That's exactly the good point. Nobody can call the tight races AND it can factor into the game. Leave it alone. To many freakin rules in the NHL as it is.
@ Stay behind the red line until the puck crosses what line? The red line? Blue line? That starts looking similar to basketball then. 2 options in my mind - 1) Move icing from the red line to the blue line. When coming out of their own zone, they only have to gain their own blue line. That removes the 1 forward from the trap basically. 2) Coaches need to figure out how to beat it.
Absolutely. He's second in point and goals. Maybe that was Homer's plan? Shocked. This still blows my mind. Just his work ethic alone with have a lasting impact on this group of young players.
1st Period - Start strong, end the period slow and get a late goal scored against. 2nd Period - Start strong, end the period slow and *almost* get a late goal scored against. 3rd Period - stay tuned.
@Phlyer1 With the length of the contract and how much he gets a year, it's not to crazy to think those should be stopped. Honestly, through the first month or so of the season, I'm still trying to figure out if the Flyers have upgraded skill in net as much as they invested in salary. Right now I'd have to say no.
@Vincent05 His job is to be physical out there and make things happen. That's really his job. He's 21 and is getting his first real taste of the NHL but I agree that he needs to start choosing his hits better. That takes time though. Carcillo has been in the league since 2006 and still hasn't figure that out. I'd give Zac some time to adjust his game and figure it all out. I do think he has a brain to do that, where Dan just can't figure it out.
I feel this way also. However, maybe it's because we are used to ML, Bouch or other scrambling in the net. He plays a calm style which we aren't very used to as Flyers fans...? I agree. Pronger did what he needed to do. There really was no angle to shoot at. The only thing you could say there was if Pronger was faster he could have forced him wider.....but that's neither here nor there.
That charging penalty in the first period was absolutely absurd from what I saw. I agree that he has a target on his back but that shouldn't matter. The refs shouldn't see names or numbers, only the play that's in front of them.
Again professional, amateur or other. I have to think more but my first is easy 1) 5/2/2006 - Philly vs buffalo. Lost 7-1. Drove down in the morning and came back and worked the next day. 18 hours of driving in 24 hours to see the flyers give up.