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Tonight is the night

The Fixer

81 wrote:

Tonight is the night

you watching the edmonton feed? these canadien announcers crack me up. they're full of energy

81

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

Tonight is the night

you watching the edmonton feed? these canadien announcers crack me up. they're full of energy

Yep. I like them.

Johnny Abruzzo

Alright - hold on for the 3rd period. They have been ugly as of late.

The Fixer

not real impressive, but at least the streak is over

eeriepadave

The Fixer wrote:

not real impressive, but at least the streak is over

they were playing Edmonton after all, still no shutout this year though :problem:

81

The Fixer wrote:

not real impressive, but at least the streak is over

I thought philly controlled the game. Id give them a b+ for the night

The Fixer

81 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

not real impressive, but at least the streak is over

I thought philly controlled the game. Id give them a b+ for the night

we must have watched different games. the flyers outshot the oilers 17-1 in the first. the final shots on goal totals were 27-25. So they had 10 shots combined in the 2nd and 3rd. And they gave up too many scoring chances for my liking.

A win's a win, but this one wasn't impressive against a crappy team.

Johnny Abruzzo

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

not real impressive, but at least the streak is over

I thought philly controlled the game. Id give them a b+ for the night

we must have watched different games. the flyers outshot the oilers 17-1 in the first. the final shots on goal totals were 27-25. So they had 10 shots combined in the 2nd and 3rd. And they gave up too many scoring chances for my liking.

A win's a win, but this one wasn't impressive against a crappy team.

I agree with Fixer here. They just happened to be playing a horrible team.

81

they dominated the first period, played well in the second, even tho they did get out shot. and in the third, they were up two goals and playing more defensive.

yes, they still need to improve, but edmonton was never in the game.

The Fixer

81 wrote:

they dominated the first period, played well in the second, even tho they did get out shot. and in the third, they were up two goals and playing more defensive.

yes, they still need to improve, but edmonton was never in the game.

I don't want to make a big deal about this, bu I was just reading the philly papers. Here are some of quotes...


Why, then, was there little joy in the Flyers’ locker room after they snapped a four-game losing streak Tuesday?

Because they were outplayed over the final two periods by an Edmonton team that is now last in the 30-team NHL. The Oilers outshot the Flyers, 24-10, over the final 40 minutes.

Defenseman Chris Pronger was especially critical of the team’s performance, saying the Flyers played "23 or 24 good minutes."

Coach Peter Laviolette didn’t like the final two periods, either.

“We lost our speed and turned the puck over by trying to be too cute,” Laviolette said. “We played a different game in the first period and really took control. They changed their game a bit and started to pressure a little more, so the turnovers happened, but there are a lot of unforced turnovers that we don’t need to make.”

After a dominating first period in which they outshot the visitors, 17-1, the Flyers went into a defensive shell.

“We are not in the position to do that right now _ ever, really,” Laviolette said. “However, certainly coming off some of the games we have played recently, we are looking for a complete 60 minutes.”

81

some people are born negative. i'm not one of them.

maybe i have my rose colored glasses back on, after they finally one a game they were suppose to win.

The Fixer

81 wrote:

some people are born negative. i'm not one of them.

maybe i have my rose colored glasses back on, after they finally one a game they were suppose to win.

big difference between being negative and realistic.

I have no problem admitting that my team played shitty

81

i guess i was just overly happy with getting the W, considering how they have been playing.

good to see ol' danny boy get a goal.

Phantom Pain

Seeing that Chara hit the other night reminded of the night Brad Marsh got hit into the turnbuckle of course with no helmet on

Fast Forward to the 1:04 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPonkCfllQ

The Fixer

Phantom Pain wrote:

Seeing that Chara hit the other night reminded of the night Brad Marsh got hit into the turnbuckle of course with no helmet on

Fast Forward to the 1:04 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPonkCfllQ

it's funny to watch the highlights from the 80's. looks like the players are skating in slow motion.

did you think the chara hit was dirty? I thought it was a good play

Phantom Pain

The Fixer wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Seeing that Chara hit the other night reminded of the night Brad Marsh got hit into the turnbuckle of course with no helmet on

Fast Forward to the 1:04 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPonkCfllQ

it's funny to watch the highlights from the 80's. looks like the players are skating in slow motion.

did you think the chara hit was dirty? I thought it was a good play

I know the game looks so slow like they all have bad skates or very bad ice

I only caught the replay on the NHL Network didn't see it live...without knowing any other circumstances that went on that game I would say it wasn't intentional. Definitely interference but I don't think he purposely tried to take him out to hurt him. Chara is a big boy and strong he could pretty much hurt guys with every hit if he wanted to, but I dont think he meant to on that hit.

fife

The Fixer wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Seeing that Chara hit the other night reminded of the night Brad Marsh got hit into the turnbuckle of course with no helmet on

Fast Forward to the 1:04 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPonkCfllQ

it's funny to watch the highlights from the 80's. looks like the players are skating in slow motion.

did you think the chara hit was dirty? I thought it was a good play

If you look at the replays in slow motion you can actually see Chara direct the player head. just seeing the trainer checking to see if the player had a pulse was maybe the most scary thing i have ever seen.

The Fixer

fife wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Seeing that Chara hit the other night reminded of the night Brad Marsh got hit into the turnbuckle of course with no helmet on

Fast Forward to the 1:04 mark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REPonkCfllQ

it's funny to watch the highlights from the 80's. looks like the players are skating in slow motion.

did you think the chara hit was dirty? I thought it was a good play

If you look at the replays in slow motion you can actually see Chara direct the player head. just seeing the trainer checking to see if the player had a pulse was maybe the most scary thing i have ever seen.

Eh, I don't think it was dirty. Like PP said, chara is so damned big, he could hurt someone on every hit if he wanted to.

Another game vs a crap team -- queefs tonight. hopefully the flyers can put together a solid 60 minutes...it's been a while since that happened.

Phantom Pain

Pronger out Boynton in

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