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Flyers Embarrassed by Canadiens in 5-0 Loss; Hopefuls on the Brink

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In a dismal offensive and defensive display Monday night, the Philadelphia Flyers were shut out, 5-0, by the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.



Veteran Flyers forward Nick Deslauriers set the tone early with a devastating hit against Habs defenseman Adam Engstrom on the forecheck, but that show of force would be essentially the only Flyers highlight of the evening.

The first period ended in a mundane 0-0 draw despite the Flyers having three power play opportunities, including a four-minute double minor that bled into the second period. As the 5-0 final score indicates, the Flyers didn’t score on that one, either.

Defenseman Ronnie Attard, a hopeful trying to make the NHL roster after years of being stuck in the grey, had a brutal outing against the Canadiens. His second period turnover in his own zone allowed Luke Tuch, the younger brother of Alex Tuch, to open the scoring and inject life into the Bell Centre crowd.

With the second period ending at 1-0 in favor of the Habs, the Flyers were still well within reach of winning the game. Cal Petersen took over for Eetu Makiniemi to start the final frame, and the game was over shortly thereafter.

David Savard, Emil Heineman, and Josh Anderson scored within 2:33 of each other, putting the game out of reach at 4-0. Alex Barre-Boulet tacked on a fifth for good measure with less than three minutes to go.

By the end of the game, Attard and his defense partner, Louie Belpedio, were on the ice for three of the five goals. Attard made a foolish pinch on Anderson’s goal and ultimately finished with the lowest ice time of any Flyers rearguard, which is not a good sign for a player who has played under Ian Laperriere, who coached the game, extensively.

Top prospect Oliver Bonk, despite being a distant third, trailed only Egor Zamula and Rasmus Ristolainen in ice time. Bonk certainly needs to add more strength and deceptiveness to his game, but he held his own overall.

Bonk’s partner, Hunter McDonald, had a nondescript performance marred by a flurry of errors with the puck. McDonald was also beaten by Barre-Boulet to the back post for a goal to conclude a sloppy performance.

It’s not a big deal since he hasn’t done so yet, but McDonald could really use a full season in the AHL to refine his game. As of right now, Emil Andrae and Adam Ginning are miles ahead of the other defenders hoping to make the Flyers’ roster this year.

The Flyers have more preseason games to play – their next is on Thursday against the New York Islanders at the Wells Fargo Center – but they likely have a good idea of who their first cuts will be. The Orange and Black are off on Tuesday but will return to the ice for practice on Wednesday morning at the Flyers Training Center.

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Jim Drum

And we have $5MM tied up in Cal Petersen woof thank goodness for only 1 more year.

BIGE88

That’s by design to eat that from kings books so they can compete NOW. That was a favor for getting rid of provorov . Provy was a failed #1 dman. So we had 2 2nd pair offensively two way dmen in Sanheim and provy . Naturally I’m keeping Sanheim for my cup team with size alone .

who cares about salary for this year ? Our contending years are 2-4 years from now. Ditto for Johansson . Another favor . Who cares .
they are building like your supposed to last 4 years . Slow !!! Tactically . Rentals and salary dumps for other teams are irrelevant big picture

Chuck , Brent and Briere have done things perfectly 5 years running . Stanley cup in 3 years here . Everything else is “noise”

Romus

Disappointed in Attard…thought this season he would step up his game….it is make or break for him. If he is put on waivers, not sure at this point in the pre-season another club would claim him….he may be back with the Phantoms.

ERED

I hope that Attard still has his apartment in Allentown! That was really bad

HabsRocket

Richard was the Flyers best player last night

BIGE88

All the risto haters , can keep hating . I’ve seen negative reports on grans and attard this week . Wake me up when you find me another backstop defensively like risto

ive seen limited attard . He’s obviously not a skilled guy to be in #1 d man talk like drysdale . He’s not physical enough for our end to be like risto or Seeler as an optical backstop for this league . Which leaves 2nd or 3rd pair offensive . So his competition would be Sanheim and york. He also has zamula in front of him .

developement in minors should be a thought with defenseman. The big physical defensive defenseman don’t come out until 27-29 in this league sometimes . See Seeler

wake me up when all the risto and Seeler haters see another backstop to replace EITHER of them . I’ve been dealing with risto and Seeler haters on all these blogs for 2-3 years now .

ginning , Mateo need to be trained next 4 years down in ahl for after our cup in 4 years

on the other blog last spring people were actually calling for attard to replace risto 😂 loL 😂

Romus

Attard at his best would be a third pairing guy with Egor…and I have seen him at his best in the past…even in the end of season international tourney in Europe almost two years ago now. I think he will regroup and show his offensive capabilities and skills. Maybe he just needs another half-season of work with Lappy and the Phantoms.

Romus

Free agents still out their and can be had on the cheap on one-year contracts….defensemen Tony DeAngelo, Justin Shultz, Kevin Shattenkirk and Mark Giordano…..other than Tony DeA. all in their 30s with a ton of experience.
Trade Risto ASAP and sign one of them….LOL

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