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Stars: Giroux Bob Timonen Goats: Ott

Bob is in goal. I'm surprised actually, Bryz played well on Monday. Other than the comments made after the game about not liking the shootout....??

@B21 I don't recall anyone here saying Pronger is not a good locker room guy. Nor has he worn out his welcome in Philly. As for Cooke, he's changed his play this season, and has become a much more valuable player this season. good for him.

IMHO, the youth hockey leagues shouldn't be scheduling games for Christmas eve, (after 4:00pm) or Christmas day. Christmas shouldn't be about making money for the ice rinks. Families shouldn't have to make decisions to alter their holiday traditions to appease the rinks desire to make an extra buck, because the ice surface is available. Society has lost sight of the true meaning of Christmas.

good point..... the Crosby / Ovechkin matchup can't take all the credit then.

DALLAS -- Danny Briere went first. James van Riemsdyk followed. And then Peter Laviolette tapped... Matt Read try his luck in the lottery game known as the NHL shootout? The most obvious question is: why would Laviolette not opt to leave the NHL’s active, all-time leading goal-scorer sitting on the bench during a breakaway competition? Jaromir Jagr has 656 career goals on his resume. Because of tight newspaper deadlines, this reporter didn’t get a chance to ask Laviolette after the game - a question that can be answered after the Flyers’ noon practice at American Airlines Center in Dallas - but if we had to guess, it would be that he has seen the numbers. They aren’t pretty. Among the 6 active Flyers who have had at least 6 attempts in the shootout, Jagr ranks last with a 22.7 percent success rate. That is a list that includes defenseman Kimmo Timonen. For his career, Jagr is 5-for-22. Yikes! In his defense, Jagr has not taken an NHL shootout attempt in more than 3 full seasons, so he hasn’t exactly had much practice. And that’s the thing - the Flyers, as a whole, haven’t had much practice with the shootout. That could explain why they are the NHL’s worst team in the shootout since it was instated in 2005-06. To my knowledge, and I am at practice nearly every single day, the Flyers haven’t worked on it since training camp. They are 0-2 in shootouts this season. Here is where they stack up all-time: FLYERS: 19-36 (34.5 win percentage) Florida: 26-48 (35.5) Ottawa: 21-35 (37.5) Washington: 27-39 (40.5) Calgary: 23-33 (41.1) Columbus: 32-44 (42) St. Louis: 30-40 (42.8) Vancouver: 27-35 (43.5) Montreal: 31-34 (47.6) It pales in comparison to a team like the Avalanche, who live and die by the shootout. They have won 17 of their last 18 shootouts and they are 6-0 in shootouts this season. On Monday, the Avalanche went 3-for-3, just the 5th time in 55 all-time shootouts for the Flyers that the opponent has made all 3. Most of the rest of the NHL - the other 21 teams - are either hovering around .500 all-time in shootouts or are well above that mark. But what does that mean in terms of an impact on the standings? Here are the points the Flyers have given up over the years by not picking up that one extra point. 2010-11: 7 points 2009-10: 3 points* 2008-09: 6 points 2007-08: 6 points 2006-07: 6 points 2005-06: 6 points *= only year with a winning (4-3) record in shootout Coincidentally, Laviolette gave van Riemsdyk a chance - for the first time in his career - on Monday night and he converted with a beautiful, top-shelf shot. In fact, van Riemsdyk is now one of 11 active NHLers to be 1-for-1 in the shootout. Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/Why-no-Jagr-in-shootout.html#ixzz1hAzJUDJJ Watch sports videos you won't find anywhere else That pretty much explains why Bryz and Bob stink at the shootout. Those two points so far aren't worth the time spent for practice.

24/7 Season Two Premiere Down 26% From 2010 by stevelepore December 20, 2011 You just can’t predict television sometimes, and the double-digit losses for the premiere of Season 2 of the critically adored 24/7 Rangers/Flyers: Road to the NHL Winter Classic drew 284,000 viewers on Wednesday night. This was down 26% from episode one, featuring the Penguins and Capitals, which drew 383,000 viewers on December 15th of last year. Just as an example, the Chicago-Minnesota game on VERSUS drew 540,000 viewers on the same night. http://puckthemedia.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/247-season-two-premiere-down-26-from-2010/

John Stevens wanted to lighten the mood around the #kings yesterday so he took them to Dairy Queen after practice. 19 Dec as per twitter@reporterchris LOL----fun times in LA

Since the Columbus game Voracek has 16 points in 19 games, including 13 assists. Compared to JVR who has 3 g and 6 assists, with only 2 assists in the month of December. Ideally, we need both these guys to contribute.

You are correct, I'd say though that Shelley blocked the shot and then scores was more impressive

honestly I don't remember, but then, those shots clearly did not make a lasting impression on Laviolette either.

So what is the deal with Brad Boyes? After the trade last spring he was nearly a point per game......and now banished to the fourth line?

I believe it is an actual quote.......funny eh? So as soon as JVR can master one of these shots......we won't need Shelly anymore.

