Miscellaneous NHL Discussion LXXXIX: More impactful than an REM pop song

[Beef Invictus]

Or maybe some players need a couple seasons before the light goes on?
It wasn't like Thompson didn't have his opportunities - started half a season in St Louis at age 20,
at 21, 65g, 11:14 at ES, 6-5 11
2019-20, lost season 16 AHL games, 1 NHL game
at 23, 38g, 12:35 at ES, 6-5 11
at 24. 78g, 14:23 at ES, 26-24 50

The light's only going to go on if management and coaches stop smashing it

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Late 30-something YA Tittle

And early 30-something Duke Harris never cease to amaze me.

 

[FLYguy3911]

meanwhile...


nothing more telling than combined +/-

@bennysflyers16 would be proud of that spelling.

 

[Beef Invictus]

That's definitely a way to take a muddy stat and make it almost as useless as possible. Peak uselessness would be doing that for players across teams.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

he is such a complete peice of shit...

Trotz did it to some sweede back in Nashville who had his family fly in from Europe and then the kid was sent to Ahl and couldn't even be with them cause they immediately went on a roadtrip or something.

 

[flyersnorth]

Watching multiple sports shows and it is all Leafs talk. Everything from possibly missing playoffs, missing Babcock, is Trotz the answer, fire Dubas, no culture like the Bruins, finally time to trade one of the 3 F, Marner benching after 2 giveaways that led to goals...but for 1 shift, etc...

It's funny to watch

And I would still trade the Flyers for their organization.

I don't know, 17 years without winning a playoff round and 9 of those years being playoff misses.

With a vastly superior roster to what we have, with elite level talent.

I know they will break out eventually and figure it out, but that kind of futility would be hard to take - even moreso than the garbage hockey we've been watching for a decade because the Leafs *should* 100% achieve so much more than they have.

 

[Rebels57]

I don't know, 17 years without winning a playoff round and 9 of those years being playoff misses.

With a vastly superior roster to what we have, with elite level talent.

I know they will break out eventually and figure it out, but that kind of futility would be hard to take - even moreso than the garbage hockey we've been watching for a decade because the Leafs *should* 100% achieve so much more than they have.

It's pretty clear which organization is in a better spot right now, and really they have been for like 3-4 years despite not winning a round...yet.

Like someone else said, I would trade every forward and defensemen on this team right now for Matthews alone. It would be easier and quicker to build around him from scratch than it would be to salvage this sinking ship.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Curufinwe]

A real hiding could happen Wednesday with Sandstrom presumably in goal and the Flyers playing a B2B

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Trotz did it to some sweede back in Nashville who had his family fly in from Europe and then the kid was sent to Ahl and couldn't even be with them cause they immediately went on a roadtrip or something.

wow... thats some next level asshole there...

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

meanwhile...


nothing more telling than combined +/-

Seider is awesome.

 

[landsbergfan]

@GiG @DancingPanther set up the fund

 

[DancingPanther]

@GiG @DancingPanther set up the fund

I'm in. Go sens go. I'll talk to GiG too. Should I message Mononoke and YuenglingJagr too?

 

[Chinatown88]

Just win Powerball and use a good chunk of that as a downpayment 4Head

 

[Curufinwe]

I hope in another 20 years athletes and us regular folk will be able to get some type of nanobot injection to prevent injures like this without improving performance.

 

[flyerslducks]

meanwhile...


nothing more telling than combined +/-

Hagg taking edvinssons place…yikes. Only a matter of time he gets called up

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[ajgoal]

LoL

 

[Ghosts Beer]

What a d!ck.

 

[Magua]

Toronto is 27th in all situation GF/60 so far this season. Over the last 3 years, they're 3rd. Auston Matthews, the reigning Hart winner and 5v5 monster, has 1 5v5 point on the season.

It's pretty much Bizarro Flyers, in stats and media. 10 game samples make mofos crazy.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Toronto is 27th in all situation GF/60 so far this season. Over the last 3 years, they're 3rd. Auston Matthews, the reigning Hart winner and 5v5 monster, has 1 5v5 point on the season.

It's pretty much Bizarro Flyers, in stats and media. 10 game samples make mofos crazy.

Their metrics have been middling for the most part so far give or take. So it’s not like they’re blowing off doors shots/chances wise & just not getting the results. But it is a small sample size & I do feel confident their talent there will show out in the long run.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]