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1 minute ago, AlaskaFlyerFan said:

The comeback is on!  Only 5 goals down wit 2:30 to go!

Pull the goalie! 

4 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said:

Laughton

Who??

2 minutes ago, BobbyClarkeFan16 said:

What a mess. They should have offloaded at the trade deadline, but they chose to keep Laughton, chose to give a shot blocking defenseman with no other discernable skills a four year deal and then dealt for another 35 year old defenseman instead of playing regulars who had put in their time in down at Lehigh Valley. This blew up spectacularly on management and coaching. 

The more things change, the more they stay the &*(^%@% same.

4 minutes ago, ruxpin said:

Was definitely worth pissing away a fourth round pick for all this winning, eh?

Meanwhile, Sean Walker will win a Cup, because he's an ex-Flyer (Yes, he's on a damn good team now, too.).

They're making Slavkovsky look like the second coming of Jaromir Jagr. Hat trick. 

Nobody near that little ball of hate Gallagher, to prevent him from getting to the front of the net for the tip. 3-0. This team is toast..burnt, moldy toast.

2 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

Atkinson too...yep they are doomed.

I'm praying they can talk him into retirement.

Suzuki with a heck of a cross ice pass to Slafkovsky. It was only a matter of time, with the way things are going and the fact that the Flyers cannot finish and bury any of their 16 shots.

I'll say it again. This team needs a finisher. It's great they get so many shots per game...they have to bury them.

16 minutes ago, flyercanuck said:

 

Oh you'd get a nice haul for Konecny.....Ristolainen? You're kidding right? If anyone offers anything.....SOLD!  I'd happily GIVE him away.

There were rumors that Toronto and Vancouver would give up a first rounder for Risto at this past trade deadline..(not a bad haul, ehh?) , but the Flyers would have to retain 25% of his salary. Here we go again, with that retaining salary crap, because they overpay for players. 

3 hours ago, flyerrod said:

 

The more things change the more they stay the same.

 

Flyers must win out i think and need help from all the other teams guess they should be getting the golf clubs ready...

 

 

All I need to do is start pulling for a better draft pick and they will squeak in……

In other news, the final Delta 4 flew it’s final mission today. NROL -70. It is the end of an era.

I have ZERO confidence in the Flyers being able to win tonight, which they must do if they have playoff aspirations. Man, how things can change in a month.

10 minutes ago, Howie58 said:

Greetings:

I remember this board's reaction to the signing...why four years?  I think he will be paid a lot in coming years for manning the popcorn machine.  This is another magnificent contribution of the Fletcher Legacy. .  . . yeah, baby!

I don't love the years on the Seeler deal, but that's far from the biggest issue the Flyers have, regardless of whether they head to the golf course in April or May.

Keepers

Couturier

Tippett

Foerster

Farabee

Brink

Seeler

Drysdale

Poehling

Hathaway

Sanheim

Ersson (maybe)..though I'm going to look for a starter this off-season.

If I can get a boatload for players like TK or Risto, I'd do it. Talk Atkinson into retirement. I hope Briere can find a way to address their cap situation. I'm tired of having no money available to improve the team, significantly. Damn..it would have been nice to see Michkov in Orange and Black, next season.

They're not just soft, though at times I think they have been that. They're tired, not that collectively talented in all honesty, and the young players are getting their feet wet. They are finding out what it takes to win hockey games down the playoff stretch run.

2 minutes ago, CoachX said:

its the Flyer way. He eventually becomes GM, Briere becomes president, Flyers dont win a cup, we all suffer

 

its a proven formula

Whatever pushes Holmgren, Clarke and Co. further and further away from having ANYTHING to do with any involvement in the running of the franchise..I am a fan of. They are still, though much less involved, lingering like a sewer system odor, somewhere near the franchise. (Yes, I'm a bit of a cynic.)

1 hour ago, CoachX said:

Joel Farabee = JVR 2.0

I disagree. JVR was and is, a statue on skates. Farabee can be a very good player. He just lacks awareness and effort, at times.

49 minutes ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

You can thank Chuck Fletcher who for all we know was instructed by the higher ups the ones who draft to hand him that contract.

 

Who was already dealing with injuries at the time and was almost 2 years removed from his 33 goal season (2018-19) and even stepped down to 59 points the season before the new contract.

 

Once again instead of shipping him out the reupped him major phuk up!!!

 

The gift that keeps on giving. Look at the bright side his deal only has 6 more years left on it!!! 

Yeah, it's disgusting stupidity, on the part of prior failed management. The only ways out of it, that I see..are 1) trading him, or packaging him, for a player of close to equal value, who is probably overpaid (Zegras?) or 2) Briere talking Couturier into retirement.

46 minutes ago, Cheesesteak said:

agree, not an implosion but simply them coming back down to Earth, they've played better this season than anyone expected.

 

as Ray Diddy would say "Reality Check! " 

They're burning out. The veterans in the room are getting tired themselves and aren't good enough, and don't have "another level" necessarily to get to. Many of the younger players haven't experienced an end of the season push, or an NHL playoff run. I give Torts a lot of credit, because I didn't think at the start of the season, that he would do so well with a  young team. That being said, questioning your team's stones in public, might not have been the best way to deal with it.  When you're 3-5-2 down the stretch, though, I guess it's time to try anything. They have 100% played better than anyone, especially the so-called experts, expected. 

18 hours ago, Samifan said:

Which is greater?

 

Hakstol’s love for VandeVelde or Torts love for Poehling? 

VandeVelde makes Ryan Poehling look like the second coming of Mario Lemieux.

These guys are playing sluggish and whooped. They're toast. It would have been nice to have added a couple of impact players at the deadline, especially ones with some offensive skills. The last GM and those above him at the time, buried this team with awful decision making, and Briere couldn't do much..BUT I wish he had done a bit more at the deadline. Tortorella has gotten as much out of them, as he can. They just don't have enough of anything, especially consistent talent. They'll be on the golf course by the end of the first round of the playoffs, if they make it that far. 2-5-3 in their last 10.

Inexcusable to lose this game, especially the way they did, to that team. Here come the "Is Tortorella losing the room" comments. The team isn't good enough, and it is showing more and more. Not good heading toward the playoffs.

This might very well describe the Flyers right now, in picture form. 

1 minute ago, GratefulFlyers said:

 

How different the Flyers' history might be if Bernie doesn't absolutely lock it down that day...

It would have been different, for sure. They weren't winning Game 7, in Boston Garden.

The end of the second period of this game, would be a great time for our PP% clicking at 12%, to wake up and get one. As I speak, TK scores! 1-0, Flyguys!

The first ten minutes of the game...without a shot. Not good. Shuffle the forward lines, Torts.

Congrats to Wayne! It might be cliche but he truly worked hard every game.... and played good, skilled, physical hockey, in all three zones.