Whatever players they add in the offseason all need to have one thing in common. Speed!
- BiggE

speed AND quickness. Their reaction time is horrendous.

As our good friend AllInFlyers would say, 2016

Will be a rough few years, and kind of a frustrating game but you really do have some great guys in Simmonds/Giroux.
- flyer_nutter

Ha! Yeah.

Wow. Hope the world doesn't explode, Krypton-style, before then. Because then I'll really be pissed

well, that sucked a whole lot ...

- FlyerGuy

sure it did. and it's not a surprise. they're definitely trending downward the last couple of weeks.

a lot of the goals they give up are because of mistakes at both ends of the ice, rather than the other team generating a great play on their own. goals 2 and 3 tonight.

As our good friend AllInFlyers would say, 2016

Will be a rough few years, and kind of a frustrating game but you really do have some great guys in Simmonds/Giroux.
- flyer_nutter

its been a tough 38 years, but who's counting?

As much as I love Berube.. I really miss the fire and intensity that Lavy brought. Not saying Berube doesnt because im sure he does.

Maybe, I JUST MISS LAVY
- justahockeyguy2

I was a big fan of Lavy ... but I do think they're playing much more sound hockey under Berube.

Berube can only do so much with this defense.

Flyers have just been getting their asses kicked the past 2-3 weeks. Regardless of the play, they rarely dictate the play. Just not a good team

As our good friend AllInFlyers would say, 2016

Will be a rough few years, and kind of a frustrating game but you really do have some great guys in Simmonds/Giroux.
- flyer_nutter

giroux's entering his prime, or maybe he's in it right now...i just don't want those prime years being wasted on an incomplete team, and that's probably what's going to happen.

its been a tough 38 years, but who's counting?
- vejim

hey...we just need to be patient. right?

After 2

Oshawa - 2
Belleville - 0

Laughton with an assist
- ob18

Final

Hamilton Fincups 6
Stratford Midgets 0

Hamilton had just too much size up front.

giroux's entering his prime, or maybe he's in it right now...i just don't want those prime years being wasted on an incomplete team, and that's probably what's going to happen.
- hammarby31

EFF

You guys are depressing the hell out of me right now

Just not a good team
- Just5

Yet they are 6 games over 500 and in the thick of the playoff race.

sure it did. and it's not a surprise. they're definitely trending downward the last couple of weeks.

a lot of the goals they give up are because of mistakes at both ends of the ice, rather than the other team generating a great play on their own. goals 2 and 3 tonight.
- hammarby31

An aggressive fore check has been the best way to beat the Flyers for years now ... and it sure seems that teams are pressing the attack much more in the last couple of weeks than they were earlier in the season.

it's like after January 1st they remembered "oh yeah, so THAT'S how you beat the Flyers"

hey...we just need to be patient. right?
- hammarby31

Ha! You guys promised me that patience would work! You promised!!!

giroux's entering his prime, or maybe he's in it right now...i just don't want those prime years being wasted on an incomplete team, and that's probably what's going to happen.
- hammarby31

This is his prime no doubt. Oh well. Any buff rumors??

Flyers have just been getting their asses kicked the past 2-3 weeks. Regardless of the play, they rarely dictate the play. Just not a good team
- Just5

yep ... tis a shame too, because they were playing good solid hockey for quite a while there.

Yet they are 6 games over 500 and in the thick of the playoff race.
- opeth_pa

So there are about 27 other good teams out there. Gotcha

I wish Homer could trade the entire D

Yet they are 6 games over 500 and in the thick of the playoff race.
- opeth_pa

good point ... as poorly as they've played in the last couple of weeks they're still in the thick of things. Lots of other teams would trade places with the Flyers.

I wish Homer could trade the entire D
- vejim

Who wants Homer's D?

Ha! You guys promised me that patience would work! You promised!!!

- AllInForFlyers

Haha I just don't want them to be mediocre for years. I hated and laughed at the Leafs when they did that.

Look, as much as a few of us preach patience, even if it will cost some of Giroux's best years, I think the majority of us know its not happening. A deal will be made, and they will try to make a run at it.

Just no more guys on the wrong side of the career, and contracts that no other team would even touch. That's all I ask.

Who wants Homer's D?
- feelingkettle

dirty minds run amok

I wish Homer could trade the entire D
- vejim

nobody probably wants it ... but at least they could start making some changes.

Sit Grossmann and get MAB or one of the kids in the lineup, for starters.

he's been fine. the truth is the team gives up way too many good scoring chances, and too many shots. they're a bad defensive team, simple as that. nothing less than perfection and some luck is going to keep this team under 3 goals a night. it's a lot to ask.
- hammarby31

Yeah...the margin for error is just so damn thin with them.

Don't get me wrong: I still think they are good. I really think they are good enough to do damage in the playoffs. But there are moves that they could make that I wish they would try to see if they can get that margin for error a little higher.

For instance, you could play Gus. That doesn't cost you an arm and a leg in trade, or a huge free agent contract for a 33-plus-year-old player.

Gus couldn't be worse than what we got on that third goal, that's for damn sure

dirty minds run amok
- flyer_nutter

Homer's D is old, immobile, makes bad decisions, and can't get a shot off without being blocked.

Who wants Homer's D?
- feelingkettle

I don't know. Anyone watching postgame? Any bets on which player drops "full 60 minutes" first?