Bill Meltzer: Where Do Flyers Rank: Past, Present and Future

Others have built championship caliber teams at least partially via tanking and/or moving or threatening to move their franchise to ransom a taxpayer-funded new arena.
- Bill Meltzer

lol

Great Blog. I know most hate to hear about being second to the Red Wings in playoff appearances since 1995 as a show of how good the franchise is but it really does show that the Flyers are a good team.

Now to talk out of the other side of my mouth and say it does help that 8 teams make the playoffs from each conference.

the long term approach and building from within seems great now with the talent pool they have growing but I think they need to find and keep a good coaching team for a long haul too. Hopefully Hak and co are the guys.

the long term approach and building from within seems great now with the talent pool they have growing but I think they need to find and keep a good coaching team for a long haul too. Hopefully Hak and co are the guys.
- Girouxy

Also teams taking a different approach to long term contract for UFA's & keeping many of their own picks also help

The Flyers are a elite organization. Anyone who doesn't think this is hating.

People worshipped the Colts and they only won 1 championship back in the 2000s right? With Manning, Wayne, Harrison, and Freeny...that's always the team I bring up when people say YEAH WELL THE FLYERS ' LAST CHAMPIONSHIP WAS LIKE 94 YEARS AGO!

The Flyers are a elite organization. Anyone who doesn't think this is hating.

People worshipped the Colts and they only won 1 championship back in the 2000s right? With Manning, Wayne, Harrison, and Freeny...that's always the team I bring up when people say YEAH WELL THE FLYERS ' LAST CHAMPIONSHIP WAS LIKE 94 YEARS AGO!
- Giroux_Is_God

At least the Colts have a Super Bowl win... unlike... well yeah you know

At least the Colts have a Super Bowl win... unlike... well yeah you know
- dragonoffrost

The NFL's "model franchise?"

Bill, any hint on tomorrow's super secret announcement?

The Flyers are a elite organization. Anyone who doesn't think this is hating.

People worshipped the Colts and they only won 1 championship back in the 2000s right? With Manning, Wayne, Harrison, and Freeny...that's always the team I bring up when people say YEAH WELL THE FLYERS ' LAST CHAMPIONSHIP WAS LIKE 94 YEARS AGO!
- Giroux_Is_God

Elite might be going a bit far.

Consistently decent, maybe?

By the way, Uriah Heep is a seriously underrated band. Heck, I only discovered them earlier this month.

Others have built championship caliber teams at least partially via tanking and/or moving or threatening to move their franchise to ransom a taxpayer-funded new arena.
- Bill Meltzer

AHH, love the shot at the Pens, supported by your hand picked numbers. If you do the same argument but say "Since 1990" the Penguins have made the playoffs 21 of 25 seasons, compared to the Flyers 18 for 25. And that's not counting 4 cups vs 0.. and 5 cup finals vs 2.

Elite might be going a bit far.

Consistently decent, maybe?
- DonaldDump

As an organization, they absolutely are.

As an on-ice team, I think they are, but I can see where that's debatable.

Others have built championship caliber teams at least partially via tanking and/or moving or threatening to move their franchise to ransom a taxpayer-funded new arena.
- Bill Meltzer

AHH, love the shot at the Pens, supported by your hand picked numbers. If you do the same argument but say "Since 1990" the Penguins have made the playoffs 21 of 25 seasons, compared to the Flyers 18 for 25. And that's not counting 4 cups vs 0.. and 5 cup finals vs 2.
- Willaged

lol
- Scoob

Haha yeah I almost spit my coffee out.

Bill, any hint on tomorrow's super secret announcement?
- jmatchett383

If you think about it, you can probably figure it out. Why would the team captain and team president be the reps there?

Actually its been 41 years, 15071 days to be exact. #haveyoueverseentheflyerswinthecup

Others have built championship caliber teams at least partially via tanking and/or moving or threatening to move their franchise to ransom a taxpayer-funded new arena.
- Bill Meltzer

AHH, love the shot at the Pens, supported by your hand picked numbers. If you do the same argument but say "Since 1990" the Penguins have made the playoffs 21 of 25 seasons, compared to the Flyers 18 for 25. And that's not counting 4 cups vs 0.. and 5 cup finals vs 2.
- Willaged

Feeling guilty much? You instantly knew which franchise has had two eras of tanking and threatened to move the franchise to ransom a new taxpayer funded arena. I never named names.

Hand picked numbers? He was listing the achievements of the organization since its inception in 1967. If I'm not mistaken, that's the same year the Pens came into the league, so it's a fair comparison. Take off the yellow/black colored glasses and go troll somewhere else!

Feeling guilty much? You instantly knew which franchise has had two eras of tanking and threatened to move the franchise to ransom a new taxpayer funded arena. I never named names.
- bmeltzer

You're the man Bill! Couldn't have a better writer for the Flyers than you! Keep up the great work!

Others have built championship caliber teams at least partially via tanking and/or moving or threatening to move their franchise to ransom a taxpayer-funded new arena.
- Bill Meltzer

AHH, love the shot at the Pens, supported by your hand picked numbers. If you do the same argument but say "Since 1990" the Penguins have made the playoffs 21 of 25 seasons, compared to the Flyers 18 for 25. And that's not counting 4 cups vs 0.. and 5 cup finals vs 2.
- Willaged

The Penguins also drafted 3.5 generational talents in my lifetime - all of which have directly resulted in Stanley Cup Championships - 2 of which were the direct result of tanking (admitted to in the instance of Mario). Keep in mind there's a ton of teams who've never even come as close as a whiff to a generational player.

FYI: The .5 is for Malkin

If you think about it, you can probably figure it out. Why would the team captain and team president be the reps there?
- bmeltzer

Giroux is conceding the captaincy to Gostisbehere?

I don’t know, maybe something to do with the ownership/Ed Snider foundation going forward.

There could be any number of things. A new jersey is the likeliest, but I don't see why that would warrant a hush hush press conference.

I love how quickly Pens fans melt at any implication that their organization tanked twice.

Giroux is conceding the captaincy to Gostisbehere?

I don’t know, maybe something to do with the ownership/Ed Snider foundation going forward.

There could be any number of things. A new jersey is the likeliest, but I don't see why that would warrant a hush hush press conference.
- jmatchett383

Also consider the venue.