AlaskaFlyerFan

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I think he is feeling the pressure of playing in a hockey market. The last 2 teams he played for are not based in traditional hockey market cities so the pressure wasn't there. I think the pressure combined with all the other stuff going on (Winter Classic, 24/7 cameras, historic aspect of the Philly, etc.) is affecting him. Hopefully, he will adjust.

Remember 3 yrs ago, Tim Thomas won the Vezina. The next year, he lost his starting job to Rask. Everyone thought Thomas was just a one hit wonder. He came back last year and won the Vezina again. My point is, maybe this is just a down time for Bryz and hopefully he will rebound to play like the world class goalie he has been touted to be.

Any doctors posting here?

I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!

I skate with a guy that has/had a torn abdominal muscle. This is the second time he's had one. He said the first one took almost a year to heal. This time, he took about 3 months off without skating but he is still affected by it when he plays. There is a 20 yr age difference between him and JVR, so JVR should be able to heal faster.

My gut feeling (no pun intended) is JVR will need surgery to fix his problem.

i wonder what he's done to see his toi slip so far ?

Rumor is he is playing injured.

Hopefully we aren't expecting(hoping) he finds his groove for NINE years.

That is an exaggeration. It's only 8 1/2 years now. LOL

"The game got off to an ornery start as Vancouver's Kevin Bieksa fought Calgary's Tom Kostopoulos three seconds after the opening face-off. Kostopoulos suffered a cut near his left eye as Bieksa landed his first punch. They renewed their hostilities after fighting each other last January."

Bieksa nailed him with a superman punch at the begining of the fight. He must have had some MMA training. I've seen him use that punch before.

Bryz in net. We'll see if the majority was right or wrong.

I didn't see the game (yet). From everything I've been reading, the majority was right.

@AlaskaFlyerFan I lived in Fairbanks and Anchorage when I was a kid.

How long ago? I was in Anchorage from '92-'00 and Fairbanks (North Pole) from '03-'06.

Lots of empty seats at the game! Tickets are like $25 right?

Depends on where you sit. $125 for my seat 4 rows from the glass. The attendence was 15,000, one of the best crowds of the year. Dallas has struggled to fill the seats even though the team is playing fairly well.

I saw them throw the rats after the final buzzer when the Panthers won.

Then for the helluva it...What do you think our annual payroll would be now???

Thanks,

Mike

I read something the other day that the payroll was $72 Mil in 2004 (I think) before the Salary Cap was instituted. This year's cap is $65 mil.

Timo, Jagr & Giroux before a face off. They were named the 3 stars of the game.

This was right before Simmonds scored.

Some pics from the game last night.

Giroux during warm ups.

[sarcasm Font] I'm surprised Rinaldo didn't get suspended!

It's long but it's a good read I think. From Frank Seravalli

That might be the best piece I've ever read from Seravalli.

Both teams are very banged up. You know about the injured Avs; the Phillies are in a similar boat, with Claude Giroux, Chris Pronger and Sean Couturier among the names on the injured list. Oh, and that Ian Lapperiere guy. We still miss you, Lappy.

The Phillies? Wow.

They only partially redeemed themselves by giving props to Lappy.

Maybe you had sarcasm intended, if not than this is the rub. Look at Crosby- out again. That said (and every individual is different) I would like to think that a "seemingly" grazing knee to the head is far less severe than Crosby getting clocked twice in two games or Pronger getting a brutal stick to the orbital bone and then another head first check into the boards.

One thing is for sure: times have changed. The entire management recognizes the greatness of Giroux and will take EVERY precaution to make sure he is 100%.

No sarcasm intended. Claude skated (hard) again today for 90 mins. I agree with you...I don't think his concussion was any where near as severe as Crosby's and I believe they will take every precaution. However, I don't believe they will hold him out just for the sake of holding him out. I also believe he is closer to coming back than what is being reported. He has to pass the ImPACT testing BEFORE he is allowed to skate. He is beyond that. Here are the steps listed on the ImPACT web site:

• Step-wise return to play
  

• No activity - rest until asymptomatic
  
• Light aerobic exercise
  
• Sport-specific training
  
• Non-contact drills
  
• Full-contact drills
  
• Game play
  

Giroux is at #4, possibly #5. He may get to play in Dallas on Wednesday but I expect to see him play against the Rangers on Friday.

We don't need Giroux right now, let him get healthy. See you in 2012. Don't rush.

I'm of the mind set to get him out there as soon as he is cleared and *healthy*. The longer he is out, the more rusty he gets. Don't let him get rusty. That will also get the line combinations back to what they were prior to his injury.

HNIC just reported that David Poile (Nashville GM) has said he won't be trading Weber or Suter until the trade deadline and won't trade them at all if Nashville is in playoff contention.

Because it is cheaper to book the airline tickets further in advance.

The teams charter the entire plane. It wouldn't matter if one or two seats are empty.

I think the players are on the trip:

1.) so the training staff can evaluate them on a daily basis

OR

2.) Because they are closer to returning than we are aware.

Go back to soft elbow and shoulder pads. There may be a few more injuries in those areas, but a lot less concussions. I can't for the life of me figure out why they haven't banned those armor-plated things.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the glass. The rinks used to all have the plexiglass and the boards would gived a little when the players hit them. Now they use the tempered glass and the boards don't budge on a hit.

I found this sentence to be a bit odd:

Holmgren said he was uncertain if the club will call up a player. Giroux and Schenn made the trip to Denver on Saturday night, but won’t play in Denver or Dallas.

Umm, I went to public school and all but that is two sentences. Just sayin. LOL

I was thinking of either Timonen, Giroux or Bryz. Someone that will be a Flyer for a long time. So I won't be stuck with jersey's I dont want to wear......like my Richards ones.

I thought the exact same thing when I bought my Richards jersey. because he had 9 years left on his contract.

Absolutely unreal. What the hell is their training staff doing, or not doing?

The Flyers' medical stuff is completely incompetent. They have been proving it over and over again.

But the bigger issue is the growing number and frequency of concussions in the NHL. There have to be changes made.

I don't get the connection. Not quite sure why this is a training/medical staff incompetency issue. These guys are getting concussions on the ice, not in the training room.

http://www.philly.co..._adversity.html

he scraps, works hard if not always smart; if he would take 1/3 less penalties (eliminate the stupid ones) we'd have nothing to complain about other than his haircut, which he would probably roll with.

He's still taking some but I don't think he's taking that many stupid penalties. 29 games in and he only has 30 PIMs. I'm guessing that 20 of those PIMs are from fighting.