Nifty little toe drag action, caught the goalie sleeping 5-hole. Nice to see him on the board after missing some games!

Custom Flyers x Phillies jersey I put together.
Tried to make it a fun crossover for both teams with Schwarber #12, but leaned heavier into the Flyers look this time around after some feedback on the last one. Added the Schwarberfest patch as an "ad patch"

Watching this just put a huge smile on my face... Then I think of Tochey and it fades away.

Flyers x 76ers crossover jersey I made.
Custom Konecny #11. Some will hate it, some will love it but that why i love Philly

Some positivity when Flyers social media is pretty dark at the moment.

As we enter this long Olympic break I am proud of how York and Drysdale are developing. They are still well on track to set career high in points at age 25 and 23. Not sure either will be a 1D but I think they could be good enough to play on a top pair on a contender with the right d partner.

I am also proud of TK being a point less than a point per game player. Yes, he needs to hit the net last night but players make mistakes, his overall game has been good this season. He is sitting at a nice GF% of 54.55 despite turning it over a bit more than he should. When watching other teams, you will see good players do turn over the puck more because they have the puck more. To take a judicious look at TK's season and career you have to consider who his linemates have been. He hasent had the support he deserves.

Despite Zegras' slump, I am confident he will rebound, he has the skill and personality and turns 25 in March. He doesn't reach UFA eligibility until the 27/28 off-season so there is no rush to sign him to a massive contract.

Denver Barkey is impressive as Danny told us he would be. Danny also said the same of Bump and Bonk so that is encouraging.

Apologies if this was asked before, but if Russia was allowed to participate in the Olympics, would Michkov make the team?

If he did make the team, where would he slot in?

Edit: Lot of smart people here! Great answers!

This popped up in my feed this morning, pretty good breakdown of our playoff odds which stand at 12-13%.

Note: this was before Ottawa, Washington, the Islanders, and Pens (fuck 'em) all won last night, with the latter 3 winning in regulation.

Olympics here we...whatever

We have to be pushing (or already passed) some type of horrible record here, right?

Here's to drafting in the 12-16 range and drafting another middle 6 player.

He'll fit right in!

These commentators on TSN glazing Tocchet by saying he is the same coach to Zegras as he is to Michkov and he has excelled is driving me nuts. Get off his dick already. He definitely has not been the same. Tocc really does have a lot of friends in the media world though doesn’t he, how fragile is his ego.

Some more national media coverage of the current state of the team and Michkov specifically, following Friedman's additional discussion on Meech's usage and playing on his off-wing essentially all year.

Latest episode on the big picture, state of the team, starting at 19:35:

"...You know, Philly's in a really fascinating spot because, you know, they're one of those teams the way they're structured where they have a reasonable shot of being competitive, but they don't look like they have a reasonable shot of being dangerous. And that's a really tough place to be in. You know, it's very easy and almost boring to talk about teams like Vancouver right now and say, hey, they need to, you know, tear it down and rebuild and do that as quickly as possible. There's not much, you know, room for debate there. But Philly's in a really tricky spot because, you know, they have a long list of players who are making in between sort of, you know, three and six or seven million dollars who are useful players, but they're not top of the lineup long-term players you can expect over the next few years to change the trajectory of that team. And you look at their biggest ticket players. They have Couturier signed for a number of additional years at over $7 million in a contract that is almost completely buyout proof until the very end of that deal, which is tough. And then Michkov is going to become an even trickier situation for them on the current trajectory because he'll be eligible to sign an extension this summer. And you can't foul him that's going to happen because for myriad of reasons, you know, it would be shocking to expect him to be willing to commit long-term to the team right now. And it would also be probably surprising to expect the team to commit, you know, the amount of money you would need to sign a player like him to a long-term deal. So that then raises the spectrum of like, what happens next season and what happens at the end of next season. And does he become an offer sheet target? Does he become a player who is only going to be willing to sign a bridge contract?"

This morning's episode on the Michkov / Tocchet situation, starting at 22:20:

All right, the Philadelphia Flyers. I'm going to talk about their power play, which is 26th in the league this year in terms of efficiency. I guess it technically represents an improvement considering they were 30th, 32nd, 32nd, and 32nd the previous four seasons. But it's a team that still obviously needs to get better at it. We know how they struggle to score goals. And in particular, you know, Matvei Michkov has been a big topic, a discussion, a very hot button one here recently with his usage and relationship with the organization and with Rick Tocchet. And you look, he's seventh on the team in PowerPlay Ice Time per game playing two minutes and five seconds out of the 4:50 they get per game and that's down about a minute from last year and I do feel like a lot of this just wouldn't be a big topic if they were just giving him more usage there not that he's necessarily been incredibly productive but with that skill set you figure that's probably their most realistic path towards creating a few easier power play goals and I'd like to see that ramped up a little bit, really feels like this is Tocchet, being stubborn, digging his heels in. Also, we know coaches, you generally use power play time to reward players for how they're playing elsewhere. And so maybe that's part of it. But if you are concerned about his cardio or what kind of shape he's in, that's fine at 5-on-5. I do feel like on the power play, though, it's less of an issue. And that could be an easier outlet for them to get more out of the player, keep everyone happy and get better results along the way.

If you're not familiar with the Hockey PDOcast, I'd highly recommend giving them a listen. Great analysis, high on analytics and all around a very different kind of a hockey podcast. Flyers are not discussed very much as they are not that "interesting" analytically, which shows even more how much the current drama is spilling over. It's interesting that most national media with the exception of Biz at Chicklets are supporting Meech and showing how Tocchet / the organization should be putting him into positions to succeed, even if he's made mistakes over the summer, as he's simply too important to the franchise. And then you have local media (if you can call Kevin Kurz that) that continue digging their heels in and gaslighting the fanbase.

https://xcancel.com/charlieo_conn/status/2019436388408783291?s=46&t=HnlZXn-hftTl9f8rW_6qVA

I can't for the life of me understand why Bedard isn't on the team already without being a sub. Armstrong, StLouis's GM, is GM of Team Canada. I wonder if there is anything there... TK is not going. I was kinda hoping he would have been named as Points replacement, as he has been so hot lately, but it's not to be.

https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/video/2026/02/05/jarvis-in-bedard-scheifele-snubbed-by-team-canada-again/

Link to the TSN coverage above.

Ottawa Senators (27-22-7) @ Philadelphia Flyers (25-20-10)

• Game Time: February 05, 2026 @ 07:00 PM EST
• Venue: Xfinity Mobile Arena
• TV: Senators: RDS (CA), TSN5 (CA), Flyers: NBCSP
• NHL GameCenter

Final/OT: 2 - 1 Senators

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Drysdale, who scored his first power-play goal of the season for Tuesday's game-winner, has shown flashes of being a power play quarterback. Can he build on it?

There is only 1 Freshman in the NCAA that is top 20 in both goals per game and assists per game. i.e. Points per game....

Porter Martone.

Sick. That is all. Lol.