The Official 5,000 Posts Thread for a 2017 Flyers Stanley Cup

[lasgop8]

If that was the case he did the team no favors by playing hurt, he should have got whatever fixed and sat out until it healed. I mean if you;re hurt and go 20+ games with no points why waste that rooster spot? On a side note, I think 4 other forwards proved we're not totally dependent on Giroux, We bring up some more speed to do a better forechecking job, I think will generate more scoring chances.

Is he our best center at this point?

 

[Maverick426h]

Now the third line is buzzing and nobody else is scoring regularly. Its always one line or the other or the other that is hot. Why can we ever have three of four lines scoring at the same time and maybe a PP goal here and there. If we could do that as couple times a week we would be elite.

We definitely need to find something with the top two lines. Maybe try Voracek back with Giroux or both Schenn/Simmonds. Weal has looked electric at times, but not so much lately. To his credit, G did manage to have points in six straight before last night. Konecny is starting to pile up goals. It's great to have Weise chipping in, finally.

Our power play definitely needs to simplify things and get the damn puck to the net, then go hard for rebounds. We're playing too soft on the power play. The penalty killers are outworking us on the boards and we're passing it around too much. It's really uncanny how terrible our two man advantage results have been. I believe they said only one such goal we've scored this entire fucking season...Lol I remember having many of these power plays too, whether it be 5 on 3 or 6 on 4. It's absolutely pathetic.

 

[Psych-Ward]

Simmer on the PK is off the charts.....

Simmer makes a PK exciting for us....why they waited so long to put him in on PK's is a real head scratcher.

 

[Maverick426h]

I'm counting 3 for 36 on the power play just this month. That's only an 8.3% conversion rate and a few of those were definitely two man advantages. It's become an embarrassment.

To give you an idea of just how bad this is, Colorado has by far the worst power play this season at 12.9%.

Other teams can constantly take liberties with anyone on our team and they rarely ever pay for it on the scoreboard.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Is he our best center at this point?

No, I don't think so.

 

[Maverick426h]

2018-19 is the season that I look for us to start absolutely dominating. That's not next season, but the following season. Filppula, Read, Manning and Umberger all officially come off the books. There will be an absolute ton of cap space, our defense will be completely revamped with prospects and perhaps we will have done something with MacDonald by then too. If we make the right tweaks between now and then, that will be a very productive year for us, to the point where we may be buying in the offseason and at the deadline.

 

[lasgop8]

2018-19 is the season that I look for us to start absolutely dominating. That's not next season, but the following season. Filppula, Read, Manning and Umberger all officially come off the books. There will be an absolute ton of cap space, our defense will be completely revamped with prospects and perhaps we will have done something with MacDonald by then too. If we make the right tweaks between now and then, that will be a very productive year for us, to the point where we may be buying in the offseason and at the deadline.

This also means Gee is a full 2 years older.

 

[lasgop8]

No, I don't think so.

Not a very good situation for us down the middle it seems. We need to fix that if we are going to be cup contenders.

 

[Psych-Ward]

Well......

Here it is.....

Philadelphia Flyers’ F Claude Giroux Talks Up Health

Recent news on Claude Giroux - Philadelphia Flyers - Rotoworld.com

http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...-finally-healthy-nhl-playoffs-force/98754094/

 

[JBM73]

Simmer on the PK is off the charts.....

Simmer makes a PK exciting for us....why they waited so long to put him in on PK's is a real head scratcher.

Maybe this is part of the reason the PP has dropped off? Playing significant minutes on the PK takes a toll on your stamina, which is why most teams try to avoid having forwards who play key minutes on the PP also play key minutes on the PK.

 

[lasgop8]

Well......

Here it is.....

Philadelphia Flyers’ F Claude Giroux Talks Up Health

Recent news on Claude Giroux - Philadelphia Flyers - Rotoworld.com

http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...-finally-healthy-nhl-playoffs-force/98754094/

He has been playing a little better as of late but as been his whole career even when he was young and healthy he is a bad 5 on 5 player and the PP goals seemed to take the sting out of his terrible even strength play. With the PP failing often and now with the rest of the team haven fallen to the dregs of the league in 5 on 5 play it really stands out more that he is not leading us out of that funk.

 

[lasgop8]

Simmer on the PK is off the charts.....

Simmer makes a PK exciting for us....why they waited so long to put him in on PK's is a real head scratcher.

What the real head scratched is we now know he is a great PK and we sign Frenchie to a two year deal and hand him an A to wear on his shirt.

 

[Maverick426h]

We would need Boston or Toronto to stumble big time or this will be mathematically over soon enough. A 7 or 8 point lead is too much to overcome with only 11 games remaining and no more head to head matchups.

The silver lining is that Giroux has been negatively affected by his hip this season, so he probably will be significantly better next season with an offseason of actual training.

 

[lasgop8]

We would need Boston or Toronto to stumble big time or this will be mathematically over soon enough. A 7 or 8 point lead is too much to overcome with only 11 games remaining and no more head to head matchups.

The silver lining is that Giroux has been negatively affected by his hip this season, so he probably will be significantly better next season with an offseason of actual training.

I watched the third period of the Tor vs Boston game last night and Boston was dominating until late in the game Toronto scored and the roof fell in. Dammit Boston why couldn't you help us out.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

I watched the third period of the Tor vs Boston game last night and Boston was dominating until late in the game Toronto scored and the roof fell in. Dammit Boston why couldn't you help us out.

We have bad luck this year lol. It's all going to change next year as I will be sacrificing a Kate Smith Action figure to the Gods of Ice and Pucks!

 

[lasgop8]

39-Year-Old Jarome Iginla And Patrick Maroon Step Out Of The Penalty Box, Punch Each Others’ Faces In, Get Right Back Into The Penalty Box

Man i wish we had Maroon and his 25 goals along with his 2 million cap hit.

 

[lasgop8]

Wayne Train get his 30th to lead off tonights scoring!

 

[Chris p Bacon]

39-Year-Old Jarome Iginla And Patrick Maroon Step Out Of The Penalty Box, Punch Each Others’ Faces In, Get Right Back Into The Penalty Box

Man i wish we had Maroon and his 25 goals along with his 2 million cap hit.

I wish we had someone with heart period lol.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Wayne Train get his 30th to lead off tonights scoring!

I'm going to ride with Schenn. Hope he can get it on net tonight.

 

[Psych-Ward]

He has been playing a little better as of late but as been his whole career even when he was young and healthy he is a bad 5 on 5 player and the PP goals seemed to take the sting out of his terrible even strength play. With the PP failing often and now with the rest of the team haven fallen to the dregs of the league in 5 on 5 play it really stands out more that he is not leading us out of that funk.

Even if he had been playing better as of late, we needed him all year and he, being hurt, handicapped us.