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You ever get the feeling that the Flyers would rather build around Hathaway (who plays the right way) instead of Michkov?
Interesting tidbit on Risto.
Ristolainen, who is listed on Matt Larkin’s trade board and whom I wrote about several times recently, is still not being shopped, even when healthy, a source reiterated to me. His absence in recent games has once again shown the team his importance on their second and third pair, according to team sources. By the sounds of it, Ristolainen will really need to be pulled out of Philadelphia with a big offer more than ever.
It seems like the Flyers are rider or die with him. It’s hard to see what his impact is when he’s only played 13 games this year and is currently injured again and has missed 100+ games over the last 3 years. I struggle to see what his value is to teams from the hot tub. It’s certainly not for his vast playoff experience.
Gave up 7 PP and Ersson with the his 1st game with an above .900 this year and only his 2nd since Dec 3.
2nd best PP% meets the 20th PK% with the 20th PK scoring the SH GWG.
Flyers did win over half of their face offs after only winning 35% the other day.
Despite the win they were still bad in most facets of the game. They were out chanced and outplayed most of the game at 5-5 and the lack of talent showed.
They aren’t going to win many games giving up 7pp and trying to win a 1 goal game.
Even Chris Pronger gives the “rebuild” (air quotes) a big thumbs down. Seriously, I don’t know anyone defends this front office. The voices supporting them are coming down to a few employees and stockholm syndrome fans.
Wheeler states, “Porter Martone’s awesome, Matvei (Michkov)‘s still going to be awesome, they’ve used two top-12 picks on two kids who might top out as third-line centers for them.”
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If you think the Flyers need a superstar center and defenseman, then you’ve probably been panicking for a while now. The truth is, there isn’t a reasonable path for the team to acquire both of these pieces. They could get lucky and draft one in 2026, but getting the other won’t be easy.——————
And Scott Wheeler. Everyone thinks he tops out at 3rd line center, now, when apparently it’s safe to not toe the company line. It’s just ridiculous that everyone had to lie to the public for over 2+ years even though every evaluation of him all along pointed to this probable outcome.
Not that anybody cares about the Flyers anymore other than a few die hards. And they don’t understand why the Flyers keep falling further and further behind the other sports in Philly.
Even SnowTheGoalie has finally realized what everyone outside of the Flyers front office knows. That the Jett that DB has been selling doesn’t exist. Or maybe Comcast’s check didn’t clear this month.
Wheeler states, “Porter Martone’s awesome, Matvei (Michkov)‘s still going to be awesome, they’ve used two top-12 picks on two kids who might top out as third-line centers for them.”
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If you think the Flyers need a superstar center and defenseman, then you’ve probably been panicking for a while now. The truth is, there isn’t a reasonable path for the team to acquire both of these pieces. They could get lucky and draft one in 2026, but getting the other won’t be easy.Depth is so important that after 5 seasons as a bottom-dweller, the Flyers still have none.
You are incorrect. The Flyers have plenty of depth. You are assuming he meant NHL depth talentwise for playoff teams.
He was talking about having depth of culture players. They will be the most cultured team in the NHL. There won’t be enough culture left over for the other teams. They will have to cancel the playoffs this year because all of the teams are so uncultured.
The only team with Stanley cup culture will be the Flyers and therefore they will be awarded the cup.
Who needs a Crosby, Bedard, Makar, or Hughes when you have the Flyers culture? Who needs role players properly slotted and pd according to their talents and not their culture. Not the Flyers!
Also, anyone else tired of the puff pieces about how the Flyers have such a great front office? It’s almost like the Flyers are owned by a multinational media company.
https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/five-takeaways-rebuild-evolves-to-next-phase
“I’m a big believer in Sam Ersson. I think that Sam is in a position now, age-wise, and being pushed by the depth at that position that’s there now, is going to benefit him, as well. I think that Sam is going to stand up to the test here this year,” Jones said.
Hilferty added, “I said this to the players the other day, we want to build a culture of sustainable excellence. Not just a shot next year, and it falls off after.”
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No matter how bad Ersson does, the Flyers have his back. Michkov, not so much. Ersson get’s as much support from the FO/coaching as Michkov get’s criticism. Hard to believe which one of them might have a future.
Thankfully Hilferty said they want to build a championship culture and not a championship team because he has no clue what the latter looks like. Team with talent talk about their talent, teams with nothing tangible to talk about, talk about culture. They should change their names to the Philadelphia Culture. Because that’s what’s important to them.
https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/five-takeaways-rebuild-evolves-to-next-phase
“I’m a big believer in Sam Ersson. I think that Sam is in a position now, age-wise, and being pushed by the depth at that position that’s there now, is going to benefit him, as well. I think that Sam is going to stand up to the test here this year,” Jones said.
