Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 12/14/21 vs NJ

This reminds me of the Buffalo sabers last season... They were clearly cellar dwellers but they beat up on us like it was nothing all while getting higher draft picks than us

Good times!

Let's get a 3 point night out of G so he can move into 2nd all-time in franchise history in total points.

Not bad for a supposedly horrendous captain with no leadership skills.

At least Connauton looks like an NHL defenseman. Where's Ellis? Did he move back to Smashville?

At least Connauton looks like an NHL defenseman. Where's Ellis? Did he move back to Smashville?
- Phillywhiteout

he actually made a good number of center passes to spring the breakout of the D zone, he just didn't wall it

At least Connauton looks like an NHL defenseman. Where's Ellis? Did he move back to Smashville?
- Phillywhiteout

He's at Delilah's, getting "treatment" on his groin.

He's at Delilah's, getting "treatment" on his groin.
- Big_E_88

Delilah's was famous for air dances back in the day. They were social distancing before it became fashionable. Iotw, unless things have changed, wouldn't cure much.

He's at Delilah's, getting "treatment" on his groin.
- Big_E_88

What a club that is

21 Scott Laughton- 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
71 Max Willman - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
23 Oskar Lindblom - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen


What do we think this will look like when Farabee, Brassard and Allison return?


Discuss.

Also NBCsports says Ellis a possible return on Jan 1st.

21 Scott Laughton- 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
71 Max Willman - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
23 Oskar Lindblom - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen


What do we think this will look like when Farabee, Brassard and Allison return?


Discuss.

Also NBCsports says Ellis a possible return on Jan 1st.
- MBFlyerfan

Willman will be sent down, Brown and MacEwen scratched. Should be more balance throughout though.

Willman will be sent down, Brown and MacEwen scratched. Should be more balance throughout though.
- hockeylover

I agree.

I am interested to see what everyone thinks about how they will be slotted.

Willman will be sent down, Brown and MacEwen scratched. Should be more balance throughout though.
- hockeylover

I’d rather have Macewen in than Lindblom

I agree.

I am interested to see what everyone thinks about how they will be slotted.
- MBFlyerfan

I could see Brassard replacing Brown. Farabee replaces Willman and Allison replaces MacEwen. I guess G still stays at center.

I’d rather have Macewen in than Lindblom
- ClaudeFather

I do like MacEwen's game. I don't expect 20 goals, but I like his effort night in and night out. Plus he lays the body most of the time too.

I agree.

I am interested to see what everyone thinks about how they will be slotted.
- MBFlyerfan

Hard to say. They like Brown for his faceoff ability. I think they also like McEwen a lot. I personally would like to see a 4th line based more on offense than a traditional 4th line. Something like Lindblom/Brassard/Allison.

I do like MacEwen's game. I don't expect 20 goals, but I like his effort night in and night out. Plus he lays the body most of the time too.
- hockeylover

Yea he’s a great fourth line player, maybe don’t want all 3 players like him on the fourth line but a guy that skates hard, hits, willing to fight. More skill than people give him credit for. He’s been more noticeable in games than most players this entire season, gets in on the forecheck

What a club that is
- ClaudeFather

I don't want to go from Covid to strippers, and as such, this will be my last non-hockey post on this blog.

There was a period in the mid to late nineties when I frolicked with a vengeance. Part of said frolicking involved partaking big time in the pleasures of paid female companionship, in all its forms.

My two faves at that time were Signatures on 13th and Locust and Wizards at 38th and Chestnut. Both those places were wild. In those times, before gentrification, you would encounter a gauntlet of pushers and pimps along 13th street. They would offer you everything. I mean everything and no I will not say what the range of that everything was.

You know that old Eddie Murphy comment about strip clubs. Well, he never went to Wizards. The things they allowed to go on there were unreal.

Led to some bloody awkward moments too. One time, I stroll into Signatures around 1 AM or so. I had spent some of the afternoon that day chatting up a stunning barista in a very well known center city cafe, a trendsetter at that time. She attracted many the young man then to that counter.

Well, god help me, there she is on the stage, and her # is about to begin. I stand there, stunned and transfixed. Problem is, she also stands there, transfixed. Suddenly, real life intrudes. She gets bashful on that stage, because I am there. I cannot move because she is. The manager gets antsy. Still she stays clothed, just swaying her hips and in place. Our eyes are locked.

The music stops. The manager has a word with her. The cognoscenti get impatient. She looks at me beseechingly. And gentleman that I am, I get the message, and I leave.

Next day, she makes me a great cappuccino. We don't mention anything about the previous night.

I’d rather have Macewen in than Lindblom
- ClaudeFather

MacEwen is at least noticeable on his shifts. Lindblom is still mostly invisible.

Does anyone know what happened to Seeler ? Is he not injured, just replaced with someone "better" ?

Does anyone know what happened to Seeler ? Is he not injured, just replaced with someone "better" ?
- BluehorseShoe64

I just assumed he was replaced with a marginally better player who is used to playing with Yandle.

Giroux Coots Konecny
Farabee Hayes JVR
Frost Laughton Atkinson (or Laughton Frost Atkinson)
Lindblom Brassard Allison

Just spitballin'

He's at Delilah's, getting "treatment" on his groin.
- Big_E_88

I’d rather have Macewen in than Lindblom
- ClaudeFather

Totally agree

21 Scott Laughton- 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
71 Max Willman - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
23 Oskar Lindblom - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen


What do we think this will look like when Farabee, Brassard and Allison return?


Discuss.

Also NBCsports says Ellis a possible return on Jan 1st.
- MBFlyerfan

When is Thompson coming back?

I'd keep G at center and with Frost but I don't think that happens.
86 Farabee - 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
21 Scott Laughton - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
23 Oskar Lindblom - 19 Brassard- Allison

If Allison can stay healthy, I'd like to see him moved up in the line up, assuming he plays well.

I just assumed he was replaced with a marginally better player who is used to playing with Yandle.

Giroux Coots Konecny
Farabee Hayes JVR
Frost Laughton Atkinson (or Laughton Frost Atkinson)
Lindblom Brassard Allison

Just spitballin'
- MBFlyerfan

I leave Frost with G and add Allison. I look at the rest

21 Scott Laughton- 14 Sean Couturier- 11 Travis Konecny
48 Morgan Frost - 28 Claude Giroux-89 Cam Atkinson
71 Max Willman - 13 Kevin Hayes- 25 James van Riemsdyk
23 Oskar Lindblom - 38 Patrick Brown - 17 Zack MacEwen


What do we think this will look like when Farabee, Brassard and Allison return?


Discuss.

Also NBCsports says Ellis a possible return on Jan 1st.
- MBFlyerfan

Nate “play all season” Thompson is already the forgotten man.