G and Jake pass too damn much.  When you have an open shot you need to take it instead of waiting for the perfect pass.

 

 

17 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

G and Jake pass too damn much.  When you have an open shot you need to take it instead of waiting for the perfect pass.

 

 

Been saying that about G in particular for like 5 years now. He should have been traded when his value was higher. 

33 minutes ago, Green_Guinness said:

G and Jake pass too damn much.  When you have an open shot you need to take it instead of waiting for the perfect pass.

 

 

The whole team does, and it's been that way for years. 

Tonight's game is so hard to watch, but at least they're finally suppressing shots. Unfortunately they're suppressing shots completely at the expense of any kind of offense.

JvR is on a Fing tear to start the season, another PP goal for him

JVR stays hot! I haven't been the biggest fan of his, but I'm coming around.

Nice deflection by JVR for the PP goal.  And that's what you need to do on a PP, shots on goal with a player standing right in front of the goalie.  Keep it simple.

 

This is the longest Fing game ever

Lmao elliot.

10 minutes ago, devpool said:

This is the longest Fing game ever

Can we blow back-to-back 3rd period leads vs the asshat Bruins?  Well, they just scored again, so looks likely.

I would pay to fight Marchand. 

 

2 goals in 30 seconds for the bruins as the flyers continue their run as the worst 3rd period team in hockey 

Oh hooray, we get a power play

This team is maddening.

0 for 4 vs Bawstohn.  Still a ways to go for this team.

 

Once coots gets back we are beating Boston. Their first line is Fing destroying us, coots eliminates them

5 minutes ago, devpool said:

Once coots gets back we are beating Boston. Their first line is Fing destroying us, coots eliminates them

Meh, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

7 minutes ago, devpool said:

Once coots gets back we are beating Boston. Their first line is Fing destroying us, coots eliminates them

The guy who should be wearing the 'C'.

 

2 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

Meh, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Then don't, but the fact of the matter is coots is a guy that slows down opponents' stars if not neutralizes them completely. Considering Boston's stars were the ones who scored every goal but one in the past two games, you can put two and two together.

I don't get why some of you choose to be so negative all the time. This isn't the eagles, the flyers are a good team with talent. They lost two games to the second best team in hockey while missing their best player and today missing a top 4 defenseman as well. Step away from the ledge

10 hours ago, devpool said:

Then don't, but the fact of the matter is coots is a guy that slows down opponents' stars if not neutralizes them completely. Considering Boston's stars were the ones who scored every goal but one in the past two games, you can put two and two together.

I don't get why some of you choose to be so negative all the time. This isn't the eagles, the flyers are a good team with talent. They lost two games to the second best team in hockey while missing their best player and today missing a top 4 defenseman as well. Step away from the ledge

it's not about being negative, it's about being realistic, besides coots, who is dangerous on this team? giroux, jake,ghost? what have they done? if they dont show up, we are not beating anyone. that's the leaders that's supposed to be your difference makers, they are not. they never been. that's why it took us years to win a playoff series because giroux and jake dont show up.

11 hours ago, devpool said:

Then don't, but the fact of the matter is coots is a guy that slows down opponents' stars if not neutralizes them completely. Considering Boston's stars were the ones who scored every goal but one in the past two games, you can put two and two together.

I don't get why some of you choose to be so negative all the time. This isn't the eagles, the flyers are a good team with talent. They lost two games to the second best team in hockey while missing their best player and today missing a top 4 defenseman as well. Step away from the ledge

I love Coots, and I think he'll definitely make a difference and help this team win games when he returns, but I just think he's only one piece to this puzzle. I think this team's problems run a little deeper than an injured center right now. I'm admittedly cynical, but I'm certainly not anywhere close to being one of the most negative posters on here. In fact, I often push back against the truly negative nancies in here. The fact of the matter is, I came into this season pretty optimistic, and my posts here at the beginning would indicate that. Now, I've certainly cooled off a bit and am tempering expectations, but I haven't given up hope. Keep in mind, though, that we're already almost 1/4 of the way through this shortened season. They need to figure things out pronto.

For as much as I hate simple solutions to complex problems, this team’s issues could be fixed by doing two things:

1. Moving the Fn puck up the GD ice quickly. 
2. Shoot the Fn puck. 
 

Usually their biggest issue defensively is poor positioning but positionally they’ve actually been pretty good this year. The issue is looking for the perfect lane to move the puck through the neutral zone and then the perfect shooting lane. They keep letting perfect get in the way of better. Stop ussy footing around and just do it. 

