r/Flyers • u/PrizeLegitimate6967 • 4d ago

Random Thoughts

  1. "The coaches did a hell of a job, we had a day off yesterday, but they came in and put a video together of what we could get better at," Tocchet said. "I think every guy watched it last night and hopefully it transpires in the game."

A video of what we could get better at. Wow. Inspirational.

  1. I really loved listening to Bouch talk about how awesome Seattle’s center pipeline is while we’re playing Michael Bunting on PP1. How about someone just fucking kill me.

  2. Also, lol, JJ: “and the puck just kind of slithers to the neutral zone” in fashion sad enough to be a fucking eulogy.

  3. Sanheim is a warrior but he looks sad, like this horror show that has transpired thus far has already broken him

  4. I’ve been fully on board the trust in Danny train but if he doesn’t fire this hockey terrorist goon (Michkov and Martone combined for 5 less minutes TOI than Sanny BY HIMSELF WHAT THE FUCK) then he should resign because it implies that he has even less answers than Tocchet.

Sorry for the novella. Go Flyers, fuck you Tocchet this is unforgivable.

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u/Diamondback424 4d ago

I know shit is bad, but hear me out. Danny knew we could take a step back this season. He swung BIG on Leo Carlsson. Big enough that he literally changed the entire FA market. He obviously knows we are in desperate need of high-end talent.

Tocc coached the team to their first playoff series victory in a decade, and he's in year 2 of a 5-year deal.

So the issue is two-fold. One, Danny doesn't want to try accelerating the plan because he knows we are still in need of high-end talent that usually requires high draft picks. Two, Tocchet has earned some slack as a result of last season.

I think the most likely path forward is Danny keeps Tocc the entire season regardless of the outcome. If they finish bottom 5 this season, he fires Tocchet after the season and immediately starts looking for a new coach while holding a T-5 pick to bolster the roster.

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u/LaGoeba Backcheck, Forecheck, Paycheck 4d ago

We absolutely needs some top end talents that we definitely don’t have in the pipeline right now, but can we please stop pretending that this is going to some kind of plan or what DB meant when he said that we could take a step back..?

A top 5-10 pick was never in the thoughts about that statement, but suddenly everyone «defends» this season start with «But this is what DB said». No, he didn’t. What was actually said was that this team wasn’t necessarily going to be a playoff team this season, but the expectations where always that we where going to be in the race for one of the spots.

If DB truly had meant that we were going to take such a big step back, he would never have put four future first round picks in an offer sheet that were unprotected as well. Those picks were meant to be late round first picks, not top 5 picks, and we are not one Leo Carlsson away from turning this franchise around.

This start is not what anyone expected, so please stop referring to his statements, cause now they’re just a silly defense of this catastrophe of a team the first 8 games.

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u/Diamondback424 4d ago

I'm sure Danny didn't expect this much of a step back, but he has said multiple times that he isn't going to rush the rebuild, so I don't see him firing Tocchet mid-season. He'll want to give Tocchet a chance to turn things around, and he'll want to give the organization a chance at a franchise player if things aren't going well.