Gotta be Pitkanen, right? 4th overall d man, great first year which got him rewarded with a permanent spot on the team, with all the tools and potential who just DGAF. Once realized he was safe in the NHL, just stopped trying. Rumors of Desjardins getting into fights with him for how much he didn’t care.
Perryplat199
Nolan Patrick. He didn’t have the most potential but boy was a lot of it wasted.
xxphantomxx77
Nolan Patrick, not necessarily “wasted” but a huge what-if
snot3353
Nolan Patrick
birdsboiii11
C Hart
Narrow_Book_42069
Isn’t this answer also Big E? For as sensational as he was, he was supposed to be even better. A lot of wasted potential for him due to off ice antics and then on ice injuries and organizational mismanagement.
Psychological-Day630
Vinny lecavalier!!😂😂
Bhut_Jolokia400
2017 #2 Overall Draft Pick Nolan Patrick
2013 #11 Overall Draft Pick Sam Morin
1969 #6 Overall Draft Pick Bob Currier
MaximumDeathShock
Alexandre Daigle.
azsoup
I’ll stay away from players impacted by injury/legal issues for this one. Joni Pitkanen seemed to have all the attributes you want in a highly drafted defenseman. Just couldn’t get his head on right.
Diseman81
Pavel Brendl
AutoMattic21
Gotta be Carter Hart, no?
samcoffeeman
I’m going to say Dmitri Tertyshny. He wasn’t a high draft pick, but he looked really good as a rookie and we really needed Defensive depth at the time. It was really terrible how his young life came to a tragic end.
Alternative-Fox6236
Mike Richards IMO.
I dont think the flyers made a good move getting rid of him and Carter.
beastrace
Hart
corpseluvver
I kind of feel like Provorov should be in the discussion. Guy should have been our 1D, and based on his assets I expected a lot more, but he seemed incapable of rising another level on his own.
Part of that might be recency bias or just the fact that we don’t normally develop our own 1D, so there may be more hype there than I remember tbh.
natty_mh
Ilya Bryzgalov
phantom11287
I feel like wasted potential pertains to players who had potential that was wasted by something they had control over. If this is the case it’s gotta be Carter Hart.
Steppyjim
Feels like Pelle, Patrick, and Lindros don’t fit here because their potential wasn’t wasted it was stunted by injury and tragedy.
I guess that leaves us with Alex Daigle? Thats my pickl
Edit: I just realized, are we including potential we wasted by trading it away? Because if so 1000% Sergei Bobrovski
dpolidoro
Daigle. Never put in the work, just wanted the money and lifestyle.
bmack1998
It has to be Carter Hart..
Noodles_McNulty
Nolan Patrick
Torvus_742
Remember when Bobrovski was on the Flyers? And then we traded him?
Yeah. Bobrovski.
Baub2023
Alexandre Daigle
suburban_paradise
Patrick isn’t a fair pick. He tried everything to get healthy and play.
Carter Hart on the other hand is a good choice.
foggybottom
Has to be Carter Hart or Nolan Patrick at least in a recent memory
shinyRedButton
Depends on your definition of wasted. Pelle, wasted because he died. Lindros, wasted because of head injuries. Giroux, wasted because they never built a proper team around him. Hart, wasted because of being a piece of shit. I think we need more context than just “wasted”.
timned88
I think we need to look at the definition of “wasted” potential. The word “wasted“ implies that the guy had all of the ability, but didn’t utilize it either due to indifference or not being willing to put in the work. Just because a guy gets hurt, isn’t good enough, or tragically dies doesn’t mean it’s “wasted”.
Nolan Patrick, to me, is not “wasted” potential. He either wasn’t good enough and sustained lots of injuries. In hindsight, he was not worth the number two pick so maybe the pick itself was wasted, but not the potential.
shrimply__pibbles
Pelle Lindbergh, died just before entering the prime of his career, could have been one of the best goaltenders ever. He might have been the X-factor the flyers needed to win the Stanley cup in 86-87, Hexy did win MVP of the finals, but we will never know
Aggressive_Use_5580
Patrick, bob, hart all good options here. I don’t have a dog in this race. I’m honestly waiting for slowest because there’s SOOO many options there
nickels55
Does Dmitri Tertyshny count? His death was horrible as he died in such a crazy way.
IronChefPhilly
Carter Hart
mb2231
Carter Hart.
I would say Giroux but his career was wasted by 2 incompetent GMs so that was out of his control.
