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Monday, March 16, 2009

     Braydon Coburn is in, Randy Jones is out.
     That’s the good news/bad news scenario for the Flyers’ defensemen.
     After reviewing the video today, the NHL did not suspend Coburn, who had claimed his high-sticking violation of the Rangers’ Nik Antroprov Sunday was in self-defense.
     But Jones, who sat out the last half of Sunday’s third period because of a hip/groin injury, will miss a handful of games.
     "In speaking with the trainers, we are probably looking at a week to a week and a half,” said Jones, when asked how long he expected to be sidelined.
     To replace Jones, the Flyers recalled defenseman Danny Syvret, 23, under emergency conditions from their AHL affiliate, the Phantoms.
    Syvret, an AHL all-star selection this season, has 11 goals and 37 assists and 42 penalty minutes in 65 games with the Phantoms.
     In 26 career NHL games with Edmonton, Syvret had one assist and 12 penalty minutes. The Flyers acquired him from the Oilers for forward Ryan Potulny on June 6, 2008.

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   On Tuesday, the Flyers have a gargantuan challenge as they try to end a winless streak in Detroit that dates back to 1988. Since then, the Flyers are 0-13-2 in the Motor City.

    It is the longest current winless streak in the NHL.

    The defending Stanley Cup champion Red Wings lead the league with 101 points.

    Flyers winger Scott Hartnell is excited to face a Western Conference team.

    "Any time you play a team out West that you don't see very often and is having the success they're having, we want to play our best game and see where we match up," said Hartnell, adding that the Flyers need to play a physical game to offset the Red Wings' puck-controlling skills. "We have to hit them and take the time and space away and play Flyers hockey."
 

Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 5:29 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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Posted 05:59 PM, 03/16/2009
mikemaddog
Good thing they made that trade with phoenix to free up cap space. (Insert rolling eyes)
Posted 06:27 PM, 03/16/2009
rockinrob
Mike when you start mortgaging the team of solid players for one guy this is what could likely happen. What is even more worrisome is the playoffs have not started and we have depth issues. Hockey is a team sport and only as a team are the Flyers going to make it through arguably the toughest playoff competition in sports. If you win four (4) series in hockey, you deserve to raise the Cup. Not one other sport can claim as physical a toll on the players, as the NHL playoffs. So the next time that ignorant radio jock Eskin talks trash about hockey remind him of what a man's sport is all about. I would like to think this guy Syvret can play the game since he has done well with the Phantoms. One area we don't get a lot of scoring, is from the defense, and perhaps this guy can put the puck in the net from the blue line. I like the Flyers defensemen for the most part but the Flyers could certainly use a scoring defenseman. Any Paul Coffey Jrs. out there?
Posted 06:36 PM, 03/16/2009
flyler
Defensive Scoring hasn't been happening all year, most of the Defensive scoring has happened over the last month with Stevens urging the Speedy blueliners to get up in the offensive zone. Just as long as they make it back. As far as Upshall, he was gone next year anyway. We could'nt afford to keep him. Carcillo's on contract for 2 more years at under a mil. That's why it cost us a Draft pick. All things considered, it wasn't a bad play for us.
Posted 06:53 PM, 03/16/2009
duffers
Who friggin cares if Randy Jones is out? I seriously think I'm watching different games than most Flyers fans and the beat writers because Jones is a disaster on D. Constantly turning the puck over in bad spots and looks nervous as anything while manning the point on the PP. Yet for some reason, Stevens and everyone else loves him. He's the Greg Lewis of the Flyers.
Posted 07:14 PM, 03/16/2009
rickah88
Randy Jones is speedy and a very stand up defenseman! If anyone should be torn apart, it's Matt Carle!! He siglehandedly lost the game against the Caps by making (yet another) bad pass BEHIND HIS OWN NET which directly led to the game winning goal. He followed that up with a poor performance against NY, even though the Flyers won that game(Sat). I know he's been touted as a future Norris Trophy winner, but he has been absolutely horrible. I dread everytime #25 touches the puck....Hell bring back Peter Zezel(#25 from years ago)he could probably play better!
Posted 07:55 PM, 03/16/2009
puckgodz
Duffers, you and I must be the only ones who really watch the games. Jones rarely makes an accurate pass out of the zone, as its in skates or just plain wild. He loses his man on cycles and rarely wins battles along the boards. I keep wondering if it's the #6 because I keep seeing Therien-like debacles.
Posted 08:48 PM, 03/16/2009
fman727
Jones is our 6th defenseman, replaceable!!! who cares
Posted 11:13 PM, 03/16/2009
MBFlyerfan
Good thing is right mikemaddog, otherwise they would have had to send Giroux down to clear cap space.
Posted 03:32 AM, 03/17/2009
82tank
Randy jones +/- is +13. you guys are taking a recent mistake and magnifying it out of proportion.jones is a good young player.learning from timmonen he's going a solid d-men for years.DUFFERS-obviously stevens sees the talent,ice grows young players;not the bench.
Posted 05:35 PM, 03/17/2009
MichaelZoe
yeah, let's see how vauluable Carcillo Killo is tonight.
Posted 05:45 PM, 03/17/2009
fly58
I don't have a problem with Randy Jones (or is that Randy Cote....). As was stated, he is a number 5/6 defenseman. I DO have a problem with his $2.5M. Randy Jones at $1M-$1.5M a year is a good player for the Flyers. At $2.5M, he is one of the reasons we have to make those terrible cap trades. As for Danny Syvret, come on now. He has never scored at the NHL level. I'm not going to pretend to know anything about him, but if it was felt he could play in the NHL he would have been up here earlier.
About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi, who has covered primarily South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies for three decades, is in his second year as the Flyers’ beat writer. He has followed the Flyers since their inception in 1967-68, and remembers when only the third periods of their games were broadcast on the radio - just seven years before they became the city's most popular franchise.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah, N.J., with his wife, JoAnn, and he is a passionate sports fan of the colleges attended by his daughter, Sara (tiny Mount St. Mary’s in Maryland, which qualified for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last season and is unbeaten in football since 1951) and his son, Sammy (West Virginia, an annual challenger for the nation’s No. 1 ranking in football and men’s basketball).