The Philadelphia Flyers had to win their game against the Washington Capitals tonight in regulation to keep their playoff hopes alive, so when the game was tied 1-1 late in the third, the John Tortorella pulled their goalie. At the same time, the Detroit Red Wings forced overtime against the Montreal Canadiens, eliminating the Flyers. The Flyers would go on to concede an empty net goal and clinching a playoff spot for the Washington Capitals and eliminating the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsbirgh Penguins.
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Jesse is think ur friend steve dangle needs u. The bruins broke him
can say as someone who has been to live games and seen the difference between my live NHL and where the broadcast is on discord, usually live is a good 30-45 seconds ahead. I don't think he knew because I imagine he was focused on just getting the team ahead coming out of that Tv time out.
definitely one of the craziest nights in hockey in recent memory
Bullshit – Tortorella is vindictive as hell. He's a grade A asshole. Great NHL coach but huge asshole.
It would seem that they didn't keep an eye on the scoreboard
Canadians love a conspiracy theory. Maybe Bettman called him. SMH
No, he did not screw anyone. He was trying to get his team in. How would he know that the Wings were not going to lose and be eliminated anyway since there were only a few seconds left in their game when they tied it up. If the Red Wings were up two goals in the 3rd period then he would have heard and figured there was no chance anyway so it is Detroit's fault that Philly was even pulling their goalie. As for the Pens they should not have lost to the Bruins earlier.
that thumbnail really confused me
Tortorella: I didn't know when I pulled the Goalie
Jesse: I assume he knew
Information doesn't travel instantaneously. There are delays. Even if just a minute that was all it took.
Really? Are you an idiot? Regardless of standings, teams play to win. Players play to win. Period! Have you never played a game bro? When you’re playing, you play to win.
Detroit and Pittsburgh screwed themselves by not winning one more game
I want to believe Torts knew. Good for him. That's what eliminated teams are supposed to do, screw with the results. We cheer for that year after year, this just happened to be a unique situation.
On the highlight of caps v flyers, you can see flyers goalie in the net around 3:15, flyers break in, announcers says net empty, then caps break out and score around that 3min mark.
John just gave the playoff spot to the caps
The Flyers iced the puck with 4:02 remaining. During that brief stoppage, the Flyers broadcast informed their viewers the Red Wings scored. Ersson was pulled at 3:10 remaining, and the goal was scored with 3:00 remaining. They only had the extra skater for 10 seconds. There was at least 1 minute and 20 seconds of real time in between the broadcast notifying the viewers and the goalie being pulled. I would say probably an extra 10 seconds between the Red Wings scoring and the Flyers broadcast mentioning it.
In my opinion, Torts should have been told in at most a minute, and evidently he wasn't told for around 1 minute and 45 seconds. Maybe the video guy was waiting for the game to go to overtime and not informing him that they tied it with 3 seconds left?
NHL is like NFL there both scripted
As a big sad Wings fan… no he didn’t screw us. The flyers did what they needed to do and I doubt he knew the Wings took it to OT. Sucks
Boston looked like pussy cats against the Caps.
Fl
Penguins screwed themselves..
Flyers had to pull GOALIE!! All 3 teams deserve ti go home
He wasn't watching your shitty team
He didn't fucking see it
What abt the Pens?
payback for that wings uncalled 7 secs left icing call
Thanks, Jesse. Good podcast. LGRW🏒
lol i dont think it had much to do with Wings, if Torts was screwing over anyone it was Pitt.
Aka the Flyers Pennsylvania Rival 😅
The wings shot them self in the foot in March and early April….. When Larkin was out… no one stepped up to keep that drive going… live and learn
As a Habs fan… I had a feeling that we let Detroit win both games!! Hope we get the upper hand in future trade😅😂
The Red Wings went 3-9-2 in March and screwed themselves, the Penguins lost to NJD, OTT, CBJ in March and also screwed themselves. Torts was not involved.
Detroit should've beaten Washington last week.
All hail the glorious Capitals and Chiefs
all he did was screw his crap team. wings fan, who cares, he only screwed himself.