-Adrian Dater, the fine Avalanche beat writer from the Denver Post, asked Peter Laviolette today if he thought the art of the slapshot from a hard skating winger down the wall was a lost art. Lavvy had one gem of a response: “I think the last real good one that we had, an old school, old-fashioned, slap drive was Jody Shelley’s in Atlanta last season,” Laviolette said. “It was world class, down the wing, blow it by you. It was epic. “Now, there’s time and space and gaps and everybody’s quick to defend and reloads are hard from behind, but he blocked a shot, got out of the defensive zone and down the wing and he was moving fast and hard and he just wound up and ripped it top shelf. It was a thing of beauty.”

http://anthonysintheroom.blogspot.com/ DENVER – Like any other hardcore Flyers fan, Seth Hastings was overtly frustrated with Scott Hartnell’s propensity to fall to the ice with regularity over the course of last season. It got to be so ridiculous, in Hastings’ mind that he decided to keep track of every stumble publicly using his Twitter account (@SethDH) to memorialize each fall with the hash tag #Hartnelldown. It quickly became a trending tag during Flyers games, with fans and media alike using it to reference every time Hartnell fell on his britches. But something changed this season in a way that Hastings could never imagine. Hartnell created his own Twitter account (@Hartsy19) and immediately followed Hastings. He reached out to Hastings to find out about the hash tag and decided that the two could work together to turn the tag into a positive. “When I first saw it, I was kind of caught off guard,” Hartnell said. “I was like, ‘What is that’ because I didn’t know what it meant. I found out a little later that this count kept going up every time I fell down, so I could have hated it or embraced it. “I talked to my agent and asked him if he thought it would be cool to make some t-shirts about it and take all the proceeds and give them to charity. He said, ‘let’s do it’ and within a couple of days I had the web site and the shirts. I tweeted about it and Seth was shocked that it got this big but he was excited this was all going to charity so he was a good guy.” The shirts, designed by Hartnell, feature the infamous hash tag on the front with the number 19 on the back and the words “down and dirty” on top of Hartnell’s Twitter handle. They are available on Hartnell’s web site(Hartnelldown.com)and all proceeds will be donated to charity. Hartnell will give some money to local charities in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan that are recipients of money raised at the annual Scott Hartnell-Clark MacArthur Celebrity Golf Classic, and provide a couple of Philly area hockey players the chance to enroll in Minnesota Hockey Camps, a summer camp that hones hockey skills. “Never in a million years did I expect this,” said Hastings, 26, a cook from Middletown, Pa (near Hershey) where he can be found serving up food at Hershey Park, the Giant Center and Hershey Park Stadium. “It started off as kind of a joke last year and then it took off when he joined Twitter and became a whole new beast.” Hartnell called Hastings and offered him a pair of tickets to last Saturday’s loss to Boston and then met up with Hastings after the game and posed for pictures with the t-shirts. “It’s wild,” Hastings said. “It’s what dreams are made of as a sports fan. You follow a team and at the end of the day the players are just normal guys when you get to meet them. It’s pretty cool to be associated with a guy who plays for the team who I love more than maybe life itself.” Hartnell added that he’s going to try to convince some of his teammates to wear the shirts in the locker room once the Flyers get home so they can be seen on camera to promote the site even further. It’s the least Hartnell’s teammates can do considering they give him as much grief – if not more – every time he falls to the ice. “I’ve scored a couple of goals now where I’ve ended up on my butt and the counter goes up, so that’s a good thing,” Hartnell said. “You have to be light-hearted about it, you know? Every time I fall down in practice now all the boys start yelling ‘Hartnell Down,’ so that’s pretty good.” So ,Hartnell has gone from social media whipping boy to Twitter darling this season – and not just because he’s having a very good season offensively. it’s gone all the way from Twitter to charity, which is kind of surreal to me,” Hastings said.“It’s totally different now than when we first started. At the beginning it was more because everybody was ragging on Hartnell because of the contract he had and here he was falling down all the time, now he’s second on the team in goals and is a big contributor to the team and it has a whole different meaning .” It does – but primarily because Hartnell has proven to be an athlete who gets it, and gets the fans, putting him into a refreshing minority.

DENVER -- Sean Couturier, who may or may not have a concussion, is “doing well,” according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Couturier, struck in the head by a shot from Kimmo Timonen in Saturday’s loss to Boston, was re-evaluated on Monday and will follow up with his doctors on Tuesday. A source said he has general soreness, but is not concussed. http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/flyers-talk/post/Couturier-doing-well-not-concussed?blockID=615442&feedID=695

Its hard to find the words to describe the awesome dedication Mr. Snider has given to the Flyers for of us.

The coach isn't French? If Vader were here he could be bragging up his laufs.

Agreed. Kane's goal was all skill. Briere's goal was near a stop, but the puck kept moving forward.

@canolli The sensorship was put in place to boost google ratings for this site's profile.

http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/985299-nhl-power-rankings-early-playoff-odds-for-each-nhl-team?embedded=true Ok, this is from the bleacherreport, but I'm a bit surprised at some of these odds. Blue Jackets 400 /1 Hurricanes 350 / 1 Islanders 300 / 1 Ducks 275 / 1 Senators 100 / 1 Flames 110 / 1 Jets 99 / 1 Avalanche 95 / 1 Oilers 75 / 1 Kings 50 / 1 Coyotes 45 / 1 Lightening 40 / 1 Stars 40 / 1 Flyers 40 / 1 Devils 40 / 1 Predators 35 / 1 Canadiens 30 / 1 Capitals 30 / 1 Sabers 30 / 1 Rangers 27 / 1 Sharks 25 / 1 Penguins 25 / 1 Panthers 25 / 1 Leafs 18 / 1 Wild 18 1 Canucks 18 / 1 Blues 15 / 1 Blackhawks 12 / 1 Wings 12 / 1 Bruins 10 / 1 .....a Bruins / Wings final?

yes, and at the time I posted around 3:00pm about Lucic, that article wasn't posted to NBCsports yet. (3:55pm) ..........just sayin .....then again that is great news.....hopefully G's symptoms have completely subsided

I think this is Holmgren's plan. Coburn signed four years for 4.5M I expect the something similar for Carle.

It will be interesting to see what Shanny gives. Lucic has received one prior one game suspension. http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/18/phone-hearing-scheduled-for-lucic/related/