We’re two weeks removed from the Flyers beat writers insisting Tocchet’s hiring had nothing to do with being a former Flyer. The Flyers can’t even properly fire an alumni without kicking him upstairs.

It’s a nothingburger, yet the Flyers felt compelled to do it anyway

“They see the same thing everyone else does” We now have it confirmed that the Flyers front office reads Subsection tweets Derek Dunn

The suggestion here is that if you’re a Flyers fan who shares news that isn’t approved by the Flyers’ PR podcast, that makes you an aggregator. The Hockey News and Sports Express both were on the Shabanov rumors. But don’t talk about it until STG gets confirmed so by Jonesy!

Here we have a Flyers spokesperson taking a victory lap that fans dare talk about a report that originated from outside of his show.

Briere’s avoidance to having a big offseason is the most encouraging aspect of the rebuild to date. The Flyers don’t need a few acquisitions to placate fan impatience. They need a true, horrible season next year. What should have been done 2 years ago may finally be starting.

“Summer after summer?” Briere was hired 2 years ago. Fans say they want a rebuild, but start getting impatient when a rebuild requires waiting more than 2 years for splashes. Dipping our toe into the UFA/trade market is how the rebuild stagnates back to mediocrity.

(The Flyers, who have never rebuilt and have still barely begun rebuilding) Flyers Fans: I’m so tired of rebuilding. When can they start entertaining me by scraping into the playoffs again?

“Finding centers is almost impossible” says the GM who rebuilt in a way that requires him to impossibly find a center by calling around the league. Some of us were chastised as impatient and headstrong for daring to point this out in 2023.

Me after doubting the Flyers, if they draft Hagens

Sports Express being a “Russian blog” is a bizarre takeaway from the Shabanov saga. Just because a report originated from outside the Flyers podcast sphere doesn’t mean it’s a “blog.”

It’s not just Flyers fans noticing so

I owe Danny Briere an apology. Can’t complain about this value.

Daniel “Vladimir Lenin” Briere

Adding Zegras for virtually free and then drafting Hagens suddenly turns a rudderless rebuild into one building a legitimate, cohesive core.

Does this help or hurt Martin going high in the draft? I’m torn if we should be rooting for Utah’s specifically rumored interest or if Buffalo would be equally interest

Crazy Flyers fans on Twitter 2 years ago: Relying on UFA to supplement the rebuild is a risky fool’s errand Professional hockey writers 2 years later: I’m noticing there might be some risk with the Flyers’ UFA plan…

“Wait until someone credible reports on Shabanov” Someone “credible:”