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This kid should be back in junior, it’ll be a wasted year for him down there but it’s better to work on his offense in junior than flail away with the Flyers playing 8 minutes a night.
I don’t think it would be a wasted year simply because he has never dominated at that level. Many excuses have been due to the fact that he hasn’t dominated basically blaming the team and giving him a free pass. I would like him to show us he is to good for the league.
The other part of that is he could be playing in College with Martone if DB hadn’t rushed to sign him to a contract all so he could be the NHL equivalent of a purse dog. Unfortunately, when DB showed Jett to all his friends he didn’t perform as expected and went back into the purse. Now DB is stuck, if Jett didn’t make the team this year, then it would reflect negatively on DB and if there’s anything we know about this front office is that they are very very image conscious.
Speaking with a team source Monday morning, the Flyers are considering sending Luchanko to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms on a conditioning stint. While it hasn’t been confirmed to me, it appears returning him to the OHL’s Guelph Storm is an option the Flyers are delaying as long as possible.
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Luchanko has built up somewhat of a reputation as a player who is reluctant to shoot the puck; said reputation has clearly spilled into the Flyers’ front office.Lineup updates for #SEAvsPHI:
• Dan Vladar gets the start in net.
• Forwards Nikita Grebenkin and Jett Luchanko slot back into the lineup.
• Rodrigo Abols and Nick Deslauriers come out.Glad to see the kids back in the lineup, to bad Andrae didn’t join them.
Sanheim leads the entire league in TOI/game. I guess we’ll see if he can hold up.
But his offensive game still needs to come around. Luchanko only has one shot attempt in about 27 minutes of ice time; only the Vancouver Canucks’ Arshdeep Bains has played more among forwards with one or zero shot attempts this season.
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Last year, though, it felt more because Luchanko popped, whereas this season, it seemed to have more to do with the team’s reluctance to have him repeat the OHL level (although last season’s lack of center talent was also a contributing factor).
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Though the team can dress him up to six more times this season without burning a year of his entry-level contract, a referendum feels like it’s coming sooner rather than later. Having the 19-year-old play fourth-line minutes was never a long-term situation, and he hasn’t popped enough to warrant a larger role.They are really trying to drum up interest for Tippet. Hopefully this hot streak will allow them to get out of that contract.
So just “two more weeks” for Oliver Bonk to begin his professional career. I’m sure there are no concerns with all the radio silence.
He’s entering Ryan Ellis territory with these injury updates. I don’t think they have even told us what the injury is have they?
You and Bill should get on the same page as far as starting threads. We now have 2 game day threads.
Thanks for the article though. It’s a dumbass lineup.
the jett and russuan#2 scratched. brick by brick.
cant wait to hear the sin on another dumb decision.
ROFL. If he’s not good enough to be in the lineup, even on the 4th line (stupid), what is he doing here? I guess nobody in the Philly brain trust wanted a side by side comparison that even the people who buy their PR bull would get.
As i’ve said all year, play the kids and let them sink or swim, screw the heavy vet lineup which does nothing for the team. Also, if you want to “develop” Jett’s offensive instincts, put him in a position to make some plays. If he isn’t good enough for that he belongs somewhere else. The Flyers have just screwed up so badly with how they yoyo this kid. It has been determined that ND is more valuable to the lineup than Jett or Greb. Crazy.
Also as a reminder, Andrae is a top 6 dman on this team and the only game they’ve won so far was with him on the back end making the right play in getting the puck out of the zone, reliably. He’s not back in the AHL because of merit, it’s bias.
Minnesota’s top four Dmen are a combined -22. Zeev leads the way at -7. They have 5 even strength goals in 5 games. Stay out of the box on them and you win for certain. Can you imagine the response in Philly if the Flyers gave up 7 goals to Columbus at their home opener? How about if they blew a 3 goal lead in the 3rd at home to LA? Fell behind 3-0 to Dallas barely a minute into the 2nd? Got crushed by Washington 5-1? But they have a great power play. Hahahahaha!
You are losing it. Plus/minus must be taken with a grain of salt, some of those were empty net goals and I agree that the key to the Flyers winning is staying out of the penalty box (I even mentioned the Wild needing to figure out even strength). The Flyers are still looking up at the Wild in the standings, even though it’s by the slimmest of margins, so what exactly are you crowing about? The Flyers having a league worst PP% yet again? Maybe the Flyers should put that on a tshirt if fans are proud of it.
Nothing about Jett? His playing time? The positions the coach puts him in? Should he be in the NHL? What else do the Flyers need to do besides stay out of the penalty box, the state of the Flyrers defense, etc?
Jett in 2 years playing 7 games, 0 goals, 0 assists, 3 SOG (0 SOG this year). Currently playing the 4th line and 10 min a night. Pretty much a big fat 0.
Zeev in 1 year playing 5 games 1 PPG, 4 PPA, 11 SOG. Currently QBing the 1st PP and playing 20 min a night.Zeev is out there late in the 3rd when they are down by a goal and the team has pulled the goalie trying to tie it up. Jett is keeping the bench warm.
Zeev has been an important and productive part of the Wild at 1 PP point/game so far this season. Jett, if he wasn’t DB’s signature pick would be in the OHL instead of sitting on the end of the bench.
https://www.covers.com/sport/hockey/nhl/statistics/team-powerplay/2025-2026
Min PP% 44%, PHI PP% 7.7%. So far this season Min has been record breakingly good, and PHI record breakingly bad. If MIN ever figures out even strength, look out.
Still small sample size, these things will both trend towards the middle, etc but Zeev individually has more PP points than the entire PHI team early in the season.
I guess my point is it’s time for Jett to show up in this game or head back to the OHL and to mention that the Flyers are still clueless about the future of their defense. Maybe Tocchet will give him some ice time on a scoring line and he’ll show some life. Keeping him up (to hone his offensive instincts) and playing him on the 4th line was a dumbass move. If you are going to keep him up, put him in position to develop.
Both these teams had 87 points last year so neither is a powerhouse, the Flyers really need to win this one while having Jett contribute because the early season storyline is that these are the same old flyers.
Edit: remind me to never edit because half the time it disappears.
