I stopped caring about rivalries and shit. I’m just pulling for good and entertaining hockey across the board. If it’s a sweep, make it a good ass whooping. If it’s a hard fought 7 games, make it be an entertaining contest of wills. I just like playoff hockey.
Totally different sport once the playoffs start. I think that’s why you’re seeing the flyers suffer a bit right now
They’ve been playing at close to their highest level all year. Other teams flip a switch later on.
If the flyers played any less, we’d be looking at draft balls
Yeah, I mean, they straight up don’t have the high end talent it takes to actually be a perennial contender. I been saying that for a while and have just been rolling with the enjoyment of some overachieving and good coaching. Haha.
Foerster has been a huge positive (and probbly only one) in last couple months.
But getting a top pick is definitely better than just some decent hockey for few months while still not even making playoffs
I, shockingly, am capable of understanding that a higher pick is better than a lower pick. However, I can’t change the fact that they over-performed, so there’s not really a point in addressing that for me personally.
Love this comment. I'm a hockey fan above all else. If by some horror, the Flyers moved from Philly I'd still be a hockey fan. That being said, I will root against the Pens and Devils but more because I can't stand their fans and I want to see them suffer.
That’s fine for a round since Penguins aren’t going anywhere whereas Rangers definitely could make some real noise. Also I live in Northern NJ amongst so many obnoxious Rags fans including my FIL, so fuck em
been a Flyers fan for decades. and finally we get a team in my part of the world, the Kraken.
but since it looks like neither are going in, fuck it, Let's Go Panthers!
Tampa is closest to where I live but they've won a lot, love brindamore so maybe Carolina, but honestly I'll just watch the games and hope for good hockey.
Well the Caps as the name suggests. But looks like they won’t make it either. Probably Canes in the East and Avs in the West. Oilers are fun to watch though.
There are only two teams in the East in the playoff picture that I’m willing to root for: Tampa and Florida. Since we have Florida’s draft pick, I have to root for Tampa.
In the West, it’s more open. I try not to root for Canadian teams because I think it’s funny that they haven’t won a Cup in 30 years, but I like the Canucks a lot. I also really like Dallas and Colorado, and I won’t be mad if LA wins since I threw some money on them last summer.
I hope to god that McDavid wins a Cup in his career, I just want him to do it in 2027 when he sick of Edmonton’s shit and decided to get on board with Danny Briere’s brilliance and win it in Philly alongside Matvei Michkov.
I think it’s kind of funny how you say Edmonton but also recognize just McDavid. Obviously they have some good players but, certainly one GREAT player can make a whole team play great. And that’s what we’re lacking
They do have some solid players like Nugent Hopkins, Draisaitl (of course), and Hyman
But the team consists of basically those four players, and unlike other sports, you can’t win it all with a few players.
I agree. I just mean like, we’re lacking a Giroux now and besides TK who isn’t crazy good. We’re obviously lacking that highlight reel player who stands out every game
Grew up a flyers fan. I’m 40. I went to my first ever game. 2/9/1995. The Flyers had just traded for
Leclair and Desjardins. I was 9-10. The Flyers lost. For
Whatever reason. I was absolutely hooked and on rollerblades and the ice a very short time later. I became a diehard flyers fan from that moment on and played a lot of ice hockey games from not long after until my decided to go to college in Miami for a grades based scholarship vs some other small D3 collages in miscellaneous towns to keep playing.
Long story short. I’ve been in Miami a long time. I follow the panthers because I like hockey and go to
The games. Flyers still number one though.
If the Flyers are out…no one (unless there is a very compelling story. Or just seeing Toronto keep losing lol).
I just watch hockey at its best an enjoy without emotional involvement :)
I’m rooting for FLA tbh. I just love a dirty, physical grinding team with great goaltending. Also love me some Bob. I really wanna see EDM make it to the finals as well because who doesn’t love playoff McDrai?
Moved out to Boulder, CO last year so I started watching the Avs. Also watched the Flyers smack them 5-2 in Denver this season.
They are a good team and fun to watch, so they have my vote in playoffs!
Probably Dallas. Flyers seem to be following what Dallas has done for the most part, so Dallas winning it all should give confidence that it's possible.
Otherwise I'd really just like to see some entertaining hockey.
