Lappariere's comments are irrelevant. The game in terms of the players you listed making the Flyers, is irrelevant. Let it bother you all you want. Those players play in training camp and in the pre-season will determine whether they make the Flyers. Their play in the rookie game will not factor in. The deck is already stacked against them.
- MJL

Morning cliff, do you think coach Torts shares your view?

You don't think he watched? You think he was happy with say Tyson? Or do you think he, rightly so, expected more?

$8/gal CAD in Western Canada for regular unleaded. Deisel is $8.80/ gal
- TheFreak

cracks me up how the good ole USA can be energy/oil dependent yet continues to pay the "enemies". But hey its good for the environment right?

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Atkinson. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Alison. Who are the other two?
- Dkos

Yep, the players in the rows behind should have just sat on the laps of the players in the front row.

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Alison. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?
- Dkos

Last one in the line is Atkinson. And Frost is way in the back. Torts clearly sending a message.

Lappariere's comments are irrelevant. The game in terms of the players you listed making the Flyers, is irrelevant. Let it bother you all you want. Those players play in training camp and in the pre-season will determine whether they make the Flyers. Their play in the rookie game will not factor in. The deck is already stacked against them.
- MJL

Well, let's be fair here. The deck is not stacked against Foerster. It would be pretty sad if he doesn't make the roster out of camp, there is a spot in the 9 for him with his name on it currently. For Desnoyers and Brink, they are probably not going to make the team out of camp even if they have a monster training camp. However, it's the Flyers and they will have injuries, so these two will get their shot in short order I suspect.

Last one in the line is Atkinson. And Frost is way in the back. Torts clearly sending a message.
- hockeylover

Ooops, right Atkinson. Thats what I meant. I think you sit where you think you belong.

For Bill or anyone - has the TV schedule for the preseason games been released yet?

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Alison. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?
- Dkos

i think that is cam all the way to the left.

to your point, wish the pic had a different angle to see the placement of all.

Yep, the players in the rows behind should have just sat on the laps of the players in the front row.

- MBFlyerfan

Who's the guy with the chain at the far right (behind laughton)? Empty seat between him and the next guy.

i think that is cam all the way to the left.
- Peter Richards

fixed

Well, let's be fair here. The deck is not stacked against Foerster. It would be pretty sad if he doesn't make the roster out of camp, there is a spot in the 9 for him with his name on it currently. For Desnoyers and Brink, they are probably not going to make the team out of camp even if they have a monster training camp. However, it's the Flyers and they will have injuries, so these two will get their shot in short order I suspect.
- jd250

Foerster has not been penciled in. Nor is there is a spot in the top 9 with his name on it. He may be the front runner and the player most likely to earn a spot but he'll have to earn it with his play. Many thought that York was penciled in last season.

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Atkinson. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?
- Dkos

You recognized four more guys than I could point of. The roster and overall excitement for this team has changed so much in a decade, I wouldn’t know any of these guys if they drove to my house and delivered me a pizza.

I think Farabee’s head is right next to Laughton’s on the second row.

You recognized four more guys than I could point of. The roster and overall excitement for this team has changed so much in a decade, I wouldn’t know any of these guys if they drove to my house and delivered me a pizza.
- SuperSchennBros

I thought Staal was Voracek at first

I thought Staal was Voracek at first
- Dkos

I was gonna say the exact same thing!! If you didn’t say Staal first, I would have said Jake!

I thought Staal was Voracek at first
- Dkos

So did I. I thought Jake is back!

Well, let's be fair here. The deck is not stacked against Foerster. It would be pretty sad if he doesn't make the roster out of camp, there is a spot in the 9 for him with his name on it currently. For Desnoyers and Brink, they are probably not going to make the team out of camp even if they have a monster training camp. However, it's the Flyers and they will have injuries, so these two will get their shot in short order I suspect.
- jd250

i think tyson has an excellent shot to make the team out of camp, pushing allison to 13th forward. what we saw last year, he brings more to the top 9 than allison does. especially if frost in the 3c. if not, only a matter of time until allison gets hurt and tyson takes his spot.

agree with brink and elliot. think they will be call ups depending on injuries throughout the yea. same with andrae.

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Atkinson. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?
- Dkos

Funny when I saw that … I thought it was from the past and that was Vorecek….(before my morning coffee)

Were you sit in a meeting says a lot of about a person. I recognize Laughton, Staal, Seeler, Hart (maybe?), Risto, and Atkinson. Who are the other two? Hathaway? Walker?
- Dkos

Laughts and Seels looking like teachers pets lol.

I thought Staal was Voracek at first
- Dkos

As did I. I was like, old photo?

Laughts and Seels looking like teachers pets lol.
- Tomahawk

no booklet for Laughton...he has that thing memorized

Meanwhile Bizz gets his 15 minutes.
- Minnyhock

Let's be fair... Biz didn't drop that bomb to get more attention... he's already got more than he can handle from SC (maybe the most popular hockey media thing going on right now), socials and TNT.

If you follow SC, it's pretty clear that they are just really pro-player on all fronts, but especially when it comes to player treatment from coaches. They've been banging the Babs is a POS drum for years.

no booklet for Laughton...he has that thing memorized
- Dkos

Rebuilds are exciting!! I’m loving this.

Let's be fair... Biz didn't drop that bomb to get more attention... he's already got more than he can handle from SC (maybe the most popular hockey media thing going on right now), socials and TNT.

If you follow SC, it's pretty clear that they are just really pro-player on all fronts, but especially when it comes to player treatment from coaches. They've been banging the Babs is a POS drum for years.
- Tomahawk

No question. My issue is with the young player not handling internally. You don’t trust management, go to teammates. Make noise from within.

My issue with Whitney and Bizz is, Whitney was on Barstool like a week ago saying how the PA was coming at them, calling them liars. Whitney comes back with the fact they were both on the PA and former players and they know Bab’s is a bad guy and they wouldn’t say it if it wasn’t true….when they broke the freakin news, they admitted they weren’t sure it was true. They said IF it was true, it’s more Bab’s BS!

These aren’t the two guys to go to with an issue like this. Sure they took down Babcock but they also made the Jackets organization look stupid from top to bottom publicly. If I’m running an organization, I wouldn’t want my players on their show at this point.