Monday, September 14, 2009

State of the Flyers...Cote & Carcillo




Up next in State of the Flyers are a couple guys who can beat you up...Daniel Carcillo and Riley Cote. The more I think about it, I honestly think that Cote probably wont be on the roster opening night, pretty much because he simply isnt a good hockey player. Sure he can fight, he's not afraid to drop the mitts with anyone, but neither are Carcillo, Asham, and Lappy, and those 3 guys can provide other things as well. So there really isnt room on an already crowded 4 lines for a guy who has 1 goal and 6 assists over 3 seasons in Philly. If indeed he dosent play for the Flyers this year, I would love to see him latch on to a team that is in need of some toughness, and hopefully in his new town he can provide the same community service that he has provided to Philadelphia (most notably his fight to raise money for MS) Ive met Riley, and he is honestly one of the nicest people Ive ever met, so I sincerly hope things work out for him, it just probably wont be in Philly
From the day he arrived in Philadelphia, just about everyone hated Dan Carcillo, and it probably wasnt because he was a goon on a team that already had them, it was because he was traded for fan favorite Scottie Upshall. If he was acquired for a 5th round draft pick, no one would have cared. It wasnt Carcillo's fault that Homer mis-managed the cap so badly that he had to waive 2 players and trade away another in order to have just enough money under the cap to bring back Briere.
Ill admit, I was never a fan of Carcillo, but before the playoffs started, I kept telling people that he was going to have a "Matt Stairs" moment sometime during the playoffs and go down in Flyer's history during the 2009 cup winning season....so I was wrong, although he did score the Flyers only goal in game 4. The one (and only) thing that I will stand up for about Carcillo is that he did NOT cost us game 6 vs Pittsburgh. We were UP 3-0 at the time of the fight, and he WON the fight (decisively) The reason we lost game 6 is because after the beatdown, the Flyers quit, plain and simple, and that is no fault of Carcillo's. (so shut up Eddie Olczyk)
Bottom line is, he is my least favorite player on this roster and I cant wait until he's gone. His former coach Wayne Gretzky said that he has the potential to be a "Rick Tocchet" type of player, I couldnt disagree more, lets face it, you are what you are, and Carcillo is nothing more than an undisciplened goon who can occasionally put the puck in the net. My only hope is that he sees as little ice time as possible and therefore cant do much harm. Prediction-4 goals
Up Next-JVR

4 comments:

  1. Why isn't any of the MSM commenting on this Cote situation? I wonder who he's been practicing with...?

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  2. Cote will probably finish out his contract with the Phantoms, unless someone plucks him off the waiver wire on the way down to the AHL.

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  3. Thirteen goals in 52 games two seasons ago. I don't think you're giving Carcillo enough credit.

    He fell out of favor in Phoenix last year, and saw his playing time and quality of linemates reduced. Then he came here and was shuttled between the third and fourth lines because they Flyers had such a deep roster of forwards.

    More playing time this year, and I have no doubt he'll be better than 4 goals. In fact, I put him at 10 goals, minimum.

    15 goals would be perfect, considering his role on the team.

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  4. In the words of ron burgandy..."agree to disagree" i cant see carcillo getting a decent amount of ice time considering the talent in our top 9, and like i said, he is undiscliplened, and it wont take many stupid penalties for him to get in stevens' doghouse, which leads to even less ice time

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