 minutes of the 2nd.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

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.

They are annoying the living shit out of me like you wouldn't believe, but I love actual ducks, and both my brother and I love the Oregon Ducks, so everything is fine.

 

[patrick kitchin]

If we hold on does Moose get the start tomorrow or do you let Hart do the back to back?

 

[Beef Invictus]

Hagg had himself a good first, for his standards. He actually made a couple defensive players.

His second period was downright Haggian though. Dude was fighting the puck and losing very badly. The puck pummeled him so deeply the docs may have to stop the fight.