I think bringing in Hayes, Nisky and Pitlick were good moves. The team was on fire and made the playoffs. It was widely reported they tried to make moves to fill the hole left when Nisky retired, but they couldn't get it done. Remember, it takes two side to pull off a deal, and contrary to what Flyer fans want to believe, other teams don't value our players as highly as we do. So, we got Gus and that sucked. Can't argue with you there. But, Hayes was injured last season, the covid thing was out there (allegedly), and I still say internal strife was at this core of the issue
Like I've said before, now is the time to see what Chuck will do. Idiot or genius, I guess we will soon find out