GDT: #71 | Flyers at Stars | Saturday, March 22, 2025 | 2:00 PM Weird Time | NBCSP

[CanadianFlyer88]

I think DeAngelo is far above him everywhere here.

I agree (outside of skating).

DeAngelo is just a relatable measuring stick. I don't think Drysdale ever gets close to 50 points in a season, something DeAngelo did twice.

 

[Curufinwe]

Next game starts in 22 hours

 

[sbhnur]

Why did they even survive until ot?

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Why did they even survive until ot?

Because Torts was a idiot and pulled Fedotov

 

[DancingPanther]

Another loser point to inflate things. On the bright side, another loss. That's 8 of 9 right?

This wouldn't be happening if Hart was here

 

[sbhnur]

Because Torts was a idiot and pulled Fedotov

He really pulled him after 2 goals? Wow.

 

[Tripod]

I get the feeling they are not making the playoffs.

This era feels similar to the last era.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

The blonde with the massive jugs behind the Stars bench?

If it's the same girl from a few years ago, she's dating one of the Comrie brothers (ex-nhlers) and heirs to "The Brick" fortune from their dad Bill (which was sold to Leons).

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

He really pulled him after 2 goals? Wow.

Briere needs to have a talk with Fonzie and let Fedotov ride out the season, he wants to be an NHL'er..,prove it (ie: fans really want a high draft pick)

 

[bennysflyers16]

I get the feeling they are not making the playoffs.

This era feels similar to the last era.

They don’t add the culture points till season is over. We aren’t out just yet.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Next game starts in 22 hours

"Lets go Hawks!"

 

[Kshahdoo]

I think it should be another point for Michkov.

 

[Kelmitchell2]

Yay, loser point, can't even lose properly

 

[sbhnur]

Yay, loser point, can't even lose properly

They just can't do anything right. Not even losing.

 

[Flyerfan4life]

We could get rid of 80% of this team and that wouldn't be enough.

the hilarous part is this is the 80% or more this Org. wants here cuz the rebuild is essentially complete now

 

[Flyerfan4life]

almost had another Salami...

 

[BillDineen]

Horrible point

 

[Magua]

Thinking of all of the defensemen who fit Drysdale's archetype, is there a single one who was less skilled/talented?

He's played better over the last 20+ games, but I still struggle to see him taking a spot on any decent team.

21 points in 83 games as a Flyer. Even with the lost time, he’s ending his 5th year contractually. There isn’t a single other player in the league who fits his profile: bad defensively, low scoring offensively, while used as an offensive defenseman 5v5/PP1.

I think we know if he was a 2nd rounder, he’d have no rope. Rookies don’t have this rope. Even with a minor trend up, it’s all sunk cost. They turned the 7th highest pick in team history into Drysdale in 18 months because Bob Murray doubled down. They based their entire defensive drafting strategy across multiple years on the assumption Drysdale (+ York) were their dynamos. The front office that thinks defensemen are everything. They’d turn into goo if they acknowledged that reality.

 

[renberg]

I’m withholding judgment on the ability of most of these players on the roster until I see them handled by a good coach and his staff. Look at the Wings. Before Mclellan took over their club looked as bad as the Sabres. New coach and things perked up pretty quickly. A similar situation could happen here.
The coach and staff are a bad bunch. Tortorella is horribly negative. We know that Rocky is awful. Shaw might not be that good either.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

21 points in 83 games as a Flyer. Even with the lost time, he’s ending his 5th year contractually. There isn’t a single other player in the league who fits his profile: bad defensively, low scoring offensively, while used as an offensive defenseman 5v5/PP1.

I think we know if he was a 2nd rounder, he’d have no rope. Rookies don’t have this rope. Even with a minor trend up, it’s all sunk cost. They turned the 7th highest pick in team history into Drysdale in 18 months because Bob Murray doubled down. They based their entire defensive drafting strategy across multiple years on the assumption Drysdale (+ York) were their dynamos. The front office that thinks defensemen are everything. They’d turn into goo if they acknowledged that reality.

Photos are back. Gaze into the abyss.

 

[Magua]

Photos are back. Gaze into the abyss.

I haven’t observed a game in 2 months to be fair.

That’s a steeper incline than when Bing Bong powered his sled in Inside Out.

 

[Winston Wolf]

I agree (outside of skating).

DeAngelo is just a relatable measuring stick. I don't think Drysdale ever gets close to 50 points in a season, something DeAngelo did twice.

His straight line skating is fine, but he has zero deception when skating on the blue line and he never beats someone with edgework in short space scenarios. For his archetype, that needs to be his bread and butter, yet he can't do it at all.

He can't do that, can't enter the zone, and is not a shooting threat. I think Zamula has more upside on the PP, honestly.

 

[Danko]

they are gonna get a goalie this summer.

 

[swami24]

Looks like the uniforms they wear at the landfill here.lol

That was the Lil Swami's reaction

 

[FlyerNutter]

I’m withholding judgment on the ability of most of these players on the roster until I see them handled by a good coach and his staff. Look at the Wings. Before Mclellan took over their club looked as bad as the Sabres. New coach and things perked up pretty quickly. A similar situation could happen here.
The coach and staff are a bad bunch. Tortorella is horribly negative. We know that Rocky is awful. Shaw might not be that good either.

I don’t know why Shaw is seen as some defensive guru.

This team has developed who above or to projection for that defense core ya know?