Just now, e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! said:

Carolina is really good. I’d be surprised it is not them or the Avs winning the cup.

That said knowing gonna watch the Sixers also get swept tomorrow

Carolina is going to be tough to beat for any team to win the Cup. They are the most complete team in the playoffs

2 minutes ago, ToastJenkins said:

Dont agree. Sucks we lost but Carolina is just a better, more experienced team right now

Even just adding a top Def would be great

Yeah i don’t think we are as far off as others think. Need guys to develop and use this experience. I agree need a top Dman and i also think a top C. If briere and jones can do it then it really pushes us to another level.

Getting swept hurts, but we can look back on the season and consider it a success, considering where we were in the conference in February, and then making it to the second round.

I actually think this series against Carolina was more important for playoff experience than the series against an aging Pittsburgh team was.

Proud of this team, they exceeded all my expectations and the future looks bright for Philadelphia hockey again…..finally!

This offseason and the big-name vets that are available is about 1-2 years early for the Flyers, IMO.

They are to be commended for the young talent they have assembled and for how that talent has been coached up and performed in getting into the playoffs and winning a series. But the sweep at the hands of the Hurricanes is a reminder of how far they still have to go; one big name addition doesn't make them a Stanley Cup team next year. This is all for naught if the Martone/Mitchkov/Luchanko/Bonk 21 and under club doesn't pan out. And even if they do pan out...it's probably another 2 years before they are advanced enough for the team to truly compete. I feel like they need to let that nucleus develop organically and then bolster them with names a little further down the road.

GREAT SEASON, FLYERS!!

Kind of look at the Flyers off-season this way, I think they were always planning to make some sort of splash move either in 2026 off-season or 2027. Based off what they were trying to accomplish, clearing cap space and developing some of the prospects, it feels like one of these two off-season‘s where it was coming. I think Briere and Jones have been sitting back because they knew they were not close enough yet to being a playoff contender.

I am fine moving forward with just developing and not adding any major pieces. Just keeping with this core and building even more. I am also OK if they think we don’t know if a special type of player is going to be available two years from now in FA or trade. Hypothetically Connor McDavid becomes available this offseason and Edmonton calls you up because they like your prospects and picks. I am fine in making a move like that. That is a generational talent at 29 years old that could possibly give you 7 to 8 more prime years. To be able to get that type of player if he becomes available I think you have to consider it and do it if the price is right.

As much as I would like to sit here and say two years down the road, that’s when we do it, there’s a lot of variables that can mess with that. You could have prospects that develop and some that don’t, then by the time you wanna make that trade you don’t have enough to offer comparatively to other teams offers. Or free agency just doesn’t have that guy hit free agency. So could still be searching for another year. Conversely there’s also the potential that that guy does exist in a trade two years down the road and have a good package. Just wouldn’t know it until then. It’s why I think you have to be realistic if a guy of the ilk of Connor McDavid is available and you have a shot then go for it.

That said i am strictly using mcdavid as a hypothetical. I don’t think he is available yet and by all accounts SJ has connections to him and prospect pool where they can offer a ridiculous package

On 5/9/2026 at 8:19 PM, EaglesRocker97 said:

This team is a long ways off.

If we get the PP situation figured out, they are a lot closer than you think. Some of the prospects who haven't made it up to the nhl are doing well too. This team has a lot of youth and building blocks. Let them build chemistry and watch them propel next year. You build around Foerster, Tippett, Zegras, Barkey, Bump, Martone and Drysdale. I'm putting Martone and Foerster in the untouchable section (unless you get a superstar of course) and I prefer not to trade Tippett, unless need be. Zegras is probably about to get an extension from us. Luchanko and Bonk showed promise in their playoff game. Luchanko might be as fast at Tippett, the difference is, he gets to top speed very quickly, in like 2-3 strides. We will be one of the youngest and fastest teams next year. The goalie is set. Need that QB on the PP though or else we are f'ed.

Busty could have at least said, "working on my skating is a priority"...in two years if he is still on this team, we will be asking ourselves why didn't trade him while his stock was still relatively high.

The core is better than I think a lot of people expected, but there's a need for a 1C and a 1D.

We have enough wingers that we could use as trade bait, and realistically I still think Risto should be on the table as well.

The UFA market kind of dried up with people getting resigned by their teams, so it's either trades or let Homer in the room to work his RFA offer sheet shenanigans.

Like I said, when this season is over, we are gonna hear a list of major injuries. I could tell by their play most of the year vs the playoffs.

Lol carter hart posting a .920+ save % in the playoffs likely on the way to the Stanley cup finals. It's crazy how people in here thought he was garbage, knowing we had a blue line full of 3rd pairing d men.

This isn't to say the flyers should or shouldn't have signed him, but his talent was never debatable. This is typical flyers luck though, finally get a franchise goalie, involved in a scandal, gets released (not tendered, whatever), comes back goes on to win the Stanley cup (maybe). He'll probably win a Vezina at some point also

On 5/22/2026 at 10:44 PM, devpool said:

Lol carter hart posting a .920+ save % in the playoffs likely on the way to the Stanley cup finals. It's crazy how people in here thought he was garbage, knowing we had a blue line full of 3rd pairing d men.

This isn't to say the flyers should or shouldn't have signed him, but his talent was never debatable. This is typical flyers luck though, finally get a franchise goalie, involved in a scandal, gets released (not tendered, whatever), comes back goes on to win the Stanley cup (maybe). He'll probably win a Vezina at some point also

#selltheteam

Claude Lemieux has passed away. I hated his guts back in the day but RIP Claude.

On 5/22/2026 at 7:44 PM, devpool said:

Lol carter hart posting a .920+ save % in the playoffs likely on the way to the Stanley cup finals. It's crazy how people in here thought he was garbage, knowing we had a blue line full of 3rd pairing d men.

This isn't to say the flyers should or shouldn't have signed him, but his talent was never debatable. This is typical flyers luck though, finally get a franchise goalie, involved in a scandal, gets released (not tendered, whatever), comes back goes on to win the Stanley cup (maybe). He'll probably win a Vezina at some point also

I remember those discussions. I thought in a better organization ( at the time) with better defense around him, he would’ve always looked better. He got a lot of the ridicule but really our defense was never consistently great in front of him.

I understood why people wanted to trade him if they were going into a full rebuild. To cash in on his upside and get a boatload of pics to rebuild the entire system. I also said at that same time you better hit on those picks and those prospects, because if you don’t and you’re stuck in a goalie purgatory, you’re gonna regret that decision (like regretting dealing Bob albeit not really the same circumstances).

The fact Torts got Vegas playing at the level they are is a credit to him. Before the season they were a cup contender and basically underachieved all season til they made the move to Torts.

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

The guy is signed next season. He just had a career year, parts of which he was injured due to high usage, which will continue. He will also be 30 once the extension kicks in. Typical Flyers bidding against themselves.

Why not give it a couple months into the season to see if he continues playing well and stays healthy before extending him?

Giving Vladar this extension will be as dumb as giving Dvorak that extension. Totally unnecessary. If Dvorak was a 2-3 year extension, I would have been more ok with it but 5 was ridiculous. How about wait until mid-season to make sure he not only can stay healthy, but to also make sure last year wasn't some fluke season?

On a side note, congrats to the Hurricanes and especially Rod Brind'amour for winning the cup. Good for him. Such a cool, likeable dude. To win a cup as a captain then coach that same franchise to another cup is certainly rare territory.

Short ride

kind of think John Carlson gets signed if this happens. Been rumors on Twitter he wants to go back east and people have mentioned flyers