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I'm flipping back and forth.

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Flyers are playing much better.

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Woo! A playoff hockey fight!!!

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That was so incredibly dumb of Simmonds. I can't get over how insanely stupid that was.

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Flyers got the rough end of that deal..

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Holy shit what a ridiculous way to end this game.

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I wish I knew...the feed sucks and keeps going out

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lol wut??? :freak:freak:freak

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Game one shutout feels good

Just game one though

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Yes there have been. Tonight's game was littered with penalties and i know that isn't the first time

I didn't see any part of the final two periods where the Flyers played better, honestly. Really solid start from the Caps. First was rocky, but it's period one of game one. They fixed it. And by period 3 they seemed completely in control. It's just the first game. But it was a good one.

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I didn't mean than the Caps, I meant they were playing better than they had been earlier in the period. They killed off the 4 minute power play and had some positive offense. Would not have been a confusing comment had you seen when I posted it. I could see how it was confusing to back read it though.

Anyway, Caps played a solid game one. Got the shutout. Only concern would be not generating more offense on the 4 minute power play...and that is not a huge concern.

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Great game by the Caps in all facets. Power Play created great chances. Dominated puck possession on 5v5. Penalty was on point. Played a great physical game. Great way to start the series. Only one down though, 15 more to go

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That makes sense :lol
I was about to say, were we watching the same game?!? :lol

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You're right about the 4 minute power play but I actually thought the pp was surprisingly good other than that. Still their basic look but they had some chances

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Haha yeah, no doubt the Caps were the better team.

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Their power play looked great on all the other attempts. I just wonder why when they had a double power play it seemed a little off. Maybe feeling like you have more time makes you slow down the attack too much? Not sure, but I thought they would score on that for sure.

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Not putting in that dagger on the 4 min PP was not ideal. Though you're right, overall they got great looks on the PP overall.

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Granted, Oshie should have scored on his attempt in front of the net. I think that was on the 4 min

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Caps only gave up 8 shots in periods 2 & 3 #CrazyStat

Wes Johnson is the man http://i.imgur.com/JzbAUyR.jpg

Glad Caps fans stayed classy during the moment for Snider

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Couturier could be a big loss for the Flyers

edit: holy smokes. He's out for the series. Woah

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Hi everyone. Back from my hiatus. I'm not backreading. I feel slightly better now. Being a DC sports fan, I still expect us to blow it. I still love you all.

P.S. One person I don't love is the Flyers fan who sat over my left shoulder tonight but didn't have the guts to wear orange so instead wore a black Eagles pullover with a small Iggles logo on the left chest but also didn't shut up for the whole game.

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Stephen Whyno ‏@SWhyno 1m1 minute ago
Hakstol on Couturier: "We had to go without him for the rest of the game tonight. Won't go any further than that."

I read this as he's still available

Edit: nvm
Flyers Nation
‏@FlyersNation
Tim Panaccio says Sean Couturier has an AC sprain and is done for the season according to #Flyers PGL...

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Anchor dude on CSN just said they got word he is out for the series. Said the info came from csn Philly

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Yeah it's all over twitter. Couturier done for the season

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Too late to edit my post. Just saw this. Holy shit.

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Fucking ESPN spoiled the game score but oh well now I don't have to stay up. Stay sheet shows Mason had to have played solid. Was the Caps defense superb and that's how the Flyers only had 19 shots or did the Flyers just suck?

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Fuck really? He is one of the most underrated players in Philly and the NHL. He should be a perrenial Selke candidate and his offense is starting to get there

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Caps had a bad first but Holtby played well. Final two Caps basically overwhelmed the Flyers, but I didn't necessarily think the Flyers sucked. Mason absolutely played well. He kept the game close until late, really. The Flyers had basically zero offense going for the final 30 minutes.

Yeah, huge loss. Came as a result of an Ovie hit but it wasn't dirty at all and really didn't even seem like much at first

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Wait what happened

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Good result for the Caps tonight.

