Comments on: An Early Christmas Present for Caps’ Fans: December Agony in Philly

By: odessa steps magazine

odessa steps magazine — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:46:20 +0000

Imagine how many times we are going to see the Flyers on NBC, now that Comcast bought the network.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:20:23 +0000

Wow, gloating about another team’s misfortunes in December?!? Bold, yet foolish.

By: CapsFan1975

CapsFan1975 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:55:00 +0000

It’s too soon for anyone to give up on Philthy.

Nothing like the Caps playing a team who just fired their coach — as if Philthy needed any more incentive.

Snyder is Anglicization of Schneider which is German for “tailor” and was based on the German root word “schneiden” which means “to cut”. Incidentally, the name “taylor” if, of course, from tailor which was itself derived from an old Anglo-French word, taille, that meant “cut”.

By: Tony Fletcher

Tony Fletcher — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:17:50 +0000

Way to jinx tonight’s game Keeley…

By: Ari

Ari — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:58:33 +0000

Yeah, strikes me as counting some chickens a little too early. The Flyers are still over .500, very much in the playoff picture, and armed with one of the most potent rosters in the league. “Disarray” may be a bit of an overstatement. They’re going through a little bump, much like Pitt did last year – in fact, Pitt’s was much worse. I would hate for Philly fans to be waving this premature eulogy in our faces next Spring.

By: HUTCH

HUTCH — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:50:58 +0000

I do agree that coaching changes mid-season are the catalysts of change in hockey (and the doom of a team in other sports), however if Philly doesnt have the caps-like resurgence this year, I feel they will be out of cup contention for quite some time as they will not have too much in the salary cap to work with. We should not yet sleep on an always dangerous and thuggish Philly squad with thier backs against the wall. Yet, ’tis the season,’ and as a caps fan, i believe in a couple of weeks we will have the gift of an Ovechkin, Backstrom, Semin, Green and Knuble line…..the gift that keeps on giving…all the way to the cup

By: pucksandbooks

pucksandbooks — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:43:01 +0000

Jim,

You make I think a good and important point about what might be termed an inherent imbalance in talent on the Flyers’ roster. For instance, I see a big dropoff in talent and impact on the blueline after the Big Three (Coburn, Timonen, and Pronger). Coburn’s actually regressed a bit, in the minds of many Flyers’ fans. Parent’s perhaps ok, but he sure seems to have plateaued. I also never understood their dealing away Umberger. What a pain he was for the Caps — especially in the ’08 postseason.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:35:50 +0000

If the Flyers have any issues it would be suiting up not one, not two, but THREE enforcers every single night with Lappy, Carcillo, and Asham/Cote providing marginal play aside from the fisticuffs. In a hockey age where a lot of teams have set the enforcer position aside in favor of icing 4 complete lines, it begs the question of how much influence Clarke still has over the GM. Plus, as was mentioned in the article, the Flyers also have a few guys who play like enforcers but are clearly wearing visors…ahem Scott Hartnell ahem. Coaching changes can only do so much if the player leadership is not there or is at odds with itself. Maybe Mike Richards should put head hunting aside and try to score some goals?

By: tim g.

tim g. — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:32:08 +0000

im a flyers fan and i thought that list was pretty funny..

By: Got Stanley?

Got Stanley? — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:41 +0000

Gotta agree – after coaching changes, the Caps in ’07-’08 and the Pens in ’08-’09 turned things around pretty good in both cases. I wouldn’t count the Flyers out just yet.

Now granted, tonight ought to be interesting, since LaVioletter hasn’t had time to really seriously talk to the guys yet let alone have a practice or implement any changes, so we may not see immediate changes. But I wouldn’t laugh at the Flyers yet.