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The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions (go birds), but now that the season is over, what is there to do? We're here to help them discover the joy of watching the Philadelphia Flyers. With some player comparisons and general team outlook and building, we compare the organizations.
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0:00 Opening
0:57 Overview
1:22 Team Outlook
4:19 Michkov Comp
4:53 Centers/Jett Luchanko
6:21 Veterans: Sean Couturier
7:16 Veterans: Travis Konecny
7:39 Veterans: Scott Laughton
8:11 Veterans: Travis Sanheim
8:32 Youth: Tyson Foerster
9:06 Youth: Owen Tippett
9:44 Youth: Jamie Drysdale
10:29 Wrap-Up
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are you an Eagles fan are you struggling
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to find another team to watch after the
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birds won another Super Bowl it's been 2
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weeks since the parade and you need a
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new team you can't watch the Sixers
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because why would you March Madness you
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only need to watch the last minute of
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those games you tried to watch the
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Philly spring training games but it's
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the same team from last year yuck
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there's got to be a better team well try
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out the Phil Philadelphia Flyers here at
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Broad Street hockey we've got you
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covered with our Flyers guide for Eagles
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fans who's the Flyers version of Cooper
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Dee why it's Bobby Brink what and about
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an Italian coach the Flyers have that
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too so stay tuned because if you're
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missing the exciting whites the Flyers
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have a whole team of them not guarante
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all fers whes are exciting and here it
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is your Flyers guide for Eagles fans the
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number one thing that anyone needs to
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know about the fly right now is the name
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matv mechkov he's without question the
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most hype player this team has had since
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Eric lindross mechkov has all the
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makings of a superstar and fans should
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absolutely get in on the ground floor
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with this kid but before we dive into
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mechkov and who is comp is on the Eagles
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we got to set the stage for the team
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overall we'll get back to Big Meech
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right after the Flyers right now are in
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an interesting position the team's been
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rebuilding for a couple Seasons now and
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it's starting to feel like they're
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nearing their first big pivot in the
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rebuild we've got young players with
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promising Futures who may or may not
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reach their potentials but we lack some
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clear-cut franchise players outside of
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mechkov if you want to view things
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optimistically this Flyers team could be
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in a similar spot as the 2020 eagles
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which isn't to say that the Flyers team
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is as bad as the 2020 Eagles who went 4
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11 and one it's more about where things
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went for the 2020 Eagles after that
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season for one there were a lot of
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players on that 2020 Eagles team who
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were still on the roster that just won
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the Super Bowl three weeks ago if things
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break right it's very possible that a
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lot of the players on this year's Flyers
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team could still be on the team if they
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become legit contenders in the next
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three or four years also to draw another
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comparison the Flyers could pivot to a
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new head coach this summer similar to
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how the 2020 Eagles ended the Doug
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Peterson era leading to the Nick serani
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era after that 2020 season the Flyers
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current coach John torella could very
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well retire at the end of the year or
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just take a position in the Flyers front
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office one other thing that draws a
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parallel is in 2020 the Eagles saw their
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first glimpses of Jaylen Herz and some
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of the flashes of his potential the same
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could be said for this year's flyers and
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the rookie year of mattv mechkov however
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if the Flyers rebuild is on the wrong
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track and some of these young players
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don't hit they could be on a similar
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path to the 2015 Eagles you know the
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year with Sam Bradford I know that the
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Eagles became competitive just two
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seasons after 2015
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but they didn't exactly turn into a
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prolonged Contender after 2015 which is
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what the Flyers are trying to become
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wheelie and optimistic here at Broad
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Street hockey so we're going to hope for
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the best either way it's a fun time to
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get reacquainted with the Flyers if
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you've taken a break we've got mechkov
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who's looking like a stud the trade
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deadline is coming up on Friday the 7th
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which is less than a week away the NHL
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salary cap is starting to rise by huge
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numbers and with Comcast as the owners
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the Flyers are going to be able to
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outspend like the old old days of Ed
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Snyder not to mention our GM Danny Brier
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and president of hockey operations Keith
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Jones seem motivated to make some free
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agency additions this summer one last
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thing before I move back on to mechkov
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if you want to keep informed on all
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that's to come and support what we're
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way and we will keep you covered for
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everything Flyers going forward there's
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two members of bsh that deserve special
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shoutouts for this video Steve Co of our
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podcast fly perb and Justin goodart of
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the fly guys podcast both of them were
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huge helps in drawing these comps and
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putting this video together so go give
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these two beauties a listen on their
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podcast which you could find on our
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YouTube channel as well as whatever
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podcast thing ofama jig that you use to
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listen to podcast okay on to mechkov if
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mechkov develops into the star that we
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think he can become he could be your AJ
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brown brown has been mostly dominant for
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the Eagles he can take takeover games
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and he's absolutely Unstoppable on his
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best days mov is just 20 years old and
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only 75% through his first season in the
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NHL and he's already showing some of
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that same offensive dominance if he
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keeps it up he's going to be an
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incredible player not to mention he
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talks and he isn't afraid to go
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after guys when they go after him the
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kid is a flyer that said the flyers do
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have a glaring need in their offense
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right now A stud who plays center Mech
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is a Winger so he doesn't have the same
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kind of responsibility as a center this
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comparison isn't totally Apples to
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Apples but you can think about a center
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in hockey somewhat similar to the QB in
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football except in hockey it's not good
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enough to have a center who's a
