A2D Radio Flyers Talk: Flyers vs Canucks Preview

The Flyers West Coast trip is underway and started off with a win in Chicago and a loss in Seattle. Now the Flyers are heading into Vancouver to face the Canucks for the second time this season. The Flyers took game 1 by a final score of 5-2 last week. What will the Flyers need to do to sweep the season series? The boys will get you ready for the game as the do pregame for the 10 pm puck drop. Also on tap, could Christian Dvorak be staying in Philadelphia longer than expected? The guys will discuss the rumor that Dvorak and the Flyers are discussing an extension. Don’t miss the conversation. Be sure to drop your comments in the chat and be a part of the show and make sure you hit that like and subscribe wherever you watch or listen to Flyers Talk A2D!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
What's up everybody? Happy New Year? I hope everybody had
a great Christmas. Last week. We're back tonight. We are
talking Flyers Canucks preview. We're gonna we're gonna give you
everything you need to know for this game. Head heading
up at ten o'clock here on Eastern Standard Time. We're
also gonna talk It's Christian jaworak Stein a little bit longer.

(00:25):
Rumors singing that that's a good possibility. We should hit that,
like hit that. Subscribe. It's time to get going. It's
time to drop the pucket. Let's get that conversation going. Boys,
let's do this.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to a brand new edition of
Flyers Talk, a two D right here on a two
D radio dot com, Iam mattson Sudy along with the
Dark Wing Brian Daily.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
What's up, everybody had a great, great Christmas?

Speaker 2 (01:15):
And the Broken One Ra Bovia.

Speaker 3 (01:19):
I know I had a great Christmas. I hope the
fam did too. Happy New Year, everybody.

Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yes, Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone out there, hopefully,
like Brian said, and like everybody, and like Rob said,
everyone had themselves a pleasant holiday and have a really
exciting New Year's Eve plan tomorrow. Whether it's something wild
and out of control or it's something more wholesome and

(01:45):
you know, family oriented, whichever one it's suiting, you enjoy it.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
Family oriented. I'm pretty sure those are two phrases that
don't work with this show.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Not but here. Fuck. Oh sorry, if we lost the
we lost the PG rating.

Speaker 4 (02:03):
Okay, So now that we got that out of the way,
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Speaker 2 (02:14):
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(02:36):
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(02:59):
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Speaker 3 (03:00):
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helping the neck feel better. Do my hintocks keeping up
with it?

Speaker 2 (03:10):
Nice? Nice, So listen, if Robbie's doing it, you gotta
do it. Hit up the dock and the pole. Question
for today is the Flyers should get the season sweep
of the Canucks after the Quentin Hughes trade. Agree or disagree? Obviously,
Quinn Hughes did not come to Philadelphia as we were

(03:30):
speculating and hoping. However, though he'd found his way off
to Minnesota, so he is now wearing the Green and
Red for the Wild. With Quinn Hughes now going and
no longer being with the Canucks, does this mean the
Flyers have the ability to sweep this season series? Gentlemen,

(03:51):
the floor is yours. Do you agree or disagree on
the season sweep?

Speaker 1 (03:57):
I'm gonna agree with the seasons sweep. I mean this
is this is definitely a team that took a shot
losing Quinn Hughes. But on the other hand, since Quinn
Hughes has been traded, this team is five and two
in the last seven games, so you know, they're playing
a little bit better brand of hockey. I think the
su the subtraction of Quinn Hughes, and the additions of

(04:17):
bringing in Liam Ogram and Marco Rossi Zev Boyem that's
that definitely gave this team a little bit of a shot.
But I think the Flyers are a much better team
right now. I think they're playing a much better team
game overall. You know, last week they had the five

(04:37):
to two victory over the Canucks, so that's definitely something
they have on their edge. You know, It's just for me,
it depends on who's who's in net. You know, they
have they have had a they had a rough start
against Seattle and that really kind of a tough hole
for them to dig themselves out of. But yeah, this
is this Vancouver team I think is still on you

(04:59):
know that back end. I think they're they're getting better,
but I still think they're a team that's going to
finish on at the bottom of the Pacific Division. You know,
for me, it depends on who's in net. But ultimately, yeah,
I agree, I think I think there was a lot
of I think I think losing Quinn Hughes was was

(05:20):
a shot to that team. But in that same breath,
they are playing better hockey. But I again, I still
think the Flyers are the better team.

Speaker 2 (05:33):
Probably what's up, brother.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
In regard to the poll, Uh, you know, it's hard
to disagree with that, because no team's going to improve,
it's not in addition through subtraction. When you lose Quinn
Hughes and the Wild gave up quite a whole something.
I don't think Danny being company was willing to match,
including Marko Rossi another you know, coveted guy here in
Philadelphia is so uh, you know, good luck to mister

(05:57):
Hughes there in Minnesota. But did you know that he's
still tied for the team leading points with Elijah Petterson
as a defenseman and now seven games into his Wild tenure. Yeah,
he was as twenty three points as a Canuck this year,
but along with it came a minus ten plus minus.
He's plus four with Minnesota ironically, so it's more of

(06:20):
the system, which the whole team is in the negative.
For that matter, the Flyers, I believe, should be able
to take advantage of the Canucks' defensive woes like last week,
especially due to talk familiarity with his former club. That
also plays into effect here, So I do expect a
similar result tonight, Brian. To your point, they've been better

(06:43):
on the win loss, but they continue. I'm telling you
all their top forwards and several of their defensemen are
minus eights to minus tens. That's maybe a lot of
that comes from early season. There's been some recent improvement.
We'll get into the numbers as we go on, but
I mean, overall, you gotta like Philly's chances being a

(07:05):
team that talking top five in terms of point percentage
in the NHL. Who had your bingo card? Not mean.

Speaker 1 (07:16):
The other thing too, is you're replacing an All Star.
You're replacing a probably the number two defenseman in the
NHL with Zev Boyem, who don't get it twisted. I
think he's a fantastic player, he's got a he's got
a massive future ahead of him. But you're replacing him
with a rookie. You know that's gonna that's that's massive.

(07:40):
I You're gonna have mistakes there, You're gonna have growing
pains with him. He had a great debut for the Canucks.
I think he had a goal and an assistant in
his in his debut, but yeah, he's still a rookie.
You know, you can't you can't expect him to live
up to the expectation of taking that spot for Quentin Ouse,

(08:01):
you know, in his first what do we in December
two months of his NHL career.

