I personally am not 100% sold on his offensive production as a 2nd line center but I believe he has shown enough that he should get that chance assuming they dont have a better choice.

I do not believe he is or ever will be a 1st line center but I would not be surprised at all to see him do well in a more offensive role.
- opeth_pa

Led the team in even strength scoring while getting the toughest minutes in the league. I'm sold.

Its not that i dont think he is capable of being the 2C behind G, quite the opposite in fact. However, our scoring is down and we seem like we can't win those high scoring games anymore. now that could be the fact that the system was new and more scoring opportunities were down, not really sure about players individual S%'s, maybe they were very low as well, and hopefully will bounce back to career norms for some of the guys. But we played the most OT games this year, played A LOT of one goal games in addition, i think it would behoove us to get even better defensively if we wont be scoring.

now if our scoring can go up, im all for coots as a 2C. but playing both G and coots top 6 minutes, while also both being integral parts of special teams, less G in recent years but he still plays some if one of the PK guys are in the box for the penalty, its not a great recipe.

you saw G this year be absolutely worn out, you cant be wearing out your biggest offensive weapon. and coots would have if he wasn't injured. taking pressure off of G i think is the biggest thing we can do, as previously mentioned and previously re-mentioned.
- sjk540

Sean Couturier was the best 5v5 point producer on this team this season. Stop it with the 2c/3c scoring crap. they need another center behind Giroux and Couturier

Eh without The Misfits who knows if their would be an AFI. I can still put on Walk Among Us and those songs hold up to me..I get it though..

I just got my tickets to This Is Hardcore 16 solely for the reason of seeing the Turning Point tribute and not to see YoT or Gorilla Biscuits neither of which hold up for me.
- opeth_pa

I haven't gone to TIH since 2014, whichever year Gwar played. If they made it a 2-day fest, it would be cool, but too much filler.

I never ever liked YoT (Ray's voice). I've seen GB twice, once with Murphy's Law, which was bad, and once at TIH, which I loved. I'd go to see the TP reunion, but the $$ isn't worth it for me.

And yes, there may be no AFI or Tiger Army (we'd be better off) without the Misfits...but that's the same as saying there'd be no Metallica without Deep Purple.

Its sounding that way...

What happens (at least what we kind of understand as of now) is that when you have this FAI (Femoral Acetabular Impingement) you are unable to have full motion of the hip. Where the head of the Femur meets the neck, there is usually a concavity, however with people who have an FAI, they tend to lack the usual curve, and instead have a bump that hits the socket of the joint (acetabulum) and causes a bunch of issues. The first and most common problem is discomfort and decreased range of motion. Labral tears are also very common.

The idea is that because of this mechanical error of the hip, it causes you to use other areas in the pelvic region to achieve the multi-directional changes needed in elite competition. That change/ over-exertion then leads to athletic pubalgia better known as a sports hernia. Basically, because of the lack of mobility in the hip, your core muscles, primarily those in the groin area, are over worked, and tear -usually the tendon area -and cause the hernia. This leads to other muscles being over used/tearing and the domino effect of a sports hernia is under way...

Sorry for the book, but hope this helps some people understand this foreign language.
- jak521

And we'd be losing multiple lotto tickets to get one.
- Feanor

Not necessarily. If they'd do the #8 pick for the #18 (or 17, I thought second round counted) and roster players/prospects, then you're not.

Also, the #8 "lotto" pick is worth more, on average, the the #18 "lotto" pick, so they're weighted.

Not necessarily. If they'd do the #8 pick for the #18 (or 17, I thought second round counted) and roster players/prospects, then you're not.

Also, the #8 "lotto" pick is worth more, on average, the the #18 "lotto" pick, so they're weighted.
- jmatchett383

Prospects are lotto tickets, too. And Chychrun isn't worth trading up for.

I really like Tyler Benson, he's definitely one of the biggest high risk/high reward type players. been injured in the past, which is why his draft stock has slipped. I would love to take a shot on him in the late first, maybe package our 2's or a 2, 3, 4 to get back in the to end of the first?
- sjk540

I like him as well and agreed on high risk high reward. Not sure what it would take but maybe start with dangling Hagg and our 2nd or 3rd picks.

And Chychrun isn't worth trading up for.
- Feanor

He smells a bit like Mike Komisarek/a better version of Sam Morin.

Sean Couturier was the best 5v5 point producer on this team this season. Stop it with the 2c/3c scoring crap. they need another center behind Giroux and Couturier
- YuenglingJagr

huh? i know they need another center behind those 2, but who?

My dream is for you to be stuck in a room with Pronman for eternity with the only exit being a door that leads to another room with Frank Servalli in it.
- PhillySportsGuy

I'd rather see Pronman try and explain his delusions to someone like Meltzer. He didn't even have Ghost in his top 100 prospects a year ago.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...-Hockey-and-More/45/70442

I agree with those who have opined that the recently released ESPN rankings of NHL prospects are mystifying. If the views of scouts across the pro ranks were the Wrigley Field ballpark, some of the ESPN ratings wouldn't just be out beyond the ivy in the left field bleachers they'd be on Waveland Avenue outside the stadium.

