BearOnIce

Howie: I agree with everything that you and Mojo say. I do not think it is Laviolette as much as the result of GM moves or lack thereof, and a perfect storm of injuries. BOI

Howie: I was bored the entire game last night. Really bored. Like getting up a number of times and going into the kitchen for extended periods of time. This team is killing my waistline! Ok, not that I need a lot of scoring, but just seeing some nice passing and playmaking happening would be great. Which it is not. Even if they lose! This entire team lacks cohesiveness, sych, playing like a unit. It is all random. This is not a team that does well when they press. Try too hard. The Lavy time outs seem more to just get their attention. Like holding a biscuit in front of a dog. To get their attention and focus. Is it possible that a team like this just looses their attention? Look at the bench when the camera pans and tell me what you think. When they skate loose and move their feet and the puck they are beautiful to watch. I think this is the essence of the Lavy attack system. If you do not do that you will look abysmal. Like they do now. Lavy's system is all about fluidity and rapid puck movement. IF you do not have puck movement or slow down you are toast. If I was Lavy, I do not know what I would do to get everybody on the same page. Well, except skate up and down the ice in practice passing the puck. That simple. It is gut wrenching to watch them struggle with puck movement on the PP. And I think it is killing the high skilled players like Brier and Giroux. I sure would not juggle lines. Perhaps with the injuries that is exactly what has happened and that is a lot of the problem. BOI

radoran: I agree. After last night I am much more concerned about this team than Bryz. Could it be that what we see is exactly how it was last year except that there was Carle and Jagr, a few people had career years, the young players overexcelled, and we had fewer injuries? BOI

MD: Why am I looking forward to this team play Washinton tonite. I have no clue. Am I looking for validation? Am I looking for some hope/ Am I looking for someone, anyone, to show why they wear the Flyers logo on their sweater? How about we start with the PP. Shake it up until there are 5 guys that can work as a unit.. BOI

radoran: I suspect that when the Flyers get to 6W/17L, and Bryz does a Checkomanic-melt down on the ice with his teammates, then starts talking about White Tigers and going to Uranus in his personal spacecraft, in the locker room, that the "organization" will have no other choice but to accept the buyout, but with the usual Flyer aplumb and spin. I think this year is going to be a mess. BOI

OH1FlyersFan: Ok, so does Holmgren take Ed's checkbook and go big D game hunting again about mid-way though thhe season when a lot of teams, like the Flyers, have tanked? Going to have to give up a forward or two. I see no way around it. BOI

OcaamsRazor: You got right, you working stiff. Thanks for working and making this country strong, not sitting on your xss sucking on the government dole. When Ed speaks, the boys, including Homer, take notice. No one want da axe! Go Flyers. More Flyer KoolAid please. BOI

Yes. That conditioning thing is an issue. Lets hope they work out if it. Just need to make playoffs.

Doom 88: Yes, your point about not wanting to get bumped is dead on. I saw that too, especially against Tampa Bay. I would expect this from some of these young guys, unless they play a role like Renaldo. I think also that an elite forward creates time and space from the opposing team and outside of Giroux, we don't have another elite forward. Maybe in 2-4 years with some of the younger players developing. With all respect, I think the defense is still too slow transitioning to the forwards. It allows the opposite team to cheat into the neutral zone more, way too much. Then dump and chase and the forwards are gassed. New Jerse's system does it to a tee. If anybody has our number, they do. I believe that Timmo is about the only guy on D we have that can consistently move and control the puck. Case in point the PP where the puck movement east-west opening lanes is really lacking. I saw Lavy execute this offence in Carolina and you really need defencemmen that are essentially large, mobile forwards that move up and back with the forwards. Ain't happening yet this year. I believe there is a big conditioning factor involved and this team is not there yet. BOI

"Look, I am no f'n way saying that Bryz is the next Patty Roy..." Classic. I love it. The defence is a f'ked up mess with no one moving the puck out FAST to the forwards. Pylons are not fast. Plyers? Start with Capt'n Ro. And never ever put Jake back on that PP. Never.

The difference is that you have some studs on defence that can move the puck "at will" up to your forwards. We do not have that. Lavy's system requires a high-energy attack and getting thhe puck out from the defensemen to the forwards. Ain't happening with this group now. Dump and chase is old technology.

Howie, I do not think a change in coach would do anything at this point. Lavy coaches up-tempo attack-attack and the players are not responding. I think the defence is just in such dissarray and with no one that can move the puck in this speed game today so they are out of synch. Drink le vino!!!!

Kid looked good. Good future. Now what thhe hell happened to the defense this year.

In Lavy We Trust. Time to start sitting people. Captain Ro all the way down. I don't care if there are injuries or not. This is big boy NHL hockey. Stop with the excuses. Ya hear me Holmgren?

The entire team is in denial and hesitant. I'm still looking for the Core. Has Foster even played the point yet?

Just nakedly startling. Proves that even the "Comcast Flyers Marketing Machine" can't make a bad team good. Slogans upon slogans. No walk, just talk. The organization taking advantage of the Flyers Fans even more than usual. Oh, and all you Flyers players that are reading this, you suck really bad right now, so you'd better snap out of it and stop being the laughing stock of Philly right there with the 76'ers or you gonna start seeing peoples xasses shipped out. Vitrol. Lots of it to go around. Want some more? Meet us up on those tall bridges.

Wow. 9th to 27th.... Pitiful..... http://www.tsn.ca/fantasy_news/rankings/nhl/

Bryz is a keeper. He is only going to get stronger. The Flyer D though is a complete mess. This is on Holmgren. The forwards are so out of sych because the defense can't secure and move up the puck so there is constant flow and attack. That is what Lavy's syetem is all about. Attack. Jam... If you can't/don't do that, you get what you have now. Plus this dump and chase is anti-Lavy and is beating the Xhit out of these young forwards in the corners.. Anytime these guys stop moving the puck, they loose it.

Get him some defensemen that can play and he will look like Lundquist.. What a mess this backside is. Bryz is a keeper.

Let's see what you say in ten games. Signing Knuble? Letting Carle leave? Signing Leighton to backup? Boucher? Not getting Jagr for one more year for Giroux's line? Keeping Talbot. Not getting one step in puck-moving defenseman. Having basically 4 defensemen that should not even play in the NHL? Flyer cronyism lets Holmgren skate and will use Laviolette as the whipping boy skapegoat. He'll go to Columbus and win a Cup. Just watch.

Let's see what you say in ten games. Signing Knuble? Letting Carle leave? Signing Leighton to backup? Boucher? Not getting Jagr for one more year for Giroux's line? Keeping Talbot. Not getting one step in puck-moving defenseman. Having basically 4 defensemen that should not even play in the NHL? Flyer cronyism lets Holmgren skate and will use Laviolette as the whipping boy skapegoat. He'll go to Columbus and win a Cup. Just watch.

My friend Howie, Mr. Laviolette will not last long if this continues and Mr. Murray is on deck.

Pathetic is being kind. I turned it off 3 minutes into the 2nd. I'm not supporting this kind of xhit. 2 and 6? I don't want to hear all of the usual fxcking Flyer excuses from this Comcast mouthpiece. If I have to listen to Coatsy, JJ, and Clement organization it up for another minute I'm gonna puke on the floor of my Wawa. They ain't getting my money this year. F em. Grow some. You want fans, earn em..

Built by the lowest bidder.

He is a punk. He will never mature. Even Hal Gill couldn't help this jerk. Where is Mike Richards when you need him?