Lets Go Flyers !!
This League Needs the Flyers to be in the Playoffs

you lap that up despite knowing it is not true at all
- hello it's me 2050

this is not my opinion, this is how Briere answered the question.

How many posts did the Flyers hit?
- jd250

2

Lets Go Flyers !!
This League Needs the Flyers to be in the Playoffs
- BruinBlood

Be careful what you wish for ... oh and the BRUINS SUCK!!

2
- TheFreak

I know, my point is the luck in this game was not all one sided as some would want you to believe.

Do I believe the team appointed a Captain and Torts didn't want it? Yes. DO I believe the rest, not really.

Though when I hear there has been no communication between Torts and Coots since he was named Captain, I am understandably curious.
- MBFlyerfan

Bill .. we need your help here .. What is going on behind the scenes? Inquiring minds want to know!

Can't we just enjoy having a hockey season and not get bogged down in the politics and made up drama?

Yup, definitely a weak point right now, however obtaining just 1 top center slots everyone where they should be and turns this into a strength.
- jd250

one top center doe snot turn it into a strength.

Lets Go Flyers !!
This League Needs the Flyers to be in the Playoffs
- BruinBlood

I can't wait til you guys play the Leafs first round and destroy them!

this is not my opinion, this is how Briere answered the question.
- jd250

and he is a blatant liar, dumb, or both.

this is not my opinion, this is how Briere answered the question.
- jd250

More lies from the top down.

Flyers are going to sign Simmonds to a 1-day contract and then immediately put him on LTIR...

Yup, definitely a weak point right now, however obtaining just 1 top center slots everyone where they should be and turns this into a strength.
- jd250

You mean a guy like Gauthier? Oh wait...

The official count was 4 posts. Please stop making stuff up to fit your agenda.
- Phillywhiteout

Please provide the link to that. I counted 5. You crack me up.

win some lose some. probably lost more last night than you make in a week on that game. good nigh toverall when you facto rin college hoops.

what else you have today?
- hello it's me 2050

I have my doubts that you lost that much, but if you did? Congrats!

Danny Briere on the #flyers decision to healthy scratch captain Sean Couturier tonight: "I can tell you one thing -- with John Tortorella, it doesn't matter who it is. That's what he's known for. He treats everybody the same way."
- jd250

Briere is full of crap. He is either delusional or is simply being untruthful.

Please provide the link to that. I counted 5. You crack me up.
- MJL

I forget where I saw, but Bill also saw those numbers somewhere. Might have been after the Torts presser, but Bill reported the same thing.

Couturier has looked pretty cooked for the last 20 games if you ask me (6pts, -14). I don't think him sitting is the end of the world whatsoever. He's coming off a serious injury and a long lay off. Coots didn't play a ton of hockey the last 2 years. I don't know that making him Captain had much to do with it. Couturier is still a good hockey player and a de-facto leader on this team regardless of whether there's a letter stitched to his sweater or not.

There were times when Giroux was our captain where I felt he needed to be scratched to send a message. I don't think anyone should ever be immune to being scratched. It's a coach's decision to figure out if a guy can play through it or if he needs the mental reset. I think if Couturier wasn't coming off a serious injury layoff, he'd be given a bit more grace to play through a funk.

We can argue all day whether Torts is the best fit to make those decisions. He's the coach and his only job is to try and win games and make the playoffs. He's working with a younger defense since the Walker trade. There's 0 margin for error. Torts has been critical of Atkinson this season as well, so at least it's consistent. The vets aren't getting a free ride and that's the way it should be.

I know, my point is the luck in this game was not all one sided as some would want you to believe.
- jd250

There isn't a single person myself included who has said the luck in the game was one sided. Perhaps you need to review.

Please provide the link to that. I counted 5. You crack me up.
- MJL

provide a link to your 5

I forget where I saw, but Bill also saw those numbers somewhere. Might have been after the Torts presser, but Bill reported the same thing.
- Phillywhiteout

So you're full of crap about the official count and it turns out that it is you that has the agenda.

I'm very glad they won (on my b day no less!) but in reality, had even half of those posts they hit gone in, we lose that. What you will also notice, is how hard of a slog it was to hold in the late third when we could not win a single faceoff. Tavares was eating us ALIVE. Couts has struggled for sure, but of late, his faceoffs have been better. At minimum, we missed that aspect of his game. We very much got lucky to hold on for that win in the 3rd.
- Hextall271

If Terrornto (sic) scores two additional goals, it would be fair to give the Flyers one and then we would have had a tie.

For the record, I was at the game last night. The Flyers battled hard and earned a good win, but this team is clearly better with Couturier in the line-up. He needs to be playing meaningful minutes but I also don't think it's weird at all he needed a reset with how much time he missed the past 2 years.

So you're full of crap about the official count and it turns out that it is you that has the agenda.
- MJL

So you're saying Bill is also full of crap? Ummm...since he is actually around the team I'll take his word over yours. Thanks!

Couturier has looked pretty cooked for the last 20 games if you ask me (6pts, -14). I don't think him sitting is the end of the world whatsoever. He's coming off a serious injury and a long lay off. Coots didn't play a ton of hockey the last 2 years. I don't know that making him Captain had much to do with it. Couturier is still a good hockey player and a de-facto leader on this team regardless of whether there's a letter stitched to his sweater or not.

There were times when Giroux was our captain where I felt he needed to be scratched to send a message. I don't think anyone should ever be immune to being scratched. It's a coach's decision to figure out if a guy can play through it or if he needs the mental reset. I think if Couturier wasn't coming off a serious injury layoff, he'd be given a bit more grace to play through a funk.

We can argue all day whether Torts is the best fit to make those decisions. He's the coach and his only job is to try and win games and make the playoffs. He's working with a younger defense since the Walker trade. There's 0 margin for error. Torts has been critical of Atkinson this season as well, so at least it's consistent. The vets aren't getting a free ride and that's the way it should be.
- mochoson

There is zero consistency in Tortorella's decision on who to scratch and when. For example, Atkinson is 34 and not a part of the future of this team. Couturier was just named captain and is in the beginning of an 8 year contract and is part of the future of this team as of now. It is not a similar situation.

So you're saying Bill is also full of crap? Ummm...since he is actually around the team I'll take his word over yours. Thanks!
- Phillywhiteout

Nope, not saying that. I'm saying you're full of crap.