The Flyers are scoreless, I dont care who has looked best in the offensive zone. Unless we're ready to admit we've got different rules based on the name plate.

Would love to see Hilferty or Jones reply to a gripe about Tocchet with, "fans didnt like Torts, didnt like AV, didnt like Hakstol - we keep firing these guys and your ticket prices are going to go up to pay them all...and then you'll complain about that."

What a sad state this fanbase is in. Half of you can't even articulate what's wrong. You just know someone you follow said so on their podcast. The team isn't good. A big part of the reason is that the players they've chosen to build around are underperforming. Even that one. Meanwhile, the rest of the youth in this rebuild have predetermined development timelines that keep them from getting real opportunities. The team lets players hang around too long. The fanbase expects them to. And you don't get to play the "I'm important, I buy the tickets, I pay the bills" card and then deny responsibility for the shit you encourage. Sean Couturier should have been politely voluntold to retire about two hours ago. But Philly loves longevity. The front office and the fans. You always know when to walk away. It's just three years too late. "Oh, Anth, all you ever do is talk shit about the fans." No. I criticize the team. I just frame it around the expectations you create, and you don't like that. You don't like owning the mistakes, the contradictions, and the bad-faith takes. FlyersX loves creating high-pressure scenarios and then acting shocked when they exist. Calder Martone. Michkov. You're still confused about why Michkov didn't walk into the NHL and immediately become Ovechkin. He's not Ovechkin. He never was going to be Ovechkin. It took Kucherov four fucking years to become a beast, and he came up in a much better environment for development. But apparently Michkov was supposed to arrive fully formed. "But, but, but, the stat comp card had Ovi and Wayne and Mario!" Yeah. And you clicked it. You viewed it. You shared it. You made that guy a dollar without having the slightest clue what the card actually meant. But try explaining that to someone, and suddenly you're the asshole. That guy's stat cards get 'updated' every year so he never gets it wrong. We have to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named around the kid because any criticism, any valid criticism supported by video, numbers, hell his own fucking voice, is heresy. The cackling minions show up to insist the coaches are committing terrorism, that it's xenophobia, that it's hate to suggest anything other than perfection. You don't get to have it both ways. "I'm important, I buy the tickets, I pay the bills" Remember? I sincerely hope I wake up tomorrow and they've traded six players under 24. None of you have the patience to watch these kids develop anyway. You say you do, but when it comes time to actually demonstrate it, you don't back it up. Fire the coach! But how dare anyone ask who's next? That's not your job. You just buy the tickets, pay the bills, and fund the machine. Fire the coach. Trade the players. Kevin Hayes wanna come back?