Still, it would be nice to see several of the Philadelphia Flyers’ promising prospects show there’s a glimmer of hope, show they can be part of the Great Road to Respectability.
-Sam Charchidi

Don't you have to actually show something to be considered promising??

Another awesome showing for Frost.
Kid looks great skating around on his edges.
Great faceoff %.
No shots on goal but that is just a pesky metric.
An assist is super awesome he has proved to me he has arrived.

Must have been another riveting game last night. There is absolutely no depth in this organization and we can directly thank Hexy and Chuckles for that! The only reason Hexy hasn't ruined the Pens yet is because he had more to work with when he got there and they also hired Brian Burke to babysit him. If Couturier and Farabee are out this just may be the worst group of forwards ever iced by any organization at the start of a season. Not one bonafide scorer in the entire group. FIRE CHUCK TODAY! Thanks!

Must have been another riveting game last night. There is absolutely no depth in this organization and we can directly thank Hexy and Chuckles for that! The only reason Hexy hasn't ruined the Pens yet is because he had more to work with when he got there and they also hired Brian Burke to babysit him. If Couturier and Farabee are out this just may be the worst group of forwards ever iced by any organization at the start of a season. Not one bonafide scorer in the entire group. FIRE CHUCK TODAY! Thanks!
- Phillywhiteout

Don't forget Holmer and the Flyers organization in general for the lack of internal depth. Holmer iced a really good NHL team but he ignored the pipeline and failed to realize a salary cap existed.

100% agree with fire Chuckles. I am mildly surprised he has not overreacted to there lack of center depth.

Another awesome showing for Frost.
Kid looks great skating around on his edges.
Great faceoff %.
No shots on goal but that is just a pesky metric.
An assist is super awesome he has proved to me he has arrived.
- konalover711

The kid has points on 60% of the Flyers preseason goals but hey lets bash him.

Another awesome showing for Frost.
Kid looks great skating around on his edges.
Great faceoff %.
No shots on goal but that is just a pesky metric.
An assist is super awesome he has proved to me he has arrived.
- konalover711

He has 3 assist. How many goals have the Flyers scored overall?

the writers at csn are are asking if they should be concerned about the lack of offense.

Another awesome showing for Frost.
Kid looks great skating around on his edges.
Great faceoff %.
No shots on goal but that is just a pesky metric.
An assist is super awesome he has proved to me he has arrived.
- konalover711

Frost has not popped by any means, but out of the 5 Flyers goals this pre-season, Frosty has assists on 3 of them. Still, I am not sold on him as a potential top 6 forward in this league.

Don't forget Holmer and the Flyers organization in general for the lack of internal depth. Holmer iced a really good NHL team but he ignored the pipeline and failed to realize a salary cap existed.

100% agree with fire Chuckles. I am mildly surprised he has not overreacted to there lack of center depth.
- mickel25

He can't overreact, he has No money!

What’s the over under on shutouts this season.
I’ll throw 7 out there.
- bird_dog_pa

I could see us getting shut out 7 times a month FFS! Our goaltenders are going to be under massive pressure just to keep the games close IMO.

I could see us getting shut out 7 times a month FFS! Our goaltenders are going to be under massive pressure just to keep the games close IMO.
- Hextall271

I can see a lot of 2-1, 3-1 losses this season.

Frost has not popped by any means, but out of the 5 Flyers goals this pre-season, Frosty has assists on 3 of them. Still, I am not sold on him as a potential top 6 forward in this league.
- jd250

you also think rr is a top 4 d-man - most do not put much stock into your player evaluations

you also think rr is a top 4 d-man - most do not put much stock into your player evaluations
- corduroy

I can see you have been paying attention to my posts over the past several months

Hey, that's Ok, you just keep your fingers crossed on Frost ..

Don't forget Holmer and the Flyers organization in general for the lack of internal depth. Holmer iced a really good NHL team but he ignored the pipeline and failed to realize a salary cap existed.

