For reasons that aren’t entirely clear, this game has floundered recaplessly for several hours now. Let’s put it out of its misery with several quick bullet shots: For me, this game was entirely about our one-and-only Offensive Dynamo, Danny Syvret. DSOD logged a staggering 14:48 of ice time, which was more than seven of his…
0 – The number of times Brian Boucher has been replaced due to poor play, in his 28 career playoff starts for the Flyers. Boosh? BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH! 588
Via Bob McKenzie of TSN comes the news today that Michael Leighton is on re-entry waivers. As we know, re-entry waivers allow any team in the league to claim a player at half price, and should he be claimed, the Flyers will be on the hook for the other half of his salary. Leighton has…
The injury bug has hit the Buffalo Sabres hard in this playoff series, and as we prepare for the almighty Game 7 tonight at the WFC, there’s quite a bit of news in terms of their roster. According to the Buffalo News, Patrick Kaleta, Jordan Leopold and Mike Grier could be out of the lineup…
The end of the season is here, and on this week’s BSH Radio, we try to make sense of everything that went wrong. From the goaltending to the offense to the defense to Peter Laviolette to everything in between, there’s plenty to talk about this week. Unfortunately, we also spend a good deal of the…
In the last day or two, I’ve been posting some of the findings from the with-or-without-you scripts I put together to look at how pairs of players perform together. Yesterday I questioned the reported lines and in particular the reported decision to put Nodl with Carter and Giroux. Nodl didn’t end up playing on that…
One of the common questions is why we gravitate so strongly to Corsi when evaluating the way the play is going. I wanted to take a quick glance at the Corsi from last night to show how well it matches up with the typical impression of the game. This is a complicated plot, so I’ll…
The Flyers gave up 3.5 goals per game in the playoffs, which is a big part of why their season is over. We’ve had a lot of talk about where to pin the blame — on the goalies, on various defensemen, on the coaching and matchups. This article will be the first of a series…
The first chance didn’t come until 13:23 remaining with the Flyers on the powerplay. Jason Pominville would score the only goal of the game three minutes later, but it wasn’t for a lack of trying that neither team managed a goal. The total chances for the first period was 11-8 in favour of the Flyers,…
“I’m not going to comment on our power play right now, because what I am commenting on is something positive and that’s winning the hockey game.” >> Claude Julien, via the Boston Globe .. and that quote was before Game 7, in which the Bruins power play allowed a goal via the stick of Montreal’s…