OPEN THREAD: Florida Panthers at Philadelphia Flyers
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 6:00 PM EDT
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Wasting no time after the close of an uber-intense game on Friday, the Cats head right back to work, this time up the road in Philadelphia for their second meeting of the young season against the Flyers and this guy:
Punk.
With any luck, Comcast has fixed whatever problem it was having locally last night - forcing me to turn to, ahem, other options in order to watch the second half of yesterday's match - allowing me to follow the game on something larger than a jiggly 6"x6" window in the corner of my monitor. Football fans don't have these issues.
We're all aware of the up-and-down nature of the Panthers' season to this point, adding to the frenetic mindset involved in being a fan of this club, but they did show more promise against the Pens than at any time so far. Just who will exit the visitors' dressing room at 7pm is anyone's guess. Slowed defenseman Bryan Allen will get the day off, allowing for the recall of Rochester's Jason Garrison (1g, 4p in six with the Amerks). Panthers' power play remains a sore spot: currently ranked 26th in the NHL.
The Big Question: Can Florida's Steven Reinprecht - he of four goals in his past three games - extend his streak?
Travis at Broad Street Hockey weighs in:
The Flyers haven't played much of this hockey thing in the last week since losing to the Panthers in Florida. With just one game since (and one shootout win), it's hard to get a read on how the Flyers have taken that loss. But despite the defense being the Flyers biggest weakness in that game a week ago, John Stevens has tinkered around with his offense quite a bit over the last seven days.
Arron Asham played on the top line (and looked darn good doing it) against Boston on Thursday night, and for tonight, in an effort to get Simon Gagne out of his early slump -- no goals yet -- he's putting a "French Connection" line together with Gagne, Claude Giroux, and Ian Laperriere. Scott Hartnell is jumping up to play with Asham and Mike Richards.
On defense, the top pairings of Pronger/Matt Carle and Kimmo Timonen/Braydon Coburn will still get a ton of ice time, but Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Danny Syvret played an excellent game together the other night... definitely an encouraging sign.
Overall, the Flyers were real rusty last Saturday after having such a long time off. Tonight, thanks to the game on Thursday, the rust should be gone and they should be a lot sharper.
Be sure to check them out for All Things Flyers. Thanks as always for coming by, kids. Go Cats.
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Most people around here have World Series fever. Tough to blame them.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 24, 2009 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, we saw this last year too. All the tickets are sold, it’s just a matter of people actually going. They don’t want to spend their money when they have Phils merchandise/tickets/face paint/everything to buy.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 24, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I really wasn’t surprised to see it…all eyes are on the ballplayers
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Blah just now leaving Lake Park. Hi all!
by sydarm on Oct 24, 2009 7:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
That’s my other haunt, Syd! Welcome back
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You think? I thought it was clean hit-wise, just a little late.
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by Travis Hughes on Oct 24, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Shoulder looked a bit high…not that I’m biased. After last night’s debacle in Denver, figured they’d be calling that stuff like clockwork
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
yea, I think he needs a chance to play
by The Rat Trick on Oct 24, 2009 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
too few spots, unfortunately. We watch Garrison and Ellerby fight for that last spot, and Kulikov sails in and calls it his own. Sick.
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. However, a bruiser that can actually play would be a good asset right now
by The Rat Trick on Oct 24, 2009 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Would not presume to debate you. None of the Cats are heavyweights, in any case.
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Aaaargh home just in time for Dvoral injury.
Was really te,pted to stop at that ols skewl Dunkin Donuts up on US1……love that oddball place.
GO CATS!!!
did u notice that if tvo had just stayed still hemight have stopped it…. looks like as if he helped it go in by turning back to see where the puck was
Noticed and noted. We’re all so gunshy how can it be helped?
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you implying GMs with 2-5 clubs have other things to do on Saturday nights?
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Panthers have lost any semblance of focus…gonna take a helluva speech by DeBoer to get this one on track
This is gonna be tough. Booth finally breaks out and then this. I fucking hate Mike Richards. If I could cure the earth of AIDS or Mike Richards I would choose Mike Richards.
If consequences dictate the course of action, then it doesn't matter what's right, it's only wrong if you get caught. If consequences dictate the course of action, then I should play God...
wasn’t nerves or frustration on Caber’s part…did what anyone would have done…happens every five minutes
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
dropped the stick – which happened to be in PHI’s path – and scrambled to protect the goal
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Video of the Hit on Booth (in case you missed it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUNPTXkcxOQ
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by ewokofpantherland on Oct 24, 2009 9:12 PM EDT reply actions
Beautiful, ES…was looking for that…big thanks, bud
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Swear Brian Burke was running that club. Nope…he was only inspired by it.
by Donny Rivette on Oct 24, 2009 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Truculence, testosterone and pugnacity
by The Rat Trick on Oct 24, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions
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