Comments on: Mailbag: Patience is a thing of the past for Flyers fans https://flyersnittygritty.com/mailbag-patience-is-a-thing-of-the-past-for-flyers-fans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mailbag-patience-is-a-thing-of-the-past-for-flyers-fans Authentic insider access to the Flyers, Phantoms, Royals ice hockey Sun, 16 Jan 2022 08:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Bruce Button https://flyersnittygritty.com/mailbag-patience-is-a-thing-of-the-past-for-flyers-fans/#comment-1665 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 08:31:01 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=45022#comment-1665 This team needs to have a bigger furesale and rebuild than either the Coyotes or Canadiens will.
These great draft class we heard about since 2013 produced very little.Theyoung blew a #2 pick twice and even worse have been the personal decisions from 2011 onwards.

]]> By: Eric B https://flyersnittygritty.com/mailbag-patience-is-a-thing-of-the-past-for-flyers-fans/#comment-1664 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:26:02 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=45022#comment-1664 In reply to Buzz Wienckowski.

As far as Ellis he’s a huge disappointment but he wasn’t overpaid for. Fletcher gave up 2 nothing’s for him in Patrick and Myers.
But he has a long contract taking up a lot of cap space and he’s broken down.
Give him away for future considerations if you can even do that at this point.

]]> By: Buzz Wienckowski https://flyersnittygritty.com/mailbag-patience-is-a-thing-of-the-past-for-flyers-fans/#comment-1663 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:12:29 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=45022#comment-1663 You can’t say Fletcher did a good job over the summer when he obviously overspent for a defenseman (Ellis) who was damaged goods when he got here not too mention on the plus side of 30 with long term left on his contract. After 30 injuries take much longer to heal, or never heal. Ristolainen came at the expense of a #1 pick and if he walks at the end of the year what did that accomplish. On the other side if Fletcher signs him to a ridiculous long term contract it keeps the Flyers in the quicksand trap Fletcher has put us in by signing someone like a 4th line center on a good team (Laughton) to a 5 year 3 million a year contract, when they could have traded him at the deadline last year for a decent pick. Players like Laughton are a dime a dozen. And if I hear one more time how Provorov misses Niskanen I’m going to puke. Has Provy ever been an All star? Has he even been mentioned in those terms? The Flyers need a GM that is going to blow it up and rebuild with the cap in mind. The Flyers fall in love with players and then sign them to long term contracts , overpaying in the process. Coots and Hayes are another example of 2nd or 3rd line center who have to play more minutes because we have no one better. The question is how do you get a superstar forward for this team? Do you overpay in free agency or luck out with a high draft pick. It will take a while but I have been waiting 45 years to see if they can win another cup and without blowing it up I will be waiting the rest of my life with no cup.
On a side note, why did the NHL go with ESPN for hockey coverage? I pay $300.00 a month for cable from Comcast and I refuse to pay another $6.95 a month for 4 games to be on ESPN+.
This is not a way to build a fan base. It is just 4 games a year fans like myself will not watch the Flyers.

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