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What Are The EXPECTATIONS For Sam Ersson & Dan Vladar This Flyers Season? | Mailbag

PHLY Philadelphia Flyers Podcast

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🗓️ 23 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Bill Matz of the PHLY Flyers Podcast answers your extra mailbag questions on this edition of The Shootout!

Transcript

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0:00.0

So let's just get right into it from Christian.

0:03.3

Is there any outcome for the team this season that would disappoint you?

0:07.7

Obviously, poor displays from individuals will be disappointing, but I'm curious about the full

0:12.8

team.

0:13.7

Christian says I'd prefer if we were worse than better, but won't be disappointed in a middling

0:18.0

team.

0:19.2

And this is kind of where, no, if they get a high draft pick, it will not be the worst

0:24.6

thing in the world.

0:26.2

But since the stated goal is to be a better team and at least play some meaningful

0:31.4

games in the second half of the season, if not, like actually make the playoffs, at least

0:36.4

be within a few points,

0:38.1

at least, rather than being, you know, the fourth worst team in hockey again.

0:42.0

I got to judge them on their stated goals because, yeah, I guess you could just fall ass backwards

0:48.1

into a top pick a lot like the New York Islanders did, and that's good and that accelerates

0:53.6

your rebuild.

0:54.1

But the players they have need to. pick a lot like the New York Islanders did and that's good and that accelerates your rebuild.

1:02.6

But the players they have need to be at least a great contributor, if not the actual core of the next great Flyers team based on what they're doing.

1:06.1

And I need that to start soon.

1:09.1

I really don't want to watch another bad team. Yes, it wouldn't be the

1:12.8

worst thing in the world to get Gavin McKenna or any top five pick. But I don't want to watch a team

1:18.1

that's that bad again. It's just terrible watching constantly losing hockey. So I guess I would

1:26.1

be disappointed because if they are this bad, now maybe it's just the

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