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BONK is injured again. Zevagrin hasn’t played in over a month. not a peeps from any beats
I don’t buy into hype for Flyers prospect goalies as I’ve seen this too many times over the years. Until they’re excelling in the NHL, they’re nothing more than the next Maxime Oullet to me (let’s see how many remember that franchise-saving goalie from the past).
The latter option is a concern because it shows the shortcomings of a rebuild that’s been years in the works. It means that the Flyers had to sign Dvorak, not knowing whether they had the center to replace him. If Jett Luchanko isn’t the answer and Jack Nesbitt, whom the Flyers traded up to select in the first round of the latest draft, isn’t either, this rebuild is in trouble.
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.
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.
nothing will change until the people in charge wake up and realize the flyers way of running a franchise is the wrong way.
still laughing at the dvorak ext. there was zero need to do it at that time if at all.
cant wait to hear the spin from the wonder twins after the season.
So the Flyers hit the wall in December, essentially the same pattern they’ve shown the past 5 seasons.
Still having trouble understanding why some thought this team was better when their big offseason moves was signing a back-up goalie (yes, Vladar started well, but hit a wall as expected), a 3rd/4th line center (who has parlayed a hot start into a deal that will handcuff this franchise for the foreseeable future), and a AHL defenseman (guess Juulsen was a need as there’s no NHL talent in the minors).
And yes, one can’t help but laugh at the Dvorak extension, and as has been said on previous posts, it’s only a matter of time until their most important blue-liner who can’t seem to stay on the ice is signed to an extension.
This franchise can’t stay out of its own way, and why anyone would think otherwise puzzles me. While they may talk a good game, none of their actions over the past 15 years says they’re serious about being anything more than a team hoping for the playoffs, yet coming up short year in and year out.
If what the team has shown on ice during this “slump” (and quite frankly, for the past decade) is their culture, then they deserve the additional decade of irrelevance they’re destined for.
Change front offices, coaches, etc. all you want… this unit as a whole lacks the hockey IQ to be anything more than a team outside the playoff bubble year in and year out.
Quote from Brière:
The Rebuild is Over” (Sept 2025): Brière indicated that the team is moving into a new phase and that the era of being “sellers” at the trade deadline is over, stating it would be a failure if they were in that position again.
and this one
“But like I said, when you’re not spending $12 million on a player, or even two like Edmonton does… Colorado has three or four high-end guys. We’re not going to be built that way. So depth will be important to us.”
What a great management team the flyer has assembled. there was zero need to sign dvorak when they did. all while his value was at its highest. Guess those wharton classed Danny took dont resonate with him at all.
5 years of another 3rd lie center.
dvorak- cates- ex selke is def a cup contending center group.
Depth is so important that after 5 seasons as a bottom-dweller, the Flyers still have none.
Seeing Zibanejad has yet another hat trick against the Flyers. Again, feel free to insert whatever slogan is being used this season.
Don’t worry guys after that horrible Dvorak contract we can still trade Cates or Brink
With the cap going up, there’s no such thing as a bad contract… or so I’ve been told.
After 1, the Flyers down 3-1 against the worst in the East Rangers. Feel free to insert whatever slogan is being used this season.
For the most part, the Flyers are hitting the wall about the same time they’ve hit it the past 5 seasons (though they delayed it a couple weeks as the post-Christmas West Coast Death March usually does them in).
Why isn’t anybody in Philly talking about the special teams crashing and burning (again)? New coach, same sorry-assed special teams play.
