GDT: Philadelphia Flyers 2, Los Angeles Kings 1 (Final)

[Ron*]

Saturday • December 6, 2014 • 1:00 p.m. (PST)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
8-13-4 • 20 PTS
6th Metropolitan Division • 13th Eastern Conference • 26th League

LINE COMBINATIONS
12 Michael Raffl • 28 Claude Giroux C • 93 Jakub Voracek
10 Brayden Schenn • 49 Scott Laughton • 17 Wayne Simmonds A
18 R.J. Umberger • 14 Sean Couturier • 24 Matt Read
36 Zac Rinaldo • 76 Chris VandeVelde • 78 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

DEFENSE PAIRS
8 Niklas Grossman • 32 Mark Streit A
55 Nick Schultz • 5 Braydon Coburn
15 Michael Del Zotto • 47 Andrew MacDonald

GOALIES
35 Steve Mason
29 Ray Emery

INJURIES
20 Crhis Pronger
44 Kimmo Timonen

HEALTHY SCRATCHES
40 Vincent LeCavalier
22 Luke Schenn
26 Carlo Colaiacovo

LOS ANGELES KINGS
14-7-5 • 33 PTS
4th Pacific Division • 7th Western Conference • 12th League

LINE COMBINATIONS
70 Tanner Pearson • 11 Anze Kopitar A • 77 Jeff Carter
23 Dustin Brown C • 28 Jarret Stoll • 14 Justin Williams
74 Dwight King • 10 Mike Richards • 73 Tyler Toffoli
13 Kyle Clifford • 22 Trevor Lewis • 71 Jordan Nolan

DEFENSE PAIRS
6 Jake Muzzin • 8 Drew Doughty
3 Braydon McNabb • 2 Matt Greene A
44 Robyn Regehr • 27 Alec Martinez

GOALIES
32 Jonathan Quick
31 Martin Jones

INJURIES
12 Marian Gaborik

HEALTHY SCRATCHES
15 Andy Andreoff
5 Jamie McBain

GAME / NEWS UPDATES

[fieldset=Game / News Updates] • December 5, 2014, 1:54 p.m. (PST) • Michael Del Zotto is back in the starting line-up after being a healthy scratch the past two games. https://twitter.com/tpanotchCSN/status/540987572898365440[/fieldset]

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CREDITS
Content: Ron
Graphics: KingsKnight
Confidence: Matt Greene
Trolling the old team: Justin Williams
Trolling the old team 2: Jeff Carter
Attitude: Steve Harvey

GDT updated on December 6, 2014, at 1:51 a.m. (PST)

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[Ron*]

 

[YP44]

Philly is on a 9 game road losing streak (or something close to that) so they are do.
4-1 Flyers

 

[Winger23]

Philly is on a 9 game road losing streak (or something close to that) so they are do.
4-1 Flyers

There's a reason for it...they suck. 3-0 Kings.

 

[damacles1156]

Wonder which road version of the Philly shows up ? hmmmm.

I say 3-2 Shootout loss. Philly wins.

 

[tsanuri]

Philly is on a 9 game road losing streak (or something close to that) so they are do.
4-1 Flyers

Are they do or are we due to play to the level of them and lose?

 

[The Night King]

5-1 Kings win. Carter with the hat trick.

 

[YP44]

There's a reason for it...they suck. 3-0 Kings.

haha I hope you're right

 

[Buddy The Elf]

5-1 Kings win. Carter with the hat trick.

No Carter will get the hat trick after the kings are up 5-1.

 

[Quattro]

lol @ listing Pronger among the injured

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

It's a game vs. a struggling east coast team at a time anyone can watch so naturally we're going to poop ourselves to make sure they all think we suck.

5-1 Flyers
40 saves for whichever goalie starts
3 main board threads or bumps

 

[GummiBaked]

both Carter and Richards show up big time for this.

6-2 Kings

Clifford and Simmonds scrap, Nolan and Rinaldo too.

 

[Lelouch]

both Carter and Richards show up big time for this.

Yes. The trolling streak begun by Brown must continue

 

[Reclamation Project]

3-1 Kings.

 

[VEGASKING]

Kings 11-3-1 at home
Philly 2-9-2 on the road and lost 6 games in a row overall.


