Waived: [PHI] Olle Lycksell and Anthony Richard waived by the Flyers (cleared)

MMC · 2024-10-04T14:20:11-0400

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842265918044606630

Evergreen · 2024-10-04T14:38:39-0400

Well that suggests Luchanko is making the team, at least for 9 games. He was battling Lycksell and Richard for the last F spot.

Rebels57 · 2024-10-04T19:10:17-0400

Lycksell has been really good in camp. Baffling move just to give Luchanko 9 games.

SnS · 2024-10-05T09:55:42-0400

This organization is poo-poo.

Martin Elz · 2024-10-05T12:30:35-0400

Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?

A1LeafNation · 2024-10-05T13:24:49-0400

Rebels57 said:
Lycksell has been really good in camp. Baffling move just to give Luchanko 9 games.

Luchanko brings what they need ...fast center.

The other two are what they already have...mediocre wingers.

Evergreen · 2024-10-05T14:00:50-0400

Rebels57 said:
Lycksell has been really good in camp. Baffling move just to give Luchanko 9 games.

SnS said:
This organization is poo-poo.

Talk about an overreaction to the Flyers waiving a pair of guys in their mid-to-late 20s who haven't proven a lick at the NHL level. Every team has a player or two at their level.

Winston Wolf · 2024-10-05T14:36:34-0400

Evergreen said:
Talk about an overreaction to the Flyers waiving a pair of guys in their mid-to-late 20s who haven't proven a lick at the NHL level. Every team has a player or two at their level.

Lycksell just turned 25 and hasn't proven a lick at the NHL level because he's never been given an actual opportunity. He's already been around PP/G in the AHL in the two years he's played there. Playing 8-9 minutes a night with Deslauriers, Hathaway, Poehling, Atkinson, and occasionally Couturier (where he actually had good results in a tiny sample size) is not an actual opportunity for any player that actually prefers to play with the puck on their stick.

Rebuilding teams should be giving these types an opportunity, not scrubs like Hathaway, Deslauriers, Atkinson, etc that this franchise is so fond of.

He also made several skilled offensive plays this preseason and had 4 points in 5 games versus 2 in 4 for Luchanko. Pre-season points might not mean anything, but I need a lot more than that to keep an 18 year old in the NHL whose major question mark is offensive ability. There is zero reason to keep Luchanko on the roster over Lycksell besides "we need centers!" which is a mind numbingly dumb reason to keep an 18 year old on a lottery team.

Rebels57 · 2024-10-05T14:52:59-0400

A1LeafNation said:
Luchanko brings what they need ...fast center.

The other two are what they already have...mediocre wingers.

He just turned 18. He's not NHL ready. His position is irrelevant.

Evergreen · 2024-10-05T14:54:12-0400

Winston Wolf said:
Lycksell just turned 25 and hasn't proven a lick at the NHL level because he's never been given an actual opportunity. He's already been around PP/G in the AHL in the two years he's played there. Playing 8-9 minutes a night with Deslauriers, Hathaway, Poehling, Atkinson, and occasionally Couturier (where he actually had good results in a tiny sample size) is not an actual opportunity for any player that actually prefers to play with the puck on their stick.

Rebuilding teams should be giving these types an opportunity, not scrubs like Hathaway, Deslauriers, Atkinson, etc that this franchise is so fond of.

He also made several skilled offensive plays this preseason and had 4 points in 5 games versus 2 in 4 for Luchanko. Pre-season points might not mean anything, but I need a lot more than that to keep an 18 year old in the NHL whose major question mark is offensive ability. There is zero reason to keep Luchanko on the roster over Lycksell besides "we need centers!" which is a mind numbingly dumb reason to keep an 18 year old on a lottery team.

Where do you see a hole in the roster for Lycksell? He’s a small scoring winger with zero defensive awareness and a propensity for turnovers. He’s not going to bump TK, Konecny, Tippett, Foerster, Farabee, or Brink for top-9 minutes on the wing. And he isn’t well suited for 4th line minutes.

I’m not sure I agree with keeping Luchanko in the NHL because I don’t know whether it’s best for his long-term development. If you share that concern, I completely understand.

But I find it crazy that people are upset about Lycksell or Richard not making the team out of camp. Nobody even wanted them for free off waivers. If a top 9 winger goes down, I’m sure Lycksell will get the first call-up (assuming he plays well in LV).

A1LeafNation · 2024-10-05T15:51:30-0400

Rebels57 said:
He just turned 18. He's not NHL ready. His position is irrelevant.

That's what the 9 games will determine.

mr figgles · 2024-10-05T16:12:56-0400

Martin Elz said:
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?

He probably deserves a fair shot somewhere. He’s just buried behind too many wingers in Philly.

SnS · 2024-10-05T17:46:26-0400

Martin Elz said:
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?

Yes. Luchanko should be sent back to his junior team.

SnS · 2024-10-05T17:46:51-0400

Evergreen said:
Talk about an overreaction to the Flyers waiving a pair of guys in their mid-to-late 20s who haven't proven a lick at the NHL level. Every team has a player or two at their level.

It’s not just this move. It’s everything this piss poor trash organization does.

WarriorofTime · 2024-10-05T18:01:46-0400

At least Anthony Richard’s son is in the nfl.

I’ll see myself out.

seafoam · 2024-10-05T22:02:03-0400

SnS said:
Yes. Luchanko should be sent back to his junior team.

And he likely will be after his nine game audition.

Also, I was impressed with Richard's speed during the two exhibition games PHI played against NYI. It seems like Lycksell was the bigger concern, but I didn't notice him at all (it's possible he didn't played NYI though).

SnS · 2024-10-05T22:11:44-0400

seafoam said:
And he likely will be after his nine game audition.

Also, I was impressed with Richard's speed during the two exhibition games PHI played against NYI. It seems like Lycksell was the bigger concern, but I didn't notice him at all (it's possible he didn't played NYI though).

He shouldn’t even get the audition.

A1LeafNation · 2024-10-05T22:41:23-0400

SnS said:
He shouldn’t even get the audition.

The last #13 overall pick was smaller and played all season last year in the NHL as an 18 yr old.

SnS · 2024-10-05T22:51:24-0400

A1LeafNation said:
The last #13 overall pick was smaller and played all season last year in the NHL as an 18 yr old.

Where did I say anything involving that?

Philly is a dumpster fire and nothing will change.

Jersey Fan 12 · 2024-10-05T22:57:00-0400

Martin Elz said:
Do you guys think Lycksell should make the team over Luchanko?

Both he and Richard were excellent in camp. Flyers suddenly have a deep group of forwards. Imagine both will be back in the future.

Luchanko is in a win-win situation. If he proves to be a Dawson Mercer-type player who is already NHL-ready, he stays up and has a strong rookie season. If he's not ready, he plays nine games and then heads back to junior; likely skating for Canada at the World Juniors.

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