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

[lasgop8]

Manning can also hit and will drop the gloves if necessary.

I love his style of play but another smaller player who really hasn't won one fight since he came up because he is usually fighting the biggest guy on the ice.

 

[lasgop8]

I think with Lindblom, Simmonds, Konecny, and Lyubimov up front and Gudas on the back end there's enough. They're not going to beat the crap out of anyone (except Gudas), but they can all hit. And if it's Morin instead of Myers he'll bring more size/grit as well.

I don't know about Lindblom but Simmer doesnt really play gritty much anymore and TK is to small to be playing that way all season we need him on the ice not hurt or in the box and Lubi not much of a gritty player.

 

[awaz]

i guess it depends on your definition of gritty then. gritty to me is winning puck battles in the corners and going to the front of the net, which simmer, TK, and lyubimov all do with regularity and pretty successfully.

if you mean fighting n such, then ya they're short handed a bit there. but at a fight every 3 or so games i'm not going to spend a roster spot on a guy that can fight and be big. especially since most of the 'fights' these days are just guys tackling each other.

also, have you ever been here: http://www.hockeyfights.com/teams/22/fightcard/reg2017

seems like a site up your alley

 

[lasgop8]

i guess it depends on your definition of gritty then. gritty to me is winning puck battles in the corners and going to the front of the net, which simmer, TK, and lyubimov all do with regularity and pretty successfully.

if you mean fighting n such, then ya they're short handed a bit there. but at a fight every 3 or so games i'm not going to spend a roster spot on a guy that can fight and be big. especially since most of the 'fights' these days are just guys tackling each other.

also, have you ever been here: http://www.hockeyfights.com/teams/22/fightcard/reg2017

seems like a site up your alley

Nah im not talking about fighting because that's a part of the game which has basically disappeared. Im talking about placing hard checks, pushing and shoving when someone is near your goalie, finishing off checks, laying out to block shots on a consistent basis . I dont consider playing offense to be gritty IMO that word is reserved for defensive play. the word usually used for standing in front of the net is called the greasy area then you could put Schenn in that category because he does it also.

 

[lasgop8]

Ghost scores first tonight

 

[4thstreet]

I'll go with the obvious choice,our pure goal scorer- Gudas

 

[Maverick426h]

Huge game tonight. These are the teams we have to beat to make it into the playoffs. It's our offense vs. their defense here, mostly. They just beat Tampa 4-1, so there will be no taking them lightly.

 

[4thstreet]

2-0 for us after 1, but 19 shots against??not counting the near misses.
got to tighten up the defence

 

[Maverick426h]

2-0 for us after 1, but 19 shots against??not counting the near misses.
got to tighten up the defence

I am more worried about the turnovers and odd man rushes than the actual shots against. Mason has actually had to be really good so far. I don't trust that he can keep this up for the entire game, so we need to keep them to the outside more and not allow the outnumbered chances.

Raffl missed an empty net tap in also, then took a penalty with his frustrations. Glad we got past that.

 

[Maverick426h]

This was so predictable. We can't lean on Mason this much for an entire game and expect him to just steal it for us. It just doesn't happen. Now we're in a terrible position of having zero momentum in a tie game late.

 

[Maverick426h]

That's a big two points, but still very frustrating to give up a point to one of the teams that could steal a playoff spot from us. The way in which we gave up that 2-0 lead in the third was a complete meltdown. It's as if we were killing a penalty for most of the third period.

Mason finally shuts the door on Backes for the win. It seems that shootouts very rarely go 9 rounds, so that was interesting. Also, Jim Jackson said our shootout record was 35-72 entering this one, which is dreadful, so it's nice to finish it off.

 

[awaz]

2 points for Mason
1 point for the bruins
0 points for the rest of the flyers

What a game from Mason. 45 saves plus I think 6 in the shootout. At least 5 of them in the 'outstanding' category.

 

[Maverick426h]

2 points for Mason
1 point for the bruins
0 points for the rest of the flyers

What a game from Mason. 45 saves plus I think 6 in the shootout. At least 5 of them in the 'outstanding' category.

This better be a wake up call though. Outshot 47-21....Are you fucking kidding me!?! We're one of the highest volume shooting teams in the Nhl and they had 26 more than us!? Unacceptable.

Mase can't do this every game. I think we were extremely fortunate to get two points.

 

[awaz]

This better be a wake up call though. Outshot 47-21....Are you fucking kidding me!?! We're one of the highest volume shooting teams in the Nhl and they had 26 more than us!? Unacceptable.

Mase can't do this every game. I think we were extremely fortunate to get two points.

Oh I do too. The rest of the team played well for a total of like 4 minutes. Mase stole the points tonight.

 

[lasgop8]

2 points for Mason
1 point for the bruins
0 points for the rest of the flyers

What a game from Mason. 45 saves plus I think 6 in the shootout. At least 5 of them in the 'outstanding' category.

this^^^^^

 

[lasgop8]

This better be a wake up call though. Outshot 47-21....Are you fucking kidding me!?! We're one of the highest volume shooting teams in the Nhl and they had 26 more than us!? Unacceptable.

Mase can't do this every game. I think we were extremely fortunate to get two points.

and this^^^^^

 

[lasgop8]

In all honesty i think probably around 15 of those shots were just peppered in and they were just getting the puck on net but what a game and shootout for Mase.

We played bad and won this one and we dominated the Rags and lost that one so for this week it evened out.

 

[Maverick426h]

In all honesty i think probably around 15 of those shots were just peppered in and they were just getting the puck on net but what a game and shootout for Mase.

We played bad and won this one and we dominated the Rags and lost that one so for this week it evened out.

Still, that's a season low for us with only 21 shots. We had twice that many in each of the last two games. We won the special teams battle, but choked the game away in the 3rd when we should've been melting it away in their defensive zone.

It is nice to see Mason get an injection of confidence, but I still don't think he can continue to stand on his head for us each and every game. I know it's still early, but giving away a point like that to a team tied with us in points right now could haunt us in the end.

Ottawa, Chicago and Nashville will spank us in the next three games if we don't play better.

 

[lasgop8]

Still, that's a season low for us with only 21 shots. We had twice that many in each of the last two games. We won the special teams battle, but choked the game away in the 3rd when we should've been melting it away in their defensive zone.

It is nice to see Mason get an injection of confidence, but I still don't think he can continue to stand on his head for us each and every game. I know it's still early, but giving away a point like that to a team tied with us in points right now could haunt us in the end.

Ottawa, Chicago and Nashville will spank us in the next three games if we don't play better.

This is true no way Mase plays like that every game nor should he have to. Our team needs more jump from the get go and play a full game once in a while would be helpful also.

I thought Cousins looked pretty good as the 2nd line center again Schenn needs to be more physical. Couts being out hasnt really hurt us so far but i am counting the days until his return.

 

[lasgop8]

Nah im not talking about fighting because that's a part of the game which has basically disappeared. Im talking about placing hard checks, pushing and shoving when someone is near your goalie, finishing off checks, laying out to block shots on a consistent basis . I dont consider playing offense to be gritty IMO that word is reserved for defensive play. the word usually used for standing in front of the net is called the greasy area then you could put Schenn in that category because he does it also.

AWAZ i thought of a player that would be a perfect example of the gritty type player with size that i was trying to explain yesterday. He is right on our bench Ian Laperrier. If Weiss could play that style of game he wouldn't be such a waste.