2019-20 Quest for the cup(The Carter Hart era begins)

[awaz]

You praised Hextall over the last few years and he is responsible for 90% of those guys.

He is, and his plan was patience. I was on board for the first few years. Hextall said the team wasn't going to be good enough to make waves. And it wasn't. He filled the bottom of the roster with bad players. He did exactly what he said he was going to do and the team wasn't competitive.

That doesn't make the stars/veterans on the team responsible for the shortcomings of the team the past few years. The GM built a roster that wasn't good enough. And it was done to put the Flyers in position to be good in the future.

That future is now. Giroux/Couturier in particular have had two of the best seasons of their respective careers the last two years. They still have some in the tank. Some of the young guys are approaching veteran status (Ghost, Provorov, Konecny). The Savior is here in net and has some NHL experience. And scouts are still saying "Philly is loaded" during training camp.

All I'm saying is, the Flyers sucked the past few years because they were built to suck (and because the goaltending and PK were historically bad the first half of last year). Not because the stars weren't good enough.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Lol fire Dept just asked how deep my well is at my house, Not deep enough to keep my house wet lol.

 

[lasgop8]

Thank guys, everyone but me is gone. We've done this before unfortunately, I don't think it gets this far but with the winds here you never know.

As far as the convo goes, I like Coots a lot, love having him here, just kind of stirring the pot some.

Thats my job.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Thats my job.

Hey it gave you an hour's worth of thinking I was to high this morning lol.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Decker Fire Grows To 5,000+ Acres, Dangerously Close To Homes

This shit is starting to suck!

 

[lasgop8]

He is, and his plan was patience. I was on board for the first few years. Hextall said the team wasn't going to be good enough to make waves. And it wasn't. He filled the bottom of the roster with bad players. He did exactly what he said he was going to do and the team wasn't competitive.

That doesn't make the stars/veterans on the team responsible for the shortcomings of the team the past few years. The GM built a roster that wasn't good enough. And it was done to put the Flyers in position to be good in the future.

That future is now. Giroux/Couturier in particular have had two of the best seasons of their respective careers the last two years. They still have some in the tank. Some of the young guys are approaching veteran status (Ghost, Provorov, Konecny). The Savior is here in net and has some NHL experience. And scouts are still saying "Philly is loaded" during training camp.

All I'm saying is, the Flyers sucked the past few years because they were built to suck (and because the goaltending and PK were historically bad the first half of last year). Not because the stars weren't good enough.

The future is now? I could rattle of at least 7 teams that we could never beat for a cup this year. Should've did a total rebuild as we could've missed the playoffs with or without our so called stars/vets

 

[lasgop8]

Hey it gave you an hour's worth of thinking I was to high this morning lol.

 

[lasgop8]

Decker Fire Grows To 5,000+ Acres, Dangerously Close To Homes

This shit is starting to suck!

 

[Chris p Bacon]

I have some killer videos and pictures but can't figure out how to upload them here.

 

[awaz]

The future is now? I could rattle of at least 7 teams that we could never beat for a cup this year. Should've did a total rebuild as we could've missed the playoffs with or without our so called stars/vets

I mean, we'll see what happens. I think the Flyers are poised for a big breakout this year. We'll see what the NHL landscape looks like in March/April and see who's contending for the Cup. Things have to break right for the Flyers, the young guys have to pan out etc; but things could fall apart for teams we think are Cup contenders. Look at the Jets, they were everyone's favorite this time last year and now people are picking them to miss the playoffs this year. Things happen fast.

As for doing a total rebuild, I think that's a legit criticism of Hextall. Maybe he should have gone scorched earth, traded Giroux and Couturier away when he took over, really bottomed out and gotten a few top 5 picks. But there's risk in that too. The Sabres, Canucks, and Oilers aren't looking like Cup contenders at this stage either and that's essentially what they did. Hell, the Oilers have been on that plan for a decade. At least the Flyers have given us some fun moments over the past couple years, even if they've been few and far between.

 

[mall3013]

I'm not knocking him, I'm just not overly impressed by him, lot of players in the league of his caliber.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Who would you take right now? Coots or Landeskog?

 

[lasgop8]

Who would you take right now? Coots or Landeskog?

Couts right now because even though they had the same exact stats Couts makes less money and is a center as opposed to being a LW like Landeskog.

 

[mall3013]

Who would you take right now? Coots or Landeskog?

If it were me I'd take both.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

If it were me I'd take both.

Well yeah, with McKinnon or Rantanen on the other side.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Couts right now because even though they had the same exact stats Couts makes less money and is a center as opposed to being a LW like Landeskog.

It is a toss up because as you said, same player different position.

 

[awaz]

Couts over Landeskog for sure due to contract and position.

But I'd take MacKinnon over every player on the Flyers roster

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Has anybody else seen this crazy shit lol. New Yorkers, sheesh...

 

[Chris p Bacon]

Couts over Landeskog for sure due to contract and position.

But I'd take MacKinnon over every player on the Flyers roster

Other than that though, same guy.

 

[Chris p Bacon]

@mall3013 were you able to get a stacked fantasy team again?