Minnesota is slumping? The Flyers should be the cure for that. Looking at their roster, they look like a team that could badly use a guy like Giroux, if he’s willing to go to Minny.
- BiggE

Giroux would be a big boost to the Wild. Fletcher would probably want more from Minnesota than anyone else due to their greater need. Just a guess but I think Minnesota isn’t a desirable destination for Giroux. Minnesota most likely is reluctant to part with a 1st and the prospects they’ll need to compete the next 3 years. This deal is just talk I think.

Isn't this a familiar theme with most Flyers players, plenty of chances, very few conversions? Its great to hear Frost is starting to do at the AHL level what he needs to do at the NHL level, but it underscores the biggest need for this organization, to get some top end talent in here that can actually finish a play!
- jd250

Starting to do at the AHL level?

Minnesota Wild (under new management) 65 points vs Philadelphia Wild (under old Wild management) 42 points. Maybe the next group should be someone who has actually succeeded somewhere.
- ICUBB

Don’t take this as me defending the guy but Chuck is responsible for drafting a bunch of those players. Your point is flawed.

Bill Meltzer: Flyers Gameday: 3/3/22 vs. MIN; Phantoms Update
- bmeltzer

I wouldn’t know any of the Wild’s players if they came to my house and delivered me a Pizza…and their number one center played fourth line wing for us.

I wouldn’t know any of the Wild’s players if they came to my house and delivered me a Pizza…and their number one center played fourth line wing for us.
- SuperSchennBros

He'll probably get his 20th goal against the flyers for his first 20 goal season. The Flyers like helping players set personal records, usually it's some guy scoring his 1st goal in 2 years but sometimes it's giving Crosby his 500th goal.

Isn't this a familiar theme with most Flyers players, plenty of chances, very few conversions? Its great to hear Frost is starting to do at the AHL level what he needs to do at the NHL level, but it underscores the biggest need for this organization, to get some top end talent in here that can actually finish a play!
- jd250

You say this more than Samuel L Jackson says MOTHER (frank)ER....

Chuck's hand must be tired from pulling the cord in your back

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Flyers win. The Wild have lost 6 of 7 and are not playing with confidence. Up until recently, they were averaging 4 goals a game. Now that they’re snake bit, they can’t win because they don’t defend well. I expect this game to be a big challenge for the Wild.
- Minnyhock

You must not have followed the flyers much this season. We suck. We suck bad. We are the team that ends the opposition teams losing streak as well as the team that usually helps snake bitten players find the net again.
At this stage of the season I am actually hoping that the flyers lose a few more games and get a decent draft spot because the season has been over for us for quite a while now.
We've been decimated with injuries like I've never seen before

He'll probably get his 20th goal against the flyers for his first 20 goal season. The Flyers like helping players set personal records, usually it's some guy scoring his 1st goal in 2 years but sometimes it's giving Crosby his 500th goal.
- Flyers_01

So basically we were handed a million dollars tax free, spent two hundred of it before giving the rest away to charity, knowing full well our bills weren’t paid.

Have to get Ratcliffe who might have a future out of the lineup in place of Willman who has zero future. Flyers logic.

Have to get Ratcliffe who might have a future out of the lineup in place of Willman who has zero future. Flyers logic.
- PLindbergh31

A real Mike Yeo 4D chess move.

Have to get Ratcliffe who might have a future out of the lineup in place of Willman who has zero future. Flyers logic.
- PLindbergh31

I'm with 2Real on this one. This makes my head hurt. Why exactly is Ratcliffe down? I mean did he pee in someone's coffee?

I'm with 2Real on this one. This makes my head hurt. Why exactly is Ratcliffe down? I mean did he pee in someone's coffee?
- FlyersGrace

Nah. He's taken a few penalties the last couple games. He must be disciplined.

A real Mike Yeo 4D chess move.
- Tomahawk

Fletcher and company haven't even graduated to checkers yet, they are still playing Candyland.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the Flyers win. The Wild have lost 6 of 7 and are not playing with confidence. Up until recently, they were averaging 4 goals a game. Now that they’re snake bit, they can’t win because they don’t defend well. I expect this game to be a big challenge for the Wild.
- Minnyhock

The only thing we've done well this season is end other team's slumps. So rest assured your woes are over. We'll growl convincingly, skate hard, and end the night full of sound and no fury....

