I don't like the all-red center ice in Montreal.

What's up with Michkov? He is super slow and seems to be a cherry picking on offense. He came into the season out of shape. Is this another Joel Embiid where the guy has all the talent in the world but no work ethic or drive? I hope not, I am tired of those. He needs to work on his conditioning first and then become a much better skater because he is way too slow for today's nhl.

11 hours ago, Khani1 said:

What's up with Michkov? He is super slow and seems to be a cherry picking on offense. He came into the season out of shape. Is this another Joel Embiid where the guy has all the talent in the world but no work ethic or drive? I hope not, I am tired of those. He needs to work on his conditioning first and then become a much better skater because he is way too slow for today's nhl.

He’s a kid who can’t speak English and barely understands any. He did some things down in Dubai and got in a car wreck and messed up his ankle. He didn’t take his offseason as serious as he should have and had a major setback and whatever else he did cost him being out of shape. He’s learning the hard way but this is on him he doesn’t get a free pass

I wouldn’t be schocked if he went back to Russia

So far, 8-5-2 is a marked improvement over where they’ve been under Tortorella. PP is 16th, PK is 5th. Zegras has been as advertised. Goaltending has been much improved with Vladar; Ersson has still stunk overall.

We’ll see how they look by the halfway point.

Deja VU

Best team in the city

Going to the game tonight.....my first Flyers game in a loooooooooooooooong time. Section 121 Row 17 so pretty great seats! Feeling like crap, have a cold but.....my buddy won't let me cancel. Hopefully there are some great fights tonight lol.....a lot of hate for Crosby and the Penguins

8 hours ago, NYEagle said:

Going to the game tonight.....my first Flyers game in a loooooooooooooooong time. Section 121 Row 17 so pretty great seats! Feeling like crap, have a cold but.....my buddy won't let me cancel. Hopefully there are some great fights tonight lol.....a lot of hate for Crosby and the Penguins

If you’re going to a hockey game in 2025 expecting "fights” that died a long time ago. Other than that bs have a great time, there’s nothing like watching hockey in the person

Flyers are still hanging in there at 16-9-3. Special Teams have dipped a bit -- PP is 21st overall and PK 11th. Zegras and Vladar are still leading the way. If they can compete for a wildcard spot this season I'd say they are "on schedule".

8 hours ago, Alphagrand said:

Flyers are still hanging in there at 16-9-3. Special Teams have dipped a bit -- PP is 21st overall and PK 11th. Zegras and Vladar are still leading the way. If they can compete for a wildcard spot this season I'd say they are "on schedule".

The problem is still that they have no solution at 1C, 1D or goalie. While I am happy the team is more watchable, I don’t see the trajectory of this team seriously competing for anything until those holes are filled.

If Michkov was playing in the 90's, he would be fine. For today's game, he is a turtle out there. How is he so slow still? He was "faster" last year but still really slow. That should be his main focus this off season, conditioning and skating. He is only a power play specialist without speed. He is always cherry-picking ahead to try to get a fast break opportunity and then doesn't bother to hustle back on defense when they play goes the other way. I can understand why Toch isn't giving him many minutes. He is a turnover and cherry-picking machine at the moment.

They need to increase the overtime to 10 minutes, hate the shootouts

6 hours ago, Joe Shades 73 said:

They need to increase the overtime to 10 minutes, hate the shootouts

They should go to a 4-4 10 minute overtime period. The shoot out is a farce and so is 3-3 hockey. If after 10 minutes there is no score, the game ends in a tie.

On 12/15/2025 at 2:23 PM, Joe Shades 73 said:

They need to increase the overtime to 10 minutes, hate the shootouts

The shootout should be replaced by the punch out. Best-of-3 hockey fights, and the combatants are chosen at random from all the sticks thrown to the center of the ice.

If you told me the Flyers would be 8th in the NHL in goals against after 32 games I’d have laughed. Still sitting in a wildcard spot but lots of season left, including a ridiculously long layoff for the Olympics. Who knows who will carry any momentum out of that length of inaction.

PP and goal scoring are still subpar.

58 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

The shootout should be replaced by the punch out. Best-of-3 hockey fights, and the combatants are chosen at random from all the sticks thrown to the center of the ice.

No thanks I’ll take the tie

2 hours ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

They won last night as well, so they go into the Christmas break at 19-10-7 for 45 points in 36 games, which would prorate out to 102 points (or so) over an 82-game season and certainly a playoff spot. Goes to show what a commitment to keeping the puck out of your net does for your fortunes; Trevor Zegras is the only offensive change of note from last season, while Dan Vladar has been a vast improvement in net. The biggest change is the system change from Tortorella to Tocchet, and the accompanying change in culture.

The Philly media is trying to drive a wedge between Michkov and the organization, purely to create drama, but so far Tocchet and Brière haven’t taken the bait.

Same old Flyers. Why not give a soon to be 30 year old journeymen a fat 5 year contract extension with a NMC? What could go wrong? Danny got bent over tremendously.

12 hours ago, Blazehound said:

Same old Flyers. Why not give a soon to be 30 year old journeymen a fat 5 year contract extension with a NMC? What could go wrong? Danny got bent over tremendously.

Yep, dumb. Briere contradicted himself with this signing. He's said many times that he doesn't like giving out long term contracts to players that hit age 30. This is also a career year for him. I'm assuming that since there is such a dearth of centerman in their pipeline that they felt they needed to do this. They must also not feel comfortable with how Luchanko is developing. If they felt that he would be up soon, I'm thinking they wouldn't have re-signed Dvorak. That Luchanko pick may come back to haunt them. It's possible Dvorak could have continued to perform and at the trade deadline they could have gotten a nice package for him to collect more assets.

Cunter’s return game.

That one timer with that angle was insane.