For instance, in ordinal rankings, they have the Flyers top four prospects as Travis Konecny (18th overall), Ivan Provorov (31st overall), Oskar Lindblom (46th overall), and Travis Sanheim (68th). From there, Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hägg and Samuel Morin were honorable mentions.

While Lindblom is an intriguing sleeper prospect who has improved by leaps and bounds over the past year --especially in the skating department -- I have not spoken to a single NHL scout who would presently rank the muscular winger above Sanheim. Ditto Konecny and Provorov; which is certainly not a knock on the NHL potential of the highly skilled and feisty forward Konecny but rather an affirmation of how highly regarded Provorov is as an NHL defense prospect.

No NHL team would have taken Konecny above Provorov as the "best player available" on the board in June. Less than two months later, nothing would have changed. Meanwhile, if there was a theoretical redrafting of the 2014 NHL Draft, there's no doubt Lindblom would go much higher than the fifth round. He'd probably go in the second round (which was the consensus of where he was pegged prior to a down year in 2013-14). Would he go higher than Sanheim, who has done nothing but continue to improve since the Flyers drafted him 17th overall last year? Absolutely not.

Prospects are lotto tickets, too. And Chychrun isn't worth trading up for.
- Feanor

Well, we differ on that. Yes, we have a lot of LHD, but to me, if you ice 4 great LHD, that's not an issue.

I'd rather see Pronman try and explain his delusions to someone like Meltzer. He didn't even have Ghost in his top 100 prospects a year ago.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...-Hockey-and-More/45/70442
- Feanor

I'm not saying I agree with him. I just find your hate for him amusing.

I've never really been a fan of his rankings, but I do find many of his articles interesting.

huh? i know they need another center behind those 2, but who?
- sjk540

Laughton, Cousins, Konecny...who knows...the point is that Coots isnt the problem. He is actually one of the Flyers best players and there are plenty of people here that still think he should be a "3C"...its old

Laughton, Cousins, Konecny...who knows...the point is that Coots isnt the problem. He is actually one of the Flyers best players and there are plenty of people here that still think he should be a "3C"...its old
- YuenglingJagr

Rinaldo

Rinaldo
- jmatchett383

doesnt have the size

doesnt have the size
- YuenglingJagr

But has the N R G

But has the N R G
- jmatchett383

im sorry sir, that phrase is trademarked

Led the team in even strength scoring while getting the toughest minutes in the league. I'm sold.
- MBFlyerfan

Who are we talking about?

Sam Carchidi ‏@BroadStBull 1h1 hour ago
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Get him here now Hexy.

I haven't gone to TIH since 2014, whichever year Gwar played. If they made it a 2-day fest, it would be cool, but too much filler.

I never ever liked YoT (Ray's voice). I've seen GB twice, once with Murphy's Law, which was bad, and once at TIH, which I loved. I'd go to see the TP reunion, but the $$ isn't worth it for me.

And yes, there may be no AFI or Tiger Army (we'd be better off) without the Misfits...but that's the same as saying there'd be no Metallica without Deep Purple.
- jmatchett383

Yah..Ray's voice in YoT never worked for me either..Different story with Shelter .

Im lucky having grown up in the prime of all those bands..I have seen Turning Point, Judge, Mouthpiece , Burn, Quicksand, Supertouch, GB a billion times between City Gardens, Revival , the old Middlesex County College shows..

I thought last month was like I was 20 again as I got to see Judge, Mouthpiece, Burn live...was weird seeing all the young kids and the 40 year old dudes stage diving.

Well, we differ on that. Yes, we have a lot of LHD, but to me, if you ice 4 great LHD, that's not an issue.
- jmatchett383

Moving from 18 to 8 won't be cheap.

http://www.broadstreethoc...683/nhl-draft-trade-value

Buffalo are also desperately in need of a high end LHD prospect.

I've never really been a fan of his rankings, but I do find many of his articles interesting.
- PhillySportsGuy

I prefer it when people just ape McKenzie's consensus rankings verbatim.

Led the team in even strength scoring while getting the toughest minutes in the league. I'm sold.
- MBFlyerfan

We could go back and forth but the game isnt just played at ES.

I think he is a viable 2nd line center and I am more than comfortable starting the season with him in that position assuming no other drastic changes on the team.

That isn't me saying he is horrible, that isn't me saying he is great. It's me saying I think he is a solid 2nd line center that could either produce more or show he is best served in a shut down role.

My dream is for you to be stuck in a room with Pronman for eternity with the only exit being a door that leads to another room with Frank Servalli in it.
- PhillySportsGuy

Sartre wrote a play about this I think

We could go back and forth but the game isnt just played at ES.

I think he is a viable 2nd line center and I am more than comfortable starting the season with him in that position assuming no other drastic changes on the team.

That isn't me saying he is horrible, that isn't me saying he is great. It's me saying I think he is a solid 2nd line center that could either produce more or show he is best served in a shut down role.
- opeth_pa

He paced for 51 points total. That includes ES, PP and SH. That's easily 2C production.