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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.
The Steelers/Flyers comparison holds true as both have GMs who have ignored obvious roster holes for years thinking one player would fix all their problems.
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.
Dvorak 5 years? Holy crap.
$5.15M per season over those 5 years, not to mention another player locked up long-term well into his 30s.
I’m shocked VAN did the deal so fast, but they got a haul, really everything I figured they would have wanted. Young center, Dman, prospect AND pick. MIN threw the kitchen sink at this deal and got it done.
Not really shocked the did the deal now, but I can’t help but wonder how many low-ball offers they received as it’s no big secret Hughes had no intention to re-sign there.
While Hughes is no doubt the best player in the trade, I like that Vancouver appears to have strengthened weaknesses on their roster (long term) and, believe it or not, actually got bigger on their blue line.
– anyone impressed with tocchet yet? another boring, bland, stale coaching choice.
– ex selke increasing his trade value. I kid flyers do not have any forth sight to move him or Tippet for that matter. core players for middling team going nowhere team.
– now that zegras is on the wing they have to many. MM-Martone-TK-MM -The Forest- Brink – Tippet. what will danny boy do? his head must be spinning. pretty obvious to many except the ones that make the decisions. can briere admit he made a mistake?
– laughtchenko zero shots on goal. pathetic. even worse if you go back and add in his preseason games. don’t see any good nhl qualities at all so far.
– we shall see if the coach rides vlader for a while.
– dvorak not offering much. showing every game he isnt a top 6 option at all.
– like russian #2. just seems to notice him on the ice. hope they let him work through the things he needs to work on.
– nothing really has changed.
Another win now hire, despite having mediocre (at best) talent. Tocchet will get them to the 7-12 pick range, and a season of great improvement will be celebrated.
>wow that’s sudden. wasn’t i just reading articles about his new album not too long ago?
Yeah. From what I’ve read, he apparently had a fall in September that ultimately led to his death today.