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franchise star like Jaylen Herz you need
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at least two other pretty good centers
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behind him the Flyers have got some okay
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centers on the team right now but
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nothing even close to a jayen Herz or
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even someone like a Jared Goff really
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but we did just draft a center in the
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first round this past draft luchenko who
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played four games to start the year with
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the Flyers he's back in junior hockey
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right now but there's a good chance we
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see him by the end of March coming back
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to play for the Flyers AHL team the
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Phantoms it's too early to say what jet
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will turn into but most people think a
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ceiling is that of a solid second line
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Center which you could probably equate
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to a guy like Jared Goff Goff isn't the
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elite of the elite but he's a solid QB
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who's gotten better over time I don't
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think there's many people out there who
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see luchenko as a guy who would will be
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elite but like I said earlier in hockey
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you need more than just a jayen Herz so
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if lenko is a Jared Goff that's going to
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be a really useful player for us and
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coming up at the draft in June the
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Flyers have three first round picks and
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four second round picks and there's a
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lot of good centers in this draft so
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that's definitely something worth paying
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attention to from there we should talk
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about some of the Flyers veterans on the
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team I'm not going to go through all of
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them just the guys who will probably be
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here when the Flyers start to contend
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for the Cup in a couple years and it's
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worth mentioning that these next four
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guys have all been with the Flyers their
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entire careers and have lived through
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the ups in the many down seasons of the
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Flyers these past few years first up
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we've got sha couturier who's the
6:43
captain of the team he missed almost two
6:46
full seasons around 2022 2023 with back
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surgeries and he's lost a bit of a step
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from where he was before the
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injuries that said he's going to remain
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on the team for a long time because of
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his contract think of him in a SAR vein
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to guys like Jason Kelce Fletcher Cox
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and Brandon Graham when the Flyers are
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contending for cups CER will probably
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still be on the team as kind of your
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Elder Statesman who mentors the younger
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players on the team and he's absolutely
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a player you want your young guys
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looking up to next up Travis kkny he's
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the best player on the team right now
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until mechkov takes over that mantle
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kekney is another guy who's a flyer
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through and through think of him
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similarly to CJ Gardner Johnson except
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he's been in Philly his entire career
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both guys are talkers who will get
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in your face but at the end of the day
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they're mostly lovable dudes and connies
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play more than backs up his talking
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next is Scott lton he's a guy I thought
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would be here for a long long time but I
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should say that there's a chance he gets
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traded by the weekend there's been a lot
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of trade chatter around lton for like
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the last 5 years and lton pulled off an
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incredible troll job on Friday with this
7:54
last supper photo lton loves Philly and
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he loves being a flyer think of him
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similar to Lane Johnson both guys are
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universally loved and have their finger
8:03
on the pulse of the fans in the city if
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lton does get traded I would love it if
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he came back when his contract expires
8:09
in another year finally Travis sanheim
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the best Eagles comp for him is probably
8:14
Darius SLE both guys are mostly reliable
8:17
on defense but they can both get burned
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sometimes and it'll make you want to
8:21
pull your hair out overall you can trust
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both guys more than you're worried about
8:25
them that said sanheim has taken a huge
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step these past two seasons where slay
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feels kind of the opposite finally let's
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move on to the younger guys on the
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Flyers again I'm only going to focus on
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guys who I think have a good chance to
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be part of the team for a while first up
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is Tyson Forster it's forer's second
8:44
full season in the league and it feels
8:45
like he's got a lot of promise and could
8:47
very well break out in the next couple
8:49
years if he does hit that ceiling he
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could end up being a guy as important as
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a guy like Devonte Smith if you want to
8:56
contend having AJ Brown and Smitty is a
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huge help and and mechkov and Forester
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could end up with a pretty similar
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hierarchy and importance to the flyer
9:04
success going forward another flyer
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who's a bit older to be part of the
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younger guys grouping is Owen tippet
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tippit's 26 years old he can score goals
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and he can absolutely fly on the ice
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last year he had the highest recorded
9:18
speed burst in the league he's taken a
9:21
big step since we acquired him from
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Florida in the claw jaru trade a few
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years back but we're still waiting for
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him to put all of those tools together
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consistently which is why his closest
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comp on the Eagles is probably Dallas
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Goddard at this time you can see the
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tools and the skill you just hope tippet
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can turn those skills into a consistent
9:39
part of his game cuz we've got him
9:41
signed for seven more years after this
9:43
season and finally Jamie Dale we got
9:46
Dale in the trade that sent cutter goer
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to Anaheim because he doesn't have what
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it takes to play in Philly Dale is still
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young he's about to turn 23 and he's got
9:55
a ton of skill but he's been really
9:58
inconsistent throughout his career
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we think his best Eagles comps are
10:01
either Jordan Davis or Nolan Smith Dale
10:04
is similar to Jordan Davis in that they
10:06
both are just scratching the surface of
10:07
what they can do and while they're both
10:09
young they have been around for a couple
10:11
years Dale and Nolan Smith feel like
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comps because of the insane amount of
10:15
potential both guys have and if they
10:18
reach their potentials each team's
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defense is going to be a handful to deal
10:22
with because of their presence both of
10:24
them have taken a little bit to get
10:25
going and you want to believe there's
10:27
something special with them so that's
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your guide to get you started the Flyers
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probably won't make the playoffs this
10:33
season and they're probably going to
10:34
need another year or two before they
10:36
start contending but it feels right now
10:38
like they're on a good path and at the
10:40
very least mechkov is appointment
10:42
viewing let us know in the comments what
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you think of our comps and if you have
10:46
better comps that you thought of and
10:48
stick around on our Channel because
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we've got the trade deadline coming on
10:51
Friday we'll have a lot to evaluate once
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the season ends and it sounds like the
10:55
Flyers are going to try and make a
10:56
splash in the off seon not to mention
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again that we've got a ton of draft
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picks in this year's draft thanks for
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watching y'all we'll see you again real
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soon
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