mojo1917

Great post Howie. I don't think Rocky Thompson is a terrible anything (his hair is bad) he's been pretty successful in the CMJ and AHL. He can't get blood from a stone, add your favorite metaphor, the talent is not there yet. I really just wanted to say Rocky's hair is bad. great post, strong agree.

I'd like to see that too, very much in fact. But I'll settle for being entertained. to be clear. I don't think the work is done here, the team can be improved and I'd love to see it. I'm not delusional. I get zero enjoyment from watching a team get it's ass kicked with the "promise of better days ahead", did that with the Sixer and Orioles thanks. I get zero enjoyment from watching a team quit after a thing goes wrong, which happened far too frequently in the Giroux era. This season has been a near 180° turn from 2 seasons ago. That's not nothing, and I'm sure as **** not going to grouse and moan that a team with 3 good players isn't lifting the cup. Those 23 guys played their asses off this year and I'm grateful to have watched that instead of season 2 of the San Jose experiment.

Not really, I appreciate falling back into top 15 draft position. Realistically no team trades out of it's top pick especially if it's in the top 10. I don't anticipate much happening in the way of off-season intrigue. By that I mean The Danny Jonsey® being able to work some kind of miracle trade to move into the top 5. I think unless Michkov can join the team, they will be worse next year. A lot of what I think will happen will depend on the Michkov timeline. If the Flyers aren't saying anything about how they got Fedotov maybe that means they have those people working on the bigger fish. If Michkov is in play, then extending Konecny isn't the worst move. But there are other threads to come for that nonsense. This isn't necessarily all directed to you OR, but this thread feels like a good place for an end of season impression. The team is being rebuilt or at the very least made to be different, if people cannot see it I don't know what to say anymore. If people don't like the way the Danny Jonesy® are going about it, that's a different story but fine by me, there's no one right way to do it. I dont' like the way my mother-in-law makes lasagna either. The roster has 5 players remaining from the Giroux era. That's 79% new faces since the bubble, that's real turnover. I cheer for hockey and hockey teams, not draft picks and trade speculation, the season being over means the part I like least about following the team has begun. yay If winning a championship is the only criteria used to gauge success then I reckon those who think that way should get used to feeling miserable. I was entertained by this hockey team this season. They were easy to like, they played hard. They got everything out of their ability, which was limited. What's not to like about that effort? The building is more full and more engaged than it has been in 6 years. The management has made big strides toward repairing the relationship with the fans, they aren't pissing on our legs and saying it's from the lawn sprinkler.

Horrible time to go into a collective scoring slump. It highlighted that lack of high end talent. The difference between winning and losing in the NHL today is pretty slim. The difference between bad teams and decent teams is slim too. Having a player or two that can make something from nothing would have been helpful during that stretch of games. This also just in: if my aunt had any balls, she'd be my uncle. Can't do anything about that either.

Good for Cutter. Also, he can fug all the way off forever.

Made me happy to see they won on his night.

Not going to lie. I'm glad they beat the Rangers. I hate that they're so good. I hate that they rebuilt their team in 2 years. I do like the sweaters... but really **** that whole organization. @SCFlyguy the points per games percentage is game / wins. Yes? It just means the Rangers win more frequently than the Flyers by that percentage. I think while your math is fine, but using winning % doesn't take into account playing head-to-head, it's of all the games both teams play, the Rangers win more frequently.

Was it known he didn't want to come to PHI when he was chosen? If not, I don't see where that was a bad pick, just a bad result.

@ruxpin Wouldn't it be funny if they promoted Rocky Thompson to HC after kicking Tortorella upstairs. He does have a good track record of developing young players. It would be funny because the powerplay was so bad this year and everyone says it's all his fault. at least I think that would be funny. I'll see myself out. *kicks rocks* sigh.

I just looked at cap friendly for a Couturier buy-out. oooof.

We have to see what happens first. Could be guys are getting bought-out and "promoted" I cannot imagine the FO is watching this and thinking, "yep going exactly as we planned, sign all the free agents!"