Speaker 2 (08:05):
M yeah, I mean, I will say as for the
pole question, I'm gonna say agree. I think the Flyers
have an opportunity here to sweep the season series, and
I think they should be able to get it. Of course,
the challenge is you know, saying and doing or two
different things. But at the same time though, for the Canucks,

(08:29):
them losing Hughes, I think that that's gonna be an
effect on them. I think that they're gonna have a
They're gonna have to just retool and rebuild a little
bit here after. You know, it seemed like the Canucks
were on their way towards becoming something more prominent, but
you know, one set back, two set back, three setback,

(08:51):
and before you know it, the team just kind of
fell on its ass and started sputtering its wheels a
little bit, I feel, and you know, now they're kind
of like, Okay, well what we tried did not work.
So kind of back to the drawing board for them
right now. And you know, for for them, they can
only hope that, you know, their next try at it

(09:13):
is a much better one. You know, it's tough. You know,
it's tough to kind of rebuild your team up after
you had such a prominent run. I mean, they tried
to rebuild after that great run they had that culminated
them going to the finals in twenty eleven and them
winning several President's Trophies and you know, being one of
the top teams in the West. But it just didn't

(09:35):
work out for them in this particular go around. So
we'll see if this time they'll they'll they'll get it right.

Speaker 3 (09:43):
Well, I mean, Maddie, what's playing them? Like I said,
to my point was the their defensive was, but the
offense five on five has been featured talking third worst
in the league in terms of expected goals at forty
five percent and their corsi numbers mimic that at forty
seven to sixty four. So they're just not getting a
lot of time in the offensive zone, which is you know,

(10:06):
inflating those defensive woes because they're spending more time in
their own zone. And they're not getting a lot of
shots on goal. Now, maybe a trade like Quen Hughes,
you know, gives the like, you know, it's like kind
of like pulling the goaltender during the game. It gives
them a little slap in the face, a little shake up.
But I just don't this team is poorly constructed, and

(10:29):
you could probably see this team be the next rebuild
project where they tear it down quite frankly.

Speaker 2 (10:35):
Yeah, yeah, I think so too, you know, I mean,
but you know that happens sometimes, you know, you just
this is why in the rebuilding process you got to
be careful. You know, you got to be real careful,
not just with what players you get, because you can
get talented players, but what you have to be able

(10:58):
to do is you got to be able to mold
them properly. You know. And when you know, essentially a prospect,
even a top line prospect that's in the top ten
picks or in the top five even you know, unless
they're like a Connor McDavid or an Austin Matthews or
mclan celebrity by today's standards, you know, you can honestly

(11:18):
say that it's like, Okay, this is what clay, and
you got to mold it, and you got to be
careful how you mold it. You know, you got to
take your time, make sure that it's perfected, and you know,
get the right personnel to finesse it properly, you know.

Speaker 1 (11:32):
And yeah, yeah, yeah, And you know what I think,
I think that trade definitely helped them kind of kind
of restart that rebuild. So now you're starting to put
that nucleus together, right, you have ROSSI, Now you have
Elias Peterson, which you know, Lord knows what's going to
happen with him in his situation in Vancouver. You know,

(11:53):
you have Denco Lockdown for a couple more years at
twenty nine, still playing fantastic hockey. Feel bad for the
guy with the situation's in, but you know, maybe maybe
the trade for Quinn Hughes is a blessing disguise for
them moving forward. I mean, looking at some of their
some of their team stats going into this game tonight,

(12:14):
it's definitely sixteen ninety three for a record. It's not
as bad as you thought I thought it was going
to be, but I mean the penalty kill has been
atrocious there at seventy five percent face offs is about
part with the Flyers. You're forty eight percent. Flyers are
forty nine, so they're about part of there. The goals
a lot is kind of where it is kind of

(12:38):
speaks to me a little bit more.

Speaker 4 (12:40):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (12:40):
And it's goes to Robbie's point when he when we
were talking about the poll is three goals against is
three point four to two. That's really high for having
a goaltender like thatcher Denko And I'm blanking on who
their backup is, but I know their backup's pretty solid.
But that goes to show you how bad that defense
has been for them this year. Even the to Kevin

(13:01):
lancoln In, yep, he he had a solid year last year.
He's trying to have a solid year this year. But
you know, to your point, Robbie, the defenses have been putrid.
You know, they're giving up soft goals, they're giving up
position left and right. You just kind of hope that
maybe the shot in the arm is going to be
these young guys that are coming in that can hopefully,

(13:23):
you know, maybe turn the ship around. There's still a
lot of hockey left to be played for the Canucks,
but for the Flyers, this is an opportunity for them
to jump and get back on the right track after
a game like they had in Seattle the other night.

Speaker 2 (13:37):
Yeah. Absolutely, and I think that for the Flyers this
is their goal and opportunity to do that. Obviously not
the results you wanted in Seattle, but you know, this
is a team that's been routinely resilient. They've managed to
They've come back from some tough losses and rebounded the
next game. So they should be able to go out

(13:57):
tonight and you know, play very strong, even if they're
on a West Coast swing, which is not easy, but
they should be able to handle just fine. They've been
able to handle so much, pretty much everything so far,
so they should be good. I think that they should
be able to go to win tonight against the Canucks,
and this is a really good chance for them.

Speaker 3 (14:19):
I mean, they've shown resiliency where they've gotten slapped in
the face. We saw them get slapped in the face
by Pittsburgh. I believe to the tune of a five
to one score, kind of like the Kraken did in
their home building, and this team continuously responds with a
w after a loss. I don't have the exact win
loss record in front of me. I should have had
to apologize in terms of following a loss, but I've

(14:41):
seen a lot of wins. I'm seeing two in terms
of confirmations in net. For tonight's game, Dan Vodar gets
between the pipes, really hitting the line. Shareuf starts here
for Rick Tocket's got his trust and they will be
facing once again. Thatcher Demko, who was confirmed earlier today
is well lines Fire's gonna roll out the same. Trevor Ziegris, Dvorak,

(15:05):
Connectney Barkie, Keatoria and tipp It Denver. Barkie's been really
showing like he belongs right boys.

Speaker 2 (15:12):
Yeah, absolutely, this is this is something nice to see,
you know, Barkie just coming in and just like yep,
I belong here, nice to say.

Speaker 3 (15:22):
And playing with the captain too, and tip It. I
believe it's a great match there. And and and Mitchkoff
has been playing well better as of lay to really
showing better vision, better positioning and being on the line
with Kate's and Brink just shows how they can make
you better too. And and I really like in the
formation them and this fourth line. Grunstrom's really really showing

(15:46):
that that a player that was just discarded by the
San Jose Sharks, you know, really, you know, playing well
here in Philadelphia with Aboles and gribenk and York Sanheim,
Andre Drysdale, Stealer Ristl line in on the day for
the Canucks. I'll read through it real quick. They have
a projected lineup of Kane, Peterson, and bos Are on

(16:08):
the top line, Debrusk Rossi, you know, speaking which aforementioned
Rossi and Connor Garland on their second line, Drew Drew O'Connor,
Atarati Keith for Sherwood, Ogrin, Max Sassoon and Linus Carlson
rams it out. And then on defense Peterson uh Ronick

(16:30):
uh uh what was his name?

