the Ducks were toying with the Flyers over the past 2 periods. That could have been 6 - 2 if not for Mason.

very very very disappointing loss, especially considering the 1st 20 minutes.

well i was starting to get a little optimistic but not any more

Different coach. Same one period team.

Before we all forget the first period we owned! How many times last season did they come out flat? Not all bad in this game. We just couldn't maintain it, and that has to change.

Are we dead for mcdavid
- PhillaBully

what don't you get about him not being in this years draft???

Has our dzone coverage changed at all? Looks like the same old scrambling right now.
- Flyersgod

The talent level just isn't comparable.

You're right. Sorry Bill, it's clear as day. He's gone.
- hereticpride

It's gonna be a lot of work to try to acquire two top pairing Dman.. Also, why does Schenn 22 looks so slow? He looked better last season I thought.

To quote a phrase of Jsaq.

Lava may have been trying to race a tractor against a corvette.

I think its clear that this team is more of a mule than a tractor.

Slow as (frank), unreal how it seems only 2-3 guys can consistently handle the puck at a NHL level.
- flyer_nutter

some guys looking slower than others. Grossman, Timo, Coots for example.

Are we dead for mcdavid

To quote a phrase of Jsaq.

Lava may have been trying to race a tractor against a corvette.

I think its clear that this team is more of a mule than a tractor.

Slow as (frank), unreal how it seems only 2-3 guys can consistently handle the puck at a NHL level.
- flyer_nutter

You have never owned a mule. They can MOVE when they choose to.

the Ducks were toying with the Flyers over the past 2 periods. That could have been 6 - 2 if not for Mason.

very very very disappointing loss, especially considering the 1st 20 minutes.

- FlyerGuy

On the flip side, it could have easily been much more than 2-0 after the first period and a half. the flyers got cute and sloppy. stopped getting the puck in deep.

It's gonna be a lot of work to try to acquire two top pairing Dman.. Also, why does Schenn 22 looks so slow? He looked better last season I thought.
- Hextall271

well the jeff carter apologists always used the excuse that he was injured so... yea he's injured

what don't you get about him not being in this years draft???
- dillpx183

Well it's never to early to start sucking

It's gonna be a lot of work to try to acquire two top pairing Dman.. Also, why does Schenn 22 looks so slow? He looked better last season I thought.
- Hextall271

Someone will be moved. They cant just sit around and wait for Morin and Hagg.

Kimmo. I love him. But he's playing like he should be our 7th D man.

It was a measuring stick game, and the Ducks are a better team. They have that extra gear. The Flyers don't, at least not yet.

It's gonna be a lot of work to try to acquire two top pairing Dman.. Also, why does Schenn 22 looks so slow? He looked better last season I thought.
- Hextall271

Schenn was getting 20 mins a game last year. I really believe he thrived on those minutes

No sense in beating a dead horse. This is what the team is. It's not a well constructed team. That's a game the Flyers of old win 7-1. Anaheim was dead in the water. Not only is this team fragile and soft as pudding, but not a one of them has any killer instinct.

It was a measuring stick game, and the Ducks are a better team. They have that extra gear. The Flyers don't, at least not yet.
- Jsaquella

no extra gear ... and only 20 minutes of gas in the tank.

the Ducks were toying with the Flyers over the past 2 periods. That could have been 6 - 2 if not for Mason.

very very very disappointing loss, especially considering the 1st 20 minutes.

- FlyerGuy

Outshot 24-13 in the final two periods. It did seem as though they were being toyed with.. The biggest issue to me is our sad D corps can't contend with the forwards at all.. If they had never acquired Streit they would be in even worse shape. That's a sad state of affairs.

Someone will be moved. They cant just sit around and wait for Morin and Hagg.

Kimmo. I love him. But he's playing like he should be our 7th D man.
- hereticpride

Kimo and Grossman are skating in cement nowadays.

No sense in beating a dead horse. This is what the team is. It's not a well constructed team. That's a game the Flyers of old win 7-1. Anaheim was dead in the water. Not only is this team fragile and soft as pudding, but not a one of them has any killer instinct.
- Flyers1218

You could see them slowly become dumber and dumber with the puck. By the end of the 3rd period, Simmonds was spinning in circles behind his own net. Doesn't get any worse than that.

As soon as Vinny coughed up the puck and they tied it the game was over. They are a terrible 3rd period team.

Flyers lost to a better team. 2 of 3 since the break with 4 straight against Eastern conference opponents. Win 3 of 4 and keep moving forward.

The team lost focus in the 2nd and let the better team lose.

G - remove your head from your arse and shoot the puck!

It was a measuring stick game, and the Ducks are a better team. They have that extra gear. The Flyers don't, at least not yet.
- Jsaquella

This.

I'm not disheartened, really -- the Ducks simply did what good teams do: Take away your best players and make your lesser players, your weaker players, make plays.

Bruce Boudreau's a good coach, and they have the kind of players, a lot of high picks, who can execute a game plan like that.

We just lost to a better team tonight. I'm encouraged, at least, that the Ducks didn't expose anything that I hadn't already seen and didn't know existed.

Schenn was getting 20 mins a game last year. I really believe he thrived on those minutes
- nastyflyergirl

This is as good a theory as I have heard. It may be true.. he doesn't look to have any first step.. Between him and timonen it looks like 2 turtles out there.