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The Ugly
Here’s the real killer (again): blown coverages, a bad line change and a back door goal.
Missed nets on open looks at the net. Passes that went awry when a play needed to be made.
Lost faceoff in the die-or-die 6-on-4 power play late in the third period.
A couple of unforced turnovers proved costly.>SSDD. So much for all the puff pieces over the olympic break how practice time was going to solve their issues. Dvorak is the worst xga/60 player on the team followed closely by Konecny who has the worst CA/60 and these guys are here for 5 more years. Zegras isn’t to far behind and he’s up next for a 5 year extension. Yet everyone else is the defensive problem.
Konecny is pretty much a disaster when he’s not shooting the puck in a high danger chance. Sure he is great at finishing when put in great position, but what else can he do? He doesn’t play well defensively and he’s not great at driving the play. Despite being the best player on the Flyers, he’s a support player on a team full of support players.
“Put (Zegras) at center for a bit, I don’t know if that made him uncomfortable,” Tocchet said before the game. “He just wants to win (and) what’s best for the team, but also we want him to feel comfortable. When he’s comfortable, he’s a good hockey player. … I think he likes playing with that line, he likes playing with (Dvorak).”
Michkov 2 days ago : “I was always playing the right. I was always there. Now I’m playing on the left. It’s a new role. If the coaches see me there, I have to adapt as quick as I can,” PHLY‘s Charlie O’Connor transcribed. He continued, “For me, on the right, I can create a lot more moments. Now I have to switch everything to the left and do the same thing.”
Zegras, brought in to try to fix the gaping hole at center, is playing on wing because it makes him COMFORTABLE. Michkov is extended no such courtesy while the Flyers continue to spin their wheels with no center prospects. Zegras has been looking like ANH Zegras since the new year but my guess is DB, much like he did with Dvorak, will extend him based on the early season returns.
The Flyers have no plan. Jonesy said earlier that their plan was to outspend everyone else in UFA for the elite talent they need and then admitted that plan had failed before FA even started. How did that even qualify as a plan?
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The Ugly
Here’s the real killer (again): blown coverages, a bad line change and a back door goal.
Missed nets on open looks at the net. Passes that went awry when a play needed to be made.
Lost faceoff in the die-or-die 6-on-4 power play late in the third period.
A couple of unforced turnovers proved costly.>SSDD. So much for all the puff pieces over the olympic break how practice time was going to solve their issues. Dvorak is the worst xga/60 player on the team followed closely by Konecny who has the worst CA/60 and these guys are here for 5 more years. Zegras isn’t to far behind and he’s up next for a 5 year extension. Yet everyone else is the defensive problem.
Konecny is pretty much a disaster when he’s not shooting the puck in a high danger chance. Sure he is great at finishing when put in great position, but what else can he do? He doesn’t play well defensively and he’s not great at driving the play. Despite being the best player on the Flyers, he’s a support player on a team full of support players.
“Put (Zegras) at center for a bit, I don’t know if that made him uncomfortable,” Tocchet said before the game. “He just wants to win (and) what’s best for the team, but also we want him to feel comfortable. When he’s comfortable, he’s a good hockey player. … I think he likes playing with that line, he likes playing with (Dvorak).”
Michkov 2 days ago : “I was always playing the right. I was always there. Now I’m playing on the left. It’s a new role. If the coaches see me there, I have to adapt as quick as I can,” PHLY‘s Charlie O’Connor transcribed. He continued, “For me, on the right, I can create a lot more moments. Now I have to switch everything to the left and do the same thing.”
Zegras, brought in to try to fix the gaping hole at center, is playing on wing because it makes him COMFORTABLE. Michkov is extended no such courtesy while the Flyers continue to spin their wheels with no center prospects. Zegras has been looking like ANH Zegras since the new year but my guess is DB, much like he did with Dvorak, will extend him based on the early season returns.
The Flyers have no plan. Jonesy said earlier that their plan was to outspend everyone else in UFA for the elite talent they need and then admitted that plan had failed before FA even started. How did that even qualify as a plan?
odd as zegras has said he is more comfortable at center. Tocchet is just flat out terrible. thinking he was the answer is a disgrace. to think he doesn’t have a grudge against MM is laughable.
there really is very very little hope for this franchise. dem just the facts.
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