Speaker 1 (16:33):
Zevee ze boy?

Speaker 3 (16:36):
Thank you, Tyler Myers and Peterson uh Will Elias that
is and uh uh and then Thatcher dempko in net.

Speaker 1 (16:47):
I can't find the exact roster, but I know it's
almost it's it's very win heavy as far as what
you were saying earlier, Rob to the tune of this
team just responds after a loss. And that's kind of
why part of the reason why I think that they're
going to win this game too. And and that's you know,
something you can't ignore about this team is is they

(17:09):
don't they don't lose multiple games in a row. So
this is definitely a situation for them to take advantage of,
of a situation of a subpar team that is definitely beatable.
And it's just kind of how they they've been all year.
So I expect to see a little bit more of

(17:30):
a continuation of that, right right right.

Speaker 3 (17:35):
And then Mitch golf too, he saw his last goal
against this Vancouver team. I I it'd be nice to,
you know, lay maybe a little parlay money on him
to be the Fires first goal scorer tonight.

Speaker 1 (17:50):
I'll look up the odds.

Speaker 3 (17:54):
Happy to you, Greg, sim Via Greg.

Speaker 2 (17:58):
What's going on? Brother? Happy New Year? So as for
you know what we're going on now? What do you
think so far when it comes to how the Flyers
have progressed with their habits of you know, kind of

(18:20):
lulling themselves into either into a lead and allowing a
team to come back, or putting themselves behind the eight
ball by getting down early in a game. Through this
first portion of the season, how have you, guys feel
like the Flyers have have evolved with that? Do you
feel like the Flyers have gotten better at it or

(18:41):
do you think that they've been staying the same or
do you think they've gotten worse over the course of
this first half of the season.

Speaker 1 (18:49):
I definitely don't think they got worse.

Speaker 2 (18:57):
Okay, do you feel like they've plateaued they're still doing
the same thing, or do you feel like they've gotten
better at it over this period of time.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
Mm hmm. Definitely think they might have gotten better. I mean,
I don't want to necessarily say that. You know, I'm
a big sickler. You know, you gotta set the tone,
you gotta you know, you gotta gotta get the first
goal here. And I'm going to continue to say that
because it's it's eventually, they're eventually going to tire this
team out, and you know, they gotta I gotta figure

(19:31):
out a way to start playing from ahead. And this
is this is a young team, so I I understand why,
you know, they keep kind of falling behind. But you know,
the good teams in this league, the teams that make
the playoffs, that make the deep runs, that you know
are considered the Cup contenders, These are the teams that
they go out, they set the tone, they get the
first couple of goals and they don't look back. Yeah,

(19:53):
And that's that to me is a big stepisode I
think this team needs to learn and it's gonna come
with time. I mean, I what say you, brother.

Speaker 3 (20:03):
It does come with time. But what I'm seeing here
is I didn't get the record after one loss, but
after two losses, right, nineteen eleven and seven. So I
mean that speaks volumes in terms of how this team.
And that's over the past two seasons, right, what we
built for the that you know, not just focusing on it,

(20:25):
but we've seen improvement this season. We've seen an ability
to recognize how to improve. And you bring up Trevor
receivers and I think that's a great example of a
kid that wants to be told what is he doing
wrong and how he can correct it. And I see
this being a very intelligent group because of that, because

(20:46):
they're constantly at the whiteboard trying to improve their game
and it's showing up on the ice. I mean, in
the proof is in the pudding, No.

Speaker 1 (20:57):
One hundred per I do I do? I I agree
with a lot of that, And that's that's something that
I think has has evolved and and you know, made
the Trevor's eager streets such a breath of fresh air
for this organization. Was you know, he's coming in, he
has an eagerness to learn, he's he's got a connection

(21:19):
with a few guys on the roster, so he's really
putting it together. Having a fantastic season. You know, I
think he's been he's been a spark for this team.
If I'm gonna be perfectly honest, I mean, Maddie, uh,
you know, it's this is you know, to kind of

(21:39):
really build off of what your question was. You know,
it's I think Zigres alone has kind of helped this
team take that next step, you know, And like I said,
there's still some learning to happen here, Like this is
a young team, there's still some growth and maturity. But
I mean, ultimately, I think they've they've tote in a

(22:00):
good way. What do you think.

Speaker 2 (22:02):
I think that they have improved. I think that the
thing that they've really done well is they've actually started
taking more leads in games. I think recently they've done
that a lot more than having to come from behind,
which is a big improvement. Because we talked about earlier

(22:23):
in the year how they struggled mightily with getting scored
on first, and it was a constant thing where they
were always having to come back. And there's nothing wrong
with comeback kid hockey in the sense that it's exciting.
I'm not going to argue with the excitement. It's always
a fun and exciting when your team manages to pull

(22:44):
itself back, you know, from a losing position. But here's
the negative of that. You're eventually going to get to
a point where that's not doable anymore, where a team
is going to shut you down after taking the lead.
And it also depends on the team you're facing. Of course, Obviously,
if you're facing a team that's lackluster, if you go

(23:06):
down to them early, very highly chanced you'd come back
on them. But if you go down to a team,
say like Dallas, that's gonna be a little bit more
of a challenge to come back from them, especially if
Dallas's offensive weapons decide that they really want to start,
you know, packing home the goals. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (23:24):
And earlier in the year too.

Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah, I mean Robertson had the hat trick on us.
So you know, the point is that, you know some
teams that's not going to work so well on. So
what I liked was the fact that this is a
team that's starting to play from a stronger position, and
at the beginning of games it does it always hold.
Maybe not something that can be worked on, however, though

(23:48):
they're at least taking the initiative in the games and
they're at least setting the tone, which is a huge
step in the right direction. Then having to constantly chase
every single game that you're in, you know, that's not
what you always want to constantly.

Speaker 3 (24:03):
Yeah, they're not chasing as much, Maddie. I couldn't agree
with you more. They're dictating the pace a lot better,
and that's why they're able to compete with the cream
of the crop teams in the league, as we've seen
as recently as the Colorado Avalanche, now the Crack and
our home strong home team. We dominated them at home.
So it's kind of went back and forth. But I

(24:24):
finally got my shit together on the Flyers record of
following a loss, and they're eleven and six this year
following a loss, right just shows tremendous resiliency. And that
includes the time where they lost back to back games
with Carol Monet or else they would be if they
would have gotten one of those wins, they would have
been twelve and four. I mean that was you know, like,

(24:46):
so hey, Swoopy, love you too, man, Happy New Year,
Happy New Year too. Opeiad a merry Christmas.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
Absolutely, And Swoopy was saying Flyers fans and media think
the Flyers should make patraits stop stop stop, keep the
rebuild going, don't get ahead of it, don't go ahead
or feel forced to rush it. Keep it going.

