Cold Blows The Wind - Flyers 5, Hawks 4

And you’re right about the Smallies.. though none of them disgraced themselves and Shaw was close to a Gordie on Debut.. let’s see how they do. I like what i see thus far, that said..

that seeing the Blues 1 point back, seeing Vancouver in front of us, and seeing SCUM possibly overtake us will motivate the guys.

I’d like to think that, but I am not sure it will.

Not ready to say that they should stay in the bigs for life just yet, but I see no reason for any of them to depart just yet either. I’d like to see Hayes get some shifts with Toews or Kane, not an entire game or even at the start, just sneak him in there a couple of times per game

Who else watched the Kane cup winning goal on youtube right after the game ended?

OK, Tomorrow is the start of a brand new winning streak. I am willing to put all of this not playing for 60 minutes, defensive lapses, piss poor passing, and just plain mediocrity aside with a dominating win against the Avalanche.

goodnight all.. let’s reconvene for the Avs tomorrow!

I thought Hoss had a tough game tonight. A lot of trying to carry the puck and then losing it. There was a LOT of that. And there was the lack of coverage on the one goal. He did have an assist, but I just didn’t seem to notice him being that much of a force out there. And maybe I’m spoiled—I expect him to be a FORCE every game.

I expect he’ll be back with a vengeance tomorrow.

With a win tomorrow night the Hawks should be able to regain the WC lead for at least the weekend. I don’t see the Nucks beating the Bruins on Saturday. Who knows, maybe with another strong game against Scum on Sunday will lead to another win and a 3 point lead and a game in hand on the Nucks.

I think they can still pull 16 out of a possible 26 points this month if they can shore up those little defensive lapses.

I couldn’t believe the number of times a saw guys lose an edge or for whatever other reason take a digger for no discernible reason. Seemed like it happened more to the ’Hawks but both teams had issues. What was up with that? Shitty ice?

Ok guys thanks as always for being so hospitable and fun. I am mostly checking out for a few months to tend to my tax business. See you closer to the playoffs and good luck between now and then.

seems most of his wrist shots are missing wide of late. get it on net hoss.

kane’s goal was unbelievable. so was that penalty.

Oddly predictive of the shitty result. Bummer.

Rapidly deteriorating team defense aside, Philly is a good team and sometimes you can play your best game against a good team, and they’ll be just the little bit better.

This loss only matters because it stacks on top of all the other boneheaded, totally avoidable losses to teams that ARENT that good, like the Oilers, or the Flames, and every other second-tier team the Hawks have faced and failed to take 2 points from.

When you leave 2 points on the table against teams you SHOULD have dead to rights, suddenly the games you understandably lost sting that much more.

but atleast we showed some resolve tying it late down two. Bring on the Avs

……saw some fancy dancy skating with the puck. You just can’t coach size.

………still say he is Carcillo lite “same great taste just half the knuckleheadedness”

A Few pointers

1. Bryz showed why he is slumping. 2 of the 4 goals scored against him were soft and should have been saves. (Kane’s Goal & Seabrook’s Goal) Bryzgalov should have seen them and should have stopped them. (PERIOD)

2. Despite the hard play and the Lead Bryzgalov tried to lose the game but the FLYERS refused to let it happened. He better get his ’chit together fast !

3. Shaw showed some grit and some offensive talent.

4. Hayes looked pretty darn good as well. 2 surprising young rookies looking good for the Blackhawks should make the Chicago fans excited.

5. Razor started to show the East – West, pipe to pipe problems that started to appear in Philadelphia in his brief stint here that surfaced again last night.

6. With the loss of Pronger (no fun without the media fanfare with things like puckgate going on to make the love/hate relationship resurface again) and the “left the game injury” of Timonen makes the FLYERS Defense a very young defense and at times (last night showed it) soft defense. Makes people wonder if Paul Holmgren is going to go out and get a rent a player defenseman before trade deadline to help carry them into the post season Stanley Cup Run. Not to mention that forward Jagr has a mild groin pull as well.

7. This time it was JVR 2 & PK 1 (and so the unfair continued comparison of a 1st overall pick over a 2nd overall pick.) This comparison is actually unfair because although I love JVR, He is not a 50 Goal Scorer and probably never will be. Patrick Kane has the skill level to be a 50 goal scorer.

8. It was nice to see Patrick Kane again ! Loved him when he was in Philly. He has definitely developed his game the last few years in Chi’ town. I think allot of people would love to be on the same line as Kane and Teows.

Too bad we only play once or at the most twice a year !

Overall ~ Great game that changed leads a few times.

At least the ending. Giving up a goal in the waning seconds, just like when Johnsson went into witness protection.

I see a lot of complaints about officiating and I’ve really got none. We got thoroughly out worked for a portion of the 2nd period that happened to result in some nice goals for the Flyers. I don’t put much blame on Emery except for I believe it was the 3rd goal that he coughed a rebound into the slot. The others, like McClure said, required post to post saves and they would have been difficult for anyone to make.

Biggest thing for me is getting thoroughly porked in the faceoff circle. Kane and Bolland most notably. Toews had an OK game but not to his usual dominant self at the pivot.

It was an incredibly entertaining game to watch, despite the outcome. If I were a Flyers fan, I wouldn’t beat up, I mean, I’d be worried about Breezy the Universe Master. He looked shaky at best for them last night. They’d be talking about him a lot in Philly today if they’d lost.

but his fight was not one of them.

If a young kid like Shaw, in his first NHL, is known to be a bit of an agitator and pugilist, Q and crew need to have a discussion with him before the game on when having a scrap is acceptable. I know Shaw is just trying to show the Hawks something because his time here is not gauranteed, but to me, the fight was a mark against him.

The Hawks had just scored first in the opposition’s building, and after Shaw got bloodied trying to prove himself, the Wells Fargo center was all amped up having forgotten (temporarily) that they were down a goal. The slight momentum swing didn’t really cost the Hawks, but in this instance, the decision should be questioned regardless of the outcome.

Sweet goal though, kid.

With under 4:00 to go in regulation we had a one goal lead. Philly entered the zone 3 on 4. 4 Hawks were back and in perfect defensive position, yet not one of them moved to check anyone, not even the puck carrier. Despite four men back, the Flyers were able to skate in like it was a 3 on 1 and find a wide open weak side.

It is clear to me that at times, our forwards don’t know what to do on D. We saw it in 2010, last year, and in the last two games.

vs West compared to vs East?

With losses to Bos/Phi and a tilt with the Rags in the future I’m curious how we look should we happen to get anywhere close to getting through the west.

Those top 3 in the East are looking dangerous. Will Boston slow down?

Twitter claims that they’re up, but the link goes to a “404 page not found” site and there’s nothing on the SCH front page.

by now the swelling should be reduced and surgery , if needed, would be done

You are an incorrigible grouch.

Not a single comment on the feast of hockey skill and excitement on display last night. Some of the best hockey I’ve seen this year.