I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Wawa
- YuenglingJagr

Even worse, I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Sheetz

Make sure you chart the 5v5 cheers/60.
- jmatchett383

I am not even sure why you'd go to a game in person if you are doing something other than manually tracking zone exits

edit: I would've deleted that non-funny comment too

Even worse, I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Sheetz
- Mononoke

Coffee snob.

Personally, I'm a fan of Folgers/Maxwell House/whatever's on sale that week.

Wawa iced coffee is really good.

I am not even sure why you'd go to a game in person if you are doing something other than manually tracking zone exits

edit: I would've deleted that non-funny comment too
- YuenglingJagr

haha, yeah, it was pretty awful.

Wawa iced coffee is really good.
- Feanor

I've never had iced coffee. My wife likes it from time to time, but to me, coffee should be hot. To each their own.

Wawa iced coffee is really good.
- Feanor

you talking about those iced coffee machines that come pre-sweetened?

Even worse, I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Sheetz
- Mononoke

they should have to wear that like a scarlet letter

So many microaggressions in here, I don't know where to begin.
- Mononoke

Dang, I was going for macro.

I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Wawa
- YuenglingJagr

I wish there were Wawas in my neck of the woods.

Don't drink hot covfefe. Will drink an iced covfefe infrequently; enjoy covfefe ice cream.

Even worse, I bet there are some people on this website that get excited for "free coffee" days at Sheetz
- Mononoke

lol I love Sheetz when I travel south out of the Wawa zone

I've never had iced coffee. My wife likes it from time to time, but to me, coffee should be hot. To each their own.
- jmatchett383

I thought so, too, until I tried it iced. I like it.

you talking about those iced coffee machines that come pre-sweetened?
- YuenglingJagr

oh hellz no

Dang, I was going for macro.
- MJL

LOL!!

LOL!!
- Scoob

that is a sympathy LOL if I have ever seen one

that is a sympathy LOL if I have ever seen one
- YuenglingJagr

it was legit

it was legit
- Scoob

was a 50 comment

lol I love Sheetz when I travel south out of the Wawa zone
- Scoob

This sounds like a dystopian thriller.

A community of survivors of the Sheetz plague, which eradicated 98% of human life, have quarantined themselves in the Wawa Safe Zone. Short on supplies, a group sets out across the barren Pennsyltucky landscape. There they will discover that the Sheetz plague has given birth to horrors they could not imagine.

oh hellz no
- Scoob

I have mastered cooling it down so that I can enjoy an iced coffee from there.

It is quite a process

I don't think it's the color as much as the fit. Players are very specific about their equipment. Most players gets pro sticks from manufacturers in quantities of like 50 or so, and end up rejecting any that they don't like. So I don't find it odd at all that a brand new set of pads weren't comfortable for what Mason was used to.

As for the color, some goalies find certain pad colors easier to track the puck with when there are scrambles and rebounds. Again, see: Marc-Andre Fleury's bright yellow pads ca. 2004.

I know you like to look for reasons to hate Mason, but this is reaching, even for you.
- jmatchett383

No, "the color of my pads is why I was mediocre" is not "reaching" that's spot on a reason to dislike the guy.

FWIW, here are my thoughts on what is hurting them on the road.

1. Lack of depth/matchup deficiencies
Over the last 4 seasons, the team has suffered from a lack of overall depth and in having enough quality Dmen to match up against top lines. Both of these deficiencies can be somewhat masked at home, but on the road they will usually be exposed.

2. Lack of maturity/leadership
It takes focus and hard work to overcome the disadvantages on the road. The Flyers, for whatever reason, are often a team that finds itself having to come from behind to win games or to force OT. This is easier to do at home when you can feed off the crowd and have better control of the matchups. The constant falling behind however, shows me that there may be a lack of maturity and leadership on this team. If they are to be a top team, they need to learn how to come out firing on all cylinders right from the opening drop of the puck.

