Seravalli: Are the Flyers better?
Video: After all their moves, are the Flyers better than last season? The Daily News' Frank Seravalli weighs in on which direction the Flyers are heading and if Steven Stamkos could come to Philadelphia with CineSport's Noah Coslov.
Seravalli: Are the Flyers better?
Video: After all their moves, are the Flyers better than last season? The Daily News' Frank Seravalli weighs in on which direction the Flyers are heading and if Steven Stamkos could come to Philadelphia with CineSport's Noah Coslov.
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...No— petemagoop
Comment removed.- Not going to be better this year in my opinion. But, they will in 2012-3. Some of the younger players will hopefully break through by then (JVR, Giroux, Shenn) to form a strong nucleus. Then, we can surround them with a stud or two with the following expiring contracts (Jagr $3.3m, Carle $3.4m and/or Coburn $3.2m). Will need $ to lock in JVR long-term though!— mm9518
- Any team that doesnt have Carter is a better team. Ay-Oh-Flyers!— CFA
- ...from NHL.com--->>CBJ-5th most improved in the league — petemagoop
How could you possibly tell just by the line up? Until they actually step on the ice, its all speculation. You can run all the numbers you want and simulate every possible scenario, but you'll never know until they start playing.- Better? We'll see. Am I more interested to watch this season? Definitely. Anything is better than the Carter/Richards vanishing act.— n62
Apparently some believe the Flyers are much better: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/756232-philadelphia-flyers-with-jaromir-jagr-why-theyre-the-team-to-beat-in-the-east- More important than better is that they are different. The same old same wasn't going to do it. Even if this isn't the team to bring the Cup back at least the FO has taken the first steps to that end.— 2ndNlong
- ...get to your room Stewie — petemagoop
- No... Ilya is a better goalie but will fold like a lawn chair under the pressure he will face in Philly.
Disappearing act... that role will now be filled very well by Jagr.— Newsreader55 - Ilya is a better goalie but will fold like a lawn chair under the pressure...Oh, really? Is that why the Russian held opponents scoreless for 229 minutes and 42 seconds of playoff hockey, which included Anaheim's first-round Game 7 victory at Calgary and two home wins against the Avalanche. Three consecutive playoff shutouts doesn't sound like "folding" to me.
- Notwithstanding how good (or not) IB is, he will face far and away more pressure in Philly than anywhere else he has played. That's the way it is, to quote Walter Cronkite. Moreover, I don't really expect he's as good as Bernie Parent or Ron Hextall. The pressure of trying to get it done after 37 years might daunt Patrick Roy or Martin Brodeur, two who were able to get it done elsewhere and are arguably among the ten best of all time, with BP. — BEMiller
- I'm not too sure how much Walter Cronkite knew about hockey...But as far as being "daunted" by 37 cupless years, the Hawks ended a 50 + year drought in 2010 and newcomer Antti Niemi didn't seem to be bothered in the least.
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