Post-Game Talk: #71 | Wild at Flyers | March 23, 2023

[flyerslducks]

I’d rather them play well & build a foundation than lose on purpose all for a few percentage points on a dice roll.

I wish they were building a foundation but they aren’t

 

[Petr Svoboda Mullet]

I wish they were building a foundation but they aren’t

Seriously. Give me some of the drugs he’s on.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Shitty show. Great message.

We would def not have a good time hanging out together.

 

[mize370]

I think I am in the Twilight zone. Majority is mad when we win. Happy when we lose. Mad we are screwing up a high draft pick that we all mostly agree we will screw up anyways. I don't know if I should laugh or cry. Can not wait to see what blunders we do this summer and who they decide is out at RW. Atkinson, tipperoo and tk are locks unless they are gone. Forrester with the upper hand. Allison probably gone. Brink is the new phantoms captain. Lol. Pinning hopes on the draft lottery miracle! Lord have mercy on us all. We are sorry for the 70's. We have suffered enough!

 

[trostol]

if..and it is a huge if..you can move Atkinson you do

 

[FlyerNutter]

I’m as team tank as anyone, but if there is one team to beat. It’s Minnesota.

Hope Fletcher weeps into his plain cheerios.

 

[Embiid]

Fletch eats Kix cereal....not Cheerios

True to form....Flyers have a meaningless streak at the worst possible time of the year...

 

[Rich Nixon]

I'm pissed they won or even got to OT, let's get that out of the way.

But they actually played some of the most crisp and coherent hockey I've seen played in those gross bad black uniforms. That's not saying a ton because they've been ass since before that ugly shit debuted, but still. Frustrating, to say the least.

Frost is good, Foerster looks like he good be good, Tippett does what he does well, Cates is a serviceable bottom 6 guy, York looks steady. Sanheim and Farabee look like they woke up the second Fletcher was fired and might remember how to do hockey things again—but I'll wait to be convinced there.

Clear out 2 or more of the putrid dead weight guys (Hayes, Provorov, DeAngelo, Risto), Konecny and Hart if the price sings. Add a stud draft pick, a couple young bodies, and the ghost of Sean Couturier and I might occasionally enjoy watching this team lose slightly fewer games next year.

But now, they need to lose these games.

 

[deadhead]

Some of the takes around here are priceless.
"Our young core is awful"
"Wish they would stop winning games against playoff caliber teams"

OK.

"Gauthier’s shooting ability came as advertised. He has a cannon of a shot and a quick release as well. To my eyes, his wrister appeared more dangerous at this point than his one-timer, but that wasn’t too shabby, either. On the whole, I was actually more impressed with the quality of Gauthier’s shot than that of Tyson Foerster, and that’s not a slight against the Flyers’ 2020 first-round pick. Gauthier’s shot just looked even heavier and more overpowering, a promising sign."

Foerster has shown a top flight NHL shot, if Gauthier is even better . . .

Snipers do matter, or why are people salivating over Boldy?
Now it would also be nice if Brink becomes the NHL version of the guy who lead the NCAA in scoring at 20 years old, making a living setting up snipers.

This team has a nice core of young players and prospects, not enough to build a top 8 team, but enough to provide a base to add some top picks and some picks/prospets obtained in trade. They're not starting from ground zero. They're proving themselves against top NHL competition as legit NHL players.

We were never getting Bedard or any top player, the Hockey Gods won't allow it.

 

[flyerslducks]

We were never getting Bedard or any top player, the Hockey Gods won't allow it.

Flyers won’t allow it**. Getting torts this year was stupid….if they didn’t sign him they easily could’ve lost a handful more games and be in the hunt for a top 3 pick

 

[dats81]

The should have promoted Lappy to coach this Flyers team.

 

[WIP CALLER]

Forget Bedard, they’re playing themselves out of even drafting a potential first line center let alone a franchise player or star. So much for infusing high end talent. Prepare to add another middle 6 talent to the scrap heap… but thank god for the good process being put in place.

 

[Starat327]

We would def not have a good time hanging out together.

As long as that 14.99 comes through every month, I'm good.

 

[Beef Invictus]

They’re going to pick 6 or 7 overall.

They are playing well & competitive against (and even beating) good teams.

Enjoy it for F’s sake.

Night and day from a year ago.

There’s light at the end of the tunnel.

No there isn't. Not by a long shot.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I’d rather them play well & build a foundation than lose on purpose all for a few percentage points on a dice roll.

The foundation will be long gone by the time this team is actually good again.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Brought to us by the same assessment process that determined despite actual results, Rocky is a "very bright" coach who will fix the offense and PP. And Gordon is also "very bright" and destined for another NHL shot. And Yandle and Hagg and TDA are clearly better than Ghost. And Stewart will be good and score ten goals. Among many more very wrong takes.

The omens are bad for the "we are making a good foundation and this agony is nearly over" assessment.

 

[VladDrag]

I would prefer a loss a this point in the season, but it was entertaining. Good to see the younger skaters continue some decent play.

That Foerster shot was sick. His release was amazing.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I would prefer a loss a this point in the season, but it was entertaining. Good to see the younger skaters continue some decent play.

That Foerster shot was sick. His release was amazing.

I like Foerster.

I like lighting up Fleury.

Not a Best Hart Game

 

[GKJ]

The thing with Foerster is that’s someone Chuck was waiting on because they felt they found a high-end game breaker in the back half of the first round.

 

[tucson83]

Flyers won’t allow it**. Getting torts this year was stupid….if they didn’t sign him they easily could’ve lost a handful more games and be in the hunt for a top 3 pick

so if we dont get a top 3 and have worst record overall, you are saying that all losing worth it?

 

[Beef Invictus]

so if we dont get a top 3 and have worst record overall, you are saying that all losing worth it?

It is impossible to have the worst record and not be top 3.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

These idiots can't even lose right. Ugh.

 

[Ghosts Beer]

The Flyers right now have a roughly 7% chance to pick first.

The Sharks & Hawks, widely accepted as the two teams “tanking,” have 13 & 11% chances to pick first.

Yeah, blow up the team for a 13% chance to pick first instead of 7%. Great plan!

 

[WIP CALLER]

The Flyers right now have a roughly 7% chance to pick first.

The Sharks & Hawks, widely accepted as the two teams “tanking,” have 13 & 11% chances to pick first.

Yeah, blow up the team for a 13% chance to pick first instead of 7%. Great plan!

It's not all about the first pick. Being guaranteed to draft no worse than 3rd or 4th this year(and most years) is a massive difference to drafting 7 or 8th.

 

[Columbus Hockey Dad]

The Flyers right now have a roughly 7% chance to pick first.

The Sharks & Hawks, widely accepted as the two teams “tanking,” have 13 & 11% chances to pick first.

Yeah, blow up the team for a 13% chance to pick first instead of 7%. Great plan!

You realize it's more than just the 7% chance vs. the 13% chance, right? If you're 7-8th worst in the league, maybe you get lucky and score with the 1st or 2nd pick. But just as likely is falling a spot or two to 9th or 10th. And even if you stay at 7 or 8, you lose out on the potential first line guys. It's a huge hit to this team...but hey, the kids are doing great in meaningless games for a 5-10 game stretch. WOW...so important!!!