Anticipate the Philadelphia Flyers To Compete within the Metro Once more
NHL Community:Final week on NHL Community, Tony Luftman and Bruce Boudreau mentioned the 2 divisions within the Japanese Convention. They began first with the Metro, and Boudreau was requested which staff he thought could possibly be a shock staff this season. He stated the Philadelphia Flyers.
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Tony Luftman: “Subsequent query for you: A staff that would shock you within the season is to come back 2024-25.”
Bruce Boudreau: “Nicely they didn’t make a variety of additions, however I feel the Philadelphia Flyers can.”
Luftman: “They had been within the hunt final 12 months.”
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Boudreau: “They had been Within the hunt and in case you have a look at it, is 2 years in the past they had been within the hunt until January, possibly until the All-Atar Break. After which final 12 months they had been within the hunt until April. I feel maturity. Them understanding Torts, the way in which he’s and never having, okay with this man, we’ve heard lots about him sort factor.
I imply, they know precisely what they need. I feel they may shock. They’re going to be an enthusiastic staff. They’re going to, you already know, they’re going to be youthful. They’ve acquired the younger Russian coming over, and I feel he’s a hell of a talented participant. We’ll see how he offers with this complete recreation of getting to play a 200-foot recreation and possibly blocking the odd shot or two.
However I imply, I do consider that the Flyers are on the way in which up. Drysdale being there for a 12 months now, and being wholesome to start out, I feel goes to be an enormous addition. So it’s all these items to me, make it assume that it’s about time the Flyers acquired again into the hunt.
Luftman: “Bernie Dad or mum, Ron Hextall, you bought to have a goalie, particularly in that market. There are questions on that place for this staff. Having a look at Ersson and Fedotov, are these guys the reply? One or the opposite, or each?”
Boudreau: “I feel they want each in anyone else, to be sincere. I imply, neither one in all these guys truly transfer the needle an excessive amount of for me to be nice, however I don’t know them as effectively. I’m simply know them once you see them on the sport each every so often and also you watch them.
Clearly, the Flyers Daniel Briere and Keith Jones and Torts, they consider in these guys. Or they might have went out and stated, Hey, hear, we are able to’t do something with out a goalie, and we’re going to exit and get a goalie.
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And there was a variety of goalies obtainable this summer season, however I imply, so that they stayed with what they’ve, and so they consider in them. So possibly they’re simply younger goalies, and so they’re able to hit the prime time proper now. However I imply, in the event that they consider in them, they know them actually an terrible lot higher than I do. So, I acquired to associate with them.”
