2024-25 Roster Thread #1: The Beginninging

[GKJ]

What do you think the chances are of sitting dlo and Hathaway?
Laughton poehling cates gets me excited. Of course I'd also be trying a flyers that fly line of tippet luchenko konecny. That's the kind of lineup that opens up space for michkov.

Delauriers was getting scratched last season

 

[FlyerNutter]

If they keep Jett, it’s nothing but optics. Damage control for passing on Buium. Something for the fans to get excited about.

Sack of shit Comcast speciality.

 

[deadhead]

If they keep Jett, it’s nothing but optics. Damage control for passing on Buium. Something for the fans to get excited about.

Sack of shit Comcast speciality.

How many STOs even know who Buium is?

 

[Magua]

How many STOs even know who Buium is?

We'll just have to wait until he's a star, and Bob Clarke tells the STHs that Briere overruled the scouts.

 

[Tripod]

Keeping Jett is something

 

[FlyerNutter]

How many STOs even know who Buium is?

Some of the same one’s that will boo Gauthier like morons

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

We shall see as I see bottom 10.

Yeah that's fair there's a lot of ifs, especially looking at the goalies and defense.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Neither Fedotov nor Kolosov have looked that great this preseason. They will probably carry both for awhile until one can show they are capable of backing up Ersson

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

They'll be similar to last year but more exciting because of Michkov, it's kind of sickening how unlucky they got with Patrick, wish they weren't so weak down the middle.

 

[GapToothedWonder]

I'm sure this coaching staff and management group have seen this in their decades in the NHL.

You could jot be more wrong. There is a reason the Flyers have been irrelevant to garbage for over a decade.

And they definitely aren't doing anything as forward thinking a progressive load management. Not a f***ing chance.

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Neither Fedotov nor Kolosov have looked that great this preseason. They will probably carry both for awhile until one can show they are capable of backing up Ersson

Yeah Kolosov last night looked kinda poopy.

I'll be honest, just because of goaltending alone, I think the Flyers will end up bottom 10.

 

[Curufinwe]

Neither Fedotov nor Kolosov have looked that great this preseason. They will probably carry both for awhile until one can show they are capable of backing up Ersson

If they carry 3 goalies they will have to waive Deslauriers to keep Luchanko on the 23 man roster: 13 F - 7 D - 3 G.

Theoretically they could send Michkov or Foerster down cause they're waiver eligible, but that won't happen.

Philadelphia Flyers | Salary cap and contracts

 

[Deadpool8812]

Yeah Kolosov last night looked kinda poopy.

I'll be honest, just because of goaltending alone, I think the Flyers will end up bottom 10.

They are a bottom 10 team regardless of how well Ersson plays. Could be even worse if Ersson completely shits the bed if he can't handle the load of a #1 because I don't see Fedotov or Kolosov taking over

 

[nacc BLOCC]

Why the hell are people happy Hathaway is in over Cates? He’s 8 years older ffs.

Why is it so impossible to just accept that a guy is a good, solid depth piece and leave it at that? First he has to be a hidden star in the making and now people are happy he’s not in the lineup. How do you as an org miss both high and low on the same guy in the span of a calendar year? Let alone doing this to a 25yo you gave $5MM+ to last summer?

well in a league like the nhl sometimes you zig, sometimes you zag, but then there are times where you must zig-zag; and if you get very confused after you zig-zag, just imagine how the competition feels.

 

[ponder719]

well in a league like the nhl sometimes you zig, sometimes you zag, but then there are times where you must zig-zag; and if you get very confused after you zig-zag, just imagine how the competition feels.

This team has mastered neither zigging nor zagging. They just keep bouncing off the brick wall in front of them in the hopes it'll go away.

 

[deadhead]

Flyers were top ten in 5x5 metrics last year, as well as PK.
Goaltending and PP cost them a playoff spot.
Goaltending probably can't get worse (it was bottom 5), and Michkov will help the PP.
The only players gone are Atkinson and Walker, and metrics were as good after trading Walker and half the defense injured.

So they have as much of a shot at a PO spot as bottom ten.

Comes down to goalies, young players improving, and Couts, Drysdale and Risto staying healthy.
Risto looked very good in camp, Drysdale still a work in progress.
Couts is probably the "joker," great metrics last season (as always) but couldn't create offense.

