Unlike you, I have no problem admitting I was wrong and changing my mind based on what happens. If Fletcher picks the wrong coach, I will be right with everyone else calling for this head.
- jd250

We know this because you often do it from post to post

A term like harder to play against is a generic term. I laugh every time I read someone post that a player like Ristolainen adds an element that we need. I guess if we need a defenseman who bleeds scoring chances and goals against, and hits a guy after a play is made. The yeah. Reality is that opposition players are not intimidated by him and they'll gladly take a hit after making a play to win. They love playing against a guy like that knowing they'll get plenty of opportunities. Nate Thompson comes back from injury and goes right back into the lineup. Why? Can't play any more. McEwen skates and hustles his balls off but he is not effective. Flyers need to move out of the stone ages. The best way to be harder to play against is to have the puck more.
- MJL

Guessing like most flyers fans you have not seen much playoff hockey recently, but you actually still need to hit someone once in a while to win in this league..

It’s so odd that some fans are afraid of the ruff stuff. This is not the ice capades.

Maybe the reason Giardano would not "have come here" is his underlying point?

- PT21

He obviously wants to retire a Leaf. Has nothing to do with why he would not sign here or anywhere else for that matter.

He obviously wants to retire a Leaf. Has nothing to do with why he would not sign here or anywhere else for that matter.
- Joe Nardone

Yup…chance to play for his home town …didn’t care about the $….wonder if Johnny Hockey or DeAngelo will do that for the Flyers this summer ?

Imagine if Edmonton had a management team that knew something about surrounding McDavid with a better supporting cast.

Good things those rebuilds never work.

Hes a Goal Post moving heavyweight contender
- THE BLACK HAND

If they lose to Tampa I guarantee they fire him
- ClaudeFather


I dont even need to wait to tell you that you are wrong. They literally just won their first playoff series since 1996.

They are not going to fire the coach because they lost to the defending cup champs in the 2nd round
-xShoot4WarAmpsx


Where Did I move the goal post? If Tampa beats Florida they cant fire Burnette because he doesnt have a job. Im not claiming that I knew that before hand. They can choose to not renew but I think it is just as likely they renew him. They will not base this decision off 4 playoff games. Tampa was swept by an 8th place Columbus team and Cooper was not fired. Brunnette coached this team to its first playoff series win since 1996 and team won the presidents trophy.

They probably will reward that with an extension

Imagine if Edmonton had a management team that knew something about surrounding McDavid with a better supporting cast.

Good things those rebuilds never work.
- FlyerFan3260

No one said rebuilds dont work. They are saying its not a guarantee. Edmonton sucked for a very long time to get McDavid. How many 1st overall picks did they have? Not to mention you can no longer have the 1st overall pick more than twice in five years.

EDM got lucky and landed McDavid. Those types of players appear once or twice every 10 years. Might I also remind you the Flyers lost out on Patrick Kane because of the draft Lottery the year they absolutely sucked?

Tanking is no longer a sure thing to get the best player in the draft. You also need to be able to develop the players too. Hard to say from behind a keyboard but we are either drafting the wrong players or we arent developing them properly or maybe we are just unlucky.

We have several players who we drafted and they developed well, maybe not to a point we expected but Provorov is still a good DMen, Sanheim turned out well, Konecny has done well, Farabee is doing well, Couturier panned out. Lindblom developped well for a 5th round pick and Frost is getting there. Its hard to just sit there and say this is clearly why some of our draft picks dont make it because clearly some of them do.

Looks like Tampon Bay is shutting down the Cats. Giroux a -3 yesterday and taken off the first PP unit. He simply doesn't do well when the checking gets more fierce. Feel bad that he isn't gonna get his Cup, but then again this jaded Flyers fan doesn't really care that much. Sick and tired of guys going elsewhere to win a Cup. The Cats are finding out that you can't play run and gun hockey come playoff time unless you have a McDavid type roaming around the ice for you. Thanks!

Guessing like most flyers fans you have not seen much playoff hockey recently, but you actually still need to hit someone once in a while to win in this league..

It’s so odd that some fans are afraid of the ruff stuff. This is not the ice capades.
- Joe Nardone

I'm not surprised at all that I need to explain this to you. There is a difference between effective physical play and physical play that is not effective. Secondly and most importantly. If all you're doing is hitting someone, it's because you don't have the puck enough. As I stated previously, the best way to get tough to play against. Is to play with the puck more. To make the other team defend more. You do that by getting faster, quicker and more skilled while also being strong in puck battles and around the net. That's the solution. Not by adding players like Ristolainen and MacEwen. Neither are effective physically. Neither help you play with the puck more.

So as normal, you woefully missed the point. Badly. Your take that some fans are afraid of the rough stuff is illogical and uninformed. Neanderthal thinking.

No his point was to drag down this place in his daily effort to make it as unenjoyable as possible to frequent.
- MBFlyerfan

With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound
He pulls the spitting high tension wires down
Helpless people on a subway train
Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them
He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
Oh no, they say, he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, there goes Tokyo
Go go Godzilla, yeah
Oh no, they say he's got to go
Go go Godzilla, yeah

https://twitter.com/jayza...ture-Moves%2F284%2F117540

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- hello it's me 2050

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2362114
"I don't get the sense that the Philadelphia Flyers are in any hurry here to name a coach," he continued. "They want to take their time. They want to be thorough even if that means they may miss a candidate along the way."

The Flyers have no intention of hiring Trotz and are just interviewing him to appease the fans. You don’t wait if you are serious about him. They are going to hire Montgomery because he will be cheap.

The Flyers have no intention of hiring Trotz and are just interviewing him to appease the fans. You don’t wait if you are serious about him. They are going to hire Montgomery because he will be cheap.
- psuhockey

I'd be fine with that.

