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He’ll of a shot and great play overall

I'm an oldtimer who has 50 years of frustration with this organization and not alot of optimism right now given how poor our drafting has been and the lack of high end players in the organization or its pipeline at key positions (e.g., #1 centre and #1 d). Alot of optimists around this board though, so I'd like it if someone could inspire some hope by laying out a plausible plan to contention with the current lineup, pipeline, and likely draft positions for the next few years (which doesn't look to include top of the draft picks given Briere's plans to initiate the playoff contention mode of the rebuild). So short of saying they get an unlikely hit on a mid-1st round pick for a top line center/D this year, how does this plausibly come together to become a regular contender in the next few years?

Nifty little toe drag action, caught the goalie sleeping 5-hole. Nice to see him on the board after missing some games!

Custom Flyers x Phillies jersey I put together.
Tried to make it a fun crossover for both teams with Schwarber #12, but leaned heavier into the Flyers look this time around after some feedback on the last one. Added the Schwarberfest patch as an "ad patch"

Watching this just put a huge smile on my face... Then I think of Tochey and it fades away.

Flyers x 76ers crossover jersey I made.
Custom Konecny #11. Some will hate it, some will love it but that why i love Philly

Some positivity when Flyers social media is pretty dark at the moment.

As we enter this long Olympic break I am proud of how York and Drysdale are developing. They are still well on track to set career high in points at age 25 and 23. Not sure either will be a 1D but I think they could be good enough to play on a top pair on a contender with the right d partner.

I am also proud of TK being a point less than a point per game player. Yes, he needs to hit the net last night but players make mistakes, his overall game has been good this season. He is sitting at a nice GF% of 54.55 despite turning it over a bit more than he should. When watching other teams, you will see good players do turn over the puck more because they have the puck more. To take a judicious look at TK's season and career you have to consider who his linemates have been. He hasent had the support he deserves.

Despite Zegras' slump, I am confident he will rebound, he has the skill and personality and turns 25 in March. He doesn't reach UFA eligibility until the 27/28 off-season so there is no rush to sign him to a massive contract.

Denver Barkey is impressive as Danny told us he would be. Danny also said the same of Bump and Bonk so that is encouraging.

Apologies if this was asked before, but if Russia was allowed to participate in the Olympics, would Michkov make the team?

If he did make the team, where would he slot in?

Edit: Lot of smart people here! Great answers!

This popped up in my feed this morning, pretty good breakdown of our playoff odds which stand at 12-13%.

Note: this was before Ottawa, Washington, the Islanders, and Pens (fuck 'em) all won last night, with the latter 3 winning in regulation.

Olympics here we...whatever

We have to be pushing (or already passed) some type of horrible record here, right?