Early start time is the only thing that keeps it close. 2-1 Kings though I hope it's as easy as it should be they way things are going for both teams.

 

[MsMeow]

Del Zotto a healthy scratch? I thought he was one of the Flyers' better dmen this season.

 

[Ron*]

lol @ listing Pronger among the injured

He's on the roster on LTIR and will be so for the next how many years?

Ridiculous.

 

[Ron*]

Del Zotto a healthy scratch? I thought he was one of the Flyers' better dmen this season.

http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nhl/2545/michael-del-zotto

He spent the last two games as a healthy scratch, but RotoWorld is projecting he starts tomorrow. We'll have to wait and see. Line combos from DailyFaceoff is still showing him scratched.

Maybe a Philly fan can tell us why he's been in the doghouse lately.

EDIT: here is the answer (the coach is a moron):

http://www.nj.com/flyers/index.ssf/...ated_about_being_healthy_scratch_tuesday.html

 

[Scottkmlps]

Del Zotto a healthy scratch? I thought he was one of the Flyers' better dmen this season.

Too busy trying to hook up with porn stars. He is really close to the San Fernando Valley right now.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Too busy trying to hook up with porn stars. He is really close to the San Fernando Valley right now.

The real Silicone Valley!

 

[Little Psycho]

s'cuse me....pardon me...have to sit next to my BFF

 

[Reclamation Project]

Don't tell me he's *that* guy at the movies who's always late and steps on my foot...

 

[Little Psycho]

Don't tell me he's *that* guy at the movies who's always late and steps on my foot...

"Watch it you as--....*looks at Carter* well... umm.. its cool...you can step on my foot anytime man."

 

[deeshamrock]

http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nhl/2545/michael-del-zotto

He spent the last two games as a healthy scratch, but RotoWorld is projecting he starts tomorrow. We'll have to wait and see. Line combos from DailyFaceoff is still showing him scratched.

Maybe a Philly fan can tell us why he's been in the doghouse lately.

EDIT: here is the answer (the coach is a moron):

http://www.nj.com/flyers/index.ssf/...ated_about_being_healthy_scratch_tuesday.html

An interesting quote to take from that nj.com article:

Asked if he agrees with his coach that his play has dropped off, Del Zotto responded with an interesting answer:

"Yeah, everyone has to be better. Everyone can be better in here, and that's really what it boils down to. There's not one or two guys that changes things around. It's going to take a full team effort — all four lines, all 6 D and the goalies. Until we get everybody going, we're going to still be in a slump."

Translation: He feels that he's being singled out.

I have to agree, that timeframe is when just about every player not named Giroux or Voracek began to drop off. Berube is not a good coach, maybe he coaches the way he plays, which was not elite or with vision or IQ. He's too much of the Flyers old boy network. It's no coincidence that the only Flyers coaches who've gotten the team to deep playoff runs and into the SCFinals (Shero, Keenan, Quinn, Murray and Lavvy) were not ex homeboys. His in game decisions sometimes are headscratchers.

The only other thing I can think of is that he's been dangled as part of a trade and they don't want to risk an injury. SNider won't tolerate them missing the playoffs (which they will) and him showing up at the west coast road games and not being happy doesn't help. His tirades and attitude have put pressure on Hexy to get something done. I think he's being cautious about what that will be, he'll trade one of the key younger players if the player coming back is young enough to fit into what he envisons his core to be in the near future.
I'm not an MDZ fan and although he did play well at times in the first 20 gaems or so, most of that was skating, puck movement and offense. I didnt' see any big leap in this defensive game.
but benching him didn't merit anything positive, not with the sad sack D he has to play with

But he's out of the doghouse, was practicing yesterday
Sam Carchidi
@BroadStBull

MDZ with McDonald, so L. Schenn figures to be scratched Sat.

Vinnie L appears to be still in the doghouse and the only line changes was Umberger moving up to play with Cooter and Read. Which is not a good move as he sucks big time. The other 2 at least have speed and some skill, he will pull that line down and it will cost them.

 

[Omni Owl]

L. Schenn is a healthy scratch? That's news to me.

Too bad D.L. couldn't swing a trade for Laughton, I like that kid.