Part of the reason it looks like other teams are much faster than the Flyers is the way they carry speed through the neutral zone. Yes, breakout design is a big part of that, as is the state of Hagg and MacDonald, but so is Forward personnel and I don't mean from a speed standpoint.
They have exactly one Forward you can scheme up space for on a breakout and reasonably expect a controlled zone entry. One. Until that changes, your transition game isn't going to generate true threat on a consistent basis with 6 Hampus Lindholms back there. Foot speed would be nice, but speed of threat transference is what I want most from a Forward right now.
Panarin is ideal. I don't really care what the number is unless we're getting towards 14. The difference between signing Panarin at 11 and 13 is that you have to churn one more roster spot with reasonable quality, which happens to be coming in spades.
you know what, Jojo? Nobody wants your logic, alright. Take it elsewhere. We'd like to continue talking about how poor all our good players are.