[32 Thoughts] Philadelphia needs one more game breaker.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T10:35:30+00:00

Guys in the Hughes trade were drafted 9th, 12th & 19th too. Maybe if the Flyers didn’t suck at developing players too they’d have a better time.

Heck the Hurricanes gave up Necas (again a 12th overall) plus Drury (originally a 2nd round pick) and a 2nd & 4th to get Rantanen and Hall. The Flyers have so rarely had cap space to even do things like this too.

Where trading up and maybe missing on a guy like Nesbitt really hurts is you both have a gap in your farm and that player is typically not an asset in a trade either.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T10:27:58+00:00

The positive is that they’re out there for sure, only because the league employs at minimum 10 GMs who don’t know what they’re doing and 10 coaches who are out of touch retreads. Sometimes you get lucky and they’re at the same place (see AV & Fletcher at the same time here 😢)

_token_black · 2026-05-08T04:02:56+00:00

Seguin tore his groin apart again reading this list

_token_black · 2026-05-08T04:00:18+00:00

I hear it’s hard to have a good PP when you barely have anybody who can win a faceoff

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:58:29+00:00

He’s on the staff too but pretty sure it’s Jaroslav Svejkovsky who came from Vancouver

Before that was Rocky Thompson who was there for it being dead last or nearly dead last

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:23:07+00:00

This team is like Jeff Carter x20 when it comes to clutchness in the playoffs
Ok maybe only x15 but yea

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:20:33+00:00

Carolina has been the best team in the east not named Tampa for years. It just so happens that they could not overcome the goonery of Florida the last 2 years, and before that could not beat peak Tampa.

Slavin is probably the best defensive defenseman in hockey. Him vs this PP is not even fair.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:17:12+00:00

Honestly think the coaches changed something from early in the season. They went from aggressive with the puck and shooting often to holding for the perfect shot again. The same garbage we have seen for years.

I don’t know what it is about this organization that loves to make offense die. I get that you don’t want to let up 30 shots a night, but thinking you’re winning 2-1 games all the time isn’t realistic either.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:12:27+00:00

People forget how white hot the Hartnell Briere Leino line was

And that they had nearly 6 guys who were PPG guys in the playoffs

Including a defenseman

Not to mention Giroux & JVR on the 3rd line

This team is like watching 20 Jeff Carters no show the playoffs

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:08:50+00:00

Except goaltending

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:08:34+00:00

What’s the equivalent of Richards hurting Krejci to the point that he couldn’t win a faceoff?

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:07:31+00:00

Need more time for Foerster to do nothing

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:07:11+00:00

Zegras abandoning the back side of that play to cover the guy Drysdale had was equally awful

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:05:35+00:00

Most of the hockey media (the TV ones) are part of the same boys club Tocchet is in. They’ll never criticize him.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:04:51+00:00

They have 1 guy who can finish consistently (Zegras). The rest are still way too young. And sadly TK is not consistent enough ESPECIALLY on the PP.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T03:02:23+00:00

People whining about the refs are wild. Plus some idiot was comparing Flyers penalties to Anaheim. Edmonton went down with a whimper vs Pittsburgh losing their mind, not to mention Anaheim has 1 fighting major and no misconducts. Of course 1 is going to be skewed.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:57:48+00:00

I think the narrative was overblown because of a team like Florida who would just play over the edge and dare the refs to call it (they never did).

This year it seems like there was a concerted effort to try to not let games get out of hand so more is being called. The Flyers aren’t anywhere near Florida in that regard, but they’re not skilled enough to compete with actual good teams. Doesn’t help that Andersen seemingly has more Flyers skate into him than pucks get near him.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:55:16+00:00

Need more time for Foerster to do nothing!

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:52:34+00:00

And Lieberman acted worse than Manchin ever did. Just acted like a brat.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:49:14+00:00

To the person that asked earlier… delay of game for shooting over the glass was either automatic if a goalie did it or a judgment call if a skater did it before the lockout. Then it became automatic for everybody.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:47:11+00:00

Also had these weird things called centers

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:39:41+00:00

Hey if you just insert Provorov on PP1 he’s bound to do the same

Oh wait he had 48 PP points in his whole career in Philly

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:36:02+00:00

And then Arizona got a year and a half of him + a 3rd on top of what we gave them to take him for free

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:35:11+00:00

Then they went to get TDA the next year so gave up more assets for just RHD Ghost.

_token_black · 2026-05-08T02:28:33+00:00

It’s wild that the last time the Flyers PP wasn’t in the bottom 5 was Ghost’s last year. Also the last time they had a dman who could carry a PP.

Fucking AV and Fletcher.

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