Coach's Kid - Captain Cooked - Michkov
Plexiglass Punisher - High End Talent - Mr. October
Farabeen - Rent-A-Center - Alky's Son
200 Feet - Culture Warrior - Hathaway
York - No Neck
A Flyer - Drysdale
Translator - Bermuda Defender
Sammy Swiss
Ivan Lenintov
For the record, I don't think Michkov is being insincere about wanting to be a Flyer.
Philly is a huge market and the Flyers are a storied hockey team.
This is his opportunity to carve out his own legacy.
He isn't the next Ovechkin.
He's the first Michkov.
Going after Cuomo exclusively for the nursing story is a way to cover up what really happened.
6 Democrat governors adopted the same policy, and likely caused similar death tolls.
Effectively a genocide in the name of doing political damage to Donald Trump.
Another beautiful hold up play that's all possible because he receives a bouncing puck perfectly. He then sends a perfect pass for a tired Frost/Tippett 2 on 1 which doesn't get finished.
Leaving the organization because of a coach (if that even is the reason) is such a corny excuse. Philadelphia doesn't like soft and entitled and that is what this situation screams to me.
Torts on Michkov: "The Mad Russian for whom the team is being built."
Torts on Drysdale: "Reminiscent of Erik Karlsson."
Torts on William: "Indistinguishable from a hole in the wall."
#Flyers
HC John Tortorella on Jamie Drysdale:
“he has the mannerisms of [Erik] Karlsson… I just think he sits on the ice like a Karlsson.”
“From where we are as a team, and where he is as a player, it’s absolute perfect timing.”
Writers: "Jett Luchanko had a strong performance at the Combine."
Derek: "Oh, I bet he did. Let me go check these results. I'm sure."
/checks the results.
Jett Luchanko at the Combine:
Trump: "Pretty sure this virus came from a lab in China."
Conservative media: "What a nut. Can't believe we have to defend this bumbling fool."
/12 months later
DeSantis: "The virus most likely came from a lab in China."
Conservative media: "OMG HE IS JUST SO SMART! HOLD ME!"
Kinda amazing that it took Trump on a brand new podcast with Lisa Boothe to point out that the Keystone Pipeline going up in smoke benefits Warren Buffet, liberal billionaire and giant Biden supporter.
Legitimately the first time I've heard that brought up.
Raffensperger in December: "It's so weird, mom. The conspiracy theorists think Georgia was flooded with mail-in ballots that lack chain of custody documents. That's nuts!"
Raffensperger, June: "HOLY SHIT, THERE'S NO CHAIN OF CUSTODY DOCUMENTS! THIS CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!"
Cutter Gauthier was the 1C for a gold medal winning Team USA, and voted as the best forward at the WJC.
It had absolutely nothing to do with his shot since he only scored 2 goals in 7 games.
I could not imagine a better tournament for projecting future NHL upside as a center.
As the brilliant
@2Whatever3nd
pointed out to me, Michkov's face when Montreal selected Reinbacher says it all.
He knew where he was going and he perked up.
For the record, I don't think Michkov is being insincere about wanting to be a Flyer.
Philly is a huge market and the Flyers are a storied hockey team.
This is his opportunity to carve out his own legacy.
He isn't the next Ovechkin.
He's the first Michkov.
California’s Secretary of State has rejected nearly 20% of all the signatures gathered thus far to force a recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom, according to figures released on Monday.
We just had a third world election.
Our beautiful cities have fallen to ash and ruin.
Our economy is stuck in grinding stagnation.
Our border is wide open, and people are pouring through at unimaginable, record rates.
BUT DON'T WORRY
MARJORIE WILL KNOW THAT HYPERBOLE IS BAD
Marjorie is wrong, and her intentional decision to compare the horrors of the Holocaust with wearing masks is appalling.
Let me be clear: the House Republican Conference condemns this language.
My full statement:
Nah, really. This kid eats crap from fans. He eats crap from his coach. Half of his front office is skeptical of his existence. They sat him between releases of good Star Wars movies.
Still keeps on coming.
It's impossible not to respect that.
A little self assessment with Cutter’s drama…
I respect the hell out of Morgan Frost. Since day 1, 50% of fans destroyed him and the other praised. Civil war, nonstop
The kid has been put through a GRIND & still gives everything for this logo🫡
#Flyers
#LetsGoFlyers
Not so long ago, this country had people Kyle's age "wielding a deadly weapon" while trying not to step on IEDs because people like David French told them that Kabul was vital to national security or some bullshit like that.
