He's no angel. At 4.5 for 4 more.
- Just5

Angel is not a hockey term I'm familiar with.

I mean just look at the guy, he's beautiful, he's clearly very happy doing his job that he's the best at, he has all the best stuff, he's just... fdjkrejknfvjkn I hate him.
- BulliesPhan87

LOL, I'd take him on the Flyers any day..

Man, this team never makes it easy do they? Beat a whole bunch of great teams and go on a 5 game run.. then decide to basically take 2 games off... the sports club stats site still says that we have a 92.9 % chance of making it still, but I look at the standings and we're only 3 pts ahead of being out all together.. with several extremely hard games coming up. 2 Boston, CBJ, Stl on the road..

Top line can't carry this team every single game
- Just5

Not asking them to carry the team every single game. But I am asking them to be a factor in one of the biggest games down the stretch against a key metropolitan division opponent.

Angel is not a hockey term I'm familiar with.
- MJL

It's a Gregg Allman term.

The Rangers played a complete, stifling game last night; I'm not trying to say otherwise.

But our top players did nothing to try to overcome it, unless you count making bad decisions with the puck instead of keeping it simple.
- tangent_man

Oh no doubt. But even when they tried to keep it simple the Rags were there to stop it. They were doing a great job of keeping our guys to the outside and cutting down the passing lanes all game long. They were collapsing five guys down to the crease when things got a little out of hand and Henrik stopped what did get through. And he made some pretty good stops. It was very frustrating to watch lol.

Is there any rankings out there for all the ufa college kids?
- huks99

SB Nation College Hockey has a top 100 college prospects list... the ones that are UFAs and draft eligible are clearly marked... scroll down a bit:

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/nhl-prospects

Kickstand was right. After that loss last night the insanity that transpired was ridiculous.

Kickstand was right. After that loss last night the insanity that transpired was ridiculous.
- Pixote Andolini

Oh no doubt. But even when they tried to keep it simple the Rags were there to stop it. They were doing a great job of keeping our guys to the outside and cutting down the passing lanes all game long. They were collapsing five guys down to the crease when things got a little out of hand and Henrik stopped what did get through. And he made some pretty good stops. It was very frustrating to watch lol.
- MBFlyerfan

Yes. The book is out. New Jersey knows how to do it. The Rangers do. Los Angeles even did it. Flyers could look to show a bit more maturity. That meltdown at the end wasn't because someone got a chop or a crosscheck or a facewash. It was frustration. McDonagh and Girardi play hard and clean. Simmonds and Hartnell were so frustrated by not being able to get 5 inches of space down in the corners all night.

- tangent_man

Why what's his name? I honestly forget. Kickstand is all I could conjure without a cup of coffee.

Why what's his name? I honestly forget. Kickstand is all I could conjure without a cup of coffee.
- Pixote Andolini

'kicksave'. I called him kickstand last night, but I always foul up his name on purpose.

Flyers need PPs to succeed, imo.

Numbers seem to back that up... below-average 5 on 5 team.

SB Nation College Hockey has a top 100 college prospects list... the ones that are UFAs and draft eligible are clearly marked... scroll down a bit:

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/nhl-prospects
- Tomahawk

Nice. Thanks for sharing that.

LOL, I'd take him on the Flyers any day..

Man, this team never makes it easy do they? Beat a whole bunch of great teams and go on a 5 game run.. then decide to basically take 2 games off... the sports club stats site still says that we have a 92.9 % chance of making it still, but I look at the standings and we're only 3 pts ahead of being out all together.. with several extremely hard games coming up. 2 Boston, CBJ, Stl on the road..
- Hextall271

Rangers play the next 4 on the road out west, they should win every game except Colorado, that should be a fight. Let's hope for a let down...

Oh no doubt. But even when they tried to keep it simple the Rags were there to stop it. They were doing a great job of keeping our guys to the outside and cutting down the passing lanes all game long. They were collapsing five guys down to the crease when things got a little out of hand and Henrik stopped what did get through. And he made some pretty good stops. It was very frustrating to watch lol.
- MBFlyerfan

One other thing of note was that the ice was atrocious last night. I swear its like the circus was there the night before. They should have kept the damn pretty plays to a minimum and made life in front of henrik hell....shoot and crash the net.

Numbers seem to back that up... below-average 5 on 5 team.
- Tomahawk

That's what I see as well. Unfortunately.

Yes. The book is out. New Jersey knows how to do it. The Rangers do. Los Angeles even did it. Flyers could look to show a bit more maturity. That meltdown at the end wasn't because someone got a chop or a crosscheck or a facewash. It was frustration. McDonagh and Girardi play hard and clean. Simmonds and Hartnell were so frustrated by not being able to get 5 inches of space down in the corners all night.
- Pixote Andolini

St. Louis plays the same way and tired to do the same thing. It didn't work in that game. There really is no book. The Flyers as a team, simply didn't battle hard enough on the puck and around the net. And they didn't do the things that made them successful in recent games.

That's what I see as well. Unfortunately.
- wolfhounds

I would go with average, as opposed to below average. But the biggest reason is just inconsistency. The Flyers are capable of being a very good 5 on 5 team at times.

I would go with average, as opposed to below average. But the biggest reason is just inconsistency. The Flyers are capable of being a very good 5 on 5 team at times.
- MJL

Of course. I just think the powerplay gets their blood flowing, gets them hungry for the net. And the PK helps get them going as well. I just think this team needs special teams play to really be on their game.

Of course. I just think the powerplay gets their blood flowing, gets them hungry for the net. And the PK helps get them going as well. I just think this team needs special teams play to really be on their game.
- wolfhounds

I agree with that completely. They seem to get momentum and feed off of special teams.

St. Louis plays the same way and tired to do the same thing. It didn't work in that game.
- MJL

Their goaltender only stopping 79% of shots and their shooters only managing to cash in 3% of theirs might have had something to do with that.

Their goaltender only stopping 79% of shots and their shooters only managing to cash in 3% of theirs might have had something to do with that.
- Tomahawk

Yeah and the St. Louis game didn't have the same suffocating feeling that the Rangers game had.

SB Nation College Hockey has a top 100 college prospects list... the ones that are UFAs and draft eligible are clearly marked... scroll down a bit:

http://www.sbncollegehockey.com/nhl-prospects
- Tomahawk

Tks, but did not see the UNH player Kevin Goumas that the flyers just signed and I could not find 81-100..... And maybe that's where he's at....

Yeah and the St. Louis game didn't have the same suffocating feeling that the Rangers game had.
- Pixote Andolini

Could have had something to do with the forwards and defensemen skating hard into the corners for the puck as opposed to coasting in.

Could have had something to do with the forwards and defensemen skating hard into the corners for the puck as opposed to coasting in.
- jmatchett383

Yeah it felt that way certainly towards the end of the game. The Flyers knew they'd have to take hits, claw and scratch through walls of players to accomplish anything last night and nobody wanted to do it.