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clearly I am not as versed in the sport as you. I mean your knowledge is off the charts.
You seem to have been taken off course by some overemphasis on skill and speed, size doesn’t matter, Dmen must lead the rush thinking that poisoned a few minds over the last several years. Once you get over that, you have some potential. You have the passion no matter how misdirected it currently is.
– They clearly overcompensated for size on players who are many years away. By that time the nhl trend will change again. flyers always following.
– flyers have next to zero puck moving dman in the system.
Yes, in three years the league will be dominated by teams filled with skilled 160 pound players and defensemen who couldn’t break an egg with their hitting but boy can they skate with the puck and get caught out of position on their way to yet another -3 night on the scoresheet.
of course it’s only a matter of time. but you say this could be their top 9 on opening night lol
cates got selke votes the first year they moved him to C while playing over his head. they traded laughton and poehling. i think it’s safe to say cates will remain in the middle.
I’m speculating about what’s possible. I’d like to see a fun team to watch this year. I started watching again more closely last year mostly because of Michkov who made the team last year at 19 . . . and delivered.
in this scenario you have luchanko and martone on the team already when in reality they probably aren’t making the team yet, you’ve moved cates to wing for some reason and brink is apparently not on the team anymore? help me get there lol
It’s only a matter of time and are they good enough to take spots from the guys who are here. For example, Martone is a LW. How many LWs do the Flyers have on the roster who are better than he is today? I don’t think the answer is four. Of course, unless the Flyers add a center, Cates is going to be a solid 2-way center here . . . but the future is coming. Cates is the kind of player I want to keep in my Top 9 even when the Flyers do add more NHL-caliber centers. There was an issue in ANA with Zegras being flipped to wing. Leave him at center and get a defensive winger cheating high. Problem solved.
where’s brink?
I do find the Brink love here amusing. Enjoy him here while you can.
Il say it again, Cates is not playing wing after signing that deal. He is the 3rd line center. Lead Pipe lock.
I also don’t think Luchanko makes the team.
I’m just saying it’s possible. If the Flyers continue to add at center, and there’s more than the draft to do that, somebody flips to wing. Having a defensively responsible forward who can score from outside while cheating to the D side of the puck flipped to the wing is not a bad move. Having Kurri do that for Gretzky and having Leino do it here for Briere shows the idea can work. Zegras is the guy sticking in the middle. Lots of variables. Just throwing out possibilities that are not unreasonable.
Anyone beyond round three is pretty much a “hope and a prayer”, but you never know. Without a third round pick we got six really good prospects in rounds 1 & 2, it’s gonna be three plus years before we find out what’s there in my opinion but a really good draft for the team. Lots to be happy about. Watching these kids grow and develop is all part of the fun.
Some people think Martone makes the team this camp. It’s not like they don’t have spots up front that need an upgrade right now. It’s not wild to think their opening night Top 9 looks like this:
Cates-Zegras-Michkov
Martone-Couturier-Konecny
Foerster-Luchanko-TippettSo far the Flyers have drafted a medium sized college basketball team lol
Reach is nice, very helpful for Dmen, but to me it’s the getting pushed around too easily which is where weight and strength come in. Reading plays and getting good position can help a smaller guy play bigger but I’d rather have a guy 6-0 and 195 doing that against a bigger opponent than a 5-9 and 170 guy.
1) 6’5″ 225 lbs
2) 6’1″ 200 lbs
3) 6’2″ 210 lbs
4) 6’5″ 195 lbsLOVE IT!!!
Yes! I’ve seen enough smurf hockey where the Flyers get pushed around like shopping carts. The teams that went to the conference finals were big and mean except for Carolina, which did carry a few smaller guys.
the Jett is either flyers or juniors. no AHL for him
– brink put up 41 points in his 2nd nhl season. he wil be a fixture in the flyers lineup unless traded. not even debatable.
Luchanko had 6 pts in 7 playoff games for LHV. He’s certainly ready for the AHL but, I was wrong on his eligibility. It is Flyers or Guelph. He could also make the big team and stick the whole season too. Brink is a fixture in your imagination. Do you think the Flyers won’t replace him with a guy who can get them .5 PPG who weighs 190 lbs instead of 160 lbs ASAP?
Any kid taken at #6 should be treated as being 12-24 months away, at a minimum. Even Schaefer should probably spend another year in junior. Teams keep hurrying these guys into the league and wondering why they don’t develop as expected.
Maybe they just weren’t as good as the scouts projected them. That happens too. Celebrini played a full season for SJ. Michkov was 19 the first half of last season. If guys aren’t ready, they aren’t ready. They will be soon enough. They shouldn’t be held back either. We won’t see what I’m suggesting on opening night, but it’s coming.
“I hope they don’t press #6 into the lineup right away. Keeping Jett around to begin the season put him behind the 8-ball in a critical development season.”
I don’t think it’s out of hand to see him get the 10 game look out of camp like Luchanko did last year. I also don’t think it’s out of hand to see Luchanko start well enough with LHV to get called up. I can see them get a combined 50-60 games in with the Flyers.
“why do you continually leave brink put of every lineup you post? he is a lock unless traded. Abols will be the 4th line unless they sign a free agent. Pelletier still in the mix one would guess. maybe add that shabonov.”
The Flyers are going to develop beyond some guys sooner rather than later. Abols, Brink and Pelletier will get games but that won’t last forever.
“I don’t see them signing Cates and then not playing him at center.”
By the end of 25-26 I can easily see Couturier, Cates, Zegras, Luchanko and the center at #6 all being in the Top 12 playing for the Flyers. They can’t run five lines out there. Tocchet has already said they’d try Michkov and Zegras together. Why not put a 3rd man high cheating two-way forward out there with them?
