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jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Dec 10 @ 5:08 PM ET
It truly is a joke how Dave Hakstol can use Andrew MacDonald for 20 minutes a game with a struggling Ivan Provorov, who he still gives 26 minutes a game, yet glue Sanheim to the bench and skip his shifts. There will be times where Sanheim is replaced with Gudas by Hagg, which results in him getting the fewest minutes and even being behind Gudas by 2 or 3 mins.

Sanheim should take Provorov's place on PP2 and he does need more minutes. Regardless of pairings, there is no way Andrew MacDonald should go from 7th defenseman to #2 defenseman, just because he was put back with Provy. The new Sanheim-Ghost pair should be the number 1 pair.

Hakstol also refuses to scratch Jori Lehtera, instead scratching Jordan Weal or (insert Phantom here). Lehtera is a waste of cap and should be buried in the AHL. Hopefully Fletcher sees this problem (along with the special teams coaching) and brings in competent coaches that can make better lineup/ice time decisions.

- Jeff Paul


Hating Andrew MacDonald was so 8 months ago. Please keep up.
Njuice
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.21.2013

Dec 10 @ 7:48 PM ET
Mofos act like they forgot about Cody Franson
Garnie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 11.30.2009

Dec 10 @ 8:21 PM ET
Guess what. Tanner doesn't care about your opinion.
- Feds91Stammer

Nor does he know much about hockey.

You seem to care though, relations?
Quetzalcoatl
Location: Buffalo Sabres / Chicago Blackhawks
Joined: 12.02.2009

Dec 10 @ 8:35 PM ET
Hating Andrew MacDonald was so 8 days ago. Please keep up.
- jmatchett383


Flyers fans’ hatred of anything and everything is 24/7, baby.

Oh and fixed.
Newgod77
Boston Bruins
Location: IL
Joined: 05.10.2015

Dec 10 @ 8:36 PM ET
Need more Rundblad
DeflatedPucks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: NYC, NY
Joined: 04.29.2016

Dec 11 @ 2:16 PM ET
Brandon Manning

Is a good "glue" guy as well as a great "locker room" guy.
Isn't afraid to let players on the other team repeatedly punch him in the face.
Once accidentally took out McDavid and then goaded him about it like a jerk.

That's a top-3 defenseman in the early 90s.

- jmatchett383

best player rivalry in the game
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