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The elite talent they need to acquire is on D and in goal. They can draft scorers. You build your offense through the draft. This is not complicated. You have to get to the bubble to get back to the playoffs. Also, not complicated. You do understand Hague slots behind Pietrangelo, Hanifin, Theodore and McNabb, right? You know who is a Top 4 Dman for the Flyers at this moment? Jamie Drysdale.
No, they also need to acquire elite talent at center. They desperately need a #1 center. When was the last time they did that? So apparently it is complicated for you. No, they don’t have to get to the bubble. That would be the worst thing they could do now. They need to acquire elite talent through the draft. The best way to do that is to draft high. This is not complicated. You do understand that who a player slots behind, doesn’t affect the level of player that he is. Hague is not a top 4 level NHL defenseman. He is poor defensively and offers little offense. He is not a smart move for the Flyers. Develop and play the young kids. This is not complicated
Black Francis is trying to pull the same nonsense he did on the other site and is going to act like nobody has figured it out. LOL
If you think Hague is a top 4 for a lot, or most teams in the league. Then either you don’t know Hague or hockey very well. He is poor defensively and not good offensively. What would better goaltending and a top 4 defenseman do for the Flyers? Put them back in the playoff bubble? Whoopee! They need top draft picks to try and acquire elite talent. They need to tank. Anything else is just more of the same Flyers nonsense leading to nowhere and the inevitable cycle that they’ve been in for about 15 years now.
Hague is a 3rd pair defenseman. Hague and Ristolainen would be a disaster. I’m all for it. Need that high draft pick
My take is that this team needs to continue to tank. They won’t though and we all know they won’t. All acquiring players such as Bennett, Rossi, Ekblad and even Marner will do, is cap the team out and they could possibly be a playoff team that is short of true contention. That will prevent the Flyers from being able to acquire elite young talent. It is a mistake to do so and it will fail. Then the team will be back in another “rebuild” with anchor contracts and aging players
I don’t doubt that’s likely to be the kind of approach the team is going to take but it will be a disaster and will lead to more of the same. A continuing cycle of capping out, without being close to good enough and continuing to “rebuild” or “re-tool”
