Howie58 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Greetings: We are the favorite, but Ottawa is improving and our performance on the road has been lacking: https://pickdawgz.com/nhl-picks/2019/12/21/ottawa-senators-vs-philadelphia-flyers-12/21/19-nhl-pick-odds-and-prediction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intheslot Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 PROJECTED STARTING LINEUPS (subject to change, will be updated)FLYERS28 Claude Giroux - 14 Sean Couturier - 11 Travis Konecny25 James van Riemsdyk - 13 Kevin Hayes - 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel18 Tyler Pitlick - 48 Morgan Frost - 93 Jakub Voracek10 Andy Andreoff - 24 Mikhail Vorobyev - 44 Chris Stewart9 Ivan Provorov - 15 Matt Niskanen6 Travis Sanheim - 61 Justin Braun53 Shayne Gostisbehere - 5 Phil Myers79 Carter Hart37 Brian ElliottPower Play 1: Giroux, Couturier, JVR, Konecny, Provorov.Power Play 2: Frost, Hayes, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Niskanen.Scratches: 8 Robert Hägg (healthy), 44 Chris Stewart (healthy).NHL Suspension: 49 Joel Farabee (game 3 of 3).IR: 21 Scott Laughton (groin)LTIR: 55 Sam Morin (torn ACL, out for season), 23 Oskar Lindblom (Ewing sarcoma, out for season), 12 Michael Raffl (broken right pinky finger), 19 Nolan Patrick (migraines)SENATORS7 Brady Tkachuk - 44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau - 28 Connor Brown90 Vladislav Namestnikov - 51 Artem Anisimov - 63 Tyler Ennis13 Nick Paul - 71 Chris Tierney - 10 Anthony Duclair21 Logan Brown - 64 J.C. Beaudin - 36 Colin White 72 Thomas Chabot - 29 Cody Goloubef74 Mark Borowiecki - 26 Erik Brannström39 Andreas Englund -- 27 Max Lajoie41 Craig Anderson35 Marcus HögbergPower Play 1: Tkachuk, Pageau, Brown, Duclair, ChabotPower Play 2: Namestnikov, Anisimov, Ennis, White, BrannströmScratches: 29 Cody Galoubef (healthy), 89 Mikkel Boedker (healthy), 81 Ron Hainsey (knee)IR: 2 Dylan DeMelo (broken finger), 22 Nikita Zaitsev (foot), 31 Anders Nilsson (concussion), 49 Scott Sabourin (broken nose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachX Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Nice to see Stewart in the lineup. Excellent time for a little street justice PUNISH THAT ASS! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, CoachX said: Nice to see Stewart in the lineup. Excellent time for a little street justice PUNISH THAT ASS! They should have dressed Tyrell Goulbourne. Oh wait that's right he bombed. Thanks Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 3 hours ago, OccamsRazor said: They should have dressed Tyrell Goulbourne. Oh wait that's right he bombed. Thanks Ron! Goulborne? Hextall? LOL...that's got Homer written all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Holy Christ JVR has horseshoes up his ass...we'll take it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Friggin Tyler Ennis are you kidding me why does that shrimp score vs the Flyers every time they play him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Wow. Coots and Moose win it in OT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Has JVR came alive now? He leads the team in goals now right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 What a game by NAK.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 This was ugly but it is two points. Moose kept them in it during the first and held the fort in OT and SO. The Ottawa coach looks like he should be auditioning for "On the Waterfront" or a "Green Book" sequel. All while chewing gum like a savage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) Flyers win No. 20 of the season on Dec. 21. In 2018-19, the Flyers notched their 20th victory on Jan. 28. JVR has eight goals in the last 11 games after netting only four in the first 25 games. Last season, from Jan. 10 to March 21, the Flyers went 21-8-2 as van Riemsdyk scored 20 goals in those 31 games. Edited December 22, 2019 by OccamsRazor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 NAK belongs on this team if he keeps playing like that. Great forecheck by Frost on the 3rd goal. I thought they were toast after going down 3-2. When was the last time anyone saw JVR move as fast as he did on his 2nd goal? That's the frustrating part...you know he can do it, he just doesn't for the most part. We should have scored on 4 or 5 occasions in OT. Elliot kept us in that one. His save percentage and GAA might not be great in that one but he made a lot of good saves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: When was the last time anyone saw JVR move as fast as he did on his 2nd goal? You have been motivating him. He has not been pleased with your posts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegionOfDoom Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I know AV's been great, but to put N.AK on the second line RW, I never saw him doing that. Pleasantly surprised by his coaching. Where's Frank Seravalli's 600k