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PLindbergh31
Location: NJ
Joined: 02.01.2008

Feb 18 @ 11:01 PM ET
At leasr I can say I saw this coming a couple days ago, although I thought it might be gill and kubina.... for Johnson... or Schenn... But I knew we were getting 2 defenseman...


My question is... What is going on with Columbus... are we really in on Nash.. Or is it Mason.... Is Bryz getting traded, or is Bob? WTF?

- RooNosHockey


No clue at this point. Anything can happen. But getting Nash will gut the core of this team, and will be a cap killer.
JoeRussomanno
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: me bitter? F-no i think it's hilarious
Joined: 12.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:02 PM ET
Oh noes! We missed the playoffs!


- Flyskippy

Dude I'm helping a friend fix a car that belongs to a chick that looks just like that
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:04 PM ET
Fair points. The second trade depletes more draft picks though, leaving the cupboard somewhat barren of second round picks.

And if the goaltending doesn't significantly improve these trades won't amount to a hill of beans.

- PLindbergh31


The cupboard was pretty barren anyhow. That second rounder might not even have been a factor this year. Florida has to decide by the morning of day two of the 2012 draft if they want to keep this year's pick or keep 2013's.

The second part is what worries me. Both guys were brutal today. No way to sugar coat it.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:04 PM ET
Dude I'm helping a friend fix a car that belongs to a chick that looks just like that
- JoeRussomanno


I've not been online all day. I was too busy finding the Flyers their new goatlender.



...what?
isaiah520
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: "All train compartments smell vaguely of sh*t. It gets so you don't mind it"
Joined: 12.26.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:05 PM ET
No clue at this point. Anything can happen. But getting Nash will gut the core of this team, and will be a cap killer.
- PLindbergh31

homer may be forced to move bob and get a diff b/u in here in the unlikely event that bryz implodes in the plyoffs...
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:05 PM ET
The cupboard was pretty barren anyhow. That second rounder might not even have been a factor this year. Florida has to decide by the morning of day two of the 2012 draft if they want to keep this year's pick or keep 2013's.

The second part is what worries me. Both guys were brutal today. No way to sugar coat it.

- Jsaquella


Too bad Boosh is injured in Carolina.

JoeRussomanno
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: me bitter? F-no i think it's hilarious
Joined: 12.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:06 PM ET
I've not been online all day. I was too busy finding the Flyers their new goatlender.



...what?

- Flyskippy

Wonder if anyone else gets the irony
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:07 PM ET
Too bad Boosh is injured in Carolina.


- Flyskippy


I'm really glad I'm too smart to bother back reading.
JoeRussomanno
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: me bitter? F-no i think it's hilarious
Joined: 12.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:07 PM ET
The cupboard was pretty barren anyhow. That second rounder might not even have been a factor this year. Florida has to decide by the morning of day two of the 2012 draft if they want to keep this year's pick or keep 2013's.

The second part is what worries me. Both guys were brutal today. No way to sugar coat it.

- Jsaquella

at what point do we look at the goalie coach?
PLindbergh31
Location: NJ
Joined: 02.01.2008

Feb 18 @ 11:08 PM ET
The cupboard was pretty barren anyhow. That second rounder might not even have been a factor this year. Florida has to decide by the morning of day two of the 2012 draft if they want to keep this year's pick or keep 2013's.

The second part is what worries me. Both guys were brutal today. No way to sugar coat it.

- Jsaquella


Yep. It's beyond small sample size at this point. Transition period is over. I don't have an answer. It's easy to simply say the play will improve, or they need to be better, but at this point I don't see it. Others have mentioned a change with the goaltending coach. At this point it might be worth a look, because there aren't any other options.
Flyers_01
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 10.03.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:08 PM ET
Mike Smith had another great game tonight. It brings him to 2.28 gaa and .928 sv%. I think the Flyers got the wrong goalie from Phoenix.

I would actually have to see a goalie not play well in Phoenix at this point to not believe that the system and commitment to defense they have there is not a big reason why their goalies play so well.