Speaker 3 (25:07):
And you must really like how they didn't go after
Hughes then, because it would have taken them giving up
probably Porter Martone and jet Lichenko or even you know,
maybe maybe even throwing in Jack Desbit in there as
well or instead of one of those players in order
to have gotten that deal done. Plus and oh and

(25:27):
tip it because if you look at what the Wild
gave up. So I agree with you, Swoopy, It's like
you drafted these guys for a reason, right, Don't block
their path, let them you know, and you know there's
a present, a potential not trade, but a potential extension
on the table that we're going to get in the
second half of the show that that's going to be

(25:49):
a key issue in terms of what do you do
play for now or play for the future, in terms
of allowing these kids to come up and grow with
the team.

Speaker 2 (25:58):
Yeah, I mean, honestly, I'm not a big fan of
the idea of trading two major prospects away for I mean,
don't get me wrong, Hughes is a well proven talent.
I'm not gonna say that he's not. But it's like,
I understand, if you sacrifice one, the sacrifice two, it's
like he'd better be putting up numbers immediately or that's

(26:21):
a problem real fast.

Speaker 1 (26:23):
Yeah, I mean, from from everything I've heard by the
Quinn Hughes deal, you know, teams were putting up a lot,
but nobody matched. Nobody could match what Minnesota put up.
I mean they put up four of their top prospects
in the entire organization, or three of their top prospects
in the entire organization, and then on top of it,
they threw in another first round pick.

Speaker 2 (26:42):
So you noted that, right, And to be and to
be fair, yeah, you can't really compete with that. And
to be fair, if anybody wants to say, well, why
didn't why didn't they consider that? Well, we also have
to remember the position of where Minnesota's at. You know,
Minnesota is in a different area than where the Flyers
are at. Minnesota's been in the playoffs a few times
these past few seasons. I don't think they were in

(27:03):
it last year, though, if I remember correctly, I don't
think they made it last year.

Speaker 1 (27:07):
Right, I don't remember. I think they were. If they
did make it, they were a low seed either way.

Speaker 2 (27:15):
The point being is that they have had recent playoff berths,
and the biggest problem with them has been competing against
the teams that they have to compete against in the
in the playoffs, They've run into Vegas multiple times. They've
been eliminated by Vegas multiple times. That's a perfect prime
example of what they're going at right now. They're struggling

(27:39):
to compete with those teams that they have to go
up against in the postseason. So and it's also a
team that if they missed last year, which now that
I'm thinking about it, no, I don't think they did
make it last year. They're trying to get back.

Speaker 1 (27:56):
Yeah yeah, wow, I thought I could have sworn they
made it last year.

Speaker 2 (28:00):
So it's been a little bit, but they're trying to
get back in you know, and this is a team
that's in a very different position than where say the
Flyers are at. The Flyers are in a position of, yeah,
we want to make it back for the first time
in a long time, but not at the sacrifice of
our team structure. You know, we're trying to build the
continue the system and trying to build that structure that's

(28:23):
going to make a sick consistent playoff Berth. Minnesota's already
had a taste of that. They're trying to get back
to it.

Speaker 1 (28:29):
Yeah, and Minnesota still has a lot of young talent
that is established in the NHL. You know, you still
have Matt Boldy and Caroll Caprisot now, you still have
Jonis Brodein, and there's a bunch of other guys. But
you know, now you bring in a twenty six year
old like That's the only reason why I've even thought

(28:49):
about going after Quinn Hughes is because he's still twenty
six years old. Yeah, you know, you bring in that
elite talent, it's just it just makes an impact on
on the right team. So, you know what I have
given up? What what Minnesota gave up on the Flyer
standpoint No, because apparently they wanted more tone, and they

(29:13):
wanted mitchkov and I would have said no to that immediately.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
I'm not even pick the phone if I'm hearing that.

Speaker 1 (29:20):
Absolutely not so the way the route that the Flyers
are going right now, I'm I'm fine with. You know,
let these guys develop and and and bring them, bring
them up. You know, the Barkie, for example, is in
a perfect situation. It's a little pressure system for him.
He doesn't have to do anything crazy. He just has
to come up and play his game. And he's doing

(29:41):
that and yeah, yeah he looks like he fits. So
does he get sent down?

Speaker 3 (29:46):
Probably?

Speaker 1 (29:47):
But you know he's making he's making a statement up
here right now. And I think you're going to see
a little bit more of that tonight against the Canucks.
I think it's a good opportunity for him.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
Hey, you only get one chance.

Speaker 3 (29:58):
I'm sorry, Robbie, real quick, thirty minutes the game time.
It's the perfect time to hit that like, hit that comment,
hit that chair. Yeah, tribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Just wanted to do that plug for you guys.

Speaker 2 (30:11):
Absolutely absolutely. We always love a good shameless plug around here.

Speaker 4 (30:16):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (30:17):
Unprepared.

Speaker 2 (30:18):
But as for as by the way, uh, by the way, Chris,
uh sorry sorry you're going through that brother anyway.

Speaker 3 (30:27):
Yeah, we were talking about that offline. That's not fun, man.
Definitely to pray you'll get you'll get together though. Man.
You know good doctors. Man, I've seen the good work
that they can do. You'll be good man.

Speaker 2 (30:40):
Yeah, but I swear we wanted me to go on
a fifteen minute angry rant on that one. They'll come
back eventually, not yet, They'll get there. They'll get there.
They'll get there probably when the team should be winning
the Stanley Cup again. Then we'll then we'll talk. Well
that he might make reappearance after that anyway, but yeah,

(31:03):
no sacrifices the team structure then swoop. You're saying that's
one player, Brian, No doing it thorough trades unless it
is one for one or close to it with other
assets too, Na.

Speaker 1 (31:14):
Dude, Like now a Quinn cues, dude, you sell the
farm on if you have the opportunity to, you sell
the farm in Minnesota. Did that and it's the right move.
It's the right move.

Speaker 2 (31:27):
So on that note, with the decision made on the
Quinn Hughes deal and the Flyers and the Canucks battling
it out in the way that the Flyers have been
playing recently. What do you think in terms of score wise,
what do you guys expect in.

