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I will be in every gdt for sure. Watching flyers hockey isnt needed for that!As much as I’d like to I can’t.
This year GDTs are going to be epic
I will be in every gdt for sure. Watching flyers hockey isnt needed for that!As much as I’d like to I can’t.
This year GDTs are going to be epic
I think they'll be better than most expect.
Brutal division with a bottom of division team is almost impossible to be a .500 teamAll fair points. And they are indeed in a brutal division.
It’s more that most here seem to have them as a bottom 5 team in the league again.
I see them as more of a .500 team that improves as the season progresses, & with a chance that some of their younger players could step up & the team is surprisingly fun to watch.
But hey, if all of their young guys fumble their opportunities, and/or they get crushed by injuries *again* then at least they’ll have a high pick in a good draft.
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Brutal division with a bottom of division team is almost impossible to be a .500 team
True, but the teams at the top of the division won’t be quite as good as last season, IMO.
And there’s no reason IMO the Flyers can’t be as good or better than last season’s Blue Jackets, which were .494. Or maybe even last season’s Isles, which went .512.
Really the Rangers and Carolina will be just as good.True, but the teams at the top of the division won’t be quite as good as last season, IMO.
And there’s no reason IMO the Flyers can’t be as good or better than last season’s Blue Jackets, which were .494. Or maybe even last season’s Isles, which went .512.
By far the worst team. And since Fletcher's summer of '21, the skill level of the team has cratered.The Flyers will finish dead last in the Metro barring major injuries to New Jersey, like Hughes, or Columbus losing Gaudreau.
The Flyers f***ing blow.
heartbreaking, not just skill but likeability. and this is just listing players.By far the worst team. And since Fletcher's summer of '21, the skill level of the team has cratered.
Gone: Giroux, Voracek, Gostisbehere, Lindblom, Aube-Kubel, Raffl, Patrick, Myers, Hagg, Elliott, Jones, Yandle.
Additions: Ellis, Atkinson, Ristolainen, Dangelo, Deslauriers, MacEwan, Brown, Connauton, Seeler, Thompson, Grosenick.
I'm sure I missed some, but these are the main impact ones. It's been a massive downgrade in talent on top and bottom lines. Lindblom is a better player than Atkinson, who scores in streaks but is often unnoticeable, and they bought him out FFS. Lost two world class forwards, not replaced.
Farabee and Brink injuries, along with questions on the health, durability and speed of Couts and Hayes, and a potential downgrade in goal, make last place in their division the best they can hope for.
If it wasn't for pissing away a boatload of draft picks and offering contracts to garbage RHD, you would almost think Fletcher was trying to do a rebuild and tank for this year's draft.... What a nightmare.
Pretty sad when things have to go right and things fall into place, just to be a .500 team and miss the playoffs by 16 points like NYI did.True, but the teams at the top of the division won’t be quite as good as last season, IMO.
And there’s no reason IMO the Flyers can’t be as good or better than last season’s Blue Jackets, which were .494. Or maybe even last season’s Isles, which went .512.
They have the potential to be better, if Frost and Tippett, both now 23, turn into the players they were once projected to be.Pretty sad when things have to go right and things fall into place, just to be a .500 team and miss the playoffs by 16 points like NYI did.
So there's no responsibility on 23-year-old former hyped first-round picks Frost and Tippett until they are 27?Just need the 23 year olds to play like they're 27 and all is well.
So there's no responsibility on 23-year-old former hyped first-round picks Frost and Tippett until they are 27?
You've gotta be kidding me. If they're any good, 23 is when they should start hitting their primes.
I stand by my Back to ignore.1) You've invented the hype. Especially for Tippett, who is the exact opposite of hyped here. That's the strawiest strawman of all.
2) It is laughable to assume that duo can or even should carry the team, especially when there are vastly more cap-expensive players serving as pure dead weight, who will be getting much more prominent usage. And with it being likely that neither gets PP1 usage. All we should expect them to do is produce at a rate appropriate for their age and usage. If they do that, they're doing their part. The problem is the more high profile players who do not do their part.
You're setting up scapegoats to pass the blame to.
ok whatever.1) You've invented the hype. Especially for Tippett, who is the exact opposite of hyped here. That's the strawiest strawman of all.
2) It is laughable to assume that duo can or even should carry the team, especially when there are vastly more cap-expensive players serving as pure dead weight, who will be getting much more prominent usage. And with it being likely that neither gets PP1 usage. All we should expect them to do is produce at a rate appropriate for their age and usage. If they do that, they're doing their part. The problem is the more high profile players who do not do their part.
You're setting up scapegoats to pass the blame to.