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E185 – The Flyers Are The Most Underrated Team In The NHL
Once again, the Flyers have started off red hot. While they have lost back-to-back games to the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights, they definitely kept both teams on their toes and lost in a way where you could say “they almost had it”. Not only is the team competing against Stanley Cup contenders, they’re doing it with a full team effort. At the start of the 2022-23 NHL season, the Flyers started off strong, but truly relied on, goaltender, Carter Hart to keep them in games. This time, it’s an entire team effort.
The penalty kill has been the most dangerous in the league with 4 shorthanded goals in just 6 NHL games and the entire lineup is contributing on a nightly bases. This team might not be built to score the most goals in the NHL, but with former Selke Winner, Sean Couturier, Noah Cates, Scott Laughton, and Ryan Poehling down the middle, they are going with a strong defensive center core. John Tortorella is playing to his team’s strengths and using his tools in a way for the team to succeed. This is just the beginning for the young squad. As the Flyers look to evolve their game moving forward into the NHL season as the look to keep their title of being a relentless hockey team that will battle any contender in the league for every inch. The better teams might end up beating the Flyers this team, but they’ll have to work their ass off to do so.
On this episode of Gettin Gritty Wit It, Yariv and Vasili go through the Flyers interesting start to the NHL early season. Talking about how a team with such low public expectations is on it’s way to shock the NHL with being one of the most relentless and annoying teams to play against in the league. While they built on that identity the previous season, this season they look to solidify it. Check out this latest episode with all of the up to date info on the Flyers 2023-24 NHL season.
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