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Howie58

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  1. That trade is looking better all the time! I started the thread with my concern about the Flyers as favorite. Psychologically, that gives them license to underperform. That tells me they lack swagger. Attard and Ginning have played well on D. Torts had multiple kudos post-game. Seeler and Drydale are part of the problem. But I think this team has to come out swinging, and they need a better PP. It is a momentum killer that's losing them games.
  2. We will look back at this season and point to the PP as the Achilles Heel. Stay keep us out of the playoffs.
  3. We can't score on PP. We score but they are disallowed. The hockey gods aren't smiling upon us.
  4. Greetings: There are rumblings the Russkies have let Fedotov out of his contract: https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-goalie-ivan-fedotov-alexei-kolosov-russia-military-service-20240328.html This is interesting. Who knows?
  5. Being the favorite scares me; I'd rather they feel like Avis and have to try harder (I age myself). Montreal is tough for us given their speed.
  6. Greetings: Here is Bill Meltzer's take on the lineup. It is Rangers Redux--Seeler and Drysdale are close but no cigar: https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Bill-Meltzer/Flyers-Gameday-32824--MTL/45/124786
  7. Greetings: The O and B are favored (-155): https://sportsbookwire.usatoday.com/article/philadelphia-flyers-vs-montreal-canadiens-odds-tips-and-betting-trends-4/ This is a matchup between two teams with poor power plays; the Habs are marginally better on offense, and we have an edge on defense. https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/mtl-vs-phi/2024/03/28/2023021152 We won 3-2 in a shootout despite Cayden Primeau's 37 stop performance. This is the second of three matches this season. We need the points.
  8. 15 shots and none past Shesterkin. Crazy! Not watching. Were they softballs?
  9. Greetings: The Flyers are underdogs (+165); the Rangers are 9-0-1 in the last 10 matchups and have taken the last six: https://winnersandwhiners.com/games/nhl/3-26-2024/philadelphia-flyers-vs-ny-rangers-prediction-4776/ We are also playing our third game in four nights against an excellent home team. The Rags are a better offensive squad with an excellent PP: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nyr-vs-phi/2024/03/26/2023021137 We may be due for an upset.
  10. Sandstrom is a disaster. That 3rd goal was a backbreaker. Torts was disgusted.
  11. Call up Gahagen! We have super-abundant evidence that Sandstrom is not an NHL goalie. I'd rather see a Zepper type than him. How must teammates feel when a guy with a 4.0+ GAA starts? Get him out of the picture. Thank the Lord his contract expires this year!
  12. It's strange seeing two starting goalies where one has half the GAA as the other! Can't recall that.
  13. Greetings: Florida is favored (-160), with both teams on the second of back-to-backs: https://www.oddsshark.com/nhl/florida-philadelphia-odds-march-24-2024-2020404 We've taken the first two games of the season, 2-1. Statistically, they are nearly as good as we are on the PK, and better on just about every stat: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/fla-vs-phi/2024/03/24/2023021129 If we play tight, "Flyers Hockey," this squad can compete with any team. Bobo is slated to start against the Rangers on 3/23. Someone named Anthony Stolarz (ha!) is his backup. Take a gander at these stats, at $1.1 million salary: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stolaan01.html We do a wonderful job drafting goalies for other teams!
  14. So, what carries on to Florida? Will post game thread later tonight.
  15. This is a chess match. That favors the Flyers. No steamroller so far!
  16. Greetings: The Bruins are favored (-142) with 60% win probability: https://www.dimers.com/news/boston-bruins-vs-philadelphia-flyers-prediction-odds-nhl-picks-3232024 The statistics point to the Bruins advantage on the PP and defense: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/bos-vs-phi/2024/03/23/2023021114 This is a squad that has given us fits since coming into the league. They've taken the last seven in the series and we haven't beaten them at home since October, 2021. We've lost both meetings this year: https://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/opponent.cgi?Boston_Bruins The Flyers squad that played against Carolina will compete against the B's. Will that squad show up?
  17. Well, there's no shame in this loss. Oh dear Lord...if we only had a PP. We had 1:20 5 on 3 and couldn't do crap with it. I can't recall a Flyers team that skated this well in ages. Poehling was active and taking the war to Carolina. Attard and Ginning were very good.
  18. I agree with Flyerforever. Short-term, this is a locker room/optics issue. Longer-term, the real question is Coots' value to the team if he's a fraction of the former Selke winner. It's interesting to me how the media, traditional and digital, focus on the locker room stuff. Hopefully, we don't have another Vinny on our hands.
  19. Greetings: Carolina is favored (-222) with a 69% win probability: https://sportsbookwire.usatoday.com/article/carolina-hurricanes-vs-philadelphia-flyers-odds-tips-and-betting-trends-8/ Carolina has won two of three against us this season. They've also won 8 of their last 10. Carolina's PP is near the top of the league, and they average slightly under a half goal per game more offense: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/car-vs-phi/2024/03/21/2023021099 This is another matchup in which we play "our game" or we get steamrollered.
  20. I didn't jinx them by watching. But after seeing the highlights, it looks like we took the war to the Leafs. Good win. When Tippett is on his game, he makes a big difference. Scoring 15 seconds into the game sends an important signal.
  21. The game-by-game stuff isn't concerning. What is? The guy is signed, thanks to CF, through 2029-2030 at nearly 8 million a year. As many of us have said before, he is not a young 31. I really hope we aren't seeing the post-back surgery Coots, who may be little more than a 3C.
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