Hilferty added, “I said this to the players the other day, we want to build a culture of sustainable excellence. Not just a shot next year, and it falls off after.”
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No matter how bad Ersson does, the Flyers have his back. Michkov, not so much. Ersson get’s as much support from the FO/coaching as Michkov get’s criticism. Hard to believe which one of them might have a future.
Thankfully Hilferty said they want to build a championship culture and not a championship team because he has no clue what the latter looks like. Team with talent talk about their talent, teams with nothing tangible to talk about, talk about culture. They should change their names to the Philadelphia Culture. Because that’s what’s important to them.
https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/team/philadelphia-flyers-16/stats/2026
You can thank Gary Bettman and his desire to keep crappy teams playing meaningful games late in the season. The only thing the Flyers have been good at is the skills competition. Without that, the Flyers would be the NY Rangers. Tocch has this team humming.
Quite the reality check by the Rangers.
1. First the Rangers tell everyone they are giving up on the season.
2. Then they follow that up by spanking the Flyers.
3. Flyers 35% faceoff percentage. Pathetic.Nothing says well coached team like giving up 30 goals in 5 games while being one of the lowest scoring teams in the league.
It looks like the Flyers are already on the Olympic break and forgot to tell the fans.
The Flyers didn’t realize the value he brought to the team, and now that he’s out, they see the drop.
Flyers fans have been saying it from Day 1 but any credit given to Vladar is less praise for Tocchet and his old time hockey. If the Brass couldn’t see that Vladar was the duct tape carrying this team, they should be fired.
The offense doesn’t run through Zegras.
Bull. Zegras has been far and away the best offensive player on this team the first part of the season. Even with his recent 10 game slump, he still comfortably leads the team in goals and points. Part of this is the misuse of Michkov. I am tired of hearing that Toch’s usage and Michkov’s issues are all Michkov’s fault. When it comes to Michkov, Tocchet may be worse than Torts. You have to wonder how Michkov would be doing on a team with a competent front office. Imagine if he had the freedom to play with Bedard and get his confidence up instead of all his faults drilled into him daily. They may not win many more games in the short term but it would pay off long term. Work on his faults while building his confidence or do it the Flyers way.
The Flyers have been living on a wing and a prayer and thought they were half way there.
tocchet was such a great hire. would love to sit in on that interview.
Tocchet was a “win now” hire for a team that’s further away from being ready to win now than anyone in the franchise is willing to admit.
You don’t hire your color commentator who has no business experience and absolutely no training to run your team if you are a serious franchise but at least DB took a night class.
It is a wonder why the league isn’t scrambling to be more like the Flyers and poaching their execs.
Anyone who would pitch an honest to god rebuild would never get hired.
That’s exactly what this is. It’s a reality check. They suffer from the some of the same issues that ended the Eagles season. I write this as Buffalo South looks up in the standings at Buffalo even while fans still look down on Buffalo. They do many of the same things, use the same worn out cliches and have the same lack of success over recent seasons, yet for some reason the Flyers fans feel they are better than Buffalo while refusing to look in the mirror.
Anyway back to the Eagles. The Eagles Patullo’d their season and the Flyers are doing the same. As long as Vladar was stopping pucks, Flyers brass/fans stick their fingers in their ears and don’t want to hear anything negative. Everybody likes him, he’s a friend of the family, he’s a good boy. The entire team lost the game, it wasn’t because of his nonsensical play designs and play calling. You can’t blame one guy.
When you hold everyone accountable you hold no one accountable. Anyway, over my Eagles rant and i still can’t figure out why Sirianni has an assistant head coach, it’s not like he calls plays.
Flyers fans always want to believe a hot start is the new normal. Torts found that out the hard way. Vladar, not Tocch, is more responsible for the Flyers winning ways. Is he better than Torts, yes, but that’s a low bar.
I don’t know where the Flyers will end up, maybe they’ll squeak into the playoffs and fool themselves into believing, like the Pittsburgh Steelers did for a decade. What a joke but the Steelers continue to ignore that Tomlin in the Playoff Hall of Shame for his work over the last 9 years as the #1 worst playoff coach in several categories while clinging to long ago playoff success before some of their players were born.
Anyway, The Flyers still need their Bedard, their Crosby, their Makar, their Hughes, etc. with no realistic plans on getting them. The Steelers fooled themselves for a decade that they didn’t need a QB and the Flyers have been selling their fans the same fairy tale.
