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The line with Zegras centering Michkov and Brink had numerous rough shifts. They may require patience to find some chemistry. On Thursday, the undersized trio had trouble generating or sustaining pressure. Having Zegras at center means almost guaranteed faceoff losses (1-for-12). It also creates defensive problems because Tocchet expects centers to bear the heaviest burden of covering turf on both sides and through the middle. However, the Flyers are so thin at center, there may be no other choice right now.>
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There’s no comfort in the credited hits disparity (36-15). It meant two things: 1) The Bruins had the puck a lot more than Philly, and 2) the Flyers’ fourth line did their job. Among the Flyers’ hits, Deslauriers had nine in 12:12 of ice time. Hathaway had seven in 12:50. Couturier had five in 13:57. That’s 21 right there.Is it to early to say Anaheim had it right with Zegras, in that he can’t play center at the NHL level? I get the Flyers have to and i’m glad it only took them 50+ games to actually give him a long look at center but this is how evaluation works. He is so godawful at faceoffs and not great on defense. If he can’t improve, which he has shown no signs of improving, then you move on.
I guess my point is they need top end centers, Zegras was traded for to potentially fill a center role and then ended up playing wing for 50 games without ever getting a long look at center. How does that make sense? Honestly Tocchet’s roster decisions have been looney tunes all season and Vladar’s early season dominance allowed Tocchet to evade scrutiny.
How many times when asked about Michkov did he point to the fact they won rather than answer the question?
Also down multiple goals almost the entire game and the 4th line get’s that much time? Between the 3 of them that’s what, 1 goal in the last 30 games? Well at least they were tough to play against, that’ll show the Bruins not to mess with the Flyers.
This is the same reason why they’ll re-sign a completely broken-down Rasmus Ristolainen… who in the system is coming in to replace him? Funny how the entire organization has gone completely silent about Oliver Bonk. I get that he was injured, but not a word about him since his return. As for the rest of the guys in the system, not an NHL defenseman in the bunch.
As for the two centers mentioned… neither is the answer.
It looks a lot like what Edmonton did over the years… drafted the same player over and over (in our case, wingers) and wondered why they never seemed to progress in the standings.
Remember when Jones was touting McDonald as the next great shutdown dman?
For starters, it’s already been well documented how Flyers president Keith Jones referred to McDonald as a “beast” in an appearance on the PHLY Flyers podcast
All the Hunter McDonald hype has been swept under the rug once they actually got to see him play. Jones has been radio silent on McDonald.
Dvorak. He is a 3rd line player getting 1st line minutes and putting up borderline 2nd line points.
Let’s unpack that a second. Over the last 5 games for example he’s been averaging 20 minutes a night and been the defacto #1 center. What that means he didn’t really improve, his situation did. He is seeing more time in the offensive zone with much MUCH better linemates and seeing greatly increased TOI.
DVO 2024 Offensive start % : 9.2%
DVO 2025 Offensive start % : 37%And yet, even with all these advantages in 2025, his goal scoring percentage hasn’t changed. Given the same number of shots as previous years he’s stayed remarkably consistent with last year’s production. If you packed his TOI and SOG from 2024 into a 52 game season, you would have what we have seen so far. Which is remarkable that he’s got the same # of goals on the same # of shots..
Is there any measurable growth in Dvo’s game? No. The Flyers have effectively fooled themselves, yet again. Just being the Flyers center playing the most minutes doesn’t make him an elite talent, it just means you gave him the most minutes.
Also, prime for forwards is 27-29. Which means, surprise, he will be on the downside of his prime at 30 when the extension kicks in and with Konecny hitting the end of his prime next year.
https://medium.com/@mattdesfosses/the-hockey-aging-curve-b0f33b91d1e4
The Flyers wanted a buy-in? Lol. They announced they were done selling before the season even started. I have provided links in other threads and there’s a dozen more to be had from Hilf on down. The whole “players will decide” is bullshit. That’s cover after they committed to push for the playoffs this year. Let alone all the comments from previous years that everyone conveniently forgets or don’t take seriously.
As always, this was never a rebuild, it was a retool ala Hextall and Hextall called it a retool. To rebuild a potential stanley cup roster you need a foundation of foundational players : 1C, 1D, 1G. This is fairly basic knowledge that the Flyers keep telling everyone to not look behind the curtain. Using that as a basis for a rebuild, the Flyers have yet to start. That’s like calling Tocchet the greatest hockey coach of all time. Just saying it doesn’t make it so.
Tocchet is a horrible coach for a rebuilding/retooling team who has a dislike for russian players (just ask Vancouver) with a horrible winning %. I could get more into Tocchet’s shortcomings but if you need me to tell you what your eyes have seen all year, then it’s not worth my time.
Flyers show no pushback after questionable hit on Matvei Michkov
I hope Michkov requests a trade. The team treats him as if he was the proverbial red-headed step child. From ice-time, to where they play him, to what he get’s blamed for in press conferences. It’s just embarrassing.
In Travis Konecny’s hat trick performance, Flyers’ breadth of culture on display
Just because we don’t hear the word “Culture” and “Flyers” used together enough Broadstreethockey wrote an Ode to Flyers culture where Konecny didn’t score a hat trick because of talent. No, his hattrick was due to him being an unstoppable force of culture. The symbol of all things that Flyers hockey stands for. He was willing the team to victory.
I swear to god that Army recruiting ads have less patriotism in them than this article has about lionizing Flyers culture.
Last i checked Garnet Hathaway still couldn’t hit an empty net on a breakaway despite his “culture”.
Do you ever feel that people who write these articles are laughing behind the scenes, trying to see how far they push the Flyers fans?
https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/five-takeaways-rebuild-evolves-to-next-phase
“In the previous two years we would be quick to make changes in order to get better for the future. Now, it would be about staying on course, which is advancing. It’s not about moving back,” Jones said.
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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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“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.
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“We’re not going to be giving away players to gain future assets, unless something crazy (takes place). But that’s the plan, as we sit here today,” Jones said.Nobody will ever convince me this is a rebuild because the facts don’t support it but yea, selling was never an option this year. They said all along they were done.
They told us months ago that they are all in.
assuming Zegras wants a long-term deal. Left a bad ducks team for an even worse flyers team.
Though his BFF are here so he will sign and get complacent just like the others.
GH with more ice time than MM and ND only less than a minute in ice time compared to MM. Great coaching.
Neither rain, nor snow, nor becoming an extremely embarrassing to the franchise internet meme will keep Flyers coaches from rewarding their big 4th line grinders over skilled players.
It’s so freaking stupid. I know i talk to much about the Eagles but Tocchet is the Flyers Kevin Patullo. It doesn’t matter how much anyone on the outside can see the trainwreck happening in real time, the powers that be will stay the course.
Don’t look now but the feel good story of Oct-Nov, Zegras, is in a major slump. He’s been Anaheim Zegras since the new year.
I still expect DB to give him a 5 year 8mill/yr contract with full NMC.
It’s like they read our posts.
Nothing to sell at the deadline. The cupboard is bare.
Flyers are actively getting worse as the season goes on.
The Flyers start the season in playoff mode while other teams ramp up. Other teams have another gear, the Flyers don’t. They have been redlining since Oct.
Zegras has 2 goals in his last 10 and 5 in his last 20 which is more in line with what he was doing in Anh versus the first month of the season. His shooting precentage was 50% above his career early on and has been falling back to the mean ever since.
The way the Flyers were winning was unsustainable and everyone knew it except for the true believers.