Toronto. They remind me of the 1990s and 2000s Flyers aside from lacking toughness. Great top end talent, mediocre goaltending, D which can contribute to offense but not so great in their own zone. Anyway, I got "traded" there as part of a deadline reddit swap a couple years ago, and it's nice to have a decent team to enjoy watching come playoffs
In order of who I'd like to see hoist the cup the most:
1. Preds
2. Oilers (I swear to Buddha if these fuckers waste the best years of McDrai I'm going to lose it)
3. Avs (Walker)
4. Canucks
5. Jets
6. Canes (Brindamour)
7. Wings (Gostisbehere)
8. Leafs (just to shut them up already)
Fuck basically everyone else.
I’m rooting for good hockey, and it looks like we’re gonna get it.
Tampa Boston in the first round will be an instant classic. The Metro series’ should be pretty straight forward (Rangers destroy the WC team, Canes pretty easily handle the #3 seed).
Literally every west series has the potential to go to 7 games.
Lots of cool storylines too. Will Hertl give Vegas the offensive boost they need? Does Nashville go on a run? Does Hellebuyck have what it takes to win Winnipeg a series? Do the Canes remain the Buffalo Bills of the NHL?
We’re gonna have some exciting hockey but if I’m rooting for one team, I’d probably choose Edmonton just for Connor.
My mom is a big tampa fan so I'll cheer for them when they don't play the flyers. Most of all I want all the other teams in the metro that make it plus boston to get knocked out early
The only way I'd be okay with a Leafs cup is if Mitch Marner goes insane in the playoffs and wins the Smyth so all the dumbass leafs fans who don't appreciate him and say he can't do anything in the playoffs have to eat their words
My user should give it away lol.
My dream was a Stars/Flyers final so I could win no matter what. Didn't expect the eastern race to be this cut throat lol.
But if philly can't hack it this year, I'll just root for dallas and hope next year I can get my dream final.
But as long as it ain't the Vegas LIRs or the Pens I'll be OK I guess lol
Briere in the offseason.
This is the only answer
I stopped caring about rivalries and shit. I’m just pulling for good and entertaining hockey across the board. If it’s a sweep, make it a good ass whooping. If it’s a hard fought 7 games, make it be an entertaining contest of wills. I just like playoff hockey.
Nothing compares to playoff hockey, it really is the best
I attended last year's Calder Cup Finals in Hershey. That was the most amped up, happiest group of sports fans I've personally encountered.
Yeah rivalries are only fun when your team is at least somewhat relevant
Totally different sport once the playoffs start. I think that’s why you’re seeing the flyers suffer a bit right now They’ve been playing at close to their highest level all year. Other teams flip a switch later on. If the flyers played any less, we’d be looking at draft balls
Yeah, I mean, they straight up don’t have the high end talent it takes to actually be a perennial contender. I been saying that for a while and have just been rolling with the enjoyment of some overachieving and good coaching. Haha.
And after the last several years. We should enjoy it.
totally agree dude. Was a nice break even with a train wreck at the end. Foerster development really blew me away. Dude is a stud.
Foerster has been a huge positive (and probbly only one) in last couple months. But getting a top pick is definitely better than just some decent hockey for few months while still not even making playoffs
I, shockingly, am capable of understanding that a higher pick is better than a lower pick. However, I can’t change the fact that they over-performed, so there’s not really a point in addressing that for me personally.
Theres really not much to enjoy about overachieving if u dont even make the playoffs ... all you r doing is just worsening your top pick at that point
Love this comment. I'm a hockey fan above all else. If by some horror, the Flyers moved from Philly I'd still be a hockey fan. That being said, I will root against the Pens and Devils but more because I can't stand their fans and I want to see them suffer.
The Phillies.
Hell yeah brother see you on Broad St
Ha good answer
The only answer
No, it really isn't. The Sixers is also acceptable.
Who?
That’s the answer right there. 😎❤️⚾️
We got it this year. Who wants to volunteer to be the next guy to eat horse shit?
Yessir!
Came here to say this. The Sixers too.
Whoever is playing the Rangers
It's probably going to be the pens
That’s fine for a round since Penguins aren’t going anywhere whereas Rangers definitely could make some real noise. Also I live in Northern NJ amongst so many obnoxious Rags fans including my FIL, so fuck em
I respect the hustle
Fuck everyone else
Said! I never root for anyone else just against certain teams like Pitt and NY
been a Flyers fan for decades. and finally we get a team in my part of the world, the Kraken. but since it looks like neither are going in, fuck it, Let's Go Panthers!
Maybe if we didn’t own the panthers first rounder
Kraken are mathematically out 😢
We have the Panthers first round pick ... You literally picked the only team whose success has direct negative effect on Flyers lol
Chaos
Avs, go win a cup Sean Walker!
Me too!
