Three Takeaways From Flyers Loss vs. Canadiens

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September 24, 2024

The Philadelphia Flyers took on the Montreal Canadiens of their second preseason recreation, however fell in need of getting within the job finished on the Bell Centre, falling 5-0 within the second of back-to-back video games.

Head coach John Tortorella (who has not been behind the bench throughout each preseason video games up to now) has appropriately emphasised that there should not be an excessive amount of weight assigned to “exhibition” outcomes—whether or not the Flyers win or lose. Nonetheless, these video games do enable followers and coaches to get a greater sense of which gamers look to be constructed for NHL minutes because the Flyers develop nearer to trimming down their coaching camp roster.

Goalie Woes Strike Once more

The Flyers despatched a roster to Montreal that was largely totally different from the group that went right down to Washington D.C. to kick off the preseason video games (except for Bobby Brink and Olle Lycksell), together with a brand new goalie tandem made up of Eetu Makiniemi and Cal Petersen.

Makiniemi is taking part within the Flyers’ coaching camp on knowledgeable try-out supply, and, all issues thought-about, regarded fairly good in his first outing between the pipes. He made quite a lot of saves that stored the Canadiens from taking a lead early within the recreation, and stayed according to the stable kind he is been displaying in camp practices.

Petersen, however, did not fare so properly when he got here into the sport. After a disappointing run of video games final season when he needed to scramble into the NHL roster to again up Sam Ersson, his mere presence on the Flyers roster antagonizes followers—and it wasn’t helped by the truth that all 5 Montreal objectives had been scored on him.

Whereas the Canadiens fielded a a lot stronger roster than the Capitals did, it does make the primary recreation’s pairing of Ivan Fedotov and Carson Bjarnason look much more promising, and provides some readability as to who ought to be the place within the call-up line ought to Ersson or Fedotov be unavailable for the Flyers this upcoming season.

Off Night time For Offense

The forwards for the Flyers could not get issues moving into Montreal (they did have a aim disallowed on a goaltender interference name), which is a bit stunning seeing as how a lot NHL expertise was included for this highway journey. Veterans like Sean Couturier and Scott Laughton had been anticipated to anchor a youthful lineup that included the skills of Bobby Brink (who scored two regulation objectives and one shootout aim in opposition to Washington), Tyson Foerster, and Massimo Rizzo.

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Treating viewers to the spectacular offensive show within the first recreation set expectations reasonably excessive for this one, however this group of forwards simply could not appear to mesh properly sufficient throughout 60 minutes to get objectives on the board.

You Both Have It Or You Do not

With a powerful, aggressive expertise pool for this camp, there actually is not any room for gamers to have common shows on the ice. The Flyers wish to construct a profitable group that may create sustainable success, and that is not going to occur if they permit gamers on the NHL roster that merely aren’t NHL caliber.

If you’re up in opposition to thrilling expertise like Jett Luchanko, Oliver Bonk, Carson Bjarnason, and Matvei Michkov (who transcends adjectives like “thrilling” to veer extra into the “generational” stratosphere), you need to dig deep to discover a new stage of capacity you may not have thought your self able to. When your entrance workplace is as bold and strategic as this present Flyers one is, you’ve gotten little to no room for mediocrity if you wish to be part of these long-term plans.