Post-Game Talk: flyers @ RANGERS

[PuckLuck3043]

sadly he likely overachieved last year ......Ottawa trades him because he was inconsistent

He may have had a career year last year but he was very good the year before. There is something wrong with him this year. I don't know if its covid or an injury but he is not right.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Oh completely... But we all had to know the youngest team in the league might have issues. We are missing a 2C and 1LD, have a 1C hurting, etc... think about where this team would be with those holes filled... but this is a rebuild

Unless you mean by injury how are we missing a 1LD?

 

[Embryo]

Panarin and Kakko were good.


Zibanejad literally looks like he’s in space jam and the Monstars sucked all his talent out of him.

Excellent and impressive Space Jam reference, you get 100000 internet points and 2 cookies. Well done.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Lmao no way...

Please tell me Sam didn’t

Not that egregious. Patrick took a penalty late in the game & Sam called him Nolan Ryan.

 

[NoQuitInNewMexico]

I guess the good thing you can say about Zibanejad is he (probably) isn't leaking goals and grade A chances against? And he's fine on the PK? I think his possession stats aren't good but they use KZB as a matchup line, I'm not sure it was ever "elite" offensively as a line at even strength.

I don't think it's his whole game that's went to shit, it's the offensive zone, he's just another one of our bottom six mystery meat players now.

 

[Jayan]

Lmao no way...

Please tell me Sam didn’t

you know he did

 

[FireGerardGallant]

Yips - Wikipedia

Maybe hell become Rick Ankiel and rediscover himself as a goalie

 

[will1066]

wild stat

Erik Christensen

 

[egelband]

Philly should get kicked out of the league

Philly was so undermanned... it was a true Covid Victory. Gotta build off of it, I guess. That’s the best I can make of it. They should have put up a touchdown on that team.

 

[NYRangers16]

Also Fox is crazy skilled... maybe not shooting, but as far as puck control, playmaking, not turning the puck over, etc... he even threw a nasty hit tonight. We are finding the pieces fast

 

[NYRKING30]

The league may very well regret this. Is there a protocol in place to continuously follow up with each player after their no longer positive?

Nope it’s just sink or swim honestly. It’s not just the NHL, it’s all of the sports. It hits and affects some people different.

 

[NYR]

Am I really the only one impressed with Provorov tonight?
I thought he was great

 

[NYRangers16]

Unless you mean by injury how are we missing a 1LD?

Miller might be but ideally he wouldn’t be required to be so early.

 

[NYRKING30]

sure hope so. He should get a haircut to change his luck ... I’m serious it’s too long lol

I agree for sure lol. What else does he got to lose? Even have an exorcism if you have to.

 

[NYR94]

wild stat

I kind of remember Christensen being good but I would have never guessed Kozlov being up there.

 

[egelband]

Erik Christensen

 

[gravey9]

Kreider looks absolutely terrible too. Just doing that thing where he skates and skates and can't handle a pass.

On the bright side, everyone complaining that Laffy isn't playing with offensive players is on a line with two of our leading scorers.

 

[Rempe73]

It will just take one goal to go in for Zib for the floodgates to open. Of course, he’s gotta get that one goal....

Man I hope you’re right but I don’t know. This just feels like a bigger problem with Zib. Something else is wrong. He just can’t play hockey. I know people like to overuse that phrase, but it’s actually kind of true with Zib. The guy just looks overmatched.

 

[EdJovanovski]

 

[aufheben]

I don't understand it, but I accept it.

Thank you John Jackson.

Now that truly shows how f***ed the Flyers are.

 

[Anthony5967]

Blackwell is the new Mats Zuccarello?

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

The PP doesn't require nearly the skating or stamina needed, this has nothing to do with Covid. Zibanejad is just a head case. I'd feel bad for him if he weren't a multi-millionaire athlete.

He definitely seems the type that when everything is going, he’s at he’s best and super confident. But working himself out of struggles seems to be tough for him.

This is really bad this season. He can barely accept a pass, keeps misplaying the puck, looks sluggish. He’s like 2013 lockout season Brad Richards but somehow worse.

He shouldn’t even have been out there though. He looked like shit all game, why have him out there when Buch, Kakko, Laf, Strome are all on the bench? Panarin can by that RH trigger man, you don’t need Zib out there. Prob want Kakko or Buch or Laf on the right side.

His poor play is honestly one of the top reasons for our team struggling. Not only is his lack of production killing us, but it also kills our PP, neutralizes Kreider, diminishes our matchup center, trickles down and affects quality of play our other lines face.

 

[Rempe73]

Gold

 

[SnowblindNYR]

wild stat

Did he even have an attempt against the Pens? I wouldn't be surprised if he got "lost on the bench" with our imbecile coach.

 

[DanielBrassard]

Man I hope you’re right but I don’t know. This just feels like a bigger problem with Zib. Something else is wrong. He just can’t play hockey. I know people like to overuse that phrase, but it’s actually kind of true with Zib. The guy just looks overmatched.

I agree, this isn't just a slump. He is having trouble making and receiving passes, staying on his feet, and he's seemingly lost/dropped his stick an inordinate amount of times.


It's concerning.