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Phantom Pain

Flyers have officially said "NO Moves Today"

Some roster moves is about it

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Phantom Pain wrote:

Flyers have officially said "NO Moves Today"

Some roster moves is about it

nothing was really needed. the have the deepest lines in the league, both forwards and d men. goaltending has been solid and not a lot of cap room to play with. i'm not suprised.

now they just need to harness that talent

The Fixer

BLACK35 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

That was a desultory performance. It's bad when your best player is the guy you just cut and who cleared waivers. :roll:

haha. This team is definitely bored. And a little banged up.

Nice 4 day break should do them well. Toronto is roadkill on Thursday

Please, the Leafs are one of the hottest teams right now and a comment like that after losing to 1 of the worst teams in the NHL, the lowly Senators

can't tell if this post was a joke or not. I am hoping it was.

The Fixer

apparently zherdev will be in the lineup tomorrow night. carcillo and JVR both expected to be scratched with minor injuries.

Phantom Pain

Plans for a new arena in Allentown where the Phantoms will be playing soon

I didn't mind catching a Phantoms game every now and again when they were local

81

rumor has it, there is a game tonight?


and every other night for the next 5 weeks.

so with a march 22nd date looming with the Caps....what's the over under on when stevie shows up to tell us how great the caps are?

i'm going to take the 20th at 4:20pm central time.

Phantom Pain

Holstrom called up

JVR and Carcillo out

Rygar

The Fixer wrote:

BLACK35 wrote:

Please, the Leafs are one of the hottest teams right now and a comment like that after losing to 1 of the worst teams in the NHL, the lowly Senators

can't tell if this post was a joke or not. I am hoping it was.

While funny he has a point (although he too lost to the Senators....)

Phantom Pain

JVR in...Powe Out

Musical Lineup tonight

The flu bug is spreading in the locker room

The Fixer

Phantom Pain wrote:

Holstrom called up

JVR and Carcillo out

whatever happened to that kid that was up for a few games earlier this year? wellwood or something like that (too lazy to look it up)

the toronto announcer is way too excitable. someone needs to tell him the playoffs start in april and it's only march

Johnny Abruzzo

Arrgh, I hate the way this team is playing. So hard to sustain excellence for the 9-freakin month season.

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Funky flyers

The every other night schedule could really benifit them

Phantom Pain

The Fixer wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Holstrom called up

JVR and Carcillo out

whatever happened to that kid that was up for a few games earlier this year? wellwood or something like that (too lazy to look it up)

the toronto announcer is way too excitable. someone needs to tell him the playoffs start in april and it's only march

Give the announcers some slack..the Queefs haven't been this close to the playoffs this late in the season in what 4-5yrs ?

Wellwood probably would be called up if they really get hit with injuries and needed a player for an extended period..I think they are just seeing what Holstrom has right now for a short time while guys are sick

Johnny Abruzzo

It sure looked like the whole team had the flu. Senators and Leafs - 2 losses. Nice job guys. :roll:

Phantom Pain

This team is really playing down to their competition lately

Cruise Control is not an option when there are teams only 5pts back

Phantom Pain

Interesting about February's..

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/fly ... ruary.html



Take a look at the Flyers' month by month record this season:

October: 6-4-1 (13 points)
November: 9-2-3 (21 points)
December: 8-4-1 (17 points)
January: 10-2-0 (20 points)
February: 7-4-1 (15 points)

Does anything stand out? In the short month of February, the Flyers collected just 15 points, their lowest total of any month besides the first month of the season.

Tonight, against Toronto at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers turn the page to March - where they will play a ridiculous 15 games in 29 days.

Somehow, along the way, the Flyers managed to go a span of 27 days without losing by more than one goal and they have not lost back-to-back games since Dec. 20 and 28. They will look to keep that streak alive tonight.

With a 40-16-6 record - strangely 20-8-3 record both at home and on the road - the Flyers are on pace to finish with a 53-21-8 record, which would put them just 4 points shy of a franchise record.

Would you believe that some of the other top teams in franchise history have also struggled through February, which are the dog days of the NHL season?

For top hockey teams, it's apparently human nature to fall asleep at the wheel during the month of February. It’s deep enough into the season to have a cushion in the standings but far enough away from the playoffs that there isn’t a real concern of a free fall.

Here’s the February record of four of the top 10 regular seasons in Flyers history:

1973-74: 6-3-3 (went on to win Stanley Cup)
1974-75: 7-4-2 (went on to win Stanley Cup)
1976-77: 5-3-4 (lost in Semi-Finals)
1986-87: 3-5-1 (lost in Stanley Cup Finals)

The Flyers have 20 games to go. Check out how those teams finished:

1973-74: 15-2-2, 112 points (78 GP), went on to win Stanley Cup
1974-75: 15-1-2, 113 points (80 GP), went on to win Stanley Cup
1976-77: 10-3-4, 112 points (80 GP), lost in semi-finals
1986-87: 9-7-2, 100 points (80 GP), lost in Stanley Cup Finals

For the record: the franchise record holder in points (1975-76 season, 118 points), went 10-0-2 in the month of February. They went on to lose in the Stanley Cup Finals to Montreal. In their other four Stanley Cup Final appearances, the Flyers went 8-3-1 in 1984-85, 7-2-2 in 1979-80, 7-3-2 in 1996-97 and 5-2-0 in 2009-10 in the month of February.

Still, do you think the Flyers were eager to flip the page in the calendar?

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette used the three days in between games this week wisely, putting his team through vigorous on and off-ice workouts to prepare them for the rigors of March, April, May and... June?

Rygar

Rygar wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

BLACK35 wrote:

Please, the Leafs are one of the hottest teams right now and a comment like that after losing to 1 of the worst teams in the NHL, the lowly Senators

can't tell if this post was a joke or not. I am hoping it was.

While funny he has a point (although he too lost to the Senators....)

Lol?

pjhawks

brief Pearl Jam mention in Marcus Hayes' column about the game last night referring to the sickness going around the team.

"It (the flu) made oscillococcinum as precious in the Flyers' dressing room as bootleg Pearl Jam footage" - apparantly some of the boys must be fans and/or they got a copy of a spectrum dvd

The Fixer

The Fixer will be in attendance tomorrow. I'm just the spark this team needs

eeriepadave

well they looked good for the first period :?