Flyers Daily with Jason Myrtetus: The Flyers are at an early season inflection point as they fall to the Washington Capitals. We discuss the biggest concerns and breakdown the game. Plus we look ahead to tonights game and the Lineup decisions that await. Also respond to a few Flyers Fan DM’s about Line Combo’s, Chemistry and more.
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I’ll tell ya what the Flyers need……a whole year off to get their crap together. I’ve watched every minute of every game so far and there is ZERO structure. ZERO identity. ZERO confidence. ZERO defense. This team is farther away from what they looked like from last season. I don’t know if it’s coaching (I think it is, especially their system). The team as a whole looks flat, lifeless, clueless at times, and in need of some desperate help on the backend along with natural goal scorers.
Also, Sanheims goal was a 4 on 4, not 5 on 5.
There is zero forecheck. They always peel off and leave no options to keep the puck in the offensive zone. They seem afraid to get up ice sometimes. And Zamula sucks bad.
This game was not on the goalie, everyone can see their is no chemistry with any 5 that's put on the ice. If they don't start winning torts my be gone. Come on boys get with it.
They are not playing together and are looking for the perfect shot
Jason, how can you expect the forward lines to develop chemistry when the coach seems to be spinning a wheel every period and sending different lines out there? Last night I saw a line with Couts, Tippet and Michkov, then Laughton was moved on that line and Tippet was taken off, then Couts was removed and Poehling as moved between them. Sometimes this happened with a single period! It's too much. The coaching staff has got to set the lines and give the players 5-10 games together and not change anything, barring injuries and special teams of course.
You are correct Jason. The same team from last year. But what a difference in play. Would have thought they have 5 new players on the team. There seems to be a lack of confidence, tenacity, and passion.
Drysdale is awful…move him up to forward lol
Drysdale and Zamula look absolutely awful. The turnovers are so bad, i dont even think these guys are looking when they make passes. This team doesnt have a number 1 or 2 center. This is going to be a rough season for this team and its fans.
I feel like the schedule really hurt the start to this season just being out west, you beat a team like Vancouver to start, play Edmonton, etc and coming back home that same team you beat is already there waiting for ya so that game was a trap in itself plus playing the caps off of all that next isn’t great not because they are the greatest team ever but they have size and you know going into that game it’s going to be physical and I feel like the flyers just didn’t come into the game with that mentality even tho they definitely should have no excuses just didn’t go how they wanted it. Tonight is going to be rough as well because of the back to back but I’m interested in seeing if Fedotov can put together a great showing and get us a W 🤞
Last year Tortorella decided to win any way he could and had the team blocking 20 shots a game to the point where they were wiped at the 50-game mark. Then during the homestretch with playoffs in their sights, with no Carter Hart, no Sean Walker and no Seeler, the coach pulled his big “nobody on this team knows how to play hockey” speech and it totally backfired—the team played even worse.
Now he’s juggling the lines like he’s got ADHD—panicking five games into the season. Torts’ strategy ain’t working and he could lose this group really fast.
Right now they can't throw a puck in the ocean.
Defensive breakdowns are also killing this team, giving up 2 shorties, turning the puck over, right now they look like a mess.
I can't think of anything they're doing well.
Still early in the season, but how long is that excuse gonna be used before something drastic is done?
What that "Drastic" is, I dunno.
I'm at a loss.
They're playing like the worst team in the league and it was supposed to be getting better, not worse.
Hopefully tonight’s game will not be more of the same…defense needs to support Ersson, not hang him out to dry. They need more shots on goal 🥅! The whole team shoots like Tip now, high or wide. They also pass on shots to make an extra pass. A win tonight will greatly help their confidence which is sorely lacking. Go Flyers!
Being a flyers fan is like taking your wife back after she cheats
They need to have Atleast 10 shots in each period as 3 shots is not good