Both goalies played really good.

Love Tom Wilson all night, right up til and including when he took Simmonds off the ice for the game.

Johannson had the best playoff game I remember him ever having. Great to see.

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I love Wayne Simmonds, but that was the dumbest thing he could have done there. Tom Wilson is nothing but a dumpster fire and should be ignored.

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Exactly what he wants you to think but yeah, stupid for Simmonds to offer himself up like that.

I think Wilson is a great skater, great hands, and a total hustle guy. And yeah, loves to hit and fight.

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Not only that, but he literally took himself out of the game. AND the Flyers were going to go on the PP. It's a 1 goal playoff game with 6 minutes left. You CAN'T be doing that. I'm blown away by how dumb that was.

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Arrived a short time ago at the hotel in Ohio. Listened to the game the whole way through Pennsylvania (how annoyingly long is that state). Sounds like we need to play better defense and that Luongo must have been the weak. Had to listen to the Panthers feed, which blew but was happy just to be able to listen to the game.

Really excited to have maybe stolen game 1. Need to see highlights and read up on the game as I couldn't get a feel between bad announcers, loud trucks and bickering kids.

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It was a worse mistake than the deliberate icing he took a few weeks ago against Columbus that nearly cost the Flyers a playoff spot.

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Not familiar with that one, but it sounds dumb too.

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Flyers were up 2-0 with just under two minutes. Columbus pulled their goalie. Simmonds won a puck battle in Flyers zone and aimed for the empty cage. He missed. It became icing. Columbus won the ensuing faceoff and scored from the point.

Fast forward another thirty seconds and they tied the game. We lost one point and a regulation win because of that dumb play.

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Well I didn't miss much.

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Yeah this was worse, but that's still really fucking stupid too.

I do like Simmonds, though. Dude just needs better situational awareness.

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So this Stars/Wild series is going to be done really quick, eh?

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Guys that start the playoffs with beards are fucking lame. Shave that shit and earn it the next couple months like a man.

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https://twitter.com/washcaps/status/720811485241352192

Claude Giroux doing his best pre-Trotz Ovechkin impression there....also why did Ghost go for a change?

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LA and SJ trading goals late in the second....entertaining

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Shut up, Brohan.

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:thumbsup

always and forever

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Jesus Christ this game.

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Insane last few minutes

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Stunned and stoked the Sharks won but we'll still lose the series.

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And the local didn't even get drafted to the WNBA! She was overlooked big time. They had her as the top available prospect for the second half of the draft and teams kept passing her up.

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not taking anything away from the Caps, they earned the win. but man, the Flyers really did everything they could to lose that game

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There were definitely moments where the Flyers got in their own way, the Simmonds incident being the most obvious one. Really stupid move by him there. I'm not defending Tom Wilson's hit as I think it was dangerous and unnecessary, but Simmonds has to know he can't retaliate like that. I do think Wilson is turning a world class pest. He's too reckless sometimes but he really gets under opponent's skin and causes them to make mistakes. The guy has a little bit of a scoring touch too on occasion.

I do think overall the Caps earned the win and their good play is more the cause of the outcome than the Flyers' bad play. The defense looked really good. Holtby looked sharp but didn't have to work all that hard.

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Watched the highlights of the SJ/LA game this morning. Wow that was crazy. The Isles/Cats was crazy too. Lou gonna Lou again? I mean, it is the playoffs.

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I get what Simmonds was trying to do and appreciate it to a degree. Wilson's hit was reckless, and Simmonds was right to be upset about it. I know I would be. And Simmonds' response wasn't just about that hit in that instance, it was about future hits like that down the road. He was sending a message. I love seeing teammates stand up for each other like that.

