Recapping 1990s Rebuild & 4 Draft Targets With 12th Overall Pick
Also, the Flyers can advance their rebuild with three bold moves.
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Flyers Can Advance Rebuild by Making These 3 Bold Moves
May 16, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
While the Philadelphia Flyers saw some growth in their young players in their 2023-24 season, finishing with a 38-33-11 record as a rebuilding club isn’t exactly a huge victory. They’re lucky that the 2024 NHL Draft is one with a lot of great players early on and without a steep talent decline from, say, the third-overall selection versus the 12th pick where they’re set to pick. Unfortunately, that won’t always be the case.
4 Flyers Targets With 12th Overall Pick in the 2024 NHL Draft
May 14, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
After the results of the 2024 NHL Draft Lottery, it’s official: the Philadelphia Flyers hold the 12th overall pick in the draft. This might seem like a small consolation prize after, to put it bluntly, choking away a playoff spot. In reality, it’s a pretty big deal.
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Flyers’ 1990s Rebuild: Decisions, Winning, & Collapse
May 13, 2024 by Justin Giampietro
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Philadelphia Flyers defined what it meant to be a winning franchise. From their 1972-73 campaign through 1988-89, they made it to the Stanley Cup Final six different times, winning two championships in the process. Not having missed the playoffs a single time in that 17-season period, the Flyers were definitively the most successful franchise of the “Next Six” expansion era that started in 1967.