@GratefulFlyers amazing what an .875 save percentage, injuries and clown-show histrionics can do. The business with Couturier was/is really puzzling to me. Not sure what the desired outcome was, but alienating the only top 6 centerman on the team couldn't have been near the top of the list.

I also have some heartspace for the team on that Carter Hart situation. Those charges took forever to drop. I'm not sure how that could've been project managed not knowing when the hammer was falling. I mean, they were carrying 3 goalies for what 2 months? What would have been better to do? They could have traded for a backup? but then, really? That situation wasn't nearly as hard on other teams because the players involved were skaters not the franchise goalie.

Dude 9-3 to the ****** Habs was 2 days ago.... you think they're keeping within double digits of a good team? I seriously though, I have some latitude for Fedotov. He isn't at all what he could be, are his pads even worn in?

They looked like they had never played together vs MTL. That was a fiasco. I wonder if getting .785 goaltending has anything to do with why they're so bad? I'll bet that is big reason. I need to see this team compete during these last 3 games for the "building culture" idea to land....all 3 remaining teams are better, If they lose these games 5-3 with an empty netter but are competitive that's one thing; that will stink but at least it shows the team has some fight remaining. Getting dragged behind the woodshed? I think will present even more questions about just what the hell is happening.

Hey, the 3 Body Problem is some excellent science fiction. We blew through it in a weekend. Those GOT nerds can adapt a book.

Until last week they were pretty fun to watch. They were really frisky, never seemed to be out of a game. The talent disparity was evident when they played the true contenders but for 70 games they played pretty well. I enjoyed watching them.

His advanced metrics were pretty awesome and he was really good on the PK. That and the fact that everyone got hurt and then he was traded kind of killed the season. Not to mention causing the uproar around a 4th round pick for and old guy, who is here until the season ends.

I mean, you know everything, sure. But for the rest of us who don't have a time machine. I think we learned about Sam Ersson, Morgan Frost, Tyson Foerster playing in the NHL. Cam York showed something this season, as did Travis Sanhiem, that contract isn't so awful looking now. Ryan Poehling, who knew? he was much better than I expected. I didn't expect Tyson Foerster to be as good of a forechecker as he turned into, I also didn't expect to see him score 20 in his first year. I think many people thought Carter Hart's fate was going to be known prior to the season. It took a long time for those charges to come out. When there was no announcement, and the season began, I think it made that whole situation weirdly unmanageable. I'm hoping they can improve their draft position over remaining games and escape the season without ruining Jamie Drysdale or, since he's here until the aliens come to squash us like bugs, Sean Couturier.

I don't know.

Well Ryan Poehling is kinda cute. The Flyers made the Canadiens look like the Harlem Globetrotters last night. That was an embarrassing display. Play like that vs the Rangers and they could lose by double digits. Why Couturier and Drysdale are playing boggles my mind. Shut those guys and Sanhiem down. This season is over the only thing left to do for them this year is shorten their careers. It's a shame this entertaining season is ending this way, however, maybe it highlights the true talent level of the club and will spur people to action.

This is not an accurate statement. True story he went to the bosses and said, I want more offensive responsibility and 2 years later he won a Selke trophy. Before he had the back injuries he was a stud. His skating was not great, but he scored, made his linemates better and when he was on the ice the Flyers had the puck and were creating scoring chances. Had his back injuries not happened, he would definitely be a valuable asset to jump start a rebuild. That's not where we are though.

He is signed for 7 more years at 7+m .aav, he has injury concerns and wore down in his first full season back from those injuries. Who would take that contract? That's why he's a keeper. Maybe we should call him a nobody wants-er? On a non-Fletchered team he would be a "first to go".

He's 23 this is his second NHL season. He's played 30 minutes a night since December for "reasons" but one of them is he's earned them. He does that stick on puck thing about as well as I've seen anyone in a Flyers uniform do it since...Dejardains? I don't think he's done developing either. We see that player differently. But i appreciate your perspective.

What would constitute a proper rebuild iyo? Trading Konecny? It seems to me the previous guy has hamstrung the new guys with some of the contracts he offered. I don't know how a Couturier contract would get moved for instance. Also, i agree that this management group won't go full Blackhawk. I'd be shocked if they did.