Which goalie is missing?
- BiggE

Neuvy

per Dave Isaac

Neuvy

per Dave Isaac
- dragonoffrost

Interesting

Interesting
- BiggE

Also no call up replacement for Konecny at practice

Interesting
- BiggE

he just got lost on his way to the rink. It happens

Also no call up replacement for Konecny at practice
- dragonoffrost

vdv will just be double shifted

vdv will just be double shifted
- jmdodgeser4

Interesting
- BiggE

He's sick

- dragonoffrost

It is funny that out of all the actual real problems this team has it always comes back to Vandevelde. The guy plays less then 10 minutes a game.

My worry is Giroux has basically fallen of a cliff and that is a huge hole moving forward to fill. Our top line center has seemed to just regressed all in one season.

He's sick
- PhillySportsGuy

Sick of all their poop

He's sick
- PhillySportsGuy

Thanks Debbie Downer!

It is funny that out of all the actual real problems this team has it always comes back to Vandevelde. The guy plays less then 10 minutes a game.

My worry is Giroux has basically fallen of a cliff and that is a huge hole moving forward to fill. Our top line center has seemed to just regressed all in one season.
- J35Bacher

VandeVelde is having sex with Giroux's wife. It's all his fault.

Edit: By sex, I mean afternoon tea.

VandeVelde is having sex with Giroux's wife. It's all his fault.

Edit: By sex, I mean afternoon tea.
- jmatchett383

Can't be.

heard she has a thing just for gingers.

Exactly. He's played well, but playing well is relative to one's ability. Everyone, including Hakstol and Hextall know that they are overplaying MacDonald.
- MJL

I agree. Gudas is being used to carry his own pairing, MDZ has been injured, inconsistent, and can't play the right side. Provy-Streit leaked goals like a sieve. So they put MacDonald with Provrov rather than putting Schultz or Manning with him.

He's sick
- PhillySportsGuy

I'd be sick too if I had to play behind this team

Hakstol called MacDonald a top 3 NHL defenseman, and that the team needs his ability to get out of his own end more than Ghost's offense.
- Mononoke

I'm shocked people on twitter distorted what was actually said.

“I’m not comparing the two; I don’t think there is a comparison to be made. Mac has played extremely well this year, he’s played in a legitimate top three or four role all year and he’s earned that from day one of camp. He is an efficient player, I don’t care what social media says. I watch it, I study it. I know exactly what he does; he’s doing a good job. He and Ghost are different players, no question, they have different roles. So I won’t even compare the two in that regard. Ghost is out of the lineup for good reasons…”

“Like?” asked the fan.

“Oh, I’m not going to get into individual things here,” Hakstol replied, before diving into some complimentary and then philosophical remarks about Gostisbehere. “The young man has so much good ability. To become a well-rounded player is very difficult in this league. It’s easy to brush over some of the difficult areas of the game that sometimes aren’t performed really efficiently. You can’t be a one-way player in this league, and Ghost is not. Ghost can be a very good two-way defenseman with some outstanding offensive ability.”

This is the coach calling a player who plays 17 ES minutes a game a 2nd pairing defenseman, and positively gushing about the potential of Ghost. And yet it's supposed to be terrible and controversial, like Hakstol committed the next Bowling Green Massacre.

I'm shocked people on twitter distorted what was actually said.



This is the coach calling a player who plays 17 ES minutes a game a 2nd pairing defenseman, and positively gushing about the potential of Ghost. And yet it's supposed to be terrible and controversial, like Hakstol committed the next Bowling Green Massacre.
- Feanor

to be fair...he did commit the first one

Semborski in a net at practice...
- dragonoffrost

This must be the expansion draft signing Hextall was alluding to in the STH meeting last night to protect Stolarz.

I'm shocked people on twitter distorted what was actually said.



This is the coach calling a player who plays 17 ES minutes a game a 2nd pairing defenseman, and positively gushing about the potential of Ghost. And yet it's supposed to be terrible and controversial, like Hakstol committed the next Bowling Green Massacre.
- Feanor

As an organization, the Flyers reveal nothing about their players, their strategy or their plans, so when they make questionable decisions, they're going to be heavily scrutinized.

At least we now know Hak pays no attention to possession numbers

As an organization, the Flyers reveal nothing about their players, their strategy or their plans, so when they make questionable decisions, they're going to be heavily scrutinized.

At least we now know Hak pays no attention to possession numbers
- PhillySportsGuy

No, we now know he pays no attention to the numbers fans pay attention to, and for good reason.

I'm shocked people on twitter distorted what was actually said.



This is the coach calling a player who plays 17 ES minutes a game a 2nd pairing defenseman, and positively gushing about the potential of Ghost. And yet it's supposed to be terrible and controversial, like Hakstol committed the next Bowling Green Massacre.
- Feanor

This response seems much better than the others that I have read.

No, we now know he pays no attention to the numbers fans pay attention to, and for good reason.
- MJL

Are you trying to say he and the organization know there players probably better than fans do?

Come on. That can't be.

This response seems much better than the others that I have read.
- johm12

There's more:

“It’s a tough transition to this league. Last year, everything went pretty well for him, especially offensively. This year, things haven’t come as easily for him offensively, I think that’s apparent to everybody. For him to sure up some of the areas of the game that are going to make him an outstanding defenseman in this league for years to come, not just today but for years to come and be what the Philadelphia Flyers need as we become a top contending team, these are very important growth steps that he’s taking right now. Everybody looks at just coming out of the lineup for a game or two but he’s been out now and had an opportunity for four or five days to have some great work days, I don’t know if you ever thought about it that way.”

Hakstol wrapped up his bit on Ghost with a vote of confidence in the kid’s past and future while rationalizing his present situation.

“He’s been a huge part of what we’ve done and he’s going to be an even bigger part of what we do in the future, but there’s steps that he needs to take as a young player to be able to grow.”

There's more:
- Feanor

BURN 'EM

There's more:
- Feanor

Have you seen any reports about Hakstol walking away red faced and angry?

There's more:
- Feanor

Where are you getting this from?