 

[usahockey22flyers]

Lycksell and Richard showing once again why they should get rid of Deslauriers

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Lycksell and Richard showing once again why they should get rid of Deslauriers

To be fair, I think Deslauriers has shown why they should get rid of Deslauriers.

 

[Kshahdoo]

If they carry 3 goalies they will have to waive Deslauriers to keep Luchanko on the 23 man roster: 13 F - 7 D - 3 G.

Theoretically they could send Michkov or Foerster down cause they're waiver eligible, but that won't happen.

Philadelphia Flyers | Salary cap and contracts

They can't send Michkov down because of out KHL clause...

 

[blackjackmulligan]

Flyers were top ten in 5x5 metrics last year, as well as PK.
Goaltending and PP cost them a playoff spot.
Goaltending probably can't get worse (it was bottom 5), and Michkov will help the PP.
The only players gone are Atkinson and Walker, and metrics were as good after trading Walker and half the defense injured.

So they have as much of a shot at a PO spot as bottom ten.

Comes down to goalies, young players improving, and Couts, Drysdale and Risto staying healthy.
Risto looked very good in camp, Drysdale still a work in progress.
Couts is probably the "joker," great metrics last season (as always) but couldn't create offense.

if if if if and more if

 

[mr figgles]

Yeah Kolosov last night looked kinda poopy.

I'll be honest, just because of goaltending alone, I think the Flyers will end up bottom 10.

From your lips to God’s ears.

Please, God. PLEASE

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Neither Fedotov nor Kolosov have looked that great this preseason. They will probably carry both for awhile until one can show they are capable of backing up Ersson

I think Kolosov should be given a pass so far. Not a lot of practice time and still trying to figure out stuff in front of him at the NHL level

 

[Flyerfan4life]

From your lips to God’s ears.

Please, God. PLEASE

but we are going into year 3 of a 3 year rebuild.. this roster should be cup ready.

oh wait. .

 

[Beef Invictus]

Flyers were top ten in 5x5 metrics last year, as well as PK.
Goaltending and PP cost them a playoff spot.
Goaltending probably can't get worse (it was bottom 5), and Michkov will help the PP.
The only players gone are Atkinson and Walker, and metrics were as good after trading Walker and half the defense injured.

So they have as much of a shot at a PO spot as bottom ten.

Comes down to goalies, young players improving, and Couts, Drysdale and Risto staying healthy.
Risto looked very good in camp, Drysdale still a work in progress.
Couts is probably the "joker," great metrics last season (as always) but couldn't create offense.

The Flyers don't have enough upside to control their fate. They only ever came close because several teams were surprisingly bad. That's probably the biggest factor. A couple of those teams get back on track and they're never really close this year.

I'm pumped for Michkov but I have a bad feeling that Couturier is wearing down, and that guy losing even a single step is a huge blow for the team. He's pulled so much weight for so long. Teams with weak depth get hit harder when their few good players decline or get hurt. Middle of the pack to bottom 10 or bottom 5 are all in the cards, a huge range, depending on health and whether or not the team finishes their journey of quitting on the coach.

 

[deadhead]

The Flyers don't have enough upside to control their fate. They only ever came close because several teams were surprisingly bad. That's probably the biggest factor. A couple of those teams get back on track and they're never really close this year.

I'm pumped for Michkov but I have a bad feeling that Couturier is wearing down, and that guy losing even a single step is a huge blow for the team. He's pulled so much weight for so long. Teams with weak depth get hit harder when their few good players decline or get hurt. Middle of the pack to bottom 10 or bottom 5 are all in the cards, a huge range, depending on health and whether or not the team finishes their journey of quitting on the coach.

They were on a 100 point pace when Hart went MIA.
25-15-6
Next 11 games
5-5-1
Rest of season
8-13-4

Metrics were as good or better after Hart
Hart: xGF% 52.18, HDCF% 52.58%
After Hart: xGF% 52.37%, HDCF% 54.00%

This despite Walker traded, Risto hurt, Drysdale and Seeler nicked up and Couts wearing down.
The goalie collapse and the PK coming back to earth were the primary culprits.
The PP sucked before and after.

The two key areas that need improvement, the PP and finishing.