Flyers Head Coach provided updates on Carter Hart and Philippe Myers following last night’s 2-1 defeat to the Boston Bruins.
Carter Hart: Vigneault said that he expects him at practice today, and it was just precautionary to hold him out of last night’s game. He was out due to back spasms, and was listed as day to day. I would presume he will play against the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Philippe Myers: Vigneault said that they are still figuring things out on Myers. Apparently they are still awaiting more on Myers. Of course, there is no timetable for his return yet.
Oskar Lindblom: Lindblom took a heavy hit from Connor Clifton in the third period, and Lindblom sent down the tunnel. It was a late hit, which didn’t seem to look good.
Phil’s got an upper-body injury. I’m going to know a little bit more tomorrow. That’s all I have for now. Carter spasmed up a little bit on the ice this morning, so we were a little precautionary there. He should be fine and be at practice tomorrow. – Alain Vigneault
The Flyers need to respond to these type of hits. This appears to be happening once or twice a week (Lindblom last week/plus this one, and Nolan Patrick last game). If players want to take a run at the stars, then they should be met with some type of fisticuffs.
Team has regressed since last season. Some key players have either been coasting, or are non factors and it shows. Maybe they lost something over time. Worse yet, some of the Flyer’s better players are “freezing up” at crunch time.
It cracks me up that in a poll last year, I believe Flyer fans ranked Claude Giroux, being better than Bob Clarke. Giroux was good, but not even close to Clarke’s 200 foot, all around game and scoring ability. Giroux has never been a dominant player. When it was crunch time, Clarke was always clutch, but not Giroux. Giroux has been a very good player, but a go to guy at crunch time?…..no way. Actually, Voracek and Hayes are much better 200 foot players than Giroux, also, the loss of Sean Couturier has been huge. Had he been on the ice against Boston, the Flyers probably win both Boston games. Gregg Lorenz, Bucks Co.
Anyone who believes G is even close to Clarke should stop watching hockey. Forget about the all around clutch of Mr Clarke which no other Flyer has possessed since, and that includes some very talented players within the last 40 years. Clarke also had talent and would obliterate G even on his passing skills which is Gs best asset. Clarke s passing was better and his vision ranks with the all time best… No doubt!