2019-20 Quest for the cup(The Carter Hart era begins)

[Maverick426h]

Not a good game to watch for those of you who think we wasted $14+ million on a couple of free agents in the last two offseasons.

The line of JvR, Hayes and Aube-Kubel was the best all night long. JvR finally got some bounces to go his way and probably should've had an easy hat trick. Hayes pretty much single-handedly made the two plays that broke the game open in the very first frame.

Nice to see the power play cash in rather quickly a couple of times. Just keep letting guys like Provorov, Ghost and Niskanen sift it or bomb it from the point with traffic.

Provorov continues to be a monster and the defense looks good with Myers back in there too.

Our defense did lose focus some in the 3rd, but that's what happens in a 6-0 blowout. Overall, Hart was probably getting bored, perhaps even lonely in net by the time he finally got scored on. As that shot was deflected, he watched the puck go by him, but couldn't react in time to stop it.

If JvR were to somehow lead the team in goals this season, some of you will never hear the end of it...Lol

Either way, great team win top to bottom.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Its Friday and its Christmas season Flyers won big and its my last day until i return on New Years Eve so today i will be hammered going home.

Niiiiccee!!! I assume you will be using some of that awesome NY public transportation. Be safe.

 

[raptorlife4]

Merry Christmas and safe holidays to all out here.
May your coffees have Baileys and your beers be cold

LETS GO FLYERS!

 

[lasgop8]

Merry Christmas and safe holidays to all out here.
May your coffees have Baileys and your beers be cold

LETS GO FLYERS!

Well said!
Merry Christmas and happy Holidays to you.

Lets Go Flyers!!!!!!

 

[awaz]

Merry Christmas and safe holidays to all out here.
May your coffees have Baileys and your beers be cold

LETS GO FLYERS!

Merry Christmas rap, have a good, and hopefully long break!

 

[lasgop8]

Do we retaliate against Ottawa tomorrow??

 

[purdue81]

Do we retaliate against Ottawa tomorrow??

would like to see Stewart ram tkachuk’s face through the glass. Punk ass.

And to all y’all - Merry Christmas and peace to men of goodwill

 

[lasgop8]

would like to see Stewart ram tkachuk’s face through the glass. Punk ass.

And to all y’all - Merry Christmas and peace to men of goodwill

Merry Christmas!!!

 

[purdue81]

How about that Braun-nimator to JvR for the 4th goal against OTT

Guess they just told a few of us

 

[purdue81]

How about that Braun-nimator to JvR for the 4th goal against OTT

Guess they just told a few of us

..and Braun-nimator doesnt cover for the OTT goal SHEESH

 

[raptorlife4]

And JVR now leads the team in goals

 

[Chris p Bacon]

And JVR now leads the team in goals

And he still sucks,lol. I guess if he actually scores one with a stick instead of blind luck off his or someone else's skate he'll be magic. Would trade him in a heartbeat for 100 other players.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Actually it's good to see JVR start contributing some offense . I think AV realized if he doesn't put more talented people on a line with him he wholely unaffective. I guess bottom line is you gotta let him play his way lol. I just hope and pray that he learns a complete game before the end of the season.

 

[Maverick426h]

That was a big two points. I thought we let Ottawa hang around for way too long via outworking us. However, they are surprisingly tough on home ice, having already beaten us, Boston, Tampa, Carolina, Columbus, NYR and Nashville.

They have Duclair and Pageau as their top two scorers with a combined 37 goals in 74 games. How sustainable is that for a couple of guys who both never topped 20 before this season!? I guess you could say the coaches are definitely getting the most out of that team with virtually zero star players.

Either way, we obviously let them off the hook several times in this game and also probably should've finished it in OT, again. You wonder who the fuck Marcus Hogberg is and how he's making some of these saves...Lol

This win combined with the Pens and Canes losing in regulation leaves us just one point back of both of them for what would be 3rd in the division and 6th in the league.

 

[Maverick426h]

And JVR now leads the team in goals

I love it. Say whatever you like about the dude, but he has 6 goals in his last 5 games and is suddenly damn near the goal scoring pace that you'd expect him to be on for an entire season at 100%. He was leading the team in chances early on and not getting any bounces, now he's getting them. This is how hockey works, folks.

The more people talk shit about him here, the more his pucks enter the opposing net, so let's keep it up...Lol

 

[Maverick426h]

Kevin Hayes is a monster right now too with 13 points in his last 16 games. He's possessing the puck, driving the play, eating up more ice time in all situations and setting up goals left and right. He obviously opened the scoring last night as well on the power play.

 

[purdue81]

Actually it's good to see JVR start contributing some offense . I think AV realized if he doesn't put more talented people on a line with him he wholely unaffective. I guess bottom line is you gotta let him play his way lol. I just hope and pray that he learns a complete game before the end of the season.

Take note of where / how his goal production is coming from now. It's not from parking his lard-ass in from of the goal which is what he was doing for the first 30 games. Someone (AV) or something got into his head that unless he started hustling and actually moving around the ice he was going to play on the 4th line and get 4th line minutes. The injuries forced AV to move him around the lines, and to his credit, JvR has definitely upped his level of play. I think I even saw him play defense once. His breakaway move on the goalie was pretty smooth. Not sure that puck gets by an elite goalie, but it was nice nonetheless.

 

[Maverick426h]

Giroux and Couturier went a combined 22-9 in faceoffs last night. They are #1 and #3 in faceoff win percentage among players who have taken 400+ this season. With these guys on the ice to begin shifts so often, it really helps us possess the puck, run set plays and get straight into our offensive game.

These faceoff wins are even more valuable in the overtime period. We're 2-0 in that frame, but probably should be more like 6-0 or better. It's been very exciting for us to watch, yet also suffocating to the enemy, they've just been extremely fortunate to get stops.

Btw, our top line was dominant against Ottawa, but never got the payoff it deserved.

 

[purdue81]

Broad Street Hockey to curtail publishing today in support of SB Nation’s California sites and contributors

Cool...... Wonder when the voters in California will send the wackos currently running that state home.

Weren't satisfied with just jacking with the NCAA....

 

[chy1127]

Flyers' Michael Raffl: Targeting Dec. 29 return