Streit and Del Zotto are more then capable of generating offense with their legs.
- MJL

I thought they did it with their sticks and, a bit less, their skates.

Agreed.

And additionally, it is my opinion that this is one of the worst collections of defensemen in the NHL this season.
- bradleyc4

I disagree. The Flyers defenseman are middle of the pack.

Nonsense. Everyone knows he always shot the puck into the goalie's chest.
- jmatchett383

....or he just shot it wide.....

/nods at everyone who refers to Carter as "wides".

21 if I'm naked
- PhillySportsGuy

thats odd, i can count to 23

thats odd, i can count to 23
- KINGKENZO

Pics or it didn't happen.

Is there really a good reason why they can't do both?
- Tomahawk

Berube is not saying he is going to ignore the shootout, but he wants the team's focus on fixing the issues that need to be fixed that are a problem in the actual game.

thats odd, i can count to 23
- KINGKENZO

There was a miscommunication between the words circumcision and castration when I was a child...

I disagree. The Flyers defenseman are middle of the pack.
- MJL

They are a bottom 5 defense group.

Teams that are possibly worse...

Edmonton
Detroit
Dallas
Buffalo


possibly

Berube is not saying he is going to ignore the shootout, but he wants the team's focus on fixing the issues that need to be fixed that are a problem in the actual game.
- MJL

whats a shootout, a cool down?

Barry Melrose says the Flyers will get it together and make the playoffs...guess all the worrying was for nothing

Barry Melrose says the Flyers will get it together and make the playoffs...guess all the worrying was for nothing
- JW98FlyerFan

Its a definite possibility Most teams make the playoffs

Barry Melrose says the Flyers will get it together and make the playoffs...guess all the worrying was for nothing
- JW98FlyerFan

Hey, if there's one thing that guy knows, it's how to almost win.

Hey I can count to 20 if I'm barefoot!!

- BiggE

And I can count to 21 if I'm nekkid!

(well, maybe 20.5)

Guess what Craig? There will, at times, be tie games at the end of regulation and there will be S/O's unless the league decides it is a bad idea, which won't be happening anytime soon. So until the rule changes, spend a little time dwelling on it. Please?
- 77rams

He could run shootout practices all day long and it won't make the players who aren't Giroux good at them. And it would probably make Mason and Emery worse cause they would get in the habit of facing 1 good shootout guy and a bunch of scrubs.

http://www.courierpostonl...ke-knuble-helps/17377347/


It will be interesting to see if the team starts shooting from everywhere as Berube wants.
- MBFlyerfan

Voracek, Giroux, Couturier and even Read could all stand to shoot the puck more, as he said, especially off the rush. He was dead on about that -- these guys have great shots, they could all stand to shoot to score, because the way the game is today, it's not selfish to fire the puck, because the best pass is a rebound

It's not like it was, when goalies were less capable, defensemen were slower and you kinda knew goals were coming. To me, now, you'd better be shooting with aggression, because you just might not get all that many great looks

They are a bottom 5 defense group.

Teams that are possibly worse...

Edmonton
Detroit
Dallas
Buffalo


possibly
- Just5

Edmonton and Buffalo are worse, without question. Let there be no doubt about that.

whats a shootout, a cool down?
- Just5

whats a shootout, a cool down?
- Just5

Apparently.

Yeah, SOB could roof that sucker, too.
- Tomahawk

speaking of carter he has become one hell of good hockey player, i think out of all the young players i can recall us trading away before there prime, he would be the one i would have liked to keep...not saying i dont like the return but he is a force out there.

Hey, if there's one thing that guy knows, it's how to almost win.
- jmatchett383

Two stats from that So article that surprised me. Turns out we do have a 4th line SO specialist after all.

Blair Jones is 14-27 (52%) lifetime in AHL

And Moulson is more skilled than I thought.

Matt Moulson (BUF): 14-28 (50.0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CQCB-WI2o

speaking of carter he has become one hell of good hockey player, i think out of all the young players i can recall us trading away before there prime, he would be the one i would have liked to keep...not saying i dont like the return but he is a force out there.
- mydoglicks

He is a force on a pretty good team. Makes it easier when not the focal point. Remeber he wasn't doing much and whining in Columbus. Just shows guys need the right situation

whats a shootout, a cool down?
- Just5

seems like it, if they were good on so's they would be 2-2 instaed of 0-2-2, im glad they addressed the shootouts in a serious manor today, there is no reason that we cannot be dominate in the shootout with the guys we have...g, jake, vl, coot, read, etc.

speaking of carter he has become one hell of good hockey player, i think out of all the young players i can recall us trading away before there prime, he would be the one i would have liked to keep...not saying i dont like the return but he is a force out there.
- mydoglicks

I was always more of a Mike Richards fan, myself. I don't miss Jeff Carter.

He is a force on a pretty good team. Makes it easier when not the focal point. Remeber he wasn't doing much and whining in Columbus. Just shows guys need the right situation
- J35Bacher

Remember, he was a very good player as a Flyer, before going to Columbus.