Team who puts no value in snipers continues to fail to challenge goalies. Shocking.

If this poop continues on in the next 5 games or so, I have no problem with calling some of the kids who are ready up. But if our problem is everyone is having a hard time finding the back of the net, one or two kids from the AHL aren't gonna change that much.
- feelingkettle

I will stop watching every game- i can put this time to much better use.

Daily reminder that we are no closer to being a legit contender despite spending to the cap, and that a former Flyer great Ron Hextall is out of a job because a corporate suit got nervous looking at the bottom line of the plan he signed up for.
- StepfordSam

Daily reminder that former Flyers great Ron Hextall lead the team to 0 because he his plan of waiting for the two year window to open up was perpetually two years away

If Hexy was doing all the things so well why hasn't he landed another job?

I get it, totally easy to complain now but their is no business anywhere on the planet that would allow that business to keep not succeeding without changing. Yes Hexy was solid at drafting but that didn't translate to anything for him and so far some of those prospects are iffy.

Team who puts no value in snipers continues to fail to challenge goalies. Shocking.
- hereticpride

correct....but watch that sniper word....it is frowned upon here

Daily reminder that former Flyers great Ron Hextall lead the team to 0 because he his plan of waiting for the two year window to open up was perpetually two years away

If Hexy was doing all the things so well why hasn't he landed another job?

I get it, totally easy to complain now but their is no business anywhere on the planet that would allow that business to keep not succeeding without changing.
- opeth_pa

Agreed. Hextall needed results at the NHL level and he never did anything to truly help out the current club. It's a very big reason why they continue to struggle now imo.

correct....but watch that sniper word....it is frowned upon here
- DaveofYork

By kool-aid drinkers of a team stuck in the mud for nearly a decade. Boo hoo.

Team who puts no value in snipers continues to fail to challenge goalies. Shocking.
- hereticpride

sniper?

200 foot, two way, defensively sound players have to come first at all costs. /sarc

he handcuffed himself....he had poopload of capspace and used it all
- KINGKENZO

Agreed.

This.

yes we are massively outshooting the opposition, but the shot quality leaves a lot to be desired. This team is not getting to the net or "inside" as AV calls it.

We know this is not what AV wants. Yes he wants shots but as we saw in the Behind The Glass series, he wants these guys to get in to the slot, around the crease, to the net and get those dirty goals.

Its maddening every single game year in and year out watching this collection of players play a perimeter game. Some people blamed Hak saying that was what he wanted them to do. I would say that theory has been blown out of the water by watching what we know AV wants, and seeing what is actually happening.

Its the players.
- MBFlyerfan

The players aren’t good enough. And this core of young dmen that are supposed to be dominating the league are a far cry from any conversation of that

Chuck Fletcher has never built a team that either won its division or made it out of the 2nd round of the playoffs. Why should we have any confidence that he can build a Cup winner?

Bob Clarke takes a lot of crap around here, but he built teams that won divisions, a President’s trophy, went to the conference finals 7 times and the Cup finals twice.

Paul Holmgren takes a lot of crap around here but he took a team that finished dead last and turned it into a conference finalist the next season. He also built a team that reached the finals.

Fletcher hasn’t done squat here other than use up all our available cap space. He didn’t accomplish all that much in Minnesota. Why should I have any confidence in him?
- BiggE

Excellent analysis!

Wasn’t the majority of the cap space earmarked for their own players they had to resign ? So how much did they really have ?

Agreed. Hextall needed results at the NHL level and he never did anything to truly help out the current club. It's a very big reason why they continue to struggle now imo.
- hereticpride

To be fair, Hextall was hamstrung early on by the lack of cap space and some bad contracts. The lack of large spending spending culminated in the cap space this offseason they used to sign all their young guys and Hayes. We can agree they needed to keep Sanheim, Provorov and TK. The Hayes and to a lesser extent JVR are the signings we’ll debate endlessly on here in the future.

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Are they reasons they are losing ?
- daryl stanley

Vs Dallas I would say Bishop. Oilers game, Hart, Braun’s foot speed, Oilers goalie

“To be faaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrr”

Their was zero excuse to lose to a 1-7-1 team at home who is playing the 2nd of a back to back.

This is just a bad team. The team we saw last night and in western Canada is more the truth rather than what we saw the first two games of the season.

Sure they'll string some minor win streaks here and there, but we've danced this dance before. You're getting next to nothing out of most of our top players. Special teams aren't coming through. Again.

No GM in his first year with a nee club is doing anything rash after 6 games. We have to ride this gong show out until the TDL.

Wasn’t the majority of the cap space earmarked for their own players they had to resign ? So how much did they really have ?
- daryl stanley

no...look it up yourself, dummy, so that you can answer your own stupid questions

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- feelingkettle

I said last night, the Flyers are annihilating the analytics

Their was zero excuse to lose to a 1-7-1 team at home who is playing the 2nd of a back to back.

This is just a bad team. The team we saw last night and in western Canada is more the truth rather than what we saw the first two games of the season.

Sure they'll string some minor win streaks here and there, but we've danced this dance before. You're getting next to nothing out of most of our top players. Special teams aren't coming through. Again.

No GM in his first year with a nee club is doing anything rash after 6 games. We have to ride this gong show out until the TDL.
- Pelle31Forever

Looking at Dallas roster, they are a High end team. And should beat a mediocre flyers team, with a bad mix of forwards. And Ghost and Prov is underperforming.

I said last night, the Flyers are annihilating the analytics
- KINGKENZO

Perhaps they just need a lucky charm. Someone go adopt “Fly” the puppy ASAP.

no...look it up yourself, dummy, so that you can answer your own stupid questions
- KINGKENZO

How much did they spend to sign to their own
You turd? The majority is the answers

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- feelingkettle

Quantifing luck tells me they have no clue what they're talking about.

Their was zero excuse to lose to a 1-7-1 team at home who is playing the 2nd of a back to back.

This is just a bad team. The team we saw last night and in western Canada is more the truth rather than what we saw the first two games of the season.

Sure they'll string some minor win streaks here and there, but we've danced this dance before. You're getting next to nothing out of most of our top players. Special teams aren't coming through. Again.

No GM in his first year with a nee club is doing anything rash after 6 games. We have to ride this gong show out until the TDL.
- Pelle31Forever

OK, but statistics prove that a game played in Eastern Europe (either bloc era or post bloc era) followed by a game by the Pacific Ocean then games anywhere near the Rockies ( either U.S. or Canadian) Will not be successful. Further, if that team then faces a tired opponent from a larger than average sized state ( regardless of back to back), they normally lose.
These numbers don't lie.....let's see what happens this week.

Looking at Dallas roster, they are a High end team. And should beat a mediocre flyers team, wit h a bad mix of forwards. And Ghost and Prov is underperforming.
- Landsbergfan

Provorov is playing fine. Ghost is struggling. Sanheim has been inconsistent.

Dallas had a whopping 2 shots on net for 38+ minutes of the game. You can't do that to a team if you are playing lousy. The Flyers didn't do enough with the puck last night despite all the shots on goal -- not enough quality chances -- but they defended well after the first period.

By kool-aid drinkers of a team stuck in the mud for nearly a decade. Boo hoo.
- hereticpride

Posadelphia will tell you they out played Dallas yesterday.

Except they ignore the fact they were outplayed in scoring