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Will be interesting to see what the forest injury ends up being. Probably week to week then season ending surgery in April. Misses start of camp. Would be par for the course with this medical team.
Sucks for Tyson as he is a legit bright spot for the team going forward. Didn’t he have his shoulder repaired few years back? No worries as ND can draw back in the lineup on a consistent basis.
Bill any updates on Forest?
I don’t expect anything more than upper body injury unless he needs surgery right away.
So, two points out of first place in the Metro, I did not see that happening at any point in the season after Thanksgiving. 😵💫
I expected them to be better this year but not THIS much better. I’m truly impressed.
And 2 points out of last place. The metro is 5 points from top to bottom, just how Bettman wants it. Every crappy team is overperforming based on the standings right now. Bluejackets are positioned to take a run at the Metro. lol.
Flyers are :
27th in goals
20th in PP (which while still bad is still better than the Torts years. At least they won’t be setting another NHL record this year, probably.)
29th in Shots/game
26th in Shots against/game
while still rocking a .890 sv%If the Flyers weren’t best in the league at shoot outs so far this year at 5-0, they would be last in the division. This is sounding alot like the hubris of 2023 when their record overperformed their play. Who could forget Danny boy declaring that his goal going forward was the playoffs. Yet here we are 2 years defending his failures and having collective amnesia.
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/ask/nhl-standings-in-november-2023
Look at that 31 points in 25 games in 2023 just like 2025. Oh my god. How did that 2023 team not go on a deep play off run! How was Torts not the hand down Jack Adams winner that year! lol. And once again 2 points out of last place ahead of the BJ.
The Flyers aren’t rebuilding, they were never trying to rebuild. They have been trying to retool to make the playoffs every year, they are just bad at it and are hiding behind the word “rebuild” which is falls apart if anyone bothers to look. Hell even Torts gave up on the team which was his last shot of coaching anything more than a beer league when he realized they needed to actually gut the team.
Stockholm syndrome is rampant among fans who don’t want to hear that they are no closer to a cup than 3 years ago. I get that living in the moment with the blinders on makes people happy but it’s not based on the reality of what it takes to be a contender.
They have made no long term progress towards being a cup contender but as long as the fans have some fresh faces to cheer for, they don’t care so why should the Flyers decision makers?
They have some nice prospects they’ve taken in the past three drafts, but yes, lets see how that plays out with those kids. And another yes, having elite talent helps you win Cups, no question, but in a salary cap world, 99.99% of the time you have to acquire them via the draft, which means you typically have to finish near the bottom of the league. As I said, you can’t have it both ways. Dallas doesn’t have any “superstars”, in my opinion, yes they have great players but they don’t have McDavid or MacKinnon on their team. They just slowly drafted well and they’ve been very competitive for awhile now. If you can’t get a superstar, be more like the Dallas Stars.
Dallas made the extremely rare Jack Eichel type move with former #2 overall draft pick CENTER Tyler Seguin 10+ years ago who instantly became the Stars franchise center but i guess that doesn’t count?
Considered one of the 5 worst trades for the Bruins because they gave up a young #1 center. Bruins ended up missing the playoffs 2 out of the next 3 years with none of the players they got in return panning out long term. Safe to say they regretted moving on from the #2 overall pick of the draft.
The anchor player makes everyone better. The Flyers don’t have that guy, they don’t want to draft that guy. They can only hope that someone else doesn’t want their #1 center, he wants to come to the Flyers, and the Flyers can make the best offer.
As mentioned, everyone has nice prospects, just like everyone has culture.
all one can do is laugh. more flyers nonsense
all one can do is laugh. more flyers nonsense
I guess team Canada might as well not go to the Olympics. How will they ever cope. Sidney Crosby must be beside himself that they won’t be able to replace the transcendent talent that is Tyson Foerster.
all one can do is laugh. more flyers nonsense
I guess team Canada might as well not go to the Olympics. How will they ever cope. Sidney Crosby must be beside himself that they won’t be able to replace the transcendent talent that is Tyson Foerster.
He was not under any consideration in any way.
They just keep finding ways to win, I’m not sure what to make of it?
They’ve been a fun team to watch.
I do hope Grebenkin can seize this opportunity and be released from the purgatory of the 4th line forever. The game against BUF was a nice start. The play for Briere will be to trade some of these wingers to help improve the roster. We’ll see what he can get done.
It is fascinating to watch Drysdale-Andrae play with so much pace, and Zamula comes on the ice and looks like he is in slow motion. Maybe he adds value in the locker room somehow, but his on ice play might be slightly better then Juulsen. Maybe, maybe not.
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