10 observations: Flyers flop against Kraken in first game since trade deadline subtractions

PHILADELPHIA -- If Saturday was a preview of how the post-trade deadline Philadelphia Flyers are going to look the rest of the season, it's going to be a long six weeks until Game 82.
Outclassed completely by the cellar-dwelling Seattle Kraken, the Flyers were largely noncompetitive in a 4-1 loss. It was their first game since the front office shipped out team leader Scott Laughton (in addition to Erik Johnson and Andrei Kuzmenko in separate deals), and the Flyers very much looked like a team shaken by the moves.
They were outshot 32 - 24, with only Owen Tippett finding a way to best Philipp Grubauer, who entered the game with a hideous 0.866 save percentage. On this day, however, he made 2...