I'm not cherry picking anything. If you've paid attention to the team you would know that ten years ago they won a playoff series. Since then they gone on a streak of nine years with only playoff series win.
Oh, so when I choose a period of time to look back at I'm cherry picking, but when you do it's not. You could at least try to not to contradict yourself within two sentences.
So wait, now we should go back 16 years. Makes sense since that is the only way your comment about ''drastic changes'' will have any validity. The majority of their core and certainly at the forward position has been the same for the last decade with Giroux, Voracek, Couturier, and Simmonds/JVR. The only major forwards they have traded or added over that time period were Schenn and Hayes.
Yes, which is exactly why I keep saying that. Perhaps you aren't paying attention. They won a series in 2012 and then not again until 19-20 which also happened when AV and Fletcher were here and in large part to Fletcher adding Niskanen, Hayes, and Braun. So, since the start of the 2012-2013 season they have won one playoff series in nine years.
Incorrect.
Incorrect. Voracek and Couturier debuted for the Flyers in 2011 and have been here for 10 seasons. Giroux has also been here for that entire time. Simmonds was on the team for 7 of those 11 years, and JVR has been here JVR four of those 11 seasons. Other than Schenn and Hayes via trade or free agency, with only minor changes sprinkling in some youth such as Konecny who has now been on the big club for five years and Farabee for two years. The defense did transition from Timonen/Coburn to the Provorov's, Ghost's, Sanheim's of the world but again all homegrown talent with no major trades or FA signings for several years until Fletcher brought in Niskanen. Otherwise you are talking about the same core group of defenseman for about five years now.
Exactly what are these culture changes that were made that failed miserably over the last decade other than Hextall's draft picks in general being good and not great, and his half assed rebuild where he held onto assets he should have moved. Had he traded Simmons when he still had value for example perhaps they have one less piece they need to add. I''m dying to hear about all of these major culture change they have made over the last decade though considering they've barely made any significant trades or FA signings to shake up the core group. Hextall's plan was to draft a bunch of players and for most of them to work out and the team and fans are still paying the price for that.
The f*** are you even talking about, LMAO. Fletcher has had TWO offseasons as GM and AV has had TWO season as the coach. Giroux, Couturier, Voracek, etc have been here a decade. Provorov, Ghost, TK, etc for about half a decade. LMAO, the only playoff series they did win over the last 9 years was with AV as the coach and in part to Fletcher acquiring Hayes and Niskanen. For the love of god think before you post.
They have ultimately failed to produce results as the core group of forwards on this team. It would be unfair to put all of the blame on them which I certainly will not do. However, at some point you have to look back on a decade of failure and consider that perhaps the constants are part of the problem and if nothing else trying something different might be worth some consideration. Either that or you can just be content with having a wheel that continues to spin in mud and never get out. Definition of insanity, doing the dame thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
That is yet to be determined. If you don't think adding a top pairing defenseman in general would help this team than there is no hope for having a decent conversation with you. Either way, sticking with the same group of core players that have been here for a decade, and the same home grown talent that have been heavily relied upon for the last five years or so is already proven to have been a failure. Nobody is saying purge the entire team, but significant changes are clearly in order to anyone with half a brain.
They've had several GM's and coaches over the last decade. They have continued to change those areas up far more than the players and so your solution is to change that again. Wow.
Completely unclear. If anything it's the opposite since GM's and coaches have been changed multiple times and it hasn't changed a damn thing. They even had a coach over the last decade who everyone thought was terrible who went on to win a stanley cup with another team.
You mean the same group that brought the only playoff series win and exciting season the team has had over the last nine years, interesting logic.
Flat out incorrect on the bolded comment. They have made more changes to the coaches/coaching staff and with the GM than they have the core group of players.
Furthermore it's honestly laughable that you think a new coach and GM would have any significant impact on the team as it is currently constructed. They aren't skilled or fast enough, they also lack toughness, their defense is majorly flawed, they have too many young players that they continually have counted on to step up, and now Giroux, Voracek, and JVR are hitting their mid30's. Scotty Bowman in his prime couldn't turn this roster into a cup contender.
