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They just keep finding ways to win, I’m not sure what to make of it?
They’ve been a fun team to watch.
They seemed to respond well tonight. The lines all looked ready to go. I was concerned about that. I think we’ve seen enough, they’re going to hang in. They’re not a team that’s just going to up and die at some point. About 1/3 of the way through the season and they’re 4th in the conference with a .635 win percentage.
Your record is your performance. The return of Ristolainen is a very nice upgrade on D going forward. We finally have a date: More than a week and less than a month.
The Flyers already have 8 points in this six game stretch against tough conference opponents. Anything tonight is icing on the cake. The Flyers are playing well, getting enough goals to win games. The Pens are 4-5-3 in their last 12 since a fantastic start.
So, two points out of first place in the Metro, I did not see that happening at any point in the season after Thanksgiving. 😵💫
I expected them to be better this year but not THIS much better. I’m truly impressed.
How bout dem Flyers 🤪
12 goals in their last 3 games. That problem seems solved for the moment. Eight of a possible 10 pts in their last five games during a tough six game stretch against conference rivals.
Looks good for tonight. Jersey played last night too. They won big but gave up 40 shots to offensively challenged BUF. Markstrom and Vladar likely to start. Flyers getting some diversified goal scoring the last two games. I like their chances.
They aren’t a “bad” team, but they aren’t a talented team either. As mentioned, goaltending is a large part of their success to date and in my opinion they are well coached, which can take a less than talented team a lot farther than some people are willing to admit. If you’ve got a team that’s less talented than most, you can have a lot of success by being stingy defensively with your systems play. It’s not fun hockey to watch, but it is a recipe for success in the win column.
What teams are “talented” then? I would say TB and DAL are both more talented than the Flyers but a lot of that talent was out of the lineup and they smoked the Flyers anyway. They did it by playing good team hockey and their remaining talent beat the Flyers. You need both to be an elite team and hopefully win the Cup but there’s maybe a half dozen of those in a 32 team league. A talented and sound team clearly would have beaten the Flyers yesterday. The Islanders? They don’t have much beyond Schaefer, who is clearly a wizard, and Horvat. Heinemann looks good to me as a shotmaker. The first Flyers goal yesterday was hilarious, they bad passed their way up ice and Foerster made a shot. It was one of the ugliest goals you’ll ever see but it counted. The Islanders are the mid-tier bulk of the league.
