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It’s also true some top rated players in the league haven’t won Cups either. The Flyers clearly need another Top 4 Dman. No question about that. Willing to find out what Zegras can do as the offensive 1C which he clearly will be. It’s a team game. The Flyers will be noticeably better this year.
True. It takes more than just talent but it can’t be done without it. The Flyers tend to forget that.
Let’s get our MacKinnon/Makar, Barkov/Ekblad, etc before putting the culture cart before the horse because without that, the rest is just something that comes out of the other end of the horse.
It’s also true some top rated players in the league haven’t won Cups either. The Flyers clearly need another Top 4 Dman. No question about that. Willing to find out what Zegras can do as the offensive 1C which he clearly will be. It’s a team game. The Flyers will be noticeably better this year.
simply amazing the flyers haven’t won a cup in 50 years. chalk it up to bad luck I suppose
If by bad luck you mean going from a culture of players that hate losing to players who pee together, then yes.
Every team has their own version of culture, it’s just nobody cares because they aren’t the reigning Stanley Cup winner.
Like the Avalanche who won a few years ago have their culture if you google it : hard work and winning mentality. lol. Who knew? who cares? Turns out the Panthers aren’t unique in having culture or in how they define it. You win you get the puff pieces.
Same google search changing one word.
Skill, coaching, execution. Without the skill and the coaching they are the Buffalo Sabres no matter how much everyone loves each other. Without Barkov, Ekblad, Tkachuk, Bob, and even Maurice are they successful no matter how often they have group hugs and hit people? No.
Winning the Stanley cup takes a lot of different things coming together at the right time, Skill (the cornerstones and supporting players), coaching, execution, and sacrificing for the team.
Let’s get our MacKinnon/Makar, Barkov/Ekblad, etc before putting the culture cart before the horse because without that, the rest is just something that comes out of the other end of the horse.
culture, identity, and all the stuff that wins cups.
Of course it does.
– There’s no denying the impact Rick Tocchet will have on the 2025–26 Flyers. His arrival marks a new era for a franchise that has spent the last few seasons searching for stability, identity, and a consistent path forward.
– But make no mistake: this wasn’t a “feel-good” hire. It was a calculated decision to bring in someone who can reconnect the Flyers with their identity while pushing the team back toward playoff contention.
Hahahahaha. The NEW new era of orange. Wasn’t Torts the guy bringing stability, reconnecting the Flyers with their identity, and leading them into the future?
::facepalm::
I would like to see Tocchet succeed but PR diarrhea like this just poisons the well. He was the feel good ex-Flyer hire that they can market the shit out of for aging fanbase who long for the good old days.
culture, identity, and all the stuff that wins cups.
– There’s no denying the impact Rick Tocchet will have on the 2025–26 Flyers. His arrival marks a new era for a franchise that has spent the last few seasons searching for stability, identity, and a consistent path forward.
– But make no mistake: this wasn’t a “feel-good” hire. It was a calculated decision to bring in someone who can reconnect the Flyers with their identity while pushing the team back toward playoff contention.
Hahahahaha. The NEW new era of orange. Wasn’t Torts the guy bringing stability, reconnecting the Flyers with their identity, and leading them into the future?
::facepalm::
I would like to see Tocchet succeed but PR diarrhea like this just poisons the well. He was the feel good ex-Flyer hire that they can market the shit out of for aging fanbase who long for the good old days.
– There’s no denying the impact Rick Tocchet will have on the 2025–26 Flyers. His arrival marks a new era for a franchise that has spent the last few seasons searching for stability, identity, and a consistent path forward.
– But make no mistake: this wasn’t a “feel-good” hire. It was a calculated decision to bring in someone who can reconnect the Flyers with their identity while pushing the team back toward playoff contention.
