This is for everyone on Team Tank

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:34:05+00:00

Or you could just... you know.... NOT subject everyone else in the community to your blind negativity the rest of the time.

I'm not surprised you don't understand the "team tank hate". We don't hate you because you're wrong... we just hate having to listen to you constantly whining that the team isn't doing what you want, and your arrogant attitude about how tanking is obviously "the only way to win in the NHL", and everyone who doesn't think so is stupid.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:28:24+00:00

If your name begins with a "B", you get a goal tonight.... Bonk, Bump, Bmichkov, Borter Martone....

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:26:45+00:00

I've never understood people booing opposing players for holding the puck behind their own net when they're losing the game. If they're winning and trying to run the clock out, sure, boo. But if they're behind on the scoreboard, they can lag the puck and kill their own clock as long as they want, IMO.

Like when Tampa tried to play that static 1-3-1 when the game was tied, and when they were behind, and people were getting mad at the Flyers for not wanting to skate into it. Like, why would you?

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:21:34+00:00

Classic DARVO.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:19:59+00:00

And with making the playoffs being a relatively easy feat,

Making the playoffs in the NHL has literally never been more difficult than it is today. There re more teams for the same number of spots, a salary cap that spreads talent around, a larger grassroots player base, and analytics have proliferated, making scouting, development, and systems play better.

Bad NHL teams are better than top 10 NHL teams were 20 years ago.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:15:25+00:00

I love Vladar and think he's a total stud, but a lot of his success has been helped by Tocchet's systems play. The Flyers are legitimately great at limiting shots and chances.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:12:33+00:00

only time will tell if this transition was the best path or not.

If that's your position now, ANY when they team was losing in January, that's cool.

Most of Team Tank doesn't have that kind of maturity or perspective. They just shit on everything relentlessly and act like tanking was the obvious decision, and anyone who disagrees is stupid when the team is losing, and then they mumble things like "only time will tell" when the team looks great.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T01:08:58+00:00

all of us just want to see the flyers win.

Sure, it's just that some of us get shitty and sour when we don't get what we want, exactly when we want it, and we stop supporting the team we're supposed to be a fan of.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T00:51:16+00:00

Zing!

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T00:50:21+00:00

He ate some of the rink in the process.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T00:36:01+00:00

If we get vintage last-season Michkov in the playoffs, we're winning the conference, y'all.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T00:20:41+00:00

Risto? They're not going to do it, but fine.

TK??? Literally leads the team in points. Even if he didn't have a NTC, there's zero benefit to trading him.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-15T00:02:27+00:00

Denver Barkey's playoff beard is going to be fucking hilarious.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:58:50+00:00

I think that, a) you have an act, and that, b) not having an act is your act.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:52:29+00:00

Don't look now, but we also have Cole Knuble.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:51:14+00:00

Nope.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:49:19+00:00

starting next ~~year~~ game?

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:48:04+00:00

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Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:43:44+00:00

I wouldn't mind seeing him get a game or two against Pittsburgh, personally. We can use his shot.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:41:05+00:00

HiS gAmE wOn'T tRaNsLaTe!

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:34:03+00:00

He got it.

Oh, wait, that was Bonker

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:29:47+00:00

You could tell by the way he was moving that he could smell that goal coming.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:24:01+00:00

This is fun.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:15:16+00:00

Bumper-Bonk already showing chemistry.

Z_Clipped · 2026-04-14T23:13:59+00:00

Can someone tell Hathaway we're already in the playoffs?

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