ship has sailed on flyers prospects. there is a reason they are #1
- YuenglingJagr

I looked and I think they have only ONE player who was drafted, and it was a 7th rounder. That's impressive. Good as they are though, I don't know how a team like BU or North Dakota or Denver wouldn't beat them when it matters with all their NHL talent.

Carey Price has a 0.877 save percentage in 2017
- YuenglingJagr

BGCP

A lot of late birth years and Russian imports?
Edit: Might not be a terrible idea to take a chance on Denis Smirnov. Sucks that Pavlychev was already drafted by Pittsburgh.

#MakesItSeemLikeIFollowCollegeHockey
- jmatchett383

You sure that isn't Yakov?

I looked and I think they have only ONE player who was drafted, and it was a 7th rounder. That's impressive. Good as they are though, I don't know how a team like BU or North Dakota or Denver wouldn't beat them when it matters with all their NHL talent.
- Mononoke

maybe teams should start drafting their players

they've had other players drafted though. Been to a couple of games there. Tons of fun.

They play Princeton at the WFC on 1/28

maybe teams should start drafting their players
- YuenglingJagr

Their leading scorer, Smirnov, is a draft eligible as a 19 year old. Hard to see a team not taking a shot with a later pick, but I heard he's quite slow and he's small too. There was a reason he wasn't drafted out of the USHL despite being over a p/pg. Like Provorov, he is a Russian who came over at like 14-15.

Go listen to Hextall as I keep telling you. He's listening to offers to help this team now.

I didn't list Gostisbehere or Provorov. They need 4 defensemen out of those 6 I named. Morin and Sanheim look to be 2 of the 4 they need by reports from LHV. Both could be here next season. So now it's down to getting 2 from 4 I'll take those odds being that one of the other 4 was being drooled over by the Canadian press during the WJC at Christmas time.

Lindbolm is killing it as an 18 year old against the men in the SHL. Voroboyov killed it at the WJC for Russia as their number 1 center. Rubstov was just brought to the QMJHL to get his development on a faster track because he was being wasted in the KHL/MHL.

The rebuild is happening faster than you see. This year might be bad. It might be another first round playoff exit. Guess what, That's what this team was expected to do this season.
- dragonoffrost

Not to be picky but 20 years old

Their leading scorer, Smirnov, is a draft eligible as a 19 year old. Hard to see a team not taking a shot with a later pick, but I heard he's quite slow and he's small too. There was a reason he wasn't drafted out of the USHL despite being over a p/pg. Like Provorov, he is a Russian who came over at like 14-15.
- Mononoke

Brett Murray (Sabres 4th rounder) just enrolled early and played for the first time this weekend.

Not to be picky but 20 years old
- nastyflyergirl

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS! I was on a roll. I missed there but still if this team isn't turned around by 2019-2020, I'll eat my hat.

Brett Murray (Sabres 4th rounder) just enrolled early and played for the first time this weekend.
- YuenglingJagr

We're Penn State

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS! I was on a roll. I missed there but still if this team isn't turned around by 2019-2020, I'll eat my hat.
- dragonoffrost

Which hat?

We're Penn State
- Mononoke

it's a start

Which hat?
- Mononoke

50th anniversary cap ? figure by that time it will have proper seasoning?

This is my last straw.

I'm ditching this perennially awful team as a fan. I'm becoming a fan of a team that I can actually trust is on the right track to success......the Canucks.
- Mononoke

http://onwardstate.com/20...-for-the-first-time-ever/



5 years ago Penn State didn't have a D1 hockey team. Today they're ranked #1 for the first time!
- YuenglingJagr

Mrs. BiggE is an alum, she will be very happy to hear this.

This is my last straw.

I'm ditching this perennially awful team as a fan. I'm becoming a fan of a team that I can actually trust is on the right track to success......the Canucks.
- Mononoke

The Canucks blogger is great but my god is that forum a cesspool

The Canucks blogger is great but my god is that forum a cesspool
- Mordecai

We could be called that too at times.

The Canucks blogger is great but my god is that forum a cesspool
- Mordecai

I read the blog the other day after the Flyers game, and read the first couple comments pages, and some posters were asking another about how their date with Nucker to some place went, and I legit was confused af. I never ever read or go to other threads, but I just did it that day when no one was posting here, and I'm not sure what to think about anything anymore. That's why I don't go to other threads. James Tanner's blogs basically attract the Mouth Breather All-Star team from all the blogs.

But seriously, I learned pretty early that the other ones are cesspools. Almost all of them. As bad as this one gets sometimes, there's a whole lot more hockey talk and sophisticated discussion here. Having the best blogger here probably has to do with that. This blog is also a little more tightly moderated.

I read the blog the other day after the Flyers game, and read the first couple comments pages, and some posters were asking another about how their date with Nucker to some place went, and I legit was confused af. I never ever read other go to other threads, but I just did it that day, and I'm not sure what to think about anything anymore. That's why I don't go to other threads. James Tanner's blogs basically attract the Mouth Breather All-Star team from all the blogs.

But seriously, I learned pretty early that the other ones are cesspools. Almost all of them. As bad as this one gets sometimes, there's a whole lot more hockey talk and sophisticated discussion here. Having the best blogger here probably has to do with that.
- Mononoke

and the best poster

and the best poster
- YuenglingJagr

why thank you

and the best poster
- YuenglingJagr

please clarify

why thank you
- dragonoffrost

check the standings

check the standings
- YuenglingJagr

You can't post something like that and not expect smart ass answers

please clarify
- Mononoke

This is the only blog that is run as a monarchy. I think that has a lot to do with it.

This is the only blog that is run as a monarchy. I think that has a lot to do with it.
- YuenglingJagr

So you mean puckhead?

You can't post something like that and not expect smart ass answers
- dragonoffrost

I expect smart ass answers to 89.7% of what I post haha. It is why 87.7% of my own posts are smart ass answers