JVR!

Gritty goal!

1) I feel very comfortable with my credibility. Because I know what the hell I'm actually talking about.

2) Resorting to hyperbole like calling someone "despicable" when you blatantly know very little about the person or "incompetent" when you have virtually no real-world knowledge base of what management entails is a sure sign that person can be dismissed out of hand. I'm not an expert myself -- not a GM, not a scout, not a coach, not a player -- but I think I grasp things pretty well by layman standards. And I am qualified to discuss the character of people I actually know and/or have friends in the business I trust. The late Jay Greenberg forgot more than you and I together will ever know.

When Jay wrote this, he meant people such as you: "So great is my respect for the difficulty of the job and the dedication and experience men bring to it, that only once can I ever remember calling for a coach’s head. It wasn’t a hockey coach, just a really bad guy. In the vast majority of cases, the coaches know what they are doing and are considered idiots on fan boards, social media and in the upper bowl by persons who have little clue. The same goes for the majority of GMs and scouts but I feel the strongest about the coaches."

https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=95758

3) The Flyers have plenty of problems (salary cap management/planning and a lack of bonafide 1st line/top D pair prospects being near the top). I'm not "defending" anything or saying I agree with every decision. But I'm also not going to suffer a fool.
- bmeltzer

OMG! Time flies. I belive the 1-0 shootout loss to the still existing Thrashers, was the last game i saw with John Stevens behind the bench.

TK is due for a couple of points tonight.

1) I feel very comfortable with my credibility. Because I know what the hell I'm actually talking about.

2) Resorting to hyperbole like calling someone "despicable" when you blatantly know very little about the person or "incompetent" when you have virtually no real-world knowledge base of what management entails is a sure sign that person can be dismissed out of hand. I'm not an expert myself -- not a GM, not a scout, not a coach, not a player -- but I think I grasp things pretty well by layman standards. And I am qualified to discuss the character of people I actually know and/or have friends in the business I trust. The late Jay Greenberg forgot more than you and I together will ever know.

When Jay wrote this, he meant people such as you: "So great is my respect for the difficulty of the job and the dedication and experience men bring to it, that only once can I ever remember calling for a coach’s head. It wasn’t a hockey coach, just a really bad guy. In the vast majority of cases, the coaches know what they are doing and are considered idiots on fan boards, social media and in the upper bowl by persons who have little clue. The same goes for the majority of GMs and scouts but I feel the strongest about the coaches."

https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=95758

3) The Flyers have plenty of problems (salary cap management/planning and a lack of bonafide 1st line/top D pair prospects being near the top). I'm not "defending" anything or saying I agree with every decision. But I'm also not going to suffer a fool.
- bmeltzer

I’ve probably used the word incompetent when describing Fletcher…a better description is his decisions that he is responsible for, have over all, not worked out or have been poor. This is results based business and his speak for themselves. All we seem to get from our GM is excuses as to why his moves have not worked.
Should the fan base have any confidence in our current management hierarchy? I don’t think anyone out there, be it an expert or scout or someone that just see’s where this club is as a fan could logically come to that conclusion that this current group is up to the challenge of building anything close to what Flyers fans were used to.
As far as Clarke or Holmgren having any influence over anything to do with everyday hockey Op’s it’s pretty obvious to they do not. Obviously you would know this from covering the team every day

That's two for Risto ... I do recall someone saying his offense would come ... hmmm .. I wonder who that was???

Allison may be hurt again.

Ugh, Alison hurt again?

That's two for Risto ... I do recall someone saying his offense would come ... hmmm .. I wonder who that was???
- jd250

2 goals and 4 assists in 42 games.

Allison may be hurt again.
- MBFlyerfan

Back on the bench. 🤞

2 goals and 4 assists in 42 games.
- MBFlyerfan

Offensive stud. He just needed to get comfortable. Finally in his 10th NHL season.


That AHL player Frost with another assist.

Fun game to watch

DeAngelo just brutal.

2 goals and 4 assists in 42 games.
- MBFlyerfan

no more like 2G 4A in 14 games ...

Does anyone else notice how often a player with only a few goals on the season scores against the Flyers?

DeAngelo just brutal.
- Trox88

That was a horrible turnover.

no more like 2G 4A in 14 games ...
- jd250

the other games don't count.

Offensive stud. He just needed to get comfortable. Finally in his 10th NHL season.


That AHL player Frost with another assist.
- MJL

lucky play, Frost was lucky the puck landed on Risto's stick, who clearly knew what to do with it!

DeAngelo just brutal.
- Trox88

He’s Yandle bad in his own end…

the other games don't count.
- MJL

Exactly ... Risto was too busy remolding his game. Now his offense is being unleashed. Almost got a 2nd one there.

lucky play, Frost was lucky the puck landed on Risto's stick, who clearly knew what to do with it!
- jd250

Frost is an AHL player so he needs some luck. Frost isn't one of the best players at his position like Ristolainen is.

lucky play, Frost was lucky the puck landed on Risto's stick, who clearly knew what to do with it!
- jd250

4 points in last 5 games….he needs to keep some sort of offence to be effective.

That was a horrible turnover.
- Hextall271

They have to drop him to 3rd pair and just give him offensive zone starts amd prey. Luckily, he's only signed thru next season. The question has to be asked can Zamula do a worst job in the defensive zone. York can handle PP1.

Exactly ... Risto was too busy remolding his game. Now his offense is being unleashed. Almost got a 2nd one there.
- jd250

Remolding his game. Backwards.

They have to drop him to 3rd pair and just give him offensive zone starts amd prey. Luckily, he's only signed thru next season. The question has to be asked can Zamula do a worst job in the defensive zone. York can handle PP1.
- Trox88

The Flyers don't have anyone that can realistically move up.