Is Help on the Way for The Flyers?

How about a strong veteran presence on the team? Cam Atkinson has had his best season since the pandemic began. JVR has had one of his stronger seasons since rejoining the Flyers.  If Kevin Hayes can come back to his 2019-2020 form, something he isn’t far off stats wise when you consider how much time he has missed this year, then the Flyers will have a good core of vets around to teach the younger players. If you take away many of those late game collapses, the Flyers could be in contention for a wild card spot. That is a key area where you need a strong core of veterans.

Some laughed when Chuck Fletcher said that this team is only a few pieces away at making a serious run. He said the team needed to retool, but not rebuild. This offseason he will have the chance. He could add some great free agents; of which there are quite a few to choose from. He could swing a trade. The Flyers will have plenty of cap space to play with.  Will they make the right moves or is this the beginning of a dark time in Flyers history? Time will tell.

Hopefully the future of the Flyers will be bright. The rest of the Metropolitan Division has gotten really good, really quick.  If the team can’t fix their issues now, they may be chasing stronger teams for quite a while.