BobbyClarkeFan16

They need to fire Rocky Thompson ASAP. Enough of this 7.7% power play nonsense. What he's doing isn't working. For an offensive coach, he's pretty terrible.

I didn't care for Perrault. The guy I wanted was Riley Heidt. I thought the Flyers needed a legit center prospect and this was a 17 year old in the WHL who played in all situations, got lots of ice time and scored 97 points. Terrific skater, intelligent and physical. In reality, he was a better skating Mike Richards. I'm glad that Bonk is a Flyer though. Seriously, he's going to be a top pairing defenseman for a long time. That was also a need. I was reading Bleacher Report tonight and they had their first regular mock draft and they had the Flyers drafting Zayne Parekh and Cayden Lindstrom. I just watched some video of Lindstrom tonight and what an impressive physical talent. He's got size at 6'5, 210 pounds, but he's got speed, smarts and hands. And he can shoot. He's got Tage Thompson vibes to him.

Flyers development 101. Add this to Tortorella's press conference after the game about not wanting to get into a run and gun game with Anaheim and you just have to shake your head. If you're that afraid of the Ducks and if you think your players can't keep up, then maybe you need to move on. Yeah, I'm really starting to sour on the Tortorella experience. It also doesn't help that he says he doesn't understand offensive hockey and the guy on the staff who supposedly understands offensive hockey runs the third worst power play in the league.

Didn't look dirty on the replay. Osipov clearly has a height advantage on Desnoyers and he caught Desnoyers with the puck. The on ice awareness of players sometimes isn't what it should be.

I'm going for a defenseman and a forward this year again. If the defenseman is Mews from Ottawa and the forward is Greentree, that's a win for me.

Define star talent. The only reason I ask is because that term is being thrown around like the term "franchise player" used to be. Is a star player someone who scores 100 points in a season? Is it someone who scores 50 goals? Is it someone who has a two-way game like Patrice Bergeron had? Is it a defenseman that averages a point per game and plays 25+ minutes a night? See what I mean. Star player is so generic that with no definition, it could be anything. I'm not trying to be difficult, but there really needs to be a definition of what a star player is.

Barkey also had a four point night last night against Owen Sound. That's now 26 points in 17 games. Bonk with 14 points in 17 games. London just continually turns out players. And make no mistake, these two will be players for quite some time.

Greentree is hopefully a Flyer using the Florida pick.

If Barkey can become a Yanni Gourde or Brayden Point, that would be HUGE!!!!!

I must be a masochist because I'm loving this. I really want to see who wants to be here and is willing to fight through. As well, in looking forward to seeing the first veteran who has an all out war with Tortorella about how the team is run or how Rocky Thompson continues to roll out a power play that is far beyond horrible and nothing will change.

Well, this is what I expected from the Flyers this year. They're heading to the annual 10 game losing streak like clock work. Let's see which players will continue to labour through and which players are going to give up.

If Rocky Thompson is smart (and so far he's proving he's anything but), they're going to deploy Gauthier on the point of the power play and let him bomb away from there.

Agreed that the forwards are further along and the defense is a work in progress. If they move Frost and get a defender in return (right handed preferably), that should help. Bonk is about 2 to 3 years away at a minimum and Attard is aging himself out of the prospect group. The good news is that with two first round picks this year and with the draft being deep with good right handed defensemen, the Flyers should be able to draft one. I'm still on the bandwagon though that Gauthier will be a left wing at the NHL level, so they're going to need a top center prospect to balance things out.

I still hope they're sellers. I'll give credit where it's due - they're playing well right now. That's the year 2 Tortorella effect. However, I still see a lineup with players playing out of position, relying on players that are past their prime or just aren't any good. The other interesting thing that Tortorella pointed out in his press conference last night is how does this team respond if they go on a prolonged losing streak? If they go on a 10 game losing streak (how many of those did we see when Schmuck Felcher was GM), are they going to be able to pull themselves out of it? I'm not convinced they can. I also see some players with ridiculously high shooting percentages. Once those go down, we'll start to see what kind of team this is. Right now, the shooting is simply unsustainable and while I appreciate the heaters some are on, it's going to cover down to earth eventually. In terms of movement, I'm good with seeing Deslauriers, Atkinson, Laughton, Staal, Sandstrom all go. I have no problems if they listen to potential Couturier deals, provided they are already out of the playoffs. I'm not trying to crap on what they're doing because the truth is, Tortorella has worked in a number of younger players into the lineup (Brink, Foerster, Zamula) and he's getting results. At the same time, there's still a lot of work to do. It's too early in the season to determine whether they're ahead of plans or not.

Sanheim is on a whole other level. He gets it and he's made the jump. We should all be thankful Krug turned down coming to Philadelphia. Sanheim might just be worth that contact after all.

Sean Walker has been so good this year. Every GM needs a steal in a trade and Briere did well getting Walker. He really does play a solid game. And can I just add in, Sanheim is in beast mode to start the year. That extra 15 pounds of muscle he put on has been a significant difference maker. He's a completely different player with that added muscle. He might just end up being a legit number one.

Don Sweeney in Boston.....

The really underrated thing about Bonk is his passing. He's so good at that aspect of the game.

I openly admit that I did not like the Bonk pick at all. However, after watching more and more video of him during his draft year, his play really reminds me of a Hampus Lindholm type of defenseman. Just so smooth and so effortless. He makes the right play all the time and there is ZERO panic in his play. He might never be a big point producer in the NHL, but he's the type of defenseman you want out on the ice in the last minute of a game with a one goal least and the opposition is using six skaters. He's got the upside of a modern day shutdown defender.

Barkey and Sotheran are going to be the steals of Briere's first draft as GM.

I wish. It's probably Berkley Catton or if they go defense early, then Ryder Ritchie.

That would be awesome. Gauthier and Brink on one line. Michkov and Farabee on another.

Unfortunately Gauthier will not be a center at the NHL level. Gotta agree with Meltzer on that. He's got left wing written all over him.

He's gonna be a beauty when he gets here. He's Kaprizov with a chip on his shoulder. However, the Flyers need to desperately hire an offensive minded assistant coach to start grooming him to takeover so that he and Michkov got the ground running.

I will say this though. Sean Walker has been a very nice addition to the club. He's been really good back there (minus the Ottawa game, but that was the entire team). If he continues, he might be the one veteran I hope they keep around. He just quietly goes about his business in a real effective manner.