overpay for Kevin Hayes? Chuck Fletcher has been looking like he's known a thing or two on his GMing' and hoping his pieces will work with what the team needs were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 And I think we can put to rest the idea that dressing a goon puts the fear of God into your opposition and prevents them from targeting your talented players. Sorry Stewie...your NHL career is over. What a waste of 6 degrees of Minnesota franchise building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, LegionOfDoom said: I know AV's been great, but to put N.AK on the second line RW, I never saw him doing that. Only 5 forwards had more ice time than NAK. G, TK, Coots, JVR and Hayes. I thg think the kid will stick around. His 5 on 5 play and PK ability will find a spot for him.... @CoachX ain't going to like that but he'll come around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Last year this team would have probably deflated after the tie and subsequent falling behind. They persisted. JVR may look slower than he really is. He is so big that his strides may seem slower. That said, he is a streaky dude and when he's on, he's on. Another puzzle is what happens when Raffl returns? And what about Patrick...though probability seems slimmer with every game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OccamsRazor Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Howie58 said: Another puzzle is what happens when Raffl returns? Good problems to have I say Joel should be back next game vs Rangers. When Raffl is ready Giroux-Coots-TK JVR-Hayes-Farabee Pitlick-Frost-Jake Andreoff-Raffl-NAK Then when Laughton is ready... Giroux-Coots-TK JVR-Hayes-Farabee Laughton-Frost-Jake Pitlick-Raffl-NAK Then when Patrick comes...nevermind... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 15 hours ago, Howie58 said: This was ugly but it is two points. Moose kept them in it during the first and held the fort in OT and SO. The Ottawa coach looks like he should be auditioning for "On the Waterfront" or a "Green Book" sequel. All while chewing gum like a savage. Lol, I don't even understand any of this - haven't seen Green Book and too young for the first - but man is that funny nevertheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer4ever Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 8 hours ago, flyercanuck said: And I think we can put to rest the idea that dressing a goon puts the fear of God into your opposition and prevents them from targeting your talented players. Sorry Stewie...your NHL career is over. What a waste of 6 degrees of Minnesota franchise building. Nobody in the league is afraid anymore. The linesmen babysit all the little rats. However, December in Ottawa has no similarities to Washington in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 1 minute ago, flyer4ever said: Nobody in the league is afraid anymore. The linesmen babysit all the little rats. However, December in Ottawa has no similarities to Washington in May. Sure. But you can't employ goons in the playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 4 hours ago, OccamsRazor said: Good problems to have I say Joel should be back next game vs Rangers. When Raffl is ready Giroux-Coots-TK JVR-Hayes-Farabee Pitlick-Frost-Jake Andreoff-Raffl-NAK Then when Laughton is ready... Giroux-Coots-TK JVR-Hayes-Farabee Laughton-Frost-Jake Pitlick-Raffl-NAK Then when Patrick comes...nevermind... Id rather have NAK on the second line RW, put Farabee on third line LW with Frost and Jake. Laughts, Clitlick and Raffl on 4th line. Farabee will probably score more on his natural wing and by going up against lesser competition. We can roll 4 pretty good lines. If Patrick comes back, Frost can go to LV and get big minutes and then maybe next year we move Patrick to RW so Frost can play center. If in the offseason we know that Lindblom is coming back we can trade JVR especially if he continues scoring for the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer4ever Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, flyercanuck said: Sure. But you can't employ goons in the playoffs. agreed, you can't give up line up spots, but the last 2 cup finals all 4 teams played heavy big boy hockey. Current Flyer line up is not ready to compete like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howie58 Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 6 hours ago, Podein25 said: Lol, I don't even understand any of this - haven't seen Green Book and too young for the first - but man is that funny nevertheless. Pods: Viggo Mortenson...the enforcer type: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgbNVbIaEs Or Marlon Brando....that coach looks a little like he will knock the crap out of someone who doesn't play up to par. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBiewQrpBBA&t=11s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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