Speaker 3 (31:50):
I think it's going to be another high scoring affair.
Like we talked about the defensive weaknesses and to zero in,
I believe Brian you touched upon this earlier. But to
reiterate in terms of the special teams matchups, now, hey,
Flyers have had their struggles on the power play, that's
well documented there. They've slipped the twenty fifth now sixteen

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point three percent success rate, but Canucks PK rate ranks thirtieth,
So you got this would be a great time to
get the power play going right in the positive direction
against the lower brown team when it comes to that, now,
Vancouver they bring a strong power play. They're ranked twelfth
wide with twenty percent success rate, and so it's sort
of strength for strength, right. So Philadelphia's pk uh uh

(32:33):
they ranked ninth with eighty two point five percent success rates.
So it'll come down to special teams and I just
feel that this team can play better five on five
and then if they get you know, draw penalties within
five on five, that's what will put them to that
three four go Plateau. So I'm gonna say, uh, four

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to one Vancouver Canucks. And despite that, Dan Vladar gets
number one star makes a lot of ten bell saves.

Speaker 1 (33:04):
Okay, I like it all right, I like it.

Speaker 2 (33:10):
So we got that. That's good. I'm gonna say. I'm
gonna say five to three Flyers win.

Speaker 3 (33:26):
Yeah, I like that.

Speaker 1 (33:28):
I think the magic number, Yeah, I think. I think
five is definitely a doable number for the Flyers tonight,
and I'm gonna I'm gonna go with I think it's
gonna be a similar score to what they had last week.
I think it's gonna be five too. I think the
Flyers are gonna get the victory. I think Vancouver's gonna
get out to an early lead in and the Flyers

(33:49):
are just gonna be like, nah, I don't think this
is gonna happen this time, Robbie, you brought up another
great point, man, Like, I think this is gonna be
a special teams game. It's gonna really come on to
the Flyers power play. This is I feel like the
having going up against a penalty kill A's seventy five
percent right now, that's at bottom of the league. It's
an opportunity to get this power play back on track.

(34:12):
And we've seen what this team can do against bead
penalty kills. You know, they can take advantage of them.
So I think we see a lot of that when
Dan Viltelar once again has an outstanding game standing on
his head ten bell saves. I like the term that, Robbie,
So I'm going to steal that from you real quick.

Speaker 3 (34:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (34:32):
I think it's gonna be a five to two game.
I think the offense wakes up a little bit more tonight.

Speaker 2 (34:38):
All right, all right, so we got our scores here,
we got flyers wins all around, which is nice to hear.
So who do you think is gonna whose lighting up
the lamp tonight?

Speaker 3 (34:53):
Well, I said, Mitchkoff. You look against the Canucks last
week and and overall that line has been pret using
pretty well, playing well five on five. Uh you know it.
You always hope for Barkie, right, you.

Speaker 2 (35:10):
Would like to see it? Yep, yep, absolutely.

Speaker 1 (35:14):
I mean, can you take Carl Grundestroum off the off
the Bengal card right now? Like I mean, this is
this is a guy who's almost a point per game
player since coming over in the Ryan Ellis deal. Let's go.
I know I'm gonna throw his name in that hat.
He's going to be my player to watch. Yeah, he
gets I think he definitely gets at least a point
tonight for sure, because why not? He's hot.

Speaker 2 (35:37):
Yeah, Yeah, I'm going I'm gonna I think the Carlstrom
one is a good pick. I'm gonna say I'm gonna
throw Bricky in there. I think bricking lights slid mm hmm. Yeah.
Breaki's to the type of guy who just comes out
of nowhere. He always finds the back of the net.

Speaker 3 (35:53):
Yeah, I was thinking break to you know what, I
want to wake up to a picture of Denver Barkie
holding first NHL Goldpark.

Speaker 2 (36:01):
There you go, there you go. So on that note,
was there anything else we wanted to jump into? In
terms of the Flyers Canucks preview for tonight.

Speaker 3 (36:17):
I think that was well covered. All right, So you
might stutter a little bit, but we got all the information.

Speaker 5 (36:27):
Hey listen, you're not the only one stutter in their
brother I stuttered quite a bit.

Speaker 2 (36:31):
So So now that we have the preview done with
the Canucks and Flyers hopefully win for the Orange and
Black as we believe. So let's talk about one Christian Divorak. Now,
obviously Christian Devorak, he has well, he was a veteran
signing coming on in from free agency, and a lot
of people were wondering, Okay, can he still produce and

(36:53):
can he still be an effective offensive player? And I
think emphatically he has said yes over the course of
this season. Whether that's because of the system or because
of him feeling like this is his chance to really
take a new lease on life here in Philadelphia, whatever

(37:14):
it is, I don't give a shit. I'm just very
happy that he is producing for the Orange and Black
in a big way. So with that, gentlemen, do you
feel as though that mister Devorak has earned himself a
little extension here from this organization?

Speaker 3 (37:36):
Well, I mean the earliest the team can sign a
player to a contract, you know, under you know de Vorkas,
the one year deal, which basically you thought he'd come
in here be a stopgap, you know, be a trade
deadline asset potentially, you know, best case scenario, and he's
been more than that and then some. So you know,
while we could expect to announcement just a few days.

(37:57):
We're almost at that January one day, with New Year's
right around the corner. It wouldn't be surprising if this
does get done in the next few weeks because like
like I said, he's definitely uh fit in with this team.
He's fitting really well with Trevor Zegris. And if your
intention and it better be your intention to sign uh
Trevor Zegris as well following or even during this season,

(38:20):
giving him that you know, extended deal, the Worreck is
gonna be looking to commit the remainder of his good
years to the Flyers. So he's gonna look for I
believe more years than the Philly than the the Flyers
would be willing to dish out. Uh. He does turn
thirty this February. Uh, But the Flyers they're going to
keep in the back of the mind. They want to

(38:40):
be careful not to block their young center Iceman and
Jet Lichenko and Jack Nesbit. I expect and he's gonna
want to zero in on a two year deal. I
I feel that way, you don't have to rush Jet
and Nesbit now. Plus having depth at center, it's never
a bad thing. Highlighting that chemistry Devorik has with Ze Grace,
it's just been outstanding. I think it's worth two years.

Speaker 2 (39:04):
Let's say, you boys, I think I think two's fair. Yeah,
I think so. I don't think it's.

Speaker 3 (39:09):
He's gonna want more, But I don't think you. I mean,
you have to prove it a little bit longer.

Speaker 2 (39:14):
I mean, unless the team is really willing to throw
a lot of some some length and some cash his way,
I think that that's very reasonable. I mean, if they
want to do three, I wouldn't necessarily lose my mind
over that. I mean, it's a it's stretched in a

(39:34):
little bit, but not to the extent that I would
pull whatever hair I have left out. But if it
came down to that.

Speaker 3 (39:47):
If that makes three of us, we're on a hockey shows.

Speaker 2 (39:56):
Yeah, one day we're just all just gonna have to
wear like mulletwigs or something. But you know, as it
comes to uh, as it comes to the contract, I
think like two years would be fair, honestly. And I
think maybe you know what's he making now on his contract.

Speaker 1 (40:14):
Size point to something five point three something.

