The before and after referring to Gritty presumably
Are you at the game today?Seen on Michigan Ave today:
Yep, I guess the Flyers should just tank the season for the hope of pulling a better draft pick. With Hextall/Hakstol in charge on October 1, I can't imagine a worse way to welcome Carter Hart to the league than to have him backstopping a lethargic, uninspired Flyers squad (essentially mirroring Dave Hakstol's approach). So I guess their take is that the Flyers should have continued to trot out Calvin Pickard's 4.01 GAA or Neuvirth's 4.26 GAA. Maybe Mike McKenna - an Ottawa castoff - who also sports a GAA in the 4s. How about enjoying the surprising, early success of a potential phenom goaltender (with the most potential since Bobrovsky or Pelle Lindbergh) and laying the foundation for next year? Fuck me, sports journalism is the worst.24. Philadelphia Flyers (LW: 31)" style="margin-bottom: 1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">24. Philadelphia Flyers (LW: 31)
I almost wrote about the seven-game winning streak for 31 Takes yesterday but I didn’t really want to hammer the fact that they’re still seven points out of a playoff spot that much. Like, it’s nice to win I guess but no one’s opinion of this team should have changed that much.
The time to make Carter Hart the No. 1 goalie was Oct. 1, and doing it now is only hurting their draft position. Maybe they don’t care about that, but it feels like they should because as good as Hart is and will be, sneaking into the playoffs isn’t going to accomplish anything (more on that tomorrow).
This is an excellent point that I hadn't really focused mostly because the Metro/Wild Card playoff battle is going to be tough down the stretch. Flyers are 5 points out of the WC, but the Blue Jackets have 2 games in hand. But I totally agree, and teams can even be marginal and ride a hot goalie for multiple rounds.Sneaking into playoffs means something in the NHL. Teams that are just pretty good ride hot streaks to the fucking finals! This happens almost regularly. What a bad take.
I think so - 2014?Didn't LA win it as an 8 not that long ago?
Lindbergh should be 2 instead of Hextall.
I would put him there too, but Hextall does have the longevity and the 2 Finals appearances. He wasn;t any good in 1997 though so I will defer to you.
Maybe more than that. They were still great in 85-86. Froese was great in the regular season though. WHo knows?!?!?If Lindbergh didn’t go drunk driving and try to play Porsche vs Stone Wall, he has two Finals appearances not Hexy.