3. Steve Mason
Mason, as far as goalies go, is the only constant over the last 4 seasons and during that time he's played in 224 of their 328 games. You can take his comments any way you like, but I have to wonder if it's comments like his in regards to playing on the road that are part of the reason he wasn't re-signed. Every goalie has to play on the road and overcome the same obstacles, Mason needs to man up. I doubt his comments about playing on the road did anything to endear him to a guy like Ron Hextall. I have no idea if this stuff has any effect on the rest of the team, and as Bill also stated, I'm not a sports psychologist, but I have to think that in light of what he said, it had to affect his play. Even if the effect was on a subconscious level.

Going forward, they certainly won't be able to blame Mason and I think the depth issues have been addressed and more talent should certainly be in the lineup on a nightly basis. Time will tell if leadership and/or maturity remains an issue.
- BiggE

I don't think anyone has done a perfect job in the last couple years. I mean, I was never in the camp of Steve Mason being a top ten goalie in the league but he's a starter. I think a team can win with him. The problem for me is, Mason has been a constant the past four seasons and the results show he's been one our best goaltender in franchise history and look how he's being rewarded. Look beyond recent comments by a frustrated player. How about Ron Hextall signing Neuvirth two seasons ago and Mason having to split time, rather than be the clear cut number one.

It wasn't that long ago, an outsider in Jeremy Roenick passes judgement on Mason for not being all that special. I think those comments upset many around here. Suddenly Hextall cuts ties and magically it's the right thing to do because it's Ron Hextall. The departure of Schenn and Mason tells me we've thrown in the towel on the coming season. Giroux, Voracek and Simmonds shouldn't be happy about this. We might not be a contender with Schenn and Mason but at least we would be a better team. At least we might see positive steps forward by adding Patrick, Morin and Hagg to the mix or whatever youth works hard and makes the team.

Until we reach contender status, nobody deserves the benefit of the doubt. The future is brought. Hextall has had three seasons. It's time to see results. It's time to earn these ticket prices.

No, "the color of my pads is why I was mediocre" is not "reaching" that's spot on a reason to dislike the guy.
- LindsayCarson

Hmm, I haven't seen that quote. Can you link it to me? Seems to contradict:

(In reference to pad color): Mason used to mention some of these things himself on non-game days, but would also vehemently deny that any affected or distracted him when game time rolled arould.

Obviously, Bill's not infallible, but I never saw Mason say hge played poorly because of his pad color.

I know you personally as well as you know Steve Mason, which is not at all, but I'm glad you can not like him because of a quote that you conjured out of thin air.

I don't think anyone has done a perfect job in the last couple years. I mean, I was never in the camp of Steve Mason being a top ten goalie in the league but he's a starter. I think a team can win with him. The problem for me is, Mason has been a constant the past four seasons and the results show he's been one our best goaltender in franchise history and look how he's being rewarded. Look beyond recent comments by a frustrated player. How about Ron Hextall signing Neuvirth two seasons ago and Mason having to split time, rather than be the clear cut number one.

It wasn't that long ago, an outsider in Jeremy Roenick passes judgement on Mason for not being all that special. I think those comments upset many around here. Suddenly Hextall cuts ties and magically it's the right thing to do because it's Ron Hextall. The departure of Schenn and Mason tells me we've thrown in the towel on the coming season. Giroux, Voracek and Simmonds shouldn't be happy about this. We might not be a contender with Schenn and Mason but at least we would be a better team. At least we might see positive steps forward by adding Patrick, Morin and Hagg to the mix or whatever youth works hard and makes the team.

Until we reach contender status, nobody deserves the benefit of the doubt. The future is brought. Hextall has had three seasons. It's time to see results. It's time to earn these ticket prices.
- SuperSchennBros

You're really not gonna let that Schenn thing go, are you? Does it make us weaker in the short term in exchange for better in the long term? That's the plan. But I don't think it means the season's over, either.

I don't even think the Flyers are weaker short term all-in-all. If this team isn't better this year than last, with all the other pieces coming in and a few players rebounding, I'll eat poop.