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On 3/6/2023 at 9:25 AM, Howie58 said:

Nic D is apparently a great locker room guy

12 year $144M contract extension incoming

Just now, flyercanuck said:

 

They didn't...they were the same, but over $5 million and a fistful of draft picks cheaper, including a 1st and several 2nds. That all matters whether you think it does or not.

I figure that if you make this point, let's say, 1000 more times, ol' Tucson may start to understand your point. Godspeed.

Upon first glance of this thread I misread it as "Minnesota Cuck" 

Which works somehow.

9 minutes ago, tucson83 said:

all you talk about is picks

Not true. Sometimes FC talks about fishing for halibut on the open seas in his car-boat, whilst watching game 6 of the 1974 Stanley Cup finals on the 72' plasma TV strapped to the mast. Avast, mateys!

Dunno if @Samifanalready posted this or not, but Yikes! if true:

Can't believe I'm spending my state sponsored vacation day (Louis Riel Day here, look the crazy mofo up), watching the Flyers. I need a life.

Hrabal looks like he could be a good one.

Or total crap. You never know with goalies at that age.

11 hours ago, JR Ewing said:

 

After two periods of the Oilers badly out-playing the Wings, it's 4-2 DET, with Campbell surrendering 4 softies.      lol

 

I dunno if all 4 were softies. One went off a skate. But yeah, not his best outing. You have to admit he's been very good up until last night. Does Skinner just get the starting job back right away, or did he never really lose it?

5 hours ago, flyercanuck said:

NHL Notebook: Patrick Kane, who hasn’t told the Chicago Blackhawks he wants to be traded, is upset he wasn’t traded to the New York Rangers, new trade targets list and more

 

He really is a giant douche

13 hours ago, jammer2 said:

Thanks for the kind words. Tough to post about hockey when your team is dog **** with no end in sight. Wake me up when Fletcher is fired...lol.

Fair. It's nice just to see a friendly "face" from the past. I agree. Dogsh!t

On 2/5/2023 at 5:26 AM, flyercanuck said:

 

Philly needs to go on a losing streak before the idiots that be don't decide to go all in, yet again. 

36 minutes ago, flyercanuck said:

 

He won't get fired...he'll get promoted. It's the Flyer way.

It is, but the Flyers aren't that much different than the rest of the world. The entire executive of my employer says hello.

2 hours ago, jammer2 said:

Broad Street Hockey site has announced its closing at the end of February. SB Nation is actually closing all hockey sites except for 6 teams. Some great posters over there looking for a new place to post. 

Hey bud, where you been? Hope you are well. One of the good ones.

1 hour ago, Howie58 said:

Dear Pods:

 

If you knew me better, there wouldn't be much concern.  I am not an optimist by nature.  But...when it comes to Risto...maybe some of his bad habits are being coached out, while new ones are being coached in.  

Ok, good to know. Well, It's purely an evidentiary question then. And I think the evidence that Risto is dumb as a post far outweighs any evidence, including possibly recent evidence, that he is not.

11 minutes ago, Howie58 said:

  I hope this is a glimpse of the future. 

It's the hope that kills you Howie

1 hour ago, Hockey Junkie said:

Good goalie play by Hellebuyck is the only thing that can win this game for the Jets IMO.  They do not scare me much as a unit, but they do have Wheeler who I respect much.  GO SABRES!!!

They also have this guy Ehlers and that Kyle Connor guy.

I agree though, all the other Jets, the Scheifeles, the Morrisseys, etc are bums.

On 1/18/2023 at 12:55 PM, RonJeremy said:

We can't dump Risto and we gave Soyheim a no trade , so Provy probably was going no matter what.

This is exactly backwards. The price of getting rid of Risto is Provorov. That's a trade I would do. It's the cost of getting rid of stupid.

11 hours ago, GrittyForever said:

ipads now in the doghouse

 

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-john-tortorella-bans-i-pads-from-flyers-bench-its-a-major-problem-164945461.html

 

Torts is TOO funny. I hope he stays coach forever. 

I think I agree with Torts re: the momentum of the game. I think they should be used selectively by the assistant coaches to do some real time coaching, but much of the time, presumably, they are being used in ways that are not that helpful, or unhelfpul, the equivalent of admiring your pass on the ice which, we all know, just gets you pounded.

3 minutes ago, radoran said:

 

There is always the possibility that the player has given up on the organization.

 

He's on his second GM, and fifth coach in seven seasons. He's been to the playoffs three times and is (likely) to be in his third consecutive season without a playoff appearance.

 

They've overplayed him, saddled him with subpar partners, and have been essentially unable to give him an effective partner.

 

Some of that could certainly be on the player, but the organizational chaos is real.

 

The "change of scenery" is a real thing and could wind up helping both sides.

 

The flip side being Tortorella declaring Provorov is his kind of player and someone he feels needs to be a part of the team going forward.

 

We haven't really seen that...

I thought Ivan looked good paired with DeAngelo early on, then less noticeable. But I also haven't watched that many games. Been watching more Jets games. Now, imagine Ivan playing on that team? He'd have 20 goals. 

2 hours ago, mojo1917 said:

 

Do you think Provorov can become a Norris caliber player for the Flyers?

They have tried multiple partners

Multiple coaches.

The mistakes he makes aren't of the "growing pains" variety anymore.

Is he not coachable?

I think this is part of his problem, at least on this team. I think he's got the shits of playing here. 

I know the minute he gets on another team he turns into Russian Duncan Keith, I'm not seeing that happening here.

Plus,I believe nearly everything has been tried to get him to take that next step. Either he's incapable or disinterested. 

Nick Seeler has improved, Risto has improved, Sanhiem is playing more like he should be under this current group of coaches. 

Ivan hasn't, he's still doing the same stupid ****, for nearly 3 seasons.

He's a roll out of bed top 4 NHL player because of his talent. I don't see him becoming more than that playing for the Flyers. It bums me out to think this.

 

My view is that a player is capable of getting back to where they were at one point, all else being equal. There are no guarantees, of course, but I don't like selling low giving up on someone with special talent. 

Selling low on anyone should be avoided if possible, but selling low on Provy seems especially stoopid. The kid had Norris potential until the Flyers got hold of him. 

The Tolvanen pick up looks to have been a good one. A free sniper.

4 hours ago, Hockey Junkie said:

I do not know the truth.

I do. Hit me up.