mojo1917

@Digityman @OccamsRazor A podcast I listen to had a question, if you could do the '19 draft over, would you as the Flyers take Cole Caufield or Cam York? I thought this was an interesting question and until this season I felt overwhelmingly weighted toward wanting to have drafted Caufield. Today I'm feeling pretty good about the Flyers pick. Also, the potential butterfly effect of having a "scorer" in the system would have had on the Giroux trade, the Michkov draft and the Foerster pick. The Flyers still need a few those wizards that can make something out of nothing ala Bread, Pasta, MacKinnon, and McDavid. However, the solid play of Attard and Ginning makes me think our defensive corps could be the strength of the team for years to come. The Flyers may not have that true # 1 but if they have 3 2's and 4 3s...that's a lot of quality for the hardest position to play in the game. Most guys are on good contracts (Risto excluded) It could be the group the lifts the team.

@Digityman I don't know man the Caps schedule has some high-powered opponents left, they get Boston twice, the Leafs, Carolina, I don't see them running the table. In fact, they'll be lucky to go .500 over their next 10. I don't think they're catching the Flyers unless the Flyers really stumble. I think the Flyers can play .500 ball the rest of the way and still keep their spot.

yeah? well screw you!!!!!

sink or swim time seems to have been tread water and barely keep your mouth out of the water for this bunch. That was a bunch of good teams in a short period. I cannot fault the team's effort they left zero in the tank, they played well enough through the stretch that some of the results feel unjust. the Panthers game and truly last night vs the Rangers were great efforts. No moral victories in pro sports though, I hope the young guys seeing the ice in these games can use this experience for the rest of their careers. Brink and Foerester have been noticeably good in this stretch. Bobby had 4 or 5 really strong shifts against the Rangers in his 12-13 minutes. His offensive instincts are special and he was good on the forecheck. Cam York has been pretty damn good in this stretch too.

I will add, it has come to light that Adam Fox is a *&)(&()^*^%*&$^*&^*%&*%^ing rat **** bastard. It is my sincere hope that the next time the Flyers play that team, someone maybe Garnett Hathaway runs his punk, puke-faced, ass into the future. Such a bitch move punching a player (York) who was engaged in a battle and not looking, in the face, and then that ************ gets the game winner? I guess that's the result of dressing the knuckle dragger Rempe, guys who aren't tough think they can be? **** that guy, he's no Charlie McAvoy.

I will also eat some serous crow on Morgan Frost. He's been very good down the stretch. Playing big in big games. Also, since his call up Bobby Brink has been good. He's fighting for pucks and doesn't seem to get muscled off the puck as often as he had been.

This team man. They ****** fight you all 200ft for all 60 minutes. This is an easy team to like.

This an entertaining game. I ****** HATE THE RANGERS. I think Ersson is fine. He's had some **** luck this 3rd period. I mean really, which of the NYR goals was soft?

Last time they played the Flyers got "Shesterkin'd". After the bad result from the good effort vs the Panthers the Flyers could be due. Or Zibanejad goes off for 4 goals and 8 points in a rout.

Getting hot at the right time, as they say.

Ginning skates 800% better than Staal that cannot be questioned. He keeps passing the eye test with me, he had a couple of okay pinches and put some sneaky good shots on net. He and Attard have been good in this call up.

Good win vs a recent nemesis. Tyson Foerster man, kid's release is elite. He's a killer.

I would have liked to see what led up to this. That's 2 class A chirpers . I like that Laughton chirps last.

yeah, but this omits trading Walker. He was by all accounts the 2nd best defenseman on the team. I think his play driving was the best of any of the blueliners. Seeler was injured the week before TD week. Can't trade an injured player. Sending a message to the players. "you matter too" was important to Danny. So that's why the price for Laughton was too high and he went bargin-bin shopping for an NHL body for defensive depth.

I still think Attard could be something in the NHL, a person can't be taught aggression and he has a **** pile of it. The trick is to not coach his natural tendencies out of him. When he plays "freely" he makes great pinches, reads, break-ups and hits... but he misses on them too frequently, finding that line with him would make for a pretty dynamic player.

This was a great play all the way around IMO, Farabee's pass was great.

