Bill Meltzer: Flyers Preseason Gameday: 9/30/2021 @ BOS https://www.joewatsonofficial.com/

Jay Farabee, the slower, older brother of Joel Farabee.

need to bring back the waiver draft. Looking forward to the Nate-Laughton-NAK line. They can potentially do some damage. They complement each other well.

Bill Meltzer: Flyers Preseason Gameday: 9/30/2021 @ BOS
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- bmeltzer

Severe right ankle sprain, geez. Bill why is Atkinson taking a maintenance day the second week of training camp, anything specific?

Tanner Laczynski gone for the season? That sucks. I was looking forward to watching him play this season. Allison is another big loss for this team. The guy just can't stay healthy.

Watched nj wash last night. Jersey won in regulation 5 4 but the teams played a shootout. Any idea why that was the case? Did the teams just decide that they wanted to do that amongst themselves? Ie why didn’t we do that Tuesday vs isles?

Severe right ankle sprain, geez. Bill why is Atkinson taking a maintenance day the second week of training camp, anything specific?
- ClaudeFather

Obviously I don’t know much about it, but I always thought that a sever high ankle sprain just needed tons and tons of down time to recover. Bad soft tissue injury. I didn’t think surgery was a course of action for it unless stuff was torn outright.

Jay Farabee, the slower, older brother of Joel Farabee.


- MBFlyerfan

No no. He’s our new 20 to 25 goal 3rd line centre haha

Awful news on Allison and Laczynski. What is it with the Flyers prospects and severe injuries? I just don't get it.

Obviously I don’t know much about it, but I always thought that a sever high ankle sprain just needed tons and tons of down time to recover. Bad soft tissue injury. I didn’t think surgery was a course of action for it unless stuff was torn outright.
- Hextall271

Yea same, one good thing about hockey is that your ankle has way less flexibility In the skate than a soccer or basketball player. That type of injury for them could cost you a season and then some of not fully healed.

Cursed.

That's all I got

Wow, do I feel bad for Allison. With surgery this could be a multi-year road back to the NHL and he may never be the same. Just when things were looking up for him too. This sucks!

Yea same, one good thing about hockey is that your ankle has way less flexibility In the skate than a soccer or basketball player. That type of injury for them could cost you a season and then some of not fully healed.
- ClaudeFather

Yeah. Hope he can make it back. Not even in a reg season game ffs not that it’s ever good to have an injury.

Watched nj wash last night. Jersey won in regulation 5 4 but the teams played a shootout. Any idea why that was the case? Did the teams just decide that they wanted to do that amongst themselves? Ie why didn’t we do that Tuesday vs isles?
- Hextall271

Yes the teams can decide whether they want to practice the shootout any way, even if one team scores in the OT.

Tough break for Tanner.

Hopefully Allison won't be out for several months.......I was looking forward to seeing him in regular rotation this year.

I'm bringing this topic forward from the previous post because I think its an important topic to discuss:

The argument was points, not goals. So lets compare two players in ES scoring for the past two seasons. The Flyers big free agent acquisition for 7.1M Kevin Hayes has scored 20 goals and 44 points in 124 games played. Scott Laughton in the same time frame, in 102 games played. 22 less games than Hayes, put up 19 goals and 41 points.
If we look at rates over the past two seasons, Laughton has scored at a rate of 1.93 P/60 at ES. Claude Giroux in the same time frame has scored at a rate of 1.84 P/60
- MJL

Here if why IMO you can't just look at advanced metrics to base decisions around how good player is. You need to balance it with scouting and observation. Clearly Scott Laughton is not anywhere near the level of a Giroux or even a Kevin Hayes. He is a bottom 6 forward and we have seen when he is asked to play in the top 6 he is very ineffective.

Awful news on Allison and Laczynski. What is it with the Flyers prospects and severe injuries? I just don't get it.

- Letterkenney

mcrossin....

I don't get it. Ristolainen needs to have top PP time to have any value to a team. Philly picks him up and he could be lucky to be 4th for PP time after Yandle, Provorov, and Ellis. So he'll get defensive assignments, suck, and crater the team and his own career.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/injuries

It's not just the Flyers. People get injured playing hockey. Why is this shocking to anyone?

They're not cursed. Getting struck by lightning 7 times is cursed. See Roy Sullivan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

I don't get it. Ristolainen needs to have top PP time to have any value to a team. Philly picks him up and he could be lucky to be 4th for PP time after Yandle, Provorov, and Ellis. So he'll get defensive assignments, suck, and crater the team and his own career.
- DarthProbert

Ristolainen hasn’t even played an exhibition game yet.

Love the optimism.

Yes the teams can decide whether they want to practice the shootout any way, even if one team scores in the OT.
- jd250

Hadn’t heart that. Thanks.

Of note. We should be practicing the shootout until they shut the lights off in the rink ffs.

Ristolainen hasn’t even played an exhibition game yet.

Love the optimism.
- Djapana

Or. He could play 2nd pair and get better matchups and succeed, grow his confidence and help the team and sign an extension.

Wouldn’t the plan be to have Ellis run pp1. Yandle pp2 and the odd time we need him bring risto in for yandle?

https://www.espn.com/nhl/injuries

It's not just the Flyers. People get injured playing hockey. Why is this shocking to anyone?

They're not cursed. Getting struck by lightning 7 times is cursed. See Roy Sullivan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan
- atibus

I’ve never thought we were worse off than other teams. Just seems that way because it’s happening to us. I have heard it said that players now train non stop all year whereas in the olden days they’d take time off snd use the training camp to get into shape. The new players are more fit no question but it may take a toll.

Ristolainen hasn’t even played an exhibition game yet.

Love the optimism.
- Djapana

The fancy charts really speak to him.

I'm bringing this topic forward from the previous post because I think its an important topic to discuss:


Here if why IMO you can't just look at advanced metrics to base decisions around how good player is. You need to balance it with scouting and observation. Clearly Scott Laughton is not anywhere near the level of a Giroux or even a Kevin Hayes. He is a bottom 6 forward and we have seen when he is asked to play in the top 6 he is very ineffective.
- jd250

This has been beaten to death, thanks for bringing it back up.