God forbid they defend Kenosha instead of Khandahar.
The movement to make a hero out of Kyle Rittenhouse is both ridiculous and dangerous. He was a foolish kid wielding a deadly weapon.
But even foolish kids have a right of self-defense. Based on the evidence, acquittal is reasonable. Validation is not:
Alexander Nikishin: "Record setting KHL production for a U-23 defenseman, best defensive prospect 🤩"
Danila Yurov: "Electric D+2 season! Future star 🤩"
Matvei Michkov: "Well, you know, the KHL ain't what it used to be. Mickey league. Do it in juniors like the real prospects."
If I were in Ukraine, this would be a very big deal.
Because I'm not in Ukraine, this is utterly meaningless to me.
So no, I won't pretend Biden is a wartime President whom we need to rally behind.
I think Drysdale is an elite talent that needed time to translate to the NHL, which his injury slowed down.
Brad Shaw will almost surely turn him into a fucking mythical creature.
If Cutter doesn't want to be here, then the Flyers got good value for him
Fear mongering over Michkov "not coming over even after his contract ends" has now become fear mongering about Michkov and Torts.
Torts has spent the last 2 years crying... genuinely breaking down... at the fact that his team doesn't make enough plays with the puck.
I am glad that Michkov is coming over and he gets to play under Torts. This could be a very interesting "marriage". Torts will not like the way Michkov plays away from the puck right now - guaranteed. But he also knows that if he benches the "Great Russian Hope" he will be
Slafkovsky in MTL is like the opposite of Bedard in CHI lol.
Feels like everyone is legally obligated to provide Bedard with as many pucks off the pass as they can possibly give. (For good reason)
With Slafkovsky? The entire Habs roster has a pact to never see this kid 😂
It is impressive that Michkov is producing in the KHL at 19 but we need to keep in perspective just how watered down the KHL is today. It is at about AHL level in terms of competition.
Here is the first line of Sochi's opponents today:
If you ask us, we wouldn't trade Morgan Frost away unless it's an overpriced offer. The Flyers are in the situation in which they can play him as a 2C. He's also playing at that level since 2023. Frost has great contract as well. No reason to trade him in our opinion.
Remember when we skipped foreign policy at the Presidential debates, because we wanted to hear more about which President would "crush a virus" or "stop all racism everywhere"?
I guess it's a really good thing there isn't a foreign policy crisis going on right now, huh?
The UK is keeping “under close review” the situation at its embassy in Ukraine after US announced it will reduce 🇺🇸staff + withdraw families.
@FCDOGovUK
said: “The safety & security of our staff & 🇬🇧 nationals is our top priority. We are keeping the situation under close review”
I can't tell if this looks worse for William or his agents.
Are they trying to make NHL teams stop drafting college players? Because they're putting forth a great argument for that
"No, Derek, it's okay, Jett Luchanko had a strong combine!"
"A strong combine?! Oh, I bet. Bet he placed top 10 in a single event. Good for him. Let me see which one it was. I'm checking these results..."
Jett Luchanko at the Combine:
I'm going to make a thread about this play:
You know the one. Because it's infuriating as hell. But I also think it holds the key to an interesting (and optimistic) possibility.
No, please, Flyers fans must understand.
Michkov being an anomalous talent is not something that Flyers fans made up
He was on the radar in the prospect world as early as 2020. He was the youngest Russian ever to play in the MHL at 15
He has set records everywhere he's played
I mean. Sure. That's a lot of it.
But we had a ruleset conducive to massive fraud. We increased mail-in ballots by over tenfold, and the rejection rates went DOWN by a similar factor.
That's enough for the US State Department to declare fraud in other countries. Why not here?
I think when most GOP voters say the 2020 election was rigged, they're referring to the general sense that Trump was ill-treated over the course of his presidency (Russiagate, impeachment, media bias, censorship, etc.) more so than to any specific claims of literal election fraud
True: some Philadelphia fans went totally over the top about the whole thing. And they're probably insane people either way. Insane people do insane things.
Also true: William went about his trade request like a spoiled, petulant child who was desperate to engineer a spectacle
Cutter Gauthier told me the noise has died down after he refused to play for the Flyers and they traded him to the Ducks.