Where he went wrong - and many of you have already articulated this - is in the timing. When you're a critical part of your team's offense and PP, you've got to put yourself in a position to help the team at the end of the game. Tangle up with Wilson, say a few words, and then save it for later. And guys, Wilson's a sly guy. I wouldn't be surprised if he was like, "wait, SIMMONDS is coming after me?? If I can get him to go with me right now, he'll be gone the rest of the game..." He knows Simmonds means a helluva lot more to his team in the final minutes of a game than he (Wilson) does to his own team in the same situation.

On a related note, I like Wilson's tenacity, heart, and relative skill level for a guy his size, but dude needs to learn some control when he hits. It's cool to hit hard, but learn to keep the elbows down, feet on the ice, etc. Watch some Matt Martin video or something. It just seems like we're talking about questionable hits by him way more than we should have to.

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Wow, some great games last night - always fun to watch when you have no real vested interest!

Caps played great. Killing 3 penalties in the first period gave them a ton of momentum. Holtby is great to watch (Mason played great as well) that was a good game up until the end when about 17 penalties were handed out. I think this will be a short series without Couturier though.

Figured Dallas would come out of the gate playing solid and they did just that, Wild looked pathetic.

Islanders sure eked that one out, that is going to be a long series.

What on earth happened to LA, I saw them trade a goals in the first but then I feel asleep. Still think LA wins this series but it is going to be longer than I expected.

Odd comment by the Blues coach yesterday saying he wants his team to get at least 70 hits tonight, 70 hits - that is just unrealistic and it means Chicago has the puck WAY too often.

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From an article before last nights game-

Then there’s Simmonds, who trains with Capitals forwards Tom Wilson and Michael Latta during the offseason. Of Wilson, an effective agitator who told reporters earlier this week he hopes Flyers fans “hate our guts,” Simmonds laughed Thursday and replied, “I actually know [Wilson], and I’m pretty sure Flyers will hate him, if they already don’t.”

Amazing hiw these guys are friends until the puck drops then can attack and fight each other during a playoff game.

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Zetterberg said something about that the other night after him and Filppula got into it on the ice. They played together for years and won a cup together but were up in each other's face last night.

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Barbs, can you please explain what is happening here:

https://media.giphy.com/media/m1sl2nGMxHc4w/200w.gif

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curling practice

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they play on ice dude

he's clearly shivering and cold

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Kuzy going hard in the paint. Dude REALLY wanted to win that draw :lol

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:lol:lol

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i agree it was very dumb and Simmonds knows better, but I'm not sure it warranted a roughing call.

that was so bad...

did everything they could do to lose that game? i thought the Flyers played decently well actually all things considered. Not a ton of mistakes. Just couldn't muster up any offense consistently and also couldn't cash in on the early PP's. Other than that the bad play by Voracek in the neutral zone is the only other bad play/mistake I can think of that really contributed to the outcome.

Also like the tone that was set by Schenn at the end of the game with the hit on Alzner. Mason looks confident and was seeing the puck pretty well all night which is good moving fwd.

Coots being out for the rest of the series will hurt the Flyers big time on special teams and on defense but the PK was good enough even without him. Schultz came up huge with some blocked shots during the 4 min pp.

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After last nights game I went home and watched highlights from 2014 Kings/Sharks series to feel better. It just made me more nervous and sad. This is not the same team anymore. :lorraine

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Something about San Jose in the games I've watched this year they seem to be different. I'm still expecting LA to get it cause...it's LA, same with Chicago but SJ doesn't seem to be the team we expect. Maybe that team will still show up.

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they weren't playing playoff hockey IMO

Simmonds was really dumb. Flyers had more than 1 bad turnover, its just that Voracek's was the one that really cost them.

i think they were fairly outclassed last night. sure, they muscled up on the Caps like they do against anyone, but it didn't work. the Caps are a heavy team themselves so i don't see that being effective

big offensive guns were quiet all night too

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Caps were much more physical in the first.. Everyone knew going in this was going to be a physical series. I think a physical series plays slightly into the flyers hands by possibly getting Washington off their game but that remains to be seen.

