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feelingkettle
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "No sir, I don't like it" Phil, PA
Joined: 11.13.2006

Jan 21 @ 9:57 PM ET
Embiid could become the best player on the team within 3 months if he took his first skating lesson tomorrow
- PhillySportsGuy

#trusttheprocess #HEXT
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jan 21 @ 9:57 PM ET
4th line aka "chaos line" - Goulbourne - Embiid - C.Kelly
- feelingkettle


Is C. Kelly Chip Kelly?
Mordecai
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: not very poggers
Joined: 08.27.2015

Jan 21 @ 9:58 PM ET
Is C. Kelly Chip Kelly?
- PhillySportsGuy

Baxter27
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 12.03.2007

Jan 21 @ 9:58 PM ET
They seem hell bent on making Hextall a motivated seller at the deadline. So be it.

Absolutely terrible stale hockey.
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater
Joined: 09.01.2008

Jan 21 @ 9:58 PM ET
Embiid could become the best player on the team within 3 months if he took his first skating lesson tomorrow
- PhillySportsGuy

RIP LeBron James
feelingkettle
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "No sir, I don't like it" Phil, PA
Joined: 11.13.2006

Jan 21 @ 9:58 PM ET
Is C. Kelly Chip Kelly?
- PhillySportsGuy

He's looking for a job, is he not?
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Jan 21 @ 9:58 PM ET
I also find it odd that there's not a lot of dirty goals going on near the net. However, the Flyers have sucked at 5v5 for at least two coaches now. Not sure what the issue is exactly, but at this point, the team is lucky if they score 1 or 2 goals a game.
- feelingkettle


Its desperation in the ozone. Shots from the point. Usually blind passes or pucks whipped through the crease in desperation. No forwards besides Jake and occasionally Konecny and Schenn can make a skilled play that looks dangerous. G is a bunny out there
J35Bacher
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 04.03.2014

Jan 21 @ 9:59 PM ET
They were. Schenn had a decent game early.


Giroux, Voracek, Simmonds, Couturier

- MJL



You dont even know what to say. With so many passangers right now and your two rookies being the most consistent players each game its troubling.
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater
Joined: 09.01.2008

Jan 21 @ 10:00 PM ET
He's looking for a job, is he not?
- feelingkettle

in the running for Temple Football Head Coach
BiggE
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: SELL THE DAMN TEAM!
Joined: 04.17.2012

Jan 21 @ 10:00 PM ET
VdV, PEB, Weise, Lyubimov, Read, Raffl, Cousins....they've cornered the market on journeyman forwards and with Giroux and Schenn, they are well on their way to doing the same with pp specialists.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:00 PM ET
You dont even know what to say. With so many passangers right now and your two rookies being the most consistent players each game its troubling.
- J35Bacher


I know what to say. They're just a really bad team right now. Simple as that.

Also, it's not the system!
Mordecai
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: not very poggers
Joined: 08.27.2015

Jan 21 @ 10:01 PM ET
I know what to say. They're just a really bad team right now. Simple as that.

Also, it's not the system!

- MJL

Did you see the chart Mono provided?
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jan 21 @ 10:01 PM ET
It's hard to say their shooting/save percentages are unlucky when you see shot charts like that. This doesn't even factor in the odd man rushes, which are the highest danger chances.

I'm running out of patience with Hak. The Flyers are lacking talent in some areas, but I think the cause of their problems might be more system/usage than just raw talent.

- PhillySportsGuy


It's really really bothering me. All this dog poop about Hak not having "emotions" or some iffy depth personnel decisions that will probably get smoothed over as the roster changes don't worry me. This does. This is straight system stuff. You watch a team like the Pens change coaches and just roar back to life offensively. This stuff isn't small. The d-zone has been a complete mess, but the o-zone is equally one. The d-zone I feel like is individual mistakes by poopty players. The o-zone is systems.
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jan 21 @ 10:02 PM ET
He's looking for a job, is he not?
- feelingkettle


I bet he'd play so fast. He'd try the same move every time, but it would happen fast.
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Jan 21 @ 10:02 PM ET
I know what to say. They're just a really bad team right now. Simple as that.

Also, it's not the system!

- MJL


So much for the new old new Matt Read?
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
RIP LeBron James
- penguininnevada


He could take your wife, get you fired and have you killed with 1 phone call
Mononoke
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!
Joined: 07.19.2015

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
Did you see the chart Mono provided?
- Mordecai


Puh-lease.

Flyers Time
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bounce Back Baby
Joined: 08.08.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
So much for the new old new Matt Read?
- Just5

read has a high ankle sprain that has lasted 3 years
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
in the running for Temple Football Head Coach
- penguininnevada


If only he was so lucky!
3flyerkids
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Toronto, ON
Joined: 02.27.2013

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
VdV, PEB, Weise, Lyubimov, Read, Raffl, Cousins....they've cornered the market on journeyman forwards and with Giroux and Schenn, they are well on their way to doing the same with pp specialists.
- BiggE


Must be a change in the core players. Doesn't have to happen tomorrow but it must be done. This is total BS
landros 2
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Centre of universe
Joined: 02.07.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
Something has to give....5 day break...still the same BS....I'm shocked the same garbage hit the ice tonight that left last Sunday.....Snider wouldn't have put up with this.# accountability
feelingkettle
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "No sir, I don't like it" Phil, PA
Joined: 11.13.2006

Jan 21 @ 10:03 PM ET
I bet he'd play so fast. He'd try the same move every time, but it would happen fast.
- PhillySportsGuy

He could be the official chip of the NHL.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:04 PM ET
Did you see the chart Mono provided?
- Mordecai


Yes, and I've looked at that chart every game. It's on naturalstattrick. Don't really need a chart though to see that the Flyers got very few dangerous scoring chances, didn't get the puck to the net, and didn't go to the net.
BiggE
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: SELL THE DAMN TEAM!
Joined: 04.17.2012

Jan 21 @ 10:05 PM ET
It's really really bothering me. All this dog poop about Hak not having "emotions" or some iffy depth personnel decisions that will probably get smoothed over as the roster changes don't worry me. This does. This is straight system stuff. You watch a team like the Pens change coaches and just roar back to life offensively. This stuff isn't small. The d-zone has been a complete mess, but the o-zone is equally one. The d-zone I feel like is individual mistakes by poopty players. The o-zone is systems.
- Mononoke

He's the Chip Kelly of hockey, college coach who is in over his head coaching pros. I've given him the benefit of the doubt til now, but this team seems completely out of sorts in pretty much all aspects of the game and I see no signs that it will turn around soon. If they go on and lose to the Isles and Rags, the pressure will be on Hextall to make a change
landros 2
Season Ticket Holder
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Centre of universe
Joined: 02.07.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:05 PM ET
I know what to say. They're just a really bad team right now. Simple as that.

Also, it's not the system!

- MJL


It is the lack of executing the system.
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