Mcginn was making G look bad.. scoring goals psh
- Trainfellow

Yeah kinda sad when your goal leader gets sent back to the AHL...

Thankfully the schedule is pretty forgiving thru Dec. 1. Butsy's got me believing they're at .500 by then.


- Flyskippy

You saw that to!?! I was like, you're an idiot... Did you even see the shot/deflection?
- FlyersGrace

made me nice and angry before bed

It's the right move.

What are they gonna do? Free up the 4th line C position and have either Raffl/McGinn play out of position for 5 minutes a night by sending sending down Hall? Or free up a healthy scratch spot by sending Rosehill down?

I'd rather have him play 18-22 mins in the AHL and on the PP thank you very much.

- -davies-

I also have an open bottle of whiteout right next to this keyboa--

made me nice and angry before bed
- -davies-

Lesson learned: Don't listen to NHL.com or NHL Network commentators after Flyers' games.

I tweeted Mark Roe this past summer after lazy reporting regarding the Flyers. Craig Button was the voice of reason that night.

It's the right move.

What are they gonna do? Free up the 4th line C position and have either Raffl/McGinn play out of position for 5 minutes a night by sending sending down Hall? Or free up a healthy scratch spot by sending Rosehill down?

I'd rather have him play 18-22 mins in the AHL and on the PP thank you very much.
- Giroux_Is_God

Yeah we seem to say that over and over and over. at what point to you let your prospects actually play in the NHL? McGinn seems ready to play but what do I know

It's the right move.

What are they gonna do? Free up the 4th line C position and have either Raffl/McGinn play out of position for 5 minutes a night by sending sending down Hall? Or free up a healthy scratch spot by sending Rosehill down?

I'd rather have him play 18-22 mins in the AHL and on the PP thank you very much.
- Giroux_Is_God

I wanted to check Raffl's advanced stats versus McGinn's and I think Raffl compares favorably.

I kinda thought that the reason McGinn wasn't on the top line was because they were trying to give him some chemistry, on his go forward line and Raffle would be sent back when Hartnell got back into the line-up. But apparently I was wrong, they just like Raffl better.
- FlyersGrace

raffl had his moments, but he looks like a 3rd liner at best

Yeah we seem to say that over and over and over. at what point to you let your prospects actually play in the NHL? McGinn seems ready to play but what do I know
- nastyflyergirl

I like McGinn's game, but maybe there's something they saw last night with ROFL that they want to keep him around awhile.

I like McGinn's game, but maybe there's something they saw last night with ROFL that they want to keep him around awhile.
- johndewar

they did the same thing last year.

laughton doesn't seem to have anywhere near the potential to be the game-changer that JVR can be...but he should be a consistent, steady eddie 3rd line C. don't really see the parallel given we needed a puck mover...
- isaiah520

And if Laughton goes on to play like the 2nd-coming of Rod the Bod in another jersey, and Maatta shakes out to be nothing more than an average 2nd-pairing dman, as projected?

They're teenagers... trying to fill immediate needs with them is pretty nonsensical. Flyers thought Laughton had the higher ceiling... they're still probably right, even if the Maatta beat him to the NHL.

Yeah we seem to say that over and over and over. at what point to you let your prospects actually play in the NHL? McGinn seems ready to play but what do I know
- nastyflyergirl

The flip side is that McGinn started out well, but he's faded in the last couple of contests. Going back to ADK to continue working on his game-by-game consistency -- and getting a boatload of PP time -- isn't the worst thing in the world for him.

The flip side is that McGinn started out well, but he's faded in the last couple of contests. Going back to ADK to continue working on his game-by-game consistency -- and getting a boatload of PP time -- isn't the worst thing in the world for him.
- Tomahawk

Plus, he's a top-6 forward and team has no top-6 spots available with Hartnell back.

so mcguinn plays with more heart and desire than most flyers esp hartnell and gets sent down oh man he's probably happy

I like McGinn's game, but maybe there's something they saw last night with ROFL that they want to keep him around awhile.
- johndewar

Can't be age, could it? They are only a year or two apart!
Raffl - 24 (almot 25)
McGinn - 23

Plus, he's a top-6 forward and team has no top-6 spots available with Hartnell back.
- bradleyc4

After a few games we may be clamoring for someone to hurt Hartnell. His first few games didn't show me he was top 6 either!
EDIT: And no I dont' want to see anyone get hurt... I just want them to play better...

I have been very pleased with the puck handling from Mason. He doesn't scare me like Bryz or Biron did. Over the course of the season that will save a few bigger hits on d-men from forecheckers.

You saw that to!?! I was like, you're an idiot... Did you even see the shot/deflection?
- FlyersGrace

My favourite NHLNetwork "idiot of the week" is once again Kevin Weeks who during the slow motion replay of the John Scott hit started counting "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand..." after Eriksson released the puck.

Yeah we seem to say that over and over and over. at what point to you let your prospects actually play in the NHL? McGinn seems ready to play but what do I know
- nastyflyergirl

Thats why they should make some trades. Get Raffl and McGinn into the line-up and get a top scorer and Top defenseman to go with our vesina canidate goalie.

My favourite NHLNetwork "idiot of the week" is once again Kevin Weeks who during the slow motion replay of the John Scott hit started counting "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand..." after Eriksson released the puck.
- mayorofangrytown

My favourite NHLNetwork "idiot of the week" is once again Kevin Weeks who during the slow motion replay of the John Scott hit started counting "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand..." after Eriksson released the puck.
- mayorofangrytown

lol. DO not make me laugh out loud like that when I work in an office building.

Other announcer... hey kevin, its slow motion, so you have to count reallllly slow.

After a few games we may be clamoring for someone to hurt Hartnell. His first few games didn't show me he was top 6 either!
EDIT: And no I dont' want to see anyone get hurt... I just want them to play better...
- FlyersGrace

Hartnell takes too much flack on these threads. I find it mostly baseless, unwarranted and cliched.

Hartnell takes too much flack on these threads. I find it mostly baseless, unwarranted and cliched.
- mayorofangrytown

OMG! HARTNELL hacked MOAT's account.

WTF.

OMG! HARTNELL hacked MOAT's account.

WTF.
- FlyersGrace

#MOATDown