Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 1/15/14 vs. Canucks, Plus Flyers Alumni

Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 1/15/14 vs. Canucks, Plus Flyers Alumni
- bmeltzer

Drive the net !

Starting the injury garbage? What is it now, 4 games in a row where a player has gone down? Who goes down tonight?

Grossmann vs. Caps
Mason vs. Bruins
Coburn vs. Lightning
Laughton vs. Caps

There they are. Hexy's bargain bin defensemen are the top pairing

Every team is going to have a ton of success when scoring 4 or more goals in a game. It's the fact that they have such a bad record when scoring 3 and 2 that amazes me.

Every team is going to have a ton of success when scoring 4 or more goals in a game. It's the fact that they have such a bad record when scoring 3 and 2 that amazes me.
- NickTheKid87

They are also 0-0-1 when allowing no goals!

Zepp's a stand up guy. After the game he was quoted "nobody's fault but mine"

They are also 0-0-1 when allowing no goals!
- PLindbergh31

The fact that that can even happen should make the NHL ashamed of itself.

Starting the injury garbage? What is it now, 4 games in a row where a player has gone down? Who goes down tonight?

Grossmann vs. Caps
Mason vs. Bruins
Coburn vs. Lightning
Laughton vs. Caps
- PLindbergh31

Who is next?

Who is next?
- ob18

My gut tells me Carlo. No way he stays healthy the entire time Coburn and Grossman are sideined. Manning time!

The fact that that can even happen should make the NHL ashamed of itself.
- NickTheKid87

Mason gets credited for a shutout and a loss all in one fell swoop.

My gut tells me Carlo. No way he stays healthy the entire time Coburn and Grossman are sideined. Manning time!
- PLindbergh31

Glass man! Carlo

Glass man! Carlo
- coffee junkie

Loosely translated from the Italian, Colaiacovo means 'Bogosian'.

Loosely translated from the Italian, Colaiacovo means 'Bogosian'.
- tangent_man

Sami Kapanen would be our top defenseman right now.

This team is just bad in every way. Hextall's lack of, well doing anything really, is going to start making me miss Holmgren. His only trade was bad, and his inactivity isn't helping anyone.

Starting the injury garbage? What is it now, 4 games in a row where a player has gone down? Who goes down tonight?

Grossmann vs. Caps
Mason vs. Bruins
Coburn vs. Lightning
Laughton vs. Caps
- PLindbergh31

one step closer to McEichel

Sami Kapanen would be our top defenseman right now.
- jmatchett383

On the plus side, Rinaldo gets to "kick some ass" tonight!

My gut tells me Carlo. No way he stays healthy the entire time Coburn and Grossman are sideined. Manning time!
- PLindbergh31

I am also going with Carlo with MDZ being in the hunt as well

one step closer to McEichel
- nastyflyergirl

Nope! They will be healthy as a horse once they are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. The 8-1-1 run over the final 10 games is going to be epic!

You know I'm right. It's so happening.

This team is just bad in every way. Hextall's lack of, well doing anything really, is going to start making me miss Holmgren. His only trade was bad, and his inactivity isn't helping anyone.
- twpguy

Yeah, with his $0 in cap space and all of these overpaid, unmoveable contracts, the fact that he hasn't done anything makes me wish we could just burn him at the stake.

Can we at least give the guy a full year and see what he does at the TDL/draft before labeling him a failure, please?

Especially when he's already made some good moves like getting quality guys for low, low prices (MDZ, Schultz, Zepp) and picked up two extra picks in the 2015 draft.

Penalty killing efficiency: Flyers 74.3% (30th), Canucks 87.0% (3rd)

The difference between being a low playoff seed and a bottom 6 team.

Nope! They will be healthy as a horse once they are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. The 8-1-1 run over the final 10 games is going to be epic!

You know I'm right. It's so happening.
- PLindbergh31

Nope. The Flyers will enter the last day of the season 1 point behind both Edmonton and Carolina. Trailing 1-0 in the 3rd, Lecavalier will score with 30 seconds left to send the game to OT. Umberger will score in the 12th round of the shootout, giving the Flyers a 1-0 shootout win and winning the game 2-1 and giving them a 3rd place finish. New Jersey will win the lottery and the Flyers will pick 4th.

This team is just bad in every way. Hextall's lack of, well doing anything really, is going to start making me miss Holmgren. His only trade was bad, and his inactivity isn't helping anyone.
- twpguy

What do you want him to do? Get a few bandaids by giving up picks and prospects? Hextall has a long term plan in place and he won't do that and it'll be better in the long run.

I get that everyone wants to appear impartial for some reason, but the hit on Laughton was clearly not a "clean" hit. Niskanen jumped into Laughton, while aiming high, and left the ice while making the hit.

If Rinaldo did this, everyone would be talking about how long his suspension should be.