Do the Flyers make the playoffs next year - poll

[Captain Dave Poulin]

bump this ****.

I voted "No" too. We are super, duper smart.

 

[Jtown]

I voted "No" too. We are super, duper smart.

not if bunny keeps playing like he is.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

not if bunny keeps playing like he is.

He is so ****ing good.

 

[Jtown]

He is so ****ing good.

how did you know?

 

[Beef Invictus]

The Leafs took what could've been the best team in the league last year to a game 7. Its not their fault the playoff format is extremely disadvantageous to the Atlantic. Nothing from the Rangers or Pens series is as embarassing as losing to a a team that is considered average in what is the 6th best league in the world. https://thehockeywriters.com/top-10-best-ice-hockey-leagues/

It's the preseason. How can you even manage to care this much?

For my money both those series, when it actually mattered, are far more embarrassing than a loss with a preseason roster in a meaningless setting in a completely different ice size against a team already in the swing of their season. Do you not get that? We are still sorting out what our roster is and teaching a system. Lusaunne is playing regular season games with a regular roster. For their players this game was probably a big deal. For ours, not so much, especially for veterans who (and this is league-wide) often don't give close to their all in preseason.

This isn't top ranked UVA basketball going to Hawaii and losing to Chaminade in 1982. This is meaningless.

Edit: Oh, and the Leafs were expected to win some series.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

how did you know?

I have an eye for talent.

 

[Jtown]

I have an eye for talent.

who is the next bunny?

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

who is the next bunny?

Hopefully people will stop acting like they are in a cult - I have been rolling my eyes so much that I gave myself a stigmatism in my left eye and an astigmatism in my right eye. If it clears up, I will let you know.

 

[Jtown]

Hopefully people will stop acting like they are in a cult - I have been rolling my eyes so much that I gave myself a stigmatism in my left eye and an astigmatism in my right eye. If it clears up, I will let you know.

i watch this video first thing in the morning, every morning.

 

[Juicy Pop]

If they don't then it better be because of some crazy series of injuries. This team is too good on paper to miss; the time for excuses has past.

 

[BiggE]

Went with “probably”. If healthy, they should be a near lock. However who knows when Patrick will return and injuries can derail any team.

 

[Jtown]

If they don't then it better be because of some crazy series of injuries. This team is too good on paper to miss; the time for excuses has past.

if we miss I fully expect huge changes.

 

[BiggE]

if we miss I fully expect huge changes.

I expect pitchforks and mobs

 

[YEM]

If they don't then it better be because of some crazy series of injuries. This team is too good on paper to miss; the time for excuses has past.

agreed & agreed
however they were pretty good on paper last year also & there's really not too much of a pronounced difference between this year's and last year's team either [Hayes will probably produce at the level we expected out of Patrick].

 

[Juicy Pop]

agreed & agreed
however they were pretty good on paper last year also & there's really not too much of a pronounced difference between this year's and last year's team either [Hayes will probably produce at the level we expected out of Patrick].

It's the small changes; Bunny and Twarynski will make a world of difference if they can maintain this sort of tempo in the regular season.

 

[Hockeypete49]

Changed my vote to probably not. Team needs to show me something and to date they are hard as a soft boiled egg, Big strong forechecking teams are going to eat us alive. Sucks. I will be off the grid for at least a week. Later.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

I guess don’t break your ankles...?

 

[Striiker]

I voted "definitely" but I should change my vote to "probably".

I believe in this roster, but the coaching and management has to be making even their biggest supporters have doubts right now.

When I initially voted I assumed Hagg would be gone, Myers would be in the lineup, there would be logical lines/pairs, and that the right rookies would be up. I was too optimistic.

 

[Striiker]

I voted "definitely" but I should change my vote to "probably".

I believe in this roster, but the coaching and management has to be making even their biggest supporters have doubts right now.

When I initially voted I assumed Hagg would be gone, Myers would be in the lineup, there would be logical lines/pairs, and that the right rookies would be up. I was too optimistic.

Holy shit it's so much worse than I thought.

Instead of Farabee, Frost, and Myers... we have Hagg, Twarynski, and Bunnaman.

 

[Rebels57]

I have also downgraded to probably.

Coaching staff seems ill-prepared.

Management still enamored by try-hards.

 

[Qyburn]

I thoroughly hope this little thread continues to get bumped. Its small size makes it as easy as pie to manage certain user lists. It's a blessing, really.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

Honestly I had it as probably. My original mindset was that it was going to be a transition year while AV got the team rolling. Too many changes.

I still think it’s a probably, but it’s confidence in hart. Really that’s my hope, for the first time in a long time goal tending is going to carry us and erase a ton of issues due to adopting a new system.

 

[Jtown]

Honestly I had it as probably. My original mindset was that it was going to be a transition year while AV got the team rolling. Too many changes.

I still think it’s a probably, but it’s confidence in hart. Really that’s my hope, for the first time in a long time goal tending is going to carry us and erase a ton of issues due to adopting a new system.

exactly. Hart is the only reason why one would think this team can make the playoffs.

 

[tictactoe]

Depends on Hart.

 

[prototypical4thliner]

exactly. Hart is the only reason why one would think this team can make the playoffs.

Honestly, I think they have the top six and top four to cover up for a lot of deficiencies. But we’re back to also ran status, not contenders. They really need one of provorov, sanheim or ghost to become a bonafide number one, one of frost farabee or Patrick to become a gamebreaker at forward and hart (or one of our others) to be, at bare minimum, an upper third tier goaltender. We are contenders then.