National Hockey League 2013-2014

[ryoneo]



Countdown to Laviolette getting canned? I give him until November.

Something is definitely not working. But I can't really blame him. Holmgren did not make the right acquisitions during the off season and it shows. Our defense is too old and slow and they are constantly getting beat to the puck and taking penalties.

 

[jarude]

Well, that was fast... didn't even get to the first week of October.

https://twitter.com/DNFlyers/status/387209321341145088

Frank Seravalli ‏@DNFlyers 4m
Flyers have fired Peter Laviolette, per a source. Replacing him with Craig Berube. Press conference at 11am.

 

[gomestar]

yikes, gone in no time at all.


IMO, it should have been Holmgren getting the boot.

 

[jarude]

Agree 100%. Homer is an absolute joke and easily outclasses Jay "Offer Sheet" Feaster for worst GM in the league. He should've been done after his grand Carter/Richards fiasco failed to pan out.

If Lavy was already in the hot seat before the season started, why wait an entire camp, preseason, and then three games to can him? No one could honestly expect the all-star acquisitions of Gill, Streit, Lecavalier and Mason to suddenly make the Flyers a contending team. If the coach was going to be the first thing to go, it would have made far more sense to release him at the end of last season so a new coach could have an imprint on the team through camp. I don't know how proven Berube is, but I certainly don't see this providing any kind of benefit to the Flyers.

 

[ryoneo]

Damn, I should've taken that November bet.

 

[gomestar]

excellent point on the training camp, though to be fair it doesn't look like training camp helped the Flyers all that much with just 3 goals in 3 games. Holmgren basically had to "do something!" and that was the easiest first step.

i watched parts of Flyers/Canes last night, and Philly looked like they had sand in their skates.

 

[gort]



yikes, gone in no time at all.


IMO, it should have been Holmgren getting the boot.

Holmgren is next. Hextall will be the GM before Christmas I suspect.

 

[gomestar]

between giant contracts and buyouts, how much has Holmgren cost the Flyer's ownership? Gotta be in the $XXMM area.

 

[jarude]

Forget the money; Holmgren should have his name on the Cup under Los Angeles 2012.

 

[gomestar]

haha. "Philadelphia Flyers - LA's AHL affiliate since 2005"

 

[jarude]

LOL Quick. Some Conn Smythe-worthy goaltending right there.

He went full Toskala.

You never go full Toskala.

[VIDEO][/VIDEO]

 

[gomestar]

i couldn't believe that goal when I saw it. next time he touched the puck, the fans razzed him a bit, and he knew he had to take it.

 

[gort]

No, he went full Martin Brodeur:

 

[jarude]

Haha, I remember that. I was going to write brodeur, but that name has HOF connotations as opposed to good ol' Toskala, ha.

That's the absolute worst feeling. I've "only" let in one from centre ice as a kid. Softies from my own corner, on the other hand...

 

[Mark Anthony]

Fun game here last night. Great to see Schneids back, he got a nice standing O at the start of the game.

He and Lou played great. Crowd even gave him a good natured taunt late in the game, and what does he do? Stops Hansen on a breakaway.

Garrison - early contender for the Norris