Oh boy. Here we go.

At least when they fire fletcher next offseason there’s a chance they also fire torts. 

Choosing John Tortorella over Barry Trotz would be a Chuck Fletcher-thing to do.

Watch whoever hires Trotz vault up the standings over the next 2-3 years, while Tortorella appears sporadically on SportsCentre clips blowing a gasket in postgame interviews 

 

 

On 5/24/2022 at 2:32 PM, EaglesRocker97 said:

Tortorella is the epitome of a washed-up retread whose act grew tired long ago.

In other words, just the kind of man the Flyers are looking for!

 

This front office is clueless…

13 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Choosing John Tortorella over Barry Trotz would be a Chuck Fletcher-thing to do.

Watch whoever hires Trotz vault up the standings over the next 2-3 years, while Tortorella appears sporadically on SportsCentre clips blowing a gasket in postgame interviews 

They didn't. Apparently Trotz turned them down. 

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Torts the first choice?

By all accounts he was not. According to multiple sources from both within and outside the organization, Tortorella was second on the Flyers wish list behind only recently fired New York Islanders coach Barry Trotz.

According to two Flyers sources, Trotz, who started narrowing down his potential landing spots Monday, turned down an offer from the Flyers early on Tuesday, which led to the Flyers pivoting to Tortorella.

https://www.crossingbroad.com/2022/06/flyers-to-hire-john-tortorella-as-next-head-coach.html

1 minute ago, Gannan said:

They didn't. Apparently Trotz turned them down. 

https://www.crossingbroad.com/2022/06/flyers-to-hire-john-tortorella-as-next-head-coach.html

I believe this to be true because the Flyers are a bottom 5 NHL team.  Trotz already spent the first 5-6 years of his career (many years ago) building the Predators from doormats to a contending team.  He knows there's a ton of work to do with the Flyers and he'll have better offers.  I doubt Tortorella will have other offers. 

Having said that, I don't think Tortorella is a bad coach at all; I just don't think his bombastic nature and personality will fit with a Flyers team that needs to get younger and develop players.  He'll spar with the media and get burned out before the team is anywhere near contending, IMO.    

2 hours ago, Gannan said:

They didn't. Apparently Trotz turned them down. 

Smart man.

6 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

I believe this to be true because the Flyers are a bottom 5 NHL team.  Trotz already spent the first 5-6 years of his career (many years ago) building the Predators from doormats to a contending team.  He knows there's a ton of work to do with the Flyers and he'll have better offers.  I doubt Tortorella will have other offers. 

Having said that, I don't think Tortorella is a bad coach at all; I just don't think his bombastic nature and personality will fit with a Flyers team that needs to get younger and develop players.  He'll spar with the media and get burned out before the team is anywhere near contending, IMO.    

I expect the flyers to fire fletcher next offseason. And then look for a new coach the following offseason. 

Just give Briere the GM chair and then bring in Timmonen to coach. 

Flyers just got Tortellini??  I love pasta!!

5 hours ago, Bill said:

Just give Briere the GM chair and then bring in Timmonen to coach. 

I’m actually expecting briere becomes GM after they fire fletcher next offseason. Then I suspect he fires Torts after the 23-24 season. 

Another retread HC. Great.

I guess it's better than another college/out of the box Coach hiring.

 

 

Wasnt there a better option?

8 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Wasnt there a better option?

They wanted trotz but he turned them and $7.5 mil down. Frankly the flyers are dumb. They are likely firing fletcher at the end of next year when they are not much better next year. Which means you likely have a GM replacing him that wants his own coach. Which it’s a hard sell for a team that needs a rebuild and likely replacing the GM in a year. Flyers continuously are dumb when it comes to moving on from coaches and GMs. They should’ve fired fletcher after this year. They’ve missed the playoffs 3 of 4 years he’s been here. Likely going to missing next year too.  And we have some bad contracts. 

Hopefully the Avs can keep rolling and win the Cup.

Demolished TB last night.

On 6/19/2022 at 11:53 AM, LacesOut said:

Hopefully the Avs can keep rolling and win the Cup.

Demolished TB last night.

 

No matter who wins the Cup, the Flyers will still be a whollyowned subsidiary of Comcast 

Then the Avs got smoked. 

This series probably goes 7 games?

Did they sell the team yet?

2 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Then the Avs got smoked. 

This series probably goes 7 games?

Idk i won’t say no cause tampa is talented enough to come back from 3-1. But that third period and overtime it felt like they were gassed and Colorado was flying. If not for Vas and some posts the lightning really could’ve lost by 2-3 goals. I kind of would be surprised if tampa wins game 5

7 hours ago, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Idk i won’t say no cause tampa is talented enough to come back from 3-1. But that third period and overtime it felt like they were gassed and Colorado was flying. If not for Vas and some posts the lightning really could’ve lost by 2-3 goals. I kind of would be surprised if tampa wins game 5

Tampa definitely looks gassed. If they don’t have the get up on home ice in that situation, they’re never going to get it. They really miss a healthy point out there.

Avs close it out in game 5.

Classic NHL.  Allowing a blatant offside goal in OT to count to decide Game 5.  I would say unbelievable -- but it is the NHL, after all.

On 6/18/2022 at 12:45 PM, ToastJenkins said:

Wasnt there a better option?

Paul Maurice would have been a much better choice, even if Trotz turned down the job.