But you didn't, so I know you're still okay. In no universe is Adam Ginning better at hockey than Ronnie Attard. When Ginning is on the ice he defends. A. Lot. It's good that he can do that part of hockey, because the part of the game where he turns the play around to offense is not good. He defends too much. If I'm on the bench vs the Flyers, I'm telling my guys to dump to his corner 100% of the time. And my guys will get to the cycle game 80%. York played 30 minutes, beat up Sanhiem 26:30, Next closest guy is Zamula with 18. Attard 15:47 Ginning 14:19 The team is defending by will alone. It's like Pronger and Timonen minutes for York and Sanhiem.

It's an interesting part of the hockey culture. Guys pride themselves on being tough, I admire it. Taking 95mph clapper on the knee and only missing a shift, that's gladiator stuff. Is 80% Couturier better than 100% someone else? I don't know. Doesn't seem like it anymore. The team made a substantial investment in the player, I would think someone somewhere in the chain of command would say, how's about we work some maintenance days into the schedule for #14. It's a long season and the Tortorella style of play is grueling. Let's try not to use him up by December- but maybe that's crazy talk. I would think the organization would want the most effective version of the player for the bulk of the contract. Investing in the players health isn't some kind of wacky voodoo idea. It's good business. The handling of the player's health smacks of @flyercanuck 's new boss same as the old boss trope far more than the moves at the trade deadline. You're welcome to your opinion, it's not like you're saying the sky is green. I think this was handled poorly, and will continue to think this, until the coach speaks on it. The fact he repeatedly ducked the question isn't helping me to think better of decision.

@GratefulFlyers @CoachX No, it's not that Sean will play 86 games compared to everyone else's 82...c'mon. Couturier has played through terrible knee injuries, concussions, now the back surgeries, I know it is the players choice to make themselves available, but somewhere there needs to be an adult in the room that says, hey bud you probably ought not play on that knee with the torn mcl. Those injuries wear a player down, making them less effective, Couturier was dinged up in January and somehow managed to play through whatever it was, did it heal? maybe . We'll find out in April I reckon. Wayne Simmonds played through some ridiculous injuries so the team could make the playoffs or have a run at the playoffs. He had severe shoulder and knee injuries.

Since he's one of my favorite players I hope not. I remember a lot of questions in the scrums in the early part of the season where the coach was asked if there were any restrictions on Couturier, and he said no. I assumed that to mean he was told "by all them doctors", the player was good to go. He was going to play him the way his play dictates. For most of the year that was as a top 6 centerman. Most reasonable people would try not to run the guy with the bad back into a nub. I can see why he scratched him, I can see that it worked in the short term, I still don't like it.

I think this is it. There were going to be inevitable dips in Sean's play based on the reasons we've covered. Perhaps benching the captain tells the young guys, you need to step up. Last night's result was the young guys did. Frost, Tippett, York, all had really good games. I thought Brink and Foerster were noticeable too, mostly in good ways. I do wonder if Bob is too small for the NHL, he was around the play but not able to make them. He got bullied quite a bit by a soft bunch. That's not good- he needs to get stronger somewhere/how so he can execute the plays he sees developing. Ersson was fine, everyone is talking about all the posts the Leaves hit, well, that's all that was available to them on 3 of the ringers. It's not like Ersson was **** and the Leaves missed wide open nets. Short term, the scratch will piss Couturier off, maybe he plays better, and maybe it was the hand grenade the room needed to wake up and get all 23 guys rolling. I'm not sure of the long-term ramifications though, seems like an easy first step to losing the room he's so proud of .

He's been super harsh with Morgan Frost. I think in the cases with the "younger players" the tough love has mostly kinda worked. Sanhiem, after the scratch and trade fiasco went to the gym and put on some **** y'all weight and has been quite good this season. Frost has been mostly alright since emerging from chateau de' Bow-wow too. I really don't see where this treatment benefits Couturier in the least.

Thing is, I wasn't disappointed with how Couturier was playing. I was expecting some lulls in his effectiveness. I think as spokesman for reasonable people everywhere; to expect a guy who has had 2 back surgeries (and subsequently hasn't played much hockey in the last 3 years) to play 20 minutes a night, in all situations, for 82 games, at hair on fire pace is ****** looney tunes. I haven't minded the Fonzie show until now. I know Couturier can "take it", still I don't want him to "have to". Fonzie has to answer for the mismanagement of the player. I hope it's the first question Anthony SanFillipo asks him.

What ?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!

maybe, he is a handsome devil.