Boston College coach Greg Brown said fans in Flyers jerseys were coming to Gauthier's NCAA games at the height of the mania.
From my ESPN story:
A) Did he say something different elsewhere in the town hall? Yes, just minutes before: “We came into office, there was only 50 million doses that were available.” That’s a clue he knows the vaccine was created when he became president.
William may never have said why he didn't want the Flyers, but he absolutely said why the Flyers shouldn't want him, lol.
Clear as day that he's got way too much of an ego to be coachable and maximize his potential.
So, who cares about his reasons? He gave the org an out.
"Kyle Rittenhouse was so WRONG to defend property! Oh Em Gee!"
"Property in the Capitol Building must be defended, even if it means shooting people in the head!!! Property destruction is an insurrection!!!"
Same. Damn. People.
A lot of the "shit on Zegras" crowd insists that Konecny is high-end talent.
So, context:
Trevor Zegras, age 20: 61 points in 75 games.
Trevor Zegras, age 21: 65 points in 81 games.
Travis Konecny, age 20: 47 points in 81 games
Travis Konecny, age 21: 49 points in 82 games
Staffer: "Mr. President. We must look strong after that embarrassing day with China yesterday."
Biden: "Come on, man! I got this!"
Biden, 5 minutes later:
Some Ducks people I follow were saying that you "can tell what Flyers fans haven't watched Anaheim by who's calling Drysdale a PPQB"
Meanwhile he gets to Philly and impacts a PP more than I thought 90% of defenseman even could
Have you heard about the Russian factor with Ivan Demidov?
It's real. He has posters of Putin hanging in his room, sources say. He is a problem (on the ice)! His contract may or may not run for 3 decades.
He must fall... TO THE FLYERS
I agreed with the Elite Prospects assessment that Michkov would look better when he was playing with NHL teammates
So rookie games may not actually be his ideal environment
Here's the thing... if we're going up from THAT?
Watch out.
California is trying to tell me that the rate of fraud for a recall petition is somehow 10x greater than the rate of fraud for mail-in voting in a Presidential election.
So you're telling me that 20% of all the signatures in a petition to recall Newsome were invalid
But there's NO WAY that 2% of the signatures in Arizona for a PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION were possibly invalid but allowed anyway?
I straight up didn't think he had this in him. I knew he could rip it.
I didn't know he could adjust his mechanics this much to one time a pass on the rush.
That's some high level shit
They're so desperate for political capital that they called CNN to give a sitting President a Town Hall only month into their term.
Ladies and gentlemen, the most popular POTUS ever! 😉
As promised, my piece on Luchanko is finished!
I think we all know why the Flyers might not have gone in this direction.
So, I spent the better part of 4,000 words explaining why they DID.
Or maybe people aren't stupid.
Maybe people believe that a total lack of transparency around a completely new rule system that is far more susceptible to fraud... means people don't want to visit the very real possibility of fraud.
But go ahead. Blame Trump in the name of unity
Summary of recent polls of how many Republicans believe the election was stolen from Donald Trump:
USA Today/Suffolk: 73%
Quinnipiac 76%
Gallup 83%
CNN 75%
Monmouth 72%
Fox News 68%
These numbers are a barrier to any unity in the country, and this was all cultivated by Trump.
Rovers I'd consider in the NHL right now:
Cale Makar. Roman Josi. Zach Werenski. Erik Karlsson. Quinn Hughes.
It's a pretty special, individual style with a little bit of a sliding scale as far as how good they are.
I think Jamie absolutely has the ability to be the next.
John Tortorella on Jamie Drysdale:
"He's a candidate to be a rover. Not just a defenseman, a rover."
Is Drysdale the next Paul Coffey? Man the league hasn't seen a defenseman like Coffey in forever.
#Flyers
Michkov has arrived nearly 2 months before training camp, and immediately wanted to hit the ice after 24 hours of travel.
When he heard that wasn't possible, he settled for a workout and the shooting room.
If Torts doesn't love this kid, he is not actually Torts.
Michkov will be here almost 2 months before training camp. Because he knows he needs time to adjust his life now that he's in America.
For anyone who doesn't know Tortorella, things like that mean way more than defensive acumen.
Sounds like
@NHLFlyers
goalie Carter Hart is going to miss time with his mid-body injury. How much time, is still unsure. The team is hopeful it’s closer to 2-3 weeks than 4–6 weeks.
