Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 10/15/13 vs. Canucks

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the only positives this year will be trade options and the draft

Wooohooo we got a new goalie!!!!

Steve Emery, who has played very good hockey in all four of his starts to date, will return to the Flyers' net tonight. Otherwise, the team is likely to use the same lineup as Saturday.

the only positives this year will be trade options and the draft
- vejim

Thought that was supposed to be last year except we kept everyone and went on a winning streak at the end and made things tougher for us in the draft.

I'll say 3-1 loss tonight.

Wooohooo we got a new goalie!!!!

Steve Emery, who has played very good hockey in all four of his starts to date, will return to the Flyers' net tonight. Otherwise, the team is likely to use the same lineup as Saturday.
- jak521

If Steve Emery has a bad game tonight does Ray Mason get the next start?

If Steve Emery has a bad game tonight does Ray Mason get the next start?
- TS_Downes

Homer will sign Biron

wow, that own-goal was really bad. plus they've lost two in a row and are playing pretty inconsistent hockey......probably means that tonight they figure it all out and look like a SC contender. long season alert, folks

Homer will sign Biron
- vejim

4 year nmc?

Call me crazy but I like the direction the team is headed in. I also don't think Giroux and Vorachek will be kept off the scoreboard for the entire year.

I can't wait to see this team playing with some confidence.

4 year nmc?
- Flyers_01

now thats silly, we all know Homer likes 5 year deals

now thats silly, we all know Homer likes 5 year deals
- vejim

But only if Biron is over 35.

Call me crazy but I like the direction the team is headed in. I also don't think Giroux and Vorachek will be kept off the scoreboard for the entire year.

I can't wait to see this team playing with some confidence.
- shekkie

so do i but i'm still thinking by the time they do start to play with confidence it might be too late, and at the end of the year we'll all be reciting the "man if only they didn't COMPLETELY suck for the first _____ of the season....." chant as they battle for the 8th seed.
and i'm also about tired of players coming to philly and not delivering. when was the last time a player signed here and was consistently as good or better than he was on his old team? or when did one of our home grown guys play well and just keep getting better and better? i know there are a few but they are the exception, it seems. watching tom brady pull off another comeback win and david ortiz smash a game tying slam in the 8th makes me envious of new england fans and watching victorino not suck anymore makes me want to crush something

when was the last time a player signed here and was consistently as good or better than he was on his old team?
- hogweed

Lappy, Pronger, Voracek, Simmonds, Talbot, Mason (so far) off the top of my head.

But only if Biron is over 35.
- MBFlyerfan

In all seriousness.. do you find it crazy that Biron is almost 20 years removed from his first NHL start in 1995

Lappy, Pronger, Voracek, Simmonds, Talbot, Mason (so far) off the top of my head.
- jmatchett383

Leclair, Recchi, McGillis.....

so do i but i'm still thinking by the time they do start to play with confidence it might be too late, and at the end of the year we'll all be reciting the "man if only they didn't COMPLETELY suck for the first _____ of the season....." chant as they battle for the 8th seed.
and i'm also about tired of players coming to philly and not delivering. when was the last time a player signed here and was consistently as good or better than he was on his old team? or when did one of our home grown guys play well and just keep getting better and better? i know there are a few but they are the exception, it seems. watching tom brady pull off another comeback win and david ortiz smash a game tying slam in the 8th makes me envious of new england fans and watching victorino not suck anymore makes me want to crush something
- hogweed

Name a player that has been as good or better on any team than he was on his old team. Very rarely does that happen, and in the cases that it does, it is usually a diamond in the rough case.

There is a reason said player isnt with his old team.

Leclair, Recchi, McGillis.....
- MBFlyerfan

And its still a rare thing to have happen.

Part of the problem is that most of the players we are signing are older.

Leclair, Recchi, McGillis.....
- MBFlyerfan

That's going back quite a way. I was only going back to the Cup run.

Name a player that has been as good or better on any team than he was on his old team. Very rarely does that happen, and in the cases that it does, it is usually a diamond in the rough case.

There is a reason said player isnt with his old team.
- jak521

Scott Hartnell.

If Steve Emery has a bad game tonight does Ray Mason get the next start?
- TS_Downes

As long as Pelle Hextall isn't called up, yes.

As long as Pelle Hextall isn't called up, yes.
- bmeltzer

wow Bill, could you imagine a goalie with those skills?

wow Bill, could you imagine a goalie with those skills?
- vejim

Fastest reflexes in the league + best puckhandling skills. Yup, that wouldn't be too shabby

Fastest reflexes in the league + best puckhandling skills. Yup, that wouldn't be too shabby
- bmeltzer

I dont know if their personalities could possibly be combined.