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    Flyers recall Laughton

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    If the guys you stayed with all year aren't getting it done, why would the guys who you chose to add at the last minute make a big difference?

    They wouldn't. Scott Laughton simply isn't a Nathan MacKinnon waiting for "his chance" to erupt.

    Who knew Akeson could contribute the way he has and look so solid after playing only a couple regular season games?

    For what Rinaldo has contributed so far this series, you lose nothing giving Laughton a shot.

    Flyers recall Laughton

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    Yeah i thought it was him in the box when Moore got out the penalty box and scored but it was Brayden...but still with someone with better hands on the 4th it would make the 4th stronger...i'd take Zac out and put Laughton in his spot.

    This would be icing your 12 best forwards....sorry Zac isn't in that group....goon hockey is over it's playoffs.

    Zac can fight with Jay over who is getting Homer popcorn!!!!!!!!

    I agree about Rinaldo sitting if Laughton were activated, that's why I said "If Laughton is in the lineup, I vote for Rinaldo to sit based on his performance so far this series," a few posts ago.

    However, I disagree about goon hockey being over because it's the playoffs. If it is, someone forgot to tell Brent Seabrook, Matt Cooke, Antoine Roussel, Steve Ott, Ryan Garbutt (speared Corey Perry in the groin), Milan Lucic (slashed Danny DeKeyser in the groin).

    If anything, play seems to have gotten nastier since the playoffs started, and our little ball of hate, Rinaldo, is Mr. Nice Guy all of a sudden. Maybe game 5 will be different.

    Flyers recall Laughton

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    You didn't notice Zac cause he was sitting in the box....if only he could score when he got out but he has hands of stone...

    I'm pretty sure Rinaldo didn't commit any penalties in game 4. In fact, it looks like he only has two PIM this series. He got two minutes for slashing with three minutes left in game one when the flyers were already down 4-1 and the refs were calling everything to "keep the game under control."

    He's been very tentative and cautious this series so far, I'd like to see the Rinaldo I saw during the regular season who hits everything with a pulse ...not like Richards/Carter/Upshall old city style but you know, out there on the ice.

    Flyers recall Laughton

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    Hall kills penalties and is great on faceoffs. His FO% through 4 games in the playoffs is 57.8%. Only Giroux is better with 60.3%. Hall won an important faceoff in the flyers zone at the end of the game 4 last night.

    Akeson had another great game last night. And he only played 8:47.

    Rinaldo played 6:33, a little over two minutes less, and I barely noticed him...again. Rinaldo has been invisible these last four games. Maybe he's being cautious and not throwing the big hits because he doesn't want to get called for a penalty and put his team a man down, but if Zack's not hitting, he may as well not be playing.

    If Laughton is in the lineup, I vote for Rinaldo to sit based on his performance so far this series.

    Our #1 defensive pairing...

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    I think Gustafsson would be the better choice because of his speed and superior defensive awareness, the kid's rarely out of position.

    I like the idea of Gill pasting a few rangers forwards against the boards but I also could see Zuccarello or Hagelin or St Louis or anyone with above average speed skating right past him like he was Mike Rathje out there.

    Any update on GrossmanN ?

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    From phily.com:

    "The only update the Flyers provided was Grossmann left the game with a "lower-body" injury. He will be re-evaluated by team doctors today. Grossmann, 29, regularly wears a knee brace on each leg under his equipment. If Grossmann cannot play tomorrow, healthy scratches Erik Gustafsson, Hal Gill and Oliver Lauridsen are available."

    So basically, no news yet.

    I will ask the question: Game 3

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    From Wikipedia: "(On) June 2, Yankee manager Miller Huggins started (Lou) Gehrig in place of regular first baseman Wally Pipp. Pipp was in a slump, as were the Yankees as a team, so Huggins made several lineup changes to boost their performance, replacing Pipp, Aaron Ward, and Wally Schang.[34] Fourteen years later, Gehrig had played 2,130 consecutive games."

     

    Maybe Mason is our Wally Pipp? ...but that would make Emery our Lou Gehrig. Hey, anything's possible.