LAClipShow2020
For OG’s it’s Pelle, for young OG’s Lindros could be placed here too… for the youngsters it could be Patrick or Hart. This organization has been snake bitten with wonder kids not fulfilling their potentials.
GrizSeahawk84
Carter Hart
soyuzfrigate
Nolan Patrick I have chronic migraine issues but still have to show up to work and I don’t get paid in the same dimension as him
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Pelle Lindbergh
Sergei Bobrovsky
Gotta be Pitkanen, right? 4th overall d man, great first year which got him rewarded with a permanent spot on the team, with all the tools and potential who just DGAF. Once realized he was safe in the NHL, just stopped trying. Rumors of Desjardins getting into fights with him for how much he didn’t care.
Nolan Patrick. He didn’t have the most potential but boy was a lot of it wasted.
Nolan Patrick, not necessarily “wasted” but a huge what-if
Nolan Patrick
C Hart
Isn’t this answer also Big E? For as sensational as he was, he was supposed to be even better. A lot of wasted potential for him due to off ice antics and then on ice injuries and organizational mismanagement.
Vinny lecavalier!!😂😂
2017 #2 Overall Draft Pick Nolan Patrick
2013 #11 Overall Draft Pick Sam Morin
1969 #6 Overall Draft Pick Bob Currier
Alexandre Daigle.
I’ll stay away from players impacted by injury/legal issues for this one. Joni Pitkanen seemed to have all the attributes you want in a highly drafted defenseman. Just couldn’t get his head on right.
Pavel Brendl
Gotta be Carter Hart, no?
I’m going to say Dmitri Tertyshny. He wasn’t a high draft pick, but he looked really good as a rookie and we really needed Defensive depth at the time. It was really terrible how his young life came to a tragic end.
Mike Richards IMO.
I dont think the flyers made a good move getting rid of him and Carter.
Hart
I kind of feel like Provorov should be in the discussion. Guy should have been our 1D, and based on his assets I expected a lot more, but he seemed incapable of rising another level on his own.
Part of that might be recency bias or just the fact that we don’t normally develop our own 1D, so there may be more hype there than I remember tbh.
Ilya Bryzgalov
I feel like wasted potential pertains to players who had potential that was wasted by something they had control over. If this is the case it’s gotta be Carter Hart.
Feels like Pelle, Patrick, and Lindros don’t fit here because their potential wasn’t wasted it was stunted by injury and tragedy.
I guess that leaves us with Alex Daigle? Thats my pickl
Edit: I just realized, are we including potential we wasted by trading it away? Because if so 1000% Sergei Bobrovski
Daigle. Never put in the work, just wanted the money and lifestyle.
It has to be Carter Hart..
Nolan Patrick
Remember when Bobrovski was on the Flyers? And then we traded him?
Yeah. Bobrovski.
Alexandre Daigle
Patrick isn’t a fair pick. He tried everything to get healthy and play.
Carter Hart on the other hand is a good choice.
Has to be Carter Hart or Nolan Patrick at least in a recent memory
Depends on your definition of wasted. Pelle, wasted because he died. Lindros, wasted because of head injuries. Giroux, wasted because they never built a proper team around him. Hart, wasted because of being a piece of shit. I think we need more context than just “wasted”.
I think we need to look at the definition of “wasted” potential. The word “wasted“ implies that the guy had all of the ability, but didn’t utilize it either due to indifference or not being willing to put in the work. Just because a guy gets hurt, isn’t good enough, or tragically dies doesn’t mean it’s “wasted”.
Nolan Patrick, to me, is not “wasted” potential. He either wasn’t good enough and sustained lots of injuries. In hindsight, he was not worth the number two pick so maybe the pick itself was wasted, but not the potential.
Pelle Lindbergh, died just before entering the prime of his career, could have been one of the best goaltenders ever. He might have been the X-factor the flyers needed to win the Stanley cup in 86-87, Hexy did win MVP of the finals, but we will never know
Patrick, bob, hart all good options here. I don’t have a dog in this race. I’m honestly waiting for slowest because there’s SOOO many options there
Does Dmitri Tertyshny count? His death was horrible as he died in such a crazy way.
Carter Hart
Carter Hart.
I would say Giroux but his career was wasted by 2 incompetent GMs so that was out of his control.
For OG’s it’s Pelle, for young OG’s Lindros could be placed here too… for the youngsters it could be Patrick or Hart. This organization has been snake bitten with wonder kids not fulfilling their potentials.
Carter Hart
Nolan Patrick
I have chronic migraine issues but still have to show up to work and I don’t get paid in the same dimension as him
Hart, Lindbergh