Howie58 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 (edited) Greetings: I'm posting early so Tropical Fruit Girl doesn't ball me out again (Smile)! I haven't seen posted odds. We are surprisingly close in points (Tampa 54; Flyers 52). Tampa is 4th in the league in scoring, 9th in defense. That tells me we need to play tight D and hope our goalie is "non-road." LGF! Howie Edited January 9, 2020 by Howie58 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachX Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 TB is a team that seems to have the flyers number. After a big win vs. Caps, I see a let down. TB 5-2, with 3 first period goals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 10 hours ago, CoachX said: TB is a team that seems to have the flyers number. After a big win vs. Caps, I see a let down. TB 5-2, with 3 first period goals They have heard our pleas....yes!!!!! They can go ahead and trade Vorobyev if they can get anything for him for all i care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachX Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I'd trade him for cold slice of pizza and a warm beer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, CoachX said: I'd trade him for cold slice of pizza and a warm beer Hell i would even throw JVR in on that just to take him off the Flyer's hands. Man i don't remember this guy being this streaky with the Leafs (not that i even followed them). He actually may be more useless than Jake...i mean this bum still hasn't scored a point in 2020...7 games and you and i have scored as much as he has for this club....just downright embarrassing. It's like if he isn't scoring he literally isn't doing sh it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said: He actually may be more useless than Jake...i mean this bum still hasn't scored a point in 2020...7 games and you and i have scored as much as he has for this club....just downright embarrassing. Quit your whining, any game now he's gonna pot a bunch. Sure, we'll be up 5-1 when he does it, but what do we care? All goals are equal. As long as he scores them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, Podein25 said: Quit your whining, any game now he's gonna pot a bunch. Sure, we'll be up 5-1 when he does it, but what do we care? All goals are equal. As long as he scores them. That is the sales pitch we use to Seattle....you they'll buy it?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Greetings: Here are the odds: No surprise; TB is a fairly heavy favorite: https://www.oddsshark.com/nhl/tampa-bay-philadelphia-odds-january-11-2020-1162651 Their record over the last 10 versus ours is interesting. 7-3 versus 3-4-3. About the only thing I can say is that the youngins are being given an opportunity to prove their value. Some of the elders need to up the ante. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intheslot Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS (subject to change)FLYERS28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny25 James van Riemsdyk - 13 Kevin Hayes - 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel18 Tyler Pitlick - 12 Michael Raffl - 93 Jakub Voracek72 David Kase - 21 Scott Laughton - 49 Joel Farabee9 Ivan Provorov - 15 Matt Niskanen6 Travis Sanheim - 5 Phil Myers8 Robert Hägg - 57 Mark Friedman79 Carter Hart[37 Brian Elliott]Power Play 1: Giroux, Couturier, Voracek, Konecny, Provorov.Power Play 2: Aube-Kubel, Hayes, JVR, Sanheim, Niskanen.Scratches: 44 Chris Stewart (healthy), 62 Justin Braun (groin), 53 Shayne Gostisbehere (knee).LTIR: 55 Sam Morin (torn ACL, out for season), 23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing sarcoma, out for season), 19 Nolan Patrick (migraines).LIGHTNING91 Steven Stamkos - 21 Brayden Point - 86 Nikita Kucherov92 Alexander Volkov - 71 Anthony Cirelli - 9 Tyler Johnson14 Pat Maroon - 13 Cedric Paquette - 17 Alex Killorn23 Carter Verhaeghe - 67 Mitchell Stephens - 37 Yanni Gourde77 Victor Hedman - 44 Jan Rutta55 Braydon Coburn - 81 Erik Cernak22 Kevin Shattenkirk - 98 Mikhail Sergachev88 Andrei Vasilevskiy[35 Curtis McElhinney]Power Play 1: Killorn, Point, Kucherov, Hedman, StamkosPower Play 2: Palat, Johnson, Maroon, Shattenkirk, SergachevScratches: 2 Luke Schenn (healthy), 18 Ondrej Palat (knee, day-to-day), 27 Ryan McDonagh (head). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Will JVR finally record a point this year??? Still waiting...very big task today. Tampa has played better of late but they have had some very real struggles this year. This is a winnable game....just have to keep their feet moving and not get out hustled for the puck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/10/2020 at 11:24 AM, Podein25 said: Sure, we'll be up 5-1 when he does it, but what do we care? You just want another JVR post-a-thon don't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 So is Patrick skating or working out with the team? Is he even in Philly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 29 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: You just want another JVR post-a-thon don't you? Lol, I meant to tag you, but I figured you'd find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Podein25 said: So is Patrick skating or working out with the team? Is he even in Philly? They said he is skating. Myself I would just shut him down for the year and see if that helps. At this point he is going to be able to help this year anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Bolts bring in their 9-game winning streak to Philadelphia and while I'd agree TB should be favored here, as we saw in the last game, the Flyers are, for whatever reason, a completely different, and dangerous team at home. 14-2-4 home record for the Flyers says that if the Lightning don't bring their "A" road game, Philly could end the streak. I think special teams could play a big role in this game. TB has one of the better PP in the entire NHL (currently ranked 2nd), however, even though the Flyer PP is middle of the pack, the Flyers ARE a top 5 team in drawing penalties for PP opportunities, so TB can't play "stupid" in this one and give Philly shots on the man advantage. PK units..... both sport around an 82% efficiency rate. For the Flyers, I believe that is pretty much what it has been most of the season, a solid number for that unit. For TB, 82% represents an upgrade from the 78-79% they had been in earlier in the year. So yea, special teams is what I will be watching in this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intheslot Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Stay out of the box pucks to the net play team d the streak ends in philly Flyers .....4 nolts........2 Go flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Puck is dropped... Game ON!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) Alexander Volkov in the lineup for TB. He is a young AHL player the Bolts have been wanting to bring up, but his development has been a bit slow. He made his NHL debut earlier in the year, but got sent back down after just four games. He is a good sized checking forward with some offensive skill. Edited January 12, 2020 by TropicalFruitGirl26 corrected information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Tricky shot from the point for Philadelphia, but Andrei Vasilevskiy seems to be on point and made the stop. JVR has managed to get some net front presence. Good for Phi, bad for the Lightning. I'd like to see him kept asleep of course, but Flyer fans wanna see him do just that: bother and screen the goaltender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Braydon Coburn stirring some stuff up a bit in front of the Flyer net. He has been good about doing that recently, without taking penalties. Getting under the skin of the opponent. In this case, his former team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Bad, bad TK.... 4-min high sticking minor. First real big test for the Flyer PK...even moreso than the first TB PP chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 No score after 1. Bolts with some real nice pressure near the end of the period. I will say this for the Flyers, they are doing a hell of a job getting in shooting lanes and using sticks to disrupt a lot of the TB attempts at plays and set ups. It served Philly well during that double minor they killed off, and served them well during the Bolts zone time near period's end. Bolts looked like they may have turned up the physical play the first period. Will Philly respond to that? Travis Konecny certainly was fired up a bit, both after being called for the high sticking infraction and after getting rubbed out along the benches by Coburn. He needed a stepladder, but he did get in Coby's face a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Bolts break the ice.... Maroon.... 1-0 TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Game getting a bit chippy. Both sides looking to antagonize the other. Yanni Gourde certainly is trying to do that to the Flyers. Raffl with an unnecessary crosscheck on Stamkos just now. Refs letting stuff go for now. So far, its all been 'love tapping'. But it may escalate, especially if the game gets to where one team takes more control. Right now, both teams are trying to stir, but doing it carefully in a 1-0 game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicalFruitGirl26 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 3rd period, puck dropped... Game ON!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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