SCFlyguy

Lol, the number of firsts you would have to include to even get MTL to stop laughing would be 3. Ghost is trash and no one wants him.

Ghost is terrible. Guy can't defend at all. If they start cycling him he is useless.

One thing that gives me hope is that the Capitals didn't worry me at all. They are a shell of their former selves and Holtby has been terrible, so maybe the Islanders' 4-1 series win doesn't say much at all.

The Islanders are very, very tough. We might have the edge in goal and maybe on D, but they play Trotz' system to the T, which can make up for it. They have the edge at forward and they play harder more consistently. If I had to bet, I would guess Islanders in 6. Hope to be wrong.

Pitlick I could see, but Grant may get paid more than he is worth. At $700k he is a bargain. He had 15 goals this year in a shortened season so you could end up paying $1.5M per year for multiple years for a guy who may never score like that again. I think you rely on guys like Bunnaman to pick up any slack and reassess mid-year.

Sorry, but officiating has been fine and a complete non-factor. I want to give a shoutout to the under-appreciated Raffl. He does it all: plays extremely hard, kills penalties, blocks shots, plays up and down the line up (and wing to wing), can play a power offensive game, and scored a sweet goal.

Vigneault mixed all of the lines, huh? And sat JVR? He ain't foolin'!

They look a lot better. Couturier should have had one there.

Exactly, and everyone knows it.

Sure, I could see getting a 2nd and 3rd, maybe a little more, for G. You're not getting a proven young player for G or for a 2nd and 3rd as others seem to think.

So why would another team trade you their Sanheim for picks and prospects? Picks and prospects you are supposedly going to get for players (G, Voracek, JVR) we don't want anymore.

Sure, sure. Would you trade Sanheim for picks and assets?

All I'm saying is, you trade Giroux, Voracek and JVR, you're not getting "young proven pieces". Period.

Flyers fans are the worst. They want to blow up the team, but think they will get gold back in return for the very guys they want gone.

Can we end the ghost experiment? We don't need an undersized forward playing defense.

Yo, meme, boy: fortuitous in that the "best" team in the conference just may have lost their best defensemen on the way to a 0-2 period.

That might have been the best/most fortuitous period of Flyers hockey I've seen in 25 years.

I would have one of our 4th liners take a wack at the back of the leg of McAvoy to send a message.

That didn't look good for Raffl.

My favorite Flyer since his rookie season. Provorov and Hart ready to join him.

Only if we throw in a second rounder for fun. /holmgren

No team can afford to pay $4.5M to their 7th D. Even if he would be a 5th or 6th D on another team, I don't see anyone giving up more than a 3rd for Ghost at this point. I would take that because I don't see him ever equaling his 1st or 3rd seasons again.

I like your attitude.

Your previous statement above is the opposite of what your nytimes link says (as well as the sources I posted), which all indicate statistically significant higher mortality this spring. For instance, in April 2020, Michigan had the highest monthly mortality of any month in the last 20 years. #2 was March 2020. Just a coincidence.

You make statements like this and have provided no links or support for them, so I assume you made them up. A quick google search reveals: 8.5% would seem to be statistically significant. Likewise, in Europe, excess mortality rates were abnormally high compared to the same periods in prior years and subtracting known coronavirus cases, meaning the death rates are likely much, much higher than reported: " Twice as much death would seem to be statistically significant as well, but maybe your European sources have better information. Please share them.