Philly Fanatik
"They're going home!"
What kind of lineup would it take the Flyers to challenge and be successful in winning a Stanley Cup in the near future?
Wtf? Coots gets demoted to 3C?Sandstrom
Stolarz
Provorov-Karlsson
Gostisbehere-Trouba
Morin-Friedman
Ratcliffe-Giroux-Voracek
Frost-Patrick-Konecny
Farabee-Couturier-Allison
Rubtsov-Laughton-Kase
I don't know. Who the **** knows.
That's when Patrick is clearly better than Tavares, right?The one they'll have in 2020-21:
Lindblom (24)- Patrick (22) - TK (23)
G (32) - Couts (28) - Voracek (31)
JVR (31) - Frost (21) - Allison (23)
Laughton (25) - Rubtsov (22) - Kase (23)
just have to figure what to do with Farabee (20), O'Brien (20), Ratcliffe (21), Laczynski (23), Vorobyev (24), NAK (25), Twarynski (23), Lycksell (21)
Provorov (23) - Ghost (27)
Sanheim (24) - Myers (23)
Morin (25)/Hagg - Hagg (25)/Friedman (25)
with Hogberg (22) and Kalynuk (23) knocking on the door
Hart/Sandstrom
At some point, probably around the ED, Hextall will make a series of moves, maybe moving/losing JVR or Voracek, packaging some young prospects for a young starter, and trading surplus prospects he'd lose anyway for future draft picks (a la Marody).
I think the two triggering events will be when Hart is ready to carry the load and the ED, when he has to work around losing a major current starter.
Notice that the young players will be entering their peak years, with a lot of young players behind them to step in if they falter.
19-20 (repeat)
HC: Hak
Weise - Torg - Knight
Raffl - Giroux - Voracek
JVR - Patrick - Coots
Lindblom - Pimp - Simmonds
Vdv
Amac - Hagg
Ghost - Provorov
Gudas - Folin
Brennan
Neuvy/Elliot/Lyon/Stolarz