That is more succinct than I would put it, but I can't argue with your point
- DaveofYork

Bright side....the bullpen can’t be as bad as last year.

Put AV on waivers, he will certainly clear

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
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In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.

Flyers are officially the worst team in the NHL. So much talent and a coach that is ruining young players and management that sits idle watching it happen. So close to saying goodbye to my fav team since the Lindros days. Watching this is detrimental to living a healthy life, lol

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
(AHL) to the Taxi Squad.

In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.
- PLindbergh31

Don’t know how I feel about this.

My only comment about the index passive strategy is that it is far less passive than people believe. The indices (S&P500, Dow) etc are re-balanced frequently to reflect company performance.

In just doing the best you can, spending to the max, and drafting and developing well, there is no active adjustment at all. The tie breaker across all teams becomes pure luck.

EDIT: Mickel25 corrected this in what he wrote above. Its less passive than I said, more like a passive+re-balancing approach.
- PT21

In regards to the indices, ceteris paribus!

Luck is certainly a portion of the algorithm, however management should be doing as much as active adjusting possible to reduce its impact on the outcome.

Flyers are officially the worst team in the NHL. So much talent and a coach that is ruining young players and management that sits idle watching it happen. So close to saying goodbye to my fav team since the Lindros days. Watching this is detrimental to living a healthy life, lol
- joegreif17

Think of what your dear departed dad would have said if you wussed out like this after just 1 month of hardship.

Q1: Do you believe the Flyers, with the current constraints (mix of players, contracts, age, development etc.) are reasonable championship contenders in the next 4 years?

Please note: I underline reasonable. Don't say it could happen. Look at the team and past history of champions and tell if they are.
- PT21

Yes

Don’t know how I feel about this.
- Peter Richards

i don't like it, but i'm excited to watch laczynski.

Don’t know how I feel about this.
- Peter Richards

I share your ambivalence, however, I would hate it if it was a couple guys that I have higher hopes for their future

Yes
- jd250

Now, what % chance would you attribute to this possibility?

For the record, I think drafting and developing players effectively is very important to a teams overall success. All good teams draft and develop well. I do not believe you have to be non competitive for multiple years to get the right players to win.

I believe in building from the middle out. Get the right players at center, defense and in goal and your team will be good. I value centers over wingers for the most part. Wingers like Ovechkin should get the big contracts with term. Wingers like Jake Voracek probably should not. I value patience with young players. Especially, those that have shown signs of being good/great NHL level players.

I am fine making trades and signing FA's. Just do not think you should make trades just to make them. I believe in maximizing assets.

The current Flyers roster needs more physicality at forward and defense. I think they could easily add a physical winger right now. Of course that will not correct all of the issues on this team, but it would be a start. Might get them engaged on a regular basis.

I am fine with waiting until the offseason to do something major. I do believe they should sell veterans like Raffl, Elliot, Braun and anyone else deemed necessary at the TDL.
- mickel25

Completely agree with the lack of physicality on the team. I know he didn't score a lot, but Pitlick brought that to the team and Niskanen certainly knew how to pick his spots. For their size, I feel as though Sanheim and Myers have no sandpaper to their games and it's why the lose puck battles easily.

I'm 100% on board with trading away vets at the deadline for anyone willing to take them. Going to be tough to do for anyone that is a UFA after this season.

Team is totally dysfunctional. Not sure whom, when, or if someone in the organization will ever have the stones to come out and say it, but it’s obvious something or someone has to go ASAP. We’re seeing a team crumble right before our eyes, night in and night out. These Flyers have NO identity whatsoever...it’s embarrassing. Zero emotion shown on ice tonight...barely a whimper. For everyone on these boards that posit in today’s NHL you don’t need physical players, deterrents on the ice, etc., I say BS! The best teams — even most bad teams — stick up for one another and show emotion when things go sour on the ice. Not with this group. There’s something rotten in the locker room, most likely with multiple players, and it’s time for the organization to make changes - now!!

Been a fan since 1973...at this point in time, I’m honestly embarrassed to be a Flyers fan.
- BroadSTmayhem

Well said and to the point. How can the same lineup that was on fire last year go downhill so quickly. Niskanen was a loss for sure but I still blame AV 100 percent. What coach goes public with bashing his players like this. Carter Hart will never have a career in Philadelphia the way its going, Konecny will be moving too while the deadwood will remain forever. AV is a stubborn self centered idiot and this worst team in the league performance can not be blamed on the players, they have obviously tuned him out. Fire the facker and make some changes. Waiving Ghost and playing Gustaffson is pathetic,,, Gust is absolutely the worst dman in the nhl, I do not even call him a dman. His coverage on that one goal was pathetic.

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
(AHL) to the Taxi Squad.

In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.
- PLindbergh31

I was told Sandin was a lock for the team before the season started.

I was told Sandin was a lock for the team before the season started.
- MBFlyerfan

yeah he wouldn't come over here otherwise. stone cold lock to be in the lineup.

i don't like it, but i'm excited to watch laczynski.
- Ftown19125

What message does it send to young players who are playing well and producing, when inferior players to them are recalled to the NHL club?

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
(AHL) to the Taxi Squad.

In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.
- PLindbergh31

Sandin did look good last night

I was told Sandin was a lock for the team before the season started.
- MBFlyerfan

Is that the best you got? No one bats a thousand.

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
(AHL) to the Taxi Squad.

In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.
- PLindbergh31

season saved!

Is that the best you got? No one bats a thousand.
- login

Oh was that you?

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Transactions: We've recalled forwards Tanner Laczynski and Linus Sandin from the @LVPhantoms
(AHL) to the Taxi Squad.

In addition, we have assigned forwards Connor Bunnaman and Carsen Twarynski to the Phantoms from the Taxi Squad.

Anyone in this thread who said why would prospects be added to the dysfunction better shred the team now. Or you're a fraud.
- PLindbergh31

I guess I hadn’t considered Sandin, I think he was out injured at some point also. He is on an expiring contract and was a FA acquisition so I guess they really do need to see what they have at the NHL level.

Laczynski, as a center, that is not a good move. I think we have seen the transition to center position at the NHL level isn’t easy for young players at the best of times. This is not the best of times, it is the w...... It’s kind of throwing him into the deep in. He is doing so well right now with the Phantoms, absolutely excelling. Seems like a poor reward.

So kids are going to bail out the vets and the other kids. Neato

Yes...I would be on board...although Coots is only a year away from being a UFA....Buffalo wouldn’t do that with no guarantee for a long term Coots deal....why would the player ever agree to that? As well, You have to think Coots will want a NMC from the Flyers in the next deal if he does sign here.
- landros 2

Noooo.

I want them to be our #1 & #2 centers for the next 7 years.

I was told Sandin was a lock for the team before the season started.
- MBFlyerfan

Laczynski would have had a shot had he not been hurt...so no surprise with him either....

So kids are going to bail out the vets and the other kids. Neato
- hereticpride

at least they might skate hard and put forth a full game's worth of effort.

at this point, wouldnt that be an improvement?