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the deaninator
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Purgatory, DE
Joined: 08.06.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:10 PM ET
They cannot play a solid enough game to win three in a row, let alone two right now. I'm glad I chose to be apathetic or I'd be stressing right now.

Of course, I'm going in for oral surgery tomorrow, so I won't be caring about anything thanks to modern medicine.

- Flyskippy


I'm in the apathetic group as well. They really need to do some major organizational overhauling, or its same old same old.
feelingkettle
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "No sir, I don't like it" Phil, PA
Joined: 11.13.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:11 PM ET
The post was sort of in jest, to counter all the people that say I'm only blaming Laviolette.

That play got progressively worse as the puck went past the last 3 Flyers. Meszaros did a bad job to contain his guy, Coburn was lazy and got his stick lifted, and Bryzgalov allowed a backbreaker.

That goal was totally on the three players.

- Jsaquella

I see.

To me, it's pretty clear that with this D, it doesn't matter what coach we have, they are going to suck either way. With no Pronger and an aging Timonen, the D core is not something to build around, aside from possibly Schenn. Coburn is inconsistent Meszaros will probably break his pinky next year.
wolfhounds
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: dicky seamus, PA
Joined: 06.02.2009

Mar 26 @ 10:11 PM ET
Another bad pass leading to a breakaway. G needs to be better than that.
stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Mar 26 @ 10:11 PM ET
I see.

To me, it's pretty clear that with this D, it doesn't matter what coach we have, they are going to suck either way. With no Pronger and an aging Timonen, the D core is not something to build around, aside from possibly Schenn. Coburn is inconsistent Meszaros will probably break his pinky next year.

- feelingkettle


Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 26 @ 10:11 PM ET
I'd like the Flyers to sign Randy Robitaille and Petr Nedved to finish this season out.
eayost
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Into the Void, PA
Joined: 04.14.2010

Mar 26 @ 10:12 PM ET
The rest of this season will be a real test of mental toughness. Who wants to come to play in what will amount to meaningless games. A lot of players on this team not used to that idea. And they don't look to be handling it well to start
hammarby31
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: it's been 84 years, AZ
Joined: 01.02.2007

Mar 26 @ 10:12 PM ET
I'd like the Flyers to sign Randy Robitaille and Petr Nedved to finish this season out.
- Flyskippy


no calder?
flyer_nutter
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Unleash the Peanuts, MB
Joined: 10.16.2008

Mar 26 @ 10:12 PM ET
I'd like the Flyers to sign Randy Robitaille and Petr Nedved to finish this season out.
- Flyskippy


I like to think of it as Zherdev disease.

the deaninator
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Purgatory, DE
Joined: 08.06.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
I'd like the Flyers to sign Randy Robitaille and Petr Nedved to finish this season out.
- Flyskippy


This team needs "the shark"
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
no calder?
- hammarby31

Him and York can take a long walk off a short pier.
hereticpride
New Jersey Devils
Location: HEY. Does this pole still work?, NJ
Joined: 01.14.2011

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
What happened to "if you can't beat em make em leave sore"? Very un Flyers-like.
FlyerGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 06.18.2007

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
why the hell am I watching this clusterf*ck?
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
This team needs "the shark"
- the deaninator



Afanasenkov!
BringBack25
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: deep lurk
Joined: 01.03.2007

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
I may have been wrong....

the Rags could easily score again.
hammarby31
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: it's been 84 years, AZ
Joined: 01.02.2007

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
rangers on their way, without any real dogged offensive effort to potting 5 goals and winning 11 out of their last 12 games against the flyers.

time to go, lava.
FlyerMike18
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 03.07.2009

Mar 26 @ 10:13 PM ET
no calder?
- hammarby31


they traded my boy zus for that loser
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 26 @ 10:14 PM ET
What happened to "if you can't beat em make em leave sore"? Very un Flyers-like.
- hereticpride

That mentality left this organization almost 20 years ago.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:14 PM ET
I see.

To me, it's pretty clear that with this D, it doesn't matter what coach we have, they are going to suck either way. With no Pronger and an aging Timonen, the D core is not something to build around, aside from possibly Schenn. Coburn is inconsistent Meszaros will probably break his pinky next year.

- feelingkettle


The trouble that I have with that rationale is, there's teams that have worse defense corps on paper that do so much better.

Ottawa is running a 38 year old Sergei Gonchar out there almost 25 minutes a night. New Jersey is playing Anton Volchenkov every game. They should not be this horrible.
stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Mar 26 @ 10:14 PM ET
rangers on their way, without any real dogged offensive effort to potting 5 goals and winning 11 out of their last 12 games against the flyers.

time to go, lava.

- hammarby31


Thursday will be there night.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Mar 26 @ 10:14 PM ET
I may have been wrong....

the Rags could easily score again.

- BringBack25

Weren't you the one saying the Flyers would get one and then find themselves down by 3?!?
jstross
Joined: 06.25.2012

Mar 26 @ 10:15 PM ET
Found about 10 different explanations on the lottery. I uderstand the percentages, but if the Flyers finish 24th, what's the worst they would select?
flyer_nutter
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Unleash the Peanuts, MB
Joined: 10.16.2008

Mar 26 @ 10:15 PM ET
I'm in the apathetic group as well. They really need to do some major organizational overhauling, or its same old same old.
- the deaninator


Talented but inconsistent players, who have sub par defensive games.

Its ugly, and part of the reason for saying this but honestly aside from Simmonds, Rinaldo, Grossman, and Voracek/Bryzgalov to a lesser degree they can all go (frank) themselves.

stveshdy
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 06.28.2010

Mar 26 @ 10:15 PM ET
The trouble that I have with that rationale is, there's teams that have worse defense corps on paper that do so much better.

Ottawa is running a 38 year old Sergei Gonchar out there almost 25 minutes a night. New Jersey is playing Anton Volchenkov every game. They should not be this horrible.

- Jsaquella


Sometimes there is no answer. It just doesn't work.
feelingkettle
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "No sir, I don't like it" Phil, PA
Joined: 11.13.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:15 PM ET
I guess my point is it's hard for me to get on the coach when changing it might improve things a little, but in the long run won't solve much. Until the organization gets its act together and decides to seriously draft and develop goalies and dmen, we're just going to have to hope to get lucky, or we'll see the same poop the next 5 or so years. The coaches can change, but the big problems will remain.
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Mar 26 @ 10:15 PM ET
Another bad pass leading to a breakaway. G needs to be better than that.
- wolfhounds


At least he back checked. That's an improvement
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