Roster Moves: Roster Thread Talk 2021: it never ends

[Flyerfan4life]

So if Thompson is an every game player like many expect him to be will you admit it was a bad signing?

insert sound of crickets here....

 

[Beef Invictus]

We'll see. I expect Thompson to get far fewer minutes that people suppose, the addition of Brassard made him superfluous.
I wouldn't be surprised if the expectation for Thompson is more that of a player/coach who spends the majority of the season in the press box, but also mentors younger forwards on defensive fundamentals.

In 2019-20, Frost had already played himself off the team well before Thompson arrived, the hot streak started after Frost was demoted. So it was more Thompson v Bunnaman, and Thompson had outplayed him. In the bubble, Thompson and Grant sucked, but so did a lot of other players that people here consider "untouchable" like TK. Which is why I pretty much dismiss the bubble and last season.

To me, everyone will start training camp on an even playing field, they've had a full offseason to get into shape and access to team facilities if they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. So there are no excuses for veterans or prospects. And I think it's good for prospects to feel they have to earn and keep a job every game. NAK last year shows what happens when a player gets complacent.

Minutes aren't the big problem. It's games played. Every game he plays, a lesser player is on the roster making the team worse. If he plays few minutes in those games, that's even worse because it means other players have to pick up the slack from keeping him sheltered.

Whereas if they'd used a better player, that person could play more and ease ice time requirements and be less of an anchor for the team in the games he sees.

Every game Thompson appears in, whether it's for 30 seconds or 15 minutes, is a game where winning has been made needlessly harder.

So if Thompson is an every game player like many expect him to be will you admit it was a bad signing?

Of course he won't, instead he will argue "oh well he didn't play that much in the games he was in."

 

[Flyerfan18]

So if Thompson is an every game player like many expect him to be will you admit it was a bad signing?

if Thompson is an every game player it becomes a great signing because it means he is a better option than any other player. Coaches hate to lose and ice the lineup that will help the most to win.

 

[Asnito]

the crickets are getting ready

 

[deadhead]

The only way Thompson plays every game is the Flyers have a plague of injuries, and Thompson is a better option than Rubtsov.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Coaches never make mistakes.

 

[deadhead]

Coaches never make mistakes.

Neither do HF Board "experts."

 

[Asnito]

The only way Thompson plays every game is the Flyers have a plague of injuries, and Thompson is a better option than Rubtsov.

AV thought it was a good idea to match him up against Barzal. The only way he doesn't play 65+ games is if he is hurt.

 

[TB87]

A new Alt has emerged

 

[Asnito]

Thompson is the new Tanner Glass

 

[Flyerfan4life]

Thompson is the new Tanner Glass

drunken AV enters chat...

 

[Asnito]

drunken AV enters chat...

 

[Adtar02]

Unlike Provorov, Couturier has been a very good PP player by the eye test and by the numbers for several years. This persists whether he plays with Giroux, or is the main guy on the other unit. On this Flyers team he is easily one of the top 6 forward options for the PP in the unlikely event they go with two dmen on each unit.

Coots is a sneaky smart player. Hmm and Patrick looked great together on the pp many times. Forget if that was a few seasons ago. He just knows how to play fast and creative. Lots of the younger guys have shown some of this. Usually early in the nhl careers here. Like first to seasons then it squashed and changed to system hockey point shots and rebounds. And stretch passes.

 

[Adtar02]

Hayes had his minutes reduced due to his sports hernia injury. And the PK was the first casualty. The previous year he averaged 2:00, Couts 2:02. If you want to get the best out of Couts, you have to limit his minutes somewhere. Obviously not at 5x5, so either the PP or the PK.

Speed is an asset if you want to play an aggressive PK where the forwards chase the puck instead of passively sitting in a box. There's a lot of skating involved with an aggressive PK.

Did we change back to an aggressive pk from the passive one we had for years.

 

[Beef Invictus]

if Thompson is an every game player it becomes a great signing because it means he is a better option than any other player. Coaches hate to lose and ice the lineup that will help the most to win.

This is only true if the team is run on merit, which it is not. They already publicly admitted that. He can easily play most of the season while being worse than other players.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

A new Alt has emerged

Mark Alt?

 

[Flyerfan4life]

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omg i love that gif..

ima have to add it to my request list

@Captain Dave Poulin

 

[Flyerfan4life]

This is only true if the team is run on merit, which it is not. They already publicly admitted that. He can easily play most of the season while being worse than other players.

barring injury hes not coming outa the lineup

 

[Asnito]

omg i love that gif..

ima have to add it to my request list

@Captain Dave Poulin

You can save it to use anytime. I was going to do a preacher asking for a Zing but didn't find anything I liked.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

You can save it to use anytime. I was going to do a preacher asking for a Zing but didn't find anything I liked.

umm i think you missed the joke..

captn. dave is my gif provider, cuz i can never seem to get it to work myself..

 

[Bigkarl]

We'll see. I expect Thompson to get far fewer minutes that people suppose, the addition of Brassard made him superfluous.
I wouldn't be surprised if the expectation for Thompson is more that of a player/coach who spends the majority of the season in the press box, but also mentors younger forwards on defensive fundamentals.

In 2019-20, Frost had already played himself off the team well before Thompson arrived, the hot streak started after Frost was demoted. So it was more Thompson v Bunnaman, and Thompson had outplayed him. In the bubble, Thompson and Grant sucked, but so did a lot of other players that people here consider "untouchable" like TK. Which is why I pretty much dismiss the bubble and last season.

To me, everyone will start training camp on an even playing field, they've had a full offseason to get into shape and access to team facilities if they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity. So there are no excuses for veterans or prospects. And I think it's good for prospects to feel they have to earn and keep a job every game. NAK last year shows what happens when a player gets complacent.

Is there any evidence to suggest that Thompson would ever be a good coach/mentor, or is even remotely interested in that role? Or are you just basing this on the tired assumption that veteran, no-skill plug must be a great role model for young players? Or just grasping at straws to find some kind of upside to this bum being on an NHL roster?

 

[Juicy Pop]

Mark Alt?

But who is the original?

 

[deadhead]

Is there any evidence to suggest that Thompson would ever be a good coach/mentor, or is even remotely interested in that role? Or are you just basing this on the tired assumption that veteran, no-skill plug must be a great role model for young players? Or just grasping at straws to find some kind of upside to this bum being on an NHL roster?

Who do you think make the best coaches? Players who do it with superior talent, or players with average talent who make it through fundamentals and understanding the game. You can't teach talent.
Thompson has played 14 years and 811 games, as well as 86 PO games, me thinks he probably has a pretty good grasp of what it takes to stick in the NHL.

 

[Bigkarl]

Who do you think make the best coaches? Players who do it with superior talent, or players with average talent who make it through fundamentals and understanding the game. You can't teach talent.
Thompson has played 14 years and 811 games, as well as 86 PO games, me thinks he probably has a pretty good grasp of what it takes to stick in the NHL.

Completely baseless conjecture that we’re all supposed to buy into because deadhead pulls it from thin air. Coaching takes a skill set which includes communication and teaching skills, and you have zero idea that Thompson has any of those skills. You have zero evidence that Thompson even wants to be a coach/mentor. Lappy = no skill and blocks pucks with his face so he must be a great coach right? Couts is as fundamentally sound as anyone in the league, maybe he should moonlight as assistant coach in his downtime as well?

I can just picture all the kids huddled around the campfire, listening to Uncle Nate pass on his 811 games of wisdom.

 

[TCTC]

Laperriere was a solid bottom 6 player and even past his prime he was part of one of the best 4th lines this team has had. Not sure why you think he had no skill.