10 Reasons Why the Flyers Are Sustainable
On March 12th when the season was suspended, the Flyers were red hot and looked like one of the best in the league.
Since early January, they racked up 19 wins and were tied for the most points in the NHL. The team as a whole was almost unbeatable at the Wells Fargo Center and looked to finally figure out some of their problems on the road.
The real question: is this type of play going to be sustainable long-term?
The answer to that question is yes, and here’s why.
- The leading point-getter for the team this season is 22-year-old Travis Konecny. He’s on a team-friendly contract and he’s only going to keep improving.
- Sean Couturier should win the Selke this season. He’s had a stellar year once again and should stay the Flyers 1C for the foreseeable future. Couturier is on one of the most team-friendly deals in the league at $4.33 million a year for the next two seasons.
- Chuck Fletcher has made solid moves in the time he has been here. The Hayes deal looks great, and he just signed two guys out of college we should see in the lineup next year in Wade Allison and Tanner Laczynski.
- Following up on Fletcher’s recent moves, we have been seeing a lot of young kids that are getting their chances. Farabee and Frost will keep progressing upfront. Myers, Sanheim, and Provorov will shore up the blue line in the future.
- Ivan Provorov is way younger than you may think, he’s only 22. He may seem a lot older since he’s played every single game since he came into the league in 2016-2017 and logging hard minutes.
- The team isn’t relying on Giroux and Voracek to score all the points. With their minutes dropping slightly, this will leave more gas in the tank for the playoffs.
- The first-rounder from this past season, Cam York. He finished his freshman season at Michigan and is progressing well. Once he steps into the league in a few years, he will be a very highly skilled defenseman who can make plays offensively while holding his own on defense.
- Carter Hart is getting a lot of starts early in his career and is also playing behind a good defensive unit. The timing is right for him to mature correctly on this team.
- Alain Vigneault as the head coach has gotten the team to buy into his systems, which will only mature more as a group. Coaching decisions as a whole of who to start in net, giving kids chances, and changes made mid-game have made the team look great.
- Dave Hakstol is not our coach. Self-explanatory.
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