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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.
Turnovers. Miscues by Jett Luchanko and Nikita Grebenkin figured directly into two of Winnipeg’s goals. Luchanko also passed up at least one open shot possibility (Tocchet has implored him to shoot more often). He did have a nice outlet pass that started one of Philly’s better scoring chances of the game.
Another game where Jett does not help the team or show improvement. How much longer can the Flyers put up with DB’s vanity project? Another game where you couldn’t even tell he was playing by the stat sheet. How does playing on the 4th line help develop his offensive instincts, which is the main excuse for not leaving him in juniors?
DB’s been justifying and the Comcast PR department has been hyping this kid since he was drafted over a consensus no brainer better player at a position where the Flyers, 2 years later, are still completely lost in the wilderness. If he had been drafted in the second round the expectations would be lower and there would have been no pressure on the FO to fast track him.
After last year’s fiasco of having him poop the bed, the Flyers wanted to promote him as them not having made a mistake last year without exposing themselves to ridicule yet again. So we get this, where he’s not asked to do much other than not screw up. It’s the Ristolainen plan!
I have yet to find someone who agrees with the Flyers and what they are doing.
https://www.broadstreethockey.com/post/flyers-moving-emil-andrae-around-doesnt-help-anyone/
Strong play, an intriguing skillset, good compete in puck battles, none of it seems to matter when it comes to Andrae securing an NHL future. It seems as if no matter what he does, the Flyers view his role as already filled by Drysdale and York, and Tocchet, Briere, and Jones do not seem to be bullish on the idea of having three offensively-minded, smaller defenders on the same team. That crunch results in Andrae repeatedly being shuttled up and down between the NHL and AHL levels, even when his play suggests otherwise.
It is a case where the meritocracy that has been preached from the Tortorella era, into the newly minted Tocchet regime, has not been followed. Andrae, frankly, has shown himself to be an NHL defenseman whenever he has gotten time with the big club.
Making your season debut against the Florida Panthers is no easy task, but Andrae made it look so as the Flyers out-shot their opposition 7-1 with the Swede on the ice at 5-on-5.
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We know the Flyers are hell-bent on building a Stanley Cup-contending defense that’s stocked to the brim with size and range, but they aren’t there yet. How can that be enforced reasonably against Andrae despite being a handful of years down the road?Drafting a franchise defenseman was and still should be the way to save this blueline. Trades, sure but having that guy makes everyone else’s job easier. Especially the first few years when he’s on an entry level contract which frees up money to improve the team around him. The Flyers will never and have never believed in value. The best bang for the buck. During Sniders years, they just outspent everyone else. Holmgren did the same thing during the early salary cap years which is why Hextall inherited a team with no cap space and no assets. Holmgren spent them all to win now, and when win now fails, someone has to clean it up and it’s usually not the person who spent like a frat boy.
Fletcher did the same thing. Gave out those 8 year contracts, traded for and doubled down on Risto (the Flyers got horrible ROI on fletcher from Ghost going on to score 200 pts in the last 5 years to risto being demoted to 3rd line and always being injured). To put that in perspective, although Sanheim may be a better defensive defenseman, Ghost has nearly doubled him in points while playing 20 min a night and because of the way the Flyers misevaluated him on the ice and mistreated him in the media, they couldn’t give him away. Garolina got for only 3 mill/yr a 50 pt defenseman who scores 29 pp points a year. That’s value, that’s value and skillset missing from the Flyers. I’m sure he had no interest in coming back but whose fault is that especially if they never even reached out? But Risto? 5 years, a complete makeover, totally stripping him of any offensive ability, but one hell of a PR campaign, is going to save the Flyers blueline when he returns.
You want to save the blueline, sell the team, clear out the front office and for once, because nobody outside of the Flyers bubble cares about it, bury forever Flyers hockey and enter the 21st century. They need execs who will draft a franchise Dman and a franchise center, not just make noises about needing them.
Might be time to move Michkov away from Couts at even strength. Although if the alternative is to have Dvarak be his center, not a better option.
Don’t worry they will trade for a true #1 center for this team and the rest of the centers will move down the lineup. Kevin Hayes 2.0.
The Flyers are excited to be able to overpay someone for the first time in quite awhile now that Ellis and the rest of the dead money are clearing up.
Send Jett back to the OHL, he’s not developing on the 4th line but hey, wasn’t that a great pick by DB, youngest Flyer to make the team in history.
