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Which Team's Post-Season Bandwagon are You Joining? (79+ points listed as of March 29)

  • Boston

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • Carolina

    Votes: 13 31.7%
  • New Jersey

    Votes: 3 7.3%
  • Vegas

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • NY Rangers

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Toronto

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Los Angeles

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Minnesota

    Votes: 3 7.3%
  • Edmonton

    Votes: 8 19.5%
  • Colorado

    Votes: 2 4.9%
  • Dallas

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tampa Bay

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Seattle

    Votes: 1 2.4%
  • NY Islanders

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Winnipeg

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Calgary

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nashville

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Pittsburgh

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Florida

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • None, the Flyers aren't in it

    Votes: 4 9.8%
  • A team not listed should they make the post-season

    Votes: 1 2.4%

  • Total voters
    41
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trostol

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Hextall closed the door shut on the Crosby, Malkin, & Letang era but Fenway Sports Group making their first real front office hiring is concerning as that’s probably one of the most if not the most forward thinking sports ownership groups in all of sports.
not concerned..as they have shown with Liverpool..they don't spend money or invest in the squad
 

Magua

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Hextall closed the door shut on the Crosby, Malkin, & Letang era but Fenway Sports Group making their first real front office hiring is concerning as that’s probably one of the most if not the most forward thinking sports ownership groups in all of sports.

You’re going to see the massive divide between the people running these two franchises this summer. It’s fitting really, as they look at filling the same GM/President roles.
 

Magua

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The Yohe article on the Hextall postmortem reads like @Striiker wrote it. Jesus. They loathe that man.


“Hextall was also guilty of nepotism to extremes. His son has a job in the organization. Pryor’s son has a job in the organization. Jeff Carter, Hextall’s buddy from Los Angeles, received a two-year contract extension in January of 2022, during a time in which such a move was completely unnecessary.”


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(Most ironic is Pryor’s son being one of the better nepotism hires the Flyers made.)
 

Curufinwe

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Extending Carter at age 37+ hasn't worked out, but I don't think that's an example of nepotism.
 
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PDX Flyer

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Hextall closed the door shut on the Crosby, Malkin, & Letang era but Fenway Sports Group making their first real front office hiring is concerning as that’s probably one of the most if not the most forward thinking sports ownership groups in all of sports.
Red Sox suck, Liverpool sucks .... who else do they own?
 

deadhead

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The Yohe article on the Hextall postmortem reads like @Striiker wrote it. Jesus. They loathe that man.

Doesn't that sound an awful lot like the complaints about Fletcher?

But it shows the impact of the FO when the GM doesn't have true authority - "aggressive reload", keep Malkin and Letang and try to compete. Both cases the FO was delusional and the GM went along to get along (and kept those paychecks coming).
 
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BernieParent

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Beef Invictus

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Doesn't that sound an awful lot like the complaints about Fletcher?

But it shows the impact of the FO when the GM doesn't have true authority - "aggressive reload", keep Malkin and Letang and try to compete. Both cases the FO was delusional and the GM went along to get along (and kept those paychecks coming).

Guys mentored by Clarke act similarly? Shocking stuff, truly.
 
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Magua

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It was said after his Flyers firing that Hextall would cloister himself away with Pryor to make all decisions, so our view of his tenure here might not be as incongruous as that writer made it sound. Calling him a “people pleaser” because he listened to his favorite resource — his longtime AGM — is a bit much. For a people pleaser, he sure didn’t please anyone. :laugh:

As always, it’s a matter of perspective. That article sounds like a Fletcher hit piece. But I guess we have more perspective than the Penguins on what a truly deferential milquetoast manager looks like. Hextall was a horrible NHL evaluator and stubborn to a fault. Honestly, as far as the Athletic goes in quality, that reads like a FanSided article.
 

LegionOfDoom91

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You’re going to see the massive divide between the people running these two franchises this summer. It’s fitting really, as they look at filling the same GM/President roles.

Hextall was in a situation where he could have pushed all his chips in asset & cap wise which he did but he ultimately did so on players you’d expect a Lombardi/Clarke/Holmgren disciple would.
 

sigma six

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I was going to invite the lot of you to Seattle's bandwagon, knowing how much all of you miss Hakstol.

But my god, eight of you...8!! are hitching yourselves to the f***ing oilers. Gross. The Canes I can get with, but how can you support the team that wasted everyone's time FOR A DECADE vacuuming up first overalls until finally getting lucky. At least Pittsburgh had the decency to turn the tank off after four years of that nonsense.
 

Flyerfan4life

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I was going to invite the lot of you to Seattle's bandwagon, knowing how much all of you miss Hakstol.

But my god, eight of you...8!! are hitching yourselves to the f***ing oilers. Gross. The Canes I can get with, but how can you support the team that wasted everyone's time FOR A DECADE vacuuming up first overalls until finally getting lucky. At least Pittsburgh had the decency to turn the tank off after four years of that nonsense.
id be all in on Kraken but Hakstool is a no go..

gurss im all #teamGhost now....
 
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Deadpool8812

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I was going to invite the lot of you to Seattle's bandwagon, knowing how much all of you miss Hakstol.

But my god, eight of you...8!! are hitching yourselves to the f***ing oilers. Gross. The Canes I can get with, but how can you support the team that wasted everyone's time FOR A DECADE vacuuming up first overalls until finally getting lucky. At least Pittsburgh had the decency to turn the tank off after four years of that nonsense.
McDavid
 
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