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there was never a rebuild therefore the flyers “had” to keep him. key core player. true flyer.
this is just another wasted year spinning their wheels. until the dumb ass flyers fans wake up and stop going to the games, nothing will change
Said this about the Voracek extension a decade ago. Not that I had a problem with the player, but we were fed the rebuild line at that time as well, and he seemed like an unneeded luxury that could have brought a decent return to help that supposed rebuild along.
Funny thing… the “culture” is there. Problem is, it’s a culture of questionable decisions that really never play out in the Flyers favor.
Congrats to Bob for the win last night and i hope he has another great season. Rarely has the shortsightedness of the Flyers over time been shown so clearly. We are here almost 15 years later and has anything really changed for the Flyers? Is the team in front of the goalie any better? There is no hope of stabilizing the Flyers defense short of trading for a #1 dman because they sure as hell aren’t trying to draft one. The Flyers defense is “thin” even when healthy.
ND really made a difference out there last night playing the least amount of minutes of all skaters. He fought how many times? The Flyers much hyped “rookie” in his second year of making the big club learned a lot from the press box about how not to fight i guess from ND. ND looking ok in 1 preseason game almost a month ago was really the right take away from the preseason.
This isn’t a knock on ND. He is who he is and is performing as expected, at least outside the Flyers brain trust. If the Flyers had no better options on the bench and it wasn’t a rebuilding year then i would get it but if Jett isn’t a better option than a mid 30s slow footed over the hill fighter, what is he doing on the team? He’s had more games in the press box than on the ice over the last 2 years.
But i guess the rebuild is over, they are in the mix for the playoffs and are going to fight their way in.
Another flat start (or so I read)… guys not bothering to show up until late in the second period. Gee, where have we heard that before?
It does feel like the Flyers plan, if you can call it that, is to keep doing this. The Flyers are pinning their hopes on a franchise center and a franchise dman hitting UFA and then being able to outbid everyone for them.
It’s why I hold little to no hope this franchise will ever progress… just doesn’t seem like there’s anyone in the organizaiton in touch with reality.
I blame Lavi more for the way he handled Bob which brought about the crisis. Snider never looked beyond the current season and it never mattered until the salary cap. For better or worse the Flyers were always in the mix for every free agent. Snider was just being himself given how Lavi handled the goalies the previous year. The move was bold even for Snider though with that 9 year contract but old rich guys near the end tend to ignore any and all red flags to get what they want.
Sadly, the Flyers still have yet to accept the reality that is the salary cap, and current state of free agency where top-end talent rarely (if ever) makes it to the market.
Even over 13 years later, the Flyers are feeling the double whammy of it all. First, Bobrovsky is chasing his third consecutive championship ring with the Florida Panthers. Second, Bryzgalov is still receiving checks from Philadelphia to not play for their team—the buyout penalty runs through 2027. Finally, last season, the Flyers posted the NHL’s worst team save percentage of the 21st century: .879, according to QuantHockey.
Who do you blame more, Snider or Laviolette?
What’s funny is DB was on the roster for the trade and he is the lead architect of NHL’s worst team save percentage of the 21st century. I guess the Flyers aren’t just setting records with their league worst power play. I hope DB puts both accomplishments on his resume.
While Ed Snider went full Jerry Jones, both he and Laviolette deserve blame as both made panic moves that led to Bobrovsky wanting out.
https://x.com/justingiam/status/1975970406067757490
There’s ugly, then there’s this.
After Shesterkin, who is absolutely better than either Flyer goalie, Fox and Gavrikov on D and Penarin, they have nothing. Literally nothing. They can’t draft. It’s killing them.
Seeing a lot of the pundits have a three-way battle between the Flyers, Penguins, and Rangers as to who finished at the bottom of the Metro.
ohhhh. i googled vonzipper and just came up with a company that makes sunglasses and i knew that wasn’t it! 🤣
Been meaning to ask… are you the KickSave from back in the old Philly.com days?
gramos is a blackhawks fan. i think that’s why he hates st. louis.
i meant to ask you what your avatar is. i feel like i recognize it but i don’t know what it is.
Oh, I get it. St. Louis has quite the inferiority complex when it comes to Chicago, and the hatred is mutual.
As for the avatar… it’s Eric Von Zipper, character in the Frankie & Annette beach party movies.
St. Louis is the armpit of this fiefdom.
Having lived in that area many years ago, I can tell you “armpit” is being overly generous.
they’ve tried red lipstick on this pig and pink lipstick on this pig and purple lipstick on this pig..
Be nice. This pig is the only thing the people of St. Louis have right now.
I’m shocked that they were actually able to trade him. I thought the Flyers would have to sit on that contract one more year because it isn’t front loaded and the acquiring team has to pay his full salary.
On that note Grundstrom and his 1.8mill contract was immediately put on waivers and Guryev is not predicted to ever play in the NHL and is currently playing in the ECHL.
I’m not sure what the Sharks got out of this other than freeing up a contract slot and a 6th for taking on an additional 8 mill salary? They were already above the cap floor and they could’ve just waived Grundstrom themselves.
Guryev and Grundstrom are off the books after this year and make half of Ellis. The sharks will be paying Ellis salary for 2 years for some reason (10 mill) and have less salary cap space than the Flyers now. Make this make sense from the Sharks side?
Barring any new information coming out, this does look like a steal for DB. Congrats.
Somewhat shocked myself as I really didn’t see any sort of value for another team to take on the Ellis contract. Also, I figured the Sharks were pretty much set with the Price contract, so in that regard, it seems to make even less sense for them. But hey, take the win no matter how it was earned!
flyers have always been a merit based orginization…..glad the jett will make it. hope he is the best 4th line center the flyers ever had going forward.
what are they going to get in a trade for andrae? every team has their version of andrae. so much for nhl ready a year ago per flahr.
Oh, you haven’t heard? He’s being packaged with newly-minted whipping-boy Owen Tippett for a top 4 defenseman. At least that was the word on Twitter this morning.
“dilly” probably a ‘great” guy. good in the “room”. players “love” him. gets “along” with everyone. doesn’t rock the boat. probably never asks for a raise lol
results be damned
If I am “zavy” I demand a new goalie coach before I come over…..
When the point is raised that maybe Dillabaugh is a liability, it seems to be quickly dismissed. Almost makes one wonder what a Flyers goaltending coach actually does as it’s pretty obvious the job isn’t results-driven.
It appears the short-term strategy is to hope somehow the team save % can get above .900. I am not very optimistic this will happen. They are still much closer to a top 5 pick then a playoff spot. Frankly, until this current regime can show the ability to get consistent goaltending, all the other aspects to building the roster will not matter. Briere cannot just point to and look at Zavragin will be really good when gets here. Looks like Dilly’s last hope to save his job will be if Vladar can post a career best save % this season. Boosh will have to word salad a ridiculous amount of times this season to avoid using the term “soft goal” this season.
All the eggs are already in the basket.
Flyers fans better start praying this kid isn’t the next in a long line of Maxime Oullet over-hyped goaltenders.