Mike Smith is a bonafide Vezina finalist with the Coyotes while the Flyers seem to have gotten the Tampa Bay version of Mike Smith in goal.
RooNosHockey
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bear, DE
Joined: 10.25.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:08 PM ET
I had such high hopes for jon kalinski..... 6 years ago
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:09 PM ET
I'm really glad I'm too smart to bother back reading.
- Jsaquella


I haven't backread at all. I peeked in on twitter earlier and saw Tman call JR an idiot and JR talking about the insanity "over here."
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:09 PM ET
at what point do we look at the goalie coach?
- JoeRussomanno

3 years ago?
puckhead17
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Old Time Hockey
Joined: 08.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:09 PM ET
at what point do we look at the goalie coach?
- JoeRussomanno





um so at what point do we look at the jockstrap

seriously it may be too tight on him, you know the pressure
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:09 PM ET
Mike Smith had another great game tonight. It brings him to 2.28 gaa and .928 sv%. I think the Flyers got the wrong goalie from Phoenix.

I would actually have to see a goalie not play well in Phoenix at this point to not believe that the system and commitment to defense they have there is not a big reason why their goalies play so well.

Mike Smith is a bonafide Vezina finalist with the Coyotes while the Flyers seem to have gotten the Tampa Bay version of Mike Smith in goal.

- Flyers_01

He wasn't in Phoenix last year.
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:10 PM ET
um so at what point do we look at the jockstrap
- puckhead17

Kinky
Flyskippy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ignoreland, GA
Joined: 11.04.2005

Feb 18 @ 11:10 PM ET
I had such high hopes for jon kalinski..... 6 years ago
- RooNosHockey

"Skating... it feels like flying..."
JoeRussomanno
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: me bitter? F-no i think it's hilarious
Joined: 12.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:12 PM ET
um so at what point do we look at the jockstrap

seriously it may be too tight on him, you know the pressure

- puckhead17

Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:12 PM ET
Yep. It's beyond small sample size at this point. Transition period is over. I don't have an answer. It's easy to simply say the play will improve, or they need to be better, but at this point I don't see it. Others have mentioned a change with the goaltending coach. At this point it might be worth a look, because there aren't any other options.
- PLindbergh31


At this point, I figure they need to just ride Bryzgalov. If Bob was playing like he was earlier in the season, then there'd be a viable option. But he's been for poop since the break.

You brought in Bryz to be the man, play him until his balls drop off or he gets himself fixed.
PLindbergh31
Location: NJ
Joined: 02.01.2008

Feb 18 @ 11:13 PM ET
homer may be forced to move bob and get a diff b/u in here in the unlikely event that bryz implodes in the plyoffs...
- isaiah520


As crazy as this sounds, I would call Garth Snow and see what it takes to get Nabakov. His cap hit will fit.
puckhead17
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Old Time Hockey
Joined: 08.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:13 PM ET
Mike Smith had another great game tonight. It brings him to 2.28 gaa and .928 sv%. I think the Flyers got the wrong goalie from Phoenix.

I would actually have to see a goalie not play well in Phoenix at this point to not believe that the system and commitment to defense they have there is not a big reason why their goalies play so well.

Mike Smith is a bonafide Vezina finalist with the Coyotes while the Flyers seem to have gotten the Tampa Bay version of Mike Smith in goal.

- Flyers_01



Seriously dog, thats hindsight Mike Smith?
Jsaquella
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bringing Hexy Back
Joined: 06.16.2006

Feb 18 @ 11:13 PM ET
I haven't backread at all. I peeked in on twitter earlier and saw Tman call JR an idiot and JR talking about the insanity "over here."
- Flyskippy


RooNosHockey
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Bear, DE
Joined: 10.25.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:13 PM ET
At this point, I figure they need to just ride Bryzgalov. If Bob was playing like he was earlier in the season, then there'd be a viable option. But he's been for poop since the break.

You brought in Bryz to be the man, play him until his balls drop off or he gets himself fixed.

- Jsaquella

or traded
JoeRussomanno
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: me bitter? F-no i think it's hilarious
Joined: 12.14.2011

Feb 18 @ 11:13 PM ET
As crazy as this sounds, I would call Garth Snow and see what it takes to get Nabakov. His cap hit will fit.
- PLindbergh31

youll be tearing into him in May if that happens.
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