Poll: Do the flyers make the playoffs

[Jtown]

Do the Flyers make the 2017-2018 playoffs?

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[MacDonald4MVP]

Of course we do.

 

[CanadianSniper]

I'll optimistically say yes, but it will be close. Wild card spot if they do.
Next year is the year I start to expect us to start making it every year.

 

[YEM]

if I had to bet I'd reluctantly bet "no"
mostly because the division is so tough so it seems like the WC is the only way in

 

[Hurricane28]

I think it will be close, they have better depth, hopefully the rookies play better than what we had last year, but I am VERY worried about the goaltending.

 

[Laveuglette]

Yes, unless major injuries screw us (like Giroux missing most of the season or something like that).

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Went with no. They're still a bubble team to me & playing in the toughest division in hockey does no favors.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

if I had to bet I'd reluctantly bet "no"
mostly because the division is so tough so it seems like the WC is the only way in

Someone correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think we actually held our own against stringer teams and lost majority of the games to real ****** teams like coyotes, devils and such.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Someone correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think we actually held our own against stringer teams and lost majority of the games to real ****** teams like coyotes, devils and such.

They were pretty bad in general. That ten game win streak made their point totals look a lot better than the actual season was. If they just split there with 10 points instead of the 20 they would have been the 5th-6th worst team in the league come end of the year.

They could still improve this year & be around the same end of the year point total.

 

[Jtown]

They were pretty bad in general. That ten game win streak made their point totals look a lot better than the actual season was. If they just split there with 10 points instead of the 20 they would have been the 5th-6th worst team in the league come end of the year.

They could still improve this year & be around the same end of the year point total.

It is crazy to consider that we had a ten game win streak last year.

 

[Laveuglette]

They were pretty bad in general. That ten game win streak made their point totals look a lot better than the actual season was. If they just split there with 10 points instead of the 20 they would have been the 5th-6th worst team in the league come end of the year.

They could still improve this year & be around the same end of the year point total.

That's fallacious. They won those games. It's like saying "if we had won more games in our worst stretch of the season, we would have made the playoffs" to argue that we will make them. Best streak and worst streak are part of the season.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

That's fallacious. They won those games. It's like saying "if we had won more games in our worst stretch of the season, we would have made the playoffs" to argue that we will make them. Best streak and worst streak are part of the season.

Not really when it was clearly an anomaly based on everything else that season. They were one of the worst teams in 5v5 again. The PP was middle of the pack. The PK was towards the bottom of the league. The goaltending towards the bottom as well.

 

[Jtown]

Not really when it was clearly an anomaly based on everything else that season.

i agree. Historically every nhl team that has won 10 games straight made the playoffs. When we did it , it was a wtf moment.

 

[Laveuglette]

Not really when it was clearly an anomaly based on everything else that season. They were one of the worst teams in 5v5 again. The PP was middle of the pack. The PK was towards the bottom of the league. The goaltending towards the bottom as well.

i agree. Historically every nhl team that has won 10 games straight made the playoffs. When we did it , it was a wtf moment.

Best streak, just worst streak, is always an anomaly. By construction of the concept.

 

[GKJ]

It's 50/50 either way, imo. Very competitive division, and it wouldn't surprise me of two teams missed the playoffs but have more points than third place in the Atlantic.

 

[Rebels57]

We havent missed in 2 consecutive seasons since 92-93, 93-94. That streak is going to continue.

Flyers are IN.

 

[Striiker]

The 10 game win streak was unsustainably good, the scoring drought in January and February were unsustainably bad. They even out.

 

[David St Hubbins]

Yes, but the blues don't and we get the #11 pick. Plus, Hexy turns Flip, irrelevant given NPs stellar season, into another top 20 pick

 

[Rebels57]

Yes, but the blues don't and we get the #11 pick. Plus, Hexy turns Flip, irrelevant given NPs stellar season, into another top 20 pick

They are not getting a 1st for Filppula. Theyd be lucky to get a 2nd.

 

[Adam Warlock]

The coach makes this a really tough prediction for me.

 

[dats81]

Until the annual slow start I'm on the hype train and have to vote yes.

 

[kelmitchell]

I say no, only because i dont believe in hak or his "system"

 

[Psuhockey]

I think they will just miss. Last year they didn't lose a lot of mangames to injuries. I don't think they will be as lucky this year.

After missing, Hextall trades Ghost ++ for Drew Doughty in the offseason.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Hell yeah! Giroux gets the Hart. Elliot Vezina. Voracek Art Ross. Provolone Norris. Couturier Selke. Hakstok gets Jack Adams. Morin, Lindblom, and Patrick tie for Calder. Flyers win Cup over the Sharks. Penguins, Rangers, and Devils all finish in the bottom three but have to forfeit their draft picks.

 

[WIP CALLER]

my heart says yes, but my brain says no. I don't have any faith in Hakstol.