As far as the offensive guns, the flyers only have one guy over 30 goals on the year and the offense has shown to disappear at times throughout the year, both even strength and on the PP, even in the midst of the teams hot streak. I guess my point is to have a 1 goal game for 57 mins of the game with your offense doing not much of anything vs the most dangerous offensive team in the East is at least something to hang your hat on for the rest of the series.

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Pretty bummed that Girardi is out tomorrow. He was one of the best skaters for the Pens.

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a physical series will not throw the Caps off their game though. physicality is a big part of their game

hey, i'm not saying the Flyers can't turn it around. just going by the eye test though, they didn't look to be in playoff mode in game 1...Caps had the intensity and were much more responsible with the puck

and yea, holding them to 1 goal for 57 minutes on the road is pretty good as well. however, when you rarely threaten to score and your best goal scorer is taking himself off the ice in a 1 goal game just to fight someone, that's not good...

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:lol right?

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:lol But may Tanner Glass play the whole series.

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It's now or never for San Jose this year. There's only so many times they can choke. They do look different and are playing the Kings at their own game.

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I could not disagree with this more

If anything, it will be the opposite

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yup, my thoughts exactly

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How so is your team not the same? Still great coaching, Kopi, Doughty, Quick, tough 4th line, etc. lose of Williams, Voynov? Williams was always a thorn in the side of the Sharks..

San Jose for sure deeper this year. 4 solid centers down the line. Better coaching. Coach has saved Thornton's energy all year by not using him as much on PK and a result he's having a hell of a season.

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Our D is for shit. Williams is HUGE in the playoffs. Brown is invisible I wanna slap him. Gabby is still out. Greene is still out. Lots of young guys on D. I'm not panicking yet. The key to the Kings, which they haven't lost, is resilience.

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and the right guy behind the bench

Sutter is a huge advantage for them against almost anyone

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Can't argue that but I will say that the two things I wish Sutter did more was

1) pull quick quicker when needed
2) don't roll out all 4 lines at crunch time. play your top two.

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i don't watch enough Kings games to see this happen but yea, i HATE when coaches roll 4 lines when trailing late

you're paying your top guys for those exact moments

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Filled out

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Wings are out shouting them again and almost let them score on their 2nd shot again. I just don't get it.

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:thumbsup
yeah, Lightening have some fire in them.

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Loved Larkin's hit on Drouin.

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This team is so bad. Let me shoot from the faceoff dot with no one in front and hope the 6'7" goalie won't make the save. 15 shots sounds like a lot both most are ones I could stop and it feels like Tampa is dominating cause most of their shots are good scoring chances. I don't know how you improve this team cause both the offense and defense is struggling.

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Too bad Kucherov is killing the Wings so far. Lot of hockey left, though, right?!

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Please tell me this was on purpose :lol

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:lol I didn't even notice this. Not on purpose just typing fast and half asleep.

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That's exactly how our favorite mistake maker spells Lightning every team :lol

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:lol

The Hawks or Blues gonna score this series? No goals in regulation yet.

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:lol:lol love it. Hope he knows I wasn't poking fun as I don't want a stick to my face.

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barbs did you try to cville sign up? jrs was able to fill it out.

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NHL Thread C-Ville sign up sheet (you don't have to put phone # if you don't want.)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing

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:lol :lol

Just tried still nothing. Surely it's just because I'm on mobile. Sorry I literally never even turn my laptop on anymore. I'll make it happen very soon, mega super promise

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All good. I obviously know you're good either way and this idea was more for us to see who is going. I know a few more in here were talking about, but I don't remember who.

Chris mentioned it in another thread but I don't think it's 100% yet.

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Hawks getting robbed on their chances during this PP!

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Great play by Johnson and Killorn. Time to close it out boys.

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Guessing Rozsival doesn't see the ice for a very long time.

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Fuck!!!!!!!

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I'm out. Got a new job in Dallas, so I'm moving that week/weekend now.

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Yikes, just saw the replay.

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holy shit, what! Congratulations! Still with the airline or something different?