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jd250
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 01.12.2018

Oct 29 @ 10:19 AM ET
I think you continue to drastically oversell his play. When he is good he is just okay. He didn't do anything bad last night, nor did he make a big impact. Justin Braun is a better player than he is.
- MJL

Seriously??
jd250
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 01.12.2018

Oct 29 @ 10:21 AM ET
pleasant surprise 100%
- hello it's me 2050

Martin Jones was awesome last night, high in his crease challenging shots and completely, I mean text book, square to the shooter. It was very impressive!
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Oct 29 @ 10:43 AM ET
I thought he made a big impact, especially on the PK. One thing I noticed last night was as he was going into the corner to battle for the puck, the Vancouver forward saw his coming and literally jumped out of the way. That is exactly what I want Risto's impact to be, it just wasn't there with the Flyers last season. Also his did a good job settling the puck and getting it up ice. Finally, as a team the Flyers were much better in o-zone starts, 53.5% and as a result Risto's Corsi was 54% which is a really good sign for him. I really liked what I saw from Risto and its nice to see the metrics back that up.
- jd250


Good quality NHL players will not be moving out of the way because he is coming. Justin Braun is a better player than Ristolainen is. He was okay. Wasn't bad, certainly wasn't great. Need much more from him to justify the trade.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Oct 29 @ 10:44 AM ET
Seriously??
- jd250



Yes seriously to this point. Braun is better on the puck and better defensively. Ristolainen is showing no signs of contributing much on the offensive end or in the transition game to set him apart. Right now if Ellis was healthy, I would play Braun with Sanheim and Ristolainen on the 3rd pair with Yandle.
Pompous
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ruskin, FL
Joined: 02.19.2014

Oct 29 @ 11:05 AM ET
Were karma real the world would be a very different place.
- Scoob

Or a 'good' god.
Pompous
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Ruskin, FL
Joined: 02.19.2014

Oct 29 @ 11:22 AM ET
Oh Canada is a much better National Anthem.

And those hosers know all the words.
Americans can remember the part about the bombs bursting

- konalover711


I'm a vet and I know that I went to the war with America The Beautiful as the theme for that trip.
Then I became an anti-war sort.
America The Beautiful was still the correct theme.
Funny that.
Kate may have been banned in the "great correction of history" currently undermining any foundational aspect of society, but what the hell was wrong with this song?
As the OP stated BOMBS but if you go further it's also a bigot's refuge in the latter lyrics.

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