Philadelphia Flyers end-of-season report cards: The forwards

Classes may have ended for the Philadelphia Flyers two weeks ago. But there's still one more piece of business before it's officially offseason mode here at PHLY -- final grades.

These grades are based on a combination of overall quality of play and performance relative to preseason expectations. In other words, a fourth liner who performed well in his role may get a grade higher than a top-sixer who was "better" in terms of overall win value added but underachieved relative to past performance -- but said fourth liner probably isn't going to get an "A" grade, unless he was a true impact player in all facets of the game. The top grades aren't handed out liberally.

Part 1 focuses on th...