Hamster wheel of culture churns on
- Flamboyant Greg

“The Flyers will restructure Hockey Ops leadership by separating President and General Manager into two separate roles, per organization.”


According to Bill Meltzer…

To be fair Dave Scott was first
- Flamboyant Greg

Dave Scott was just reading from the cue cards he was handed by Clarke.

Ownership is a damn disgrace. NO WAY Fletcher shoulda been GM at the deadline.
I don’t want Briere as GM either. We’ve had piss poor gm’s since Keith Allen for Christ sake, and his last year was in the early 80’s.
All former flyer “Advisors” that are in the building now, go home !
They should have got their heads out of their asses and gave Trotz the reins but nooooo. Clowns on ownership just sat there like complete morons

worst GM in team history, and the last one barely better.

- eichiefs9

I was thinking the same thing.

Give Mark Hunter a call
- Dr. Pepper

As I recall,John Ferguson Jr. once led the Maple Leafs to glory.

Chuckles should been gone a long time ago, along with Scott. Will Briere be able to run the club the way he wants or will Scott reign him in? At this point, Briere can't possibly be worse than Fletcher.

I want the Flyers to want him
- eichiefs9

There's a song in there somewhere...

I want the Flyers to want him
- eichiefs9

A rare thing that Pens and Isles fans can agree on .

PeeAir McGuire and Mike Milbury are out of jobs at the moment too.

Don't stop there Comcast! Camillo should be next followed by the old heads running on ice ops!!!

Dave Scott was just reading from the cue cards he was handed by Clarke.
- Quetzalcoatl

No, he was puppet stringed by Brian Roberts, who is the ultimate Daniel Snyder of the NHL

Penguins will be bringing him back to assist Hextall Good combo

So Fletcher got canned by the App he was touting at the season tickets holder meeting?

about time. He should never have been hired.
- TheFreak

Agreed. It was a terrible inexplicable hire from the get go.

This is fantastic news. I was done with Fletcher (and the Flyers honestly) when the DeAngelo trade went down (which was so obviously terrible on multiple levels). Fletcher has to be the worst GM in Philadelphia history — I was starting to wonder if anyone at Comcast was even paying attention. The next GM has a tough task but at least everyone gets it that it will take a few years. The next steps are crucial.

A rare thing that Pens and Isles fans can agree on .

PeeAir McGuire and Mike Milbury are out of jobs at the moment too.
- PghPens668771

President of Hockey Operations Mike Milbury and GM Peter Chiarelli has a nice ring to it

So Fletcher Is finally fired and deservedly so and he's replaced by another guy with basically no management experience other than a made up position that was handed to him because he's a Flyer alum. It looks and sounds like more poor decision making.

I want the Flyers to want him
- eichiefs9

I'll allow it

Finally some good news for the Flyers fans. Congratulations. Lets hope for a competent replacement.

Good for Flyers fan everywhere. Not sure briers should be in charge but good to see fletcher go

How can you trade two viable NHL players for super-low picks that are unlikely to make the NHL?

How can you not say "rebuild" when that's exactly what you are doing?

How can you not trade off your players for viable picks like JVR? Maybe not a first but... are you telling me that NOBODY could have used a 1/2 price JVR for a 2nd?

Then - you hire the ONE COACH that can guarantee that you have little to no chance at a) Connor Bedard and b) making the playoffs.

This is just pathetic.

Maybe Comcast will stop using the flyers to promote woke politics and actually try to win hockey games 😂😂😂

Maybe Comcast will stop using the flyers to promote woke politics and actually try to win hockey games 😂😂😂
- Newgod77

Yawn.

How can you trade two viable NHL players for super-low picks that are unlikely to make the NHL?

How can you not say "rebuild" when that's exactly what you are doing?

How can you not trade off your players for viable picks like JVR? Maybe not a first but... are you telling me that NOBODY could have used a 1/2 price JVR for a 2nd?

Then - you hire the ONE COACH that can guarantee that you have little to no chance at a) Connor Bedard and b) making the playoffs.

This is just pathetic.
- flyersfaninLA

Agreed.
He was late in recognizing the team needed to be reset. Then upon playing catch-up, he was looking lost.
As for MacEwen and Brown, even though they were 4th line players who eventually would have been replaced when they get better talent, but those guys were providing a ton of energy on the ice. It was becoming contagious - the other players were starting to do the same. This was a missing component the last 2 years. Do we remember the slow starts and loss of energy half way through games ? Getting 6th & 7th rounders back was not a good return for the amount of effort the organization spent developing those guys BACK from the waiver wire to useful players. As disappointing as it was, this wasn't the worst thing he did. I gave up after the Risto deal. Not so much about the player, but the cost. Way, way too much given up for a player who hadn't tested the open market yet. There was no telling what the demand was going to be for him, but CF felt compelled to believe he was bidding against others, when it simply wasn't the case. Plus, there were better options available during the offseason. Couldn't pursue those because we already spent the money. The whole move was covering for a bad trade to begin with. That one transaction should have tipped off management. It was a desperate deal.