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Scoring 2021-22 Flyers Bold Predictions

By Walt Gebelein

PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 29: The Philadelphia Flyers salute the crowd after the game against the Ottawa Senators at the Wells Fargo Center on April 29, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - APRIL 29: The Philadelphia Flyers salute the crowd after the game against the Ottawa Senators at the Wells Fargo Center on April 29, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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Wade Allison Will Finish 6th or Higher in Goals (Loss)

Allison appeared in a single game for the Flyers this season after grabbing four goals in 14 games with the big club in 20-21. He was injured early in the season and seemed to be the forgotten man in terms of making the lineup, but at least we had Zac MacEwen. Allison is a restricted free agent, and with the lack of cap space I fear he may not be re-signed. This was my most disappointing miss of last season’s predicitions.

Felix Sandstrom Will Make His NHL Debut (Win)

Sandstrom played five games for the club with a GAA of 3.23 and .910 save percentage. He looked big an athletic in his five appearences. He did not earn a win, but only gave up more than three goals one time. I hope that Sandstrom is back in the goaltending picture this year.

Morgan Frost Plays More Than Fifty Games (WIN)

The Flyers lost centers Sean Couturier and Kevin Hayes to injury for long periods of the season which allowed Frost to suit up for 55 games. While I had hoped for a situating where they could not keep Frost out of the lineup, but in truth it seemed that he backed into the spot, wilting from competition from the likes of Nate Thompson and Max Willman.

Cam York Plays More NHL games than Egor Zamula…(WIN)

The Flyers suited up Cameron York for 30 games, while Zamula suited up for only 10. York is one of Fletcher’s guys, so he got a leg up. Meanwhile, Hextall’s players are being pruned from this roster.

… But Probably Should not Have (Win)

I am inclined to give myself the win. Zamula had 29 points in 58 games, a +2, in the AHL, while York had 12 points in 34 games, a -8 in the AHL. The media has dusted off the hype machine for York who amassed 10 points in 30 NHL games.

York was not at all impressive in my view.  While there should be optimism for the youngster, his game in the defensive end is not great. He is not dynamic offensively like Gostisbehere. York also had the benefit of spending much of his ice time with Ivan Provorov. Conversely, Zamula spent time with Keith Yandle and Kevin Connauton, who are arguably the worst defenders on the team.

In the final analysis I expected the Flyers to struggle, and most of my predictions reflected that. I missed the majority of predicitions when expecting players to over achieve. It is shocking that the team did not use a dead season to get more playing time for their prospects. Did we really need to make sure Martin Jones got enough starts?

Was there still more we needed to find out from Max Willman and Patrick Brown? Was a few more games really going to make Nick Seeler a viable NHL player? The Flyers squandered so many opportunites in 2021-2022, we can only hope 2022-2023 is better.

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