Everything about this Flyers team says they don’t want to get into the dirty areas. So many of their offensive chances are one-and-done. As a result, their overall play is on the perimeter and their play is essentially passive. Ironically, one of the exceptions is Michkov who is around the goal crease whenever the Flyers have some type of control in the OZ.

Jam the net. Get in the faces of the other team’s goalie and defense. Force teams to play to the Flyers style instead of the reverse.

Things just look so out of sync 5 on 5. When you combine the large number of special team minutes with all the line shuffling, I’d be surprised if any one forward line combination has logged more than 30 minutes of ice time together (total guess, I’ve not look at the stats). I get that Torts is moving the lines around looking for some chemistry (which clearly has not shown up), but at some point maybe we need to let chemistry develop rather than use the random line generator and hope something happens spontaneously.

Scratching Morgan Frost is likely coming and not the answer. First pp unit has been ok which is a huge improvement from last 3 years and too much line juggling .Some is warranted but a bit one the top

Why is Jett on the team for this nine-game tryout if he’s just going to spend half the time twiddling his thumbs in the press box?

Look, they have one young stud, Michkov, and why? Because they got the 7th overall draft pick. No surprise, he leads this bag of average to poor roster in goals and assists and more. But obviously, one stud is not enough. They need to pick in the top 5 of the next couple of drafts to round out the necessary elite talent for a cup contender. So, with this said, to be honest, if the goal is to build a cup contender, then losing 6 straight games to start the season is fantastic. Keep losing. Gain a top 5 pick in this coming draft. Do it again next year too. Konecny is a nice player, above average, but not what they need to build around for the future. Nice complement. Goaltending stinks. Defense stinks. Scoring stinks. Gotta get some serious talent in here, so lose lose lose. There is no other way, unless Brierre can make raise your eyebrows clever trades, or they can get lucky with a superstar FA signing once they get our of salary cap jail. Losing is the only way for now.