Category: Top 5

Top 5: Bold Predictions for the 2022-23 season

After a disappointing offseason by Chuck Fletcher and the Flyers, they are gearing up to run it back with an almost identical team that finished fourth worst in the NHL in 2021-22, hoping the injury bug stays away and the returning players are good enough to save the sinking ship. That alone is a bold … Continue reading Top 5: Bold Predictions for the 2022-23 season

Top 5: Hottest Flyers Takes For the Week of Free Agency

It's finally here! The week of NHL free agency, the most entertaining time of the season, is upon us! As Chuck Fletcher and the rest of the suits enter the war room with a blank check and calculator in tow, fans patiently wait to see what moves, if any, the organization makes. After a relatively … Continue reading Top 5: Hottest Flyers Takes For the Week of Free Agency

Top 5: Flyers Free Agent Signing Predictions

The week of NHL free agency is finally here and all eyes will be on the Philadelphia Flyers and their attempt to save the franchise. Though in a relatively weak summer for free agents and even more shallow in the Flyers' positions of need like center and right-handed defenseman, it leaves their options real slim … Continue reading Top 5: Flyers Free Agent Signing Predictions

Worst to First: Last 10 Flyers First Round Picks

The Philadelphia Flyers have spent a bulk of the last decade trying and failing to build through the draft. The biggest failures typically emerging as swings and misses during the first round, where the stars are typically drafted. Ron Hextall's "safe" approach to drafting produced no star power and very little worthwhile talent at all. … Continue reading Worst to First: Last 10 Flyers First Round Picks

Top 5: Hottest Flyers Takes For This Week

The 2021-22 NHL season was absolutely brutal for the Philadelphia Flyers. A offseason filled with hype disintegrated when injuries arose and it lead to a miserable 82-game schedule that fans were begging to end. That followed by an excruciatingly long 10-week wait period where nothing happened other than the hiring of John Tortorella, leaving fans … Continue reading Top 5: Hottest Flyers Takes For This Week

Top 5: Trade Partners for the Flyers This Summer

The Philadelphia Flyers could be preparing for a busy summer as they search for answers. Given the free agent market is rather boring, their solutions could come via trade. Whether it's capitalizing on team's tearing down, cashing in on salary cap woes, or selling high on current roster players, these are the five likeliest trade … Continue reading Top 5: Trade Partners for the Flyers This Summer

Top 5: Best Under-The-Radar Additions for the Flyers This Summer

If you're a regular Brotherly Puck reader, you know we've been on the hunt for a big game addition or two for the Flyers this offseason. Whether it be Alex DeBrincat, David Pastrnak, Johnny Gaudreau or others, if they truly intend on landing a big fish, it means they're going to have to get creative … Continue reading Top 5: Best Under-The-Radar Additions for the Flyers This Summer

Top 5: Defensemen On the Flyers’ Radar

The Philadelphia Flyers and a necessity for defensemen go together like peanut butter and jelly. While the left side of the defense seems set in stone with Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim and Cam York, the right side is in limbo as only Rasmus Ristolainen is the healthy player under contract. Ryan Ellis' fate is still … Continue reading Top 5: Defensemen On the Flyers’ Radar

Top 5: Forwards on the Flyers’ Radar

The Philadelphia Flyers' offense is about as stale as a week-old donut. There needs to be some serious overhaul of the forwards during the 2022 offseason in order to try and revive the goalscoring. Luckily, there are some big names out there this offseason that could jump start the foundation that is already on the … Continue reading Top 5: Forwards on the Flyers’ Radar