It is actually a 100% certainty flyers make playoffs if they lose every remaining game in a shootout

Well yes, if we want to factor in every possible play of every infinitesimally small period time, then yes, the possible scenarios approach infinite.
- jmatchett383

Its also possible that Rinaldo channels his inner Gordie Howe and scores 9 goals and 20 points over the last 7 games, however it's about as probable as me being the first pick overall at this years NHL draft.

However, if I do go first, and it's to Edmonton, I'm pulling a Lindros and refusing to sign. I hate cold weather!!

Maybe you're right. But sometimes, guys get pigeon holed in their careers and end up in a rut.

As I mentioned before, I'm pretty sure Jussi Jokinen was known as the "shootout guy" before he finally solidified a role in Pittsburgh.
- johndewar

Think he's lost his touch in recent years... he had one backhand-forehand blocker-side move he was milking... think it dried up.

Maybe you're right. But sometimes, guys get pigeon holed in their careers and end up in a rut.

As I mentioned before, I'm pretty sure Jussi Jokinen was known as the "shootout guy" before he finally solidified a role in Pittsburgh.
- johndewar

If the Flyers wanted to bring in a couple of 'Shootout specialists' at the beginning of the season and give them a run in the lineup, I would have been alright with it. I just don't think bringing in a guy now, is going to help or hurt the team. It would just be strange and may bother the guys who have been here all year long.

It is actually a 100% certainty flyers make playoffs if they lose every remaining game in a shootout
- Just5

Yep. They'd have 94 points, which is one more than 1 more than Washington and 2 more than Toronto/NJ could have.

I literally wanted to have sex with both Tiffany Amber Thiessen and Melissa Joan Hart when I was a kid.

Now, that list has been reduced to Tiffany Amber Thiessen.
- jmatchett383

If the Flyers wanted to bring in a couple of 'Shootout specialists' at the beginning of the season and give them a run in the lineup, I would have been alright with it. I just don't think bringing in a guy now, is going to help or hurt the team. It would just be strange and may bother the guys who have been here all year long.
- PhillySportsGuy

Wasn't that a plot device in Might Ducks

(or was it Miracle...)

Its also possible that Rinaldo channels his inner Gordie Howe and scores 9 goals and 20 points over the last 7 games, however it's about as probable as me being the first pick overall at this years NHL draft.

However, if I do go first, and it's to Edmonton, I'm pulling a Lindros and refusing to sign. I hate cold weather!!
- BiggE

I think the Rinaldo scenario is more likely. It would require an outbreak of a crazy plague that he is immune to and possibly some bus crashes, however.

I view this as a must-win game ... hoping the Flyers feel the same way.

Wasn't that a plot device in Might Ducks

(or was it Miracle...)
- Tomahawk

It depends on whether or not you think we can, in the span of a timeout, have a player change into goalie pads, allow that player to wear an incorrect jersey, skate past the redline, and fire a knuckle puck.

Edit: Sorry, that was D2.

Wasn't that a plot device in Might Ducks

(or was it Miracle...)
- Tomahawk

In the Mighty Ducks they brought in a star player. Adam Banks

In the Mighty Ducks they brought in a star player. Adam Banks
- PhillySportsGuy

Cake Eater.

Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 4/3/14 vs. Columbus
- bmeltzer

Columbus in OT!





Not that I want you guys to lose I just really want Columbus in the playoffs and the Laffs out....

I think the Rinaldo scenario is more likely. It would require an outbreak of a crazy plague that he is immune to and possibly some bus crashes, however.
- jmatchett383

Agreed

There are literally millions of conversational possibilities.
- BulliesPhan87

Cake Eater.
- jmatchett383

Gerrymandering helped Adam Banks win the championship.

Columbus in OT!





Not that I want you guys to lose I just really want Columbus in the playoffs and the Laffs out....
- Iggysbff

Just don't let it be a shootout or this board will literally never sleep

I view this as a must-win game ... hoping the Flyers feel the same way.

- FlyerGuy

Hard to really call any game a "must" game, unless you are on the brink of elimination. However it is a very big game and I think they will come out fired up. As I said earlier, Giroux did not have a good game against the Blues, so I expect him to have a big night tonight and lead the Flyers to a convincing win.

It depends on whether or not you think we can, in the span of a timeout, have a player change into goalie pads, allow that player to wear an incorrect jersey, skate past the redline, and fire a knuckle puck.

Edit: Sorry, that was D2.
- jmatchett383

I just threw up in my mouth.

Columbus in OT!





Not that I want you guys to lose I just really want Columbus in the playoffs and the Laffs out....
- Iggysbff

The Leafs must miss the playoffs. It is crucial for the sport of hockey worldwide.

I just threw up in my mouth.
- hammarby31

I hear Keenan Thompson is some hockey player.

I just threw up in my mouth.
- hammarby31

I love sports movies. I love hockey. I hated those Might Ducks movies. LITERALLY hated them.

Speaking of SO's...amazing the devils are 0-11 this season and still have a better historical record than the flyers. JfC.

The Leafs must miss the playoffs. It is crucial for the sport of hockey worldwide.
- BulliesPhan87

Speaking of SO's...amazing the devils are 0-11 this season and still have a better historical record than the flyers. JfC.
- hammarby31

Are the Flyers the worst? I remember Florida was worse than them for a while.