how disappointed will you be if he is not fired?
- Marc D

Is borderline psychotic a level of disappointment?

how disappointed will you be if he is not fired?
- Marc D

They have one of the highest payrolls in hockey yet are missing the playoffs. There's no way he doesn't and if he stays I know I'll be pretty pissed.

Is borderline psychotic a level of disappointment?
- Jsaquella

For you no that would be the norm.

sorry if i missed it already,

but is there any info on this Nikita Zaitsev they supposedly gave a contract offer to?
- the deaninator

I hope they actually signed him, getting Alt and Zaitsev into the phantoms next year would be good

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Look at that "S" car go!
- tangent_man

you missed Lauridsen's most "active" game

he had a burr in his saddle as someone said earlier
- Marc D

Also Briere was in his office 2times

Is borderline psychotic a level of disappointment?
- Jsaquella

homer is going to go out and get two puck moving defenseman to pair up with the less mobile guys and let lavi try his attack style for another season

Then they have the worst luck in all of the NHL. This isn't just this season.

They love to go after these kind of players, and continue to employ them even after injury questions continue to arise. As good as Grossman has been there were questions about injuries before his arrival, Timonen is still continued to be counted on as an iron man, Briere has had a good number of injuries ever since his arrival. Gagne has been healthy this season, but does anyone expect that next year?

Brayden Schenn already should have some question marks sorrounding his health but it will come as a huge schock if he goes down with a long term concussion. Same with Simmonds. Same with Giroux. Read.

I dont buy this whole, its all just bad luck thing anymore. This is a trend, and I'd be weary tying all the hopes of a franchise into players that do have injury questions. Every team does but not to this extent.

Yet parts of the fanbase are then suprised when the team is continously facing years with high amounts of injuries.
- flyer_nutter

I don't know where to even begin here. Brayden Schenn after 100 or so games, should have question marks surrounding his health? There's no basis for that statement. He took a shot to the foot last Season, and broke his foot. And he had a mild concussion. He has missed one game this Season due to a suspsension

Since he became a full time NHL player, Giroux has missed 5 games in 4 Seasons.
Wayne Simmonds has missed 9 games in 5 NHL Seasons.
Read missed 3 games last year, and 7 this year. He has played 2 NHL Season.

Also Briere was in his office 2times
- opeth_pa

if briere's last second shot off the cross bar went in, i think there would be posters really upset with him for messing up the suck for seth strategy

you missed Lauridsen's most "active" game

he had a burr in his saddle as someone said earlier
- Marc D

I was stuck with the Sabres radio feed, and they mentioned he had been yapping with Ott since the pre-game skate.

I did hear that he took the one undisciplined penalty, but overall, he's been pretty solid. I'd have him spend the summer working with Laura Stamm or Barbara Underhill or Robbie Glantz. Get him with a good skating instructor and make him a strong skater with his size and he'll be a really solid guy on anyone's blueline

They have one of the highest payrolls in hockey yet are missing the playoffs. There's no way he doesn't and if he stays I know I'll be pretty pissed.
- JoeRussomanno

so you want the GM fired too?

homer is going to go out and get two puck moving defenseman to pair up with the less mobile guys and let lavi try his attack style for another season
- Marc D

I was stuck with the Sabres radio feed, and they mentioned he had been yapping with Ott since the pre-game skate.

I did hear that he took the one undisciplined penalty, but overall, he's been pretty solid. I'd have him spend the summer working with Laura Stamm or Barbara Underhill or Robbie Glantz. Get him with a good skating instructor and make him a strong skater with his size and he'll be a really solid guy on anyone's blueline
- Jsaquella

he had a couple of hard shots on net too
he could turn into a keeper, who knows

For you no that would be the norm.
- ob18

I'd take offense at that, but it's pretty accurate.

so you want the GM fired too?
- Marc D

Yeah, he needs to be the 1st to go.

They dont do it on purpose. They choose to ignore the fact, then wonder why the team is continously facing injury questions.

Simmonds, Giroux, Brayden Schenn, Read and Grossman have all had a decent number of injuries, and serious one's. Yet its going to be just bad luck when one goes down for a longer period of time yet again.

Let's run and re-sign Gagne ignoring the fact that its just as likely he will be out long term yet again. Put some much resposability on Timonen when he is obviously breaking down.

It is what it is at this point, and the Flyers may not be able to find better, but injuries shouldnt suprise anyone. Thats the point of all this.
- flyer_nutter

Have they re-signed Gagne yet? You're really not making much of a point.

sorry if i missed it already,

but is there any info on this Nikita Zaitsev they supposedly gave a contract offer to?
- the deaninator

Flyers are denying the report (but that's par for the course until a team signs a player). Saw Zaitsev play once this season in a webcasted KHL game I covered during the lockout; not much of a sample, although he happened to score a goal in that game (vs. SKA). The one thing that stood out about him was that he was a good skater.

so they did sign another Russian named Niki?

does this guy use a car service also?

orly ¿

Simmonds : played 360 games out of a possible 376 games over his 5 year career so far.

Read: 114 out of a possible 123 games.

Giroux: 282 out of 287 games over the first 4 full years of his career.

B Schenn has too small a career sample really to look at but so far has missed 1 game this season because of a suspension.

Please tell me how any of that proves those players have a history of serious injuries or have missed games.
- opeth_pa

It doesn't. He obviously doesn't have the facts.

Flyers are denying the report (but that's par for the course until a team signs a player). Saw Zaitsev play once this season in a webcasted KHL game I covered during the lockout; not much of a sample, although he happened to score a goal in that game (vs. SKA). The one thing that stood out about him was that he was a good skater.
- bmeltzer

The Flyers tried that right handed defenseman bullpoop this year and they missed the playoffs...I'd say we're finished doing that

so they did sign another Russian named Niki?

does this guy use a car service also?
- Marc D

He has a Saab

I bring up those players because of Concussion histories...
- flyer_nutter

One concussion give a player a concussion history that you have to worry about? Every player in this League is one hit away from a concussion.

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What. The. (frank). ?.

zaytsev? i read old reviews about him from 2010...what's the chances they get him and what kind of plyr is he now?

Flyers are denying the report (but that's par for the course until a team signs a player). Saw Zaitsev play once this season in a webcasted KHL game I covered during the lockout; not much of a sample, although he happened to score a goal in that game (vs. SKA). The one thing that stood out about him was that he was a good skater.
- bmeltzer

right handed, too