    Linemates for Vinny...

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    @ruxpin Not saying that Tye McGinn is the next Patrick Sharp or Sergei Bobrovsky, but why must the Flyers always do this with their good young players/prospects? If Holmgren gets good return in trade that's one thing, but I don't want to see this kid be a throw in.

    He's only 22 and played well on the flyers top lines this past season. If there's not a spot open now, there will be in the next year or two. Guys get hurt, he'll get an opportunity. Unless we get equal value coming back, keep McGinn - no more Matt Ellison thank you.

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    So does Letang get suspended for crosschecking the linesman?

    in Pittsburgh Penguins

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    A wide open shot? If Crosby was wide open how was anyone close enough to hold him?

    An 80% chance or more of Crosby scoring the game winner right then and there? When Crosby spins off the boards he takes one hand off his stick to fend off the d-man, so yes Crosby is about ten to fifteen feet from the net when he flops, but he's also one step off the goal line with only one hand on his stick. In today's NHL what would a smart player do if he's driving the net from a bad angle, covered by a defender, has only one hand on his stick, and knows he's not going to score? What Crosby did - fall down and maybe draw a penalty. Welcome to FIFA, I mean todays NHL.

    But I suppose this is all moot since I'm still wearing my orange and black glasses, I'll just take those off and.... OH THATS SO MUCH BETTER!!! I can't believe Strait only got two minutes when he tackled Crosby like that, that should have been five and a game for intent to injure. Speaking of intent to injure, how was Craig Berube not banned for life after his vicious, premeditated attack on Kevin Collins? Baffling. Almost as baffling as the reaction of all the homers on here to this alleged Letang Crosscheck. It's quite obvious the linesman skated into Letang's outstretched stick. Speaking of a stretch.......

    So does Letang get suspended for crosschecking the linesman?

    in Pittsburgh Penguins

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    It's not a secret that players "sell calls" or "dive". It's a shame to see especially when it costs hard-working teams games or even playoff series.

    Like in game 3 Pens v Isles - Crosby falls to the ice "selling" a holding call in OT putting the Pens on the PP yet again where Kunitz scores the game-winning PP goal. Pens win 5-4.

    Three of the Pens five goals in game 3 were PP goals, one of which was a 5 on 3 man adv PP goal. That's a lot of "selling".

    what would it take to get the first overall pick this year?

    in Philadelphia Flyers

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    @HansonBros17 Yeah, but it would have to be a knock your socks off offer.....AND take into account this type of d-man comes along once every decade or so.....AND....if he becomes a Larry Robinson or Chris Pronger clone, he could potentially block your way to the Cup should he be in your conference. Goals scorers are rare and hard to find, but a franchise d man?? That chance comes my once in your GM life, AND *if* he becomes a super star, you have every other GM snickering at you behind your back....which I believe comes into play more often than people think....being respected and even revered by your peers is a huge thing....in the end, you do what's best for the franchise...and 9 times out of 10 that's picking the dominant d-man.

    @jammer2 It doesn't seem like Paul Holmgren's too concerned with being respected by his peers when he does things like sign Shea Weber to a huge front-loaded offer sheet, knowing that it would be crippling to a small-market team like Nashville to match. Although he certainly was trying to do what was best for the Flyers.

    Even if the Flyers were to end up with the 1st overall pick those idiots would probably take a center or wing - the Flyers rarely take defenseman before the third round. This is a big reason the current defense is in such poor shape, like goaltending, defense is ignored - a barely serviceable corps is available because of the occasional Holmgren trade. And that leads to another big reason we can't draft a franchise defenseman - you must refrain from trading away your 1st and/or 2nd round pick every year for that "missing piece". Someone needs to tell the front office they're allowed to select a defenseman in the first couple rounds of the draft. This is a list of defensemen the Flyers have drafted before round three in the last ten years:

    2008 - Luca Sbisa (1st round)

    2007 - Kevin Marshall (2nd)

    2006 - Michael Ratchuk (2nd)

    2006 - Denis Bodrov (2nd) .......that's it.......

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