Nope, here is what you posted.

https://hockeybuzz.com/bo...?thread_id=178998&page=10

"Word from Cam Neely today is Cassidy may not be back as the Bruins coach. If so he is another good fit for the Flyers IMO. "

Again, you omitted the part where Bill states that Neely "punted". Which means he did not answer one way or another. Just like I said he was noncommittal.

You got it wrong and you continually leave out key information and key parts of quotes and articles. You are a fountain of misinformation.
- MJL

Just stop embarrassing yourself, no one is buying your absolute bull at this point. As you ask me on occasion, do you actually read what you post??

Noncommittal == may not be back ...

https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2362114
"I don't get the sense that the Philadelphia Flyers are in any hurry here to name a coach," he continued. "They want to take their time. They want to be thorough even if that means they may miss a candidate along the way."

The Flyers have no intention of hiring Trotz and are just interviewing him to appease the fans. You don’t wait if you are serious about him. They are going to hire Montgomery because he will be cheap.
- psuhockey

IMO they clearly have someone in mind who's team is still playing as their #1 target.

I have said from day 1 money is a factor as they still owe AV 10 million and a few to Therrian and also whatever Yeo makes. We shall see.

Also hasn't been confirmed Trotz has an interview set up.

We don't know. We only know what he tells us. Is there a reason we shouldn't believe him in this case? Tell me what is your standard for when you believe what he says or you don't? Other than what suits your narrative.
- MJL

Listen, I don't believe Fletcher is incompetent as you do. I actually like him and want him to succeed. I don't believe that the Flyers are going to pass up on a chance to get a coach like Trotz because of some artificial timeline, and the FACT that Trotz is coming for an interview with the Flyers means Fletcher is not passing up the chance. So Marek is wrong. Period.

I'm not surprised at all that I need to explain this to you. There is a difference between effective physical play and physical play that is not effective. Secondly and most importantly. If all you're doing is hitting someone, it's because you don't have the puck enough. As I stated previously, the best way to get tough to play against. Is to play with the puck more. To make the other team defend more. You do that by getting faster, quicker and more skilled while also being strong in puck battles and around the net. That's the solution. Not by adding players like Ristolainen and MacEwen. Neither are effective physically. Neither help you play with the puck more.

So as normal, you woefully missed the point. Badly. Your take that some fans are afraid of the rough stuff is illogical and uninformed. Neanderthal thinking.
- MJL

Welcome to the club Joe .. we are happy to have you

Listen, I don't believe Fletcher is incompetent as you do. I actually like him and want him to succeed. I don't believe that the Flyers are going to pass up on a chance to get a coach like Trotz, and the FACT that Trotz is coming for an interview with the Flyers means Fletcher is not passing up the chance. So Marek is wrong. Period.
- jd250

Nobody ever does sham interviews for optics in 2022. Nobody

Listen, I don't believe Fletcher is incompetent as you do. I actually like him and want him to succeed. I don't believe that the Flyers are going to pass up on a chance to get a coach like Trotz because of some artificial timeline, and the FACT that Trotz is coming for an interview with the Flyers means Fletcher is not passing up the chance. So Marek is wrong. Period.
- jd250

do you not understand how people conduct business? Maybe Trotz agent is tight with Chuck and ask Trotz to do him a solid and come in for an interview. There are several reasons why Trotz would interview even if he is not interested. How can you not grasp this?

There has also been no confirmation he is coming though he likely will unless he takes the Vegas job tomorrow....

And as I predicted, Carolina lost their 4th straight road playoff game. They got behind and could not count on another lucky/bad goal against from Shesterkin. This series will go back to Carolina tied 2-2, and the Rangers still have a shot at winning this series. Carolina is not that good, they do not have the high end players to beat teams like Tampa. Oh, and that's right, it will be Tampa over Florida, just like I also predicted. Pretty good for only 2%.

True….but all you have to do is watch and it’s pretty easy to see how easy the Flyers are to play against, the last couple of years. I don’t need to hear a player say it or read about it in the media. I don’t mind seeing them lose, but to never show a push back on so many nights should never be deemed acceptable.
- landros 2

Dunno, I feel like it's a marginal issue, a low hanging fruit.

The elephant in the room is that the team has deficiencies in ALL areas. They really don't do anything that well anymore.

do you not understand how people conduct business? Maybe Trotz agent is tight with Chuck and ask Trotz to do him a solid and come in for an interview. There are several reasons why Trotz would interview even if he is not interested. How can you not grasp this?

There has also been no confirmation he is coming though he likely will unless he takes the Vegas job tomorrow....
- hello it's me 2050

Believe what you want ... its all doom and gloom from you anyway, so no one here is surprised by your take.

Nobody ever does sham interviews for optics in 2022. Nobody
- psuhockey

Noncommittal == may not be back ...
- jd250

Incorrect. Still don't get it. Noncomittal is a non answer. One way or another. No matter how many times it is explained to you.

If they lose to Tampa I guarantee they fire him
- ClaudeFather


I dont even need to wait to tell you that you are wrong. They literally just won their first playoff series since 1996.

They are not going to fire the coach because they lost to the defending cup champs in the 2nd round
-xShoot4WarAmpsx


Where Did I move the goal post? If Tampa beats Florida they cant fire Burnette because he doesnt have a job. Im not claiming that I knew that before hand. They can choose to not renew but I think it is just as likely they renew him. They will not base this decision off 4 playoff games. Tampa was swept by an 8th place Columbus team and Cooper was not fired. Brunnette coached this team to its first playoff series win since 1996 and team won the presidents trophy.

They probably will reward that with an extension
- xShoot4WarAmpsx