Expect the team to call up Cal Petersen to join Sam Ersson on the roster.
#LetsGoFlyers
Morgan Frost carrying the Flyers through the gauntlet as a 1C has been a wild development.
I don't think he'll reach that ceiling, but there's some Robert Thomas in his game
Corey Pronman is worried about Michkov at even strength because he didn't make SKA.
15 of his 19 KHL goals came at even strength, and he played on PP2 for the majority of the year
I mean, you get paid to provide analysis. Can I suggest not being catastrophically blind to facts?
Bizarrely, President Biden has still not spoken — not even once — with the Ukrainian President Zelensky. This while Russia is escalating and menacing Ukraine.
Michkov will be here almost 2 months before training camp. Because he knows he needs time to adjust his life now that he's in America.
For anyone who doesn't know Tortorella, things like that mean way more than defensive acumen.
Imagine having to issue public explainer statements after you raid someone 😂😂
That is not usually how this works, and the reversed paradigm is absolutely hysterical.
NEW statement from the FBI following inquiries about former president Donald Trump's passports:
"In executing search warrants, the FBI follows search and seizure procedures ordered by courts, then returns items that do not need to be retained for law enforcement purposes."
Update with larger sample:
61% xG share. (3rd, Robo and McDavid)
66.67% HDC share. (4th, them+Hyman)
62.5% goal share. (11th)
2.02 5v5 points per 60 (22nd)
1.15 5v5 primary assists per 60. (11th)
Among the best 5v5 players in the NHL since he's gotten any latitude.
Morgan Frost since The Chat with Torts (Jan 6th):
11 points (T-13th in the NHL)
8 primary assists (T-2nd in the NHL)
5 PP points (T-6th in the NHL)
79.59 HDCF% (1st in the NHL)
72.86 SCF% (2nd in the NHL)
Finally creating at an elite level.
#LetsGoFlyers
Shorter version of this thread:
"I am a Democrat, and I prefer political outcomes favorable to Democrats.
I want people to ensure outcomes favorable to Democrats, because Republicans make me feel bad."
Normally, I'd have to caveat any and all comps about how "of course he's not THAT explosive"
But nah, man. Jamie is explosive af. Good lord. Just beats guys with a first step
One reason that Jackson was successful as an opposition leader: he was a bigger personality than the then-POTUS.
Similarly, we don't need Trump to be "fact filled" and "disciplined". Any elected Republican can do that. We need him to be Trump. Fun. Funny. Charismatic. Inspiring.
I'm less irrationally angry about keeping Seeler because we honestly don't have young d-men ready to replace this lol.
He's genuinely really good at defense and doesn't hold back his puck moving partners.
The blocked shots are just part of the overall defensive results
@mccrystal_alex
@wojespn
Players can't negotiate with teams before the official date of free agency!!!
They have to ask for trades with 4 years left on the contract they signed!!!
Cam York through the gauntlet at 5v5:
20:00 per game
55% share of unblocked shot attempts
56% share of unblocked shot attempts
53% share of expected goals
51% share of scoring chances
51% share of high danger chances
47% share of goals
Did everything but play goalie (💀)
Claude Giroux on April 13th, 2012 in game 2 of the 1st round against the Pittsburgh Penguins:
22:30 TOI
— 3 Goals
— 3 Assists (2 primary)
— 6 Points
— +4
— 11 Shots
— 16 Shot Attempts
— 1 EVG
— 1 PPG
— 1 SHG
— 65.41 xGF%
— Won game 8-5
Prime Giroux was unstoppable.
Surely, there are better arguments to this point than: "He didn't issue mass pardons within 14 days of the event."
Any serious charge happened well after... 14 days.
This is extremely difficult for me to say:
I once thought I truly knew Joe Biden and he helped me through pain and grief, for which I am grateful.
This man on tv giving this speech, I do not recognize this man. God help our country. God help the Americans we have abandoned.
@JohnStolnis
"Did you hear the boos?" has no informational value.
It's a question whose answer has no relevance, and sounds more like a schoolyard taunt than an earnest attempt to gather insight.
Was Jim gonna go back and tell us via Twitter "Nick Castellanos did, in fact, hear the boos."
The main problem with CRT and Evangelicals is the extent to which over-hyped alarmism about Evangelical "wokeness" is being used to close minds and hearts to necessary conversations about race and the church.
Q and anti-vax beliefs are more prevalent in the church than CRT. 1/2