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Im as accurate as a broken watch

The NHL was just fine back in the middle 80s. Then they had to change the game to get ratings and draw "new fans". Those changes have been a detriment to the league ever since, which is why its the fifth most streamed sport. it was fine the way it was

Joel Farabee = JVR 2.0

DONE! make me hockey czar. first order of business is remove the instigator

I would vote for you for President

I wanna see him fight Rempe

another over hyped underachiever.... we're screwed

Fill me in on Fedotov....he supposed to be good?

He’s their Bobby Clarke

I knida get the feeling Brindy has no use, or interest in Philly.....but his wife likes it

I have it on good authority that he told Shaw he was in no mood to answer stupidass questions from the media. So instead of saying something that would most likely result in controversy, he took the high road and told Shaw to go out. Its a sign of maturity. Its what makes him a good coach

seriously? you actually believe this, Torts "couldn't face the media" because he screwed up? thats more deranged than my hatred for Laughton

i agree with you. I just couldn't help myself. I like to argue

Carter, Richards, Giroux, Provorov, Laughton, JVR, Hart, that kid with the broken brain, Lindros (technically), Sharp, Gagne (who was drafted 22nd BTW).... just while seated on my lazy arse

@OccamsRazor follow, follow up..... Here what I don't get. You hire Torts for 4 years, he's delivering, and you move him to a management position. That doesn't make any damn sense to me. In fact it resembles the same kind of stupidity that got us the BobbyBunch fiasco. The guy is delivering at his hired position. Leave him there. It seems to me that he was brought in to facilitate this rebuild and revamp the culture. The Flyers have appeared to finally get the concept that they needed to move away from the old style of doing things. Promoting a guy this early is just dumb

as a follow up, if Torts moves to another position on his own, then I am on board with your POV. Not because I know Shaw would be good, but because I value your opinion

that's the point. I dont want another coach

I look at this season and I see a team that plays hard for 60. They have overachieved as a team and play as a unit. Individual players are doing really well, succeeding and developing. And all this in the middle of a rebuild and with the drama of Hart. To put it succinctly, I attribute the success of this team, and I consider them a success, to Torts. Why change that? This is why you hired him and he is delivering. Moving him to another role for a project that is unproven, is the same idiotic thing the Eagles did with their coordinator hirings, albeit they couldn't do a thing to stop the previous guys from leaving. There has been a revolving door of head coaches with this franchise. Its time to have some stability.

This I why Im glad I am a Flyer fan, and totally love all other Flyer fans. We want a rebuild. We get one. Then we want wins. Wins make us want playoffs. But Flyer fan criticize those that want playoffs because its a rebuild. Then we want losses to get higher picks. But those losses lead to criticism of players and coaches. Those losses bring us back to hoping for more to get higher picks. But then we play well in a loss to a really good team and we are hoping more wins come from the remaining games. And in all of this we want the coach who appears to be responsible for this team being competitive, and on the right track, to move on so we can get another coach. Im pretty sure its this constant flip flop of wants that molded my personality and has led to me having three ex-wives. And here all along I thought it was just because I was hard to get along with

that would be a mistake

Can you imagine how good this team would be if they had a good power play?

Anyone have a working link?

I’m confused….. are we wanting the Flyers to make the playoffs? depending on your stance on the matter defines how valuable Sandstroms particular talent is

I dont get you on this. All along they said it was a rebuild. They said "dont fall in love with" the players. The moves were supposed to be for a rebuild. But you finish ou post by saying they changed at the TD because they were in a playoff race. I see that as a contradiction. You can't say "rebuild" then say we didnt move players because we need to make the playoffs. And if you did switch and decide you were "going" for it, why trade Walker? And of course, Laughton wasnt traded because they wanted more than "market value" (whatever that is, no one has answered it) for him, allegedly because they needed him for the playoffs so they contradicted themselves, and you appear to have contradicted yourself...... are you really Danny Briere?

Of course. And to be honest to @RonJeremy I hadn't really thought about the draft. I was just focusing on "off season" . I think trading him to improve the team is great, regardless of the "when". But here's the thing, what is "more than market value"?