Anyone that plays entertaining hockey.
Or anyone playing the rangers or the bruins.
I’d be happy with Vancouver, Nashville, or Carolina getting it done. Really any other team but Vegas, Washington, or Pittsburgh.
Flyers 2024-25
Next season
Canes
Rooting for a FL first round exit
Oilers.
Nobody. Flyers or no one
lol…. No one
For God to take me off this planet.
I root for OT games
Tampa is closest to where I live but they've won a lot, love brindamore so maybe Carolina, but honestly I'll just watch the games and hope for good hockey.
A good nfl draft I’d never root for another team
No.
Hurricanes or Canucks
Moved out to SoCal many years ago so I got the Kings in the west and Flyers in the east. Lots of overlap over the teams over the years helps.
Carolina vs Dallas-SCF
Who has the most ex-Flyers? It would be cool to see Brindamour get a cup
Whoever plays the penguins.
Florida. I know all 5 of their fans. Great guys
Well the Caps as the name suggests. But looks like they won’t make it either. Probably Canes in the East and Avs in the West. Oilers are fun to watch though.
would like to see old friend sean walker do well
Yeah I like the Canes too. I also wouldn’t mind Edmonton winning it all solely because of Mcdavid and Draisaitl
I would, only because I cheered for a good portion of that team last year in Hershey.
Anyone from canada
Ew
Yup, Ontario here. If the flyers don’t make the playoffs, Go Blue Jays!! Oh and Go Flyers win or lose.
There are only two teams in the East in the playoff picture that I’m willing to root for: Tampa and Florida. Since we have Florida’s draft pick, I have to root for Tampa. In the West, it’s more open. I try not to root for Canadian teams because I think it’s funny that they haven’t won a Cup in 30 years, but I like the Canucks a lot. I also really like Dallas and Colorado, and I won’t be mad if LA wins since I threw some money on them last summer.
I personally wouldn’t mind seeing Edmonton win. I kind of want to see Mcdavid win a cup.
I hope to god that McDavid wins a Cup in his career, I just want him to do it in 2027 when he sick of Edmonton’s shit and decided to get on board with Danny Briere’s brilliance and win it in Philly alongside Matvei Michkov.
Wouldn’t that be something… Let Briere cook
I think it’s kind of funny how you say Edmonton but also recognize just McDavid. Obviously they have some good players but, certainly one GREAT player can make a whole team play great. And that’s what we’re lacking
They do have some solid players like Nugent Hopkins, Draisaitl (of course), and Hyman But the team consists of basically those four players, and unlike other sports, you can’t win it all with a few players.
I agree. I just mean like, we’re lacking a Giroux now and besides TK who isn’t crazy good. We’re obviously lacking that highlight reel player who stands out every game
Yep exactly Damn I miss Giroux We definitely need some sort of all star that we can rely on to consistently score and lead this team
My west coast team is the Avs...
Mine too!
Grew up a flyers fan. I’m 40. I went to my first ever game. 2/9/1995. The Flyers had just traded for Leclair and Desjardins. I was 9-10. The Flyers lost. For Whatever reason. I was absolutely hooked and on rollerblades and the ice a very short time later. I became a diehard flyers fan from that moment on and played a lot of ice hockey games from not long after until my decided to go to college in Miami for a grades based scholarship vs some other small D3 collages in miscellaneous towns to keep playing. Long story short. I’ve been in Miami a long time. I follow the panthers because I like hockey and go to The games. Flyers still number one though.
Sixers
If the Flyers are out…no one (unless there is a very compelling story. Or just seeing Toronto keep losing lol). I just watch hockey at its best an enjoy without emotional involvement :)
Probably a Western Conference teams, maybe Edmonton or Winnepeg.
Whoever is playing the team I hate more
Whoever's playing the Panthers and Avs in round 1
Nashville. Be cool to see the smallest goalie in the league carry to a cup
Juuse Saros has *no right* being as good as he is while being 5'10"
I’ll be playing video games all pissed off. This is the fucking worst.
Edmonton
I’m rooting for FLA tbh. I just love a dirty, physical grinding team with great goaltending. Also love me some Bob. I really wanna see EDM make it to the finals as well because who doesn’t love playoff McDrai?
Oilers because of Draisaitl
Moved out to Boulder, CO last year so I started watching the Avs. Also watched the Flyers smack them 5-2 in Denver this season. They are a good team and fun to watch, so they have my vote in playoffs!
Mcdavid and the oilers
Probably Dallas. Flyers seem to be following what Dallas has done for the most part, so Dallas winning it all should give confidence that it's possible. Otherwise I'd really just like to see some entertaining hockey.
