so when will the flyers get good again? the richards years are a distant memory now
- 2Real

I don't know for sure. It takes time to draft and develop players. I would assume they take a step forward this season.

I will be disappointed if they do not make the playoffs and win a round. I assume they add Hayes (or a different legit #2-3c) and a winger in this scenario.

show us your list
- 2Real

would that not be considered atacking a poster?
but ok... i'll play along start my list with

one that soils the the name of a past goalie
and
one that believes being related means you're super

it should be easy..........

would that not be considered atacking a poster?
but ok... i'll play along start my list with

one that soils the the name of a past goalie
and
one that believes being related means you're super

it should be easy..........
- hrocks66

And one that has an unhealthy obsession with a shark

And one that has an unhealthy obsession with a shark
- bulet13

ha...Nicely Done.....
shark boy does not grind my gears he makes me chuckle, plus he is at least rooting for his hometown or state team

So peeps actually get made at anonymous posters on a message board? Interesting

If you come to this site to calibrate your moral compass then you have some serious issues.
- Sinisalo4vr

Times have changed. It’s just too bad statues, songs, monuments haven’t. Get rid of them

What if they choose Sunrise Florida over Philly? That hockey hotbed where not a single shuffleboard playing, farina eating, depends poopting, person gives a rat (frank) about hockey.
- PLindbergh31

There are plenty of transplants in Florida that care about hockey. And another thing...oh that will have to wait. Time to change the depends.

Times have changed. It’s just too bad statues, songs, monuments haven’t. Get rid of them
- Just5

4 real

So peeps actually get made at anonymous posters on a message board? Interesting
- daryl stanley

yea they're made men

There are plenty of transplants in Florida that care about hockey. And another thing...oh that will have to wait. Time to change the depends.
- Djapana

Really? The Panthers attendance seems to contradict this.

THE FROGS ARE TURNING KATE SMITH GAY
- hereticpride

THE FROGS ARE TURNING KATE SMITH GAY
- hereticpride

Lol

- Tomahawk

Well that got deleted quickly.

I still stand by it tho.

Really? The Panthers attendance seems to contradict this.
- PLindbergh31

Tampa sells out regularly. Sunrise it always depends on the opponent. If it’s an east coast or Midwest team they draw well because more than half of the crowd is rooting for the visitors. If is a western conference team nobody is there. You are right about Sunrise, interest in the home team is luke warm at best. But that’s true with all pro sports in Miami, they are front runners for good teams. There is just to many other things down here that compete for the entertainment time and money.

We're all excited about Ratcliffe after the season he just had, but realistically, where do you think he slots in at the NHL level? I don't necessarily mean this upcoming season, but say 2-3 yrs from now. 3C? Are his skating deficancies severe enough to force him to the wing in the NHL?

Times have changed. It’s just too bad statues, songs, monuments haven’t. Get rid of them
- Just5

I can dig it if it includes songs from the following: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Korn.

I can dig it if it includes songs from the following: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Korn.
- Sinisalo4vr

My man

We're all excited about Ratcliffe after the season he just had, but realistically, where do you think he slots in at the NHL level? I don't necessarily mean this upcoming season, but say 2-3 yrs from now. 3C? Are his skating deficancies severe enough to force him to the wing in the NHL?
- Big_E_88

Never mind. Cap Central on this site, and the Guelph Storm site have him listed at LW. I thought I saw him playing center during the Memorial Cup games that I saw.

Possible future lines, not in any particular order...

G, Coots, JvR/Jake
Lindblom, Patty, TK
Farabee, Frost, Ratcliff
Raffl, Laughton, Hartman, Hayes, whoever...

Possible future lines, not in any particular order...

G, Coots, JvR/Jake
Lindblom, Patty, TK
Farabee, Frost, Ratcliff
Raffl, Laughton, Hartman, Hayes, whoever...
- cdearth23

Hayes on the 4th line as I can see it.

How far in the future ?

Could you speculate as to how Dave Isaac got the Joel Quenneville thing so wrong? He seems to have insider connections and seemed pretty adamant that Q was basically a done deal to be Flyers head coach.

Hayes on the 4th line as I can see it.

How far in the future ?
- daryl stanley

3 years? Can't see us having both JvR and Jake as young wingers join the club. I didn't try and mix up forwards just kept them with peers. Could easily have Frost or Patty centering G and/or Jake.

We're all excited about Ratcliffe after the season he just had, but realistically, where do you think he slots in at the NHL level? I don't necessarily mean this upcoming season, but say 2-3 yrs from now. 3C? Are his skating deficancies severe enough to force him to the wing in the NHL?
- Big_E_88

Not really bullish on him being a viable NHL player yet. He's one guy that probably needs a lot of refining at LHV.

Lot of the plays he scored on in juniors would have been snuffed out in the pros. Down the wing, wrister from distance kind of stuff. He does a lot of crossing over the middle with the puck, and that would get him murdered with how upright he skates.

He'd need to adapt to a more net-front role probably. Even then, he might have trouble digging pucks out of his feet, etc. His stick isn't the quickest. But that wingspan could be a big advantage in establishing position and keeping the puck out of reach.

3 years? Can't see us having both JvR and Jake as young wingers join the club. I didn't try and mix up forwards just kept them with peers. Could easily have Frost or Patty centering G and/or Jake.
- cdearth23

Luv “patty”

Could you speculate as to how Dave Isaac got the Joel Quenneville thing so wrong? He seems to have insider connections and seemed pretty adamant that Q was basically a done deal to be Flyers head coach.
- MountainHockey

I think Isaac as a source of "inside" Flyers info is very suspect.