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Bill Meltzer
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Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 4:18 PM ET
Bill Meltzer: Wrap: Flyers Come up Short in DC, Lose 3-1 to Caps
dickflair
Joined: 02.21.2018

Mar 24 @ 4:23 PM ET
well shucks
coffee junkie
Joined: 02.25.2007

Mar 24 @ 4:35 PM ET
I guess Talbot has looked poor in practice? Elliot hasn’t really had an amazing game in a while now.
hereticpride
New Jersey Devils
Location: HEY. Does this pole still work?, NJ
Joined: 01.14.2011

Mar 24 @ 5:00 PM ET
Can I offer the 3 of you who still thought this team was making the playoffs an egg in this trying time?
BadCowboyDan
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 03.16.2017

Mar 24 @ 5:00 PM ET
The officiating was awful yesterday (actually, the reffing was awful but the linesmen were fine). Had very little to do with why the Flyers lost. Bill Meltzer


I never even implied it was why they lost. ??

It had an impact and deserved to be addressed. Writers are the only ones who are not under the control of the Empire...or so I thought.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Mar 24 @ 5:03 PM ET
I never even implied it was why they lost. ??

It had an impact and deserved to be addressed. Writers are the only ones who are not under the control of the Empire...or so I thought.

- BadCowboyDan


Yes, clearly, Bill has never ever criticized the NHL or officials in any way. Well done, super sleuth.
Pelle31Forever
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.20.2014

Mar 24 @ 5:18 PM ET
Can I offer the 3 of you who still thought this team was making the playoffs an egg in this trying time?
- hereticpride


There were 3? Seems a tad high.
MJL
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Candyland, PA
Joined: 09.20.2007

Mar 24 @ 5:24 PM ET
Can I offer the 3 of you who still thought this team was making the playoffs an egg in this trying time?


- hereticpride


Actually, optimism should be applauded, not ridiculed.
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Mar 24 @ 5:33 PM ET
I’ll feel a lot better when I see that “e” next to the bj’s in the standings.
Just5
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 05.22.2008

Mar 24 @ 5:38 PM ET
Why don’t we send amac to Lehigh? Help their playoff push

Why am I watching him play meaningless games
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Mar 24 @ 6:19 PM ET
keep losing lets get a better player for once
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Mar 24 @ 6:20 PM ET
I’ll feel a lot better when I see that “e” next to the bj’s in the standings.
- Just5

it'd be hilarious if they miss after mortgaging the farm

then bob and panarin walk
hereticpride
New Jersey Devils
Location: HEY. Does this pole still work?, NJ
Joined: 01.14.2011

Mar 24 @ 6:53 PM ET
keep losing lets get a better player for once
- 2Real

Regardless of where we finish I have a feeling for some reason they're going to go all in and move up in this draft. Maybe not Hughes but top 5. Just a hunch.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

Mar 24 @ 6:53 PM ET
keep losing lets get a better player for once
- 2Real


Like the 2nd overall pick?
hereticpride
New Jersey Devils
Location: HEY. Does this pole still work?, NJ
Joined: 01.14.2011

Mar 24 @ 6:53 PM ET
it'd be hilarious if they miss after mortgaging the farm

then bob and panarin walk

- 2Real

And Torts hopefully gets canned again. I never get tired of seeing him get fired.
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:08 PM ET
keep losing lets get a better player for once
- 2Real


Better than who? Depends on how well you scout.
KINGKENZO
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: OMAR COMIN'..Head or Gut?.....Watching regular white people
Joined: 01.10.2008

Mar 24 @ 7:16 PM ET
Better than who? Depends on how well you scout.
- bmeltzer

Speaking of which, my fury still has not subsided regarding Pryor being fired as well. Im not sure as to the composition and talent of the scouting staff. fletcher's record in Minny doesnt excite me. What is your handle on the situation?
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:18 PM ET
I never even implied it was why they lost. ??

It had an impact and deserved to be addressed. Writers are the only ones who are not under the control of the Empire...or so I thought.

- BadCowboyDan


1) A game preview is not the place to discuss the officiating from the previous game. I commented on it plenty over on Twitter yesterday.

2) I assist Paul Stewart on the editing of his blogs here at HB and assisted him on his book. He is very straightforward about what he regards as issues in the recruitment, retention and coaching of officials as well as areas of rule book vagueness/discrepancies plus matters of league discipline. While these are Paul's views and his words (I just help tighten up some of the organizational and presentation of it in blog form), I do feel like I have some degree of involvement in his pursuit of a higher standard. As a U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer and the only American who has both played and refereed in the NHL, his views carry more weight than my own ever could. I also know some other former and current NHL officials to varying degrees, although not as well as I know Stewy. Proud to call him a friend.
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Mar 24 @ 7:19 PM ET
Like the 2nd overall pick?
- jmatchett383

it's a shame we didn't get petterson
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:23 PM ET
Speaking of which, my fury still has not subsided regarding Pryor being fired as well. Im not sure as to the composition and talent of the scouting staff. fletcher's record in Minny doesnt excite me. What is your handle on the situation?
- KINGKENZO


Sarge was collateral damage. Hexy tightened his inner circle significantly. So when the GM went, his assistant almost HAD to go, too, even though he predated Hexy's GM tenure within the organization. I hated to see it happen, but I understood it.

I think Fletcher/Flahr drafted pretty decently in Minnesota. I don't know Brent yet. Seems like a good guy who knows his stuff thoroughly. Only met him very briefly. I will get to know him a little better over the summer when we do our annual summer series of prospect pieces following and after the draft.

Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:24 PM ET
it's a shame we didn't get petterson
- 2Real


Then you'd rather have drafted 4th or 5th since no team in the NHL was taking anyone other than Hischier and Patrick (in whatever order) that year, and Heiskanen emerged within most top-three candidate lists, too.
KINGKENZO
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: OMAR COMIN'..Head or Gut?.....Watching regular white people
Joined: 01.10.2008

Mar 24 @ 7:27 PM ET
Sarge was collateral damage. Hexy tightened his inner circle significantly. So when the GM went, his assistant almost HAD to go, too, even though he predated Hexy's GM tenure within the organization. I hated to see it happen, but I understood it.

I think Fletcher/Flahr drafted pretty decently in Minnesota. I don't know Brent yet. Seems like a good guy who knows his stuff thoroughly. Only met him very briefly. I will get to know him a little better over the summer when we do our annual summer series of prospect pieces following and after the draft.

- bmeltzer

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2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

Mar 24 @ 7:28 PM ET
Then you'd rather have drafted 4th or 5th since no team in the NHL was taking anyone other than Hischier and Patrick (in whatever order) that year, and Heiskanen emerged within most top-three candidate lists, too.
- bmeltzer

just saying if we lost a few more games in the year of the Morin draft we could have had Risto or even Jones
Bill Meltzer
Editor
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Joined: 07.13.2006

Mar 24 @ 7:31 PM ET
I guess Talbot has looked poor in practice? Elliot hasn’t really had an amazing game in a while now.
- coffee junkie


How about both games in Uniondale, especially the first?
KINGKENZO
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: OMAR COMIN'..Head or Gut?.....Watching regular white people
Joined: 01.10.2008

Mar 24 @ 7:43 PM ET
just saying if we lost a few more games in the year of the Morin draft we could have had Risto or even Jones
- 2Real

Monahan, 4real
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