Is Morin 19? How old do you have to be to play in the A?
- SuperSchennBros

20, if you are coming from Canadian Juniors.

What did he do? I didn't see it
- 3flyerkids

He had him up against the boards, guy said something, i assume he waid im done, linesmen step in and he punched him

JvR from Simmonds, basically.

Wow

turnover. horrible goal. jvr of course. mason can't give him that kind of room on a reverse vh like that.

Obscene cherry-picking by JvR there...

Wow what a goal.

Wow what a goal.
- Streit2ThePoint

he had all day and mason gave him the whole top corner. a sniper's gonna' snipe in that situation.

where's bellemare?

turnover. horrible goal. jvr of course. mason can't give him that kind of room on a reverse vh like that.
- hammarby31

Well better that Mason gets those out of his system in September!

he had all day and mason gave him the whole top corner. a sniper's gonna' snipe in that situation.
- hammarby31

Yeah i see it now, just saw the replay from another angle.

turnover. horrible goal. jvr of course. mason can't give him that kind of room on a reverse vh like that.
- hammarby31

Really? You are the expert but that looked like an amazing shot. The only way Mason stops that is if he has his head slammed in to the corner or the net.

Wayne Simmonds is without question my favourite player on this team. More so for his hard work and I made the mistake of saying guys like him, Hartnell and Knuble are not skilled players. What I should have said is, he doesn't have that level of skill Giroux has or Voracek has or even JvR like we just saw. On the JvR goal, I think we just saw one of the things Simmonds needs to work on. He just doesn't have the hands with the puck you'd like a top six forward to have.

Oof blew a 4-on-2 rush. Tragic.

Oof blew a 4-on-2 rush. Tragic.
- Pixote Andolini

Drop-pass before the blue, lol.

Wayne Simmonds is without question my favourite player on this team. More so for his hard work and I made this mistake of saying guys like him, Hartnell and Knuble are not skilled guy. What I should have said is, he doesn't have that level of skill Giroux has or Voracek has or even JvR like we just saw. On the JvR goal, I think we just saw one of the things Simmonds needs to work on. He just doesn't have the hands with the puck you'd like a top six forward to have.
- SuperSchennBros

That goal was sponsored by Simmonds. He needs more than some work. He's downright ghastly on the defensive side of the puck.

Really? You are the expert but that looked like an amazing shot. The only way Mason stops that is if he has his head slammed in to the corner or the net.
- MBFlyerfan

it was a nice, well placed shot. mason gave himself no chance to make the save if it was shot there. it's just become the automatic, go-to blocking technique in that situation with the puck below the circle. if mason positions himself so that his shoulder is blocking the corner, fine, but he didn't. i'd prefer the goalie to stay on his feet until he has to go down.

flyers look like poop

flyers look like poop
- 2Real

Beat me to it.

That goal was sponsored by Simmonds. He needs more than some work. He's downright ghastly on the defensive side of the puck.
- Pixote Andolini

I think it's fair to say that while he brings other things to the table, puckhandling and defense could see improvement

it was a nice, well placed shot. mason gave himself no chance to make the save if it was shot there. it's just become the automatic, go-to blocking technique in that situation with the puck below the circle. if mason positions himself so that his shoulder is blocking the corner, fine, but he didn't. i'd prefer the goalie to stay on his feet until he has to go down.
- hammarby31

Understood.

it was a nice, well placed shot. mason gave himself no chance to make the save if it was shot there. it's just become the automatic, go-to blocking technique in that situation with the puck below the circle. if mason positions himself so that his shoulder is blocking the corner, fine, but he didn't. i'd prefer the goalie to stay on his feet until he has to go down.
- hammarby31

Yeah but playing the percentages most of the time it's safer to go down cover the ice and centering possibility. There's only a handful of players in the league that can make that shot from there - additionally that's actually a signature move by JvR.

Drop-pass before the blue, lol.
- Tomahawk

Ha! It's the way it has to be.

I think it's fair to say that while he brings other things to the table, puckhandling and defense could see improvement
- AllInForFlyers

without question
He can and certainly should improve his defensive play but I'm not sure how much he can really improve his puckhandling. You either have soft hands or you don't, its not something that can really be taught

I hope Akeson isn't a slightly bigger version of Jon Sim.