GratefulFlyers

Definitely. and some others too who stood out - Tippett of course for the goals, TK for finally getting back to his game ... and your fav and mine Morgan Frost! lol... what can you say the kid deserves praise he's been all over it every night. I don't love seeing him go in alone with 3 defenders stacked on the blue line but he's around 50% or better at getting through and making a play - whereas before he almost never maintained possession. It's getting to the point where his line / whoever he's skating with - they need to keep up with him instead of the other way around. I admit I didn't see that coming...

Brad Shaw is acknowledged around the league as a talented coach. Tortorella gives him credit for Zamula's development and York's - and that's saying a lot. But why do the Flyers need to change coach? If Tortorella wants out that's one thing but I hope nobody is thinking of changing coaches until Tortorella's had enough of the Flyers ... or the Flyers have had enough of him.

yep. And it’s out of character for Tortorella he’s been preaching “safe is death” or something like that all year. the Rags are 8-1 in OT this year for obvious reasons but keeping your goal scorers on the bench is like handing it to them. You’ll never stop their best with the Flyers’ best defensive forwards, not with that much open ice. The only chance is to win the draw and then attack the net.

It’s ALL about puck possession in OT you have to put your best FO man out there… otherwise…duh. You don’t touch the puck and it’s over. Stupid.

Yeah plus Poehling was gimpy on that last shift in the 3rd no way he should been out there. Loses the draw….Couturier your best FO man watches from the bench.. Someone has to ask Tortorella WTF?

Rangers 7-1 in OT Flyers 5-6… Make that 8-1. Damn! Flyers don’t touch the puck once and it’s Game Over. 3-on-3 OT is a joke.

7 … wow… wild game love it! Love it even more if the Flyers can WIN it

How many goals is that in the 3rd? Crazy…

I agree Mojo up until that one. Lafrieniere’s 2nd ….their 5th Ersson just unprepared . Great block off the initial shot by TK I think and it looked like Ersson relaxed wasn’t ready for Lafrieniere to shoot. edit okay Flyers one more …..YES,!! They score! Foerster beautiful follow-up tap-in.

Holyshit Tippett sweet backhander tie game!

yah it sucks the ref bought that head fake... terrible overacting and the ref still bought it. Trocha should've got embellish call ...

Let's hope so...Ersson in net is a good start but the Rangers have the Flyers' number.

Haha so true! Soon as he's off the ice they score... sure why not Reinhardt gets his 50th... I hate to blame the goalie when you only score 1 goal but if Sandstrom makes that first save...feels like this was a winnable game with better goaltending.

Verhaeghe scores the backbreaker- and it's another one "Sandstrom would like to have back" ... 2 soft goals out of 3 ... Meanwhile the Flyers keep missing the net every other shot... if they hit the cage Stolarz comes up with a big save. Frustrating game... edit: PP goal 6-on-4 ... nice to get one but it feels like Sandstrom will give up another softie before it's over. OMG Poehling wide open net ... unbelievable . That was the story of the Flyers' night in one play right there.

What a surprise...Sandstrom "would like to have that one back" ... hopefully that's the only softie today but I wouldn't bet on it. Great to see Foerster go right at Tkachuk for that cheapshot trip after the horn. edit: Oh jeez they can't be serious - a Cats' PP after Tkachuk started the whole thing? That's is some shabby officiating. And Tarasenko scores .... love the Power Kill but sometimes ... burned them on that one...

heard a bit of the studio guys postgame yesterday and both Hartnell and the other guy said "you have to" start Ersson today. I don't doubt he gives the Flyers a better chance than Sandstrom but I'd be surprised if it's Ersson again.

and they do! Tyson Foerster with the GWer what a laser Ulmark didn't stand a chance on that one. 2 goals for TK...one on the PP ... Helluva win for the Flyers - good they hung on in regulation Flyers been looking shaky in OT lately. Finally ended the 0-7 against the Bruins. Great win. edit: rookie goal-scorers this year Bedard leading with 21 - Foerster has 18.

You know...who knows and all that... the betting money would certainly have been with the Bs but that Flyers' squad had goal-scorers, had Bernie plus every one of them were scrappers and fighters. They didn't takeshit from anybody just ask the Red Army a few years later I wonder where the betting money is today going into the 3rd up 1-0... If you get the chance @FD19372 ask for another PP goal please!

Gilbert finished G6 with a .962 ... a .962 (!) - and lost the game and the Cup. We know why: Bernie finished with a 1.000. I'll never forget that G6 - Orr and Clarke going at it - because my fav player (besides Clarke) was Rick MacLeish. I thought he was the "coolest" player in the whole NHL ...(I was very concerned with what was "cool" back then ... ) How different the Flyers' history might be if Bernie doesn't absolutely lock it down that day...

Wow thanks for the link ... I knew the Bs had a winning record vs the Flyers but nothing like this ... Overall Record: 76 W - 120 L - 21 T ( 623 GF - 729 GA )

1 shot, 1 post, 1 penalty and zero forecheck in 12 minutes ... the Flyers rarely start well in afternoon games ...

Good to hear ... somebody has to win draws.

Very true but all rebuilds are not the same. Some around here, long time Flyers’ fans, question whether what Briere’s doing is a rebuild at all. And you can’t blame them let’s face it Briere is doing a quasi-rebuild, keeping, re-signing some older players while emphasizing he won’t mortgage the future for the sake of one PO run. It’s a multi-year program but nothing that resembles a full rebuild. So yeah I think his moves fit his words pretty well. If he was truly “going for it” this year he would’ve made a whole slew of different moves. Instead it was a few tweaks, minor moves that shored up the depleted D while picking up another 1R.

Contradicting what they said all year would’ve meant an absurd (and irresponsible) change in direction. Because remember the first we heard anyone in mngmt say “we want to make the POs” was just prior to the TD. No one either before or after ever said, “but if we surprise everyone and are sitting in a PO spot at the TD, we’ll trade whoever it takes to make sure we drop out of the race.” The moves Briere made (and didn’t make) fit with what he’s said all along. I suspect if the team wasn’t in the PO race we would’ve seen more movement but probably not a lot more.

The "book" on Laughton is well-known to the Flyers, not so much by the other GMs. Maybe Briere valued him too highly. I don't think so but it's a reasonable POV. He said he wanted "more than market value" but wasn't offered that. 21's still with the Flyers for now but @RonJeremy is right, trading him on Draft Day could be worthwhile if it allows Briere to acquire a higher pick, don't you think? I don't think anyone can dispute that...