Yikes..

I really can’t ever remember a new HC coming into a situation in which they basically call the place a sheet show. 

I'm all for Torts calling them out.  It's a win win. If his method works and they play more as a team, great. If not and they tumble further than they already are, great. That means a top 2 or 3 pick in next years draft. 

1 hour ago, vsptroops said:

I'm all for Torts calling them out.  It's a win win. If his method works and they play more as a team, great. If not and they tumble further than they already are, great. That means a top 2 or 3 pick in next years draft. 

Yeah but they’ll probably screw up that pick 

1 hour ago, GoEagles5921 said:

Yeah but they’ll probably screw up that pick 

Well that's definitely possible with these clowns. Only hope is that if this season is the same or worse than last year, then Fletcher will finally get the axe. 

https://www.crossingbroad.com/2022/09/sean-couturier-to-miss-significant-time-for-flyers-with-another-back-injury.html

Great start to the season. Only 8 years left on this contract. 

1 hour ago, vsptroops said:

https://www.crossingbroad.com/2022/09/sean-couturier-to-miss-significant-time-for-flyers-with-another-back-injury.html

Great start to the season. Only 8 years left on this contract. 

I thought you were kidding until I looked it up.  They signed a 29 year-old player to an 8-year extension .... 

25 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

I thought you were kidding until I looked it up.  They signed a 29 year-old player to an 8-year extension .... 

Yep, he has a lot of mileage. I would have offered 4 years, tops. Granted he would have declined that but so what. Fletcher should have just let his contract run out and let another team overpay for him. Now, it wouldn't be surprising to see him on LTIR for a chunk of this contract. 

Ellis done for the season.

 

#selltheteam

Just saw an article headline about how the Flyers are having a "fighting clinic" for rookies, true to Tortorella's washed-up retread form

I always thought fighting in this day and age is sort of beyond comical at this point. These guys all wear helmets with visors now...what are you going to "win" when you drop the gloves, besides a severely bruised or broken hand?

This is going to be one hell of a shitshow this year.

#Blow for Bedard

On 9/19/2022 at 4:30 PM, vsptroops said:

Yep, he has a lot of mileage. I would have offered 4 years, tops. Granted he would have declined that but so what. Fletcher should have just let his contract run out and let another team overpay for him. Now, it wouldn't be surprising to see him on LTIR for a chunk of this contract. 

The only player they should’ve ever been giving 7 to 8 year contract to is Claude giroux. Because he was legitimately a star type player that you wanted to keep. Sean couturier is a good player but he’s not a star. The max should’ve been 5 years. If he declined then trade him and capitalize on his value. Rather than being stuck in a bad contract by year 4 of that deal. They keep giving out these bad contracts to players who don’t deserve 6 to 8 year contracts. 

3 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said:

Ellis done for the season.

 

#selltheteam

This is gonna wind up being a awful trade. Not because of what they gave up to acquire him. Because that was minuscule. But when you trade for a 30-year-old player who has been injury prone with a massive contract with 5+ years left on it that was idiotic. The writing was on the wall with the guy can’t stay healthy in his 20s. Meanwhile they thought in his 30s he was not gonna decline or have even more injuries. A lot of us said it at that time. A good general manager would be like why is Nashville trading this guy if he’s so talented and going to be fine for basically peanuts. Because they knew that was going to be a problem going forward that he wouldn’t stay healthy and begin to decline and he’s owed a ton of money. 

Nice summary of it 

 

It'll be interesting to see how many people show up for the home opener. It would be great if its only 1/3 full or less. Wishful thinking I know. 

The season is shaping up to be exactly what we expected.  Ughhh.

Welp, we have the Sixers and Eagles, so that's good!

On 10/3/2022 at 3:53 PM, LacesOut said:

Welp, we have the Sixers and Eagles, so that's good!

And phillies 

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Reminder.  There’s also a Hockey team in Philly.  No seriously, that’s what they’re calling it.  Anyway, have they named the captains? 

Gritty

2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Reminder.  There’s also a Hockey team in Philly.  No seriously, that’s what they’re calling it.  Anyway, have they named the captains? 

Gritty, The Zamboni Driver, and Vince the Beer slinger in section 112

So are we going to be the worst team in the league this year? Is that what I should be preparing for? Or is there some realistic chance we could be average-ish?

11 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

So are we going to be the worst team in the league this year? Is that what I should be preparing for? Or is there some realistic chance we could be average-ish?

If they remain injury free, they won’t be a bottom team. That said, it seems extremely unlikely that’ll be the case. Couturier is recovering from a new back injury on top of the surgery he already had on his back which knocked him out last year. Atkinson and Risto are also out with a mysterious injury. 

Their absolute ceiling is a fringe playoff team, floor is the 3rd or 4th worst team in the NHL. My guess is they fall somewhere between the 4th-8th worst record. 

26 minutes ago, FranklinFldEBUpper said:

So are we going to be the worst team in the league this year? Is that what I should be preparing for? Or is there some realistic chance we could be average-ish?

 

Get ready for 82 games of pure, unrelenting PAIN.

I really hate to say it, but I honestly find myself hoping this team finishes dead last, because its the only chance that I see pushing us toward the only remedy: new ownership.

https://975thefanatic.com/2022/10/13/flyers-extend-travis-sanheim-to-8-year-deal/

Going undefeated

14 hours ago, vsptroops said:

https://975thefanatic.com/2022/10/13/flyers-extend-travis-sanheim-to-8-year-deal/

 

This team hands out 7-8 year deals like they're Halloween candy.