The Unending Flyers Thread

xogfog 2021-03-24 02:17:28 UTC #823

I don't know how they dig themselves out of this mess...

zambonir 2021-03-24 05:48:12 UTC #824

I think you probably do stay the course, or possibly even white flag it a little, though trades are also complicated by the expansion draft. So do you sell or try and make a move on defense?

If anything this is on Fletcher (but it's also just what he inherited). Change some assistants and make some moves in the off-season. But 3 NHL teams have already changed coaches this year and I think close to a dozen of them are only in their second season (including ours) so the leash is shorter than ever. There's still time, of course.

zambonir 2021-03-28 04:53:57 UTC #825

OT (off-topic) and OT (overtime): if you're awake and like hockey, North Dakota-Minnesota Duluth is about to hit quadruple overtime. Leah Hextall (son of Dennis so I guess that makes her Ron's cousin?) calling it for ESPN.

LegoDoom 2021-03-28 16:22:28 UTC #826

I'm upset I missed this. Not only because of 5 OT, but I would have liked to watch Flyers prospect Noah Cates.

VoteForKalas 2021-03-29 20:15:39 UTC #827

I think 4 things are going on that have led to this deep funk the Flyers are in:

The COVID-19 outbreak hurt this team's roster and momentum, but it also broke their game energy having to sit out for close to two weeks before being expected to play catch up at breakneck speed afterwards.
Related to the above, almost all the young guns with the exception of Farabee are struggling - Provorov, Sanheim and Myers in the back end, Hart in goal and Patrick, Lindblom and Konecny up front. That is a lot of talent the Flyers depend on.
The PP and PK continue to struggle and I do not see much creativity from the asst coaches in charge to fix these units. The talent is there on both units, but they seem to never change their approach or try anything innovative.
The vets like Giroux, JVR, Voracek etc. are no longer good enough to pick up major slack. I've thought for years we need to trade Voracek, but it seems they are going to run out his contract string instead. JVR started well, Hayes has been decent, but Couturier is your best player and he needs more help.

xogfog 2021-03-31 20:03:22 UTC #828

Ghost cleared waivers and will go to the taxi squad, Flyers save a little over 1 mil with the move, hopefully a trade is in the works for a good d-man.

zambonir 2021-03-31 20:34:56 UTC #829

I had the impression he's still playing tonight, or at least could. But on nights he doesn't play, or non game days, it get them that prorated cap break.

Doesn't seem like the trade market is really gonna break their way, and they also have the expansion draft to think about. Also rumored they want a goalie.

bigegypt0417 2021-03-31 20:45:25 UTC #830

Someone on twitter yesterday was reporting they are looking to make a major move...not sure if that happens.

Edit...here it is.

zambonir 2021-04-01 02:05:50 UTC #831

Might seriously be time to think about which direction the trading's gonna be in.

zambonir 2021-04-12 20:35:56 UTC #832

Last year around this time (well, pre-pandemic) it seemed really surprising that the Flyers were more of a championship contender than the Sixers; this year it's quite the opposite.

Glad they kept Laughton, lots to do for next year now.

This is kind of an amazing factoid:

Trading Raffl -- who played 504 games with the Flyers, which is more than Paul Holmgren, Ross Lonsberry, Ron Hextall, Bernie Parent, Eric Lindros, Dave Poulin, Mike Richards, Mel Bridgman and many others -- means rookies Tanner Laczynski and Wade Allison could get more playing time.