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In general, I agree an improved PP will help the team, no doubt. I’m not so sure the regime can bring a player in over the next 2 years that will just take over the PP, unless the current roster is completely reshaped. We’ll see if that happens. Not hiring a PP coach makes no sense to me. At best, Tocchet’s teams in the past had middle of the road PPs. Thinking they could not use help from a schematic standpoint I believe is short sighted.
Hextall’s getting rid of Mullen was an historic Flyers blunder. The team passing, PP or even, is not great. Guys are rarely able to get off good one-timers or quick releases because they have to reach or settle the puck and they’re so surprised when the puck is served up nicely, they don’t take the shot. Plus, there’s an overall tendency to look pass instead of shooting, even when the shot is there. Overall, they’re looking at being 20 points better this year and it’s not like their problems aren’t easy to spot. A couple of them will require roster moves.
Time is ticking gentlemen, the summer of ’26 was circled by this regime as “go time”, cannot call a mulligan now because the UFA market did not materialize like you thought.
The real mid-term need is not just a 1C but a 1C that can win draws and improve the power play. I think they’ve got two years to get that guy in here.
8-2-1 in their last 11 games now. .772 hockey. May be too little too late, they likely need some help from a couple teams. Maintaining their recent pace gets them to 100 points, which should be enough to get them in. That’s a pretty tall order though.
are they on the outside looking in? yes or no?
nothing but excuses that every team can apply in some form.
They are in a playoff race. They need to gain ground fast.
What excuses? Said before the season I expected improvement and they might make the playoffs if they got some breaks. They’d be in a playoff spot right now if they were in the west. They have a better win pct. than SEA and Utah.
You really buy into the flyers bullshit. 3 new pieces having career years and the flyers still on the outside looking in. All 3 new pieces have come back down to earth by the way. I am sure they will continue their trajectory upwards. Never mind the regression of the internal pieces.
Let me know when David is playing every game next year on the blue line. Dumb dumb danny has had 3 years to get a better goalie than Sam. He hasn’t. Sam will be back if danny has a say, it will depend on what Tocchet wants.
On the outside looking in? Barely. Looking back on the season, a lot of points and games pissed away. A 1-3 record against the last in the conference Rags? Terrible. The 2-8-4 stretch killed their season. Ersson decided to regress this year. You can’t say they didn’t give him a fair shot. It’s a lock they’ll upgrade the 2G slot. They can’t do worse.
what has danny done to give you any confidence this team will get to the path of cup contention?
Big improvement over last year, good young pieces that will play here next year (Martone, Jiricek), a new 2G. A good unforeseen trade or UFA signing would add to that. The three top acquisitions last season are having career years. This is not complicated.
Your analysis ends in grade school and anyone who completed above elementary would understand the fallacy. 2 years ago the Flyers were on pace on pace for 92 points after 72 games before collapsing down the stretch, which was an improvement over the 75 point finish the year before. Sound familiar? Yet they finished with 87 and went right back to mid 70s this past year. Why?
The 87 points in 23-24 was a mirage. Also, who gives a shit? Feel free to live in the past. Are you predicting they’re going back to the mid-70s in points next year? They were a bad team last year with some good players and they’re a better team this year with some good players plus three upgrades. Overcomplicating things like a delusional mental patient is not good analysis.
How do you fall to 30th in SOG (29th in Shots against) and think the team is headed in the right direction?
Because last year this team had 76 points, this year they’re on pace for 92. Sixteen point improvement. Last year they gave up 286 goals, 3.49 per game. this year 3.01. About a half goal a game. This is not complicated when you understand grade school math.
In last 11, Flyers are 7-3-1. .682 hockey. That continued pace will get them to 96 points, maybe enough to make the playoffs.
