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It took longer than expected, but the Philadelphia Flyers won their preseason opener over the New York Islanders, 3-2 at UBS Arena on Sunday
[See the full post at: New Flyers Thoughts: Three Takeaways From Their Preseason Opening Win]
The Flyers did a really important thing last night: They stole two points on the road. Solid 1st, bad 2nd although Grebenkin-Zegras-Michkov warmed a bit after not much in the 1st, and they tied things up late in the 3rd. Once things got to the shootout, I was pretty confident they’d grab point 2. They’re going to steal shootout points with Zegras and Michkov. Goalies were good, Drysdale was surprisingly very good.
The Flyers did a really important thing last night: They stole two points on the road. Solid 1st, bad 2nd although Grebenkin-Zegras-Michkov warmed a bit after not much in the 1st, and they tied things up late in the 3rd. Once things got to the shootout, I was pretty confident they’d grab point 2. They’re going to steal shootout points with Zegras and Michkov. Goalies were good, Drysdale was surprisingly very good.
Huge. It will hold so much relevance and importance once the season starts. They will look at that 1st preseason game as a key critical moment in this upcoming seasons success.
As far as the article itself. Need to stop worrying about zegras and his defensive play. Trying to force him into something he is not will fail. Let him loose offensively so to speak. Not saying he must abandon defensive coverage stop making it the #1 priority. Puts much unneeded pressure on him that wont allow him to play his game.
Let nesbitt hype begin. Will nesbitt end up the better nhl player over the jett?
As far as the article itself. Need to stop worrying about zegras and his defensive play. Trying to force him into something he is not will fail. Let him loose offensively so to speak. Not saying he must abandon defensive coverage stop making it the #1 priority. Puts much unneeded pressure on him that wont allow him to play his game.
Let nesbitt hype begin. Will nesbitt end up the better nhl player over the jett?
When you don’t have the puck, defense is the #1 priority for everybody. Tocchet has said as much. This places him with a significant majority of NHL coaches. Zegras can’t play defense is another mythical narrative created by Negadelphians. It’s not like the future Selke winner’s improvement hasn’t been in the works a while as evidenced in the link below:
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2730031
Nesbitt has looked surprisingly good so far. He plays the position really well, has great reach, good hands. He’s stronger on his skates than he looked in the small sample of tape I saw from last year. He’s going back to Windsor eventually and I would expect he’ll have a huge season there. Jett might still make the team.
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