Speaker 2 (40:20):
Maybe I don't know, give him a little bump, like
you don't have to go to six, but at least
bump him up a little bit, you know, like a
little extra money, just for the fact that, like, all right,
we'll give him a little bit extra cash because he's
played very well, you know, just the show, like, hey,
we're not only giving you an extension, but we'll give
you a little up and page, a little uptick. Maybe

(40:41):
nothing drastic, but a little bit more, you know.

Speaker 1 (40:45):
So I'm in agree to both of you, guys. So
I think the extension is something that he's definitely earned
this year. After all, he's on piece I have a
career year in points end goals right now. So we're
only thirty six games in. He's a twenty four points,
it's got eight goals, sixteen assists, so he's he's on
pace to have a career year here in Philadelphia. So

(41:06):
that being said, I definitely think he's definitely earned a contract.
And I did not think he was as young as
he was for some reason.

Speaker 3 (41:12):
I thought he was older.

Speaker 1 (41:15):
So there's that. So also the thing to keep in
mind too, is is I don't necessarily know if he's
going to be that block for jet Lachenko. I think
he's gonna wind up. I think Zegris winds up on
the wing a little bit more permanently. So that's going
to open up that that opportunity for jet Lachenko to
really take that center role next year. And I think

(41:38):
that's definitely gonna give Nesbit an opportunity to not have
to rush him up so he can continue to develop
in the juniors or take a year in the AHL.
So I think that gives him a little bit of
a h a buffer there. So Dave Magnada from the
Fourth Period did put out a tweet earlier today. As
far as rumors go, Flyers and sent Christian devorax Camp

(42:01):
have been chatting extension for a little while. A multi
year deal possibility in the three year range worth about
five point five per season, isn't too far in the offering.

Speaker 2 (42:13):
Okay, yeah, that I think that that's actually very fair.
I think that that's a really solid number. And I
think three years, Like I said, I'm not gonna I'm
not gonna lose sleep over that, So you know, it's like, yeah,
I think that's a solid deal right there.

Speaker 3 (42:25):
If you could give the three years and then you
could i mean going into the last year, he could
be a trade asset and maybe not all three years.
In the Orange and Black. But you give the player
the contract that he wants. That's a happy medium. Because
we saw him, I mean like he was. He went
down due to injury, and he came back rather quickly
and immediately impressed. You know, he missed the Ranger game,

(42:48):
came back against these same Vancouver Canucks and potted a goal.
So you know, you'd like to see that, right when
guys work hard, that guys are working hard off the
ice and bringing that work ethic onto the ice, and
and at this point in his career, it's it's it's

(43:09):
time to it's time to solidify, you know, his standing
in the NHL, right.

Speaker 2 (43:16):
Right, And I mean I think Dvorak, for the most part,
I think he's been you know, I think throughout his
time in the league, he's been a solid enough piece
for a lot of teams and throughout the franchises he's
been on. What's he been on? Three? Three?

Speaker 3 (43:34):
Or two?

Speaker 1 (43:35):
He's been I just had it up Arizona, Montreal Flyers.
That's three there. I'll give you one second. Okay, uh no,
just the three Arizona, Montreal and Philadelphia.

Speaker 2 (43:51):
Okay, So yeah, so have two teams before he came here.
But the point being is that you know, coming into
this team, you know with the twenty nine years of age,
you know, you get to that point in your career
you're like, all right, all right, So it's either one
of two things. Either you're just getting started and you
still have plenty of gas left in the tank, or

(44:11):
you're getting ready to start, you know, kind of not falling,
but you're starting to kind of like hit that sort
of plateau and you're kind of where you're at so far,
what I've seen from Deboracus is maybe he does have
a little extra something that he could contribute to the Flyers.
And if that's the case, like all right, I ain't complaining,

(44:35):
you know, like that's a happy surprise of anything. So yeah, well,
like keep him around. If he's producing, it's like, go ahead.
And if Zegres is building a good chemistry with him,
is like absolutely, I want those two to be a
fucking dynamic duo. If that's how we got to be,
it's like I don't care. I don't care. Ride that
duo to as far as it can get us.

Speaker 1 (44:57):
Yeah. I mean he's had in his career thirty eight
points at the highest he's ever had, and that was
that was with the Arizona Coyotes back in twenty nine,
twenty or twenty nineteen twenty. Sorry, I don't know twenty nine.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
Hold on a second, welly.

Speaker 1 (45:12):
I am My brain is mush after work today. So
now he's after last year, he had thirty three points
in his final season with Montreal, and now he's at
twenty four points now, so he's nine points behind that pace,
which I think is definitely something that is doable for
him at this point. So if this kid's gonna kid,
he's a kid to me. So I'm just gonna get
I'm gonna roll with it. This kid's gonna wind up,

(45:35):
you know, having a career career year here, and he
fits the mold of what this team is doing and
what Danny Brier is trying to do. I'm I yeah,
one hundred percent. Extend him, Zegris, extend him. I think
that that's definitely something that's happening. I just I think
that's gonna be a summer move. Jamie Drisaw I believe

(45:55):
it's a UFA or an RFA at the end of
this year as well. I think he's another guy who
after the year he's having this year, too. He's he's
another guy that I think needs to get resigned and
maybe not give him a long term deal some matter
what you're probably going to give Zegres, But if you
get I would give him a four or five year
deal one hundred percent. I mean this, maybe he's a

(46:16):
part of the reason why the Flyers that want to
go all in on Quinn Uses because you're getting similar
production from Jamie drow Or I shouldn't say similar production,
but there are similar type players where they're offensively and
offensively talented, but they still like to play a defensive game.
And under tacket, maybe we're seeing a vision of Quinn
Use and Jamie Drysdale. Not I mean, that's a really

(46:39):
strong comparison, but you know, but under our tacket point
being is Jamie Drysdale has improved immensely defensively, and he's
got to get the offensive numbers up, which is my
big bug a bit with Drysdale. But as long as
he's still playing responsible defense and playing as well as
he is, his offensive numbers can stay where they are. Right,

(47:03):
Give that man, give him a check too, right.

Speaker 2 (47:06):
Yeah, And I mean, so far everything's been really going
in the right direction in terms of you know, I
think overall, the team has been in the right direction,
you know. I mean obviously not just in the standings.
I mean, anyone idiot can tell you that, but I
mean when we talk about the way that the team
has just been going forward this year, and the way

(47:29):
that the team has just been resilient, and the way
that the team just feels like there's a vibe in
that locker room that's saying, hey, we've got like a
new lease on life, and we've got this new shot
in the arm, this adrenaline going through us. You kind
of feel that with this squad, and it's not just
because of the youth. It's because they feel like this
is this is what it's meant to be, you know,

(47:52):
and it's like that's that's a huge thing for a franchise.
That's a huge thing for any squad to feel like
you have the spot where you need to be. You know,
do you have all the players that you need to
have at this moment. Maybe not, but the vibe is
in the right direction and it's where you want to be.
You know. It's like it's almost like in life where

(48:13):
you get to a point where you're just like Okay.
Maybe not everything is perfect, but where I'm at isn't bad.
You know, Like, does that mean you stop striving? No,
but where you're at it's okay and you could still
do better. I feel like that's where the Flyers are
at right now. We're okay. We're still striving for better,
right but we're not bad. You know, we're not bad

(48:35):
where we're at.

