Well, that really got out of hand quickly.

Fedotov deserved better this game.

Torts grinders running into a good team

idk, I kinda like this team…

Canes doesn't give up much real estate. Flyers went 15 minutes without a shot on goal?! They look extremely impotent.
Half of this team is of borderline NHL quality. Canes just having a fest.

Ryan p has been passing to the wrong team in the 3rd

Seeler needs to play with a puck mover- playing with Johnson or Risto just does not work

Is Laughton hurt

Is Laughton hurt
- wcorvette

That will break flyers back. He is extremely versatile. 😉

That will break flyers back. He is extremely versatile. 😉
- THE EVIL WITHIN

Just checked, lowest ice time for forwards. Guy needs to be on wing

Couturier is a black hole offensively. He has provided nothing.

That 3rd period was a clinic by Carolina. Flyers got taken to the woodshed.

Since according to the coach they model their game after Carolina he has a nice game tape to teach from.

Again back to back games where the opposing team has an obvious talent advantage. I wonder if Briere decides to trade more then 1 player at the deadline off the roster.

That 3rd period was a clinic by Carolina. Flyers got taken to the woodshed.

Since according to the coach they model their game after Carolina he has a nice game tape to teach from.
- StepfordSam

Canes roster is better at every position. ➕️ Brind'Amour>>>>Torts

This is the year boys! I can FEEL it!

keep tanking

Panthers also have:

- 1C (Drafted #2 OA)
- 1D (Drafted #1 OA)
- Elite goaltender (2 Vezina)

Then add all the high draft picks obtained through trades (some with their own high draft picks), smart trades, smart free agency, lucky waivers.

A team can have all the culture it wants, but without those high impact players it doesn't mean anything.
- Glak18

Thats two core pieces that were drafted though and a Vezina FA goalie they landed. Ekblad isnt even considered Cream of the Crop in terms of top pair Dmen in the league. He's no Hughes or Makar. He's closer to Sanheim than those Dmen. A lot of the pieces FLA got that led to a cup win were from trades\Waivers. Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Forsling, Tkachuk, Bennet ect.

FLA has only 5 players on their roster they drafted. Flyers dont need to tank. It absolutely gives them a better chance at adding talent, assuming they pick the right players of course but you can build a team via FA and trade if you are smart. Whatever the case the Flyers need to commit to one method and not try to keep a foot in each pool which has kinda of been the big issue here.

Giroux's career was wasted because of poor decision regarding to adding talent, mostly goaltending and Dmen but the other aspect was Hextall was playing both sides. He moved Schenn but Kept the rest of the core. Schenn absolutely could have been a big piece that could have helped Philly. No Frost or Farabee but you get to keep Schenn around with Giroux and Voracek. No reason to add Hayes later on due to lack of C depth. If you think about it the Flyers go into 2018-19 with

JVR - Giroux - Voracek
Schenn - Couturier - Konecny
Lindblom - NoPa - Simmonds
Raffl - Laughton - Weise

Provorov - Gudas
Sanheim - Ghost
MacDonald - Hagg

Hart\Elliott\Neuvirth\Stolarz

Plenty there to work with. Maybe not a cup favourite but enough talent there to build around. If Hextall wanted to be competitive, he should have pushed to win now, if not he should have made more of an effort to rebuild. Voracek for example should have been moved. I can understand keeping Giroux the Captain but at least Voracek should have been moved as well.

York still being out is getting concerning. Practicing with contact, but still not playing. I just wonder if he is eventually headed for surgery and missing the season.

It's a national game. Just blacked-out so the local market broadcast can broadcast to the local broadcast market.
- Bendecko

What I meant was that the game was broadcasted on TNT for the rest of the nation while CSNBC Philly broadcasted for the Philly market only...

... in case there was any doubtcasted regarding my previously broadcasted comment quoted herein as I cast this comment into the electronic etherverse.