Flyers — Olympics Thread

extension incoming.

risto has trade value. unfortunately, the flyers overate and overvalue what he brings so he wll not be moved

At least we’re past the NHL All Star teams beat the shit out of lower tier AHL level teams round.

Bill Meltzer wrote:

yes its me 2050 wrote:

extension incoming.

risto has trade value. unfortunately, the flyers overate and overvalue what he brings so he wll not be moved

At some point, the Flyers will need a defenseman who brings what Ristolainen offers. However — and not through Risto’s fault — that time is not now.

at some point, that could be 5 years from now.

risto is a solid bottom pair guy. that’s it. that has value 100%. playing hm in the top 4 is not what a cup contending team will do on everyday basis. we both know he will be ext if he comes back and plays the rest of the flyers games. flyers overrate hm and all their other players. flyers are no better or no worse without Risto.

where is his replacement hunter Mac? “jonesy” hyped him up for zero reason and he will never ever be an nhl regular.

All three Philadelphia Flyers players have reached the Olympics medal round with their respective teams. Games resume on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yeah, but only four teams have been eliminated: Andorra, Bolivia, Vatican City and Vietnam.

– Agree with JM and Bill 100% on vladar. As well on Zegras. No need to extend at this point.
– Why on earth would Matthews want to come to Philly when he has pick of where to go? Why would Trocheck? No top end players are coming to Philly. They have next to nothing to offer.

– Tearing it down to the studs is the most successful path. None is guaranteed. Seems you make excuses for the flyers not to. The flyers way is 100% guaranteed to fail. How much proof do they need to see this is true. None is guaranteed.

– Danny has zero balls to make a big move. He is a scared dog to make a bold trade. They are so far away from legit contention.

– Look at Vladars numbers month by month. Has the clock struck midnight? October looks like an outlier when you look at his career. Let this season play out and the 1st half of next season before you extend. If you extend.

– Will TK and Sanheim ever come to their senses and ask out?

– Way too many players are still too comfortable losing. Look at who has been here for a while.

– No need to buy out ex selke at this point or anytime soon seeing the flyers are nowhere near contention.

yes its me 2050 wrote:

– Agree with JM and Bill 100% on vladar. As well on Zegras. No need to extend at this point.
– Why on earth would Matthews want to come to Philly when he has pick of where to go? Why would Trocheck? No top end players are coming to Philly. They have next to nothing to offer.

– Tearing it down to the studs is the most successful path. None is guaranteed. Seems you make excuses for the flyers not to. The flyers way is 100% guaranteed to fail. How much proof do they need to see this is true. None is guaranteed.

– Danny has zero balls to make a big move. He is a scared dog to make a bold trade. They are so far away from legit contention.

– Look at Vladars numbers month by month. Has the clock struck midnight? October looks like an outlier when you look at his career. Let this season play out and the 1st half of next season before you extend. If you extend.

– Will TK and Sanheim ever come to their senses and ask out?

– Way too many players are still too comfortable losing. Look at who has been here for a while.

– No need to buy out ex selke at this point or anytime soon seeing the flyers are nowhere near contention.

Danny has given out way to many extensions already based on 2026 being Go Time. The problem is the Flyers are locked into trying to make the playoffs from here on out because the timelines of everyone he extended and gave NTCs won’t allow a true rebuild. Agree on Vladar and Zegras but again with DB’s timeline, look for him to push his chips into the center of the table sooner rather than later, he’s already got a fair amount in the pot.

The Flyers plan that required them to acquire a 1C through FA in 2026 was a fireable offense and has failed even before they got to UFA season.

I am sooooo sick of people (looking at you Myrt) saying tearing it down is no guarantee as a reason not to do it. Well no shit, nothing is a guarantee, but you can’t win if you don’t play the game. Not everyone gets out alive even if you do everything correct. It definitely is easier to just cash paychecks and talk about next year than to make real change.

The Flyers have not had real change and Flyers media just wants to not rock the boat more than actually hold management accountable for being chicken shit. If they want the big chair they should make big boy decisions but instead they constantly follow the path of least resistance like a 200′ winger in Luchanko who is now no longer a center in the OHL over ceiling.

It’s the Mike Tomlin plan except for the NHL. If they can just get to 8-8, even if does not represent real growth or playoff success, is enough to keep you employed for another year. That’s really the goal here isn’t it?

Vladar started one game, that was not an elimination game against a cupcake, and nearly lost it. At one point it was 3 goals on 7/8 SOG and only made 9 saves TOTAL on the game. It remains to be seen if he will get to redeem himself. Hopefully DB does not prematurely give out another 5 yr contract with NMC.

Risto. I just want him to get through the Olympics healthy so he can be traded although i am probably kidding myself on either of those. He’s going to end his career as a Flyer.

Jett. I can’t wait to hear your take on Jett as a 3rd line center in the OHL or his switch to (hybrid) wing. I can’t imagine either bodes well for the Jett fulfilling DB’s reach for a 2nd line center in the NHL or for the absolute log jam at RW. Michkov is going to be permanent at LW (in the defensive zone) isn’t he?