Speaker 3 (48:37):
They're not smelling themselves right now. They know that there's
still more work to be done. I mean, just to
Brian's point too, I mean, at this point, yeah, Jamie
Drysdown is done enough to warrant re signing, but not
for a large sum of money because there's still cracks
and chinks in that armor too, specifically last game against
the Crack and getting caught twice out of position resulting
into cracking goals. So I mean, he's working hard, and

(49:00):
I believe they will get value out of the Cutter
got a deal with Jamie, and he's naturally a good
defenseman to have because of that right handed shot as well,
if he can match the level of offensive production that
maybe the Flyers once saw in the Carolina Hurricane, certainly
see whether the Shane Gosstis Bear, I'd be happy that.

(49:24):
I'd be happy with him, and he's another player where
you can keep affordability and keep under the cap, so
that way you can spend h to really improve your
team in other areas that currently aren't on the roster.

Speaker 2 (49:39):
Yeah. Absolutely, And and I think that, you know, we'll
start to see more of the improvement. And I think
we'll also see more of the progress that we want
to see and we've been seeing it and I think
we're going to continue to see it. And I think Drysdale,
I think the opportunity is more than there for him,
and I think he can do it. I believe that

(50:02):
Drysdale can do it, you know. So with that, you know,
I think, you know, I think to summarize it up,
I think, yeah, Devorax earned himself an extension, and I
think that, you know, for other players that you know
have been talked about with resignings, I think Drysdale has
more than an opportunity, and I think he's proven that

(50:23):
he's worth you know, giving that opportunity too. Of like, hey,
you know, we know that you're not perfect, but you
know you've been working and you've been striving for better things,
So give him a I guess you could argue a
bridge in a way or you know, not necessarily prove it,
but a bridge is which I think is like a
step above. And then you definitely go with Zigris. I

(50:49):
was just like, yeah, I mean, you'd have to be
an idiot not to try to resign Zegress with the
season he's fucking happened.

Speaker 3 (50:55):
Right, But yeah, yeah, I mean you go the same
room with York, right, I mean, then York get that
opportunity need to prove himself like a prove it deal,
you know, and and and bridge it up to you
know where either you're getting you know, you make that
next step, that next improvement and you get signed here
long term and Jay and Drysdale's case, you know, to

(51:16):
more shorter term. But uh in in either event, it's
not it's not it's not getting you uh hamstrung in
your payroll like that's been a common misstep with the
Flyers organization. And and and so far we've seen with
Danny and Keith and make much more uh more you know,

(51:37):
smarter uh intelligent moves based on salary cap implications.

Speaker 2 (51:43):
Absolutely, and that's one thing that Danny has really It's
something that I have to say. The responsibility level is
so high with this organization right now, and that's something
to really think about because how long has it been
where the Flyers have been a team spending money like
drunken sailors. You know, this is a this is a
team that's starting to learn like cap management properly. And

(52:07):
it's like, you know what, it's just something to behold,
something that deserves a little bit of an acknowledgement. It's like,
finally financial responsibility has come to the Philadelphia Flyers. It's
about fucking time.

Speaker 1 (52:23):
To kind of build off of what you guys are
saying here, Like I think ultimately, you know, you bring
Christian of Work in initially on improved deal, you know,
coming off of relatively strong season with with Montreal. You
bring him in for his veteran leadership, You bring him
in for his locker room mentality, and and you know,
creating that culture that that John Twrderellis started and you

(52:45):
want to continue with with Rick Taco, which I think
has been just absolutely outstanding continuation under Tocket. I think
he's he's very appreciative of towarts and you know, and
wanting to continue that for him, And this is what
happens when you put a nice group together where you
know you're starting to see them want to play for

(53:06):
each other. And Devorak, like they said, on the verge
of having a career year at twenty nine years old.
You know, he's probably you know, playing with Segrest most
of the time is helping with that. But you know,
this is the guy you bring on unimproved deal. You're
you're expecting him to be treated at the deadline to
bring in maybe a couple of picks or something. But

(53:29):
I mean, come on, this guy's been outstanding since he's
come here. And I've always liked Christian de Vorak. I
don't think he's ever been as good as his dad,
but he's always been really a strong player. But you know,
this is an opportunity for him, and he's taken a
full stride. I think we Rick Hockett, you know, being here,

(53:52):
I think is a big reason why we're seeing some
of these guys really take that next step. And the
aforementioned Jamie Jale, Christian Vorak, Trevor Zegris.

Speaker 2 (54:03):
So on, let me ask you guys this question. Now
this may be bold, since we've still got a lot
of hockey left to play. But if the Flyers make
the playoffs, especially if they make the playoffs higher than
a wild card, like a lot of people would suspect
they would if they were to get back in. Would
you argue and say that Rick Hackett deserves a Jack Adams.

Speaker 3 (54:26):
Yeah, tremendously from the jump that they made there. So
I'm at a team that they basically calughed up the
playoff spot two years ago to not even sniff in
the playoffs. They were moving in the opposite direction and
yet still to Brian's point, building upon it, not throwing
away at having the restart from ground zero, right that

(54:48):
it was just part of the processes. It take, you know,
two steps a step back to go two steps forward,
but it takes the leadership to take that second step.
It's really easy to take that first step, but then
you got to take that second step. And a second
step would be not only making the playoffs, but maybe
even the potentiality of making a little bit of a
run they do something like that. I mean, I know

(55:10):
it's based more on the regular season, so it would
just be making the playoffs. But if they make the playoffs,
as the third seed or the second seed you know,
are in the metropolitan m hm. How could he not
be in that conversation.