4 hours ago, toughfighter83 said:

it's not about being negative, it's about being realistic, besides coots, who is dangerous on this team? giroux, jake,ghost? what have they done? if they dont show up, we are not beating anyone. that's the leaders that's supposed to be your difference makers, they are not. they never been. that's why it took us years to win a playoff series because giroux and jake dont show up.

It 100% is about being negative, because being realistic means you actually realize the team is talented and they're currently missing their best player(Selke winner), a good young center, and one of their best d men has been in and out. You know what happens when a team's best player is out? Generally don't look great. Especially when that player is an all-situation defensive machine capable of killing an opponents top players.

You all love to talk about G and jake not showing up when they are second on the team in points right now behind JvR who is playing like a man possessed. They are not flashy players, they never have been. Without them on this team the last few years we would be a Chicago level team, absolutely putrid. 

You're asking what has ghost done in his games back? Are you high? Have you watched a single game this season? Ghost has stabilized the top 4. Last game was rough for both him and provorov, which of course will be the only thing you bring up since it just happened.

Take your "realistic" outlook and cram it. Yeah, it sucks they dropped two winnable games to the second best team in the league. No, it doesn't mean the team is terrible. Anyway that's the last rant since this is all we see after losses, just don't hop back on when the team finds their footing and starts playing well.

 

18 minutes ago, devpool said:

It 100% is about being negative, because being realistic means you actually realize the team is talented and they're currently missing their best player(Selke winner), a good young center, and one of their best d men has been in and out. You know what happens when a team's best player is out? Generally don't look great. Especially when that player is an all-situation defensive machine capable of killing an opponents top players.

You all love to talk about G and jake not showing up when they are second on the team in points right now behind JvR who is playing like a man possessed. They are not flashy players, they never have been. Without them on this team the last few years we would be a Chicago level team, absolutely putrid. 

You're asking what has ghost done in his games back? Are you high? Have you watched a single game this season? Ghost has stabilized the top 4. Last game was rough for both him and provorov, which of course will be the only thing you bring up since it just happened.

Take your "realistic" outlook and cram it. Yeah, it sucks they dropped two winnable games to the second best team in the league. No, it doesn't mean the team is terrible. Anyway that's the last rant since this is all we see after losses, just don't hop back on when the team finds their footing and starts playing well.

 

wow, when you dont answer simple questions and just throw nasty comments at me, it really shows your bias for players in a personal way and not when it comes to hockey because you didnt seem to care when the flyers didnt a win playoff series in 11 years when it was the same team especially when they didnt win a playoff series in the previous years, your response to jake and giroux not showing up in those playoff games, yeah whatever as long as they are here, that's all that matters to me, that's your attitude with losing to bruins, yeah they are blameless, they are greatest passers not goal scorers in the world. like i said, you are not flyers fan, you are a players fan.

 

 

8 minutes ago, toughfighter83 said:

wow, when you dont answer simple questions and just throw nasty comments at me, it really shows your bias for players in a personal way and not when it comes to hockey because you didnt seem to care when the flyers didnt a win playoff series in 11 years when it was the same team especially when they didnt win a playoff series in the previous years, your response to jake and giroux not showing up in those playoff games, yeah whatever as long as they are here, that's all that matters to me, that's your attitude with losing to bruins, yeah they are blameless, they are greatest passers not goal scorers in the world. like i said, you are not flyers fan, you are a players fan.

 

 

Wahhhhhh they don't score 50 goals a season, they just have a lot of assists!! You're not a flyers fan at all constantly trashing the guys who kept us from being a basement dwelling team. Definitely all their fault too, nothing to do with trash goaltending, defense and coaching we had the last decade. Nothing to do with that. I was a flyers fan before those guys showed up, and I've been a flyers fan while they've sucked, and now that they're good again still have to hear people complaining about the guys leading the team in scoring.

21 minutes ago, devpool said:

Wahhhhhh they don't score 50 goals a season, they just have a lot of assists!! You're not a flyers fan at all constantly trashing the guys who kept us from being a basement dwelling team. Definitely all their fault too, nothing to do with trash goaltending, defense and coaching we had the last decade. Nothing to do with that. I was a flyers fan before those guys showed up, and I've been a flyers fan while they've sucked, and now that they're good again still have to hear people complaining about the guys leading the team in scoring.

well, i got news for you, you are going to hear the bashing on the leadership until they win a cup, you dont like it, there's the door because i want to win cup not kissing players butts, it's almost 46 years since they won a cup, im not waiting anymore, so deal with it.

They really need to get coots back to full strength and fix their PK. It has completely killed them against Boston this year and now Washington.