Isn't this a familiar theme with most Flyers players, plenty of chances, very few conversions? Its great to hear Frost is starting to do at the AHL level what he needs to do at the NHL level, but it underscores the biggest need for this organization, to get some top end talent in here that can actually finish a play!
- jd250

Frost has no problem finishing chances, ordinarily. Never has until the last couple months. How do players rebuild offensive confidence? The chances come first then, if they keep it up, the points come back with it.

Now he has to build off last night's performance.

Frost has no problem finishing chances, ordinarily. Never has until the last couple months. How do players rebuild offensive confidence? The chances come first then, if they keep it up, the points come back with it.

Now he has to build off last night's performance.
- bmeltzer

He needs to earn that next call up by doing the little things right. Getting back defensively, making the safe play with the puck. Becoming a tight checking center. Only then will have earned a call up back to the NHL. Then, we'll put him on the 3rd line to play 10 minutes a game with other AHL scrubs. He has to learn to play the right way if he wants to crack the Flyers stacked lineup.

Don’t take this as me defending the guy but Chuck is responsible for drafting a bunch of those players. Your point is flawed.
- hereticpride

Yeah, what he did in Minnesota isn't nearly as relevant as the Flyers currently being the 5th worst team in the league despite being capped out and also having traded away a 1st and two 2nds in the offseason.

He needs to earn that next call up by doing the little things right. Getting back defensively, making the safe play with the puck. Becoming a tight checking center. Only then will have earned a call up back to the NHL. Then, we'll put him on the 3rd line to play 10 minutes a game with other AHL scrubs. He has to learn to play the right way if he wants to crack the Flyers stacked lineup.
- MJL

Just tell him to watch Macewen and model his game after that. That’s Flyer hockey!

The only thing we've done well this season is end other team's slumps. So rest assured your woes are over. We'll growl convincingly, skate hard, and end the night full of sound and no fury....

- FlyersGrace

signifying nothing.

You must not have followed the flyers much this season. We suck. We suck bad. We are the team that ends the opposition teams losing streak as well as the team that usually helps snake bitten players find the net again.
At this stage of the season I am actually hoping that the flyers lose a few more games and get a decent draft spot because the season has been over for us for quite a while now.
We've been decimated with injuries like I've never seen before
- Bob Habib

You could have some trouble getting the loss tonight. The Wild have given up the most goals in the league since Feb. 14(4.75 G/GM) and Talbot has an .863 save % in that time and Kaukonen is at .887%. Neither can stop a balloon right now. Hart has been solid throughout. The Wild special teams are a mess. Balance that with the Wild are good 5x5 and have beaten the teams they should. We’ll see.

I'm with 2Real on this one. This makes my head hurt. Why exactly is Ratcliffe down? I mean did he pee in someone's coffee?
- FlyersGrace

Yeo said there has been a dropoff in his play

Don’t take this as me defending the guy but Chuck is responsible for drafting a bunch of those players. Your point is flawed.
- hereticpride

There’s that. But he left the prospect cupboard bare.

Yeah, what he did in Minnesota isn't nearly as relevant as the Flyers currently being the 5th worst team in the league despite being capped out and also having traded away a 1st and two 2nds in the offseason.
- Feanor

My take on it (100th iteration or is it just the 99th ) is that the Flyers attendance flourishing the past decade while being a bubble team, and the Flyers fans not being the most patient, has led to a situation where the franchise faces strong market incentives to aim for appearances of contention rather than actual contention. The moves last year, including cap spending and giving up high draft picks, must be seen in that light. Then, a pile of injuries occurred and the appearances plan went out of the window.

Personally speaking, I just don't see enough evidence to pile on CF just yet. You can't blame an employee of a business for not acting against the company bottom line.

The beefing up of the analytics team, the acknowledgment that they lack high end talent, and the pending TDL moves, are all still up in the air. That, and the timing of Hayes/Ellis surgeries next year will tip the scales for me.

There’s that. But he left the prospect cupboard bare.
- Minnyhock

And, you guys seem to have drafted even better after he/Flahr left.

And, you guys seem to have drafted even better after he/Flahr left.
- PT21

How do you figure? Fletcher last season was 2018. Since then the only player drafted thats on the roster is Boldy. There hasnt been enough time for a lot of these picks to mature yet.