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#Flyers lines vs. Vancouver
Simmonds - Couturier - Voracek
Giroux - Patrick - Raffl
JVR - Weal - Konecny
Laughton - Lehtera - Weise

Same D pairings
Stolarz in net
- FlyerFan16

Apparently Hakstol has given up.

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#Flyers lines vs. Vancouver
Simmonds - Couturier - Voracek
Giroux - Patrick - Raffl
JVR - Weal - Konecny
Laughton - Lehtera - Weise

Same D pairings
Stolarz in net
- FlyerFan16

Omg

I feel like Hakstol was brought here to kill the Flyers from the inside. Still praying he’s a bubble agent.

I don't mind trying to get Patrick going by putting him with Giroux. The rest of it
- FlyerFan16

He's grasping at straws at this point. They need a win and these lines have not been game tested at all. Bold move Hak. Bold move.

Apparently Hakstol has given up.
- BiggE

Why JvR wasn’t made number one center months ago is beyond me.

Omg
- Giroux_Is_God

I feel bad for Laughton. Simmonds too, the guy is struggling already so yeah, put him in his off side, that will do him wonders.

Also, a line of JVR-Weal-Konecny may be the worst defensive line in the NHL.

He's grasping at straws at this point. They need a win and these lines have not been game tested at all. Bold move Hak. Bold move.
- hereticpride

He knows his time is up.

I feel bad for Laughton. Simmonds too, the guy is struggling already so yeah, put him in his off side, that will do him wonders.

Also, a line of JVR-Weal-Konecny may be the worst defensive line in the NHL.
- BiggE

All proof Hak is in over his head. Please Q, come to Philly!!!!

He knows his time is up.
- FlyerFan16

Looking at those lines makes me think Fletcher needs to fire him before the start of the game.

This team is going to give me liver failure
- BiggE

Thinking you are taking care of that...

Those are the lines?

Bahahahahaha.

He’s doing my work for me.

Thinking you are taking care of that...
- wcorvette

My liver needs to understand just who is in charge around here.

edit: besides to paraphrase Dennis Leary, the 10 years of life that excessive drinking are gonna cost me are the 10 sh!ttiest ones anyway.

Apparently Hakstol has given up.
- BiggE

Desperation for sure but what is there to lose! Has to do something.

He's grasping at straws at this point. They need a win and these lines have not been game tested at all. Bold move Hak. Bold move.
- hereticpride

At this point...why not ?

I'm seriously dumbfounded at putting Simmonds at 1LW. His off side (which I don't think he's even played in a good 2 years at least) and he's on pace for 38 freaking points this season.

He's grasping at straws at this point. They need a win and these lines have not been game tested at all. Bold move Hak. Bold move.
- hereticpride

Can't you see this is the last act of a desperate man?
We don't care if it is the first act of Henry the 5th...

Can't you see this is the last act of a desperate man?
We don't care if it is the first act of Henry the 5th...
- konalover711

fair enough

Can't you see this is the last act of a desperate man?
We don't care if it is the first act of Henry the 5th...
- konalover711

Now wait just one dawgonne minute here!

I'm seriously dumbfounded at putting Simmonds at 1LW. His off side (which I don't think he's even played in a good 2 years at least) and he's on pace for 38 freaking points this season.
- hereticpride

The sad thing is that he has lines that have succeeded in the past that he hasn’t even bothered to try.

Why not try
TK-Coots-Jake

That line played well together. If I wanted to shake up the lineup, I’d be going with:

TK-Coots-Jake
Patrick-G-Raffl
Lindblom-Varone-Simmonds
Weal-Laughton-Weise

JVR was invisible last night, he’d be the guy joining Lehtera in the Cote suite

On D, I’d totally shake sh!t up and go with:

Provorov-Gudas
Sanheim-Hagg
AMac-Folin

Yup, Ghost would get a night off too. (frank) it, nothing left to lose any (frank)ing way.

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#Flyers lines vs. Vancouver
Simmonds - Couturier - Voracek
Giroux - Patrick - Raffl
JVR - Weal - Konecny
Laughton - Lehtera - Weise

Same D pairings
Stolarz in net
- FlyerFan16

Ha ha ha. This is the lineup that’s going to turn things around!

Ha ha ha. This is the lineup that’s going to turn things around!
- Dkos

If he wins with this lineup it's going to buy him another two weeks

Ha ha ha. This is the lineup that’s going to turn things around!
- Dkos

The bad news, if they win they will use the same line up next game

Pens win in OT.

Welp, we’re now 8 points out.


yay

If you're going to be a proponent of stats, the first thing someone needs to learn is to know that not all players play in the same situations. If Sanheim played in the same situations that MacDonald plays in, Sanheim would struggle at this point in his career. For example even though MacDonald has played in 15 less games than Sanheim, MacDonald has one less defensive zone start that Sanheim. 42 to 43. Sanheim's offensive zone start percentage is 59.81% to MacDonald's 37.31%. Sanheim is sheltered as a player. We don't need stats to know that MacDonald has had a subpar and inconsistent season to this point. We also have to take into account the team's struggles both in D zone coverage and goaltending issues into it.

This is pretty common with a lot of fans who like to use analytics and make incomplete and faulty analysis using them.
- MJL

Aren’t the majority of shifts on the fly doe?