2008-09 Flyers Season Thread

[ice grillin you]

hes so bad...thats gonna be the difference in that series...fleury is going to own biron...i see some sick numbers for fleury in that series

[Geowhizzer]

I think this team is in serious trouble.  Shoddy goaltending.  Indifferent defense.  And their play, in crunch time, has been uninspired this season.

No refs.  No biases.  Just this team is not good enough right now.

Pens in five.

[ice grillin you]

the difference btwn biron and lundquvist is so palpable its not even funny

farging have a 3rd period lead in a game where you only need a point and they gag

dogs

[BigEd76]

The Phantoms are moving to Glens Falls NY

[QB Eagles]

The Phantoms are moving to Glens Falls NY

Only 5 hours away from Philly. Was Plattsburgh not available?

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=276844
Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards will undergo surgery on Friday to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, according to the Courier-Post.

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren told the paper that Richards is expected to miss 10-12 weeks for recovery.

Holmgren added that surgery could be necessary on the left shoulder as well, pending the results of an MRI.

24-year-old Richards was leading his team in playoff scoring with five points in six games.

On Tuesday, he was named one of the finalists for the Selke trophy as the NHL's top defensive forward.

[rjs246]

He led the team in playoff points? He was basically invisible. farging awful.

[ice grillin you]

richards was far from invisible...for not being a real scorer he had a decent number of pts...but he was everywhere physically and was good on the penalty kill...he did a ton of stuff well...where he was pathetic was on faceoffs...crosby owned his punk ass...hes gotta get better there


carter was the dog that series...i know hes not nearly as good as malkin but you gotta compare the teams top scorers and in that respect malkin made him look like he belonged back in the juniors

[rjs246]

Those are all fair points. My point really was that Richards is the kind of player that you expect to thrive in the playoffs. In certain ways he did. Killing penalties and laying lumber but he didn't raise his game one iota from how he played during the regular season. I just expect more from the captain.

And farg Jeff Carter. He got absolutely worked in this series.

[ice grillin you]

yeah i agree with that richards definitely didnt step his game up...but outside of timonnen he was the best player on his team and wasnt in the top ten things id bring up when talking about why thye lost

[Seabiscuit36]

Giroux i think played better than the GAWD this series. 

[ice grillin you]

giroux is more flashy and had some amazing plays but he gives up goals because of defense and took some really dumb penalties...no way was he all around better than richards in the series who plays everywhere does everything and has to check crosby most of the series...

im sure if richards could just float around and try to set up goals without any other responsibilities he could do that

[Seabiscuit36]

Flyers reveal more injuries

By ED MORAN
Philadelphia Daily News
morane@phillynews.com

Questions about the play of both Jeff Carter and Mike Richards came up a lot during the Flyers' first-round series loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

It is just being discovered that both were playing hurt. Richards has torn labrums in both shoulders, and yesterday general manager Paul Holmgren revealed that Carter was playing with a separated right shoulder.

"He did it in the third game in a play where he slid into the boards behind the net," Holmgren said. "He continued to play. He won't need surgery. He just needs about 2 weeks rest and then rehab."

Carter was invited to play for Team Canada in the upcoming world championships but he will not participate.

Richards will have his first surgery today, and on Monday, four Flyers will travel to Nashville to have hip injuries examined - Simon Gagne, Darroll Powe, Antero Niittymaki and Randy Jones. Powe has a torn labrum. It is not known if the others will require surgery.

Holmgren said both of Gagne's hips were sore through the end of the season. "We just want to get him checked out," Holmgren said. *

[rjs246]

Boo farging hoo. Losers.

[SD_Eagle5]

and I'm sure the Pens were 100% healthy