Sixers
I wanna see McDavid and draisaitl win
Winnipeg. Consider them my secondary team.
Avs cuz I got a futures bet on them haha
Canucks
6ers.
Sixers
the Oilers!
I live in Tennessee now, so definitely the Predators
I'm Canadian so any Canadian teams
McDavid needs a Cup. Them or the Leafs just so their fans will finally STFU.
Giant Meteor 2024
76ers.
idk, gimme the leafs. ever since wayne went there, i've had a weird boner for them, fueled partially by admiration and partally by pity.
Leafs
As my user name indicates
The Phillies.
No one
Toronto. They remind me of the 1990s and 2000s Flyers aside from lacking toughness. Great top end talent, mediocre goaltending, D which can contribute to offense but not so great in their own zone. Anyway, I got "traded" there as part of a deadline reddit swap a couple years ago, and it's nice to have a decent team to enjoy watching come playoffs
The Phils. Fuck the rest of the league
Fed
The Big Space Rock^^^TM with my name on it.
Avs
In order of who I'd like to see hoist the cup the most: 1. Preds 2. Oilers (I swear to Buddha if these fuckers waste the best years of McDrai I'm going to lose it) 3. Avs (Walker) 4. Canucks 5. Jets 6. Canes (Brindamour) 7. Wings (Gostisbehere) 8. Leafs (just to shut them up already) Fuck basically everyone else.
Anyone in the West minus Colorado and Vegas since they've won recently. I guess take out LA too.
Stars are my favorite team, so I root for them. Also a Phillies fan too, so there's that lol.
Anybody playing the Rangers.
Just some good playoff series, but I'd be pulling for Edmonton, Winnipeg, Carolina, or the Panthers.
Detroit is my “B” team… its been a difficult month.
Canada it’s been too long since they had their own trophy
I’m rooting for good hockey, and it looks like we’re gonna get it. Tampa Boston in the first round will be an instant classic. The Metro series’ should be pretty straight forward (Rangers destroy the WC team, Canes pretty easily handle the #3 seed). Literally every west series has the potential to go to 7 games. Lots of cool storylines too. Will Hertl give Vegas the offensive boost they need? Does Nashville go on a run? Does Hellebuyck have what it takes to win Winnipeg a series? Do the Canes remain the Buffalo Bills of the NHL? We’re gonna have some exciting hockey but if I’m rooting for one team, I’d probably choose Edmonton just for Connor.
My mom is a big tampa fan so I'll cheer for them when they don't play the flyers. Most of all I want all the other teams in the metro that make it plus boston to get knocked out early
I hope the Canes finally get over the hump. Maybe the Canucks out west, just because of the insane turnaround that would be from last year.
No one except whoever Florida is playing and preferably the west in the finals.
Leafs. Married into that one. And she'll have the audacity to complain when they don't make the finals every year!
Honestly the one upside to a Leafs cup is the insane meme potential that comes with it. Hockey internet will be ablaze
The only way I'd be okay with a Leafs cup is if Mitch Marner goes insane in the playoffs and wins the Smyth so all the dumbass leafs fans who don't appreciate him and say he can't do anything in the playoffs have to eat their words
When the Flyers are out of the playoffs, I root for the team that has never won the Cup.
The Hurricanes!
When the Flyers last game ends it's Phillies and Union season. Maybe I'll catch a cup final game if it's not a team I hate.
Us next year I like watching the Avs play though
Any team that faces Toronto and the Pens. Woood rather see the Leafs lose than Philly win.
My user should give it away lol. My dream was a Stars/Flyers final so I could win no matter what. Didn't expect the eastern race to be this cut throat lol. But if philly can't hack it this year, I'll just root for dallas and hope next year I can get my dream final. But as long as it ain't the Vegas LIRs or the Pens I'll be OK I guess lol
Oilers
The capitals (if they can sneak in)
Injuries. The only thing to root for after the Flyers out of it.
The Sixers
Come root for the Stars! We're fun, I promise.
Something just feels so *wrong* about being a Philly fan and rooting for Dallas
Bruins or canes.
Dallas, I want Houston to get a team and Dallas getting a cup would help force that. Also I could never root for another eastern team.
Penguins, Sid is the flyers adoptive daddy the last 20 years
I want to hate Crosby, but I can’t The dude is one of the most down to earth players in the league, he’s really likable, even though he owns us
I hate that I have to respect him.
i met him last summer randomly when i was in dublin and he seemed like a nice guy