Speaker 1 (55:26):
Honestly, I think you should be in the conversation whether
whether they make the playoffs or not. I mean, just
seeing what he's done with this team. This team was
expected to be a bottom feeder and I was kind
of with everybody else thinking that this team was going
to finish in the lower half of the standings. And
is it still possible it happens. Yeah, that's a possibility.
But I think as the season goes and these guys

(55:46):
continue to play together and creating this bond. Like I
saw a picture earlier of Zegris, he had connected me
in one arm and he had I think it was
a tippet in the other and he had him like
he was like had it both in the unlock, hugging
them so hard on the bench. Like I mean, these
guys are playing for each other. And that's something that

(56:07):
I love that Rick Pockett is doing with this team,
and he's embracing it, Like he initially didn't like being
called Taco and now he's he's going by it. Uh
but Ziggers only. But you know this that being said
you know, this team is just on the upward swing
now and it's it's gonna be you know, are there

(56:29):
still pieces to add? Yes? Is there still some stuff
that they have to do better? Absolutely? Are they a
great team yet? No, but they are a good team.
And some of these other things that we're talking about
that that may not necessarily be the best for this
team is the building blocks that it's going to get
this team from being good too great and then from

(56:49):
great to cut contender, And a lot of it is
going to start with where what Danny Brier and Keith
Jones just started with this rebuild.

Speaker 2 (56:57):
M Yeah, I mean I just I wanted to throw
out that. Yeah, I mean, but you know, you know,
I just want to throw that, you know, you throw
that out there just because of the fact that you know,
it's like, look at the way that this team's played,
you know, they I wasn't sure how they were gonna
come out this year. I mean honestly, Yeah, if there

(57:20):
are people who had positive ideas on it, people with
negative ideas of like, I have no clue, Well, the
way that this team has been playing, it's been up
and down with them, but the way that they've been consistently,
you know, holding on coming back, being resilient as hell,
having balls of steel when they've needed to have balls
of steel. It's like, you know what, you that's a

(57:41):
mentality that you can't buy. That's a mentality you create.
And you know what, if that's what Tacket's been doing,
it's like, damn man, he's got a fucking magic He's
working right now behind that bench. That's all I got
to say about that. If that ain't worthy of being
talked about. For the Jack Adams, I don't know what
the fuck is at that point.

Speaker 1 (58:03):
Like I said, this is he's just he's doing wonders
with this team, and he's bringing the best out of
a lot of these players, and it's just something you
want to say.

Speaker 2 (58:12):
Mm hmmm.

Speaker 3 (58:13):
It could have went south. It could have been like,
oh here we go again, Flyers showing supreme nepotism and
it blown up in their face and now they got
to rebuild a rebuild, right like, you know, almost the
way it looked like the Sixers could have been going
for a little while there, you know, and so they
you know, grab a hold of things. But in either event,
you know, the New Years is on the horizon. And

(58:37):
Flyers are playing after dark tonight and we're always a
two D after dark towards end of this show, you know,
so I just definitely wanted the cheers both my co
hosts here as well as all the fam. We love you,
we love the support. I love you fellas. We've been
doing this for a long time and I hope we
do it for a long time coming.

Speaker 1 (58:57):
Cheers, cheers boys, all of you guys, absolutely.

Speaker 2 (59:05):
Every to everybody there, all of you guys, to my
two brothers right here on the show, to all you
fam out there. I say it all the time and
I mean it every single time. You are the lifeblood
of a two D. So thank you guys very much
for continuing being that. We appreciate it every year. If
you're new or if you've been here for a long time,

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it don't matter. Thank you. That's all I want to say.
And with that, I think that does it for this
edition of Flyers, Talk a Too D. Unless you two
gentlemen have anything else do you want to throw out there?

Speaker 1 (59:45):
Briant last word, hey listen is twenty twenty five is over.
It's a wrap for Flyers. It's Talk at D and
twenty twenty five, let's take the show further in twenty
twenty six. We love you guys so much appreciation from
the bottom of our hearts for letting us do this
for ten years, going on eleven years. Jeez, Louise, where's
the time? Going from doing it in the a basement

(01:00:07):
to being on stream yard Definitely a wild ride. I
wouldn't want to do it with anybody else, and I
wouldn't want to do it for any other company than
A two D. I love Tommy, I.

Speaker 5 (01:00:18):
Love the boys that are a part of this that
you don't see from the guys on Eagles, talk to
the guys on just before us, Chrome Arch on Lazy Booking.

Speaker 1 (01:00:31):
You know all the guys. You know the guys we
were on this crazy right with. You know, I appreciate
all them.

Speaker 5 (01:00:36):
I appreciate everybody that comes in and whether I like
your comment or not, I appreciate every single comment that
comes in here because you.

Speaker 1 (01:00:43):
Keep us going. And to the guys that are in
here every week, I can't thank you and appreciate you
guys enough.

Speaker 3 (01:00:50):
Yeah yeah, big time.

Speaker 2 (01:00:53):
Well said, brothers, And for that we wish everybody a
happy New Year and a happy, happy fun tomorrow. Whatever
it is. You're doing whatever it is, even if it's
something of just sitting at home and just relaxing, enjoy it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:10):
If you're going out, please be safe.

Speaker 3 (01:01:12):
Yes, please get yourself a designated driver. It's not me.

Speaker 1 (01:01:17):
Yes, luber left, do something, call it like, figure out
a way to get in touch with me. I'll come
get you, like. Yeah, don't drive, don't drive, it's not
worth it.

Speaker 2 (01:01:26):
Yeah, have fun, be safe, enjoy yourself and uh yeah,
and enjoy it. And happy New Year. Teaching every one
of you out there from all of us here, thank
you once again. We will see you next week right
here on Flyers Talk a two D for the first
one of twenty twenty six, for our eleventh year doing this.

(01:01:50):
And let me just double check here on the schedule here.
Oh well, boy, howdy, what a way to start twenty
twenty six off. Guess who the Flyers are playing next
week on Tuesday. Oh boy, ladies and gentlemen, the Hockey
Happy Hour Bowl returns. I'm sorry, the Flyers A two

(01:02:13):
D Bowl returns because.

Speaker 3 (01:02:16):
Boy, we can call it. We can call it in
honor of the former name.

Speaker 2 (01:02:22):
Yeah, and we should have a belt made for this
because it's on one end, we have the orange and
black of the Philadelphia Flyers taking on the orange and
black of the Anaheim Ducks. The return of Cutter Gautier

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and Trevor Zegris getting a shot at his old mates,
Ladies and gentlemen, The Battle of Flyers. Talk A two
D returns next week to start off twenty twenty six.
What a way to kick there.

Speaker 1 (01:02:57):
Let's go.

Speaker 2 (01:03:00):
So next week, right here live, we will have an
opportunity to give you some live reactions to the Ducks
and the Flyers. We haven't had a chance to do
this in three years. I think it's been three years. Yeah,
so three years it's been since we've had our opportunity
to do that. So with that being said, we look

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forward to that next week and we look forward to
hearing from each and every one of you. Until then,
like we said, Happy New Year. You stay safe out
there and you stay healthy out there. Brought to you
by specialized Physical Therapy with the Doc Doctor Paul Viidell. Enjoy,
Flyers and Canucks coming up right here for you guys,
Peace and love everybody.

Speaker 1 (01:03:42):
During a game. Have a great New Year.