In case anyone was wondering who exactly is making up the Flyers’ bubble, Fletcher also gave us a quick rundown of who they’ve brought with them to Toronto. We don’t want to put too much pressure on a single game performance, but it’s something worth keeping an eye on. These three are on the lineup bubble, and it stands to reason that a really strong showing could well propel them into the conversation for a regular lineup spot. Also, we’re going to see Shayne Gostisbehere, Mark Friedman, and Egor Zamula dressing for this one. Notes on the lineupĪnd we also got a couple of spoilers on what the lineup’s going to look like today! Vigneault revealed that Hart and Brian Elliott are going to be splitting this game, with Hart playing the first two periods and Elliott the third. We may well see some variance in what the lines look like, and that might not mean that they’re binding, it’s just something to try. At present, Vigneault seems to leaning more towards emphasizing the latter, looking to the big picture and the longer term of needing to figure out just what configuration is going to work the best for them going forward. This has been something of a theme from the coaching staff throughout training camp, but Vigneault reemphasized yesterday that much of the round robin for the Flyers is going to be about striking the proper balance between giving it their all to beat up on their competition to move up in the standings for a better seed and experimenting with lines and pairings to find their most optimal looks for their first round matchup, whatever it may be. So we can still be excited about the possibility of seeing him on the ice during the playoffs, but it would also serve us well to remember that this may not happen for a bit, here. He said the team will be in touch with him this week to discuss their plans going forward for him joining the team, and that figures to be a process, naturally. Lindblom is still in Sweden with his family, resting, and has been for about 10 days. And this still very well could happen! But based on what Fletcher said in this presser, we shouldn’t expect this to be very soon. When the roster for the bubble was released and Oskar Lindblom’s name was on it, everyone was understandably buzzing about the possibility that he could get in for some games during the playoffs. Let’s get this one out of the way as well. It’s easy to wake up for this game because, well, it is a game and we haven’t had one of those in a long time, but the fact that it’s against the Penguins and emotions are set to be running high is an added bonus.īut it’s also important to manage our expectations! There hasn’t been a game played in a long time, and Hart really said it best when he said he expects things to be “sloppy at first.” The team’s going to be getting back into game shape, so if it gets a little weird, it’s not the end of the world. It is a rivalry game after all, and that’s going to keep things interesting, and that was a sentiment echoed by players and coach alike. There’s a lot of excitement brewing as we dive back into hockey and kick things off with the exhibition game today. All of the Flyers news right here at your fingertips.
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Hockey is upon us, folks! The Flyers have their exhibition game against the Penguins on deck this afternoon, and ahead of that, yesterday the league made available Sean Couturier, Carter Hart, Chuck Fletcher, and Alain Vigneault to answer some questions from the media.
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