100% agree with fire Chuckles. I am mildly surprised he has not overreacted to there lack of center depth.
- mickel25

Yeah, I've mentioned Homer before as part of the problem too. The last couple of years of his tenure as GM weren't good and he left them in salary cap hell as you mentioned. Then he was promoted to team President when he should have been shown the door. He is certainly part of the reason that they have been bad for the past decade. FIRE CHUCK!

I can see you have been paying attention to my posts over the past several months

Hey, that's Ok, you just keep your fingers crossed on Frost ..
- jd250

says the guy who thought it was a good idea to trade a roster player, a first and a second for him

I love how you think people have no memory of what you post

Must have been another riveting game last night. There is absolutely no depth in this organization and we can directly thank Hexy and Chuckles for that! The only reason Hexy hasn't ruined the Pens yet is because he had more to work with when he got there and they also hired Brian Burke to babysit him. If Couturier and Farabee are out this just may be the worst group of forwards ever iced by any organization at the start of a season. Not one bonafide scorer in the entire group. FIRE CHUCK TODAY! Thanks!
- Phillywhiteout

i wish bill would hire somebody to babysit your keyboard

says the guy who thought it was a good idea to trade a roster player, a first and a second for him

I love how you think people have no memory of what you post
- corduroy

The roster player (Haag) was thrown in to make the caps work, that is how much the Flyers thought of Haag. I did have no problem with the trade and in general with Fletcher being aggressive to fill the obvious holes this team had and frankly, still has. Unlike you and others who judged Risto totally on advanced metrics, I gave the kid a chance over the course of the season. My evaluation of him now is based on actually watching him play, not looking at a spreadsheet. Bottom line is I gave Risto a chance, defended him when he deserved to be defended (when the rest of you were blaming him for everything wrong with the Flyers) and have knocked him when he has deserved to be knocked.

The roster player (Haag) was thrown in to make the caps work, that is how much the Flyers thought of Haag. I did have no problem with the trade and in general with Fletcher being aggressive to fill the obvious holes this team had and frankly, still has. Unlike you and others who judged Risto totally on advanced metrics, I gave the kid a chance over the course of the season. My evaluation of him now is based on actually watching him play, not looking at a spreadsheet. Bottom line is I gave Risto a chance, defended him when he deserved to be defended (when the rest of you were blaming him for everything wrong with the Flyers) and have knocked him when he has deserved to be knocked.
- jd250

A first, two second rounders, Hagg and Ghost are bad enough. Chuckles actually watched him play and then signed him to a 5 year deal. I somewhat applaud being aggressive. The shear stupidity of resigning Risto is not forgivable.

The roster player (Haag) was thrown in to make the caps work, that is how much the Flyers thought of Haag. I did have no problem with the trade and in general with Fletcher being aggressive to fill the obvious holes this team had and frankly, still has. Unlike you and others who judged Risto totally on advanced metrics, I gave the kid a chance over the course of the season. My evaluation of him now is based on actually watching him play, not looking at a spreadsheet. Bottom line is I gave Risto a chance, defended him when he deserved to be defended (when the rest of you were blaming him for everything wrong with the Flyers) and have knocked him when he has deserved to be knocked.
- jd250

He is and has been a poor player throughout his career -- you felt that he was a top four d-man. He wasn't nor has he ever been. The player you now no longer defend from those who understand metrics and the eye test has not changed -

Would you trade a first a second and a roster player for rr today? if you wouldn't do it now why do it before - again as a player he has not changed

this is why many do not put any faith into your evaluations of players

A first, two second rounders, Hagg and Ghost are bad enough. Chuckles actually watched him play and then signed him to a 5 year deal. I somewhat applaud being aggressive. The shear stupidity of resigning Risto is not forgivable.
- mickel25

Three seconds actually - I did not include the ghost dump, I figured that the 250 wouldn't be able to figure out that chuckles had to move ghost to trade for rr